1999 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League 1999 Kommunalnik Slonim Kommunalnik SlonimVedrich-97 Rechitsa Pinsk-900Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk 240 688 1998 2000 1999 Belarusian First League was the ninth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. The season started in April 1999 and ended in October 1999. Team changes from 1998 season The two best teams of the 1998 Belarusian First League (Lida and Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by Kommunalnik Slonim, the last-placed team of 1998 Premier League (only one team has relegated due to Dinamo-93 Minsk dissolution midway through 1998 season). Two lowest placed teams of the 1998 First League season (Veino and Belenergostroy Beloozyorsk) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 1998 Second League (Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk and Granit Mikashevichi as the winners of their respective groups). During the off-season Belcard Grodno (placed 8th last year) merged with Premier League club Neman Grodno (with the latter being renamed to Neman-Belcard Grodno). To fill the two vacant spots, Veino were spared from relegation, and Neman Mosty (placed 3rd in Second League Group B last year) were additionally promoted. Neman Mosty were invited since Veras Nesvizh (Second League Group A runners-up) refused promotion and Gomel-2 (Second League Group B runners-up) were ineligible. Before the start of the season Dinamo-Energogaz Vitebsk were renamed to Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk and FC Veino were renamed to Veino-Dnepr after becoming a farm club of Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev. FC Bereza merged with Keramik Bereza from the Second league and adopted the latter's club name as their own. Overview The two highest placing teams of the season (Kommunalnik Slonim and Vedrich-97 Rechitsa) were promoted to the Premier League, and the two lowest placed teams (Pinsk-900 and Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk) were relegated to the Second League. Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk subsequently disbanded before the next season. Teams and locations Belarus 450 right Location of teams in 1999 Belarusian First League Belarus 53.9 27.5667 Dinamo-JuniZvezda-VA-BGU 9 Belarus 52.1167 26.1 Pinsk-900 left Belarus 52.6333 29.7333 Kommunalnik Sv. Belarus 55.1833 30.1667 Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo top Belarus 52.4453 30.9842 ZLiN right Belarus 54.1 28.35 Torpedo top Belarus 54.5 30.4 Orsha right Belarus 52.55 24.9667 Keramik left Belarus 52.3639 30.3947 Vedrich-97 left Belarus 53.82 30.3833 Veino-Dnepr right Belarus 53.1 30.05 Rogachev right Belarus 52.0167 29.1833 Polesye Belarus 53.0833 25.3167 Kommunalnik Sl. Belarus 52.2203 27.4736 Granit Belarus 53.4167 24.55 Neman TeamLocationPosition in 1998KommunalnikSlonim1Premier League, 15Pinsk-900Pinsk3Dinamo-JuniMinsk4TorpedoZhodino5Vedrich-97Rechitsa6ZLiNGomel7KommunalnikSvetlogorsk9RogachevRogachev10PolesyeKozenki11KeramikBereza12Vitbich-Dinamo-EnergoVitebsk13OrshaOrsha14Veino-DneprVeino15Zvezda-VA-BGUMinsk16Second League, Group A, 1GranitMikashevichi17Second League, Group B, 1NemanMosty18Second League, Group B, 3 League table main WDL PR KOM Kommunalnik Slonim V97 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa DJM Dinamo-Juni Minsk KHI Kommunalnik Svetlogorsk GRA Granit Mikashevichi NMO Neman Mosty TZH Torpedo Zhodino BER Keramik Bereza ORS Orsha DRO Rogachev ZLN ZLiN Gomel ZBM Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk PKO Polesye Kozenki VEI Veino-Dnepr Mogilev Raion VOL Pinsk-900 VDE Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk 18 5 7 57 29 P 16 10 4 56 30 P 16 8 6 50 36 16 8 6 45 31 15 9 6 47 25 14 10 6 49 30 11 11 8 55 43 11 10 9 37 38 10 9 11 46 37 9 11 10 49 44 9 9 12 37 30 8 9 13 38 57 7 6 17 32 61 6 8 16 31 57 6 8 16 33 50 R 0 5 25 26 90 R Dinamo-Juni Minsk placed above Kommunalnik Svetlogorsk by better head-to-head record (2–2, 2–0). DJM Veino-Dnepr placed above Pinsk-900 by better head-to-head record (1–1, 2–1). VEI green1 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League P P red1 Relegation to Belarusian Second League R 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 Georgiy Tatarashvili Kommunalnik Slonim222Belarus Igor BelyayRogachev18Belarus Dzmitry KavalyonakDinamo-Juni Minsk184Belarus Oleg VerbitskiyNeman Mosty175Belarus Alyaksandr KavalyowVedrich-97 Rechitsa16 See also 1999 Belarusian Premier League 1998–99 Belarusian Cup 1999–2000 Belarusian Cup External links RSSSF Category:Belarusian First League seasons 2 Belarus Belarus