2026 Belarusian Premier League
| Season | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20 March – November 2026 |
← 2025 2027 → | |
The 2026 Belarusian Premier League 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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
| 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 | 8,046 | 1st |
| Minsk | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,050 | 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 | 8,046 | 11th |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxline Vitebsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo Minsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Slavia Mozyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Neman Grodno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Dynamo Brest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Gomel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | BATE Borisov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Isloch Minsk Raion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Arsenal Dzerzhinsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Vitebsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Minsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Baranovichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 15 | Dnepr Mogilev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to the Belarusian First League |
| 16 | Belshina Bobruisk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.[4]
Results
Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.[5]
Promotion/relegation play-off
The fourteenth-placed team of the 2026 Belarusian Premier League will face the third-placed team of the 2026 Belarusian First League in a two-legged play-off at the end of the season for a spot in the 2027 Belarusian Premier League.
First leg
| 14th-placed team | v | 3rd-placed First League team |
|---|---|---|
Second leg
| 3rd-placed First League team | v | 14th-placed team |
|---|---|---|
Season statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[6] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||
| 2 | |||
| 3 |
Attendances
| Rank | Club | Total attendance | Average attendance[7] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo Brest | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Maxline Vitebsk | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Slavia Mozyr | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Neman Grodno | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | BATE Borisov | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Gomel | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Vitebsk | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Baranovichi | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Dnepr Mogilev | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Belshina Bobruisk | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Minsk | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Isloch | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Arsenal Dzerzhinsk | 0 | 0 |
See also
- 2026 Belarusian First League
References
- ^ "Maxline Vitebsk crowned champions of Belarus". football.by (in Russian). Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ "Belarus Premier League 2025 Table". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ "First League Belarus 2025 Results". football.by (in Russian). Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ "ABFF League Regulations 2026". football.by (in Russian). Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ "Belarusian Premier League 2026 Schedule". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ "Vysshaya Liga 2026 – Top Scorers". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ "Belarusian Premier League 2026 Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 January 2026.