The 2005
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 15th season of top-tier
football
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in
Belarus. It started on April 16 and ended on November 5, 2005.
Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.
Team changes from 2004 season
Two lowest placed teams in 2004 (
Lokomotiv Vitebsk and
Belshina Bobruisk) relegated to
First League.
Lokomotiv Minsk won the
2004 First League and were promoted.
Vedrich-97 Rechytsa finished 2nd in First League and were supposed to be promoted as well. However, due to weak club infrastructure they couldn't obtain licence to compete in Premiere League and decided to stay in First League.
Torpedo-SKA Minsk, who finished 6th in 2004, lost financial support from their sponsor in early 2005 and, after losing almost all their main squad and not having funds to pay entrance fee for next season's Premiere League, had to relegate to
Second League.
Torpedo-SKA repeated Vedrich's fate
football.by, retrieved 2005-02-17 BFF decided not to replace two withdrawn teams with anyone and the league was reduced to 14 clubs. Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk changed their name to Zvezda-BGU Minsk.
Overview
Shakhtyor Soligorsk won their 1st champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk and 2005–06 Cup winners 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 ...
qualified for UEFA Cup. Zvezda-BGU Minsk and Slavia, who finished on last two places, relegated to the First League.
Teams and venues
Table
Results
Belarusian clubs in European Cups
Top scorers
See also
*2005 Belarusian First League
2005 Belarusian First League was the 15th season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2005.
Team changes from 2004 season
Two top teams of the last season ( Lokomotiv Minsk and Vedrich-97 Rech ...
*2004–05 Belarusian Cup
2004–05 Belarusian Cup was the 14th edition of the football knock-out competition in Belarus.
First round
All 13 teams from the Second League, 15 teams from the First League (out of 16, excluding Dinamo Minsk youth reserve team Dinamo-Juni M ...
* 2005–06 Belarusian Cup
References
External links
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