2020 Belarusian Premier League
The 2020 Belarusian Premier League is the 30th season of top-tier football in Belarus. Dynamo Brest are the defending champions, having won their first league title last year.
By late March 2020, it was the only European top-flight league being contested, as all others were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic; games were played with crowds. As a result, this led to substantially increased viewership from all over the world, due to sporting inactivity elsewhere.Teams
The 15th-placed team of the last season Gomel relegated to the 2020 Belarusian First League. Torpedo Minsk were excluded from the league halfway through the last season and will not play in any league in 2020. Gomel and Torpedo were replaced by two best teams of 2019 Belarusian First League.
14-placed team of the last season were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Rukh Brest.
Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2019 |
BATE | Borisov | Borisov Arena | 12,896 | 2nd |
Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium | 3,700 | 1st |
Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestskiy | 10,060 | 1st |
Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium | 22,000 | 4th |
Energetik-BGU | Minsk | RCOR-BGU Stadium | 1,500 | 12th |
Gorodeya | Gorodeya | Gorodeya Stadium | 1,625 | 7th |
Isloch | Minsk Raion | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 | 5th |
Minsk | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 | 10th |
Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,500 | 9th |
Rukh | Brest | Yunost Stadium | 2,310 | 3rd |
Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 | 3rd |
Slavia | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium | 5,300 | 8th |
Slutsk | Slutsk | City Stadium | 1,896 | 11th |
Smolevichi | Smolevichi | Ozyorny Stadium | 1,600 | 2nd |
Torpedo-BelAZ | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium | 3,020 | 6th |
Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,100 | 13th |
Personnel
League table
Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Updated to games played on 1 August 2020
Source:
Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
1. | Jasurbek Yakhshiboev | Energetik-BGU/Shakhytor | 12 |
2. | Vitaly Lisakovich | Shakhytor Soligorsk | 9 |
2. | Ion Nicolaescu | Vitebsk | 9 |
4. | Pavel Nyakhaychyk | BATE Borisov | 8 |
4. | Gegham Kadymyan | Neman Grodno | 8 |
6. | Leonid Kovel | Belshina | 7 |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | FC Minsk | 5–2 | 02 05 2020 |
| Neman Grodno | Slavia Mozyr | 3–1 | 06 06 2020 |
Artem Kontsevoy | Rukh Brest | Energetyk-BGU | 8-1 | 12 07 2020 |
Disciplinary
Most yellow cards:
Most red cards:
Weekly awards
Player of the Week
Goal of the Week
Monthly awards
Manager of the Month
Goal of the Month
Player of the Month