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2008 Belarusian Premier League

Field	Value
competition	Belarusian Premier League
season	2008
winners	BATE Borisov
relegated	Lokomotiv Minsk
Savit Mogilev
Darida Minsk Raion
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	BATE Borisov
continentalcup2	Europa League
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Naftan Novopolotsk
Dinamo Minsk
MTZ-RIPO Minsk
league topscorer	Belarus Gennadi Bliznyuk (16)
Belarus Vitali Rodionov (16)
biggest home win	BATE 5–0 Shakhtyor
Dnepr 5–0 Smorgon
biggest away win	2–6 – 1 game;
0–4 – 4 games
highest scoring	Darida 3–6 MTZ-RIPO
matches	240
total goals	621
prevseason	2007
nextseason	2009

Savit Mogilev Darida Minsk Raion Dinamo Minsk MTZ-RIPO Minsk Belarus Vitali Rodionov (16) Dnepr 5–0 Smorgon 0–4 – 4 games The 2008 Belarusian Premier League was the 18th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 6 and ended on November 16, 2008. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.

Team changes from 2007 season

Due to league expansion from 14 to 16 teams the only relegated team Minsk, who finished last in 2007, was replaced by three best teams of 2007 First League: Savit Mogilev, Granit Mikashevichi and Lokomotiv Minsk.

Overview

BATE Borisov won their 5th champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk, bronze medalists MTZ-RIPO Minsk and 2008–09 Cup winners Naftan Novopolotsk qualified for the inaugural tournament of Europa League. Due to decision to gradually reduce Premiere League to 12 clubs (14 in 2009, 12 in 2010) three lowest placed teams (Lokomotiv Minsk, Savit Mogilev and Darida Minsk Raion) relegated to the First League. The two latter teams disbanded prior to 2009 season.

Teams and venues

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity	Position in 2007
BATE	Borisov	City Stadium (Borisov)	5,392	1
Gomel	Gomel	Central Stadium	14,307	2
Shakhtyor	Soligorsk	Stroitel Stadium	4,200	3
Torpedo	Zhodino	City Stadium (Borisov)	5,392	4
MTZ-RIPO	Minsk	Traktor Stadium	17,600	5
Neman	Grodno	Neman Stadium	6,300	6
Naftan	Novopolotsk	Atlant Stadium	5,300	7
Vitebsk	Vitebsk	Vitebsky CSK	8,350	8
Dinamo Minsk	Minsk	Dinamo Stadium	40,000	9
Smorgon	Smorgon	Yunost Stadium	3,200	10
Darida	Minsk Raion	Darida Stadium	4,500	11
Dinamo Brest	Brest	OSK Brestskiy	10,080	12
Dnepr	Mogilev	Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev)	3,500	13
Savit	Mogilev	Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev)	3,500	First league, 1
Granit	Mikashevichi	OSK Brestskiy (Brest)	10,080	First league, 2
Lokomotiv	Minsk	City Stadium (Molodechno)	4,800	First league, 3

Table

Results

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

Round	Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round	Cracovia Poland	1–5	BLR Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1–2	0–3
Second round	Sturm Graz Austria	2–0	BLR Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2–0	0–0
2008–09 UEFA Cup
First qualifying round	Legia Warszawa Poland	4–1	BLR Gomel	0–0	4–1
MTZ-RIPO Minsk BLR	2–3	Slovakia Žilina	2–2	0–1
2008–09 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round	BATE Borisov BLR	3–0	Iceland Valur	2–0	1–0
Second qualifying round	Anderlecht Belgium	3–4	BLR BATE Borisov	1–2	2–2
Thind qualifying round	Levski Sofia Bulgaria	1–2	BLR BATE Borisov	0–1	1–1
Group stage	Real Madrid Spain	3–0	BLR BATE Borisov	2–0	1–0
BATE Borisov BLR	2–2	Italy Juventus	2–2	0–0
Zenit St. Petersburg Russia	3–1	BLR BATE Borisov	1–1	2–0

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Belarus Gennadi Bliznyuk	BATE Borisov	16
Belarus Vitali Rodionov	BATE Borisov	16
3	Belarus Artem Kontsevoy	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	15
4	Belarus Alyaksandr Hawrushka	Dnepr Mogilev	14
5	Belarus Dzmitry Mazalewski	Dinamo Brest	13
Belarus Ruslan Usaw	Vitebsk	13
7	Belarus Andrey Sherakow	Torpedo Zhodino	12
8	Belarus Oleg Strakhanovich	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	11
Belarus Andrey Tsevan	Dinamo Brest	11
10	Russia Aleksandr Alumona	Neman Grodno	10
Belarus Dzmitry Kavalyonak	Neman Grodno	10
Slovakia Róbert Rák	Dinamo Minsk	10

References

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