1992 Belarusian Premier League

The 1992 Belarusian Premier League season was the inaugural tournament for independent Belarus after the dissolution of Soviet Union. A decision was made to switch the schedule of the league to fall-spring format, therefore the first season was played as a single round-robin tournament between 18 April and 20 June 1992.

Belarusian Premier League
Season1992
ChampionsDinamo Minsk
(1st title)
Relegatednone
Matches played120
Goals scored277 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer Andrey Skorobogatko
(11 goals)
Biggest home winDinamo Minsk 8–1 BelAZ
(9 May 1992)
Biggest away winGomselmash 0–6 Dnepr
(6 June 1992)
Highest scoringDinamo Minsk 8–1 BelAZ
(9 May 1992)

Teams and venues
Location of teams in 1992 Belarusian Premier League

The first teams to participate in the Belarusian top football league were Dinamo Minsk, a sole staple Belarusian team from Soviet Top League, four teams formerly of Soviet Second League (Dinamo Brest, Dnepr, KIM and Khimik), one team formerly of Soviet Second League B (Gomselmash) and ten teams formerly of the Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR.

Team Location Venue Capacity League and position in 1991
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)[1] 50,050 Soviet Top League 8
Dnepr Mogilev Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) 12,000 Soviet Second League, West 12
Dinamo Brest Brest Dinamo Stadium (Brest) 10,500 16
KIM Vitebsk Vitebsk Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) 5,500 20
Khimik Grodno Grodno Krasnoye Znamya Stadium 14,000 22
Gomselmash Gomel Gomel Gomselmash Stadium 10,000 Soviet Second League B, Zone 6 16
Metallurg Molodechno Molodechno Metallurg Stadium 5,600 Belarusian SSR First League 1
Torpedo Mogilev Mogilev Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev)[2] 4,000 2
SKB-Lokomotiv Vitebsk Vitebsk Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk)[3] 5,500 3
Torpedo Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk)[4] 5,000 4
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Soligorsk Shakhtyor Stadium 5,000 5
Stroitel Starye Dorogi Starye Dorogi Stroitel Stadium 5,000 6
Traktor Bobruisk Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 3,500 9
BelAZ Zhodino Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 5,500 10
Obuvshchik Lida Lida Obuvshchik Stadium 3,500 11
Vedrich Rechitsa Rechitsa Rechitsadrev Stadium 4,000 Belarusian SSR Second League 1
  1. ^
    One home game played at Traktor Stadium.
  2. ^
    One home game played at Spartak Stadium.
  3. ^
    SKB-Lokomotiv played all home games of the season at Lyos Stadium (capacity 3,000) in Baran due to scheduling conflicts with KIM.
  4. ^
    Five home games played at Traktor Stadium.

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dinamo Minsk (C) 15 11 3 1 38 7 +31 25
2 Dnepr Mogilev 15 11 2 2 28 4 +24 24
3 Dinamo Brest 15 8 3 4 21 10 +11 19
4 Traktor Bobruisk 15 8 3 4 13 10 +3 19
5 Khimik Grodno 15 9 0 6 21 17 +4 18
6 KIM Vitebsk 15 7 3 5 21 14 +7 17
7 Torpedo Mogilev 15 4 8 3 16 14 +2 16
8 Vedrich Rechitsa 15 6 3 6 17 19 −2 15
9 Metallurg Molodechno 15 5 5 5 11 12 −1 15
10 Torpedo Minsk 15 5 3 7 15 17 −2 13
11 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 15 5 3 7 15 17 −2 13
12 Obuvshchik Lida 15 4 3 8 13 18 −5 11
13 BelAZ Zhodino 15 5 0 10 13 31 −18 10
14 Stroitel Starye Dorogi 15 4 2 9 14 22 −8 10
15 SKB-Lokomotiv Vitebsk 15 4 2 9 16 28 −12 10
16 Gomselmash Gomel 15 1 3 11 5 37 −32 5
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champion.

Top scorers
Rank Name Team Goals
1 Andrey SkorobogatkoDnepr Mogilev11
2 Sergey YasinskySKB-Lokomotiv Vitebsk8
3 Valyantsin ByalkevichDinamo Minsk7
Sergey KorozaKhimik Grodno7
5 Dmitry BarabashTorpedo Mogilev6
Sergey TeplyakovTorpedo Mogilev6
Vladimir KavalenyaShakhtyor Soligorsk6
Syarhey HerasimetsDinamo Minsk6
Yury MazurchikKhimik Grodno6

See also
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