2009 Belarusian First League was the 19th season of 2nd level
football
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championship in
Belarus
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. It started in April and ended in November 2008.
Team changes from 2008 season
The winners of
last season (
Minsk
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) 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 ...
. Due to reduction of Premier League, the promoted team was replaced by three teams that finished at the bottom of
2008 Belarusian Premier League
The 2008 Belarusian Premier League was the 18th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 6 and ended on November 16, 2008. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.
Team changes from 2007 season
Due to league expansion from 14 ...
table (
Lokomotiv Minsk,
Savit Mogilev and
Darida Minsk Raion).
One team that finished at the bottom of
2008 season table (
PMC Postavy) relegated to the
Second League. They were replaced by the best team of
2008 Second League (
DSK Gomel).
Two of the three teams that relegated from Premier League (
Savit Mogilev and
Darida Minsk Raion) disbanded during the off-season. No teams were invited to replace them, and the planned First League expansion from 14 to 16 clubs did not happen.
Lokomotiv Minsk changed their name to
SKVICH Minsk and
Dinamo-Belcard Grodno shortened their name to
Belcard Grodno prior to the season.
Teams and locations
League table
Top goalscorers
See also
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2009 Belarusian Premier League
The 2009 Belarusian Premier League was the 19th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 4 and ended on November 8, 2009. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.
Team changes from 2008 season
Due to league reduction from 16 ...
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2008–09 Belarusian Cup
2008–09 Belarusian Cup was the eighteenth season of the Belarusian annual cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it was conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on 30 July 2008. Winners of the Cup qualified for the ...
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2009–10 Belarusian Cup
2009–10 Belarusian Cup was the nineteenth season of the Belarusian annual cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it was conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on 12 July 2009. Winners of the Cup qualify for the U ...
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 ...