2004 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League
Season 2004
Champions Lokomotiv Minsk
Promoted Lokomotiv Minsk
Relegated Molodechno-2000
Vertikal Kalinkovichi
Dinamo-Juni Minsk
← 2003
2005 →

2004 Belarusian First League was the fourteenth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2004.

Team changes from 2003 season

Two top teams of last season (Lokomotiv Vitebsk and MTZ-RIPO Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. The promoted teams were replaced by two teams that finished at the bottom of 2003 Belarusian Premier League table (Lokomotiv Minsk and Molodechno-2000).

Two team that finished at the bottom of 2003 season table (Neman Mosty and Pinsk-900) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2003 Second League (Baranovichi and Veras Nesvizh).

Teams and locations

Team Location Position in 2003
Lokomotiv Minsk 1Premier League, 15
Molodechno-2000 Molodechno 2Premier League, 16
Smorgon Smorgon 3
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 4
Granit Mikashevichi 5
ZLiN Gomel 6
Khimik Svetlogorsk 7
Lida Lida 8
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 9
Kommunalnik Slonim 10
Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev 11
Dinamo-Juni Minsk 12
Vertikal Kalinkovichi 13
Bereza Bereza 14
Baranovichi Baranovichi 15Second League, 1
Veras Nesvizh 16Second League, 2

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Lokomotiv Minsk (P) 30 24 3 3 75 25+50 75 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
1 Vedrich-97 Rechytsa 30 18 8 4 46 21+25 0621
3 Smorgon 30 14 11 5 49 21+28 53
4 Granit Mikashevichi 30 12 10 8 31 22+9 46
5 ZLiN Gomel 30 12 10 8 31 18+13 46
6 Veras Nesvizh 30 14 2 14 35 34+1 44
7 Baranovichi 30 13 5 12 41 39+2 44
8 Lida 30 11 7 12 37 30+7 40
9 Khimik Svetlogorsk 30 9 13 8 19 18+1 40
10 Bereza 30 10 7 13 39 45−6 37
11 Kommunalnik Slonim 30 9 7 14 33 47−14 34
12 Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 30 7 11 12 31 45−14 32
13 Molodechno-2000 (R) 30 9 4 17 27 54−27 31 Withdrew to Second League
14 Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev 30 9 3 18 27 54−27 30
15 Vertikal Kalinkovichi (R) 30 7 8 15 29 49−20 29 Belarusian Second League
16 Dinamo-Juni Minsk (R) 30 6 3 21 27 55−28 21

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
1Vedrich-97 were declined promotion after failing to obtain Premier League license.
(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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