The 2011 Belarusian Premier League was the 21st season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began in April and ended in November 2011. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.
Teams
Partizan Minsk were relegated to the Belarusian First League after finishing the 2010 season in last place, ending a seven-year tenure in the league. They were replaced by 2010 First League champions Gomel, who make their immediate return to the highest football league of Belarus. Torpedo Zhodino as 11th-placed team had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up SKVICH Minsk. They successfully retained their Premier League spot after defeating SKVICH 3–1 on aggregate. In early 2011 they were renamed to Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino.
Team summaries TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2010BATEBorisovCity Stadium5,4021BelshinaBobruiskSpartak Stadium (Bobruisk)3,7006Dinamo BrestBrestOSK Brestskiy10,0605Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo-Yuni Stadium4,5004DneprMogilevSpartak Stadium (Mogilev)7,3508GomelGomelCentral Stadium14,307First League, 1MinskMinskTorpedo Stadium (Minsk)1,6503NaftanNovopolotskAtlant Stadium4,5007NemanGrodnoNeman Stadium8,50010ShakhtyorSoligorskStroitel Stadium4,2002Torpedo-BelAZZhodinoTorpedo Stadium (Zhodino)3,02011VitebskVitebskVitebsky CSK8,3509
League table
Relegation playoffs Vitebsk will play a two-legged relegation play-off against Partizan Minsk, the runners-up of the 2011 Belarusian First League for one spot in the 2012 Premier League.
Results Each team will play three times against every other team for a total of 33 matches.
First and second round
Third round
Top goalscorers RankGoalscorerTeamGoals1 Renan BressanBATE Borisov132 Yahor ZubovichBelshina Bobruisk11 Artsyom SalaveyTorpedo-BelAZ Zhodino11 Bruno FurlanDinamo Minsk115 Dzmitry KowbBelshina Bobruisk10 Maksym LisovyiBelshina Bobruisk, Gomel107 Ihar ZyankovichDnepr Mogilev9 Aleksandr AlumonaShakhtyor Soligorsk99 Pavel SitkoShakhtyor Soligorsk8 Dzmitry KamarowskiShakhtyor Soligorsk8 Raman VasilyukMinsk8 David LazariDinamo Brest8 Ihor KryvobokTorpedo-BelAZ Zhodino8 Updated to games played on 27 November 2011 Source: football.by
Awards Player of the month MonthPlayerTeamNotesApril Igor ShitovBATE BorisovBest in April. Shitov's defense, pressball.by, retrieved 4 May 2011May Ihar StasevichGomelBest in May. Stasevich's philosophy, pressball.by, retrieved 31 May 2011June Yury TsyhalkaShakhtyor SoligorskBest in June. Yuri Tsygalko: thanks to Malofeyev, pressball.by, retrieved 30 June 2011July Pavel NekhaychikBATE BorisovBest in July. Pavel Nekhaichik: without BATE I'm nobody, pressball.by, retrieved 4 August 2011August Artsyom SalaveyTorpedo-BelAZ ZhodinoBest in August. Artyom Solovey: Minsk captivity, pressball.by, retrieved 1 September 2011September David LazariDinamo BrestBest in September. Star of David, pressball.by, retrieved 6 October 2011October Renan BressanBATE BorisovRed October. Renan Bressan: a pleasure, pressball.by, retrieved 3 November 2011November Dzmitry KamarowskiShakhtyor SoligorskBest in November. Dmitri Komarovsky: cloudless autumn, pressball.by, retrieved 30 November 2011
See also 2011 Belarusian First League 2010–11 Belarusian Cup
References
External links Official site