1995 Belarusian Premier League


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.

Team changes from 1994–95 season

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-robun 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

TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 1994–95
Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo Stadium 50,0501
Dvina VitebskVitebskDinamo Stadium 5,5002
Dinamo-93 MinskMinskTraktor Stadium25,0003
MolodechnoMolodechnoCity Stadium5,6004
Dnepr MogilevMogilevSpartak Stadium 12,0005
Torpedo MinskMinskTorpedo Stadium 5,0006
Neman GrodnoGrodnoNeman Stadium14,0007
ObuvshchikLidaObuvshchik Stadium3,5008
Vedrich RechitsaRechytsaRechitsadrev Stadium5,5009
Dinamo BrestBrestDinamo Stadium 10,50010
Torpedo MogilevMogilevTorpedo Stadium 6,00011
BobruiskBobruiskSpartak Stadium 4,80012
Shinnik BobruiskBobruiskSpartak Stadium 4,80013
Shakhtyor SoligorskSoligorskStroitel Stadium5,00014
MPKC MozyrMozyrYunost Stadium7,500First league, 1
Ataka-Aura MinskMinskTraktor Stadium25,000First league, 2

Table

Promotion/relegation play-off

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 #1Agg.Team #11st leg2nd leg
Shinnik Bobruisk3–2Kommunalnik Pinsk0–23–0

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

Top scorers