2024 Belarusian First League
2024 Belarusian First League is the 34th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2024.
Team changes from 2023 season
Two best teams of 2023 Belarusian First League were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by the last-placed team of 2023 Belarusian Premier League. Third-placed club Vitebsk won the promotion/relegation play-off against Energetik-BGU Minsk and got promoted as well, while Energetik-BGU relegated to the First League to replace Vitebsk.Last placed team of the last season relegated to the Second League.
Three clubs were supposed to get promoted from the Second League. 2023 Second League champions Partizan Soligorsk and runners-up Krumkachy Minsk did not apply for the First League license due to insufficient financing. Third-placed club Football Center Brest initially confirmed their intentions to get promoted, but in February withdrew their application due to apparent conflict between club's owner and ABFF. For the first time in history of the First League, no club got promoted from the Second League.
On 11 February 2024, Zhodino-Yuzhnoye announced that the club withdrew from the league and ceased to exist.
At a series of ABFF executive committee meetings in January–March 2024 it was decided that Premier League Reserves Championship will be abolished and reserve teams of Premier League clubs are to be integrated into First and Second leagues as farm clubs, with a maximum of 4 farm clubs in the First League. For 2024 season, the First League included three best teams of 2023 Reserves Championships as well as Shakhtyor-2 Soligorsk. In addition, a special team was created under direct management from ABFF to develop youth players as candidates for Belarus national under-19 football team.
Teams summary
League table
Top goalscorers
Updated to games played on 30 November 2024Source: