2018 Belarusian Premier League

{{Infobox football league season

| logo =

|competition = Belarusian Premier League

|season = 2018

|dates = 30 March – 2 December 2018

|winners = BATE Borisov

|relegated = Smolevichi
Dnepr Mogilev

|continentalcup1 = Champions League

|continentalcup1 qualifiers = BATE Borisov

|continentalcup2 = Europa League

|continentalcup2 qualifiers = Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Dinamo Minsk

|league topscorer = 15 – Pavel Savitski (Dinamo Brest)

|biggest home win = Neman 6-0 Isloch

|biggest away win = Gomel 0-6 Dinamo Brest

|highest scoring = Minsk 6-1 Torpedo Minsk

|matches = 240

|total goals = 516

|longest wins = BATE Borisov 8 games

|longest unbeaten = Shakhtyor Soligorsk 16 games

|longest winless = Dnepr Mogilev 24 games

|longest losses = Slutsk 8 games

|prevseason = 2017

|nextseason = 2019

|updated =

}}

The 2018 Belarusian Premier League was the 28th season of top-tier football in Belarus. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 12th consecutive league title and 14th overall last year, and successfully defended their crown.

Teams

{{Location map+|Belarus|width=450|float=right

|caption=Locations of the 2018 Belarusian Premier League teams

|places=

{{Location map~|Belarus|lat=53.9 |long=27.566667 |label=Minsk|position=left|marksize=12}}

{{Location map~|Belarus|lat=54.193056 |long=28.475278 |label=BATE |position=top}}

{{Location map~|Belarus|lat=52.089828 |long=23.683914 |label=Dinamo Brest|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Belarus|lat=53.905278 |long=30.340556 |label=Dnepr|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Belarus|lat=52.436717 |long=31.012094 |label=Gomel|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Belarus|lat=53.306667 |long=26.5075 |label=Gorodeya|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Belarus|lat=53.688861 |long=23.82072 |label=Neman|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Belarus|lat=52.798333 |long=27.538333 |label=Shakhtyor|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Belarus|lat=54.092222 |long=28.32 |label={{nowrap|Torpedo-BelAZ}}|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Belarus|lat=53.021389 |long=27.546111 |label=Slutsk|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Belarus|lat=54.029260 |long=28.089126 |label=        Smolevichi|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Belarus|lat=55.198333 |long=30.229167 |label=Vitebsk|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Belarus|mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png|lat=56.1 |long=23 |label=Minsk clubs:
Dinamo Minsk
Isloch
Minsk
Luch
Torpedo Minsk}}

}}

The bottom two teams from the 2017 season (Slavia Mozyr and Naftan Novopolotsk) were relegated to the 2018 Belarusian First League. They were replaced by Luch Minsk and Smolevichi, champions and runners-up of the 2017 Belarusian First League respectively. {{cite web|title=PREMIER LEAGUE|url=https://us.soccerway.com/national/belarus/premier-league/2018/regular-season/r45312/|publisher=soccerway.com|language=en}}

Before the start of the season, Krumkachy Minsk were excluded from the league, after repeatedly missing deadlines for providing necessary licensing documents and pay off the salary debts to the players. The decision was made final on 19 March.{{cite web|url=http://abff.by/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=4412&Itemid=106&lang=ru|script-title=ru:Футбольный арбитраж отказал ФК «Крумкачы».|trans-title=Arbitration committee of BFF rejected appeal of "Krumkachy".|date=19 March 2018|work=pressball.by|language=ru|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323052405/http://abff.by/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=4412&Itemid=106&lang=ru|archive-date=23 March 2018|url-status=dead}} They were replaced by Torpedo Minsk (3rd placed team of 2017 Belarusian First League).

class="wikitable sortable"

!Team

!Location

!Stadium

!Capacity

BATE Borisov

|width=120|Borisov

|Borisov Arena

|align="center"|13,121

Dinamo Brest

|Brest

|OSK Brestsky{{Cref2|1}}

|align="center"|10,162

Dinamo Minsk

|Minsk

|Dinamo Stadium{{Cref2|2}}

|align="center"|22,324

Dnepr Mogilev

|Mogilev

|Spartak Stadium

|align="center"|7,350

Gomel

|Gomel

|Central Stadium{{Cref2|3}}

|align="center"|14,307

Gorodeya

|Gorodeya

|Gorodeya Stadium

|align="center"|1,625

Isloch Minsk Raion

|Minsk Raion

|FC Minsk Stadium

|align="center"|3,000

Luch Minsk

|Minsk

|SOK Olimpiysky{{Cref2|4}}

|align="center"|1,500

Minsk

|Minsk

|FC Minsk Stadium{{Cref2|5}}

|align="center"|3,000

Neman Grodno

|Grodno

|Neman Stadium

|align="center"|8,479

Shakhtyor Soligorsk

|Soligorsk

|Stroitel Stadium{{Cref2|6}}

|align="center"|4,200

Slutsk

|Slutsk

|City Stadium (Slutsk){{Cref2|7}}

|align="center"|1,896

Smolevichi

|Smolevichi

|FOK Oktyabrsky ({{ill|Aktsyabrski, Minsk Region|lt=Oktyabrsky|ru|Октябрьский (Минская область)}}){{Cref2|8}}

|align="center"|780

Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino

|Zhodino

|Torpedo Stadium

|align="center"|6,524

Torpedo Minsk

|Minsk

|FC Minsk Stadium{{Cref2|9}}

|align="center"|3,000

Vitebsk

|Vitebsk

|Vitebsky CSK

|align="center"|8,144

{{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=decimal}}

{{Cnote2|1|One game played at Yunost Stadium in Brest.}}

{{Cnote2|2|Six games played at Traktor Stadium and three games at FC Minsk Stadium.}}

{{Cnote2|3|Two games played at Aleksandr Prokopenko Stadium in Bobruisk.}}

{{Cnote2|4|One game played at FC Minsk Stadium.}}

{{Cnote2|5|One game played at Traktor Stadium.}}

{{Cnote2|6|One game played at Shakhtyor Stadium.}}

{{Cnote2|7|Two games played at Aleksandr Prokopenko Stadium in Bobruisk.}}

{{Cnote2|8|Two games played at Torpedo Stadium in Zhodino and one game at City Stadium in Borisov.}}

{{Cnote2|9|Four games played at Traktor Stadium, two games at SOK Olimpiysky and one at Dinamo Stadium.}}

{{Cnote2 End}}

{{clear}}

League table

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=[https://us.soccerway.com/national/belarus/premier-league/2018/regular-season/r45312/]

|team1=BAT |team2=SHA |team3=DMI |team4=VIT |team5=TZH |team6=DBR |team7=NEM |team8=SLU |team9=GRD |team10=ISL |team11=FCM |team12=GOM |team13=LUM |team14=TMN |team15=SMO |team16=DNE

|result1=CL2Q |result2=EL1Q |result3=EL1Q |result4=EL1Q |result15=REL |result16=REL

|update=complete

|win_BAT=23|draw_BAT=4 |loss_BAT=3 |gf_BAT=55|ga_BAT=24

|win_DBR=14|draw_DBR=10|loss_DBR=6 |gf_DBR=52|ga_DBR=30

|win_DMI=18|draw_DMI=9 |loss_DMI=3 |gf_DMI=41|ga_DMI=17

|win_DNE=3 |draw_DNE=7 |loss_DNE=20|gf_DNE=17|ga_DNE=53

|win_GOM=7 |draw_GOM=7 |loss_GOM=16|gf_GOM=16|ga_GOM=36

|win_GRD=9 |draw_GRD=7 |loss_GRD=14|gf_GRD=31|ga_GRD=33

|win_ISL=8 |draw_ISL=9 |loss_ISL=13|gf_ISL=20|ga_ISL=37

|win_LUM=4 |draw_LUM=12|loss_LUM=14|gf_LUM=24|ga_LUM=44

|win_FCM=7 |draw_FCM=9 |loss_FCM=14|gf_FCM=34|ga_FCM=42

|win_NEM=12|draw_NEM=7 |loss_NEM=11|gf_NEM=31|ga_NEM=32

|win_SHA=19|draw_SHA=7 |loss_SHA=4 |gf_SHA=45|ga_SHA=14

|win_SMO=5 |draw_SMO=9 |loss_SMO=16|gf_SMO=21|ga_SMO=39

|win_SLU=11|draw_SLU=3 |loss_SLU=16|gf_SLU=26|ga_SLU=36

|win_TZH=16|draw_TZH=7 |loss_TZH=7 |gf_TZH=36|ga_TZH=18

|win_TMN=6 |draw_TMN=6 |loss_TMN=18|gf_TMN=20|ga_TMN=41

|win_VIT=19|draw_VIT=5 |loss_VIT=6 |gf_VIT=47|ga_VIT=20

|status_BAT=C

|status_SMO=R

|status_DNE=R

|hth_LUM=Head-to-head points: Luch 8, Torpedo 4, Smolevichi 3

|hth_TMN=LUM

|hth_SMO=LUM

|name_BAT=BATE Borisov

|name_DBR=Dinamo Brest

|name_DMI=Dinamo Minsk

|name_DNE=Dnepr Mogilev

|name_GOM=Gomel

|name_GRD=Gorodeya

|name_ISL=Isloch Minsk Raion

|name_LUM=Luch Minsk

|name_FCM=Minsk

|name_NEM=Neman Grodno

|name_SHA=Shakhtyor Soligorsk

|name_SMO=Smolevichi

|name_SLU=Slutsk

|name_TZH=Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino

|name_TMN=Torpedo Minsk

|name_VIT=Vitebsk

|show_limit=5

|class_rules = 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Matches won; 8) Goals scored; 9) Draw.{{cite web|url=http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=season&id=13384&view=rules|title=Premier League 2017 - Season rules|publisher=Scoresway|access-date=21 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528021254/http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=season&id=13384&view=rules|archive-date=28 May 2018|url-status=dead}}

|res_col_header=QR

|col_CL2Q=green1 |text_CL2Q={{nowrap|Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round}}

|col_EL2Q=blue1 |text_EL2Q=Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

|col_EL1Q=blue2 |text_EL1Q=Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round

|col_REL =red1 |text_REL =Relegation to the Belarusian First League

}}

Results

Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.

{{#invoke:sports results|main

| source = [http://abff.by/test/test/index.php?option=com_joomsport&view=calendar&sid=127&Itemid=277&lang=ru Football Federation of Belarus] {{in lang|ru}}

| update = complete

| a_note =

| matches_style = FBR

| team1= BAT | team2= DBR | team3= DMI | team4= DNE | team5= GOM | team6= GRD | team7= ISL | team8= FCM | team9= LUM | team10= NEM | team11= SHA | team12= SMO | team13= SLU | team14= TZH | team15= TMN | team16= VIT

| name_BAT = BATE Borisov

| name_DBR = Dinamo Brest

| name_DMI = Dinamo Minsk

| name_DNE = Dnepr Mogilev

| name_GOM = Gomel

| name_GRD = Gorodeya

| name_ISL = Isloch Minsk Raion

| name_LUM = Luch Minsk

| name_FCM = Minsk

| name_NEM = Neman Grodno

| name_SHA = Shakhtyor Soligorsk

| name_SMO = Smolevichi

| name_SLU = Slutsk

| name_TZH = Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino

| name_TMN = Torpedo Minsk

| name_VIT = Vitebsk

| match_BAT_DBR = 2–0

| match_BAT_DMI = 2–1

| match_BAT_DNE = 2–0

| match_BAT_GOM = 3–0

| match_BAT_GRD = 3–2

| match_BAT_ISL = 1–1

| match_BAT_FCM = 2–0

| match_BAT_LUM = 4-1

| match_BAT_NEM = 1–0

| match_BAT_SHA = 0–0

| match_BAT_SMO = 1–0

| match_BAT_SLU = 3–1

| match_BAT_TZH = 2-1

| match_BAT_TMN = 2–0

| match_BAT_VIT = 1–1

| match_DBR_BAT = 1–3

| match_DBR_DMI = 1–1

| match_DBR_DNE = 1–1

| match_DBR_GOM = 0-0

| match_DBR_GRD = 5–2

| match_DBR_ISL = 3–1

| match_DBR_FCM = 2–1

| match_DBR_LUM = 2–1

| match_DBR_NEM = 1–0

| match_DBR_SHA = 1–3

| match_DBR_SMO = 2–2

| match_DBR_SLU = 4–0

| match_DBR_TZH = 2–0

| match_DBR_TMN = 2–0

| match_DBR_VIT = 3–1

| match_DMI_BAT = 0–1

| match_DMI_DBR = 1–1

| match_DMI_DNE = 2–1

| match_DMI_GOM = 2–1

| match_DMI_GRD = 0–2

| match_DMI_ISL = 0–0

| match_DMI_FCM = 1–0

| match_DMI_LUM = 3–2

| match_DMI_NEM = 1–0

| match_DMI_SHA = 0–0

| match_DMI_SMO = 2–0

| match_DMI_SLU = 2–0

| match_DMI_TZH = 2–1

| match_DMI_TMN = 1–0

| match_DMI_VIT = 1–1

| match_DNE_BAT = 0–1

| match_DNE_DBR = 1–4

| match_DNE_DMI = 0-3

| match_DNE_GOM = 1–0

| match_DNE_GRD = 1–2

| match_DNE_ISL = 0–0

| match_DNE_FCM = 0–0

| match_DNE_LUM = 0–0

| match_DNE_NEM = 0–0

| match_DNE_SHA = 1–1

| match_DNE_SMO = 0–1

| match_DNE_SLU = 2–0

| match_DNE_TZH = 0–3

| match_DNE_TMN = 1–2

| match_DNE_VIT = 0–1

| match_GOM_BAT = 0–1

| match_GOM_DBR = 0–6

| match_GOM_DMI = 0–0

| match_GOM_DNE = 2–0

| match_GOM_GRD = 2–0

| match_GOM_ISL = 1–2

| match_GOM_FCM = 0–2

| match_GOM_LUM = 1–0

| match_GOM_NEM = 0–2

| match_GOM_SHA = 0–3

| match_GOM_SMO = 0–2

| match_GOM_SLU = 0–0

| match_GOM_TZH = 0–0

| match_GOM_TMN = 0–0

| match_GOM_VIT = 1-3

| match_GRD_BAT = 2–1

| match_GRD_DBR = 1–0

| match_GRD_DMI = 0–2

| match_GRD_DNE = 1–2

| match_GRD_GOM = 0–0

| match_GRD_ISL = 2–0

| match_GRD_FCM = 1–2

| match_GRD_LUM = 1–1

| match_GRD_NEM = 0–2

| match_GRD_SHA = 0–1

| match_GRD_SMO = 4–1

| match_GRD_SLU = 2-0

| match_GRD_TZH = 1–1

| match_GRD_TMN = 0–0

| match_GRD_VIT = 1–1

| match_ISL_BAT = 2–1

| match_ISL_DBR = 0–1

| match_ISL_DMI = 0–1

| match_ISL_DNE = 3-2

| match_ISL_GOM = 0–1

| match_ISL_GRD = 0–0

| match_ISL_FCM = 0–3

| match_ISL_LUM = 1–1

| match_ISL_NEM = 1–2

| match_ISL_SHA = 1–0

| match_ISL_SMO = 1–0

| match_ISL_SLU = 0–1

| match_ISL_TZH = 0–0

| match_ISL_TMN = 1–1

| match_ISL_VIT = 0–1

| match_FCM_BAT = 0–2

| match_FCM_DBR = 3–3

| match_FCM_DMI = 3–3

| match_FCM_DNE = 4–0

| match_FCM_GOM = 0–2

| match_FCM_GRD = 0–5

| match_FCM_ISL = 0–1

| match_FCM_LUM = 3–1

| match_FCM_NEM = 1-2

| match_FCM_SHA = 0–0

| match_FCM_SMO = 0–0

| match_FCM_SLU = 0–2

| match_FCM_TZH = 0–0

| match_FCM_TMN = 6–1

| match_FCM_VIT = 1–3

| match_LUM_BAT = 1–2

| match_LUM_DBR = 1–1

| match_LUM_DMI = 1–3

| match_LUM_DNE = 2–0

| match_LUM_GOM = 1–0

| match_LUM_GRD = 1–1

| match_LUM_ISL = 1–1

| match_LUM_FCM = 0–0

| match_LUM_NEM = 1–2

| match_LUM_SHA = 1–1

| match_LUM_SMO = 1-1

| match_LUM_SLU = 0–3

| match_LUM_TZH = 1–3

| match_LUM_TMN = 3–1

| match_LUM_VIT = 0–2

| match_NEM_BAT = 2–3

| match_NEM_DBR = 0-3

| match_NEM_DMI = 0–2

| match_NEM_DNE = 0–0

| match_NEM_GOM = 2–0

| match_NEM_GRD = 1–0

| match_NEM_ISL = 6–0

| match_NEM_FCM = 2–2

| match_NEM_LUM = 0–0

| match_NEM_SHA = 0–1

| match_NEM_SMO = 1–1

| match_NEM_SLU = 0–3

| match_NEM_TZH = 1–0

| match_NEM_TMN = 1–0

| match_NEM_VIT = 1–1

| match_SHA_BAT = 3–0

| match_SHA_DBR = 0–0

| match_SHA_DMI = 0–0

| match_SHA_DNE = 3–1

| match_SHA_GOM = 2–1

| match_SHA_GRD = 1–0

| match_SHA_ISL = 3–0

| match_SHA_FCM = 4-0

| match_SHA_LUM = 4–0

| match_SHA_NEM = 1–0

| match_SHA_SMO = 1–0

| match_SHA_SLU = 0–1

| match_SHA_TZH = 1–0

| match_SHA_TMN = 1–0

| match_SHA_VIT = 2–1

| match_SMO_BAT = 2–3

| match_SMO_DBR = 1–0

| match_SMO_DMI = 0–2

| match_SMO_DNE = 2–1

| match_SMO_GOM = 1–1

| match_SMO_GRD = 2–0

| match_SMO_ISL = 0–1

| match_SMO_FCM = 1–1

| match_SMO_LUM = 1–1

| match_SMO_NEM = 0–1

| match_SMO_SHA = 0-2

| match_SMO_SLU = 1–2

| match_SMO_TZH = 1–2

| match_SMO_TMN = 0–2

| match_SMO_VIT = 1–1

| match_SLU_BAT = 0–1

| match_SLU_DBR = 1–1

| match_SLU_DMI = 0–1

| match_SLU_DNE = 5–0

| match_SLU_GOM = 0–1

| match_SLU_GRD = 1–0

| match_SLU_ISL = 0-1

| match_SLU_FCM = 0–1

| match_SLU_LUM = 1–0

| match_SLU_NEM = 1–1

| match_SLU_SHA = 1–3

| match_SLU_SMO = 1–0

| match_SLU_TZH = 0–3

| match_SLU_TMN = 1–3

| match_SLU_VIT = 0–2

| match_TZH_BAT = 2-2

| match_TZH_DBR = 2–0

| match_TZH_DMI = 0–0

| match_TZH_DNE = 1–0

| match_TZH_GOM = 1–0

| match_TZH_GRD = 0–1

| match_TZH_ISL = 2–1

| match_TZH_FCM = 2–1

| match_TZH_LUM = 0–0

| match_TZH_NEM = 3–0

| match_TZH_SHA = 1–0

| match_TZH_SMO = 1–0

| match_TZH_SLU = 2–0

| match_TZH_TMN = 1–0

| match_TZH_VIT = 2–0

| match_TMN_BAT = 0–3

| match_TMN_DBR = 1–1

| match_TMN_DMI = 0-3

| match_TMN_DNE = 3–0

| match_TMN_GOM = 1–2

| match_TMN_GRD = 1–0

| match_TMN_ISL = 1–1

| match_TMN_FCM = 1–0

| match_TMN_LUM = 0–1

| match_TMN_NEM = 0–1

| match_TMN_SHA = 2–3

| match_TMN_SMO = 0–0

| match_TMN_SLU = 0–1

| match_TMN_TZH = 0-2

| match_TMN_VIT = 0–1

| match_VIT_BAT = 0–1

| match_VIT_DBR = 0–1

| match_VIT_DMI = 0–1

| match_VIT_DNE = 3–1

| match_VIT_GOM = 1–0

| match_VIT_GRD = 1-0

| match_VIT_ISL = 2–0

| match_VIT_FCM = 1–0

| match_VIT_LUM = 2–0

| match_VIT_NEM = 5–1

| match_VIT_SHA = 2–1

| match_VIT_SMO = 4–0

| match_VIT_SLU = 2–0

| match_VIT_TZH = 2–0

| match_VIT_TMN = 2–0

}}

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 2 December 2018
Source: [http://www.football.by/stat/belarus/2018/scorers.html football.by] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428093516/http://www.football.by/stat/belarus/2018/scorers.html |date=2018-04-28 }}

class="wikitable"
align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc"

!Rank

!Goalscorer

!Team

!Goals

1

|{{flagicon|BLR}} Pavel Savitski

|Dinamo Brest

|align="center"|15

2

|{{flagicon|BLR}} Dzyanis Laptsew

|Shakhtyor Soligorsk

|align="center"|12

rowspan="5"|3

|{{flagicon|BLR}} Dzmitry Lebedzew

|Gorodeya

|align="center"|11

{{flagicon|BLR}} Anton Matsveenka

|Vitebsk

|align="center"|11

{{flagicon|BLR}} Yevgeniy Shikavka

|Slutsk

|align="center"|11

{{flagicon|BLR}} Maksim Skavysh

|BATE Borisov

|align="center"|11

{{flagicon|BLR}} Kiryl Vyarheychyk

|Vitebsk

|align="center"|11

8

|{{flagicon|SRB}} Bojan Dubajić

|Gorodeya

|align="center"|10

rowspan="2"|9

|{{flagicon|ALB}} Elis Bakaj

|Shakhtyor Soligorsk

|align="center"|9

{{flagicon|BLR}} Valery Gorbachik

|Smolevichi/Torpedo-BelAZ

|align="center"|9

See also

References

{{Reflist}}