2002 Belarusian Premier League
| Season | 2002 |
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| Champions | BATE |
| Relegated | Lokomotiv-96 |
| Champions League | BATE |
| UEFA Cup |
Dinamo Minsk Neman |
| Intertoto Cup | Shakhtyor |
| Matches played | 183 |
| Goals scored | 514 (2.81 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
 Valery Strypeykis (18) |
| Biggest home win | BATE 6–0 Lokomotiv-96 |
| Biggest away win | Slavia 1–6 Belshina |
| Highest scoring |
Dinamo Minsk 6–3 Zvezda-VA-BGU; Dinamo Minsk 6–3 Slavia |
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Belarusian Premier League 2002 was the 12th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 12 and ended on November 8, 2002. Belshina Bobruisk were the defending champions.
Teams finished on the last two places in 2001 – Naftan Novopolotsk and Vedrich-97 Rechytsa relegated to the First League. They were replaced by 2001 First League winners Torpedo Zhodino and the newcomers, First League runners-up Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk. Neman-Belcard Grodno changed their name back to Neman Grodno.
BATE Borisov and Neman Grodno finished the season with equal number of points and advanced to the Championship Play-Off. BATE won the play-off game and became the champions for the 2nd time. They qualified for the next season's Champions League. Neman Grodno and 2002–03 Cup winners Dinamo Minsk qualified for UEFA Cup. Due to Premiere League expansion from 14 to 16 teams starting with next season, only one lowest placed team (Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk) have relegated.
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(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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