2012 Belarusian First League

Football league season

Belarusian First LeagueSeason| 2012

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Champions| Dnepr Mogilev
Promoted| Dnepr Mogilev
Relegated| Rudensk
Matches played| 208
Goals scored| 573 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer| Yuri Markhel (29)
Biggest home win| SKVICH 7–0 DSK;
SKVICH 7–0 Polotsk
Biggest away win| Rudensk 0–8 Slutsk
Highest scoring| Bereza-2010 8–2 Volna

← 2011

2013 →

The 2012 Belarusian First League is the 22nd season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and finished in November 2012.

## Team changes from 2011 season

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The winners of last season (Slavia Mozyr) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by last-placed team of 2011 Belarusian Premier League table (Dnepr Mogilev).

The runners-up of last season (Partizan Minsk) won the promotion/relegation play-off against Vitebsk (11th-placed Premier League team). Partizan Minsk were thus promoted to Premier League and replaced in the First League by Vitebsk.

Two teams that finished at the bottom of 2011 season table (Belcard Grodno and Baranovichi) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2011 Second League (Bereza-2010 and Lida).

Klechesk Kletsk withdrew from the league due to lack of financing and joined Second League. No team was invited to replace them and the league was reduced to 15 teams for the season.

## Teams and venues

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SKVICH

Khimik

Vedrich-97

Volna

Polotsk

DSK

Granit

Smorgon

Rudensk

Gorodeya

Slutsk

Dnepr

Vitebsk

Bereza-2010

Lida

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Location of teams in 2012 Belarusian First League

Team  | Location  | Position in 2011

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Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Premier League, 11
Dnepr | Mogilev | Premier League, 12
Gorodeya | Gorodeya | 3
SKVICH | Minsk | 4
Slutsk | Slutsk | 5
Vedrich-97 | Rechitsa | 6
Volna | Pinsk | 7
Granit | Mikashevichi | 8
Polotsk | Polotsk | 10
Smorgon | Smorgon | 11
DSK | Gomel | 12
Rudensk | Rudensk | 13
Khimik | Svetlogorsk | 14
Lida | Lida | Second League, 1
Bereza-2010 | Bereza | Second League, 2

## League table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation

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1  | Dnepr Mogilev (P) | 28  | 20  | 3  | 5  | 75  | 22  | +53  | 63  | Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2  | Gorodeya | 28  | 18  | 6  | 4  | 49  | 21  | +28  | 60  | Qualification for promotion play-off
3  | Vitebsk | 28  | 19  | 2  | 7  | 57  | 30  | +27  | 59  |
4  | SKVICH Minsk | 28  | 16  | 7  | 5  | 61  | 19  | +42  | 55
5  | Slutsk | 28  | 15  | 7  | 6  | 59  | 27  | +32  | 52
6  | Granit Mikashevichi | 28  | 14  | 8  | 6  | 41  | 23  | +18  | 50
7  | Vedrich-97 Rechitsa | 28  | 9  | 12  | 7  | 40  | 24  | +16  | 39
8  | Volna Pinsk | 28  | 8  | 10  | 10  | 24  | 45  | −21  | 34
9  | Bereza-2010 | 28  | 9  | 6  | 13  | 41  | 48  | −7  | 33
10  | Smorgon | 28  | 7  | 10  | 11  | 23  | 32  | −9  | 31
11  | Lida | 28  | 8  | 6  | 14  | 32  | 49  | −17  | 30
12  | Polotsk | 28  | 7  | 5  | 16  | 24  | 55  | −31  | 26
13  | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 28  | 5  | 9  | 14  | 29  | 52  | −23  | 24
14  | DSK Gomel (R) | 28  | 1  | 5  | 22  | 9  | 62  | −53  | 8  | Disbanded
15  | Rudensk[a] (R) | 28  | 4  | 4  | 20  | 15  | 70  | −55  | 7

Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ^ Rudensk were deducted 9 points due to significant delays in players' payments.

### Promotion play-offs

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The 11th placed team of 2012 Premier League (Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino) played a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of 2012 Belarusian First League Gorodeya for one spot in the 2013 Premier League and won the series 4–1 on aggregate.

## Results

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Home \ Away  | BER | DNE | DSK | GRD | GRA | KHI | LID | POL | RUD | SKV | SLU | SMR | V97 | VIT | VOL

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Bereza-2010 |  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 3–3  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 4–1  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 8–2
Dnepr Mogilev | 3–2  |  | 4–0  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 6–1  | 0–0  | 5–0  | 5–0  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 3–0  | 2–1  | 6–0  | 4–0
DSK Gomel | 0–0  | 0–3  |  | 0–4  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 1–3  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 0–3  | 1–3  | 0–4  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 0–2
Gorodeya | 2–1  | 3–2  | 2–0  |  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 4–0
Granit Mikashevichi | 4–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 0–0  |  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 0–1  | 4–1  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 0–1
Khimik Svetlogorsk | 2–1  | 2–3  | 2–2  | 0–0  | 1–2  |  | 0–2  | 2–3  | 0–2  | 0–2  | 0–3  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 2–2
Lida | 1–3  | 2–6  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 2–2  |  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 0–5  | 4–0
Polotsk | 4–1  | 0–3  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 0–1  |  | 0–1  | 1–3  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 0–5  | 1–4  | 1–1
Rudensk | 0–1  | 0–3  | 2–1  | 0–5  | 0–5  | 1–1  | 0–4  | 1–2  |  | 2–2  | 0–8  | 1–0  | 0–6  | 0–1  | 0–3
SKVICH Minsk | 7–1  | 2–1  | 7–0  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 2–0  | 3–0[a] | 7–0  | 2–1  |  | 0–0  | 5–0  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 0–0
Slutsk | 4–0  | 2–2  | 6–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 5–0  | 4–0  | 1–0  | 0–2  |  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 0–1  | 1–1
Smorgon | 1–0  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 1–3  | 0–1  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  |  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 0–0
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa | 1–0  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 5–1  | 3–0  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 3–1  | 2–2  |  | 0–3  | 1–1
Vitebsk | 2–1  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 6–3  | 1–2  | 5–0  | 2–0  | 4–3  | 5–0  | 1–0  | 0–3  | 0–0  | 2–1  |  | 4–1
Volna Pinsk | 2–1  | 0–2  | 3–0[b] | 1–0  | 0–3  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–5  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–3  |

Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. ^ Awarded to SKVICH as Lida did not show up for the game.
2. ^ Awarded to Volna as DSK did not show up for the game.

## Top goalscorers

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Rank  | Goalscorer  | Team  | Goals

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1  |  Yuri Markhel | SKVICH Minsk | 29
2  |  Dmitry Gomza | Vitebsk | 16
3  |  Anton Matsveenka | Dnepr Mogilev | 14
4  |  Igors Sļesarčuks | Dnepr Mogilev | 12
5  |  Uladzimir Shakaw | Dnepr Mogilev / Gorodeya | 11
Mikalay Zyanko | Dnepr Mogilev | 11
Sergey Gerasimenko | Bereza-2010 | 11
8  |  Ihar Makaraw | Slutsk | 10
Vladimir Yurchenko | Dnepr Mogilev | 10
Alyaksandr Dzegtseraw | Vitebsk | 10

Updated to games played on 17 November 2012
Source: football.by

## See also

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* 2012 Belarusian Premier League
* 2011–12 Belarusian Cup
* 2012–13 Belarusian Cup

## External links

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