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1997 Belarusian Premier League

Annual soccer tournament

Field	Value
competition	Belarusian Premier League
season	1997
winners	Dinamo Minsk
(6th title)
relegated	Ataka Minsk
Transmash Mogilev
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Dinamo Minsk
continentalcup2	Cup Winners' Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk
continentalcup3	UEFA Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Belshina Bobruisk
continentalcup4	Intertoto Cup
continentalcup4 qualifiers	Dnepr Mogilev
league topscorer	Belarus Andrey Khlebosolov
(19 goals)
biggest home win	Dinamo Mn 7–0 Torpedo-Kadino
(8 August 1997)
biggest away win	Torpedo-Kadino 1–7 Ataka
(13 June 1997);
Kommunalnik 1–7 Dnepr
(2 July 1997)
highest scoring	Dinamo-93 6–3 Transmash
(8 July 1997)
matches	240
total goals	658
prevseason	1996
nextseason	1998

(6th title) Transmash Mogilev (19 goals) (8 August 1997) (13 June 1997); Kommunalnik 1–7 Dnepr (2 July 1997) (8 July 1997) The 1997 Belarusian Premier League was the seventh season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 11 and ended on November 11, 1997. MPKC Mozyr were the defending champions.

Team changes from 1996 season

Obuvshchik Lida and Vedrich Rechytsa, placed 15th and 16th respectively, relegated to the First League. They were replaced by two newcomers: 1996 First League winners Transmash Mogilev and runners-up Kommunalnik Slonim. Ataka-Aura Minsk shortened their name to Ataka Minsk

Overview

Dinamo Minsk won their 6th champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Belshina Bobruisk qualified for UEFA Cup. Bronze medalists and 1997–98 Cup winners Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup. Originally Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and Shakhtyor Soligorsk, placed 15th and 16th respectively, were supposed to be relegated to the First League. However, after Ataka Minsk withdrew from Premier League due to bad financial state and two Mogilev teams Dnepr and Transmash merged to form FC Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev, both Shakhtyor and Torpedo-Kadino were allowed to stay in the Premier League.

Teams and venues

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity	Position in 1996
MPKC Mozyr	Mozyr	Yunost Stadium (Mozyr)	6,500	1
Dinamo Minsk	Minsk	Traktor Stadium	25,000	2
Belshina Bobruisk	Bobruisk	Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk)	2,500	3
Dinamo-93 Minsk	Minsk	Traktor Stadium	25,000	4
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk	Vitebsk	Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk)	5,500	5
Ataka Minsk	Minsk	Traktor Stadium	25,000	6
Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk	Novopolotsk	Atlant Stadium	6,500	7
Molodechno	Molodechno	City Stadium (Molodechno)	5,500	8
Dnepr Mogilev	Mogilev	Spartak Stadium (Mogilev)	11,200	9
Dinamo Brest	Brest	Dinamo Stadium (Brest)	2,400	10
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Soligorsk	Stroitel Stadium	5,000	11
Torpedo Minsk	Minsk	Torpedo Stadium (Minsk)	5,000	12
Neman Grodno	Grodno	Neman Stadium	15,000	13
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev	Mogilev	Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev)	3,500	14
Transmash Mogilev	Mogilev	Spartak Stadium (Mogilev)	11,200	First league, 1
Kommunalnik Slonim	Slonim	Yunost Stadium (Slonim)	1,200	First league, 2

Table

Results

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

Round	Team #1	Agg.	Team #1	1st leg	2nd leg
1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Group stage	Dinamo-93 Minsk BLR	1–0	Holland Heerenveen	1–0
Polonia Warsaw POL	1–4	BLR Dinamo-93 Minsk	1–4
Dinamo-93 Minsk BLR	0–1	GER Duisburg	0–1
Aalborg Denmark	2–1	BLR Dinamo-93 Minsk	2–1
1997–98 UEFA Cup
First qualifying round	Dinamo Minsk BLR	(a) 2–2	Georgia Kolkheti-1913 Poti	1–0	1–2
Second qualifying round	Dinamo Minsk BLR	0–3	Norway Lillestrøm	0–2	0–1
First round	MPKC Mozyr BLR	1–2	Georgia Dinamo Tbilisi	1–1	0–1
1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Qualifying round	Sadam Tallinn EST	2–5	BLR Belshina Bobruisk	1–1	1–4
First round	Belshina Bobruisk BLR	1–5	RUS Lokomotiv Moscow	1–2	0–3
1997–98 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round	Constructorul Chişinău Moldova	3–4	BLR MPKC Mozyr	1–1	2–3
Second qualifying round	Olympiacos Greece	7–2	BLR MPKC Mozyr	5–0	2–2

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	BLR Andrey Khlebosolov	Belshina Bobruisk	19
2	BLR Uladzimir Makowski	Dinamo Minsk	16
3	BLR Dzmitry Balashow	Belshina Bobruisk	15
RUS Vladimir Solodukhin	Dnepr Mogilev	15
BLR Andrey Turchinovich	Dinamo-93 Minsk	15
6	BLR Dmitry Podrez	Dinamo Minsk	13
BLR Maksim Razumaw	Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk	13
8	BLR Raman Vasilyuk	Dinamo Brest	12
BLR Vladimir Putrash	Belshina Bobruisk	12
BLR Valery Strypeykis	Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk	12

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