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2007 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League
Season 2007
Champions BATE
4th title
Relegated Minsk
UEFA Champions League BATE
UEFA Cup Gomel
MTZ-RIPO
UEFA Intertoto Cup Shakhtyor
Matches played 182
Goals scored 407 (2.24 per match)
Top goalscorer Belarus Raman Vasilyuk (24)
Biggest home win Gomel 4–0 Dnepr;
Dinamo Brest 4–0 Smorgon;
Gomel 4–0 Darida
Biggest away win Darida 2–7 Gomel
Highest scoring Darida 2–7 Gomel
← 2006
2008 →

Belarusian Premier League 2007 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.

Team changes from 2006 season

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

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 on the last place) relegated to the First League.

Teams and venues

Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2006
BATE Borisov City Stadium 5,500 1
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo, Minsk 41,040 2
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel 5,000 3
MTZ-RIPO Minsk Traktor 17,600 4
Gomel Gomel Central, Gomel 11,800 5
Vitebsk Vitebsk Central, Vitebsk 8,300 6
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant 6,500 7
Darida Minsk Raion Darida 6,000 8
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,080 9
Neman Grodno Neman 6,300 10
Torpedo Zhodino Torpedo, Zhodino 3,020 11
Dnepr Mogilev Spartak, Mogilev 11,200 12
Minsk Minsk Torpedo, Minsk 5,200 First league, 1
Smorgon Smorgon Yunost 3,500 First league, 2

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MTZ-RIPO
Torpedo
Location of teams in 2007 Belarusian Premier League

League table

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 2008–09 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2 Gomel 26 12 8 6 49 28 +21 44 2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
3 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 26 12 8 6 41 27 +14 44 2008 UEFA 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 2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
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 First League

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Belarusian clubs in Euporean Cups

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

Top scorers

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

See also

References

  • RSSSF
National teams
League system
men:
women:
Domestic cups
2006–07 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues
Domestic cups
League cups
UEFA competitions
2007–08 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues
Domestic cups
League cups
UEFA competitions
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