2018 Belarusian Premier League


The 2018 Belarusian Premier League was the 28th season of top-tier football in Belarus. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 12th consecutive league title and 14th overall last year, and successfully defended their crown.

Teams

The bottom two teams from the 2017 season were relegated to the 2018 Belarusian First League. They were replaced by Luch Minsk and Smolevichi, champions and runners-up of the 2017 Belarusian First League respectively.
Before the start of the season, Krumkachy Minsk were excluded from the league, after repeatedly missing deadlines for providing necessary licensing documents and pay off the salary debts to the players. The decision was made final on 19 March. They were replaced by Torpedo Minsk.
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
BATE BorisovBarysawBorisov Arena13,126
Dinamo BrestBrestOSK Brestsky10,169
Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo Stadium 17,586
Dnepr MogilevMogilevSpartak Stadium7,990
GomelGomelCentral Stadium14,307
GorodeyaHaradzeyaGorodeya Stadium2,100
Isloch Minsk RaionMinskFC Minsk Stadium3,100
Luch MinskMinskSOK Olimpiysky1,530
MinskMinskFC Minsk Stadium3,100
Neman GrodnoGrodnoNeman Stadium9,000
Shakhtyor SoligorskSalihorskStroitel Stadium4,200
SlutskSlutskCity Stadium 2,150
SmolevichiSmolevichiOzyorny Stadium1,600
Torpedo-BelAZ ZhodinoZhodzinaTorpedo Stadium6,524
Torpedo MinskMinskSOK Olimpiysky1,530
VitebskVitebskVitebsky CSK8,300

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League table

Results

Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 2 December 2018
Source:
RankGoalscorerTeamGoals
1 Pavel SavitskiDinamo Brest15
2 Dzyanis LaptsewShakhtyor Soligorsk12
3 Dzmitry LebedzewGorodeya11
3 Anton MatsveenkaVitebsk11
3 Yevgeniy ShikavkaSlutsk11
3 Maksim SkavyshBATE Borisov11
3 Kiryl VyarheychykVitebsk11
8 Bojan DubajićGorodeya10
9 Elis BakajShakhtyor Soligorsk9
9 Valery GorbachikSmolevichi/Torpedo-BelAZ9