1998 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League 1998 Lida LidaSvisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi Veino Mogilev RaionBelenergostroy Beloozyorsk 240 670 1997 1999 1998 Belarusian First League was the eighth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 1998. Team changes from 1997 season Two best teams of 1997 Belarusian First League (Gomel and BATE Borisov) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were initially replaced by two lowest-placed teams of 1997 Premier League (Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and Shakhtyor Soligorsk). Two teams that finished at the bottom of last season's table (Lokomotiv Vitebsk and Stroitel Starye Dorogi) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 1997 Second League (Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk and Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi as the winners of their respective groups). Following the dissolution of two Premier League clubs (Transmash Mogilev and Ataka Minsk) BFF decided to reinstall both previously relegated clubs (Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and Shakhtyor Soligorsk) in Premier League. To replace them, Polesye Mozyr Raion and ZLiN Gomel (2nd and 3rd teams of 1997 Second League Group B) were additionally promoted. Veras Nesvizh (Second League Group A runners-up) were offered promotion ahead of ZLiN Gomel but declined. Before the start of the season Kardan-Flyers Grodno were renamed to Belcard Grodno, Dnepr Rogachev to FC Rogachev and Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk to Dinamo-Energogaz Vitebsk Overview Two best teams of the season (Lida and Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi) were promoted to the Premier League. Two lowest placed teams (Veino Mogilev Raion and Belenergostroy Beloozyorsk) were initially relegated to the Second League. Belenergostroy Beloozyorsk disbanded at the end of the season and never played in First of Second league again. Belcard Grodno, who finished 8th, also disbanded, and as a result, Veino Mogilev Raion were saved from relegation. Teams and locations Belarus 450 right Location of teams in 1998 Belarusian First League Belarus 53.9 27.5667 Dinamo-Juni bottom Belarus 52.1167 26.1 Pinsk-900 Belarus 53.6667 23.8333 Belcard Belarus 52.6333 29.7333 Kommunalnik Belarus 55.1833 30.1667 Dinamo-Energogaz top Belarus 52.4453 30.9842 ZLiN right Belarus 54.1 28.35 Torpedo Belarus 54.5 30.4 Orsha right Belarus 52.55 24.9667 Bereza left Belarus 53.8872 25.3028 Lida Belarus 52.3639 30.3947 Vedrich-97 left Belarus 53.82 30.3833 Veino right Belarus 52.45 25.1667 Belenergostroy Belarus 53.1 30.05 Rogachev right Belarus 53.3 28.6 Svisloch-Krovlya Belarus 52.0167 29.1833 Polesye TeamLocationPosition in 1997LidaLida3BerezaBereza4TorpedoZhodino5Vedrich-97Rechitsa6KommunalnikSvetlogorsk7Pinsk-900Pinsk8Dinamo-JuniMinsk9BelcardGrodno10VeinoMogilev Raion11BelenergostroyBeloozyorsk12RogachevRogachev13OrshaOrsha14Dinamo-EnergogazVitebsk15Second League, Group A, 1Svisloch-KrovlyaOsipovichi16Second League, Group B, 1PolesyeMozyr Raion17Second League, Group B, 2ZLiNGomel18Second League, Group B, 3 League table main WDL PR LID Lida OSI Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi VOL Pinsk-900 DJM Dinamo-Juni Minsk TZH Torpedo Zhodino V97 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa ZLN ZLiN Gomel BCR Belcard Grodno KHI Kommunalnik Svetlogorsk DRO Rogachev PKO Polesye Mozyr Raion BER Bereza VDE Dinamo-Energogaz Vitebsk ORS Orsha VEI Veino Mogilev Raion BEL Belenergostroy Beloozyorsk 23 5 2 65 19 P 18 6 6 63 27 P 17 8 5 54 22 17 5 8 61 36 15 10 5 58 31 13 6 11 42 37 12 8 10 42 41 11 7 12 36 37 R 9 11 10 41 27 8 11 11 26 42 10 4 16 39 54 8 8 14 37 48 7 10 13 32 57 5 8 17 23 59 5 5 20 31 83 2 8 20 20 56 R green1 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League P P red1 Disbanded DIS DIS 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 RankGoalscorerTeamGoals1Georgia 1990 Zviad BurdzenidzeLida232Belarus Sergey ShulzhikPinsk-900173Belarus Vitaliy YakushikBereza144Belarus Aleksey DenisenyaDinamo-Juni Minsk12Belarus Alyaksandr KavalyowVedrich-97 Rechitsa12Belarus Vyacheslav MikhalchenkoPinsk-90012 See also 1998 Belarusian Premier League 1997–98 Belarusian Cup 1998–99 Belarusian Cup External links RSSSF Category:Belarusian First League seasons 2 Belarus Belarus