2011 Belarusian Premier League

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.

Belarusian Premier League
Season2011
ChampionsBATE Borisov
8th title
RelegatedDnepr Mogilev
Vitebsk
Champions LeagueBATE Borisov
Europa LeagueNaftan
Shakhtyor
Gomel
Matches played198
Goals scored460 (2.32 per match)
Biggest home winNaftan 6–0 Dnepr
Biggest away winDnepr 0–4 Shakhtyor
Highest scoringD. Minsk 3–4 Minsk
Longest winning runBATE
(6 games)[1]
Longest unbeaten runBATE
(14 games)[1]
Longest winless runDinamo Brest, Neman
(11 games each)[1]
Longest losing runDinamo Brest, Dnepr, Naftan, Neman
(4 games each)[1]
← 2010
2012 →

Teams
Locations of teams in the 2011 Belarusian Premier League

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 summaries
Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2010
BATE Borisov City Stadium 5,402 1
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 3,700 6
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,060 5
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo-Yuni Stadium 4,500 4
Dnepr Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) 7,350 8
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,307 First League, 1
Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) 5,200 3
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 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

League table
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
Source: football.by
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
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Winners of 2011–12 Belarusian Cup will qualify for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League

Relegation playoffs

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 Minsk2 – 0Vitebsk
Shapyatowski 73'
Makas 89'
Attendance: 600
Vitebsk2 – 1Partizan Minsk
Sļesarčuks 27'
Skitaw 55'		 Makas 30' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,000

Results

Each team will play three times against every other team for a total of 33 matches.

First and second round
Home \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI DNE GOM MIN NAF NEM SHA TZH VIT
BATE Borisov 1–0 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 4–1
Belshina Bobruisk 0–2 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–0
Dinamo Brest 0–3 1–4 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 1–1 4–0 1–3 3–0
Dinamo Minsk 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–2
Dnepr Mogilev 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–0
Gomel 0–0 3–1 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–2
Minsk 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–3 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–3
Naftan Novopolotsk 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–4 6–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–1
Neman Grodno 0–3 2–0 2–3 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–2 0–1 2–2 0–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 5–0 1–0 1–0
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 1–0 0–3
Vitebsk 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round
Home \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI DNE GOM MIN NAF NEM SHA TZH VIT
BATE Borisov 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 4–2 2–2
Belshina Bobruisk 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 1–1
Dinamo Brest 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–0
Dinamo Minsk 0–3 4–1 3–4 3–2 2–0
Dnepr Mogilev 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–4 1–0
Gomel 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0
Minsk 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0
Naftan Novopolotsk 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–3 1–1
Neman Grodno 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–0
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–3
Vitebsk 0–3 3–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–2
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Brazil Renan Bressan BATE Borisov 13
2 Belarus Yahor Zubovich Belshina Bobruisk 11
Belarus Artsyom Salavey Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 11
Brazil Bruno Furlan Dinamo Minsk 11
5 Belarus Dzmitry Kowb Belshina Bobruisk 10
Ukraine Maksym Lisovyi Belshina Bobruisk, Gomel 10
7 Belarus Ihar Zyankovich Dnepr Mogilev 9
Russia Aleksandr Alumona Shakhtyor Soligorsk 9
9 Belarus Pavel Sitko Shakhtyor Soligorsk 8
Belarus Dzmitry Kamarowski Shakhtyor Soligorsk 8
Belarus Raman Vasilyuk Minsk 8
Brazil David Lazari Dinamo Brest 8
Ukraine Ihor Kryvobok Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 8

Updated to games played on 27 November 2011
Source: football.by Archived 2012-08-20 at the Wayback Machine

Awards

Player of the month
Month Player Team Notes
April Belarus Igor Shitov BATE Borisov [2]
May Belarus Ihar Stasevich Gomel [3]
June Belarus Yury Tsyhalka Shakhtyor Soligorsk [4]
July Belarus Pavel Nekhaychik BATE Borisov [5]
August Belarus Artsyom Salavey Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino [6]
September Brazil David Lazari Dinamo Brest [7]
October Brazil Renan Bressan BATE Borisov [8]
November Belarus Dzmitry Kamarowski Shakhtyor Soligorsk [9]

See also

References
  1. "Premier League - 2011". WhoScored.com. WhoScored.com. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  2. Best in April. Shitov's defense, pressball.by, retrieved 4 May 2011
  3. Best in May. Stasevich's philosophy, pressball.by, retrieved 31 May 2011
  4. Best in June. Yuri Tsygalko: thanks to Malofeyev, pressball.by, retrieved 30 June 2011
  5. Best in July. Pavel Nekhaichik: without BATE I'm nobody, pressball.by, retrieved 4 August 2011
  6. Best in August. Artyom Solovey: Minsk captivity, pressball.by, retrieved 1 September 2011
  7. Best in September. Star of David, pressball.by, retrieved 6 October 2011
  8. Red October. Renan Bressan: a pleasure, pressball.by, retrieved 3 November 2011
  9. Best in November. Dmitri Komarovsky: cloudless autumn, pressball.by, retrieved 30 November 2011
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