The 2022 Belarusian First League is the 32nd season of second tier football in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2022.

Team changes from 2021 season

Two best teams of

2021 Belarusian First League 2021 Belarusian First League is the 31st season of 2nd level football in Belarus. 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 ...

(

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 Belshina Bobruisk) 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 team of

2021 Belarusian Premier League The 2021 Belarusian Premier League was the 31st season of top-tier football in Belarus. Shakhtyor Soligorsk were the defending champions, having won their second league title last year. Shakhtyor Soligorsk won their third Belarusian Premier L ...

( Smorgon). 16th-placed Premier League team Sputnik Rechitsa disbanded, leaving a vacancy in the First League. Due to low number of participants, no team has relegated to the Second League. In attempt to bring the number of teams to 16, 5 best teams were initially promoted from the Second League ( Ostrovets,

Rogachev Rahachow or Rahačoŭ ( be, Рагачо́ў, ; russian: Рогачёв, Rogachyov, also transliterated Rogachev; pl, Rohaczów; yi, ראגאטשאוו, ''Rogatshov'', ) is a town in the Gomel Region of Belarus. It is center of Rahachow District ...

, Partizan Soligorsk,

Osipovichi Asipovichy ( be, Асiповiчы; Łacinka: Asipovičy, pl, Osipowicze) or Osipovichi (russian: Осипо́вичи) is a town in Mahilyow Oblast, Belarus, located 136 km southwest of Mahilyow, 3 km south of the Minsk-Homyel express ...

and BGU Minsk). After Partizan Soligorsk and BGU Minsk refused promotion due to insufficient financing, promotion was offered to

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

Malorita Malaryta () or Malorita ( Russian: Малори́та, pl, Małoryta) is a city in the southwest part of Brest Region, Belarus. It is the administrative centre of Malaryta District. The name of the city comes from the Ryta river. History Wit ...

. In the following months before the start of the 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 ...

was promoted to Premier League to replace Rukh Brest (who withdrew from the league due to international sanctions against its owners), Krumkachy Minsk were denied First League license and withdrew to the Second League for upcoming season, while Malorita stepped down from their initially accepted promotion and returned to the Second League due to financial reasons. Extra promotion spot was offered to Bumprom Gomel, but the team declined. Thus the number of participants was finalized at 13.Чертова дюжина. Календарь первой лиги
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Teams summary

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 12 November 2022
Source

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References

External links

Official site
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