 Two top teams of last season (Lokomotiv Vitebsk and MTZ-RIPO Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League.They were replaced by two teams that finished at the bottom of 2003 Belarusian Premier League table (Lokomotiv Minsk and Molodechno-2000).Two teams that finished at the bottom of 2003 season table (Neman Mosty and Pinsk-900) relegated to the Second League.