1999 Belarusian First League
1999 Belarusian First League was the ninth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. The season started in April 1999 and ended in October 1999.
Team changes from 1998 season
The two best teams of the 1998 Belarusian First League were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by Kommunalnik Slonim, the last-placed team of 1998 Premier League.Two lowest placed teams of the 1998 First League season relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 1998 Second League.
During the off-season Belcard Grodno merged with Premier League club Neman Grodno. To fill the two vacant spots, Veino were spared from relegation, and Neman Mosty were additionally promoted. Neman Mosty were invited since Veras Nesvizh refused promotion and Gomel-2 were ineligible.
Before the start of the season Dinamo-Energogaz Vitebsk were renamed to Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk and FC Veino were renamed to Veino-Dnepr after becoming a farm club of Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev. FC Bereza merged with Keramik Bereza from the Second league and adopted the latter's club name as their own.
Overview
The two highest placing teams of the season were promoted to the Premier League, and the two lowest placed teams were relegated to the Second League. Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk subsequently disbanded before the next season.Teams and locations
| Team | Location | Position in 1998 |
| Kommunalnik | Slonim | Premier League, 15 |
| Pinsk-900 | Pinsk | 3 |
| Dinamo-Juni | Minsk | 4 |
| Torpedo | Zhodino | 5 |
| Vedrich-97 | Rechitsa | 6 |
| ZLiN | Gomel | 7 |
| Kommunalnik | Svetlogorsk | 9 |
| Rogachev | Rogachev | 10 |
| Polesye | Kozenki | 11 |
| Keramik | Bereza | 12 |
| Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo | Vitebsk | 13 |
| Orsha | Orsha | 14 |
| Veino-Dnepr | Veino | 15 |
| Zvezda-VA-BGU | Minsk | Second League, Group A, 1 |
| Granit | Mikashevichi | Second League, Group B, 1 |
| Neman | Mosty | Second League, Group B, 3 |