The 2001 Belarusian Premier League 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
TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2000SlaviaMozyrYunost Stadium5,2501BATEBorisovCity Stadium (Borisov)5,5002Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo Stadium (Minsk)40,0003Neman-BelcardGrodnoNeman Stadium14,0004ShakhtyorSoligorskStroitel Stadium5,0005GomelGomelLuch Stadium5,0006Dnepr-TransmashMogilevSpartak Stadium (Mogilev)7,7007Torpedo-MAZMinskTorpedo Stadium (Minsk)5,2008BelshinaBobruiskSpartak Stadium (Bobruisk)2,0009Dinamo BrestBrestOSK Brestsky3,00010Lokomotiv-96VitebskDinamo Stadium (Vitebsk)5,25011Vedrich-97RechitsaCentral Stadium (Rechitsa)5,50012NaftanNovopolotskAtlant Stadium6,50013Molodechno-2000MolodechnoCity Stadium (Molodechno)5,650First league, 1
Table
Results
Belarusian clubs in European Cups RoundTeam #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg2001 UEFA Intertoto CupFirst roundDinamo Minsk 7–1 Hobscheid6–01–1Second roundDinamo Minsk 3–0 Hapoel Haifa2–01–0Third roundWolfsburg 4–3 Dinamo Minsk4–30–02001–02 UEFA CupQualifying roundShakhtyor Soligorsk 2–5 CSKA Sofia1–21–3Ružomberok 3–1 Belshina Bobruisk3–10–0Dinamo Tbilisi 2–5 BATE Borisov2–10–4First roundBATE Borisov 0–6 Milan0–20–42001–02 UEFA Champions LeagueFirst qualifying roundVB Vágur 0–5 Slavia Mozyr0–00–5Second qualifying roundSlavia Mozyr 0–2 Inter Bratislava0–10–1
Top scorers RankNameTeamGoals 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
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