The
Belarusian Premier League or the Vysshaya
Liga (top league) is the top division of professional
football in Belarus
.
There are 16 teams in the competition. At the end of the season two
teams get relegated in
Belarusian First League and get
replaced with two top First League teams. It is organized by
Belarusian Football
Federation.
FC BATE are the current Belarusian Premier
League champions.
History
Belarusian Premier League was organized in
1992. In its earliest years it was
dominated by
FC Dinamo Minsk, which
won the league 5 times in a row. Of late however the league has
been more evenly fought with the four main teams being
FC Dinamo Minsk,
FC
BATE,
FC MTZ-RIPO and
FC Shakhtyor.
Premier League in 2009
In
2009 the Belarusian
Premier League will consist of the following 14 teams:
Soviet time champions
- 1934 BVO (Minsk)
- 1935 BVO (Minsk)
- 1936 BVO (Minsk)
- 1937 Dinamo (Minsk)
- 1938 Dinamo (Minsk)
- 1939 Dinamo (Minsk)
- 1940 DKA (Minsk)
- 1941-44 unknown
- 1945 Dinamo (Minsk)
- 1946 ODO (Minsk)
- 1947 Torpedo (Minsk)
- 1948 Traktor MTZ (Minsk)
- 1949 Traktor MTZ (Minsk)
- 1950 ODO (Minsk)
- 1951 Dinamo (Minsk)
- 1952 ODO (Minsk)
- 1953 Spartak (Minsk)
- 1954 ODO (Pinsk)
- 1955 FSM (Minsk)
- 1956 Spartak (Minsk)
- 1957 Sputnik (Minsk)
- 1958 Spartak (Bobruisk)
- 1959 Minsk (city team)
- 1960 Sputnik (Minsk)
- 1961 Volna (Pinsk)
- 1962 Torpedo (Minsk)
- 1963 Naroch' (Molodechno)
- 1964 SKA (Minsk)
- 1965 SKA (Minsk)
- 1966 Torpedo (Minsk)
- 1967 Torpedo (Minsk)
- 1968 Sputnik (Minsk)
- 1969 Torpedo (Minsk)
Champions
Total championships