1997 Belarusian Premier League
Season | 1997 |
---|---|
Champions | Dinamo Minsk |
Relegated |
Ataka Transmash |
Champions League | Dinamo Minsk |
Cup Winners' Cup | Lokomotiv-96 |
UEFA Cup | Belshina |
Intertoto Cup | Dnepr |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 658 (2.74 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Andrey Khlebosolov (19) |
Biggest home win | Dinamo Minsk 7–0 Torpedo-Kadino |
Biggest away win |
Kommunalnik 1–7 Dnepr; Torpedo-Kadino 1–7 Ataka |
Highest scoring | Dinamo-93 6–3 Transmash |
← 1996 1998 → |
Belarusian Premier League 1997 was the seventh season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 11 and ended on November 11, 1997. MPKC Mozyr were the defending champions.
Team changes from 1996 season
Obuvshchik Lida and Vedrich Rechytsa, placed 15th and 16th respectively, relegated to the First League. They were replaced by two newcomers: 1996 First League winners Transmash Mogilev and runners-up Kommunalnik Slonim. Ataka-Aura Minsk shortened their name to Ataka Minsk
Overview
Dinamo Minsk won their 6th champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Belshina Bobruisk qualified for UEFA Cup. Bronze medalists and 1997–98 Cup winners Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup. Originally Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and Shakhtyor Soligorsk, placed 15th and 16th respectively, were supposed to be relegated to the First League. However, after Ataka Minsk withdrew from Premier League due to bad financial state and two Mogilev teams Dnepr and Transmash merged to form FC Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev, both Shakhter and Torpedo-Kadino were allowed to stay in the Premier League.
Teams and venues
Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 1996 |
---|---|---|---|---|
MPKC | Mozyr | Yunost, Mozyr | 5,500 | 1 |
Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo, Minsk | 41,040 | 2 |
Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak, Bobruisk | 3,550 | 3 |
Dinamo-93 | Minsk | Dinamo, Minsk | 41,040 | 4 |
Lokomotiv-96 | Vitebsk | Central, Vitebsk | 8,300 | 5 |
Ataka | Minsk | Traktor | 17,600 | 6 |
Naftan-Devon | Novopolotsk | Atlant | 6,500 | 7 |
Molodechno | Molodechno | City Stadium | 5,500 | 8 |
Dnepr | Mogilev | Spartak, Mogilev | 11,200 | 9 |
Dinamo Brest | Brest | Dinamo, Brest | 10,080 | 10 |
Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel | 5,000 | 11 |
Torpedo | Minsk | Torpedo, Minsk | 5,200 | 12 |
Neman | Grodno | Neman | 6,300 | 13 |
Torpedo-Kadino | Mogilev | Torpedo, Mogilev | 3,500 | 14 |
Transmash | Mogilev | Transmash | 7,000 | First league, 1 |
Kommunalnik | Slonim | Yunost, Slonim | 3,000 | First league, 2 |
Table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dinamo Minsk (C) | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 74 | 24 | +50 | 70 | UEFA Champions League 1998-99 First qualifying round |
2 | Belshina Bobruisk | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 67 | 30 | +37 | 66 | 1998–99 UEFA Cup First qualifying round |
3 | Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 59 | 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round |
4 | Dnepr Mogilev | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 52 | 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round |
5 | Dinamo-93 Minsk | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 49 | |
6 | MPKC Mozyr | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 43 | |
7 | Dinamo Brest | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 42 | |
8 | Torpedo Minsk | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 42 | |
9 | Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 39 | |
10 | Neman Grodno | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 38 | |
11 | Kommunalnik Slonim | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 32 | 61 | −29 | 30 | |
12 | Ataka Minsk (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 44 | –15 | 30 | Dissolved |
13 | Molodechno | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 30 | |
14 | Transmash Mogilev (R) | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 30 | 52 | –22 | 28 | Merged with Dnepr Mogilev |
15 | Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 59 | −30 | 28 | |
16 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 53 | −31 | 24 |
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification:
1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Belarusian clubs in Euporean Cups
Round | Team #1 | Agg. | Team #1 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup | |||||
Group stage | Dinamo-93 Minsk | 1–0 | Heerenveen | 1–0 | |
Polonia Warsaw | 1–4 | Dinamo-93 Minsk | 1–4 | ||
Dinamo-93 Minsk | 0–1 | Duisburg | 0–1 | ||
Aalborg | 2–1 | Dinamo-93 Minsk | 2–1 | ||
1997–98 UEFA Cup | |||||
First qualifying round | Dinamo Minsk | (a) 2–2 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Second qualifying round | Dinamo Minsk | 0–3 | Lillestrøm | 0–2 | 0–1 |
First round | MPKC Mozyr | 1–2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–1 | 0–1 |
1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | |||||
Qualifying round | Sadam Tallinn | 2–5 | Belshina Bobruisk | 1–1 | 1–4 |
First round | Belshina Bobruisk | 1–5 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–2 | 0–3 |
1997–98 UEFA Champions League | |||||
First qualifying round | Constructorul Chişinău | 3–4 | MPKC Mozyr | 1–1 | 2–3 |
Second qualifying round | Olympiacos | 7–2 | MPKC Mozyr | 5–0 | 2–2 |
Top scorers
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Andrey Khlebosolov | Belshina Bobruisk | 19 |
2 | Uladzimir Makowski | Dinamo Minsk | 16 |
3 | Dzmitry Balashow | Belshina Bobruisk | 15 |
Vladimir Solodukhin | Dnepr Mogilev | 15 | |
Andrey Turchinovich | Dinamo-93 Minsk | 15 | |
6 | Dmitry Podrez | Dinamo Minsk | 13 |
Maksim Razumaw | Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk | 13 | |
8 | Raman Vasilyuk | Dinamo Brest | 12 |
Vladimir Putrash | Belshina Bobruisk | 12 | |
Valery Strypeykis | Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk | 12 |
See also
- 1997 Belarusian First League
- 1996–97 Belarusian Cup
- 1997–98 Belarusian Cup