2005 Belarusian First League was the 15th season of 2nd level
football
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championship in
Belarus
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. It started in April and ended in November 2005.
Team changes from 2004 season
Two top teams of the
last season (
Lokomotiv Minsk and
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa) 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 two teams that finished at the bottom of
2004 Belarusian Premier League table (
Lokomotiv Vitebsk and
Belshina Bobruisk).
Two teams that finished at the bottom of
2004 season table (
Vertikal Kalinkovichi and
Dinamo-Juni Minsk) relegated to the
Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of
2004 Second League (
Smena Minsk
Minsk-2 was a Belarusian football club based in Minsk and was a reserve team of FC Minsk.
History
The team was formed in 1954 as FShM Minsk (''Futbolnaya Shkhola Molodyozhi'', or ''Football School of Youth'') and was essentially a student team. ...
and
Orsha
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History
Orsha was first mentioned in 1067 as Rsha ...
).
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa were not able to fulfill Premier League licensing criteria and remained in the First League.
Molodechno-2000 (who finished 13th last season) withdrew to the
Second League due to insufficient financing.
Teams and locations
League table
Top goalscorers
See also
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2005 Belarusian Premier League
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2004–05 Belarusian Cup
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2005–06 Belarusian Cup
2005–06 Belarusian Cup was the 15th edition of the football knock-out competition in Belarus.
First round
13 teams from the Second League, all 16 teams from the First League and 3 amateur clubs started competition in this round. The games wer ...
External links
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Belarus
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Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...