1995 Belarusian Premier League

The 1995 Belarusian Premier League was the fifth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on 10 July and ended on 6 November 1995. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.

Belarusian Premier League

Season	1995
Champions	Dinamo Minsk (5th title)
Relegated	Bobruisk
UEFA Cup	Dinamo Minsk Dinamo-93 Minsk
Cup Winners' Cup	MPKC Mozyr
Intertoto Cup	Ataka-Aura Minsk
Matches played	120
Goals scored	359 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sergey Yaromko (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Vedrich 9–0 Neman (14 October 1995)
Biggest away win	Bobruisk 0–7 Molodechno (15 October 1995)
Highest scoring	Vedrich 9–0 Neman (14 October 1995)
← 1994–95 1996 →

Team changes from 1994–95 season

Gomselmash Gomel and Lokomotiv Vitebsk, who finished on 15th and 16th places, relegated to Belarusian First League. They were replaced by two newcomers: First League 1994–95 winners MPKC Mozyr and runners-up Ataka-Aura Minsk.

Overview

The championship was played as a single round-robin tournament in the second half of 1995 due to change of the league schedule from winter to summer starting from 1996. This also was the first season with 3-point system. Dinamo Minsk won the championship for the 5th time in a row and qualified for the next season's UEFA Cup, as the Champions League was limited to 23 highest-ranked European national leagues which didn't include Belarus. The championship runners-up and 1995–96 Cup winners MPKC Mozyr qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup. The bronze medalists Dinamo-93 Minsk also qualified for UEFA Cup. Bobruisk, who finished in the last place, relegated and eventually dissolved immediately after the season.

Teams and venues

 

 

Ataka-Aura
Dinamo Mn
Dinamo-93
Torpedo Mn

 

Dnepr
Torpedo Mg

 

Dinamo Br

 

Bobruisk
Shinnik

 

Neman

 

Dvina

 

Shakhtyor

 

Vedrich

 

Molodechno

 

Obuvshchik

 

MPKC

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Location of teams in 1995 Belarusian Premier League

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity	Position in 1994–95
Dinamo Minsk	Minsk	Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)^[1]	50,050	1
Dvina Vitebsk	Vitebsk	Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk)	5,500	2
Dinamo-93 Minsk	Minsk	Traktor Stadium^[2]	25,000	3
Molodechno	Molodechno	City Stadium	5,600	4
Dnepr Mogilev	Mogilev	Spartak Stadium (Mogilev)	12,000	5
Torpedo Minsk	Minsk	Torpedo Stadium (Minsk)	5,000	6
Neman Grodno	Grodno	Neman Stadium	14,000	7
Obuvshchik	Lida	Obuvshchik Stadium	3,500	8
Vedrich Rechitsa	Rechytsa	Rechitsadrev Stadium	5,500	9
Dinamo Brest	Brest	Dinamo Stadium (Brest)	10,500	10
Torpedo Mogilev	Mogilev	Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev)	6,000	11
Bobruisk	Bobruisk	Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk)	4,800	12
Shinnik Bobruisk	Bobruisk	Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk)	4,800	13
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Soligorsk	Stroitel Stadium	5,000	14
MPKC Mozyr	Mozyr	Yunost Stadium	7,500	First league, 1
Ataka-Aura Minsk	Minsk	Traktor Stadium	25,000	First league, 2

1. Two games played at Traktor Stadium.
2. One game played at Dinamo Stadium.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Minsk (C)	15	12	2	1	42	13	+29	38	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
2	MPKC Mozyr	15	11	3	1	44	9	+35	36	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3	Dinamo-93 Minsk	15	10	2	3	28	15	+13	32	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Ataka-Aura Minsk	15	8	5	2	26	7	+19	29	Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
5	Molodechno	15	8	1	6	33	19	+14	25
6	Dnepr Mogilev	15	7	1	7	26	23	+3	22
7	Dvina Vitebsk	15	5	5	5	12	12	0	20
8	Neman Grodno	15	6	1	8	20	35	−15	19
9	Torpedo Minsk	15	5	3	7	12	27	−15	18
10	Dinamo Brest	15	5	2	8	27	32	−5	17
11	Torpedo Mogilev	15	4	5	6	17	21	−4	17
12	Obuvshchik Lida	15	4	4	7	15	23	−8	16
13	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	15	4	4	7	12	20	−8	16
14	Vedrich Rechitsa	15	4	3	8	22	20	+2	15
15	Shinnik Bobruisk (O)	15	4	3	8	17	29	−12	15	Qualification to relegation play-offs
16	Bobruisk (R)	15	0	2	13	6	54	−48	2	Relegation to Belarusian First League

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation play-off

Shinnik Bobruisk had to play two-legged play-off with First League runners-up Kommunalnik Pinsk. Shinnik won and both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #1	1st leg	2nd leg
Shinnik Bobruisk	3–2	Kommunalnik Pinsk	0–2	3–0

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BOB	DBR	DMI	D93	DNE	DVI	MOL	MPK	NEM	OBU	SHA	SHB	TMI	TMO	VED
Ataka-Aura Minsk		3–0^[a]	3–1						1–1			4–0	3–0		0–0	1–0
Bobruisk			1–4				0–0	0–7	0–5		0–2		0–4	0–0
Dinamo Brest							1–1	3–2	0–3		1–1		4–2	1–2	3–0
Dinamo Minsk	0–0	6–1	5–2				3–1	2–0			6–2	1–1		5–1
Dinamo-93 Minsk	1–1	6–0	1–0	0–2				4–1			2–1	1–0		3–1
Dnepr Mogilev	0–0	5–1	4–3	0–1	1–3						3–0	0–1		3–2
Dvina Vitebsk	0–2				0–1	1–2			1–1	2–0			1–1		1–0	1–0
Molodechno	1–0					2–1	0–1		2–1	1–3			6–1		4–0	2–1
MPKC Mozyr				2–1	2–2	1–0				7–0			4–0		3–1	3–0
Neman Grodno	0–4	3–0	2–3	2–3	2–0	4–1					1–0	1–0
Obuvshchik Lida	1–3						0–2	1–0	0–3				0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk		2–1	3–1				1–0	1–1	1–3		1–3			0–1
Shinnik Bobruisk				0–3	0–1	1–2				3–1		3–1			0–2	1–1
Torpedo Minsk	2–1						0–0	0–4	0–5	1–0			0–1		0–3	1–0
Torpedo Mogilev		5–1		0–2	1–3	2–1				1–1		0–0				2–2
Vedrich Rechitsa		2–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	1–3				9–0		0–0

Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Bobruisk was awarded a technical loss for not showing up for the match.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

Round	Team #1	Agg.	Team #1	1st leg	2nd leg
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Group stage	Dnepr Mogilev	2–1	Bečej	2–1
	Pogoń Szczecin	3–3	Dnepr Mogilev	3–3
	Dnepr Mogilev	2–2	Cannes	2–2
	Farul Constanţa	2–0	Dnepr Mogilev	2–0
1995–96 UEFA Cup
Preliminary round	Universitatea Craiova	0–0 (p)	Dinamo Minsk	0–0	0–0 (aet, p.1–3)
First round	Austria Wien	1–3	Dinamo Minsk	1–2	0–1
Second round	Werder Bremen	6–2	Dinamo Minsk	5–0	1–2
1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Qualifying round	Dinamo-93 Minsk	2–3	Molde	1–1	1–2

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Sergey Yaromko	MPKC Mozyr	16
2	Pyotr Kachura	Dinamo Minsk	15
3	Valyantsin Byalkevich	Dinamo Minsk	11
4	Pavel Shavrov	Dinamo-93 Minsk	10
	Maksim Romaschenko	MPKC Mozyr	10
6	Aleksandr Gavlush	Ataka-Aura Minsk	7
	Vladimir Nevinsky	Dnepr Mogilev	7
8	Vitaliy Kozyak	Molodechno	6
	Uladzimir Makowski	Molodechno	6
	Yuriy Lagodich	Dinamo Brest	6
	Vladimir Putrash	Shinnik Bobruisk	6
	Vladimir Solodukhin	Dnepr Mogilev	6

See also

• 1995 Belarusian First League
• 1995–96 Belarusian Cup

External links

• RSSSF