2002 Belarusian First League

2002 Belarusian First League was the twelfth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in October 2002.

Belarusian First League
Season2002
ChampionsDarida Minsk Raion
PromotedDarida Minsk Raion
Naftan Novopolotsk
Lokomotiv Minsk
RelegatedOsipovichi
← 2001
2003 →

Team changes from 2001 season

Two top teams of last season (Torpedo Zhodino and Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two teams that finished at the bottom of 2001 Belarusian Premier League table (Naftan Novopolotsk and Vedrich-97 Rechitsa).

One team that finished at the bottom of 2001 season table (Rogachev-DUSSh-1) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2001 Second League (Lokomotiv Minsk and Smorgon), and the league was expended from 15 to 16 teams.

Orsha, who finished 12th last season, withdrew to the amateur level in winter. To replace them, Rogachev-DUSSh-1 were spared from relegation.

Before the start of the season, Svisloch Osipovichi changed their name to Osipovichi, Keramik Bereza to FC Bereza and Rogachev-DUSSh-1 to Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev.

Teams and locations
Location of teams in 2001 Belarusian First League
Team Location Position in 2001
Naftan Novopolotsk Premier League, 13
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa Premier League, 14
Darida Minsk Raion 3
Khimik Svetlogorsk 4
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 5
Granit Mikashevichi 6
ZLiN Gomel 7
Bereza Bereza 8
Lida Lida 9
Kommunalnik Slonim 10
Osipovichi Osipovichi 11
Dinamo-Juni Minsk 13
Neman Mosty 14
Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev 15
Lokomotiv Minsk Second League, 1
Smorgon Smorgon Second League, 2

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Darida Minsk Raion (P) 30 23 5 2 89 23 +66 74 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2 Naftan Novopolotsk (P) 30 21 5 4 56 23 +33 68
3 Lokomotiv Minsk (P) 30 20 6 4 59 16 +43 66
4 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 30 19 4 7 55 25 +30 61
5 Granit Mikashevichi 30 16 9 5 37 22 +15 57
6 Lida 30 14 4 12 39 39 0 46[lower-alpha 1]
7 ZLiN Gomel 30 14 4 12 42 34 +8 46[lower-alpha 1]
8 Kommunalnik Slonim 30 9 8 13 27 41 −14 35
9 Dinamo-Juni Minsk 30 11 1 18 40 47 −7 34
10 Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 30 9 7 14 41 44 −3 34[lower-alpha 2]
11 Neman Mosty 30 9 7 14 36 47 −11 34[lower-alpha 2]
12 Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev 30 8 7 15 35 49 −14 31
13 Khimik Svetlogorsk 30 8 6 16 27 46 −19 30
14 Smorgon 30 8 5 17 21 36 −15 29
15 Bereza 30 6 5 19 36 65 −29 23
16 Osipovichi (R) 30 2 3 25 17 100 −83 9 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. Lida placed above ZLiN Gomel by better head-to-head record (4–1, 0–1).
  2. Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev placed above Neman Mosty by better overall goal difference, having an equal head-to-head record (3–0, 0–3).

Top goalscorers
Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Oleg Kuzmenok Darida Minsk Raion 39
2 Andrey Yusipets Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 20
3 Dmitry Denisyuk Lokomotiv Minsk 16
4 Aleksey Novitskiy Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev 15
5 Ruslan Usaw ZLiN Gomel 14

See also
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