2001 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League
Season 2001
Champions Torpedo Zhodino
Promoted Torpedo Zhodino
Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk
Relegated Orsha
← 2000
2002 →

2001 Belarusian First League was the eleventh season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2001.

Team changes from 2000 season

Winners of last season (Molodechno) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by the three teams that finished at the bottom of 2000 Belarusian Premier League table (Kommunalnik Slonim, Lida and Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev).

Four teams that finished at the bottom of 2000 season table (Traktor Minsk, Khimik Svetlogorsk, Veino-Dnepr and Khimik Svetlogorsk) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2000 Second League (Darida Minsk Raion and SKAF Minsk).

Luninets, who finished 2nd last season, disbanded in winter. Traktor Minsk were invited back to the First League to replace the team, but declined the offer. Khimik Svetlogorsk were invited instead and accepted invitation.

A week before the start of the season newly promoted SKAF Minsk winthdrew back to the Second League due to drop in financing, leaving the First League one team short for the season.

Rogachev changed their name to Rogachev-DUSSh-1 and Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi to Svisloch Osipovichi prior to start of the season.

Teams and locations

Team Location Position in 2000
Lida Lida 0Premier League, 14
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 1Premier League, 15
Kommunalnik Slonim 2Premier League, 16
Neman Mosty 3
Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk 4
Granit Mikashevichi 5
Keramik Bereza 6
Torpedo Zhodino 7
Svisloch Osipovichi 8
Orsha Orsha 9
Rogachev-DUSSh-1 Rogachev 10
Dinamo-Juni Minsk 11
ZLiN Gomel 12
Khimik Svetlogorsk 14
Darida Minsk Raion 15Second League, 1

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Torpedo Zhodino (P) 28 21 3 4 56 13+43 66 Promotion to Premier League
2 Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk (P) 28 19 5 4 74 21+53 62
3 Darida Minsk Raion 28 19 4 5 49 22+27 61
4 Khimik Svetlogorsk 28 17 6 5 56 24+32 57
5 Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 28 14 4 10 29 290 46
6 Granit Mikashevichi 28 13 5 10 47 26+21 44
7 ZLiN Gomel 28 9 8 11 35 36−1 35
8 Keramik Bereza 28 9 7 12 34 39−5 34
9 Lida 28 9 7 12 27 33−6 34
10 Kommunalnik Slonim 28 9 5 14 33 42−9 32
11 Svisloch Osipovichi 28 9 4 15 34 59−25 31
12 Orsha (R) 28 9 1 18 40 74−34 28 Withdrew to amateur league
13 Dinamo-Juni Minsk 28 6 7 15 19 39−20 25
14 Neman Mosty 28 5 4 19 21 57−36 19
15 Rogachev-DUSSh-1 28 3 8 17 27 67−40 17

Source: rsssf.com
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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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