2007 Belarusian Premier League

The 2007 Belarusian Premier League was the 17th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 14 and ended on November 10, 2007. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.

Belarusian Premier League
Season2007
ChampionsBATE Borisov
4th title
RelegatedMinsk
Champions LeagueBATE Borisov
UEFA CupGomel
MTZ-RIPO Minsk
Intertoto CupShakhtyor Soligorsk
Matches played182
Goals scored407 (2.24 per match)
Top goalscorerBelarus Raman Vasilyuk (24)
Biggest home winGomel 4–0 Dnepr;
Dinamo Brest 4–0 Smorgon;
Gomel 4–0 Darida
Biggest away winDarida 2–7 Gomel
Highest scoringDarida 2–7 Gomel
2006
2008

Team changes from 2006 season

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Lokomotiv Minsk and Belshina Bobruisk were the two teams relegated after the 2006 season, having finished in 13th and 14th place respectively. They were replaced by 2005 First League champions Minsk and runners-up Smorgon. Lokomotiv Vitebsk changed their name to Vitebsk.

Overview

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BATE Borisov won their 4th champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Gomel and 2007–08 Cup winners MTZ-RIPO Minsk qualified for UEFA Cup. Due to Premiere League expansion to 16 teams starting with next season, only one team (Minsk, who finished in the last place) relegated to the First League.

Teams and venues

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Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2006
BATE Borisov City Stadium 5,392 1
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium 40,000 2
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,200 3
MTZ-RIPO Minsk Traktor Stadium 17,600 4
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,307 5
Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,350 6
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 5,300 7
Darida Minsk Raion Darida Stadium 4,500 8
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,080 9
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 6,300 10
Torpedo Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 3,020 11
Dnepr Mogilev Spartak Stadium 7,990 12
Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) 5,200 First league, 1
Smorgon Smorgon Yunost Stadium 3,000 First league, 2

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BATE Borisov (C) 26 18 2 6 50 25 +25 56 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Gomel 26 12 8 6 49 28 +21 44 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 26 12 8 6 41 27 +14 44 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Torpedo Zhodino 26 11 10 5 28 21 +7 43
5 MTZ-RIPO Minsk 26 11 9 6 32 25 +7 42 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
6 Neman Grodno 26 9 9 8 23 22 +1 36
7 Naftan Novopolotsk 26 9 9 8 28 30 −2 36
8 Vitebsk 26 9 8 9 25 28 −3 35
9 Dinamo Minsk 26 8 11 7 27 28 −1 35
10 Smorgon 26 6 8 12 15 29 −14 26
11 Darida Minsk Raion 26 7 4 15 27 46 −19 25
12 Dinamo Brest 26 6 7 13 23 31 −8 25
13 Dnepr Mogilev 26 5 8 13 21 33 −12 23
14 Minsk (R) 26 4 9 13 18 34 −16 21 Relegation to Belarusian First League
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

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Home \ Away BAT DAR DBR DMI DNE GOM MIN MTZ NAF NEM SHA SMR TZH VIT
BATE Borisov 4–1 2–1 3–0[a] 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–3 4–2 2–1 1–0 4–2 3–0 4–1
Darida Minsk Raion 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–7 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 2–3
Dinamo Brest 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 0–1
Dinamo Minsk 0–3 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0
Dnepr Mogilev 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–2
Gomel 1–3 4–0 4–1 4–4 4–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Minsk 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–6 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1
MTZ-RIPO Minsk 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–0 0–1
Naftan Novopolotsk 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–0
Neman Grodno 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3–4 3–1 3–2 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–2
Smorgon 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–1
Torpedo Zhodino 0–1 4–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0
Vitebsk 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1
Source: football.by (in Belarusian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Awarded as a 3–0 win for BATE due to Dinamo having a suspended player on the bench. Originally ended with a 2–1 win for BATE.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

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Round Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round Shakhtyor Soligorsk   4–3   Ararat Yerevan 4–1 0–2
Second round Chernomorets Odessa   6–2   Shakhtyor Soligorsk 4–2 2–0
2007–08 UEFA Cup
First qualifying round Liepājas Metalurgs   3–2   Dinamo Brest 1–1 2–1
Skonto Riga   1–3   Dinamo Minsk 1–1 0–2
Second qualifying round Dinamo Minsk   1–5   Odense 1–1 0–4
First round Villarreal   6–1   BATE Borisov 4–1 2–0
2007–08 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round APOEL Nicosia   2–3   BATE Borisov 2–0 0–3 (aet)
Second qualifying round Hafnarfjarðar   2–4   BATE Borisov 1–3 1–1
Thind qualifying round BATE Borisov   2–4   Steaua București 2–2 0–2

Top scorers

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Rank Name Team Goals
1   Raman Vasilyuk Gomel 24
2   Gennadi Bliznyuk BATE Borisov 18
3   Vitali Rodionov BATE Borisov 14
  Valery Strypeykis Gomel 14
5   Andrey Sherakow Torpedo Zhodino 10
6   Aleksandr Alumona Neman Grodno 9
  Syarhey Nikiforenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk 9
  Viktor Sokol Dinamo Brest 9
9   Alyaksandr Klimenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk 8
  Ruslan Usaw Vitebsk 8

See also

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References

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