2002 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League
Season 2002
Champions Darida Minsk Raion
Promoted Darida Minsk Raion
Naftan Novopolotsk
Lokomotiv Minsk
Relegated Osipovichi
← 2001
2003 →

2002 Belarusian First League was the twelfth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in October 2002.

Team changes from 2001 season

Two top teams of last season (Torpedo Zhodino and Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two teams that finished at the bottom of 2001 Belarusian Premier League table (Naftan Novopolotsk and Vedrich-97 Rechitsa).

One team that finished at the bottom of 2001 season table (Rogachev-DUSSh-1) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2001 Second League (Lokomotiv Minsk and Smorgon) and thus the league was expended from 15 to 16 teams.

Orsha, who finished 12th last season, withdrew to the amateur level in winter. Rogachev-DUSSh-1 were reinstalled to replace them.

Svisloch Osipovichi changed their name to Osipovichi, Keramik Bereza to Bereza and Rogachev-DUSSh-1 to Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev prior to start of the season.

Teams and locations

Team Location Position in 2001
Naftan Novopolotsk 1Premier League, 13
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 2Premier League, 14
Darida Minsk Raion 3
Khimik Svetlogorsk 4
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 5
Granit Mikashevichi 6
ZLiN Gomel 7
Bereza Bereza 8
Lida Lida 9
Kommunalnik Slonim 10
Osipovichi Osipovichi 11
Dinamo-Juni Minsk 13
Neman Mosty 14
Rogachev-DUSSh-1 Rogachev 15
Lokomotiv Minsk 16Second League, 1
Smorgon Smorgon 17Second League, 2

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Darida Minsk Raion (P) 30 23 5 2 89 23+66 74 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2 Naftan Novopolotsk (P) 30 21 5 4 56 23+33 68
3 Lokomotiv Minsk (P) 30 20 6 4 59 16+43 66
4 Vedrich-97 Rechytsa 30 19 4 7 55 25+30 61
5 Granit Mikashevichi 30 16 9 5 37 22+15 57
6 Lida 30 14 4 12 39 390 46
7 ZLiN Gomel 30 14 4 12 42 34+8 46
8 Kommunalnik Slonim 30 9 8 13 27 41−14 35
9 Dinamo-Juni Minsk 30 11 1 18 40 47−7 34
10 Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 30 9 7 14 41 44−3 34
11 Neman Mosty 30 9 7 14 36 47−11 34
12 Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev 30 8 7 15 35 49−14 31
13 Khimik Svetlogorsk 30 8 6 16 27 46−19 30
14 Smorgon 30 8 5 17 21 36−15 29
15 Bereza 30 6 5 19 36 65−29 23
16 Osipovichi (R) 30 2 3 25 17 100−83 9 Belarusian Second League

Source: rsssf.com
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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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