Season | 2011 |
---|---|
Champions | BATE Borisov 8th title |
Relegated | Dnepr Mogilev Vitebsk |
Champions League | BATE Borisov |
Europa League | Naftan Shakhtyor Gomel |
Matches played | 198 |
Goals scored | 460 (2.32 per match) |
Biggest home win | Naftan 6–0 Dnepr |
Biggest away win | Dnepr 0–4 Shakhtyor |
Highest scoring | D. Minsk 3–4 Minsk |
Longest winning run | BATE (6 games) [1] |
Longest unbeaten run | BATE (14 games) [1] |
Longest winless run | Dinamo Brest, Neman (11 games each) [1] |
Longest losing run | Dinamo Brest, Dnepr, Naftan, Neman (4 games each) [1] |
← 2010 2012 → |
The 2011 Belarusian Premier League was the 21st season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began in April and ended in November 2011. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.
Partizan Minsk were relegated to the Belarusian First League after finishing the 2010 season in last place, ending a seven-year tenure in the league. They were replaced by 2010 First League champions Gomel, who make their immediate return to the highest football league of Belarus. Torpedo Zhodino as 11th-placed team had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up SKVICH Minsk. They successfully retained their Premier League spot after defeating SKVICH 3–1 on aggregate. In early 2011 they were renamed to Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino.
Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2010 |
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BATE | Borisov | City Stadium | 5,402 | 1 |
Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) [1] | 3,700 | 6 |
Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestskiy | 10,060 | 5 |
Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo-Yuni Stadium [2] | 4,500 | 4 |
Dnepr | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) | 7,350 | 8 |
Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium [3] | 14,307 | First League, 1 |
Minsk | Minsk | Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) [4] | 1,650 | 3 |
Naftan | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium [5] | 4,500 | 7 |
Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,500 | 10 |
Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 | 2 |
Torpedo-BelAZ | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) | 3,020 | 11 |
Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,350 | 9 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | BATE Borisov (C) | 33 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 53 | 20 | +33 | 66 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 33 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 61 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
3 | Gomel | 33 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 54 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
4 | Dinamo Minsk | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 49 | |
5 | Belshina Bobruisk | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 48 | |
6 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 33 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 41 | |
7 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 37 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round [lower-alpha 1] |
8 | Neman Grodno | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 37 | |
9 | Minsk | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 35 | |
10 | Dinamo Brest | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 35 | |
11 | Vitebsk (R) | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 32 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
12 | Dnepr Mogilev (R) | 33 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 32 | Relegation to Belarusian First League |
Vitebsk will play a two-legged relegation play-off against Partizan Minsk, the runners-up of the 2011 Belarusian First League for one spot in the 2012 Premier League.
Partizan Minsk | 2 – 0 | Vitebsk |
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Shapyatowski 73' Makas 89' |
Vitebsk | 2 – 1 | Partizan Minsk |
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Sļesarčuks 27' Skitaw 55' | Makas 30' (pen.) |
Each team will play three times against every other team for a total of 33 matches.
Updated to games played on 27 November 2011
Source: football.by Archived 2012-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
Month | Player | Team | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
April | Igor Shitov | BATE Borisov | [2] |
May | Ihar Stasevich | Gomel | [3] |
June | Yury Tsyhalka | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [4] |
July | Pavel Nekhaychik | BATE Borisov | [5] |
August | Artsyom Salavey | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | [6] |
September | David Lazari | Dinamo Brest | [7] |
October | Renan Bressan | BATE Borisov | [8] |
November | Dzmitry Kamarowski | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [9] |
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