The 2017

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was the 27th season of top-tier

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in Belarus. The season began on 1 April 2017 and ended on 26 November 2017.

BATE Borisov FC BATE Borisov (russian: link=no, ФК БАТЭ Борисов, ''FK BATE Borisov'' ; be, ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, ''BATE Barysaw,'' ) is a professional Belarusian football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarusi ...

were the defending champions, having won their 11th consecutive league title and 13th overall last year, and successfully defended their crown.

Teams

The bottom two teams from the

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season, Granit Mikashevichi and Belshina Bobruisk, were relegated to the

2017 Belarusian First League The 2017 Belarusian First League was the 27th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and finished in November 2017. Team changes from 2016 season Two best teams of 2016 Belarusian First League (Gomel and Dnepr Mogilev) were ...

. They were replaced by Gomel and

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 ...

, champions and runners-up of the

2016 Belarusian First League 2016 Belarusian First League was the 26th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and finished in November 2016. Team changes from 2015 season Three best teams of 2015 Belarusian First League (Gorodeya, Isloch Minsk Raion an ...

respectively.

League table

Results

Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.

Top goalscorers

Updated to the final standing
Source
football.by

References

External links

* {{2017–18 in European football (UEFA)

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