Belarusian First League
Season2007
ChampionsSavit Mogilev
PromotedSavit Mogilev
Granit Mikashevichi
Lokomotiv Minsk
RelegatedZvezda-BGU Minsk
Matches played180
Goals scored465 (2.58 per match)
← 2006
2008 →

2007 Belarusian First League was the 17th season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2007.

Team changes from 2006 season

Two top teams of last season (Minsk and Smorgon) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two teams that finished at the bottom of 2006 Belarusian Premier League table (Lokomotiv Minsk and Belshina Bobruisk).

Two teams that finished at the bottom of 2006 season table (Lida and Bereza) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2006 Second League (Dinamo-Belcard Grodno and Savit Mogilev).

Mikashevichi changed their name to Granit Mikashevichi and Mozyr-ZLiN to FC Mozyr prior to the season.

Teams and locations

Team Location Position in 2006
Lokomotiv Minsk Premier League, 13
Belshina Bobruisk Premier League, 14
Khimik Svetlogorsk 3
Mozyr Mozyr 4
Granit Mikashevichi 5
Polotsk Polotsk 6
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 7
Volna Pinsk 8
Veras Nesvizh 9
Baranovichi Baranovichi 10
Kommunalnik Slonim 11
Zvezda-BGU Minsk 12
Dinamo-Belcard Grodno Second League, 1
Savit Mogilev Second League, 2

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Savit Mogilev (P) 26 16 5 5 50 21 +29 53 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2 Granit Mikashevichi (P) 26 16 4 6 39 22 +17 52[lower-alpha 1]
3 Lokomotiv Minsk (P) 26 16 4 6 49 21 +28 52[lower-alpha 1]
4 Belshina Bobruisk 26 15 7 4 46 26 +20 49[lower-alpha 2]
5 Khimik Svetlogorsk 26 12 8 6 46 31 +15 44
6 Veras Nesvizh 26 12 4 10 28 25 +3 40
7 Volna Pinsk 26 11 6 9 34 38 −4 39
8 Dinamo-Belcard Grodno 26 11 3 12 33 37 −4 36
9 Baranovichi 26 10 5 11 23 28 −5 35
10 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 26 9 6 11 29 26 +3 33
11 Polotsk 26 6 5 15 26 49 −23 23
12 Kommunalnik Slonim 26 5 5 16 22 48 −26 20
13 Mozyr 26 4 6 16 26 44 −18 18
14 Zvezda-BGU Minsk (R) 26 2 4 20 17 58 −41 10 Relegation to Belarusian Second League
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Granit Mikashevichi placed above Lokomotiv Minsk by better head-to-head record (1–1, 2–0).
  2. ↑ Belshina Bobruisk had three points deducted before the start of the season due to transfer payment irregularities.

Top goalscorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Belarus Uladzimir Shakaw Savit Mogilev 17
2 Belarus Dmitry Gavrilovich Khimik Svetlogorsk 13
Belarus Sergey Zabolotsky Khimik Svetlogorsk 13
4 Belarus Yuri Markhel Lokomotiv Minsk 12
Belarus Mikalay Yanush Granit Mikashevichi 12

See also

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