2016 Belarusian First League

2016 Belarusian First League was the 26th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and finished in November 2016.

Belarusian First League
Season2016
ChampionsGomel
PromotedGomel
Dnepr Mogilev
RelegatedOshmyany
Matches played182
Goals scored479 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer Murat Khotov
(19 goals)
← 2015
2017 →

Team changes from 2015 season

Three best teams of 2015 Belarusian First League (Gorodeya, Isloch Minsk Raion and Krumkachy Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by last-placed team of 2015 Belarusian Premier League table (Gomel).

Rechitsa-2014, who finished 16th last year, relegated to the Second League. To compensate for Premier League expansion, they were replaced by three best teams of 2015 Second League (Luch Minsk, Uzda and Torpedo Minsk).

Before the start of the season Bereza-2010 disbanded, while Kobrin and newly promoted Uzda did not receive First League license and were denied participation. Oshmyany, who finished 5th in 2015 Second League, were additionally promoted, while no other Second League club eligible for extra promotion applied for the license. As a result, the league was reduced to 14 clubs for 2016 season.

Teams summary
Location of teams in 2016 Belarusian First League
Team Location Position in 2015
Gomel Gomel Premier League, 14
Dnepr Mogilev 4
Smorgon Smorgon 5
Lida Lida 6
Smolevichi-STI Smolevichi 7
Gomelzheldortrans Gomel 8
Slonim Slonim 9
Zvezda-BGU Minsk 10
Khimik Svetlogorsk 12
Baranovichi Baranovichi 13
Orsha Orsha 14
Luch Minsk Second League, 1
Torpedo Minsk Second League, 3
Oshmyany Oshmyany Second League, 5

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Gomel (P) 26 19 6 1 48 11 +37 63[lower-alpha 1] Promotion to the Belarusian Premier League
2 Dnepr Mogilev[lower-alpha 2] (P) 26 20 4 2 61 19 +42 63[lower-alpha 1]
3 Gomelzheldortrans 26 12 8 6 33 14 +19 44
4 Luch Minsk[lower-alpha 3] 26 12 6 8 38 28 +10 41
5 Smorgon 26 10 8 8 40 39 +1 38[lower-alpha 4]
6 Lida 26 11 5 10 26 33 −7 38[lower-alpha 4]
7 Orsha 26 9 10 7 43 34 +9 37
8 Smolevichi-STI 26 9 7 10 38 29 +9 34
9 Torpedo Minsk 26 9 6 11 35 36 −1 33[lower-alpha 5]
10 Zvezda-BGU Minsk 26 9 6 11 33 41 −8 33[lower-alpha 5]
11 Slonim 26 6 6 14 36 49 −13 24
12 Khimik Svetlogorsk 26 6 5 15 26 49 −23 23
13 Baranovichi 26 5 7 14 35 49 −14 22
14 Oshmyany[lower-alpha 3] (R) 26 2 2 22 15 64 −49 7 Relegation to the Belarusian Second League
Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Matches won; 8) Goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Gomel placed above Dnepr Mogilev by better head-to-head record (1–0, 3–2).
  2. Dnepr Mogilev were deducted 1 point due to financial irregularities.
  3. Match between Oshmyany and Luch was annulled and awarded as 0–0 with no points given to either side.
  4. Smorgon placed above Lida by better head-to-head record (3–0, 1–0).
  5. Torpedo Minsk placed above Zvezda-BGU Minsk by better head-to-head record (4–1, 1–0).

Results
Home \ Away BAR DNE GOM GZH KHI LID LCH ORS OSH SLO SML SMR TMN ZVE
Baranovichi 0–2 0–6 0–0 5–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 7–2 0–0 3–3 2–1 1–2
Dnepr Mogilev 2–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 4–0 5–4 2–1 4–2 4–0 0–0 4–0
Gomel 4–1 3–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0
Gomelzheldortrans 1–1 1–4 0–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–0
Khimik Svetlogorsk 2–2 0–3 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–3 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–0 0–1 0–2
Lida 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–4 1–5 0–3 2–1 2–0
Luch Minsk 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 0–1 5–1 5–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0
Orsha 3–1 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 7–0 2–0 0–0 5–1 2–2 0–0
Oshmyany 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–3 0–5 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–4 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–3
Slonim 4–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 4–0 1–6 2–2 3–0 2–2
Smolevichi-STI 2–2 0–1 0–4 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 4–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0
Smorgon 4–2 2–3 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 4–4
Torpedo Minsk 3–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 4–2 1–1 3–2 4–1 2–2 0–1 4–1
Zvezda-BGU Minsk 4–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–0 3–2 0–3 3–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–1
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. As a result of match fixing investigation, match between Luch and Gomelzheldortrans (originally 3–1) awarded 0–3 to Gomelzheldortrans, match between Oshmyany and Baranovichi (originally 1–1) awarded 0–3 to Baranovichi, match between Oshmyany and Luch (originally 3–3) annulled with no points given to either team.

Top goalscorers
Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Murat Khotov Dnepr Mogilev 19
2 Aleksey Khodnevich Orsha 16
3 Yawhen Barsukow Gomel 10
4 Syarhey Krot Smorgon 9
Dmitry Gomza Gomel 9
Alyaksandr Anufryyew Smolevichi-STI 9
Pavel Rassolko Luch Minsk 9
Fedor Sapon Torpedo Minsk 9

Updated to games played on 6 November 2016
Source: football.by

See also
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