1994–95 Belarusian First League
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| Season | 1994–95 |
|---|---|
| Champions | MPKC Mozyr |
| Promoted | MPKC Mozyr Ataka-Aura Minsk |
| Relegated | Santanas Samokhvalovichi ZLiN Gomel AFViS-RShVSM Minsk Stroitel Vitebsk |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 657 (2.74 per match) |
← 1993–94 1995 → | |
1994–95 Belarusian First League was the fourth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in July 1994 and ended in June 1995.
Team changes from 1993–94 season[edit]
Winners of 1993–94 First League (Obuvshchik Lida) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by the last placed team of 1993–94 Premier League (Stroitel Starye Dorogi).
Smena Minsk, who finished 15th, relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 1993–94 Second League (Kardan-Flyers Grodno and Ataka-Aura Minsk). The number of participating teams thus was restored to 16.
Before the start of the season Selmash Mogilev were renamed to Transmash Mogilev. During the winter break, Polesye Mozyr changed their name to MPKC Mozyr and KIM-2 Vitebsk changed their name to Kimovets Vitebsk.
Overview[edit]
MPKC Mozyr won the tournament and were promoted to the Premier League, as were runners-up Ataka-Aura Minsk. ZLiN Gomel, AFViS-RShVSM Minsk and Stroitel Vitebsk, who finished 14th, 15th and 16th respectively, relegated to the Second League. Santanas Samokhvalovichi, who finished 8th, withdrew to the amateur level after the season due to financial troubles.
Teams and locations[edit]
| Team | Location | Position in 1993–94 |
|---|---|---|
| Stroitel | Starye Dorogi | Premier League, 16 |
| Polesye | Mozyr | 2 |
| Kommunalnik | Pinsk | 3 |
| Transmash | Mogilev | 4 |
| Brestbytkhim | Brest | 5 |
| Santanas | Samokhvalovichi | 6 |
| ZLiN | Gomel | 7 |
| Torpedo | Zhodino | 8 |
| Khimik | Svetlogorsk | 9 |
| KIM-2 | Vitebsk | 10 |
| KPF | Slonim | 11 |
| Stroitel | Vitebsk | 12 |
| Khimvolokno | Grodno | 13 |
| AFViS-RShVSM | Minsk | 14 |
| Kardan-Flyers | Grodno | Second League, 1 |
| Ataka-Aura | Minsk | Second League, 2 |
League table[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MPKC Mozyr (P) | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 106 | 17 | +89 | 51 | Promotion to Belarusian Premier League |
| 2 | Ataka-Aura Minsk (P) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 57 | 20 | +37 | 43 | |
| 3 | Kommunalnik Pinsk | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 40 | |
| 4 | KPF Slonim | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 64 | 31 | +33 | 39 | |
| 5 | Kardan-Flyers Grodno | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 37 | |
| 6 | Stroitel Starye Dorogi | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 34 | |
| 7 | Brestbytkhim Brest | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 32 | |
| 8 | Santanas Samokhvalovichi (R) | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 32 | Relegation to amateur level |
| 9 | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 28 | |
| 10 | Torpedo Zhodino | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 28 | |
| 11 | Transmash Mogilev | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 26 | |
| 12 | Khimvolokno Grodno | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 35 | −20 | 25 | |
| 13 | Kimovets Vitebsk | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 23 | |
| 14 | ZLiN Gomel (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 67 | −41 | 21 | Relegation to Belarusian Second League |
| 15 | AFViS-RShVSM Minsk (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 79 | −50 | 17 | |
| 16 | Stroitel Vitebsk (R) | 30 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 88 | −79 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Top goalscorers[edit]
| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sergey Yaromko | MPKC Mozyr | 24 |
| 2 |  Vladimir Skorobogaty | MPKC Mozyr | 17 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Gavlush | Ataka-Aura Minsk | 16 |
| 4 | Dzmitry Balashow | KPF Slonim | 15 |
| Sergey Solodovnikov | Kardan-Flyers Grodno | 15 |