2022 Belarusian First League

Football league season

Belarusian First LeagueSeason| 2022

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Champions| Naftan Novopolotsk
Promoted| Naftan Novopolotsk
Smorgon
Rogachev
Matches played| 144
Goals scored| 508 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorer| Maksim Kovalevich
Yury Kazlow
(13 goals each)

← 2021

2023 →

The 2022 Belarusian First League is the 32nd season of second tier football in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2022.

## Team changes from 2021 season[edit]

Two best teams of 2021 Belarusian First League (Arsenal Dzerzhinsk and Belshina Bobruisk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by 15th-placed team of 2021 Belarusian Premier League (Smorgon). 16th-placed Premier League team Sputnik Rechitsa disbanded, leaving a vacancy in the First League.

Due to low number of participants, no team has relegated to the Second League. In attempt to bring the number of teams to 16, 5 best teams were initially promoted from the Second League (Ostrovets, Rogachev, Partizan Soligorsk, Osipovichi and BGU Minsk). After Partizan Soligorsk and BGU Minsk refused promotion due to insufficient financing, promotion was offered to Molodechno and Malorita.[1]

In the following months before the start of the season, Dnepr Mogilev was promoted to Premier League to replace Rukh Brest (who withdrew from the league due to international sanctions against its owners), Krumkachy Minsk were denied First League license and withdrew to the Second League for upcoming season, while Malorita stepped down from their initially accepted promotion and returned to the Second League due to financial reasons. Extra promotion spot was offered to Bumprom Gomel, but the team declined. Thus the number of participants was finalized at 13.[2]

## Teams summary[edit]

Lida

Slonim-2017

Lokomotiv

Orsha

Volna

Naftan

Shakhtyor

Baranovichi

Smorgon

Ostrovets

Rogachev

Osipovichi

Molodechno

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Location of teams in 2022 Belarusian First League

Team  | Location  | Position in 2021

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Smorgon | Smorgon | Premier League, 15
Volna Pinsk | Pinsk | 4
Lokomotiv Gomel | Gomel | 6
Shakhtyor Petrikov | Petrikov | 7
Naftan Novopolotsk | Novopolotsk | 8
Orsha | Orsha | 9
Baranovichi | Baranovichi | 10
Lida | Lida | 11
Slonim-2017 | Slonim | 12
Ostrovets | Ostrovets | Second League, 1
Rogachev | Rogachev | Second League, 2
Osipovichi | Osipovichi | Second League, 4
Molodechno | Molodechno | Second League, 9

## League table[edit]

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

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1  | Naftan Novopolotsk (P) | 24  | 16  | 5  | 3  | 55  | 19  | +36  | 53  | Promotion to the Belarusian Premier League
2  | Smorgon (P) | 24  | 16  | 4  | 4  | 46  | 27  | +19  | 52
3  | Shakhtyor Petrikov[a] | 24  | 13  | 6  | 5  | 69  | 20  | +49  | 45  |
4  | Rogachev (O) | 24  | 12  | 5  | 7  | 45  | 34  | +11  | 41  | Advance to the promotion play-offs
5  | Ostrovets | 24  | 11  | 7  | 6  | 42  | 34  | +8  | 40  |
6  | Lokomotiv Gomel | 24  | 10  | 9  | 5  | 39  | 24  | +15  | 39
7  | Volna Pinsk | 24  | 10  | 6  | 8  | 44  | 35  | +9  | 36
8  | Molodechno | 24  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 30  | 45  | −15  | 29
9  | Orsha | 24  | 7  | 6  | 11  | 33  | 52  | −19  | 27
10  | Lida | 24  | 6  | 8  | 10  | 35  | 43  | −8  | 26
11  | Slonim-2017 | 24  | 5  | 3  | 16  | 24  | 53  | −29  | 18
12  | Osipovichi | 24  | 3  | 4  | 17  | 21  | 53  | −32  | 13
13  | Baranovichi | 24  | 3  | 3  | 18  | 25  | 69  | −44  | 12

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2022. Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. ^ Farm club cannot be promoted

## Results[edit]

Home \ Away  | BAR | LID | LGM | MOL | NAF | ORS | OSI | OST | ROG | SHP | SLO | SMR | VOL

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Baranovichi |  | 1–6  | 0–5  | 3–3  | 0–4  | 2–1  | 0–3  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 1–5  | 2–6  | 2–4  | 1–1
Lida | 5–2  |  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–3  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 4–2  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 1–3  | 1–0
Lokomotiv Gomel | 5–0  | 2–1  |  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 3–3  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 3–2  | 4–1  | 1–2
Molodechno | 3–0  | 2–0  | 0–0  |  | 3–5  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 1–4  | 0–3  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–1
Naftan Novopolotsk | 2–1  | 2–2  | 3–2  | 3–1  |  | 5–0  | 4–0  | 3–0  | 2–3  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 0–1
Orsha | 3–1  | 2–2  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 1–0  |  | 3–2  | 1–3  | 1–0  | 1–9  | 4–0  | 1–1  | 2–2
Osipovichi | 0–3  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 4–1  | 1–2  | 0–0  |  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 0–4  | 0–2  | 0–4  | 0–1
Ostrovets | 2–0  | 4–0  | 1–2  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 3–1  |  | 0–5  | 0–4  | 3–0  | 2–3  | 3–2
Rogachev | 4–2  | 3–3  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 0–4  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 2–2  |  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 3–1  | 3–1
Shakhtyor Petrikov | 0–0  | 4–1  | 3–0  | 6–0  | 2–2  | 6–0  | 4–2  | 4–2  | 0–0  |  | 2–3  | 4–0  | 1–2
Slonim-2017 | 0–4  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 0–2  | 3–2  | 0–2  | 0–3  | 0–1  | 0–5  |  | 1–3  | 1–3
Smorgon | 3–0  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 3–1  | 0–0  | 3–2  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  |  | 2–0
Volna Pinsk | 2–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 0–3  | 2–3  | 8–1  | 2–2  | 3–2  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 1–3  |

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2022. Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank  | Goalscorer  | Team  | Goals

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1  |  Maksim Kovalevich | Shakhtyor Petrikov | 13
Yury Kazlow | Naftan Novopolotsk | 13
3  |  Yegor Kortsov | Rogachev | 12
4  |  Kirill Zabelin | Lida | 11
Ilya Trachynski | Rogachev | 11
Vladislav Kabachevskiy | Orsha | 11
Denis Kovalevich | Shakhtyor Petrikov | 11

Updated to games played on 12 November 2022
Source: football.by

## See also[edit]

* 2022 Belarusian Premier League
* 2021–22 Belarusian Cup
* 2022–23 Belarusian Cup

## References[edit]

1. ^ Первая лига собрана! Не БГУ, "Стэнлес" и "Бумпром", а "Осиповичи", "Малорита" и "Молодечно" (in Russian)
2. ^ Чертова дюжина. Календарь первой лиги (in Russian)

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