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1996 Belarusian Premier League

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Belarusian Premier League
Season1996
ChampionsMPKC Mozyr
(1st title)
RelegatedObuvshchik Lida
Vedrich Rechitsa
Champions LeagueMPKC Mozyr
Cup Winners' CupBelshina Bobruisk
UEFA CupDinamo Minsk
Intertoto CupDinamo-93 Minsk
Matches played240
Goals scored647 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerBelarus Andrey Khlebasolaw
(34 goals)
Biggest home winDinamo Br 7–0 Torpedo-Kadino
(19 June);
Belshina 7–0 Vedrich
(11 August)
Biggest away winVedrich 0–6 Torpedo Mn
(28 October)
Highest scoringMPKC 7–1 Torpedo-Kadino
(27 July)
← 1995
1997 →

The 1996 Belarusian Premier League was the sixth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on 16 April and ended on 10 November 1996. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.

Team changes from 1995 season

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Bobruisk, who finished in the last place, have relegated and immediately dissolved after 1995 season. They were replaced by the newcomers Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk, who won the First League in 1995.

Dvina Vitebsk changed their name to Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk and Shinnik Bobruisk were renamed to Belshina Bobruisk. Torpedo Mogilev changed name to Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev in the middle of the season (in September).

Overview

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The championship was played as a double round-robin tournament in the summer season of 1996. MPKC Mozyr won the champions title for the 1st time while spending only two seasons in Premier League and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk qualified for UEFA Cup. Bronze medalists and 1996–97 Cup winners Belshina Bobruisk qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup. Obuvshchik Lida and Vedrich Rechitsa, placed 15th and 16th respectively, relegated to the First League.

Teams and venues

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Location of teams in 1996 Belarusian Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 1995
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)[1] 50,050 1
MPKC Mozyr Mozyr Yunost Stadium (Mozyr) 7,500 2
Dinamo-93 Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium[2] 25,000 3
Ataka-Aura Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium[3] 25,000 4
Molodechno Molodechno City Stadium 5,600 5
Dnepr Mogilev Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev)[4] 12,000 6
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk Vitebsk Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk)[5] 5,500 7
Neman Grodno Grodno Neman Stadium 14,000 8
Torpedo Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) 5,000 9
Dinamo Brest Brest Dinamo Stadium (Brest) 5,400 10
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev Mogilev Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev) 6,000 11
Obuvshchik Lida Lida Obuvshchik Stadium 3,000 12
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium[6] 5,000 13
Vedrich Rechitsa Rechytsa Central Stadium 5,500 14
Belshina Bobruisk Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 4,800 15
Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 6,500 First league, 1
  1. ^
    One game played at City Stadium in Lyuban, two games at Traktor Stadium.
  2. ^
    Two games played at Kamvolschik Stadium, one game at Dinamo Stadium.
  3. ^
    Two games played at Dinamo Stadium.
  4. ^
    Ten games played at Khimvolokno Stadium due to renovation works at Spartak Stadium
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    One game played at City Stadium in Shumilino.
  6. ^
    Two games played at Shakhtyor Stadium.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 MPKC Mozyr (C) 30 24 4 2 64 17 +47 76 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Dinamo Minsk 30 23 6 1 83 20 +63 75 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Belshina Bobruisk 30 20 3 7 67 32 +35 63 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4 Dinamo-93 Minsk 30 17 5 8 44 30 +14 56 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
5 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 30 13 10 7 48 27 +21 49
6 Ataka-Aura Minsk 30 13 5 12 31 42 −11 44
7 Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 30 13 4 13 43 52 −9 43
8 Molodechno 30 11 8 11 42 33 +9 41
9 Dnepr Mogilev 30 11 6 13 33 36 −3 39
10 Dinamo Brest 30 7 11 12 39 43 −4 32
11 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 30 8 5 17 29 50 −21 29
12 Torpedo Minsk 30 7 8 15 32 53 −21 29
13 Neman Grodno 30 7 8 15 25 48 −23 29
14 Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 30 7 6 17 27 64 −37 27
15 Obuvshchik Lida (R) 30 6 6 18 26 43 −17 24 Relegation to Belarusian First League
16 Vedrich Rechitsa (R) 30 4 3 23 14 57 −43 15
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ATA BSH DBR DMI D93 DNE LVI MOL MPK NAF NEM OBU SHA TMI TMO VED
Ataka-Aura Minsk 0–2 1–2 0–5 1–3 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0
Belshina Bobruisk 3–0 4–0 0–2 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 4–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 6–0 7–0
Dinamo Brest 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 3–3 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 4–1 1–1 7–0 1–0
Dinamo Minsk 4–1 4–0 2–2 6–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 6–0 5–1 4–0 2–0 5–0 1–0 1–0
Dinamo-93 Minsk 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–5 1–1 1–2 4–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–3
Dnepr Mogilev 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–4 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–1
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 3–1
Molodechno 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–4 0–1 3–0 0–4 1–2 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 5–0 2–0
MPKC Mozyr 1–0 5–1 4–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 7–1 3–1
Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–4 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–3 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 4–0
Neman Grodno 0–1 0–3 1–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–0
Obuvshchik Lida 0–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–3 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–5 0–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 1–0
Torpedo Minsk 2–1 2–3 1–3 0–5 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–3 2–2 0–1 2–1
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 0–0 1–6 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 5–1 1–1
Vedrich Rechitsa 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–4 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–6 2–0
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

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Round Team #1 Agg. Team #1 1st leg 2nd leg
1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Group stage Ataka-Aura Minsk Belarus 0–4 Russia Rotor Volgograd 0–4
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 1–2 Belarus Ataka-Aura Minsk 1–2
Ataka-Aura Minsk Belarus 0–3 Turkey Antalyaspor 0–3
Basel Switzerland 5–0 Belarus Ataka-Aura Minsk 5–0
1996–97 UEFA Cup
Preliminary round Dinamo-93 Minsk Belarus 4–2 Moldova Tiligul Tiraspol 3–1 1–1
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 1–1 (a) Belarus Dinamo Minsk 1–1 0–0
Qualifying round Helsingborgs Sweden 4–1 Belarus Dinamo-93 Minsk 1–1 3–0
Dinamo Minsk Belarus 2–3 Turkey Beşiktaş 2–1 0–2
1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Qualifying round MPKC Mozyr Belarus 2–3 Iceland KR Reykjavik 2–2 0–1

Top scorers

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Rank Name Team Goals
1 Belarus Andrey Khlebasolaw Belshina Bobruisk 34
2 Belarus Uladzimir Makowski Dinamo Minsk 23
3 Belarus Alyaksandr Vyazhevich Molodechno 20
4 Belarus Sergey Yaromko MPKC Mozyr 14
5 Belarus Alyaksandr Kulchy MPKC Mozyr 13
6 Belarus Vitaliy Kirilko Dinamo Brest 12
Russia Vladimir Solodukhin Dnepr Mogilev 12
8 Ukraine Ruslan Lyashenko Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 11
Belarus Vladimir Putrash Belshina Bobruisk 11
10 Belarus Aleksandr Volovik Torpedo Minsk 10

See also

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