1995 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League 1995 Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk Khimvolokno Grodno 105 268 1994–95 1996 1995 Belarusian First League was the fifth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in July and ended in November 1995. Team changes from 1994–95 season The two best teams of 1994–95 First League (MPKC Mozyr and Ataka-Aura Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two lowest placed teams of 1994–95 Premier League (Gomselmash Gomel and Lokomotiv Vitebsk). The three lowest-placed teams of the last season (ZLiN Gomel, AFViS-RShVSM Minsk and Stroitel Vitebsk) relegated to the Second League. Stroitel Vitebsk eventually disbanded before the start of the season. These teams were replaced by three best teams of 1994–95 Second League (Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk, Fomalgaut Borisov and Dinamo-Juni Minsk). Before the start of the season, Gomselmash Gomel were renamed to FC Gomel. Santanas Samokhvalovichi, placed 8th last season, withdrew to amateur level due to financial troubles, leaving the league with 15 teams for this season. Overview Newcomers Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk won the tournament and were promoted to the Premier League. Runners-up Kommunalnik Pinsk qualified to the promotion play-offs against 15th team of Premier League but lost and remained in the First League. Khimvolokno Grodno, who finished 15th, relegated to the Second League. Teams and locations Belarus 450 right Location of teams in 1995 Belarusian First League Belarus 53.9 27.5667 Dinamo-Juni left 9 Belarus 52.1167 26.1 Kommunalnik Belarus 53.9 30.3333 Transmash right Belarus 53.6667 23.8333 KhimvoloknoKardan-Flyers 9 Belarus 52.6333 29.7333 Khimik Belarus 55.1833 30.1667 KimovetsLokomotiv 9 Belarus 53.0833 25.3167 KPF Belarus 52.4453 30.9842 Gomel right Belarus 54.1 28.35 Torpedo bottom Belarus 52.1333 23.6667 Brestbytkhim Belarus 53.0394 28.265 Stroitel left Belarus 55.5333 28.65 Naftan-Devon Belarus 54.2333 28.5 Fomalgaut TeamLocationPosition in 1994–95GomelGomel1Premier League, 15LokomotivVitebsk2Premier League, 16KommunalnikPinsk3KPFSlonim4Kardan-FlyersGrodno5StroitelStarye Dorogi6BrestbytkhimBrest7KhimikSvetlogorsk9TorpedoZhodino10TransmashMogilev11KhimvoloknoGrodno12KimovetsVitebsk13Naftan-DevonNovopolotsk14Second League, 1FomalgautBorisov15Second League, 2Dinamo-JuniMinsk16Second League, 3 League table main WDL PR NAF Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk VOL Kommunalnik Pinsk BOR Fomalgaut Borisov BCR Kardan-Flyers Grodno KOM KPF Slonim KOB Brestbytkhim Brest TRA Transmash Mogilev KHI Khimik Svetlogorsk GOM Gomel LVI Lokomotiv Vitebsk TZH Torpedo Zhodino DJM Dinamo-Juni Minsk SSD Stroitel Starye Dorogi VIT Kimovets Vitebsk GRO Khimvolokno Grodno 10 2 2 29 14 P 9 2 3 22 13 8 4 2 24 13 8 3 3 28 18 7 5 2 25 15 8 1 5 19 14 6 4 4 20 16 5 2 7 19 17 5 2 7 19 17 5 1 8 10 15 3 6 5 13 15 4 2 8 12 22 3 3 8 12 26 2 3 9 9 28 0 4 10 7 25 R Khimik Svetlogorsk placed above Gomel by better head-to-head record (1–0 win). KHI green1 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League P green2 Qualification for promotion play-off PP 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 Promotion play-off Kommunalnik Pinsk had to play two-legged play-off against Shinnik Bobruisk, who finished 15th in Premier League. Shinnik won and both teams remained in their respective leagues. Team #1Agg.Team #11st leg2nd legShinnik Bobruisk3–2Kommunalnik Pinsk0–23–0 Top goalscorers RankGoalscorerTeamGoals1Belarus Sergey SolodovnikovKardan-Flyers Grodno112Belarus Valery StrypeykisNaftan-Devon Novopolotsk93Ukraine Ruslan LyashenkoNaftan-Devon Novopolotsk7Belarus Syarhey PyatrukovichFomalgaut Borisov7 See also 1995 Belarusian Premier League 1995–96 Belarusian Cup External links RSSSF Category:Belarusian First League seasons 2 Belarus