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1999 Belarusian Premier League
The 1999 Belarusian Premier League was the ninth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 11 and ended on October 30, 1999. Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev were the defending champions. Team changes from 1998 season Dinamo-93 Minsk dissolved midway through 1998 season and FC Kommunalnik Slonim relegated to the First League after finishing in the last place. They were replaced by 1998 First League winners Lida, who previously played in Premier League as Obuvshchik Lida, and the newcomers Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi, First League runners-up. Torpedo Minsk changed their name to Torpedo-MAZ Minsk and Neman Grodno were renamed to Neman-Belcard Grodno. Overview BATE Borisov won their 1st champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up and 1999–2000 Cup winners Slavia Mozyr as well as bronze medalists Gomel qualified for UEFA Cup. Newcomers Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi finished their first and the only season in top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarusian Premier League
The Belarusian Premier League or the Vyšejšaja Liha or the Vysheyshaya Liga ( be, Вышэйшая ліга, russian: Высшая лига, "Top League") is the top division of professional football in Belarus, and is organized by the Belarusian Football Federation. The number of teams in the competition has varied over the years from as high as 17 (1992–93 season) to as low as 11 (2012). As of 2016, the league included 16 teams. Each team plays every other team twice during the course of the season. At the end of the season, the two teams with the fewest points are automatically relegated to the Belarusian First League, while the third worst team plays a promotion-relegation playoff against the third best team from the second tier. The top two teams from the Belarusian First League automatically win promotion to the Premier League. Shakhtyor Soligorsk are the current champions, after winning their second championship title in 2021. History The Belarusian Premier League was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mogilev
Mogilev (russian: Могилёв, Mogilyov, ; yi, מאָלעוו, Molev, ) or Mahilyow ( be, Магілёў, Mahilioŭ, ) is a city in eastern Belarus, on the Dnieper River, about from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from the border with Russia's Bryansk Oblast. , its population was 360,918, up from an estimated 106,000 in 1956. It is the administrative centre of Mogilev Region and the third-largest city in Belarus. History The city was first mentioned in historical records in 1267. From the 14th century, it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and since the Union of Lublin (1569), part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, where it became known as ''Mohylew''. In the 16th-17th centuries, the city flourished as one of the main nodes of the east–west and north–south trading routes. In 1577, Polish King Stefan Batory granted it city rights under Magdeburg law. In 1654, the townsmen negotiated a treaty of surrender to the Russians peacefully, if ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Naftan Novopolotsk
FC Naftan Novopolotsk ( be, ФК Нафтан Наваполацк, ''FK Naftan Navapolatsk'') is a Belarusian football club based in Novopolotsk. They play in the Belarusian First League, the second division in Belarusian football. Their home stadium is Atlant Stadium. History Name changes *1963: Formed as Neftyanik Novopolotsk *1981: Renamed Dvina Novopolotsk *1989: Renamed Kommunalnik Novopolotsk *1992: Renamed Naftan Novopolotsk *1995: Renamed Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk *2001: Renamed Naftan Novopolotsk Achievements Belarusian Cup * ''Winners (2):'' 2009, 2012 Current squad ''As of December 2022'' League and Cup history Naftan in European Cups Managers * Vasily Zaitsev (Jan 1, 2004 – May 27, 2004) * Vyacheslav Akshaev (May 27, 2004 – May 13, 2007) * Igor Kovalevich (May 14, 2007 – Dec 12, 2012) * Pavel Kucherov Pavel Kucherov (russian: Павел Владимирович Кучеров; born 18 August 1964) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Vitebsk
FC Vitebsk ( be, ФК Віцебск, FK Viciebsk, russian: ФК Витебск) is a Belarusian football club based in Vitebsk. The club plays in the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football. Their home stadium is Vitebsky Central Sport Complex. History The club was founded in 1960 as Krasnoye Znamya Vitebsk (''Red Flag Vitebsk''). They began playing in Soviet Class B (second-tier league) the same year. After three seasons, they relegated to the third tier. Vitebsk team would spend almost all of their subsequent Soviet-era seasons playing at the third level (Soviet Second League), with the exception of 1970 and 1990, when the team dropped to 4th level. The club went through several name changes. In 1963, they were renamed Dvina Vitebsk after local river. In 1985, the club was renamed Vityaz Vitebsk and in 1989 it was renamed KIM Vitebsk (both names relate to local industry companies). In 1992 KIM joined Belarusian Premier League. During the 90s KIM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Belshina Bobruisk
FC Belshina Bobruisk ( be, ФК "Белшына Бабруйск", ''FK Belshyna Babruisk'') is a Belarusian football club based in Bobruisk. The team has won one Belarusian Premier League title, as well as 3 Belarusian Cup titles. History of the club and football in Bobruisk The city of Bobruisk was represented by its football team as early as 1920s, when in 1926 a collective football team of Bobruisk city won the Belarusian football championship. Winning the 1926, Bobruisk football team became the first from a provincial city that won the republican competitions. Until 1958, it was the only achievement of the Bobruisk football. In 1958, ''Spartak Bobruisk'' became a champion of Belarus donating the second title to the Bobruisk city football. In 1972 and 1973, ''Stroitel Bobruisk'' also won a title of the champion of Belarus. The current club was founded in 1976 as Shinnik Bobruisk. Since the inception the team was attached to and later sponsored by local tire manufacturing comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Torpedo Mogilev
FC Torpedo Mogilev is a Belarusian football club based in Mogilev. History The club was formed in 1959 as Kirovets Mogilev. During 1962–1963, the team played in the Belarusian SSR League, before submerging to regional and city level competitions. In 1979, the club was renamed to Torpedo Mogilev and joined the Belarusian SSR top league once again. They were third in 1979 and won their only championship title in 1982. The team began playing in the Belarusian Premier League in 1992. The first two seasons were most successful when they finished 7th (1992) and 8th (1992–93). After that, Torpedo could not get higher than 11th and mostly were struggling against relegation. In 1996, Torpedo were renamed to Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev. In 2000, the team finished 15th and were relegated to the Belarusian First League. After playing 5 seasons in the First League (2001–2005), Torpedo-Kadino was disbanded. In 2014, the club was reformed with the original name Torpedo Mogilev to play in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999–2000 Belarusian Cup ...
1999–2000 Belarusian Cup was the ninth season of the Belarusian annual football cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it is conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on 18 July 1999. Round of 32 The games were played on 18 and 20 July 1999. Three Premier League clubs (Molodechno, Lida, Torpedo-MAZ Minsk) received a bye to the next round by drawing of lots. Round of 16 The games were played on 1 and 17 October 1999. Quarterfinals The games were played on 3 May 2000. Semifinals The games were played on 19 and 20 May 2000. Final External linksRSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:1999-2000 Belarusian Cup Belarusian Cup seasons Belarusian Cup Cup Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, clay, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Neman Grodno
FC Neman Grodno ( be, ФК Нёман Гродна, ''FK Nyoman Hrodna''; russian: ФК Неман Гродно) is a Belarusian football club from the city of Grodno, named after the Neman River and was founded in 1964. Since 1992, the team has participated in the top league of Belarus. History Since 1964, the team was playing in the third tier of the Soviet football system almost constantly, excluding two seasons (1968 and 1969) spent in the second tier. Since 1992, Neman plays in the Belarusian Premier League. In 1993, they won the Belarusian Cup. The most successful years for the team were in the early 2000s, when they finished fourth twice in a row before finishing second in 2002 after losing the first place play-off against BATE Borisov. Name changes * 1964: founded as Neman Grodno * 1973: renamed to Khimik Grodno * 1993: renamed to Neman Grodno * 1999: renamed to Neman-Belcard Grodno * 2002: renamed to Neman Grodno Honours * Belarusian Premier League ** ''Runner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Torpedo Minsk
FC Torpedo Minsk ( be, ПФК Тарпеда Мінск, ''PFK Tarpeda Minsk''; russian: link=no, ПФК Торпедо Минск) is a Belarusian football club, playing in Minsk. The team plays their home games at the Torpedo Stadium in Minsk, which holds 4,800 people. They currently play in Belarusian Second League. History During Soviet years, Torpedo was playing in the Belarusian SSR top league and won championships in 1947, 1962, 1966, 1967 and 1969. The team was playing in the Belarusian Premier League since 1992. Their most successful years were in the early 2000s, when the team finished in 4th position twice in a row (2002, 2003) and reached the final of the Belarusian Cup (2000). In early 2005, Torpedo-SKA lost financial support from their sponsor and, after losing almost all their main squad and not having funds to pay entrance fee for next season's Premiere League, had to relegate to the Second League. Torpedo-SKA won the Second League in 2005, but at the end of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Belarusian First League
1998 Belarusian First League was the eighth season of 2nd level Association football, football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 1998. Team changes from 1997 season Two best teams of 1997 Belarusian First League (FC Gomel, Gomel and FC BATE Borisov, BATE Borisov) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were initially replaced by two lowest-placed teams of 1997 Belarusian Premier League, 1997 Premier League (FC Torpedo Mogilev, Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk, Shakhtyor Soligorsk). Two teams that finished at the bottom of last season's table (FC Lokomotiv Vitebsk (defunct), Lokomotiv Vitebsk and FC Starye Dorogi, Stroitel Starye Dorogi) relegated to the Belarusian Second League, Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 1997 Belarusian Second League, 1997 Second League (FC Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk, Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk and FC Osipovichi, Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi as the winners of their respective group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarusian First League
The Belarusian First League is the second tier of professional football in Belarus. It was created in 1992, following the Belarusian independence. History and format The typical format of the league involves 16 clubs playing a double round-robin tournament over 30 matchdays (with the exception of shortened 1992 and 1995 seasons, which were a single round-robin tournaments). On several occasions the number of participating teams was smaller (15 or 14), due to last minute withdrawals and no teams available for replacement. In most of the seasons, two best teams are getting promoted to Belarusian Premier League, while two worst teams are relegated Belarusian Second League. First League in 2019 In 2019, the Belarusian First League will consist of the following 15 teams: Winners and promoted teams Teams in bold were promoted to Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
