The 2013 Belarusian First League is the 23rd 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 in April and finished in November 2013.

Team changes from 2012 season

The winners of last season (

Dnepr Mogilev FC Dnepr Mogilev ( be, ФК Дняпро Магілёў, ''FK Dniapro Mahilyow''; russian: ФК Днепр Могилёв) is a Belarusian association football, football team, playing in the city of Mogilev. Their home stadium is Spartak Stadium ...

) 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 ...

. No teams relegated directly from the Premier League as it was expanded from 11 to 12 teams. The runners-up of last season (

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 ...

) lost the promotion/relegation play-off to Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino (11th-placed Premier League team) and both clubs stayed in their respective leagues. One team that finished at the bottom of 2012 season table (

Rudensk Rudziensk ( be, Рудзенск, Rudziensk - russian: Руденск, pl, Rudzieńsk) is a municipality and town in Belarus, located in the Minsk Region. It is part of the Pukhavichy Raion and its population, as of 2010, was of 2,800 History Ru ...

) relegated to the Second League. To compensate for Premier League and First League club withdrawals from last year, they were replaced by three best teams of 2012 Second League ( Smolevichi-STI,

Slonim Slonim ( be, Сло́нім, russian: Сло́ним, lt, Slanimas, lv, Sloņima, pl, Słonim, yi, סלאָנים, ''Slonim'') is a city in Grodno Region, Belarus, capital of the Slonimski rajon. It is located at the junction of the Ščar ...

and Isloch Minsk Raion) and the league was expanded from 15 to 16 clubs. DSK Gomel withdrew from the league and disbanded due to lack of financing. They were replaced by Minsk-2, who finished 5th in last year's Second League. Gomelzheldortrans, Second League 4th team, declined invitation due to insufficient financing.

Teams summary

League table

Promotion play-offs

The 11th placed team of 2013 Premier League

played a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of 2013 Belarusian First League

for one spot in the 2014 Premier League and won the series 3–1 on aggregate.

Results

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 23 November 2013
Source
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External links

Official site
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