| Season | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Champions | BATE Borisov |
| Relegated | Lokomotiv Minsk Savit Mogilev Darida Minsk Raion |
| Champions League | BATE Borisov |
| Europa League | Naftan Novopolotsk Dinamo Minsk MTZ-RIPO Minsk |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 621 (2.59 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |  Gennadi Bliznyuk (16) Vitali Rodionov (16) |
| Biggest home win | BATE 5–0 Shakhtyor Dnepr 5–0 Smorgon |
| Biggest away win | 2–6 – 1 game; 0–4 – 4 games |
| Highest scoring | Darida 3–6 MTZ-RIPO |
← 2007 2009 → | |
The 2008 Belarusian Premier League was the 18th season of top-tier footballinBelarus. It started on April 6 and ended on November 16, 2008. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.
Due to league expansion from 14 to 16 teams the only relegated team Minsk, who finished last in 2007, was replaced by three best teams of 2007 First League: Savit Mogilev, Granit Mikashevichi and Lokomotiv Minsk.
BATE Borisov won their 5th champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk, bronze medalists MTZ-RIPO Minsk and 2008–09 Cup winners Naftan Novopolotsk qualified for the inaugural tournament of Europa League. Due to decision to gradually reduce Premiere League to 12 clubs (14 in 2009, 12 in 2010) three lowest placed teams (Lokomotiv Minsk, Savit Mogilev and Darida Minsk Raion) relegated to the First League. The two latter teams disbanded prior to 2009 season.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATE | Borisov | City Stadium (Borisov) | 5,392 | 1 |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 14,307 | 2 |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 | 3 |
| Torpedo | Zhodino | City Stadium (Borisov)[1] | 5,392 | 4 |
| MTZ-RIPO | Minsk | Traktor Stadium | 17,600 | 5 |
| Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 6,300 | 6 |
| Naftan | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 5,300 | 7 |
| Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,350 | 8 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium[2] | 40,000 | 9 |
| Smorgon | Smorgon | Yunost Stadium | 3,200 | 10 |
| Darida | Minsk Raion | Darida Stadium | 4,500 | 11 |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestskiy | 10,080 | 12 |
| Dnepr | Mogilev | Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev)[3] | 3,500 | 13 |
| Savit | Mogilev | Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev) | 3,500 | First league, 1 |
| Granit | Mikashevichi | OSK Brestskiy (Brest)[4] | 10,080 | First league, 2 |
| Lokomotiv | Minsk | City Stadium (Molodechno)[5] | 4,800 | First league, 3 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BATE Borisov (C) | 30 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 54 | 20 | +34 | 67 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 62 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 57 | |
| 4 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 51 | |
| 5 | Vitebsk | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 51 | |
| 6 | Dinamo Brest | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 47 | |
| 7 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 46 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a] |
| 8 | Smorgon | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 39 | |
| 9 | Dnepr Mogilev | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 38 | |
| 10 | Granit Mikashevichi | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 36 | |
| 11 | Gomel | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 33 | |
| 12 | Neman Grodno | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 33 | |
| 13 | Torpedo Zhodino | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 31 | |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Minsk (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 25 | Relegation to Belarusian First League |
| 15 | Savit Mogilev (R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 61 | −33 | 21 | |
| 16 | Darida Minsk Raion (R) | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 56 | −31 | 19 |
| Home \ Away | BAT | DAR | DBR | DMI | DNE | GOM | GRA | LMN | MTZ | NAF | NEM | SAV | SHA | SMR | VIT | TZH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATE Borisov | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Darida Minsk Raion | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3[a] | 0–2 | 3–6 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Dinamo Brest | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Gomel | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Granit Mikashevichi | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | |
| Lokomotiv Minsk | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | |
| MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 0–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Neman Grodno | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Savit Mogilev | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–5 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Smorgon | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | |
| Vitebsk | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Torpedo Zhodino | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Round | Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup | |||||
| First round | Cracovia 
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1–5 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk
|
1–2 | 0–3 |
| Second round | Sturm Graz 
|
2–0 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk
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2–0 | 0–0 |
| 2008–09 UEFA Cup | |||||
| First qualifying round | Legia Warszawa
|
4–1 | Gomel
|
0–0 | 4–1 |
| MTZ-RIPO Minsk
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2–3 |  Žilina
|
2–2 | 0–1 | |
| 2008–09 UEFA Champions League | |||||
| First qualifying round | BATE Borisov
|
3–0 |  Valur
|
2–0 | 1–0 |
| Second qualifying round | Anderlecht 
|
3–4 | BATE Borisov
|
1–2 | 2–2 |
| Thind qualifying round | Levski Sofia 
|
1–2 | BATE Borisov
|
0–1 | 1–1 |
| Group stage | Real Madrid 
|
3–0 | BATE Borisov
|
2–0 | 1–0 |
| BATE Borisov
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2–2 |  Juventus
|
2–2 | 0–0 | |
Zenit St. Petersburg 
|
3–1 | BATE Borisov
|
1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gennadi Bliznyuk |
BATE Borisov | 16 |
| Vitali Rodionov |
BATE Borisov | 16 | |
| 3 | Artem Kontsevoy |
MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 15 |
| 4 | Alyaksandr Hawrushka |
Dnepr Mogilev | 14 |
| 5 | Dzmitry Mazalewski |
Dinamo Brest | 13 |
| Ruslan Usaw |
Vitebsk | 13 | |
| 7 | Andrey Sherakow |
Torpedo Zhodino | 12 |
| 8 | Oleg Strakhanovich |
MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 11 |
| Andrey Tsevan |
Dinamo Brest | 11 | |
| 10 | Aleksandr Alumona |
Neman Grodno | 10 |
| Dzmitry Kavalyonak |
Neman Grodno | 10 | |
| Róbert Rák |
Dinamo Minsk | 10 |
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