Season | 2021 |
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Dates | 12 March – 28 November 2021 |
Champions | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
Relegated |
Sputnik Smorgon |
Champions League | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
Conference League |
BATE Borisov Gomel Dinamo Minsk |
Matches played | 232 |
Goals scored | 630 (2.72 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Dembo Darboe (19 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Rukh Brest 7–1
Isloch Minsk Raion (13 August 2021) Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 7–1 Smorgon (2 October 2021) |
Biggest away win |
Slavia Mozyr 0–6
Minsk (24 October 2021) |
Highest scoring |
Rukh Brest 7–1
Isloch Minsk Raion (13 August 2021) Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 7–1 Smorgon (2 October 2021) |
Longest winning run | 13 matches Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
Longest unbeaten run | 17 matches Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
Longest winless run | 14 matches Smorgon |
Longest losing run | 6 matches Sputnik Rechitsa |
←
2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 20 November 2021. |
The 2021 Belarusian Premier League was the 31st season of top-tier football in Belarus. Shakhtyor Soligorsk were the defending champions, having won their second league title last year. Shakhtyor Soligorsk won their third Belarusian Premier League title.
The bottom two teams from the 2020 season ( Belshina Bobruisk and Smolevichi) were relegated to the First League (both relegated after one-year in the top flight). They were replaced by Sputnik Rechitsa (promoted to the top-flight for the first time in their history) and Gomel (promoted after a one-year absence), champions and runners-up of the 2020 Belarusian First League respectively.
In the winter 2020/21, Gorodeya (who finished 13th last year) dissolved and left a Premier League spot vacant. Smorgon (6th-placed team of last year's First League season, promoted after an eleven-year absence) were admitted to fill the vacancy, after Krumkachy Minsk (First League 3rd-placed team) were denied Premier League license, and another two clubs ( Arsenal Dzerzhinsk and Lokomotiv Gomel) rejected the opportunity due to insufficient financing.
Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2020 |
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BATE | Borisov | Borisov Arena [1] | 13,121 | 2nd |
Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium (Gomel) [2] | 14,307 | 2nd ( First League) |
Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestsky | 10,060 | 4th |
Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium [3] | 22,324 | 6th |
Energetik-BGU | Minsk | City Stadium ( Borisov) [4] | 5,402 | 10th |
Isloch | Minsk Raion | City Stadium ( Molodechno) [5] | 4,800 | 7th |
Minsk | Minsk | Traktor Stadium [6] | 17,600 | 11th |
Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,479 | 5th |
Rukh | Brest | OSK Brestsky [7] | 10,060 | 8th |
Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium [8] | 4,200 | 1st |
Slavia | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium (Mozyr) | 5,133 | 9th |
Slutsk | Slutsk | City Stadium (Slutsk) [9] | 1,896 | 14th |
Smorgon | Smorgon | Yunost Stadium (Smorgon) | 2,625 | 6th ( First League) |
Sputnik | Rechitsa | Central Stadium (Rechitsa) [10] | 3,550 | 1st ( First League) |
Torpedo-BelAZ | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium | 6,524 | 3rd |
Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,200 | 12th |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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FC Dinamo Minsk | Leonid Kuchuk [1] | Resigned | 28 May 2021 | 4th | Artsyom Chelyadzinski (caretaker) [2] | 3 June 2021 |
FC Sputnik Rechitsa | Vyacheslav Levchuk [3] | Mutual Consent | 4 June 2021 | 16th | Viktor Kumykov [4] | 4 June 2021 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk (C) | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 18 | +44 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | BATE Borisov | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 61 | 27 | +34 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
3 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 55 | 20 | +35 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
4 | Gomel [a] | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 23 | +34 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
5 | Rukh Brest (W) | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 58 | Withdrawal from the league [5] |
6 | Dynamo Brest | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 38 | |
7 | Vitebsk | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 37 | |
8 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 36 | |
9 | Slutsk | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 35 | |
10 | Isloch Minsk Raion | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 34 | |
11 | Neman Grodno | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 34 | |
12 | Minsk | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 33 | |
13 | Energetik-BGU Minsk | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 33 | |
14 | Slavia Mozyr (O) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 32 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
15 | Smorgon (R) | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 66 | −40 | 21 | Relegation to the Belarusian First League |
16 | Sputnik Rechitsa (D, R) | 30 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 82 | −70 | 7 | Withdrawal from the league [5] |
Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.
The 14th-place finisher of this season ( Slavia Mozyr) played a two-legged relegation play-off against the third-placed team of the 2021 Belarusian First League ( Krumkachy Minsk) for a spot in the 2022 Premier League.
Leg 1
Slavia Mozyr | 1–0 | Krumkachy Minsk |
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Narh 90+2' |
Leg 2
Krumkachy Minsk | 0–0 | Slavia Mozyr |
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Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Dembo Darboe | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 19 |
2 | Andrey Solovey | Gomel | 17 |
3 | Maksim Skavysh | BATE Borisov | 13 |
4 | Stanislav Bilenkyi | Dynamo Brest | 11 |
5 | Ablaye Mbengue | Dinamo Minsk | 10 |
6 | Steven Alfred | Slutsk | 9 |
Dzyanis Laptsew | Rukh Brest | ||
Ruslan Teverov | Vitebsk | ||
9 | Dmitry Gomza | Gomel | 8 |
Dzmitry Kamarowski | Isloch | ||
Francis Narh | Slavia Mozyr |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Dzyanis Laptsew | Rukh Brest | Smorgon | 5–0 (H) [7] | 18 April 2021 |
Dembo Darboe | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Rukh Brest | 4‒1 (H) [8] | 25 April 2021 |
Ablaye Mbengue | Dinamo Minsk | Slavia Mozyr | 4–0 (H) [9] | 4 July 2021 |
Andrey Solovey | Gomel | Slutsk | 4–1 (A) [10] | 18 September 2021 |
Most yellow cards: (8)
Most red cards: (2)
Player of The Week | ||||
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Week | Player | Club | Reference | |
1 | Syarhey Kislyak | Dinamo Minsk | [11] | |
2 | Dzmitry Kamarowski | Isloch | [12] | |
3 | Shokhboz Umarov | BATE Borisov | [13] | |
4 | Andrey Solovey | Gomel | [14] | |
5 | Dzyanis Laptsew | Rukh Brest | [15] | |
6 | Dembo Darboe | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [16] | |
7 | Alyaksandr Sachywka | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [17] | |
8 | Júlio César | Vitebsk | [18] | |
9 | Denis Gruzhevskiy | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | [19] | |
10 | Ruslan Yudenkov | Gomel | [20] | |
11 | Andrey Solovey | Gomel | [21] |
Goal of The Week | ||||
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Week | Player | Club | Reference | |
1 | Shokhboz Umarov | BATE Borisov | [22] | |
2 | Alyaksandr Sachywka | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [23] | |
3 | Artsyom Vaskow | Gomel | [24] | |
4 | Nikola Antić | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [25] | |
5 | Aleksandr Shestyuk | Dynamo Brest | [26] | |
6 | Mikita Nyakrasaw | Gomel | [27] | |
7 | Stanislav Bilenkyi | Dynamo Brest | [28] | |
8 | Vadim Pobudey | Gomel | [29] | |
9 | Pavel Sedko | Dynamo Brest | [30] | |
10 | Ruslan Yudenkov | Gomel | [31] | |
11 | Shokhboz Umarov | BATE Borisov | [32] |
Player of The Month | ||||
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Month | Player | Club | Reference | |
April | Dembo Darboe | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [33] |
Goal of The Month | ||||
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Month | Player | Club | Reference | |
April | Aleksandr Shestyuk | Dynamo Brest | [34] |
Manager of The Month | ||||
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Month | Player | Club | Reference | |
April | Roman Hryhorchuk | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [35] |