Season | 2020 |
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Dates | 19 March – 28 November 2020 |
Champions | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
Relegated | Gorodeya Belshina Bobruisk Smolevichi |
Champions League | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
Conference League | BATE Borisov Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino |
Matches played | 239 |
Goals scored | 704 (2.95 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Maksim Skavysh (BATE) (19 goals) |
Biggest home win | BATE 6–0 Minsk (26 July 2020) |
Biggest away win | Energetik-BGU 1–8 Rukh (12 July 2020) |
Highest scoring | Belshina 3–7 Rukh (28 November 2020) |
Longest winning run | 7 matches Neman |
Longest unbeaten run | 16 matches Shakhtyor |
Longest winless run | 13 matches Smolevichi |
Longest losing run | 13 matches Smolevichi |
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All statistics correct as of 28 November 2020. |
The 2020 Belarusian Premier League was the 30th season of top-tier football in Belarus. Dynamo Brest were the defending champions, having won their first league title last year. Shakhtyor Soligorsk became champions on the last play date by beating FC Minsk 4–2. Meanwhile, BATE Borisov didn't win and drew 0–0 at Dinamo Minsk so Shaktyor Soligorsk finished 1 point above BATE in the table and will play in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.
By late March 2020, it was the only European top-flight league being contested, as all others were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic; games were played with crowds. As a result, this led to substantially increased viewership from all over the world, due to sporting inactivity elsewhere.[1][2][3]