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2020 Belarusian Premier League
Football league season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2020 Belarusian Premier League was the 30th season of top-tier football in Belarus. Dynamo Brest were the defending champions, having won their first league title last year. Shakhtyor Soligorsk became champions on the last play date by beating FC Minsk 4–2. Meanwhile, BATE Borisov didn't win and drew 0–0 at Dinamo Minsk so Shaktyor Soligorsk finished 1 point above BATE in the table and will play in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.
By late March 2020, it was the only European top-flight league being contested, as all others were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic; games were played with crowds. As a result, this led to substantially increased viewership from all over the world, due to sporting inactivity elsewhere.[1][2][3] Only a few matches were postponed due to outbreaks of the disease in some teams and only one was cancelled due to the lack of influence of the result in November 2020.[4][5] Matches were also postponed in August by the decision of the Football Federation of Belarus on the eve of the presidential elections and during protests in the country due to "force majeure circumstances".[6]
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The 15th-placed team of the last season Gomel was relegated to the 2020 Belarusian First League. Torpedo Minsk were excluded from the league halfway through the last season and will not play in any league in 2020. Gomel and Torpedo were replaced by two best teams of 2019 Belarusian First League (Belshina Bobruisk and Smolevichi).
14-placed team of the last season (Dnyapro Mogilev) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Rukh Brest (who were promoted to replace Dnyapro).
- ^ One game played at City Stadium in Borisov.
- ^ Two games played at Aleksandr Prokopenko Stadium.
- ^ One game played at Traktor Stadium.
- ^ Energetik-BGU spent the season at City Stadium in Molodechno due to league's requirement to play on natural grass pitch in the summer. In addition, three games played at RCOP-BGU Stadium in Minsk.
- ^ Four games played at FC Minsk Stadium and one game at Dinamo Stadium.
- ^ Two games played at FC Minsk Stadium.
- ^ Six games played at City Stadium in Borisov.
Personnel
Managerial changes
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League table
Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
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Results
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Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.
Relegation play-offs
The 14th-place finisher of this season (Slutsk) were played a two-legged relegation play-off against the third-placed team of the 2020 Belarusian First League (Krumkachy Minsk) for a spot in the 2021 Premier League.
Leg 1
Leg 2
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Season statistics
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Top goalscorers
Updated to games played on 1 November 2020
Source: football.by
Hat-tricks
Disciplinary
Most yellow cards: (10)
Most red cards: (2)
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Awards
Weekly awards
Player of the Week
Goal of the Week
Monthly awards
Manager of the Month
Goal of the Month
Player of the Month
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References
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