1996 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League 1996 Transmash Mogilev Transmash MogilevKommunalnik Slonim Kobrin 156 412 1995 1997 1996 Belarusian First League was the sixth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 1996. Team changes from 1995 season Winners of 1995 Belarusian First League (Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by the lowest-placed team of 1995 Premier League (FC Bobruisk). Khimvolokno Grodno, who finished 15th, relegated to the Second League, but were disbanded before the start of 1996 season. They were replaced by best teams of 1995 Second League (Maxim-Orsha and Stroitel Bereza). Stroitel Bereza, who finished only second in their Second League group, were promoted instead of MPKC-2 Minsk (who were ineligible for promotion as a farm club). FC Bobruisk dissolved shortly after the end 1995 season. No other club was accepted to replace them and the league was left once again with 15 clubs instead of 16. Before the start of the season KPF Slonim were renamed to Kommunalnik Slonim. Second League winners Maxim-Orsha were renamed to Maxim-Legmash Orsha. Brestbytkhim Brest relocated to the city of Kobrin and were renamed to FC Kobrin. Overview In June, after 8th matchday, Fomalgaut Borisov and Kimovets Vitebsk withdrew from the league and disbanded. Both clubs were excluded from the table (having not played at least half of the scheduled games), their results were annulled and only 13 clubs continued and finished the season. Transmash Mogilev won the league and were promoted to Premier League, as were league runners-up Kommunalnik Slonim. No team initially relegated to the Second League as the league was expanded to 16 teams in 1997, although Kobrin withdrew to amateur lever before the start of the next season due to financial troubles. Teams and locations Belarus 450 right Location of teams in 1996 Belarusian First League Belarus 53.9 27.5667 Dinamo-Juni left Belarus 52.1167 26.1 Kommunalnik P Belarus 53.9 30.3333 Transmash right Belarus 53.6667 23.8333 Kardan-Flyers Belarus 52.6333 29.7333 Khimik Belarus 55.1833 30.1667 KimovetsLokomotiv Belarus 53.0833 25.3167 Kommunalnik S Belarus 52.4453 30.9842 Gomel right Belarus 54.1 28.35 Torpedo bottom Belarus 52.2167 24.3667 Kobrin Belarus 53.0394 28.265 Stroitel S.D. Belarus 54.2333 28.5 Fomalgaut Belarus 54.5 30.4 Maxim-Legmash top Belarus 52.55 24.9667 Stroitel B TeamLocationPosition in 1995KommunalnikPinsk2FomalgautBorisov3Kardan-FlyersGrodno4KommunalnikSlonim5KobrinKobrin6TransmashMogilev7KhimikSvetlogorsk8GomelGomel9LokomotivVitebsk10TorpedoZhodino11Dinamo-JuniMinsk12StroitelStarye Dorogi13KimovetsVitebsk14Maxim-LegmashOrsha15Second League, Group B, 1StroitelBereza16Second League, Group A, 2 League table main WDL PR TRA Transmash Mogilev KOM Kommunalnik Slonim KHI Khimik Svetlogorsk GOM Gomel VOL Kommunalnik Pinsk DJM Dinamo-Juni Minsk TZH Torpedo Zhodino ORS Maxim-Legmash Orsha LVI Lokomotiv Vitebsk BCR Kardan-Flyers Grodno BER Stroitel Bereza KOB Kobrin SSD Stroitel Starye Dorogi 14 7 3 47 13 P 13 6 5 45 17 P 12 7 5 31 19 11 9 4 42 19 10 8 6 40 19 9 7 8 27 26 8 9 7 24 20 10 2 12 33 45 8 8 8 33 24 9 4 11 39 40 6 8 10 23 37 7 3 14 22 36 R 0 0 24 6 97 green1 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League P P red1 Relegation to amateur level 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 Vladimir PokatashkinGomel172Belarus Yuriy DanilevichKommunalnik Slonim13Belarus Vitaly MininLokomotiv Vitebsk134Belarus Vladimir KravchukKhimik Svetlogorsk12Belarus Vladimir ProvalinskiyMaxim-Legmash Orsha12Belarus Sergey SolodovnikovKardan-Flyers Grodno12 See also 1996 Belarusian Premier League 1995–96 Belarusian Cup 1996–97 Belarusian Cup External links RSSSF Category:Belarusian First League seasons 2 Belarus Belarus