1999 Belarusian First League

1999 Belarusian First League was the ninth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. The season started in April 1999 and ended in October 1999.

Belarusian First League
Season1999
ChampionsKommunalnik Slonim
PromotedKommunalnik Slonim
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa
RelegatedPinsk-900
Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk
Matches played240
Goals scored688 (2.87 per match)
← 1998
2000 →

Team changes from 1998 season

The two best teams of the 1998 Belarusian First League (Lida and Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by Kommunalnik Slonim, the last-placed team of 1998 Premier League (only one team has relegated due to Dinamo-93 Minsk dissolution midway through 1998 season).

Two lowest placed teams of the 1998 First League season (Veino and Belenergostroy Beloozyorsk) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 1998 Second League (Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk and Granit Mikashevichi as the winners of their respective groups).

During the off-season Belcard Grodno (placed 8th last year) merged with Premier League club Neman Grodno (with the latter being renamed to Neman-Belcard Grodno). To fill the two vacant spots, Veino were spared from relegation, and Neman Mosty (placed 3rd in Second League Group B last year) were additionally promoted. Neman Mosty were invited since Veras Nesvizh (Second League Group A runners-up) refused promotion and Gomel-2 (Second League Group B runners-up) were ineligible.

Before the start of the season Dinamo-Energogaz Vitebsk were renamed to Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk and FC Veino were renamed to Veino-Dnepr after becoming a farm club of Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev. FC Bereza merged with Keramik Bereza from the Second league and adopted the latter's club name as their own.

Overview

The two highest placing teams of the season (Kommunalnik Slonim and Vedrich-97 Rechitsa) were promoted to the Premier League, and the two lowest placed teams (Pinsk-900 and Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk) were relegated to the Second League. Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk subsequently disbanded before the next season.

Teams and locations
Location of teams in 1999 Belarusian First League
Team Location Position in 1998
Kommunalnik Slonim Premier League, 15
Pinsk-900 Pinsk 3
Dinamo-Juni Minsk 4
Torpedo Zhodino 5
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 6
ZLiN Gomel 7
Kommunalnik Svetlogorsk 9
Rogachev Rogachev 10
Polesye Kozenki 11
Keramik Bereza 12
Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk 13
Orsha Orsha 14
Veino-Dnepr Veino 15
Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk Second League, Group A, 1
Granit Mikashevichi Second League, Group B, 1
Neman Mosty Second League, Group B, 3

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kommunalnik Slonim (P) 30 18 5 7 57 29 +28 59 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa (P) 30 16 10 4 56 30 +26 58
3 Dinamo-Juni Minsk 30 16 8 6 50 36 +14 56[lower-alpha 1]
4 Kommunalnik Svetlogorsk 30 16 8 6 45 31 +14 56[lower-alpha 1]
5 Granit Mikashevichi 30 15 9 6 47 25 +22 54
6 Neman Mosty 30 14 10 6 49 30 +19 52
7 Torpedo Zhodino 30 11 11 8 55 43 +12 44
8 Keramik Bereza 30 11 10 9 37 38 −1 43
9 Orsha 30 10 9 11 46 37 +9 39
10 Rogachev 30 9 11 10 49 44 +5 38
11 ZLiN Gomel 30 9 9 12 37 30 +7 36
12 Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk 30 8 9 13 38 57 −19 33
13 Polesye Kozenki 30 7 6 17 32 61 −29 27
14 Veino-Dnepr Mogilev Raion 30 6 8 16 31 57 −26 26[lower-alpha 2]
15 Pinsk-900 (R) 30 6 8 16 33 50 −17 26[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to Belarusian Second League
16 Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk (R) 30 0 5 25 26 90 −64 5
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. Dinamo-Juni Minsk placed above Kommunalnik Svetlogorsk by better head-to-head record (2–2, 2–0).
  2. Veino-Dnepr placed above Pinsk-900 by better head-to-head record (1–1, 2–1).

Top goalscorers
Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Georgiy Tatarashvili Kommunalnik Slonim 22
2 Igor Belyay Rogachev 18
Dzmitry Kavalyonak Dinamo-Juni Minsk 18
4 Oleg Verbitskiy Neman Mosty 17
5 Alyaksandr Kavalyow Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 16

See also
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