2023 Belarusian First League
2023 Belarusian First League is the 33nd season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and will finish in November 2023.
| Season | 2023 |
|---|---|
← 2022 2024 → | |
Team changes from 2022 season
Two best teams of 2022 Belarusian First League (Naftan Novopolotsk and Smorgon) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two last-placed teams of 2022 Belarusian Premier League (Vitebsk and Dnepr Mogilev). Fourth-placed Maxline Rogachev won the promotion/relegation play-off against Arsenal Dzerzhinsk and won right to get promoted, while Arsenal relegated to the First League to replace Maxline.
Due to low number of participants, no team has relegated to the Second League. In attempt to bring the number of teams to 16, three teams were promoted from the Second League (Niva Dolbizno, Zhodino-Yuzhnoye, and Bumprom Gomel).
Maxline Rogachev, who were initially promoted to Premier League, were later denied Premier League license. No other club was chosen to replace them, and Maxline remained in the First League, expanding it to 17 clubs for the season.[1] In the spring 2023, the club relocated from Rogachev to Vitebsk and became known as Maxline Vitebsk.
Teams summary
| Team | Location | Position in 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Arsenal Dzerzhinsk | Dzerzhinsk | Premier League, 14 |
| Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Premier League, 15 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | Mogilev | Premier League, 16 |
| Shakhtyor Petrikov | Petrikov | 3 |
| Maxline Vitebsk | Vitebsk | 4 |
| Ostrovets | Ostrovets | 5 |
| Lokomotiv Gomel | Gomel | 6 |
| Volna Pinsk | Pinsk | 7 |
| Molodechno | Molodechno | 8 |
| Orsha | Orsha | 9 |
| Lida | Lida | 10 |
| Slonim-2017 | Slonim | 11 |
| Osipovichi | Osipovichi | 12 |
| Baranovichi | Baranovichi | 13 |
| Niva Dolbizno | Dolbizno | Second League, 1 |
| Zhodino-Yuzhnoye | Zhodino | Second League, 5 |
| Bumprom Gomel | Gomel | Second League, 10 |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal Dzerzhinsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to the Belarusian Premier League |
| 2 | Vitebsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Dnepr Mogilev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to the promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Shakhtyor Petrikov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Maxline Vitebsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Ostrovets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Gomel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Volna Pinsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Molodechno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Orsha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Lida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Slonim-2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Osipovichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Baranovichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Niva Dolbizno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Zhodino-Yuzhnoye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Bumprom Gomel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to the Belarusian Second League |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored.
Results
External links
- Official site (in Russian)