2006 Belarusian First League
2006 Belarusian First League was the 16th season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in October 2006.
| Season | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Minsk |
| Promoted | Minsk Smorgon |
| Relegated | Lida Bereza |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 509 (2.8 per match) |
← 2005 2007 → | |
Team changes from 2005 season
Two best teams of the last season (Belshina Bobruisk and Lokomotiv Vitebsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two teams that finished at the bottom of 2005 Belarusian Premier League table (Zvezda-BGU Minsk and Slavia Mozyr).
Two lowest placed teams of 2005 season (Orsha and Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2005 Second League (Torpedo-SKA Minsk and Pinsk-900).
Before the start of the season Smena Minsk was transformed into new club FC Minsk, which overtook Smena's First League allocation, bypassing the Second League. Newly promoted Torpedo-SKA Minsk was disbanded with some of its facilities being inherited by Minsk.
Slavia Mozyr and ZLiN Gomel merged into Mozyr-ZLiN, a club became a successor of Slavia Mozyr (and was eventually renamed into such).
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev withdrew from the league and disbanded due to lack of financing. They were replaced by additionally promoted Polotsk, who finished 5th in last year's Second League. Two teams that finished above Polotsk and were also eligible for additional promotion (Spartak Shklov and Vertikal Kalinkovichi) refused the invitation due to insufficient financing. No other teams were promoted and the league was reduced from 16 to 14 clubs.
Granit Mikashevichi changed their name to FC Mikashevichi and Pinsk-900 to Volna Pinsk prior to the season.
Teams and locations
| Team | Location | Position in 2005 |
|---|---|---|
| Zvezda-BGU | Minsk | Premier League, 13 |
| Mozyr-ZLiN | Mozyr | Premier League, 14 |
| Smorgon | Smorgon | 3 |
| Minsk | Minsk | 5 |
| Mikashevichi | Mikashevichi | 6 |
| Khimik | Svetlogorsk | 7 |
| Vedrich-97 | Rechitsa | 8 |
| Baranovichi | Baranovichi | 9 |
| Lida | Lida | 10 |
| Veras | Nesvizh | 11 |
| Kommunalnik | Slonim | 13 |
| Bereza | Bereza | 14 |
| Volna | Pinsk | Second League, 2 |
| Polotsk | Polotsk | Second League, 5 |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minsk (P) | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 13 | +31 | 56 | Promotion to Belarusian Premier League |
| 2 | Smorgon (P) | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 55 | |
| 3 | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 49 | |
| 4 | Mozyr-ZLiN | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 43 | |
| 5 | Mikashevichi | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 40 | |
| 6 | Polotsk | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 37 | |
| 7 | Vedrich-97 Rechitsa | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 36 | |
| 8 | Volna Pinsk | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 34 | |
| 9 | Veras Nesvizh | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 32 | |
| 10 | Baranovichi | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 32 | |
| 11 | Kommunalnik Slonim | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 26 | |
| 12 | Zvezda-BGU Minsk | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 25 | |
| 13 | Lida (R) | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 45 | −22 | 23 | Relegation to Belarusian Second League |
| 14 | Bereza (R) | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 58 | −35 | 15 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dzmitry Vyarstak |
Smorgon | 19 |
| 2 | Yury Aleshchanka |
Polotsk | 18 |
| 3 | Andrey Sherakow |
Mikashevichi | 15 |
| 4 | Dmitry Gavrilovich |
Khimik Svetlogorsk | 14 |
| Dzmitry Asipenka |
Smorgon | 14 |