The 2018
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 ...
was the 28th season of top-tier
football
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in
Belarus
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.
BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 12th consecutive league title and 14th overall
last year, and successfully defended their crown.
Teams
The bottom two teams from the
2017
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season (
Slavia Mozyr and
Naftan Novopolotsk) were relegated to the
2018 Belarusian First League. They were replaced by
Luch Minsk and
Smolevichi
Smalyavichy; russian: Смолевичи, Smoleviči; yi, סמאָלאָוויטש / Смоловіч, Smolovich; pl, italic=no, Smolewicze / Смолэвичэ; lt, italic=no, Smaliavičai / Смалявичай is a city in Minsk Region, Be ...
, champions and runners-up of the
2017 Belarusian First League respectively.
Before the start of the season,
Krumkachy Minsk were excluded from the league, after repeatedly missing deadlines for providing necessary licensing documents and pay off the salary debts to the players. The decision was made final on 19 March.
They were replaced by
Torpedo Minsk (3rd placed team of
2017 Belarusian First League).
Source
Scoresway
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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 games played on 2 December 2018
Source
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See also
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2018 Belarusian First League
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2017–18 Belarusian Cup
2017–18 Belarusian Cup was the twenty seventh season of the Belarusian annual cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it was conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. It started in May 2017 and concluded with the final match on 19 May 2018. Win ...
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2018–19 Belarusian Cup
References
External links
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{{2018–19 in European football (UEFA)
2018
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Belarus
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Belarus
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