The 2019 Belarusian Premier League was the 29th season of top-tier football in Belarus. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 13th consecutive league title and 15th overall last year. Dynamo Brest won the Belarusian Premier League title for the first time, ending the BATE Borisov streak.
Teams
The bottom two teams from the 2018 season (Smolevichi and Dnepr Mogilev) were relegated to the 2019 Belarusian First League. They were replaced by Slavia Mozyr and Energetik-BGU, champions and runners-up of the 2018 Belarusian First League respectively.
In spring 2019, Luch Minsk merged with Dnepr Mogilev. The united club was named Dnyapro Mogilev. It inherited Luch's Premier League spot and licence, their sponsorships and most of the squad, while keeping only a few of Dnepr players and relocating to Mogilev. Dnepr continued its participation in youth tournaments independently from Luch.
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityBATE BorisovBorisovBorisov Arena13,121Dynamo BrestBrestOSK Brestsky10,060Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo Stadium22,324Dnyapro MogilevMogilevSpartak Stadium7,350Energetik-BGUMinskRCOR-BGU Stadium1,500GomelGomelCentral Stadium14,307GorodeyaGorodeyaGorodeya Stadium1,625Isloch Minsk RaionMinsk RaionFC Minsk Stadium3,100MinskMinskFC Minsk Stadium3,000Neman GrodnoGrodnoNeman Stadium8,479Shakhtyor SoligorskSoligorskStroitel Stadium4,200Slavia MozyrMozyrYunost Stadium5,300SlutskSlutskCity Stadium1,896Torpedo-BelAZ ZhodinoZhodinoTorpedo Stadium6,524Torpedo MinskMinskFC Minsk Stadium3,000VitebskVitebskVitebsky CSK8,144
League table
Results Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.
Relegation play-offs The 14th-place finisher of this season (Dnyapro Mogilev) played a two-legged relegation play-off against the third team of the 2019 Belarusian First League (Rukh Brest) for one spot in the 2020 Premier League. Rukh Brest won the series on penalties and got promoted, while Dnyapro Mogilev were relegated.
Top goalscorers Updated to games played on 1 December 2019 Source: football.by RankGoalscorerTeamGoals1 Ilya ShkurinEnergetik-BGU Minsk192 Stanislaw DrahunBATE Borisov14 Vitaliy KvashukGomel144 Dzyanis LaptsewDynamo Brest12 Pavel NyakhaychykDynamo Brest126 Momo YansaneIsloch Minsk Raion11 Mikalay YanushShakhtyor Soligorsk118 Elis BakajShakhtyor Soligorsk10 Alyaksandr MakasIsloch Minsk Raion10 Maksim SkavyshBATE Borisov10 Ihar StasevichBATE Borisov10 Oleksandr VasylyevMinsk10
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