2008 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League 2008 Minsk Minsk PMC Postavy 2007 2009 2008 Belarusian First League was the 18th season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2008. Team changes from 2007 season Three top teams of last season (Savit Mogilev, Granit Mikashevichi and Lokomotiv Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. Due to expansion of Premier League, the promoted teams were replaced by only one team that finished at the bottom of 2007 Belarusian Premier League table (Minsk). One team that finished at the bottom of 2007 season table (Zvezda-BGU Minsk) relegated to the Second League. To compensate for the Premier League expansion, they were replaced by three best teams of 2007 Second League (PMC Postavy, Lida and Spartak Shklov). Mozyr changed their name to Slavia Mozyr prior to the season. Teams and locations Belarus 450 right Location of teams in 2008 Belarusian First League Belarus 53.9 27.5667 Minsk Belarus 52.6333 29.7333 Khimik Belarus 53.0833 25.3167 Kommunalnik left Belarus 52.3639 30.3947 Vedrich-97 right Belarus 53.1333 26.0167         Baranovichi bottom Belarus 53.2167 26.6667 Veras top Belarus 52.05 29.25 Slavia Belarus 52.1167 26.01 Volna Belarus 55.4833 28.8 Polotsk Belarus 53.15 29.2333 Belshina left Belarus 53.6667 23.8333 Dinamo-Belcard right Belarus 55.1167 26.8333 PMC Belarus 53.8872 25.3028 Lida Belarus 54.2236 30.2864 Spartak TeamLocationPosition in 2007MinskMinsk1Premier League, 13BelshinaBobruisk4KhimikSvetlogorsk5VerasNesvizh6VolnaPinsk7Dinamo-BelcardGrodno8BaranovichiBaranovichi9Vedrich-97Rechitsa10PolotskPolotsk11KommunalnikSlonim12SlaviaMozyr13PMCPostavy14Second League, 1LidaLida15Second League, 2SpartakShklov16Second League, 3 League table main WDL PR MIN Minsk KHI Khimik Svetlogorsk BSH Belshina Bobruisk VOL Volna Pinsk VER Veras Nesvizh V97 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa BCR Dinamo-Belcard Grodno SHK Spartak Shklov BAR Baranovichi KOM Kommunalnik Slonim LID Lida POL Polotsk SLA Slavia Mozyr POS PMC Postavy 23 2 1 72 11 P 18 3 5 42 23 15 4 7 34 21 15 3 8 39 25 14 4 8 37 23 12 3 11 39 34 11 2 13 38 32 8 6 12 28 37 7 5 14 24 40 6 7 13 21 36 6 7 13 24 45 6 5 15 20 36 6 5 15 33 62 4 6 16 22 48 R Kommunalnik Slonim placed above Lida by better head-to-head record (1–0, 1–1). KOM Polotsk placed above Slavia Mozyr by better head-to-head record (2–3, 3–1). POL green1 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League P red1 Relegation to Belarusian Second League R complete rsssf.com 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored. Top goalscorers RankGoalscorerTeamGoals1Belarus Syarhey KoshalMinsk162Belarus Sergey ZabolotskyKhimik Svetlogorsk153Belarus Dzmitry AsipenkaMinsk14Belarus Dmitri KhlebosolovBaranovichi145Belarus Anatoly TikhonchikVeras Nesvizh13 See also 2008 Belarusian Premier League 2007–08 Belarusian Cup 2008–09 Belarusian Cup External links RSSSF Category:Belarusian First League seasons 2 Belarus Belarus