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2002 Belarusian Premier League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Belarusian Premier League |
| season | 2002 |
| winners | BATE |
| relegated | Lokomotiv-96 |
| continentalcup1 | Champions League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | BATE |
| continentalcup2 | UEFA Cup |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Dinamo Minsk |
| Neman | |
| continentalcup3 | Intertoto Cup |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Shakhtyor |
| league topscorer | BLR Valery Strypeykis (18) |
| biggest home win | BATE 6–0 Lokomotiv-96 |
| biggest away win | Slavia 1–6 Belshina |
| highest scoring | Dinamo Minsk 6–3 Zvezda-VA-BGU; |
| Dinamo Minsk 6–3 Slavia | |
| matches | 183 |
| total goals | 514 |
| prevseason | 2001 |
| nextseason | 2003 |
Neman Dinamo Minsk 6–3 Slavia The 2002 Belarusian Premier League was the 12th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 12 and ended on November 8, 2002. Belshina Bobruisk were the defending champions.
Team changes from 2001 season
Teams finished on the last two places in 2001 – Naftan Novopolotsk and Vedrich-97 Rechytsa relegated to the First League. They were replaced by 2001 First League winners Torpedo Zhodino and the newcomers, First League runners-up Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk. Neman-Belcard Grodno changed their name back to Neman Grodno.
Overview
BATE Borisov and Neman Grodno finished the season with equal number of points and advanced to the Championship Play-Off. BATE won the play-off game and became the champions for the 2nd time. They qualified for the next season's Champions League. Neman Grodno and 2002–03 Cup winners Dinamo Minsk qualified for UEFA Cup. Due to Premiere League expansion from 14 to 16 teams starting with next season, only one lowest placed team (Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk) have relegated.
Teams and venues
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) | 5,800 | 1 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) | 40,000 | 2 |
| BATE | Borisov | City Stadium (Borisov) | 5,500 | 3 |
| Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 14,000 | 4 |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 5,000 | 5 |
| Gomel | Gomel | Luch Stadium | 5,000 | 6 |
| Slavia | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium | 5,250 | 7 |
| Torpedo-MAZ | Minsk | Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) | 5,200 | 8 |
| Dnepr-Transmash | Mogilev | Spartak Stadion (Mogilev) | 5,700 | 9 |
| Molodechno-2000 | Molodechno | City Stadium (Molodechno) | 5,650 | 10 |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestskiy | 3,000 | 11 |
| Lokomotiv-96 | Vitebsk | Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) | 8,250 | 12 |
| Torpedo | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) | 5,000 | First league, 1 |
| Zvezda-VA-BGU | Minsk | Traktor Stadium | 17,000 | First league, 2 |
Table
Championship play-off
Results
Belarusian clubs in European Cups
| Round | Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup | |||||
| First round | BATE Borisov BLR | 3–0 | Denmark Akademisk Boldklub | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Second round | 1860 München Germany | 0–5 | BLR BATE Borisov | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Third round | Bologna Italy | 2–0 | BLR BATE Borisov | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 2002–03 UEFA Cup | |||||
| Qualifying round | Dinamo Minsk BLR | 1–5 | Bulgaria CSKA Sofia | 1–4 | 0–1 |
| Gomel BLR | 5–0 | Finland HJK Helsinki | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| First round | Gomel BLR | 1–8 | Germany Schalke 04 | 1–4 | 0–4 |
| 2002–03 UEFA Champions League | |||||
| First qualifying round | Portadown Northern Ireland | 2–3 | BLR Belshina Bobruisk | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Second qualifying round | Maccabi Haifa Israel | 5–0 | BLR Belshina Bobruisk | 4–0 | 1–0 |
Top scorers
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLR Valery Strypeykis | Belshina Bobruisk | 18 |
| 2 | BLR Yury Markhel | Torpedo Zhodino | 17 |
| 3 | BLR Sergey Nikiforenko | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 12 |
| 4 | BLR Viktor Borel | Gomel | 11 |
| BLR Gennadi Bliznyuk | Gomel | 11 | |
| BLR Vadzim Boyka | Dinamo Brest | 11 | |
| BLR Ihor Chumachenko | BATE Borisov | 11 | |
| BLR Denis Karolik | Belshina Bobruisk | 11 | |
| BLR Dzmitry Kavalyonak | Neman Grodno | 11 | |
| BLR Maksim Tsyhalka | Dinamo Minsk | 11 |
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