Belarusian Premier League (women)

Belarusian Premier League
Country	Belarus
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1985
Divisions	1
Number of teams	6
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Belarusian Women's Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League
Current champions	FC Minsk (ЖФК Минск) (4th title) (2016)
Most championships	Babruichanka Babruisk (12 titles)
Website	BFF
2016

The Belarusian Premier League is the top level women's football league of Belarus.

The champion of the league qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Format

In 2009 teams in the league played each other twice. In the 2010 season the teams play each other three times.

In 2008 there were two playoff groups after the regular season. Teams 1 to 4 and 5 to 8 played a double round robin (so 6 additional matches).

The 2011 season is made up by the following teams.

Bobruisk

Brest

Minsk

Mogilev

Gomel

Grodno

Vitebsk

Molodechno

Voronovo

Locations of teams in the 2011 Belarusian Premier League

Team	Location	Ground
Babruichanka Babruisk	Bobruisk	Stadyen Spartak
Gomel SDJuShOR-8	Gomel	Stadyen Central'ny
FC Minsk	Minsk	Stadyen BGATU (BATU)
Molodechno	Molodechno	Stadyen Haradski
Nadezhda SDJuShOR-7 Mogilev	Mogilev	Stadion SDYuShOR-7
Niva-BelCard Grodno	Grodno	Stadyen Gr GU
Universitet Vitebsk	Vitebsk	Stadyen Central'ny Vitsyebski
Victorya Voronovo	Voronovo	Stadyen Haradski
Viktorya-86 Brest	Brest	Stadyen Dinamo
Zorka-BDU Minsk	Minsk	Stadyen RTsOP-BGU

A list of all champions.^[1]

Titles	Team
12	Babruichanka Babruisk
4	Universitet Vitebsk FC Minsk
2	Nadezhda Mahilyou
1	Trikotazhnitsa Babruisk Viktoriya Brest Belkar Babruisk Zorka BDU

National teams

men:	Premier League First League Second League Reserves

women:	Premier League

Domestic cups

Top level women's football leagues of Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Defunct leagues	Azerbaijan Belgium & Netherlands Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union

West Asia	Jordan Women's Football League (Jordan)

Central Asia	Kowsar Women Football League (Iran) Kyrgyzstan Women's Championship (Kyrgyzstan) Uzbek women's football championship (Uzbekistan)

South Asia	Indian Women's League (India) National Women Football Championship (Pakistan)

East Asia	Chinese Women's Super League (China PR) Chinese Taipei women's football championship (Chinese Taipei) Hong Kong Women League (Hong Kong) Nadeshiko League (Japan) WK League (Korea Republic)

Southeast Asia	W-League (Australia/New Zealand) Pertiwi Cup (Indonesia) PFF Women's League (Philippines) Thai Women's Premier League (Thailand) Vietnam women's football championship (Vietnam)

North America	National Women's Soccer League (USA/Canada)

Caribbean	JFF/SDF Women’s League (Jamaica)

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