The 1994–95 Belarusian Premier League was the fourth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started 13 July 1994, and ended on 23 June 1995. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.
Team changes from 1993–94 season Stroitel Starye Dorogi, placed 16th last year, relegated to the First League. They were replaced by the 1993–94 First League winners Obuvshchik Lida.
Two teams changed their names during the winter break in the middle of the season. KIM Vitebsk were renamed to Dvina Vitebsk and Fandok Bobruisk to FC Bobruisk.
Overview Dinamo Minsk won the championship for the 4th time in a row and qualified for the next season's UEFA Cup, as the Champions League was limited to 24 highest-ranked European national leagues which didn't include Belarus. The first-time Cup winners Dinamo-93 Minsk qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup. Gomselmash Gomel and Lokomotiv Vitebsk, who finished on 15th and 16th places, were relegated. It was the last season for Lokomotiv in Premier League as they dissolved after playing in lower leagues for a few years.
Teams and venues
TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 1993–94Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo Stadium (Minsk)50,0501Dinamo-93 MinskMinskTraktor Stadium25,0002Dvina VitebskVitebskDinamo Stadium (Vitebsk)5,5003Dnepr MogilevMogilevSpartak Stadium (Mogilev)12,0004BobruiskBobruiskSpartak Stadium (Bobruisk)4,8005Torpedo MinskMinskTorpedo Stadium (Minsk)5,0006Shinnik BobruiskBobruiskSpartak Stadium (Bobruisk)4,8007Dinamo BrestBrestDinamo Stadium (Brest)10,5008MolodechnoMolodechnoCity Stadium (Molodechno)5,6009Lokomotiv VitebskVitebskDinamo Stadium (Vitebsk)5,50010Neman GrodnoGrodnoNeman Stadium14,00011Vedrich RechitsaRechitsaRechitsadrev Stadium5,50012Shakhtyor SoligorskSoligorskShakhtyor Stadium5,00013Torpedo MogilevMogilevTorpedo Stadium (Mogilev)6,00014Gomselmash GomelGomelCentral Stadium (Gomel)10,25015Obuvshchik LidaLidaObuvshchik Stadium3,500First League, 1
Table
Results
Belarusian clubs in European Cups RoundTeam #1Agg.Team #11st leg2nd leg1994–95 UEFA CupPreliminary roundDinamo Minsk 6–5 Hibernians3–13–4 (aet)First roundDinamo Minsk 1–4 Lazio0–01–41994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' CupQualifying roundBobruisk 4–4 (a) Tirana4–10–3
Top scorers RankNameTeamGoals 1 Pavel Shavrov Dinamo-93 Minsk 19 2 Yevgeni Kashentsev Dinamo Minsk 18 3 Valyantsin Byalkevich Dinamo Minsk 14 Pyotr Kachura Dinamo Minsk 14 5 Sergey Vekhtev Dvina Vitebsk 13 6 Andrey Skorobogatko Dnepr Mogilev 12 7 Sergey Ulezlo Shinnik Bobruisk 11 8 Yury Vyarheychyk Dinamo-93 Minsk 10 Aleksandr Volovik Torpedo Minsk 10 Vladimir Solodukhin Dnepr Mogilev 10 Sergey Yaromko Bobruisk 10
See also 1994–95 Belarusian First League 1994–95 Belarusian Cup
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