RegulationsCompared with the previous season , the number of participating teams has been expanded (from 14 to 16).
16 teams take part in the championship. The tournament takes place in two circles. Teams that took 1st and 2nd place get the right to enter the Higher League . Clubs that are ranked 15th, 16th in the First League, are eliminated in the Second League.
Clubs Leaving the First League
- Gomel (1st place, entering the Higher League)
- Dnipro Mogilyov (2nd place, entering the Higher League)
- "Oshmyany" (14th place, flight to the Second League)
Clubs who joined the first league
- "Belshina" Bobruisk (15th place, departure from the Higher League)
- "Granit-Mikashevichi" (16th place, departure from the Higher League)
- Volna-Pinsk (1st place, promotion from the Second League)
- Osipovichi (2nd place, promotion from the Second League)
- Neman-Agro Columns (4th place, promotion from the Second League)
Minsk clubs:
Energetic-BGU
Ray
Torpedo
The geography of the participants of the season 2017
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|
| Baranovichi | Baranovichi | "Locomotive" | 3,749 |
| Belshina | Bobruisk | "Spartacus" | 3,700 |
| Wave-Pinsk | Pinsk | "Wave" | 3,136 |
| Granit-Mikashevichi | Mikashevichi | "Polesie" ( Luninets ) | 3,090 |
| Lida | Lida | "Start" | 3,000 |
| Locomotive | Gomel | GSUD 8 | 1,500 |
| Ray | Minsk | SOK "Olympic" | 1,500 |
| Neman-Agro | Columns | "Youth" | 600 |
| Orsha | Orsha | CSK "Orshansky" | 2,582 |
| Osipovichi | Osipovichi | "Youth" | 1,300 |
| Smolevichi STI | Smolevichi | "Lake" | 1,600 |
| Slonim 2017 | Slonim | "Youth" | 2,220 |
| Smorgon | Smorgon | "Youth" | 3,500 |
| Torpedo | Minsk | "Torpedo" | 5,200 |
| Chemist | Svetlogorsk | "Chemist" | 2,500 |
| Energetic-BGU | Minsk | RCOP-BSU | 1,600 |
Representation by region
| Region | Number of teams | Clubs |
|---|
| Brest region | 3 | Baranovichi , Volna-Pinsk , Granit-Mikashevichi |
| The Grodno region | 3 | Lida , Slonim-2017 , Smorgon |
| Minsk | 3 | Luch (Minsk) , Torpedo (Minsk) , Energetic-BSU (Minsk) |
| Gomel region | 2 | Lokomotiv (Gomel) , Khimik (Svetlogorsk) |
| Minsk Region | 2 | Neman-Agro (Columns), Smolevichi STI |
| Mogilyov region | 2 | Belshina (Bobruisk) , Osipovichi |
| Vitebsk region | one | Orsha |
Coaches and team captains
| Club | Main coach | Captain | Resignation coaches |
|---|
| Baranovichi | Alexey Vergeenko | Maxim Vysotsky | |
| Belshina | Edward Gradoboev (acting) | Dmitry Turlin | Vladimir Golmak (after the 11th round) |
| Wave-Pinsk | Sergey Shulzhik | Andrey Kazarin | |
| Locomotive | Pavel Krechin | Evgeny Kudash | |
| Granit-Mikashevichi | Valery Bochno | Alexander Krasiy | |
| Neman-Agro (Columns) | Mikhail Makovsky | Artyom Sukalo | Leonid Lagun (after the 15th round) |
| Energetic-BSU (Minsk) | Vladimir Belyavsky | Roman Burets | |
| Lida | Sergey Solodovnikov | Alexey Dobrovolsky | Peter Kachuro (after the 15th round) |
| Osipovichi | Denis Drigalyov | Denis Drigalyov | |
| Luch (Minsk) | Ivan Bionchik | Pavel Belokhvostov | |
| Orsha | Yuri Konoplev | Vladislav Znak | |
| Slonim 2017 | Oleg Korol | Anatoly Zhukov | Vyacheslav Tsaryuk (after the 19th round) |
| Smolevichi STI | Dmitry Molosh | Igor Voronkov | |
| Smorgon | Alexey Dvoretsky | Yegor Matveyev | |
| Torpedo (Minsk) | Andrey Pyshnik | Artyom Sokol | |
| Chemist (Svetlogorsk) | Sergey Petrushevsky | Valery Belyavsky | |
| M | Team | AND | AT | H | P | Balls | ± | ABOUT | Notes |
|---|
| one | Luch (Minsk) | thirty | 22 | 7 | one | 73 - 22 | +51 | 66 [1] | Entrance to the Higher League |
| 2 | Smolevichi STI | thirty | 18 | four | eight | 46 - 22 | +24 | 58 | Entrance to the Higher League |
| 3 | Torpedo (Minsk) | thirty | 17 | 6 | 7 | 60 - 29 | +31 | 57 | Entrance to the Higher League * |
| four | Lokomotiv (Gomel) | thirty | 17 | 6 | 7 | 49 - 36 | +13 | 57 |
| five | Belshina (Bobruisk) | thirty | 14 | 7 | 9 | 56 - thirty | +26 | 47 [2] |
| 6 | Energetic-BSU (Minsk) | thirty | 12 | eight | ten | 39 - thirty | +9 | 44 |
| 7 | Wave-Pinsk | thirty | 13 | four | 13 | 48 - 48 | 0 | 43 |
| eight | Granit-Mikashevichi | thirty | 14 | four | 12 | 42 - 37 | +5 | 40 [3] |
| 9 | Chemist (Svetlogorsk) | thirty | 9 | ten | eleven | 35 - 42 | −7 | 37 |
| ten | Orsha | thirty | ten | 7 | 13 | 48 - 48 | 0 | 37 |
| eleven | Slonim 2017 | thirty | ten | 7 | 13 | 33 - 46 | −13 | 37 |
| 12 | Baranovichi | thirty | 7 | ten | 13 | 34 - 47 | −13 | 31 |
| 13 | Smorgon | thirty | 6 | eleven | 13 | 34 - 50 | −16 | 29 |
| 14 | Lida | thirty | 6 | ten | 14 | 28 - 39 | −11 | 28 |
| 15 | Osipovichi | thirty | 6 | 7 | 17 | thirty - 62 | −32 | 25 | Departure to the Second League |
| sixteen | Neman-Agro (Columns) | thirty | 3 | four | 23 | 27 - 94 | −67 | 13 | Departure to the Second League |
And - games, B - wins, H - draws, P - losses, Goals - goals scored and missed goals, ± - goal difference, O - points
* - instead of suspended from participation in the Highest League of the 2018 season of the Krumkachy football club (Minsk) .
| No | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|
| one | Yuri Kozlov | Ray | sixteen |
| 2 | Leonid Hankevich | Ray | 15 |
| Valery Gorbachik | Smolevichi STI | 15 |
| four | Alexey Rudenok | Neman-Agro, Smorgon | 14 |
| Alexey Khodnevich | Orsha | 14 |
| 6 | Sergey Volodko | Wave-Pinsk | 12 |
| Pavel Zabelin | Granit-Mikashevichi | 12 |
- ↑ The club is deprived of 10 points in the case of contractual matches.
- ↑ The club is deprived of 2 points in connection with the systematic non-execution of decisions of the ABFF committee on the status and transitions of football players.
- ↑ The club is deprived of 3 points due to the systematic non-execution of decisions of the ABFF committee on the status and transitions of football players.
- Belarusian Football Championship 2017
- Second Football League of Belarus 2017
- Belorussian Football Cup 2016/2017
Ray (Minsk) (1st time)
Smolevichi STI
Torpedo (Minsk)
Yuri Kozlov ( Ray ) (16 goals)