1999 Belarusian First League was the ninth season of 2nd level
football
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championship in
Belarus
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. The season started in April 1999 and ended in October 1999.
Team changes from 1998 season
The two best teams of the
1998 Belarusian First League
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Team changes from 1997 season
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(
Lida
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Etymology
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and
Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi) were promoted to
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 Belarusi ...
. They were replaced by
Kommunalnik Slonim, the last-placed team of
1998 Premier League (only one team has relegated due to
Dinamo-93 Minsk dissolution midway through 1998 season).
Two lowest placed teams of the
1998 First League season (
Veino and
Belenergostroy Beloozyorsk) relegated to the
Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of
1998 Second League (
Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk and
Granit Mikashevichi as the winners of their respective groups).
During the off-season
Belcard Grodno (placed 8th last year) merged with Premier League club
Neman Grodno (with the latter being renamed to
Neman-Belcard Grodno). To fill the two vacant spots,
Veino were spared from relegation, and
Neman Mosty (placed 3rd in Second League Group B last year) were additionally promoted. Neman Mosty were invited since
Veras Nesvizh (Second League Group A runners-up) refused promotion and
Gomel-2 (Second League Group B runners-up) were ineligible.
Before the start of the season Dinamo-Energogaz Vitebsk were renamed to
Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk and FC Veino were renamed to
Veino-Dnepr after becoming a
farm club of
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev.
FC Bereza merged with Keramik Bereza from the Second league and adopted the latter's club name as their own.
Overview
The two highest placing teams of the season (
Kommunalnik Slonim and
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa) were promoted to the
Premier League
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, and the two lowest placed teams (
Pinsk-900 and
Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk) were relegated to the
Second League.
Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk subsequently disbanded before the next season.
Teams and locations
League table
Top goalscorers
See also
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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 di ...
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1998–99 Belarusian Cup
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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 pla ...
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Belarus
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Belarus
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