2022 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League
Season2022
ChampionsNaftan Novopolotsk
PromotedNaftan Novopolotsk
Smorgon
Rogachev
Matches played144
Goals scored508 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorerMaksim Kovalevich
Yury Kazlow
(13 goals each)
← 2021
2023 →

The 2022 Belarusian First League is the 32nd season of second tier football in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2022.

Team changes from 2021 season

Two best teams of 2021 Belarusian First League (Arsenal Dzerzhinsk and Belshina Bobruisk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by 15th-placed team of 2021 Belarusian Premier League (Smorgon). 16th-placed Premier League team Sputnik Rechitsa disbanded, leaving a vacancy in the First League.

Due to low number of participants, no team has relegated to the Second League. In attempt to bring the number of teams to 16, 5 best teams were initially promoted from the Second League (Ostrovets, Rogachev, Partizan Soligorsk, Osipovichi and BGU Minsk). After Partizan Soligorsk and BGU Minsk refused promotion due to insufficient financing, promotion was offered to Molodechno and Malorita.[1]

In the following months before the start of the season, Dnepr Mogilev was promoted to Premier League to replace Rukh Brest (who withdrew from the league due to international sanctions against its owners), Krumkachy Minsk were denied First League license and withdrew to the Second League for upcoming season, while Malorita stepped down from their initially accepted promotion and returned to the Second League due to financial reasons. Extra promotion spot was offered to Bumprom Gomel, but the team declined. Thus the number of participants was finalized at 13.[2]

Teams summary

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Location of teams in 2022 Belarusian First League
Team Location Position in 2021
Smorgon Smorgon Premier League, 15
Volna Pinsk Pinsk 4
Lokomotiv Gomel Gomel 6
Shakhtyor Petrikov Petrikov 7
Naftan Novopolotsk Novopolotsk 8
Orsha Orsha 9
Baranovichi Baranovichi 10
Lida Lida 11
Slonim-2017 Slonim 12
Ostrovets Ostrovets Second League, 1
Rogachev Rogachev Second League, 2
Osipovichi Osipovichi Second League, 4
Molodechno Molodechno Second League, 9

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Naftan Novopolotsk (P) 24 16 5 3 55 19 +36 53 Promotion to the Belarusian Premier League
2 Smorgon (P) 24 16 4 4 46 27 +19 52
3 Shakhtyor Petrikov[a] 24 13 6 5 69 20 +49 45
4 Rogachev (O) 24 12 5 7 45 34 +11 41 Advance to the promotion play-offs
5 Ostrovets 24 11 7 6 42 34 +8 40
6 Lokomotiv Gomel 24 10 9 5 39 24 +15 39
7 Volna Pinsk 24 10 6 8 44 35 +9 36
8 Molodechno 24 7 8 9 30 45 −15 29
9 Orsha 24 7 6 11 33 52 −19 27
10 Lida 24 6 8 10 35 43 −8 26
11 Slonim-2017 24 5 3 16 24 53 −29 18
12 Osipovichi 24 3 4 17 21 53 −32 13
13 Baranovichi 24 3 3 18 25 69 −44 12
Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2022. Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Farm club cannot be promoted

Results

Home \ Away BAR LID LGM MOL NAF ORS OSI OST ROG SHP SLO SMR VOL
Baranovichi 1–6 0–5 3–3 0–4 2–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–5 2–6 2–4 1–1
Lida 5–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–0
Lokomotiv Gomel 5–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 3–3 2–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 1–2
Molodechno 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–5 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–4 0–3 1–1 0–0 2–1
Naftan Novopolotsk 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–1 5–0 4–0 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1
Orsha 3–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–0 1–9 4–0 1–1 2–2
Osipovichi 0–3 1–1 0–2 4–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–4 0–2 0–4 0–1
Ostrovets 2–0 4–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–5 0–4 3–0 2–3 3–2
Rogachev 4–2 3–3 0–0 0–2 0–4 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–1
Shakhtyor Petrikov 0–0 4–1 3–0 6–0 2–2 6–0 4–2 4–2 0–0 2–3 4–0 1–2
Slonim-2017 0–4 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 3–2 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–5 1–3 1–3
Smorgon 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0
Volna Pinsk 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–3 2–3 8–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 4–0 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2022. Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Belarus Maksim Kovalevich Shakhtyor Petrikov 13
Belarus Yury Kazlow Naftan Novopolotsk 13
3 Russia Yegor Kortsov Rogachev 12
4 Belarus Kirill Zabelin Lida 11
Belarus Ilya Trachynski Rogachev 11
Belarus Vladislav Kabachevskiy Orsha 11
Belarus Denis Kovalevich Shakhtyor Petrikov 11

Updated to games played on 12 November 2022
Source: football.by

See also

References

  1. ^ Первая лига собрана! Не БГУ, "Стэнлес" и "Бумпром", а "Осиповичи", "Малорита" и "Молодечно" (in Russian)
  2. ^ Чертова дюжина. Календарь первой лиги (in Russian)