1997 Belarusian First League
| Season | 1997 |
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| Champions | Gomel |
| Promoted |
Gomel BATE Borisov |
| Relegated |
FC Lokomotiv Vitebsk Stroitel Starye Dorogi |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 677 (2.82 per match) |
| Biggest home win | BATE 10–0 Stroitel |
| Biggest away win | Bereza 1–7 BATE |
| Highest scoring | BATE 10–0 Stroitel |
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1997 Belarusian First League was the seventh season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 1997.
Two best teams of 1996 Belarusian First League (Transmash Mogilev and Kommunalnik Slonim) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. Due to a number of withdrawals before the start of previous season no team was relegated to the Second League.
Kobrin, who finished 12th last year, withdrew to the amateur level at the end of 1996 due to lack of funds.
Promoted and withdrawn teams were replaced by two teams relegated from the Premier League (Obuvshchik Lida and Vedrish Rechytsa) and four newcomers from the Second League (BATE Borisov, Dnepr Rogachev, Veino Mogilev Raion and Belenergostroy Beloozyorsk). Thus league was again expanded to 16 teams.
Before the start of the season Obuvshchik Lida were renamed to FC Lida, Vedrish Rechytsa updated their name to Vedrich-97 Rechytsa, Kommunalnik Pinsk were renamed to Pinsk-900, Khimik Svetlogorsk to Kommunalnik Svetlogorsk, Stroitel Bereza to FC Bereza and newcomers FC Beloozyorsk to Belenergostroy Beloozyorsk.
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