2009 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League 2009 Belshina Bobruisk Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Shklov 182 456 2008 2010 2009 Belarusian First League was the 19th season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2008. Team changes from 2008 season The winners of last season (Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. Due to reduction of Premier League, the promoted team was replaced by three teams that finished at the bottom of 2008 Belarusian Premier League table (Lokomotiv Minsk, Savit Mogilev and Darida Minsk Raion). One team that finished at the bottom of 2008 season table (PMC Postavy) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by the best team of 2008 Second League (DSK Gomel). Two of the three teams that relegated from Premier League (Savit Mogilev and Darida Minsk Raion) disbanded during the off-season. No teams were invited to replace them, and the planned First League expansion from 14 to 16 clubs did not happen. Lokomotiv Minsk changed their name to SKVICH Minsk and Dinamo-Belcard Grodno shortened their name to Belcard Grodno prior to the season. Teams and locations Belarus 450 right Location of teams in 2009 Belarusian First League Belarus 53.9 27.5667 SKVICH Belarus 52.6333 29.7333 Khimik Belarus 53.0833 25.3167 Kommunalnik left Belarus 52.3639 30.3947 Vedrich-97 left 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 Belcard right Belarus 53.8872 25.3028 Lida Belarus 54.2236 30.2864 Spartak Belarus 52.4453 30.9842 DSK right TeamLocationPosition in 2008SKVICHMinsk1Premier League, 14KhimikSvetlogorsk2BelshinaBobruisk3VolnaPinsk4VerasNesvizh5Vedrich-97Rechitsa6BelcardGrodno7SpartakShklov8BaranovichiBaranovichi9KommunalnikSlonim10LidaLida11PolotskPolotsk12SlaviaMozyr13DSKGomel14Second League, 1 League table main WDL PR BSH Belshina Bobruisk VOL Volna Pinsk DSK DSK Gomel VER Veras Nesvizh SKV SKVICH Minsk BAR Baranovichi KHI Khimik Svetlogorsk V97 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa BCR Belcard Grodno KOM Kommunalnik Slonim LID Lida POL Polotsk SLA Slavia Mozyr SHK Spartak Shklov 20 4 2 55 15 P 16 3 7 52 31 13 9 4 34 18 12 7 7 33 26 11 6 9 37 29 10 8 8 39 33 9 9 8 33 28 10 5 11 40 47 8 5 13 23 34 7 8 11 20 32 6 8 12 19 31 6 4 16 29 46 4 8 14 21 40 4 8 14 21 46 R Slavia Mozyr defeated Spartak Shklov in an additional 13/14th place decider match 2–1 (on 8 November in Minsk). 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 Mikhail KolyadkoBaranovichi152Belarus Syarhey KazekaBaranovichi123Belarus Yuri SyrokvashkoSKVICH Minsk11Belarus Yuri MarkhelSKVICH Minsk11Belarus Sergey ZabolotskyDSK Gomel11 See also 2009 Belarusian Premier League 2008–09 Belarusian Cup 2009–10 Belarusian Cup External links RSSSF Category:Belarusian First League seasons 2 Belarus Belarus