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1998 Belarusian Premier League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Belarusian Premier League |
| season | 1998 |
| winners | Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev |
| relegated | Kommunalnik Slonim |
| Dinamo-93 Minsk | |
| continentalcup1 | Champions League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev |
| continentalcup2 | UEFA Cup |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Belshina Bobruisk |
| BATE Borisov | |
| continentalcup3 | Intertoto Cup |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk |
| Gomel | |
| league topscorer | Sergey Yaromko (19) |
| biggest home win | BATE 6–0 Dinamo Brest; |
| Belshina 6–0 Naftan-Devon; | |
| Torpedo Minsk 6–0 Kommunalnik | |
| biggest away win | Kommunalnik 0–5 Dnepr-Transmash; |
| Dinamo Minsk 0–5 Dinamo Brest | |
| highest scoring | Dinamo Brest 6–3 Molodechno |
| matches | 225 |
| total goals | 587 |
| prevseason | 1997 |
| nextseason | 1999 |
Dinamo-93 Minsk BATE Borisov Gomel Belshina 6–0 Naftan-Devon; Torpedo Minsk 6–0 Kommunalnik Dinamo Minsk 0–5 Dinamo Brest The 1998 Belarusian Premier League was the eighth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 12 and ended on October 31, 1998. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.
Team changes from 1997 season
Two worst teams of the last season (Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and Shakhtyor Soligorsk) relegated to the First League. They were replaced by two best clubs of 1996 First League (FC Gomel and BATE Borisov).
In the early days of January it was announced that Transmash Mogilev ceased to exist as an independent club merged with Dnepr Mogilev (with the latter being renamed to Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev). Ataka Minsk, who suffered heavy financial troubles, let go all their senior team players and failed to confirm their participation in the new season by a deadline in early March. A week later BFF announced that Ataka Minsk were excluded from the league and that two vacant places (left by Transmash and Ataka) are being filled by Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and Shakhtyor Soligorsk, both of whom were spared from relegation.
Before the start of the season, MPKC Mozyr changed their name to Slavia Mozyr.
Overview
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev won their 1st champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up BATE Borisov as well as bronze medalists and 1998–99 Cup winners Belshina Bobruisk qualified for UEFA Cup. Kommunalnik Slonim finished on last, 15th place and relegated to First League. Dinamo-93 Minsk dissolved and withdrew from the championship after 15 rounds. They were excluded from the final table and their results were annulled.
Teams and venues
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 1997 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) | 40,000 | 1 |
| Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) | 2,500 | 2 |
| Lokomotiv-96 | Vitebsk | Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) | 5,500 | 3 |
| Dnepr-Transmash | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) | 11,200 | 4 |
| Dinamo-93 | Minsk | Orbita Stadium | 2,000 | 5 |
| Slavia | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium (Mozyr) | 6,500 | 6 |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | Dinamo Stadium (Brest) | 3,000 | 7 |
| Torpedo | Minsk | Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) | 5,000 | 8 |
| Naftan-Devon | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 6,500 | 9 |
| Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 15,000 | 10 |
| Kommunalnik | Slonim | Yunost Stadium (Slonim) | 2,000 | 11 |
| Molodechno | Molodechno | City Stadium (Molodechno) | 5,500 | 13 |
| Torpedo-Kadino | Mogilev | Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev) | 7,000 | 15 |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 5,000 | 16 |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 10,000 | First league, 1 |
| BATE | Borisov | City Stadium (Borisov) | 3,500 | First league, 2 |
Table
Results
Belarusian clubs in European Cups
| Round | Team #1 | Agg. | Team #1 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup | |||||
| First round | Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev BLR | 2–10 | Hungary Debrecen | 2–4 | 0–6 |
| 1998–99 UEFA Cup | |||||
| First qualifying round | Belshina Bobruisk BLR | 1–3 | Bulgaria CSKA Sofia | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | |||||
| Qualifying round | Levski Sofia Bulgaria | 9–2 | BLR Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk | 8–1 | 1–1 |
| 1998–99 UEFA Champions League | |||||
| First qualifying round | Skonto Riga Latvia | 2–1 | BLR Dinamo Minsk | 0–0 | 2–1 |
Top scorers
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLR Sergey Yaromko | Torpedo Minsk | 19 |
| 2 | BLR Valery Strypeykis | Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk | 18 |
| BLR Raman Vasilyuk | Dinamo Brest | 18 | |
| 4 | BLR Pavel Shavrov | Dinamo-93 Minsk / Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 15 |
| 5 | BLR Dzmitry Balashow | Belshina Bobruisk | 14 |
| 6 | BLR Dzmitry Aharodnik | Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev | 13 |
| 7 | BLR Ihor Chumachenko | Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev | 10 |
| 8 | BLR Alyaksandr Baranaw | BATE Borisov | 9 |
| BLR Sergey Vekhtev | Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk | 9 | |
| BLR Dmitry Denisyuk | Slavia Mozyr | 9 | |
| BLR Yawhen Kazlow | Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev | 9 | |
| BLR Oleg Kononov | Torpedo Minsk | 9 |
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