2021 Belarusian First League is the 31st 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 2021.

Team changes from 2020 season

Two best teams of 2020 Belarusian First League ( Sputnik Rechitsa and Gomel) 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 two last-placed teams of

2020 Belarusian Premier League The 2020 Belarusian Premier League was the 30th season of top-tier football in Belarus. Dynamo Brest were the defending champions, having won their first league title last year. Shakhtyor Soligorsk became champions on the last play date by b ...

( 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 ...

FC Smorgon FC Smorgon is a 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 ...

(6th-placed team of last year's season) were additionally promoted to Premier League to replace

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 ...

, who disbanded in the winter. Smorgon were chosen ahead of Krumkachy (who were denied a Premier League license) and two other teams (

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 Lokomotiv Gomel, who did not apply for license due to insufficient financing). Two best teams of 2020 Belarusian Second League (

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 ...

and Shakhtyor Petrikov) were promoted to the league. Despite initial plans to restore 16 teams in the league for the first time since 2017, the league lost several clubs which all withdrew for financial reasons (

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 ...

, Granit Mikashevichi and Khimik Svetlogorsk). Only one club was additionally promoted from the Second League (

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 ...

), and on 5 April it was decided to go ahead with just 12 teams (lowest in the league's history) in three round-robin system.Чемпионат первой лиги 2021 пройдет в три круга
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Teams summary

League table

Results

Matchdays 1–22

Matchdays 23–33

Promotion play-offs

First leg

Second leg

''Slavia won 1–0 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.''

Team changes from 2020 season

Teams summary

League table

Results

Matchdays 1–22

Matchdays 23–33

Promotion play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Top goalscorers

See also

References

External links