1995 Belarusian First League

1995 Belarusian First League was the fifth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in July and ended in November 1995.

Belarusian First League
Season1995
ChampionsNaftan-Devon Novopolotsk
PromotedNaftan-Devon Novopolotsk
RelegatedKhimvolokno Grodno
Matches played105
Goals scored268 (2.55 per match)
1996 →

Team changes from 1994–95 season

The two best teams of 1994–95 First League (MPKC Mozyr and Ataka-Aura Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two lowest placed teams of 1994–95 Premier League (Gomselmash Gomel and Lokomotiv Vitebsk).

The three lowest-placed teams of the last season (ZLiN Gomel, AFViS-RShVSM Minsk and Stroitel Vitebsk) relegated to the Second League. Stroitel Vitebsk eventually disbanded before the start of the season. These teams were replaced by three best teams of 1994–95 Second League (Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk, Fomalgaut Borisov and Dinamo-Juni Minsk).

Before the start of the season, Gomselmash Gomel were renamed to FC Gomel.

Santanas Samokhvalovichi, placed 8th last season, withdrew to amateur level due to financial troubles, leaving the league with 15 teams for this season.

Overview

Newcomers Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk won the tournament and were promoted to the Premier League. Runners-up Kommunalnik Pinsk qualified to the promotion play-offs against 15th team of Premier League but lost and remained in the First League. Khimvolokno Grodno, who finished 15th, relegated to the Second League.

Teams and locations
Location of teams in 1995 Belarusian First League
Team Location Position in 1994–95
Gomel Gomel Premier League, 15
Lokomotiv Vitebsk Premier League, 16
Kommunalnik Pinsk 3
KPF Slonim 4
Kardan-Flyers Grodno 5
Stroitel Starye Dorogi 6
Brestbytkhim Brest 7
Khimik Svetlogorsk 9
Torpedo Zhodino 10
Transmash Mogilev 11
Khimvolokno Grodno 12
Kimovets Vitebsk 13
Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk Second League, 1
Fomalgaut Borisov Second League, 2
Dinamo-Juni Minsk Second League, 3

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk (P) 14 10 2 2 29 14 +15 32 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2 Kommunalnik Pinsk 14 9 2 3 22 13 +9 29 Qualification for promotion play-off
3 Fomalgaut Borisov 14 8 4 2 24 13 +11 28
4 Kardan-Flyers Grodno 14 8 3 3 28 18 +10 27
5 KPF Slonim 14 7 5 2 25 15 +10 26
6 Brestbytkhim Brest 14 8 1 5 19 14 +5 25
7 Transmash Mogilev 14 6 4 4 20 16 +4 22
8 Khimik Svetlogorsk 14 5 2 7 19 17 +2 17[lower-alpha 1]
9 Gomel 14 5 2 7 19 17 +2 17[lower-alpha 1]
10 Lokomotiv Vitebsk 14 5 1 8 10 15 −5 16
11 Torpedo Zhodino 14 3 6 5 13 15 −2 15
12 Dinamo-Juni Minsk 14 4 2 8 12 22 −10 14
13 Stroitel Starye Dorogi 14 3 3 8 12 26 −14 12
14 Kimovets Vitebsk 14 2 3 9 9 28 −19 9
15 Khimvolokno Grodno (R) 14 0 4 10 7 25 −18 4 Relegation to Belarusian Second League
Source: rsssf.com
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
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Khimik Svetlogorsk placed above Gomel by better head-to-head record (1–0 win).

Promotion play-off

Kommunalnik Pinsk had to play two-legged play-off against Shinnik Bobruisk, who finished 15th in Premier League. Shinnik won and both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Team #1 Agg. Team #1 1st leg 2nd leg
Shinnik Bobruisk 3–2 Kommunalnik Pinsk 0–2 3–0

Top goalscorers
Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Sergey Solodovnikov Kardan-Flyers Grodno 11
2 Valery Strypeykis Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 9
3 Ruslan Lyashenko Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 7
Syarhey Pyatrukovich Fomalgaut Borisov 7

See also
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