2001 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League

Season	2001
Champions	Belshina
Relegated	Naftan Vedrich-97
Champions League	Belshina
UEFA Cup	Gomel Dinamo Minsk
Intertoto Cup	BATE
Matches played	182
Goals scored	482 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sergei Davydov (25)
Biggest home win	Slavia 6–0 Lokomotiv-96
Biggest away win	0–4 – 3 games; 1–5 – 1 game
Highest scoring	BATE 6–3 Molodechno-2000; Slavia 6–3 Vedrich-97
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Belarusian Premier League 2001 was the 11th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 11 and ended on November 7, 2001. Slavia Mozyr were the defending champions.

Team changes from 2000 season

Due to league reduction from 16 to 14 teams, three worst placed teams in 2000 – Lida, Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and Kommunalnik Slonim relegated to the First League, while only one team, winners of 2000 First League Molodechno, replaced them. Molodechno changed their name to Molodechno-2000 following the promotion. Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk shortened their name to Naftan Novopolotsk midway through 2001 season.

Overview

Belshina Bobruisk won their 1st champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk and 2001-02 Cup winners Gomel qualified for UEFA Cup. Teams finished on the last two places, Naftan Novopolotsk and Vedrich-97 Rechitsa relegated to the First League.

Teams and venues

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity	Position in 2000
Slavia	Mozyr	Yunost	5,500	1
BATE	Borisov	City Stadium, Borisov	5,500	2
Dinamo Minsk	Minsk	Dinamo, Minsk	41,040	3
Neman-Belcard	Grodno	Neman	6,300	4
Shakhtyor	Soligorsk	Stroitel	5,000	5
Gomel	Gomel	Central, Gomel	11,800	6
Dnepr-Transmash	Mogilev	Spartak, Mogilev	11,200	7
Torpedo-MAZ	Minsk	Torpedo, Minsk	5,200	8
Belshina	Bobruisk	Spartak, Bobruisk	3,550	9
Dinamo Brest	Brest	OSK Brestskiy	10,080	10
Lokomotiv-96	Vitebsk	Central, Vitebsk	8,300	11
Vedrich-97	Rechitsa	Central, Rechytsa	3,550	12
Naftan	Novopolotsk	Atlant	6,500	13
Molodechno-2000	Molodechno	City Stadium, Molodechno	5,500	First league, 1

Dinamo Minsk
Torpedo‑MAZ

Dnepr‑Transmash

Dinamo Brest

Belshina

Neman‑Belcard

Lokomotiv‑96

Shakhtyor

Slavia

Naftan

Gomel

BATE

Vedrich-97

Molodechno‑2000

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Location of teams in 2001 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian clubs in Euporean Cups

Round	Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round	Dinamo Minsk	7–1	Hobscheid	6–0	1–1
Second round	Dinamo Minsk	3–0	Hapoel Haifa	2–0	1–0
Third round	Wolfsburg	4–3	Dinamo Minsk	4–3	0–0
2001–02 UEFA Cup
Qualifying round	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2–5	CSKA Sofia	1–2	1–3
	Ružomberok	3–1	Belshina Bobruisk	3–1	0–0
	Dinamo Tbilisi	2–5	BATE Borisov	2–1	0–4
First round	BATE Borisov	0–6	Milan	0–2	0–4
2001–02 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round	VB Vágur	0–5	Slavia Mozyr	0–0	0–5
Second qualifying round	Slavia Mozyr	0–2	Inter Bratislava	0–1	0–1

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Sergei Davydov	Neman-Belcard Grodno	25
2	Vitali Kutuzov	BATE Borisov	14
3	Petr Katchouro	Dinamo Minsk	12
4	Viktor Borel	Gomel	11
	Ihor Chumachenko	Dinamo Minsk, Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev	11
	Syarhey Nikiforenka	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	11
	Valery Strypeykis	Slavia Mozyr	11
8	Vadzim Boyka	Dinamo Brest	10
	Artem Kontsevoy	BATE Borisov	10
	Aleksandr Sednev	Belshina Bobruisk	10

See also

• 2001 Belarusian First League
• 2000–01 Belarusian Cup
• 2001–02 Belarusian Cup

External links

• RSSSF