Competition: | Belarusian Premier League |
Season: | 2022 |
Dates: | 18 March – 12 November 2022 |
Winners: | |
Relegated: | Vitebsk Dnepr Mogilev |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | BATE Borisov |
Continentalcup2: | Conference League |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Dinamo Minsk Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Neman Grodno |
League Topscorer: | Bobur Abdikholikov |
Biggest Home Win: | |
Biggest Away Win: | |
Highest Scoring: | |
Matches: | 240 |
Total Goals: | 615 |
Longest Wins: | 6 matches Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
Longest Unbeaten: | 15 matches Dinamo Minsk |
Longest Winless: | 12 matches Dynamo Brest Vitebsk |
Longest Losses: | 9 matches Dnepr Mogilev |
Prevseason: | 2021 |
Nextseason: | 2023 |
Updated: | 12 November 2022 |
The 2022 Belarusian Premier League was the 32nd season of top-tier football in Belarus. Shakhtyor Soligorsk defended their championship winning the fourth league title in club history. The title was subsequently stripped on May 11, 2023 following a match-fixing scandal.[1]
The 15th-placed team of the last season Smorgon was relegated to the 2022 Belarusian First League, ending their one-year stay in the top division. Sputnik Rechitsa were excluded from the league halfway through the last season and will not play in any league in 2022. Smorgon and Sputnik were replaced by two best teams of 2021 Belarusian First League (Arsenal Dzerzhinsk, promoted to the top-flight for the first time in their history and Belshina Bobruisk, promoted after a one-year absence).
On 28 February 2022 Rukh Brest withdrew from the league, citing financial troubles caused by international sanctions upon club's owner Alexander Zaytsev and an undisclosed Russian company co-owning the club.[2] A few days later they were replaced by Dnepr Mogilev (5th-placed team of last year's First League season).
Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2021 | ||
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width=120 | Arsenal | width=110 | Dzerzhinsk | Gorodeya Stadium (Gorodeya) | 1,625 | 1st (First League) |
BATE | Borisov | Borisov Arena | 12,896 | 2nd | ||
Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium | 3,700 | 2nd (First League) | ||
Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 14,307 | 4th | ||
Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestsky | 10,060 | 6th | ||
Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium | 22,000 | 3rd | ||
Dnepr | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium | 7,350 | 5th (First League) | ||
Energetik-BGU | Minsk | RCOR-BGU Stadium | 1,500 | 13th | ||
Isloch | Minsk Raion | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 | 10th | ||
Minsk | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 | 12th | ||
Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,500 | 11th | ||
Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 | 1st | ||
Slavia | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium | 5,300 | 14th | ||
Slutsk | Slutsk | City Stadium | 1,896 | 9th | ||
Torpedo-BelAZ | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium | 3,020 | 8th | ||
Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,100 | 7th |
Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.
The 14th-place finisher of this season (Arsenal Dzerzhinsk) plays a two-legged relegation play-off against the third-placed team of the 2022 Belarusian First League (Rogachev) for a spot in the 2023 Premier League.
Rogachev won 5–4 on aggregate.
Player of The Week | ||||
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Week | Player | Club | Reference | |
1 | Dmitry Bessmertny | Bate Borisov | ||
2 | Bobur Abdikholikov | Energetik-BGU Minsk |