1998 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League 1998 Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Kommunalnik SlonimDinamo-93 Minsk Champions League Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev UEFA Cup Belshina BobruiskBATE Borisov Intertoto Cup Lokomotiv-96 VitebskGomel Sergey Yaromko (19) BATE 6–0 Dinamo Brest; Belshina 6–0 Naftan-Devon; Torpedo Minsk 6–0 Kommunalnik Kommunalnik 0–5 Dnepr-Transmash;Dinamo Minsk 0–5 Dinamo Brest Dinamo Brest 6–3 Molodechno 225 587 1997 1999 The 1998 Belarusian Premier League was the eighth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 12 and ended on October 31, 1998. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions. Team changes from 1997 season Two worst teams of the last season (Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and Shakhtyor Soligorsk) relegated to the First League. They were replaced by two best clubs of 1996 First League (FC Gomel and BATE Borisov). In the early days of January it was announced that Transmash Mogilev ceased to exist as an independent club merged with Dnepr Mogilev (with the latter being renamed to Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev). Ataka Minsk, who suffered heavy financial troubles, let go all their senior team players and failed to confirm their participation in the new season by a deadline in early March. A week later BFF announced that Ataka Minsk were excluded from the league and that two vacant places (left by Transmash and Ataka) are being filled by Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and Shakhtyor Soligorsk, both of whom were spared from relegation. Before the start of the season, MPKC Mozyr changed their name to Slavia Mozyr. Overview Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev won their 1st champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up BATE Borisov as well as bronze medalists and 1998–99 Cup winners Belshina Bobruisk qualified for UEFA Cup. Kommunalnik Slonim finished on last, 15th place and relegated to First League. Dinamo-93 Minsk dissolved and withdrew from the championship after 15 rounds. They were excluded from the final table and their results were annulled. Teams and venues Belarus 450 right Location of teams in 1998 Belarusian Premier League Belarus 53.9 27.566667 Dinamo MinskDinamo-93Torpedo Minsk Belarus 53.9 30.333333 Dnepr-TransmashTorpedo-Kadino right Belarus 52.133333 23.666667 Dinamo Brest Belarus 53.15 29.233333 Belshina Belarus 53.666667 23.833333 Neman Belarus 55.183333 30.166667 Lokomotiv-96 Belarus 52.8 27.533333 Shakhtyor left Belarus 54.313611 26.851667 Molodechno left Belarus 52.050000 29.250000 Slavia Belarus 55.533333 28.65 Naftan-Devon Belarus 53.083333 25.316667 Kommunalnik left Belarus 52.4453 30.9842 Gomel Belarus 54.233333 28.5 BATE TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 1997Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo Stadium (Minsk)140,0001BelshinaBobruiskSpartak Stadium (Bobruisk)2,5002Lokomotiv-96VitebskDinamo Stadium (Vitebsk)25,5003Dnepr-TransmashMogilevSpartak Stadium (Mogilev)311,2004Dinamo-93MinskOrbita Stadium42,0005SlaviaMozyrYunost Stadium (Mozyr)6,5006Dinamo BrestBrestDinamo Stadium (Brest)3,0007TorpedoMinskTorpedo Stadium (Minsk)55,0008Naftan-DevonNovopolotskAtlant Stadium6,5009NemanGrodnoNeman Stadium15,00010KommunalnikSlonimYunost Stadium (Slonim)2,00011MolodechnoMolodechnoCity Stadium (Molodechno)5,50013Torpedo-KadinoMogilevTorpedo Stadium (Mogilev)67,00015ShakhtyorSoligorskStroitel Stadium5,00016GomelGomelCentral Stadium10,000First league, 1BATEBorisovCity Stadium (Borisov)73,500First league, 2 decimal 1 Three games played at Orbita Stadium. 2 Last ten games played at City Stadium in Orsha, after club's own Dinamo Stadium was closed for renovation. 3 One game played at Khimvolokno Stadium. 4 Before club's withdrawal from the league, they played four games at Orbita Stadium, three games at Kamvolschik Stadium and one at GFC Smena. 5 First seven games played at Kamvolschik Stadium. 6 One game played at Khimvolokno Stadium. 7 One game played at Orbita Stadium in Minsk. Table main WDL QR DNE Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev BAT BATE Borisov BSH Belshina Bobruisk VIT Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk GOM Gomel SLA Slavia Mozyr TSM Torpedo Minsk DMI Dinamo Minsk DBR Dinamo Brest NEM Neman Grodno SHA Shakhtyor Soligorsk TKM Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev NAF Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk MOL Molodechno KOM Kommunalnik Slonim 21 4 3 55 14 C 18 4 6 50 25 17 6 5 47 17 14 6 8 35 24 12 9 7 36 30 12 9 7 41 36 12 8 8 44 22 11 6 11 39 38 12 2 14 40 40 8 7 13 27 44 8 6 14 33 54 7 8 13 30 40 7 4 17 33 47 4 4 20 21 51 3 5 20 14 63 R green1 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round Belshina Bobruisk qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 1998–99 Belarusian Cup. UCQR UCQR #CCCCFF Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round IC1 IC1 red1 Relegation to Belarusian First League R complete rsssf.com 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head y D D93 Dinamo-93 Minsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dissolved black1 Club folded, record expunged Dinamo-93 Minsk folded after 15 rounds, and their record was expunged. D Results main FBR grey BAT BSH DBR DMI D93 DNE GOM KOM LVI MOL NAF NEM SHA SLA TMI TMO Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 4–0 2–2 2–0 5–0 4–0 BATE Borisov 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 6–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 Belshina Bobruisk 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 4–4 1–0 4–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 6–0 1–0 5–1 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 Gomel 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 4–3 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 Slavia Mozyr 1–3 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 3–2 4–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 Torpedo Minsk 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 3–4 5–0 3–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 6–0 Dinamo Minsk 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–5 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 Dinamo Brest 2–0 0–3 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–2 4–0 0–1 1–2 5–0 1–1 1–0 6–3 0–0 Neman Grodno 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–4 2–1 2–3 1–3 1–0 2–0 2–0 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–3 3–5 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 0–1 1–3 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 0–1 3–1 0–2 0–3 2–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–5 0–2 1–3 5–2 4–4 3–1 5–1 4–0 Molodechno 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 5–2 Kommunalnik Slonim 0–5 1–3 1–1 2–3 0–3 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 Dinamo-93 Minsk #ddd 5–1 #ddd 0–0 #ddd 4–0 #ddd 1–2 #ddd 0–0 #ddd 0–0 #ddd 3–1 #ddd 1–1 #ddd 3–1 #ddd 3–1 #ccc 3–0 #ddd 0–4 #ddd 1–1 #ddd 1–1 #ddd 4–0 Originally awarded as a 3–0 win for Lokomotiv-96, after Dinamo-93 boycotted the game due to significant salary delays. Annulled after Dinamo-93 withdrew from competition. Annulled after Dinamo-93 withdrew from competition. D93_DMI D93_DMI D93_DMI D93_DMI D93_DMI D93_DMI D93_DMI D93_DMI D93_DMI D93_DMI D93_DMI D93_DMI D93_DMI complete rsssf.com Belarusian clubs in European Cups RoundTeam #1Agg.Team #11st leg2nd leg1998 UEFA Intertoto CupFirst roundDnepr-Transmash Mogilev BLR2–10Hungary Debrecen2–40–61998–99 UEFA CupFirst qualifying roundBelshina Bobruisk BLR1–3Bulgaria CSKA Sofia0–01–31998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' CupQualifying roundLevski Sofia Bulgaria9–2BLR Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk8–11–11998–99 UEFA Champions LeagueFirst qualifying roundSkonto Riga Latvia2–1BLR Dinamo Minsk0–02–1 Top scorers RankNameTeamGoals 1 BLR Sergey Yaromko Torpedo Minsk 19 2 BLR Valery Strypeykis Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 18BLR Raman Vasilyuk Dinamo Brest 18 4 BLR Pavel Shavrov Dinamo-93 Minsk / Shakhtyor Soligorsk 15 5 BLR Dzmitry Balashow Belshina Bobruisk 14 6 BLR Dzmitry Aharodnik Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 13 7 BLR Ihor Chumachenko Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 10 8 BLR Alyaksandr Baranaw BATE Borisov 9BLR Sergey Vekhtev Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 9BLR Dmitry Denisyuk Slavia Mozyr 9BLR Yawhen Kazlow Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 9BLR Oleg Kononov Torpedo Minsk 9 See also 1998 Belarusian First League 1997–98 Belarusian Cup 1998–99 Belarusian Cup External links RSSSF Category:Belarusian Premier League seasons 1 Belarus