2026 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League
Season2026
Dates20 March – 29 November 2026
← 2025
2027 →
All statistics correct as of 24 May 2026.

The 2026 Belarusian Premier League, also known as Betera Vyšejšaja Liha sponsorship reasons,[1] is the 36th season of top-tier football in Belarus. Maxline Vitebsk enter the season as defending champions after winning their first title in 2025 as a newly promoted side.[2]

Teams

Three teams were relegated following the 2025 Belarusian Premier League season: Molodechno and Slutsk were relegated directly as the bottom two teams, while Smorgon was relegated after losing the promotion/relegation play-off.[3]

They were replaced by three teams from the 2025 Belarusian First League: Baranovichi and Dnepr Mogilev, the champions and runners-up respectively, and Belshina Bobruisk, who won the promotion play-off.[4]

Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2025
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk City Stadium 1,000 10th
Baranovichi Baranovichi Lokomotiv Stadium 3,749 1st (First League)
BATE Borisov Borisov Arena 13,126 7th
Belshina Bobruisk Bobruisk Spartak Stadium 3,700 4th (First League)
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestsky 10,037 5th
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium 22,246 2nd
Dnepr Mogilev Mogilev Spartak Stadium 7,350 2nd (First League)
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,307 6th
Isloch Minsk FC Minsk Stadium 3,050 9th
Maxline Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,144 1st
Minsk Minsk Traktar Stadium 5,600 12th
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 4,522 13th
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,479 4th
Slavia Mozyr Yunost Stadium 5,300 3rd
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Torpedo Stadium 6,524 8th
Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,144 11th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maxline Vitebsk 17 11 5 1 35 14 +21 38 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Isloch Minsk Raion 18 11 5 2 31 14 +17 38 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Dinamo Minsk 17 11 3 3 30 14 +16 36
4 Gomel 20 9 6 5 28 15 +13 33
5 Vitebsk 20 9 5 6 21 17 +4 32
6 Dynamo Brest 20 9 4 7 32 21 +11 31
7 Neman Grodno 19 9 3 7 21 17 +4 30
8 Minsk 20 8 4 8 26 26 0 28
9 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 19 7 6 6 27 20 +7 27
10 Slavia Mozyr 19 5 7 7 20 24 −4 22
11 Arsenal Dzerzhinsk 20 5 6 9 22 35 −13 21
12 Baranovichi 20 5 6 9 22 35 −13 21
13 BATE Borisov 18 3 8 7 14 20 −6 17
14 Dnepr Mogilev 20 2 9 9 16 29 −13 15 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
15 Belshina Bobruisk 18 4 3 11 16 32 −16 15 Relegation to the Belarusian First League
16 Naftan Novopolotsk 19 2 4 13 16 44 −28 10
Updated to match(es) played on 30 August 2026. Source: Soccerway
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.[5]

Results

Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.[6]

Home \ Away ARS BAR BAT BEL DBR DMI DNE GOM ISL MAX FCM NAF NEM SLA TZH VIT
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk — 12 Sep 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 1–2 2–0 1–3 2–4 0–3
Baranovichi 1–1 — 2–2 1–1 2–3 6 Sep 20 Sep 3–4 0–4 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0
BATE Borisov 2–3 3–0 — 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 13 Sep 1–0
Belshina Bobruisk 2–0 1–1 1–1 — 1–0 1–2 0–2 18 Sep 5–1 6 Sep 0–2 1–0
Dynamo Brest 3–0 3–0 7 Sep 4–0 — 1–2 20 Sep 1–2 1–3 0–0 1–3 4–1 0–2
Dinamo Minsk 0–1 19 Sep 2–0 13 Sep — 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 2 Sep 4–0 1–1
Dnepr Mogilev 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 — 0–0 13 Sep 1–2 3–3 2–0 0–1 2–2
Gomel 2–3 1–0 2–1 2–0 — 2–0 0–1 6–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1
Isloch Minsk Raion 7 Sep 2–0 3 Sep 4–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 13 Sep — 3–1 19 Sep 3–0
Maxline Vitebsk 18 Sep 2–0 0–0 2 Sep 0–0 6 Sep 5–1 0–0 1–1 — 2–1 1–2
Minsk 1–1 1–0 5–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 2–2 — 4–2 0–1 11 Sep 0–1
Naftan Novopolotsk 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–4 0–0 0–2 6 Sep — 0–2 0–1 0–4 1–1
Neman Grodno 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 — 1–0 12 Sep 2–0
Slavia Mozyr 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–2 2–4 1–2 19 Sep 0–0 — 4 Sep
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 3–3 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 5 Sep 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 — 1–1
Vitebsk 2–3 1–0 12 Sep 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 20 Sep —
Updated to match(es) played on 30 August 2026. Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1 Belarus Timofey Simanenka Gomel 9
Belarus Yevgeny Yudchits Isloch Minsk Raion
3 Russia Yegor Kortsov Dynamo Brest 7
4 Belarus Kirill Kirilenko Dnepr Mogilev 6
Belarus Mark Mokin Arsenal Dzerzhinsk
Belarus Aleksandr Svirepa Isloch Minsk Raion
Belarus Vladislav Lozhkin Dynamo Brest
8 11 players 5

Attendances

RankClubTotal attendanceAverage attendance[8]
1Dinamo Brest00
2Maxline Vitebsk00
3Dinamo Minsk00
4Slavia Mozyr00
5Neman Grodno00
6BATE Borisov00
7Gomel00
8Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino00
9Vitebsk00
10Baranovichi00
11Dnepr Mogilev00
12Belshina Bobruisk00
13Minsk00
14Naftan Novopolotsk00
15Isloch00
16Arsenal Dzerzhinsk00

See also

  • 2026 Belarusian First League

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "Maxline Vitebsk crowned champions of Belarus". football.by (in Russian). Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Belarus Premier League 2025 Table". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "First League Belarus 2025 Results". football.by (in Russian). Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "ABFF League Regulations 2026". football.by (in Russian). Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Belarusian Premier League 2026 Schedule". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Vysshaya Liga 2026 – Top Scorers". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Belarusian Premier League 2026 Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
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