1992–93 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League

Season	1992–93
Champions	Dinamo Minsk
Relegated	Obuvshchik Lida Torpedo Zhodino
Champions League	Dinamo Minsk
Cup Winners' Cup	Neman Grodno
Matches played	270
Goals scored	610 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sergey Baranovsky (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Belarus 8–1 Torpedo Zh (6 Sep 1992)
Biggest away win	Neman 1–5 Dinamo Mn (17 Sep 1992); Torpedo Mg 0–4 Molodechno (12 Apr 1993)
Highest scoring	Lokomotiv 7–4 Molodechno (27 Aug 1992)
← 1992 1993–94 →

1992–93 Belarusian Premier League was the second season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on 1 August 1992 and ended on 17 June 1993. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.

Team changes from 1992 season

No team has relegated after 1992 season. The winners of 1992 Belarusian First League (Dinamo-2 Minsk) were promoted and the league was expanded to 17 teams for one season only.

In order to play in Premier League, Dinamo-2 Minsk split from their parent team Dinamo Minsk into separate football club (although both teams remained the parts of the same organization) and changed their name to Belarus Minsk.

SKB-Lokomotiv Vitebsk changed their name to Lokomotiv Vitebsk prior to the season. Another four clubs changed their names during the winter break (Traktor Bobruisk to Fandok Bobruisk, Khimik Grodno to Neman Grodno, BelAZ Zhodino to Torpedo Zhodino and Metallurg Molodechno to FC Molodechno).

Overview

Dinamo Minsk won their 2nd champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. 1992–93 cup winners Neman Grodno qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup. Obuvshchik Lida and Torpedo Zhodino relegated to the First League.

Teams and venues

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity	Position in 1992
Dinamo Minsk	Minsk	Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) ^1	50,050	1
Dnepr	Mogilev	Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) ^2	12,000	2
Dinamo Brest	Brest	Dinamo Stadium (Brest)	10,500	3
Fandok	Bobruisk	Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk)	4,000	4
Neman	Grodno	Neman Stadium	14,000	5
KIM	Vitebsk	Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) ^3	5,500	6
Torpedo Mogilev	Mogilev	Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev) ^4	6,000	7
Vedrich	Rechitsa	Rechitsadrev Stadium	4,000	8
Molodechno	Molodechno	City Stadium (Molodechno) ^5	5,600	9
Torpedo Minsk	Minsk	Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) ^6	5,000	10
Shakhtyor	Soligorsk	Shakhtyor Stadium ^7	5,000	11
Obuvshchik	Lida	Obuvshchik Stadium	3,500	12
Torpedo Zhodino	Zhodino	Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) ^8	5,500	13
Stroitel	Starye Dorogi	Stroitel Stadium ^9	5,000	14
Lokomotiv	Vitebsk	Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) ^10	5,500	15
Gomselmash	Gomel	Gomselmash Stadium ^11	5,000	16
Belarus	Minsk	Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) ^12	50,050	17First League, 1

Due to bad pitch conditions, scheduling conflicts and other reasons many games were played at other venues.

• ¹ Two home games played at Yunost Stadium in Stolbtsy, one home game at Olympic Center in Stayki, one home game at City Stadium in Molodechno (against local team).
• ² One home game played at Khimvolokno Stadium.
• ³ Two home games played at local stadium in Luzhesno.
• ⁴ Two home games played at Urozhay Stadium in Belynichi.
• ⁵ Two home games played at Traktor Stadium in Minsk, one home game at Olympic Center in Stayki.
• ⁶ Two home games played at Olympic Center in Stayki.
• ⁷ One home game played at Sluch Stadium in Starobin.
• ⁸ One home game played at Gorsportkomitet stadium.
• ⁹ One home game played at Aresa Stadium in Gorki.
• ¹⁰ All eight home games of the fall part of the season played Lyos Stadium (capacity 3,000) in Baran. In the spring, three home games played at local stadium in Dolzha and one home game at Central Sport Complex in Orsha.
• ¹¹ Last seven home games played at Luch Stadium (capacity 5,000).
• ¹² Four home games played at Traktor Stadium, two home games at Yunost Stadium in Stolbtsy, one home game at Meliorator Stadium in Derevnoye.

Belarus
Dinamo Minsk
Torpedo Minsk

Dnepr
Torpedo Mogilev

Dinamo Brest

Fandok

Neman

KIM
Lokomotiv

Shakhtyor

Torpedo Zhodino

Gomselmash

Stroitel

Vedrich

Obuvshchik

Molodechno

Location of teams in 1992–93 Belarusian Premier League

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Minsk (C)	32	26	5	1	90	25	+65	57	1993–94 UEFA Champions League First round
2	KIM Vitebsk	32	18	11	3	55	21	+34	47
3	Belarus Minsk	32	20	6	6	54	24	+30	46
4	Neman Grodno	32	18	9	5	39	27	+12	45	1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round
5	Dnepr Mogilev	32	17	7	8	54	33	+21	41
6	Fandok Bobruisk	32	15	10	7	37	20	+17	40
7	Dinamo Brest	32	13	9	10	33	29	+4	35
8	Torpedo Mogilev	32	10	13	9	35	30	+5	33
9	Torpedo Minsk	32	10	10	12	29	33	−4	30
10	Gomselmash Gomel	32	9	8	15	23	40	−17	26
11	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	32	8	10	14	19	34	−15	26
12	Lokomotiv Vitebsk	32	7	11	14	27	40	−13	25
13	Molodechno	32	7	10	15	34	40	−6	24
14	Stroitel Starye Dorogi	32	7	9	16	21	42	−21	23
15	Vedrich Rechitsa	32	7	7	18	30	61	−31	21
16	Obuvshchik Lida (R)	32	4	9	19	15	45	−30	17	Relegation to First League
17	Torpedo Zhodino (R)	32	2	4	26	17	68	−51	8

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Sergey Baranovsky	Dinamo Minsk	19
	Miroslav Romaschenko	Vedrich Rechitsa / Dnepr Mogilev	19
3	Andrey Skorobogatko	Dnepr Mogilev	15
	Igor Frolov	Fandok Bobruisk / KIM Vitebsk	15
5	Sergey Kulanin	KIM Vitebsk	14
6	Yury Mazurchik	Neman Grodno	13
	Oleg Radushko	Dnepr Mogilev	13
8	Sergey Solodovnikov	Neman Grodno	12
	Dmitry Barabash	Torpedo Mogilev	12
	Andrey Yusipets	Gomselmash Gomel	12
	Oleg Putilo	Belarus Minsk	12

See also

• 1992–93 Belarusian First League
• 1992–93 Belarusian Cup

External links

• RSSSF