The below table shows the promotion/relegation history of the top two tiers of Belarusian Football which shows it's never been entirely straight-forward.
KEY
| SEASON (CLUBS) |
PROMOTED | RELEGATED |
| 1992 (16) | DYNAMO 2-MINSK (1st) | |
| 1992/93 (17) | SHINNIK BOBRUISK (1st) | TORPEDO ZHODINO (16th) OBUVSHIK LIDA (17th) |
| 1993/94 (16) | OBUVSHIK LIDA (1st) | STORITEL STARYE DOROGI (16th) |
| 1994/95 (16) | MKPC MOZYR (1st) ATAKA-AURE MINSK (2nd) |
GOMSELMASH GOMEL (15th) LOKOMOTIV VITEBSK (16th) |
| 1995 (16) * | NAFTAN-DEVON NOVOPOLOTSK (1st) | FC BOBRUISK (16th) (i) |
| 1996 (16) | TRANSMASH MOGILEV (1st) KOMMUNALIK SLONIM (2nd) |
OBVUSHIK LIDA (15th) VEDRICH RECHITSA (16th) |
| 1997 (16) | GOMEL (1st) BATE BORISOV (2nd) |
(ii) |
| 1998 (16) | LIDA (1st) SVISLOCH-KROVYLA OSIPOVICHI (2nd) |
KOMMUNALNIK SLONIM (15th) (iii) |
| 1999 (16) | KOMMUNALNIK SLONIM (1st) VEDRICH-97 RECHITSA (2nd) |
MOLODECHNO (15th) SVISLOCH-KROVYLA OSIPOVICHI (16th) |
| 2000 (16) | MOLODECHNO (1st) | LIDA (14th) TORPEDO KADINO-MOGILEV (15th) KUMMALNIK SLONIM (16th) |
| 2001 (14) | TORPEDO ZHODINO (1st) ZVEDZA-VA-BGU MINSK (2nd) |
NAFTAN NOVOPOLOTSK (13th) VEDRICH-97 RECHITSA (14th) |
| 2002 (14) | DARAIDA MINSK RAION (1st) NAFTAN NOVOPOLOTSK (2nd) LOKOMOTIV MINSK (3rd) |
LOKOMOTIV-96 VITEBSK (14th) |
| 2003 (16) | LOKOMOTIV VITESBSK (1st) MTZ-RIPO MINSK (2nd) |
LOKOMOTIV MINSK (15th) MOLODECHNO (16th) |
| 2004 (16) | LOKOMOTIV MINSK (1st) | LOKOMOTIV VITESBSK (15th) BELSHINA BOBRUISK (16th) (iv) |
| 2005 (14) | BELSHINA BOBRUISK (1st) LOKOMOTIV VITEBSK (2nd) |
ZVEDZA-BGU MINSK (13th) SLAVIA MOZYR (14th) |
| 2006 (14) | FC MINSK (1st) SMORGON (2nd) |
LOKOMOTIV MINSK (13th) BELSHINA BOBRUISK (14th) |
| 2007 (14) | SAVIT MOGILEV (1st) GRANIT MIKASHEVICHI (2nd) LOKOMOTIV MINSK (3rd) |
FC MINSK (14th) |
| 2008 (16) | FC MINSK (1st) | LOKOMOTIV MINSK (14th) SAVIT MOGILEV (15th) DARIDA MINSK RAION (16th) |
| 2009 (14) | BELSHINA BOBRUISK (1st) | GOMEL (12th) GRANIT MIKASHEVICHI (13th) SMORGON (14th) |
| 2010 (12) | GOMEL (1st) | PARTIZAN MINSK (12th) (v) |
| 2011 (12) * | SALVIA MOZYR (1st) |
DNEPR MOGILEV (12th) (vi) |
| 2012 (11) * | DNPER MOGILEV (1st) | (vii) |
| 2013 (12) * | SLUTSK (1st) | SLAVIA MOZYR (12th) (viii) |
| 2014 (12) * | GRANIT MIKASHEVICHI (1st) SLAVIA MOZYR (2nd) VITEBSK (3rd) (ix) |
DNEPR MOGILEV (12th) (ix) |
| 2015 (15) | ISLOCH MINSK RAION (1st) GORODEYA (2nd) KRUMKACHY MINSK (3rd) |
GOMEL (15th) |
| 2016 (16) | GOMEL (1st) DNEPR MOGILEV (2nd) |
BELSHINA BOBRUISK (15th) GRANIT MIKASHEVICHI (16th) |
| 2017 (16) | LUCH MINSK (1st) SMOLEVICHI-STI (2nd) TORPEDO MINSK (3rd) (x) |
SLAVIA MOZYR (15th) NAFTAN NOVOPOLOTSK (16th) (x) |
| 2018 (16) | SLAVIA MOZYR (1st) ENERGETIK-BGU MINSK (2nd) |
SMOLEVICHI (15th) DNEPR MOGILEV (16th) |
| 2019 (16) * | BELSHINA BOBRUISK (1st) SMOLEVICHI (2nd) RUKH BREST (3rd) (xi) |
DYANAPRO MOGILEV (14th) (xi) GOMEL (15th) TORPEDO MINSK (16th) |
| 2020 (16) * | SPUTNIK RECHITSA (1st) GOMEL (2nd) |
BELSHINA BOBRUISK (15th) SMOLEVICHI (16th) (xii) |
RED DENOTES PROMOTED BACK AT FIRST ATTEMPT - THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVENTEEN TIMES.
BLUE DENOTES RELEGATED BACK AT FIRST TIME OF ASKING - TEN TIMES.
* DENOTES RELEGATION/PROMOTION PLAY-OFFS PLAYED BETWEEN PREMIER AND FIRST LEAGUE.
(i) SHINNIK BOBRUISK who finished 15th in the Premier League competed in a play-off against KOMMUNALNIK PINSK who were runner's up in the first league. SHINNIK win play-off 3-2 on aggregate and keep Premier League status.
(ii) ATAKA MINSK (12th) dissolved at the end of the season and drop out of the league. TRANSMASH MOGILEV (14th) merge with DNEPR MOGILEV (4th) to form DNEPR-TRANSMASH MOGILEV
(iii) DYNAMO-93 MISNSK withdrew from the league halfway through the season.
(iv) LOKOMOTIV VITEBSK & MTZ-RIPO MINSK (15th & 14th) finish the season level on points so play-off match played which MTZ-RIPO won 4-1 to send LOKOMOTIV down.
(v) TORPEDO ZHODINO (11th in Premier League) play-off against SKVICH MINSK who were runner's up in the First League. Torpedo win 3-1 to retain top flight status.
(vi) VITEBSK (11th in Premier League) play-off against PARTIZAN MINSK who were runner's up in the First League which Partizan win 3-2 on aggregate to gain a place in the Premier League for the 2012 season. However, Partizan's main backer withdrew his financial support and the club dropped down the amateur leagues. No club took Partizan's place in the Premier League.
(vii) TORPEDO-BELAZ ZHODINO (11th) play-off against GORODEYA who are runner's up in the First League. Torpedo win 4-1 on aggregate and retain top flight status.
(viii) DNEPR Mogilev (11th) play-off against GORODEYA who are runner's up in the First League. DNEPR win 3-1 on aggregate and stay in the Premier League for 2014.
(ix) DNEPR Mogilev (12th) play-off against VITEBSK who finished 3rd in the First League. VITEBSK win 3-1 to achieve promotion.
(x) KRUMKACHY MINSK (13th) were excluded from the Premier League as they 'failed to provide necessary licensing documents and pay off the salary debts to the players.' In March 2018 TORPEDO MINSK (3rd in the First League) were granted promotion to the Premier League to replace KRUMKACHY MINSK. There were no other applicants to join the Premier League.
(xi) TORPEDO MINSK (16th) withdrew from the league midway through the season - their remaining games were awarded 0-3 win. GOMEL (15th) automatically relegated. DYNAPRO MOGILEV (14th) played off against RUKH BREST who were 3rd in the first league. After a 2-2 draw on aggregate RUKH win 5-4 on kicks from the penalty mark.
(xii) SLUTSK (14th) play-off against KRUMKACHY MINSK who had finished 3rd in the first league which SLUTSK win 4-1 on aggregate to retain status in the Premier League.
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