2008 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League 2008 BATE Borisov Lokomotiv MinskSavit MogilevDarida Minsk Raion Champions League BATE Borisov Europa League Naftan NovopolotskDinamo MinskMTZ-RIPO Minsk Belarus Gennadi Bliznyuk (16)Belarus Vitali Rodionov (16) BATE 5–0 ShakhtyorDnepr 5–0 Smorgon 2–6 – 1 game;0–4 – 4 games Darida 3–6 MTZ-RIPO 240 621 2007 2009 The 2008 Belarusian Premier League was the 18th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 6 and ended on November 16, 2008. BATE Borisov were the defending champions. Team changes from 2007 season Due to league expansion from 14 to 16 teams the only relegated team Minsk, who finished last in 2007, was replaced by three best teams of 2007 First League: Savit Mogilev, Granit Mikashevichi and Lokomotiv Minsk. Overview BATE Borisov won their 5th champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk, bronze medalists MTZ-RIPO Minsk and 2008–09 Cup winners Naftan Novopolotsk qualified for the inaugural tournament of Europa League. Due to decision to gradually reduce Premiere League to 12 clubs (14 in 2009, 12 in 2010) three lowest placed teams (Lokomotiv Minsk, Savit Mogilev and Darida Minsk Raion) relegated to the First League. The two latter teams disbanded prior to 2009 season. Teams and venues Belarus 450 right Location of teams in 2008 Belarusian Premier League Belarus 53.9 27.566667 DaridaDinamo MinskLokomotivMTZ-RIPO left Belarus 53.9 30.333333 DneprSavit Belarus 52.133333 23.666667 Dinamo Brest Belarus 53.666667 23.833333 Neman bottom Belarus 52.8 27.533333 Shakhtyor Belarus 52.4453 30.9842 Gomel Belarus 54.233333 28.5 BATE Belarus 54.1 28.35 Torpedo bottom Belarus 55.533333 28.65 Naftan Belarus 55.183333 30.166667 Vitebsk Belarus 54.483611 26.4 Smorgon Belarus 52.220278 27.473611 Granit TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2007BATEBorisovCity Stadium (Borisov)5,3921GomelGomelCentral Stadium14,3072ShakhtyorSoligorskStroitel Stadium4,2003TorpedoZhodinoCity Stadium (Borisov)15,3924MTZ-RIPOMinskTraktor Stadium17,6005NemanGrodnoNeman Stadium6,3006NaftanNovopolotskAtlant Stadium5,3007VitebskVitebskVitebsky CSK8,3508Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo Stadium240,0009SmorgonSmorgonYunost Stadium3,20010DaridaMinsk RaionDarida Stadium4,50011Dinamo BrestBrestOSK Brestskiy10,08012DneprMogilevTorpedo Stadium (Mogilev)33,50013SavitMogilevTorpedo Stadium (Mogilev)3,500First league, 1GranitMikashevichiOSK Brestskiy (Brest)410,080First league, 2LokomotivMinskCity Stadium (Molodechno)54,800First league, 3 decimal 1 Due to renovation works at Torpedo Stadium in Zhodino, Torpedo spent most of the season at City Stadium in Borisov. In addition, one game was played at City Stadium in Molodechno and two games at Spartak Stadium in Bobruisk. 2 One game played at Torpedo Stadium in Minsk. 3 Due to renovation works at Spartak Stadium in Mogilev, Dnepr spent the season at Torpedo Stadium in Mogilev. 4 Granit spent the season at OSK Brestskiy in Brest, as their own ground Polesye Stadium in Luninets was closed for renovation. 5 Lokomotiv Minsk spent the season at City Stadium in Molodechno, as their own ground Lokomotiv Stadium did not meet Premier League criteria. Table main WDL QR BAT BATE Borisov DMI Dinamo Minsk MTZ MTZ-RIPO Minsk SHA Shakhtyor Soligorsk VIT Vitebsk DBR Dinamo Brest NAF Naftan Novopolotsk SMR Smorgon DNE Dnepr Mogilev GRA Granit Mikashevichi GOM Gomel NEM Neman Grodno TZH Torpedo Zhodino LMN Lokomotiv Minsk SAV Savit Mogilev DAR Darida Minsk Raion 19 10 1 54 20 C 19 5 6 49 29 17 6 7 65 37 15 6 9 50 35 14 9 7 39 26 13 8 9 40 34 13 7 10 41 35 10 9 11 26 39 9 11 10 45 42 8 12 10 35 34 9 6 15 35 47 8 9 13 36 40 7 10 13 25 36 6 7 17 28 50 R 5 6 19 28 61 R 4 7 19 25 56 R green1 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue2 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round EL1 EL1 blue1 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round Naftan Novopolotsk qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2008–09 Belarusian Cup. EL2 red1 Relegation to Belarusian First League R R R 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAT DAR DBR DMI DNE GOM GRA LMN MTZ NAF NEM SAV SHA SMR VIT TZH BATE Borisov 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–3 2–1 0–0 3–0 5–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 Darida Minsk Raion 0–2 1–4 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 3–6 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 Dinamo Brest 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 Dinamo Minsk 2–1 2–2 1–4 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 Dnepr Mogilev 3–3 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 5–0 1–1 2–1 Gomel 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 4–3 2–4 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 2–6 0–1 1–2 0–1 Granit Mikashevichi 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–3 2–3 1–1 0–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–4 0–0 Lokomotiv Minsk 0–3 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 4–0 0–4 2–0 0–4 1–2 0–3 1–1 MTZ-RIPO Minsk 0–0 3–3 4–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 6–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–2 Naftan Novopolotsk 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 Neman Grodno 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 Savit Mogilev 0–1 1–1 1–4 1–4 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–4 3–5 0–4 2–0 1–2 0–2 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 3–4 0–1 2–1 1–0 Smorgon 0–0 3–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–4 0–3 0–0 Vitebsk 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–4 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 Torpedo Zhodino 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–3 0–2 6–2 0–2 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–3 1–1 The match of Round 27 was awarded as a 3–0 win for Granit as Darida boycotted the game due to a conflict with BFF over bad refereeing.Дарида - Гранит 0:3 be complete football.by be Belarusian clubs in European Cups RoundTeam #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg2008 UEFA Intertoto CupFirst roundCracovia Poland1–5BLR Shakhtyor Soligorsk1–20–3Second roundSturm Graz Austria2–0BLR Shakhtyor Soligorsk2–00–02008–09 UEFA CupFirst qualifying roundLegia Warszawa Poland4–1BLR Gomel0–04–1MTZ-RIPO Minsk BLR2–3Slovakia Žilina2–20–12008–09 UEFA Champions LeagueFirst qualifying roundBATE Borisov BLR3–0Iceland Valur2–01–0Second qualifying roundAnderlecht Belgium3–4BLR BATE Borisov1–22–2Thind qualifying roundLevski Sofia Bulgaria1–2BLR BATE Borisov0–11–1Group stageReal Madrid Spain3–0BLR BATE Borisov2–01–0BATE Borisov BLR2–2Italy Juventus2–20–0Zenit St. Petersburg Russia3–1BLR BATE Borisov1–12–0 Top scorers RankNameTeamGoals 1 Belarus Gennadi Bliznyuk BATE Borisov 16Belarus Vitali Rodionov BATE Borisov 16 3 Belarus Artem Kontsevoy MTZ-RIPO Minsk 15 4 Belarus Alyaksandr Hawrushka Dnepr Mogilev 14 5 Belarus Dzmitry Mazalewski Dinamo Brest 13Belarus Ruslan Usaw Vitebsk 13 7 Belarus Andrey Sherakow Torpedo Zhodino 12 8 Belarus Oleg Strakhanovich MTZ-RIPO Minsk 11Belarus Andrey Tsevan Dinamo Brest 11 10 Russia Aleksandr Alumona Neman Grodno 10Belarus Dzmitry Kavalyonak Neman Grodno 10Slovakia Róbert Rák Dinamo Minsk 10 See also 2008 Belarusian First League 2007–08 Belarusian Cup 2008–09 Belarusian Cup References External links Official site https://web.archive.org/web/20101222015259/http://football.by/champ/2008/ 2010-12-22 be rsssf.com Category:Belarusian Premier League seasons 1 Belarus