2002 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League
Season	2002
Champions	BATE
Relegated	Lokomotiv-96
Champions League	BATE
UEFA Cup	Dinamo Minsk; Neman
Intertoto Cup	Shakhtyor
Matches played	183
Goals scored	514 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Valery Strypeykis (18)
Biggest home win	BATE 6–0 Lokomotiv-96
Biggest away win	Slavia 1–6 Belshina
Highest scoring	Dinamo Minsk 6–3 Zvezda-VA-BGU; ; Dinamo Minsk 6–3 Slavia
	← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Belarusian Premier League was the 12th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 12 and ended on November 8, 2002. Belshina Bobruisk were the defending champions.

Team changes from 2001 season

Teams finished on the last two places in 2001 –

Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk. Neman-Belcard Grodno changed their name back to Neman Grodno

.

Overview

BATE Borisov and Neman Grodno finished the season with equal number of points and advanced to the Championship Play-Off. BATE won the play-off game and became the champions for the 2nd time. They qualified for the next season's Champions League. Neman Grodno and 2002–03 Cup winners Dinamo Minsk qualified for UEFA Cup. Due to Premiere League expansion from 14 to 16 teams starting with next season, only one lowest placed team (Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk) have relegated.

Teams and venues

Dinamo Brest

Location of teams in 2002 Belarusian Premier League

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity	Position in 2001
Belshina	Bobruisk	Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk)	5,800	1
Dinamo Minsk	Minsk	Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)	40,000	2
BATE	Borisov	City Stadium (Borisov)	5,500	3
Neman	Grodno	Neman Stadium	14,000	4
Shakhtyor	Soligorsk	Stroitel Stadium	5,000	5
Gomel	Gomel	Luch Stadium^[1]	5,000	6
Slavia	Mozyr	Yunost Stadium	5,250	7
Torpedo-MAZ	Minsk	Torpedo Stadium (Minsk)	5,200	8
Dnepr-Transmash	Mogilev	Spartak Stadion (Mogilev)	5,700	9
Molodechno-2000	Molodechno	City Stadium (Molodechno)	5,650	10
Dinamo Brest	Brest	OSK Brestskiy	3,000	11
Lokomotiv-96	Vitebsk	Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk)	8,250	12
Torpedo	Zhodino	Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino)	5,000	First league, 1
Zvezda-VA-BGU	Minsk	Traktor Stadium^[2]	17,000	First league, 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	BATE Borisov (C)	26	18	2	6	51	20	+31	56	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round^[a]
2	Neman Grodno	26	17	5	4	47	20	+27	56	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	26	15	6	5	41	23	+18	51	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4	Torpedo-MAZ Minsk	26	15	6	5	30	16	+14	51
5	Torpedo Zhodino	26	13	4	9	38	27	+11	43
6	Gomel	26	13	4	9	46	33	+13	43
7	Dinamo Minsk	26	12	6	8	44	28	+16	42	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round^[b]
8	Belshina Bobruisk	26	12	4	10	44	38	+6	37
9	Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev	26	10	6	10	38	37	+1	36
10	Dinamo Brest	26	8	8	10	25	26	−1	32
11	Slavia Mozyr	26	6	6	14	38	61	−23	24
12	Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk	26	4	6	16	28	48	−20	18
13	Molodechno-2000	26	3	3	20	23	59	−36	12
14	Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk (R)	26	3	0	23	20	77	−57	9	Relegation to Belarusian First League

Home \ Away	BAT	BSH	DBR	DMI	DNE	GOM	LVI	MOL	NEM	SHA	SLA	TMI	TZH	ZBM
BATE Borisov		2–4	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	6–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	4–0	3–1
Belshina Bobruisk	2–1		1–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	3–2	1–5	0–1	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–1
Dinamo Brest	0–1	0–0		0–0	0–0	2–1	5–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2
Dinamo Minsk	1–2	2–1	1–2		1–1	1–0	5–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	6–3	0–1	2–1	6–3
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev	1–4	2–0	2–0	2–1		1–3	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	4–0
Gomel	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–2		3–0	5–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–4	2–2
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk	1–4	0–4	1–3	0–2	2–3	0–4		1–3	1–5	1–3	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1
Molodechno-2000	1–3	2–3	1–3	0–1	1–2	0–3	3–1		0–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–1
Neman Grodno	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	2–0		1–0	5–2	1–1	1–1	2–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–0		2–2	2–2	3–0	2–1
Slavia Mozyr	0–2	1–6	1–1	0–4	3–2	0–2	2–1	3–0	1–3	5–2		0–2	3–2	1–2
Torpedo-MAZ Minsk	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–2	1–0		0–1	1–0
Torpedo Zhodino	0–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	5–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–2		4–1
Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk	1–2	2–3	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	4–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–2

Round	Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round	BATE Borisov	3–0	Akademisk Boldklub	1–0	2–0
Second round	1860 München	0–5	BATE Borisov	0–1	0–4
Third round	Bologna	2–0	BATE Borisov	2–0	0–0
2002–03 UEFA Cup
Qualifying round	Dinamo Minsk	1–5	CSKA Sofia	1–4	0–1
Qualifying round	Gomel	5–0	HJK Helsinki	1–0	4–0
First round	Gomel	1–8	Schalke 04	1–4	0–4
2002–03 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round	Portadown	2–3	Belshina Bobruisk	0–0	2–3
Second qualifying round	Maccabi Haifa	5–0	Belshina Bobruisk	4–0	1–0

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Valery Strypeykis	Belshina Bobruisk	18
2	Yury Markhel	Torpedo Zhodino	17
3	Sergey Nikiforenko	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	12
4	Viktor Borel	Gomel	11
	Gennadi Bliznyuk	Gomel	11
	Vadzim Boyka	Dinamo Brest	11
	Ihor Chumachenko	BATE Borisov	11
	Denis Karolik	Belshina Bobruisk	11
	Dzmitry Kavalyonak	Neman Grodno	11
	Maksim Tsyhalka	Dinamo Minsk	11

2002 Belarusian Premier League

Team changes from 2001 season

Overview

Teams and venues

Table

Championship play-off

Results

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

Top scorers

See also

External links