The 2011 Belarusian First League is the 21st season of 2nd level football in

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 ...

. It started on April 23 and will end in November 2011.

Team changes from 2010 season

The winners of last season (

Gomel Gomel (russian: Гомель, ) or Homiel ( be, Гомель, ) is the administrative centre of Gomel Region and the second-largest city in Belarus with 526,872 inhabitants (2015 census). Etymology There are at least six narratives of the ori ...

) 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 last-placed team of 2010 Belarusian Premier League table (

Partizan Minsk FC Partizan Minsk ( be, ФК Партызан Мінск) was a Belarusian football club based in Minsk. History The club was founded as MTZ-RIPO Minsk in 2002 as a merger of two Minsk teams from the Second League ( Traktor Minsk, a club wi ...

). The runners-up of last season ( SKVICH Minsk) lost the promotion/relegation play-off to Torpedo Zhodino (11th-placed Premier League team) and both clubs stayed in their respective leagues. Two teams that finished at the bottom of 2010 season table ( Kommunalnik Slonim and

Lida Lida ( be, Лі́да ; russian: Ли́да ; lt, Lyda; lv, Ļida; pl, Lida ; yi, לידע, Lyde) is a city 168 km (104 mi) west of Minsk in western Belarus in Grodno Region. Etymology The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithuani ...

) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2010 Second League (

Gorodeya Haradzeya ( be, Гарадзея, russian: Городея, pl, Horodziej, lt, Gorodėja) is an urban-type settlement in Belarus, located in the Nyasvizh District of Minsk Region. History The first known documental record of the village dates b ...

and Slutsksakhar Slutsk). Veras Nesvizh withdrew from the league and disbanded due to lack of financing. They were replaced by Klechesk Kletsk, who finished 3rd in last year's Second League. Slutsksakhar Slutsk changed their name to

FC Slutsk SFC Slutsk ( be, ФК Слуцк; russian: СФК Слуцк) is a Belarusian association football club based in Slutsk, Minsk Oblast. History Origins and predecessor clubs There was competitive football in Slutsk as early as 1913, with a Slutsk ...

prior to the season.

Teams and venues

League table

Promotion play-offs

The runners-up of 2011 Belarusian First League

played a two-legged promotion play-off against the 11th placed team of 2011 Premier League (

Vitebsk Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest ci ...

) for one spot in the 2012 Premier League and won the series 3–2. As a result, Vitebsk were relegated to the First League and Partizan promoted to Premier League. Partizan, however, were unable to start the next season due to bankruptcy and were disbanded.

Team changes from 2010 season

Teams and venues

League table

Promotion play-offs

Results

Top goalscorers

See also

External links