2023 Belarusian First League

2023 Belarusian First League is the 33rd season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and will finish in November 2023.

Belarusian First League
Season2023
← 2022
2024 →

Team changes from 2022 season

Two best teams of 2022 Belarusian First League (Naftan Novopolotsk and Smorgon) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two last-placed teams of 2022 Belarusian Premier League (Vitebsk and Dnepr Mogilev). Fourth-placed Maxline Rogachev won the promotion/relegation play-off against Arsenal Dzerzhinsk and won right to get promoted, while Arsenal relegated to the First League to replace Maxline.

Due to low number of participants, no team has relegated to the Second League. In attempt to bring the number of teams to 16, three teams were promoted from the Second League (Niva Dolbizno, Zhodino-Yuzhnoye, and Bumprom Gomel).

Maxline Rogachev, who were initially promoted to Premier League, were later denied Premier League license. No other club was chosen to replace them, and Maxline remained in the First League, expanding it to 17 clubs for the season.[1] In the spring 2023, the club relocated from Rogachev to Vitebsk and became known as Maxline Vitebsk.

Teams summary
Location of teams in 2023 Belarusian First League
Team Location Position in 2021
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk Dzerzhinsk Premier League, 14
Vitebsk Vitebsk Premier League, 15
Dnepr Mogilev Mogilev Premier League, 16
Shakhtyor Petrikov Petrikov 3
Maxline Vitebsk Vitebsk 4
Ostrovets Ostrovets 5
Lokomotiv Gomel Gomel 6
Volna Pinsk Pinsk 7
Molodechno Molodechno 8
Orsha Orsha 9
Lida Lida 10
Slonim-2017 Slonim 11
Osipovichi Osipovichi 12
Baranovichi Baranovichi 13
Niva Dolbizno Dolbizno Second League, 1
Zhodino-Yuzhnoye Zhodino Second League, 5
Bumprom Gomel Gomel Second League, 10

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Arsenal Dzerzhinsk (X) 27 22 3 2 67 23 +44 69 Promotion to the Belarusian Premier League
2 Dnepr Mogilev 27 18 6 3 68 23 +45 60
3 Vitebsk 27 18 4 5 55 19 +36 58 Advance to the promotion play-offs
4 Lokomotiv Gomel 28 17 4 7 51 34 +17 55
5 Maxline Vitebsk 27 15 4 8 71 47 +24 49
6 Baranovichi 28 13 5 10 40 42 −2 44
7 Molodechno 27 11 8 8 47 37 +10 41
8 Ostrovets 27 10 7 10 50 51 −1 37
9 Volna Pinsk 28 10 7 11 37 41 −4 37
10 Zhodino-Yuzhnoye 27 9 7 11 43 45 −2 34
11 Lida 27 9 4 14 32 42 −10 31
12 Niva Dolbizno 27 9 4 14 42 59 −17 31
13 Bumprom Gomel 28 8 7 13 36 56 −20 31
14 Orsha 27 8 6 13 43 48 −5 30
15 Slonim-2017 28 5 6 17 23 52 −29 21
16 Shakhtyor Petrikov 27 5 4 18 27 60 −33 19
17 Osipovichi 27 1 2 24 19 72 −53 5 Relegation to the Belarusian Second League
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. 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.
(X) Assured of at least promotion play-offs

Results
Home \ Away ARS BAR BUM DNE LID LGM MAX MOL NIV ORS OSI OST SHP SLO VIT VOL ZHO
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk 28 Oct 1–0 2–0 7–2 0–1 4–1 4–3 4–0 4–0 5–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–2
Baranovichi 2–2 2–1 0–4 4–2 2–0 0–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–4 3–1 1–1
Bumprom Gomel 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 3–2 29 Oct 3–1 0–7 2–1 3–3 0–0 3–2
Dnepr Mogilev 2–0 1–0 5–0 2–1 1–1 29 Oct 2–1 3–1 2–2 6–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 0–1
Lida 1–2 0–1 4–1 0–3 0–0 3–2 0–3 0–1 0–0 4–1 28 Oct 1–2 1–1 1–2
Lokomotiv Gomel 1–3 3–1 4–0 0–3 3–0 4–1 2–2 3–4 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1
Maxline Vitebsk 2–2 5–0 2–0 5–2 4–2 6–3 0–2 2–1 3–1 0–2 5–1 0–4 1–1 2–2
Molodechno 1–3 2–1 4–0 0–0 5–0 2–3 1–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 5–1
Niva Dolbizno 0–3 4–3 0–4 3–4 1–2 1–1 0–5 1–1 3–1 28 Oct 1–0 1–2 5–2 1–2
Orsha 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–2 1–2 2–3
Osipovichi 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–8 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–3
Ostrovets 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–5 1–1 1–1 4–4 2–4 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–4 0–3
Shakhtyor Petrikov 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 3–3 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–6 2–1
Slonim-2017 2–2 0–5 0–1 1–2 0–5 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 0–5 0–1 0–3 0–0 2–0
Vitebsk 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 5–1 3–0 28 Oct 4–1 0–0
Volna Pinsk 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 4–2 2–4 2–2 1–0 3–2 29 Oct 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–4 2–1
Zhodino-Yuzhnoye 0–2 2–2 0–4 1–2 2–3 4–1 28 Oct 4–1 1–1 3–3 3–0 1–0 1–2 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References
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