2010 Belarusian First League
# 2010 Belarusian First League

The 2010 Belarusian First League is the 20th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started on April 17 and ended on November 13, 2010.

## Team changes from 2009 season

The winners of last season (Belshina Bobruisk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. Due to reduction of Premier League, the promoted team was replaced by three teams that finished at the bottom of 2009 Belarusian Premier League table (Gomel, Granit Mikashevichi and Smorgon). The First League was expanded from 14 to 16 teams.

One team that finished at the bottom of 2009 season table (Spartak Shklov) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by one best team of 2009 Second League (Rudensk).

## Teams and venues

| Team | Location | Position in 2009 |
| - | - | - |
| Gomel | Gomel | Premier league, 12 |
| Granit | Mikashevichi | Premier league, 13 |
| Smorgon | Smorgon | Premier league, 14 |
| Volna | Pinsk | 2 |
| DSK | Gomel | 3 |
| Veras | Nesvizh | 4 |
| SKVICH | Minsk | 5 |
| Baranovichi | Baranovichi | 6 |
| Khimik | Svetlogorsk | 7 |
| Vedrich-97 | Rechitsa | 8 |
| Belcard | Grodno | 9 |
| Kommunalnik | Slonim | 10 |
| Lida | Lida | 11 |
| Polotsk | Polotsk | 12 |
| Slavia | Mozyr | 13 |
| Rudensk | Maryina Gorka | Second league, 1 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gomel (P) | 30 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 80 | 16 | +64 | 82 | Promotion to Belarusian Premier League |
| 2 | SKVICH Minsk | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 58 | Qualification for promotion play-off |
| 3 | DSK Gomel | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 58 | |
| 4 | Granit Mikashevichi | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 52 | 23 | +29 | 56 | |
| 5 | Rudensk | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 43 | |
| 6 | Baranovichi | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 43 | |
| 7 | Polotsk | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 39 | |
| 8 | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 37 | |
| 9 | Slavia Mozyr | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 37 | |
| 10 | Volna Pinsk | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 35 | |
| 11 | Veras Nesvizh (R) | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 35 | Dissolved |
| 12 | Smorgon | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 32 | |
| 13 | Belcard Grodno | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 30 | |
| 14 | Vedrich-97 Rechitsa | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 30 | |
| 15 | Kommunalnik Slonim (R) | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 48 | −25 | 28 | Relegation to Belarusian Second League |
| 16 | Lida (R) | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 59 | −36 | 19 | Relegation to Belarusian Second League |

* 1 2 SKVICH Minsk advanced over DSK Gomel by better head-to-head record (3–0, 0–1).
* 1 2 Khimik Svetlogorsk advanced over Slavia Mozyr by better head-to-head away goals record (1–0 at home, 1–2 away).
* 1 2 Belcard Grodno advanced over Vedrich-97 Rechitsa by better head-to-head record (1–2, 3–1).

### Promotion play-offs

The 11th placed team of 2010 Premier League Torpedo Zhodino played a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of 2010 Belarusian First League SKVICH Minsk for one spot in the 2011 Premier League. Torpedo Zhodino won the play-off 3–1 on aggregate and both teams retained their spots in respective leagues.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BCR | DSK | GOM | GRA | KHI | KOM | LID | POL | RUD | SKV | SLA | SMR | V97 | VER | VOL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baranovichi | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Belcard Grodno | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| DSK Gomel | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Gomel | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| Granit Mikashevichi | 7–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Khimik Svetlogorsk | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Kommunalnik Slonim | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Lida | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Polotsk | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Rudensk | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| SKVICH Minsk | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Slavia Mozyr | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 |
| Smorgon | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Vedrich-97 Rechitsa | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Veras Nesvizh | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 |
| Volna Pinsk | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yuri Markhel | SKVICH Minsk | 28 |
| 2 | Dmitri Platonov | Gomel | 25 |
| 3 | Kirill Shreitor | Granit Mikashevichi | 19 |
| 4 | Vadim Boiko | Granit Mikashevichi | 12 |
| 4 | Andrey Marozaw | DSK Gomel | 12 |
| 4 | Roman Volkov | Volna Pinsk | 12 |
| 7 | Syarhey Kazeka | Gomel | 11 |
| 8 | Sergey Zabolotsky | DSK Gomel | 9 |
| 8 | Kirill Pavlyuchek | Gomel | 9 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Luzhankov | Smorgon | 9 |
| 8 | Sergey Shalimo | Rudensk | 9 |
| 8 | Dmitry Kharitonchik | Slavia Mozyr | 9 |
| 8 | Andrey Dashuk | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 9 |

Updated to games played on 13 November 2010 Source: football.by

