FC BATE Borisov

FC BATE Borisov (Russian: ФК БАТЭ Борисов, FK BATE Borisov [bɐˈtɛ bɐˈrʲisəf]; Belarusian: ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, BATE Barysaw, IPA: [baˈtɛ]) is a Belarusian professional football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarusian Premier League, of which they are the league's most successful club with 15 titles, including 13 won consecutively. The club has also won four Belarusian Cups and four Belarusian Super Cups.

"BATE" redirects here. For other uses, see Bate.

BATE Borisov
Full nameФутбольны клуб БАТЭ
Футбольный клуб БАТЭ
Football Club BATE Borisov
Nickname(s)Zholto-Sinie (Yellow-Blues)
Founded1973 (1973) (original)
April 12, 1996 (1996-04-12) (re-established)[1]
Dissolved1984 (original)
GroundBorisov Arena
Capacity13,126
ChairmanAndrei Kapski
Head coachKirill Alshevsky
LeagueBelarusian Premier League
20223rd of 16
WebsiteClub website

BATE is the only Belarusian team to have qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League (2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15 and 2015–16) and one of two to qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League (2009–10, 2010–11, 2017–18 and 2018–19), along with Dinamo Minsk.

The club's home stadium is Borisov Arena, which was opened in 2014.[2]

History

BATE is an acronym of Borisov Automobile and Tractor Electronics.[3] The team was founded in 1973 and managed to win Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic league three times (1974, 1976 and 1979) before being disbanded in 1984. The club was re-established by Anatoli Kapski in 1996. Since then, BATE have won the Belarusian Premier League 15 times and competed in UEFA competitions.[4]

BATE playing at the Haradski Stadium in July 2009

In 2001, BATE reached the first round of the UEFA Cup, their first appearance in the competition beyond the qualifying rounds. 2008 saw BATE becoming the first Belarusian team to qualify for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League.[5] As of 2015, BATE have played five times in the Champions League group stage, as well as twice in UEFA Europa League group stage, also reaching the knockout phase of the latter competition in 2010–11 and 2012–13.

Notable former players of BATE include Alexander Hleb (VfB Stuttgart, Arsenal, Barcelona and Birmingham City); Vitali Kutuzov (Milan, Sporting CP, Avellino, Sampdoria, Parma, Pisa and Bari) and Yuri Zhevnov (FC Moscow, and Zenit Saint Petersburg). Having started their professional careers with BATE, all are also former or present members of the Belarus national team.[6]

BATE won their tenth consecutive league title in 2015, with four matches to spare.[7] In the 2017 season, BATE drew an average home league attendance of 5,633, the second-highest in the league.[8]

Supporters

BATE Borisov is one of the most popular football teams in Belarus. BATE fans have developed a rivalry with the fans of Dinamo Minsk and a friendship with fans of Polish club Piast Gliwice since 2011.[9]

Current squad
As of September 2023[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Belarus BLR Ruslan Khadarkevich
4 DF Belarus BLR Alyaksandr Martynaw
5 DF Senegal SEN Sidi Bane
6 MF Ivory Coast CIV Zai Sidibé
7 FW Belarus BLR Mikita Nyakrasaw
9 FW Belarus BLR Ilya Vasilevich
11 FW Serbia SRB Damjan Dostanić
13 FW Belarus BLR Aleksandr Shestyuk
14 MF Ivory Coast CIV Sherif Jimoh
15 MF Belarus BLR Valery Bocherov
17 MF Belarus BLR Danila Nechayev
18 MF Belarus BLR Denis Grechikho
23 FW Belarus BLR Dmitry Podstrelov
24 MF Belarus BLR Syarhey Volkaw
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF Belarus BLR Kirill Chernook
30 GK Belarus BLR Alyaksandr Hutar
33 FW Belarus BLR Viktar Sotnikaw
35 GK Belarus BLR Andrey Kudravets
47 MF Belarus BLR Ales Sakhonchik
50 MF Serbia SRB Sead Islamović
51 GK Belarus BLR Vyacheslav Dergachyov
55 FW Belarus BLR Denis Laptev
80 MF Belarus BLR Artem Kontsevoy
89 FW Belarus BLR Aleksandr Frantsuzov
90 FW Belarus BLR Dmitry Antilevsky
91 GK Belarus BLR Arseniy Skopets
98 DF Belarus BLR Matvey Svidinskiy
99 GK Belarus BLR Matvey Kovruk

Honours

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1996–98 Adidas Stalker
1999 Beltona
2000–01 Diadora Zhuravinka
2002–05 Adidas Xerox
2005–13 Belgosstrah
2014–16 Joma
2017 Adidas
2018–21 Minsk Tractor Works
2022–23 Fonbet
2023– Puma

League and Cup history
Season Level Pos Pld W D L GF GA Points Domestic Cup Notes
19963rd1st282521791077Promoted
19972nd2nd302532921578Round of 32Promoted
19981st2nd281846502558Quarter-finals
19991st1st302451802277Semi-finals
20001st2nd302046682664Round of 16
20011st3rd261637543151Quarter-finals
20021st1st2711926522059Runners-up
20031st2nd302064702166Quarter-finals
20041st2nd302244592570Semi-finals
20051st5th2612113422747Runners-up
20061st1st261664472754Winners
20071st1st261826502556Runners-up
20081st1st3019101542067Semi-finals
20091st1st261952551662Semi-finals
20101st1st332193641872Winners
20111st1st3318123532066Round of 16
20121st1st302154511668Round of 16
20131st1st322147612567Round of 16
20141st1st3220111682171Quarter-finals
20151st1st262051441165Winners
20161st1st302244732570Runners-up
20171st1st302154611968Semi-finals
20181st1st302343552473Runners-up
20191st2nd302244612170Quarter-finals
20201st2nd301776653258Winners
20211st2nd301983612765Winners
20221st3rd3016113512159Runners-up
  • 1 Including play-off (1–0 win) for the first place against Neman Grodno, as both teams finished with equal points.

European record
Season Competition Round Club 1st Leg 2nd Leg
1999–2000 UEFA Cup QR Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 1–7 (H) 0–5 (A)
2000–01 UEFA Champions League 1Q Armenia Shirak 1–1 (A) 2–1 (H)
2Q Sweden Helsingborgs IF 0–0 (A) 0–3 (H)
2001–02 UEFA Cup Q Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 1–2 (A) 4–0 (H)
1R Italy Milan 0–2 (H) 0–4 (A)
2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Denmark AB 1–0 (H) 2–0 (A)
2R Germany 1860 Munich 1–0 (A) 4–0 (H)
3R Italy Bologna 0–2 (A) 0–0 (H)
2003–04 UEFA Champions League 1Q Republic of Ireland Bohemians 1–0 (H) 0–3 (A)
2004–05 UEFA Cup 1Q Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 2–3 (H) 0–1 (A)
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1Q Georgia (country) Torpedo Kutaisi 1–0 (A) 5–0 (H)
2Q Russia Krylia Sovetov Samara 0–2 (A) 0–2 (H)
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1Q Moldova Nistru Otaci 2–0 (H) 1–0 (A)
2Q Russia Rubin Kazan 0–3 (A) 0–2 (H)
2007–08 UEFA Champions League 1Q Cyprus APOEL 0–2 (A) 3–0 (a.e.t.) (H)
2Q Iceland FH Hafnarfjördur 3–1 (A) 1–1 (H)
3Q Romania Steaua București 2–2 (H) 0–2 (A)
UEFA Cup 1R Spain Villarreal 1–4 (A) 2–0 (H)
2008–09 UEFA Champions League 1Q Iceland Valur 2–0 (H) 1–0 (A)
2Q Belgium Anderlecht 2–1 (A) 2–2 (H)
3Q Bulgaria Levski Sofia 1–0 (A) 1–1 (H)
Group H Spain Real Madrid 0–2 (A) 0–1 (H)
Italy Juventus 2–2 (H) 0–0 (A)
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–1 (A) 0–2 (H)
2009–10 UEFA Champions League 2Q North Macedonia Makedonija Gjorče Petrov 2–0 (A) 2–0 (H)
3Q Latvia Ventspils 0–1 (A) 2–1 (H)
UEFA Europa League Play-off Bulgaria Litex Lovech 0–1 (H) 4–0 (a.e.t.) (A)
Group I Portugal Benfica 0–2 (A) 1–2 (H)
England Everton 1–2 (H) 1–0 (A)
Greece AEK Athens 2–1 (H) 2–2 (A)
2010–11 UEFA Champions League 2Q Iceland FH Hafnarfjörður 5–1 (H) 1–0 (A)
3Q Denmark Copenhagen 0–0 (H) 2–3 (A)
UEFA Europa League Play-off Portugal Marítimo 3–0 (H) 2–1 (A)
Group E Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2–2 (A) 1–4 (H)
Netherlands AZ 4–1 (H) 0–3 (A)
Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 (A) 3–1 (H)
R32 France Paris Saint-Germain 2–2 (H) 0–0 (A)
2011–12 UEFA Champions League 2Q Northern Ireland Linfield 1–1 (A) 2–0 (H)
3Q Lithuania Ekranas 0–0 (A) 3–1 (H)
Play-off Austria Sturm Graz 1–1 (H) 2–0 (A)
Group H Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 1–1 (A) 0–1 (H)
Spain Barcelona 0–5 (H) 0–4 (A)
Italy Milan 0–2 (A) 1–1 (H)
2012–13 UEFA Champions League 2Q North Macedonia Vardar 3–2 (H) 0–0 (A)
3Q Hungary Debrecen 1–1 (H) 2–0 (A)
Play-off Israel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 2–0 (H) 1–1 (A)
Group F France Lille 3–1 (A) 0–2 (H)
Germany Bayern Munich 3–1 (H) 1–4 (A)
Spain Valencia 0–3 (H) 2–4 (A)
UEFA Europa League R32 Turkey Fenerbahçe 0–0 (H) 0–1 (A)
2013–14 UEFA Champions League 2Q Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy 0–1 (H) 0–1 (A)
2014–15 UEFA Champions League 2Q Albania Skënderbeu 0–0 (H) 1–1 (A)
3Q Hungary Debrecen 0–1 (A) 3–1 (H)
Play-off Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1–1 (A) 3–0 (H)
Group H Portugal Porto 0–6 (A) 0–3 (H)
Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–1 (H) 0–2 (A)
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0–7 (H) 0–5 (A)
2015–16 UEFA Champions League 2Q Republic of Ireland Dundalk 2–1 (H) 0–0 (A)
3Q Hungary Videoton 1–1 (A) 1–0 (H)
Play-off Serbia Partizan 1–0 (H) 1–2 (A)
Group E Germany Bayer Leverkusen 1–4 (A) 1–1 (H)
Italy Roma 3–2 (H) 0–0 (A)
Spain Barcelona 0–2 (H) 0–3 (A)
2016–17 UEFA Champions League 2Q Finland SJK 2–0 (H) 2–2 (A)
3Q Republic of Ireland Dundalk 1–0 (H) 0–3 (A)
UEFA Europa League Play-off Kazakhstan Astana 0–2 (A) 2–2 (H)
2017–18 UEFA Champions League 2Q Armenia Alashkert 1–1 (H) 3–1 (A)
3Q Czech Republic Slavia Prague 0–1 (A) 2–1 (H)
UEFA Europa League Play-off Ukraine Oleksandriya 1–1 (H) 2–1 (A)
Group H Serbia Red Star Belgrade 1–1 (A) 0–0 (H)
England Arsenal 2–4 (H) 0–6 (A)
Germany Köln 1–0 (H) 2–5 (A)
2018–19 UEFA Champions League 2Q Finland HJK 0–0 (H) 2–1 (A)
3Q Azerbaijan Qarabağ 1–0 (A) 1–1 (H)
Play-off Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–3 (H) 0–3 (A)
UEFA Europa League Group L Hungary MOL Vidi 2–0 (A) 2–0 (H)
Greece PAOK 1–4 (H) 3–1 (A)
England Chelsea 1–3 (A) 0–1 (H)
R32 England Arsenal 1–0 (H) 0–3 (A)
2019–20 UEFA Champions League 1Q Poland Piast Gliwice 1−1 (H) 2−1 (A)
2Q Norway Rosenborg 2−1 (H) 0−2 (A)
UEFA Europa League 3Q Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 2−1 (A) 0−0 (H)
Play-off Kazakhstan Astana 0−3 (A) 2−0 (H)
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 2Q Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0−2 (A) —
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi 1–0 (A) 1–4 (H)
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Turkey Konyaspor 0–3 (H) 0–2 (A)
2023–24 UEFA Champions League 1Q Albania Partizani 1–1 (A) 2−0 (H)
2Q Cyprus Aris Limassol 2–6 (A) 3−5 (H)
UEFA Europa League 3Q Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 1–5 (A) 2−2 (H)
UEFA Europa Conference League Play-off Kosovo Ballkani 1–4 (A) 1−0 (H)

Managers

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