The 2012 Belarusian Premier League was the 22nd season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began on 24 March 2012 and ended on 25 November 2012.2012 schedule, pressball.by, retrieved 2012-02-06 BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 8th league title last year.
Teams
Dnepr Mogilev were relegated to the Belarusian First League after finishing the 2011 season in last place, leaving the league for the first time since the competition's establishment in 1992. They were replaced by 2011 First League champions Slavia Mozyr, who make their return to the league after a five-year absence.
Vitebsk, as the 11th-placed team, had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up Partizan Minsk. Partizan Minsk won the playoff, 3–2 on aggregate, and returned to the league after a one-year absence while Vitebsk were relegated after six years in the top flight. In early 2012 Partizan was abandoned by their main sponsor Vladimir Romanov and consequently wasn't able to keep any of the first team players or obtain the Premier League license.Partizan with not play in Premier League, pressball.by, retrieved 2012-01-31 Partizan withdrew from the Premier League, leaving it with only 11 teams.11 teams will participate in 22nd Belarusian championship, pressball.by, retrieved 2012-02-03
Dinamo Brest changed their name to Brest due to troubles with further usage of Dinamo brand name.
Stadiums and locations Club Location Stadium Capacity Position in 2011BATEBorisovCity Stadium5,4021BelshinaBobruiskSpartak Stadium3,7005BrestBrestOSK Brestskiy10,1624Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo-Yuni Stadium4,5004GomelGomelCentral Stadium14,3073MinskMinskDinamo Stadium34,0009NaftanNovopolotskAtlant Stadium4,5007NemanGrodnoNeman Stadium8,5008ShakhtyorSoligorskStroitel Stadium4,2002Slavia MozyrMozyrYunost Stadium5,353First League, 1Torpedo-BelAZZhodinoTorpedo Stadium (Zhodino)6,5246
League table
Relegation playoffs The 11th team of the league Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino will play a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of the 2012 Belarusian First League Gorodeya for one spot in the 2013 Premier League.
Results Each team will play three times against every other team for a total of 30 matches.
First and second round
Third round
Top goalscorers RankGoalscorerTeamGoals1 Dzmitry AsipenkaShakhtyor Soligorsk142 Renan BressanBATE Borisov11 Roman VolkovSlavia Mozyr11 Dzmitry KamarowskiShakhtyor Soligorsk115 Ivan DzenisevichNeman Grodno106 Uladzimir KhvashchynskiBrest9 Dzmitry MazalewskiBATE Borisov98 Vitali RodionovBATE Borisov8 Leanid KovelMinsk8 Mikalay YanushShakhtyor Soligorsk8 Dzmitry PlatonawGomel8 Andrey LyasyukNeman Grodno8 Updated to games played on 25 November 2012 Source: football.by
Awards
Player of the month MonthPlayerTeamNotesApril Dzmitry BahaBATE BorisovHero of the month. Dzmitry Baha: "well-wishers" are helping, pressball.by, retrieved 1 May 2012May Andrey HarbunowBATE BorisovBest in May. Andrey Harbunow: little by little, pressball.by, retrieved 28 May 2012June Dzmitry AsipenkaShakhtyor SoligorskBest in June. Dzmitry Asipenka: it's getting warmer, pressball.by, retrieved 28 June 2012July Raman VasilyukMinskHero of the month. Raman Vasilyuk: even higher, pressball.by, retrieved 6 August 2012August Ivan DzenisevichNeman GrodnoBest in August. Ivan Dzenisevich: cherish or beat?, pressball.by, retrieved 27 August 2012September Alyaksandr PawlawBATE BorisovBest in September. Red symbol of luck, pressball.by, retrieved 2 October 2012October Roman VolkovSlavia MozyrBest in October. Roman Volkov: can't win with signs, pressball.by, retrieved 31 October 2012November Andrey LyasyukNeman GrodnoBest in November. Andrey Lyasyuk: From A to Z, pressball.by, retrieved 3 December 2012
See also 2012 Belarusian First League 2011–12 Belarusian Cup 2012–13 Belarusian Cup
References
External links Official site