2020 Belarusian First League is the 30th 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 2020.

Team changes from 2019 season

Two best teams of

2019 Belarusian First League 2019 Belarusian First League is the 29th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2019. Team changes from 2018 season Two best teams of 2018 Belarusian First League ( Slavia Mozyr and Energetik-BGU Mins ...

( Belshina Bobruisk 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 ...

), as well as third-placed Rukh Brest (who won the promotion/relegation play-off) 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 15th-placed teams of

2019 Belarusian Premier League The 2019 Belarusian Premier League was the 29th season of top-tier football in Belarus. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 13th consecutive league title and 15th overall last year. Dynamo Brest won the Belarusian P ...

( Gomel) and 14th-placed Dnyapro Mogilev (who lost the play-off to Rukh Brest). 16th-placed Premier League team Torpedo Minsk disbanded, leaving a vacancy in the First League. Last placed team of the last season (

Baranovichi Baranavichy ( ; be, Бара́навічы, Łacinka: , ; russian: Бара́новичи; yi, באַראַנאָוויטש; pl, Baranowicze) is a city in the Brest Region of western Belarus, with a population (as of 2019) of 179,000. It is not ...

) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2019 Second League (

Arsenal Dzerzhinsk FC Arsenal Dzerzhinsk ( be, ФК Арсенал Дзяржынск, russian: ФК Арсенал Дзержинск) is a association football, football team from Dzyarzhynsk, Dzerzhinsk, Minsk Oblast, Belarus, currently playing in the Belarusian ...

and

Oshmyany Ashmyany ( be, Ашмя́ны; Belarusian Latin alphabet, Łacinka: ''Ašmiany''; russian: Ошмя́ны; lt, Ašmena; pl, Oszmiana; yi, אָשמענע, ''Oshmene'') is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus, located at 50 km from Vilnius. The ...

). NFK Minsk reverted their name to Krumkachy Minsk during the winter break. Dnyapro Mogilev ceased to exist in the spring. To fill in two vacant spots left by Dnyapro and Torpedo and to return to 16 participants, two teams were additionally promoted (

Molodechno Maladzyechna ( be, Маладзе́чна, Maladziečna, ; russian: Молоде́чно, Molodechno; pl, Mołodeczno) is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus, an administrative centre of the Maladzyechna District (and formerly of the Maladzyech ...

and Underdog Chist as the 3rd- and 4th-placed Second League teams). However, as both clubs represent neighboring cities,

were unable to secure the necessary financial support from the

Maladzyechna Raion Maladzyechna District ( be, Маладзечанскі раён, ''Maładziečanski rajon'') is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Minsk Region, Belarus. The capital of the town is Maladziečna. Geography ;Main settlements *Mala ...

administration (who decided to fully support Underdog instead) and were forced to give up the promotion. Underdog Chist, however, were also excluded a few weeks later due to financial problems of their own, and the league was left with only 14 participants for the season. As a result of investigation of match-fixing incidents during 2017 and 2018 seasons, five clubs were punished with points deductions before the start of the season.

Teams summary

League table

Results

Promotion play-offs

First leg

Second leg

''Slutsk won 4–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.''

Relegation play-offs

First leg

Second leg

''Khimik Svetlogorsk won 4–0 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.''

Team changes from 2019 season

Teams summary

League table

Results

Promotion play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Relegation play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Top goalscorers

See also

References

External links