2001 Belarusian Premier League

The 2001 Belarusian Premier League was the 11th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 11 and ended on November 7, 2001. Slavia Mozyr were the defending champions.

Belarusian Premier League
Season2001
ChampionsBelshina
RelegatedNaftan
Vedrich-97
Champions LeagueBelshina
UEFA CupGomel
Dinamo Minsk
Intertoto CupBATE
Matches played182
Goals scored482 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer Sergei Davydov (25)
Biggest home winSlavia 6–0 Lokomotiv-96
Biggest away win0–4 – 3 games;
1–5 – 1 game
Highest scoringBATE 6–3 Molodechno-2000;
Slavia 6–3 Vedrich-97
← 2000
2002 →

Team changes from 2000 season

Due to league reduction from 16 to 14 teams, three worst placed teams in 2000 – Lida, Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and Kommunalnik Slonim relegated to the First League, while only one team, winners of 2000 First League Molodechno, replaced them. Molodechno changed their name to Molodechno-2000 following the promotion. Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk shortened their name to Naftan Novopolotsk midway through 2001 season.

Overview

Belshina Bobruisk won their 1st champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk and 2001-02 Cup winners Gomel qualified for UEFA Cup. Teams finished on the last two places, Naftan Novopolotsk and Vedrich-97 Rechitsa relegated to the First League.

Teams and venues
Location of teams in 2001 Belarusian Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2000
Slavia Mozyr Yunost 5,500 1
BATE Borisov City Stadium, Borisov 5,500 2
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo, Minsk 41,040 3
Neman-Belcard Grodno Neman 6,300 4
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel 5,000 5
Gomel Gomel Central, Gomel 11,800 6
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Spartak, Mogilev 11,200 7
Torpedo-MAZ Minsk Torpedo, Minsk 5,200 8
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak, Bobruisk 3,550 9
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,080 10
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk Central, Vitebsk 8,300 11
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa Central, Rechytsa 3,550 12
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant 6,500 13
Molodechno-2000 Molodechno City Stadium, Molodechno 5,500 First league, 1

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Belshina Bobruisk (C) 26 17 4 5 43 20 +23 55 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Dinamo Minsk 26 16 5 5 52 21 +31 53 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 BATE Borisov 26 16 3 7 54 31 +23 51 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Neman-Belcard Grodno 26 14 8 4 44 20 +24 50
5 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 26 13 7 6 43 24 +19 46
6 Gomel 26 13 5 8 36 24 +12 44 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Slavia Mozyr 26 13 5 8 49 27 +22 44
8 Torpedo-MAZ Minsk 26 10 7 9 31 32 −1 37
9 Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 26 8 7 11 29 37 −8 31
10 Molodechno-2000 26 8 5 13 23 47 −24 29
11 Dinamo Brest 26 8 5 13 26 38 −12 29
12 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 26 4 7 15 18 51 −33 19
13 Naftan Novopolotsk (R) 26 4 2 20 18 51 −33 14 Relegation to Belarusian First League
14 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa (R) 26 2 2 22 17 60 −43 8
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Gomel qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 2001–02 Belarusian Cup.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups
Round Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round Dinamo Minsk 7–1 Hobscheid 6–0 1–1
Second round Dinamo Minsk 3–0 Hapoel Haifa 2–0 1–0
Third round Wolfsburg 4–3 Dinamo Minsk 4–3 0–0
2001–02 UEFA Cup
Qualifying round Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–5 CSKA Sofia 1–2 1–3
Ružomberok 3–1 Belshina Bobruisk 3–1 0–0
Dinamo Tbilisi 2–5 BATE Borisov 2–1 0–4
First round BATE Borisov 0–6 Milan 0–2 0–4
2001–02 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round VB Vágur 0–5 Slavia Mozyr 0–0 0–5
Second qualifying round Slavia Mozyr 0–2 Inter Bratislava 0–1 0–1

Top scorers
Rank Name Team Goals
1 Sergei DavydovNeman-Belcard Grodno25
2 Vitali KutuzovBATE Borisov14
3 Petr KatchouroDinamo Minsk12
4 Viktor BorelGomel11
Ihor ChumachenkoDinamo Minsk, Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev11
Syarhey NikiforenkaShakhtyor Soligorsk11
Valery StrypeykisSlavia Mozyr11
8 Vadzim BoykaDinamo Brest10
Artem KontsevoyBATE Borisov10
Aleksandr SednevBelshina Bobruisk10

See also
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