2017 Belarusian Premier League

The 2017 Belarusian Premier League was the 27th season of top-tier football in Belarus. The season began on 1 April 2017 and ended on 26 November 2017. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 11th consecutive league title and 13th overall last year, and successfully defended their crown.

Belarusian Premier League

Season	2017
Dates	1 April – 26 November 2017
Champions	BATE Borisov
Relegated	Slavia Mozyr Naftan Novopolotsk Krumkachy Minsk
Champions League	BATE Borisov
Europa League	Dinamo Minsk Shakhtyor Soligorsk Dynamo Brest
Matches played	223
Goals scored	496 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	17 – Mikhail Gordeichuk (BATE)
Biggest home win	BATE 6–0 Slutsk
Biggest away win	Slavia 0–6 BATE
Highest scoring	Slavia 0–6 BATE BATE 6–0 Slutsk
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 5 November 2017.

Teams

Minsk

BATE

Dinamo Brest

Dnepr

Gomel

Gorodeya

Naftan

Neman

Shakhtyor

Torpedo-BelAZ

Slutsk

Slavia

Vitebsk

Minsk clubs:
Dinamo Minsk
Isloch
Krumkachy
Minsk

Locations of the 2017 Belarusian Premier League teams

The bottom two teams from the 2016 season, Granit Mikashevichi and Belshina Bobruisk, were relegated to the 2017 Belarusian First League. They were replaced by Gomel and Dnepr Mogilev, champions and runners-up of the 2016 Belarusian First League respectively.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
BATE	Borisov	Borisov Arena	13,126
Dinamo Brest	Brest	OSK Brestsky	10,162
Dinamo Minsk	Minsk	Traktor Stadium[1]	17,600
Dnepr Mogilev	Mogilev	Spartak Stadium	7,350
Gomel	Gomel	Central Stadium	14,307
Gorodeya	Gorodeya	Gorodeya Stadium	1,625
Isloch Minsk Raion	Minsk	FC Minsk Stadium	3,000
Krumkachy Minsk	Minsk	FC Minsk Stadium	3,000
Minsk	Minsk	FC Minsk Stadium[2]	3,000
Naftan Novopolotsk	Novopolotsk	Atlant Stadium	4,500
Neman Grodno	Grodno	Neman Stadium	8,479
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Soligorsk	Stroitel Stadium	4,200
Slavia Mozyr	Mozyr	Yunost Stadium	5,133
Slutsk	Slutsk	City Stadium	1,896
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	Zhodino	Torpedo Stadium	6,524
Vitebsk	Vitebsk	Vitebsky CSK	8,144

1. ^
   One game played at RCOP-BGU Stadium and one game at FC Minsk Stadium.
2. ^
   Seven games played at Traktor Stadium.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	BATE Borisov[a] (C)	30	21	5	4	61	19	+42	68[b]	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Dinamo Minsk	30	22	2	6	46	15	+31	68[b]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	30	20	5	5	52	22	+30	65
4	Dinamo Brest	30	14	9	7	47	26	+21	51[c]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[d]
5	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	30	14	9	7	43	27	+16	51[c]
6	Neman Grodno	30	14	7	9	42	32	+10	49
7	Slutsk[a]	30	12	8	10	30	34	−4	44
8	Vitebsk	30	12	7	11	35	38	−3	43
9	Gorodeya	30	8	14	8	37	35	+2	38
10	Gomel	30	9	8	13	24	25	−1	35
11	Isloch Minsk Raion[e]	30	10	4	16	27	46	−19	27
12	Dnepr Mogilev	30	6	8	16	27	48	−21	26
13	Krumkachy Minsk[f] (R)	30	5	10	15	26	47	−21	25	Relegation to the Belarusian Second League
14	Minsk	30	3	14	13	19	39	−20	23
15	Slavia Mozyr (R)	30	4	8	18	26	50	−24	20	Relegation to the Belarusian First League
16	Naftan Novopolotsk[g] (R)	30	4	6	20	18	57	−39	13

Source: BFF (in Russian), Soccerway
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; 9) Draw.^[5]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Slutsk was awarded a 3–0 win over BATE Borisov, which originally won 6-0. However the BFF canceled the decision of the Disciplinary Committee on October 12 following BATE appeal.^[1]
2. BATE Borisov is ahead of Dinamo Minsk on head-to-head record: BATE Borisov 1–0 Dinamo Minsk, Dinamo Minsk 0–1 BATE Borisov.
3. Dinamo Brest is ahead of Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino on head-to-head record: Dinamo Brest 1–0 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino, Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1–1 Dinamo Brest.
4. Dinamo Brest qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Belarusian Cup.
5. Isloch Minsk Raion were deducted 7 points.^[2]
6. Krumkachy Minsk were excluded from the Premier League before the start of 2018 season after failing to provide necessary licensing documents and pay off the salary debts to the players. After a rejected appeal, the decision was made final on 19 March 2018.^[3]
7. Naftan Novopolotsk were deducted 5 points.^[4]

Results

Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.

Home \ Away	BAT	DBR	DMI	DNE	GOM	GRD	ISL	KRU	FCM	NAF	NEM	SHA	SVM	SLU	TZH	VIT
BATE Borisov	—	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	6–0	0–0	3–1
Dinamo Brest	1–1	—	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	4–1	3–0	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Dinamo Minsk	0–1	1–0	—	2–1	1–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–3
Dnepr Mogilev	0–2	1–0	0–3	—	0–4	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	4–0	0–3	0–1	5–3	0–0	0–5	1–2
Gomel	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	—	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1
Gorodeya	3–3	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	3–2
Isloch Minsk Raion	0–2	3–1	1–5	1–0	0–1	0–4	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–1
Krumkachy Minsk	2–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–3	2–0	—	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–0
Minsk	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	—	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0
Naftan Novopolotsk	0–3	0–4	0–4	0–1	0–3	1–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	—	3–2	1–5	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–0
Neman Grodno	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	—	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–4
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	0–4	3–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	—	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0
Slavia Mozyr	0–6	1–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	—	1–2	0–3	0–1
Slutsk	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	—	4–1	2–3
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	2–4	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	—	2–0
Vitebsk	1–0	2–2	1–4	0–4	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	—

Source: Football Federation of Belarus (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Updated to the final standing
Source: football.by Archived 2017-12-06 at the Wayback Machine

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Mikhail Gordeichuk	BATE Borisov	18
2	Pavel Savitski	Neman Grodno	15
3	Bojan Dubajić	Gorodeya	12
	Anton Saroka	Dinamo Minsk	12
5	Yahor Zubovich	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	11
6	Dzyanis Laptsew	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	10
	Leandro Torres	Dinamo Brest	10
8	Uladzimir Khvashchynski	Dinamo Minsk	9
	Maksim Skavysh	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	9
10	Nivaldo Ferreira	Gomel/Dinamo Brest	8
	Vitali Rodionov	BATE Borisov	8

See also

• 2017 Belarusian First League
• 2016–17 Belarusian Cup
• 2017–18 Belarusian Cup