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FC BATE Borisov
Belarusian professional football club

FC BATE Borisov , commonly referred to as BATE or BATE Borisov, 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 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.

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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

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 March 202510

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
4DF BLRAlyaksandr Martynaw
5DF BLRYegor Osipov
7MF BLRAleksandr Svirepa
8MF MDAIgor Costrov
9MF BLRAleksandr Anufriyev
10MF CIVRayan Guibero
11FW RUSNikolai Prudnikov
14MF BLRMaksim Telesh
15DF BLRPavel Pashevich
16GK BLRDanila Sokol
17MF CIVDonald Dongo
19DF BLRVladislav Lyakh
21FW BLRVadim Kiselev
No.Pos. NationPlayer
23MF BLRIlya Rashchenya
24MF BLRVladislav Rusenchik
25DF BLRNikita Neskromny
27DF BLRRoman Piletsky
28MF BLRKirill Chernook
29FW CIVYao Jean Charles
33FW BLRViktar Sotnikaw
35GK BLRArseniy Skopets
68MF BLRDanila Zhulpa
77MF BELIbrahim Kargbo Jr.
80FW BLRNikolay Mirskiy
98DF BLRMatvey Svidinskiy
—FW BLRYegor Grivenev

Honours

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

PeriodKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
1996–98AdidasStalker
1999Beltona
2000–01DiadoraZhuravinka
2002–05AdidasXerox
2005–13Belgosstrah
2014–16Joma
2017Adidas
2018–21Minsk Tractor Works
2022–23Fonbet
2023–Puma

League and Cup history

SeasonLevelPosPldWDLGFGAPointsDomestic CupNotes
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
20231st5th281459493247Quarter-finals
20241st8th3011712383840Round of 16
20251st30
  • 1 Including play-off (1–0 win) for the first place against Neman Grodno, as both teams finished with equal points.

European record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClub1st Leg2nd Leg
1999–2000UEFA CupQRLokomotiv Moscow1–7 (H)0–5 (A)
2000–01UEFA Champions League1QShirak1–1 (A)2–1 (H)
2QHelsingborgs IF0–0 (A)0–3 (H)
2001–02UEFA CupQDinamo Tbilisi1–2 (A)4–0 (H)
1RMilan0–2 (H)0–4 (A)
2002UEFA Intertoto Cup1RAB1–0 (H)2–0 (A)
2R1860 Munich1–0 (A)4–0 (H)
3RBologna0–2 (A)0–0 (H)
2003–04UEFA Champions League1QBohemians1–0 (H)0–3 (A)
2004–05UEFA Cup1QDinamo Tbilisi2–3 (H)0–1 (A)
2005–06UEFA Cup1QTorpedo Kutaisi1–0 (A)5–0 (H)
2QKrylia Sovetov Samara0–2 (A)0–2 (H)
2006–07UEFA Cup1QNistru Otaci2–0 (H)1–0 (A)
2QRubin Kazan0–3 (A)0–2 (H)
2007–08UEFA Champions League1QAPOEL0–2 (A)3–0 (a.e.t.) (H)
2QFH Hafnarfjördur3–1 (A)1–1 (H)
3QSteaua București2–2 (H)0–2 (A)
UEFA Cup1RVillarreal1–4 (A)2–0 (H)
2008–09UEFA Champions League1QValur2–0 (H)1–0 (A)
2QAnderlecht2–1 (A)2–2 (H)
3QLevski Sofia1–0 (A)1–1 (H)
Group HReal Madrid0–2 (A)0–1 (H)
Juventus2–2 (H)0–0 (A)
Zenit Saint Petersburg1–1 (A)0–2 (H)
2009–10UEFA Champions League2QMakedonija Gjorče Petrov2–0 (A)2–0 (H)
3QVentspils0–1 (A)2–1 (H)
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-offLitex Lovech0–1 (H)4–0 (a.e.t.) (A)
Group IBenfica0–2 (A)1–2 (H)
Everton1–2 (H)1–0 (A)
AEK Athens2–1 (H)2–2 (A)
2010–11UEFA Champions League2QFH Hafnarfjörður5–1 (H)1–0 (A)
3QCopenhagen0–0 (H)2–3 (A)
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-offMarítimo3–0 (H)2–1 (A)
Group EDynamo Kyiv2–2 (A)1–4 (H)
AZ4–1 (H)0–3 (A)
Sheriff Tiraspol1–0 (A)3–1 (H)
R32Paris Saint-Germain2–2 (H)0–0 (A)
2011–12UEFA Champions League2QLinfield1–1 (A)2–0 (H)
3QEkranas0–0 (A)3–1 (H)
Play-offSturm Graz1–1 (H)2–0 (A)
Group HViktoria Plzeň1–1 (A)0–1 (H)
Barcelona0–5 (H)0–4 (A)
Milan0–2 (A)1–1 (H)
2012–13UEFA Champions League2QVardar3–2 (H)0–0 (A)
3QDebrecen1–1 (H)2–0 (A)
Play-offIroni Kiryat Shmona2–0 (H)1–1 (A)
Group FLille3–1 (A)0–2 (H)
Bayern Munich3–1 (H)1–4 (A)
Valencia0–3 (H)2–4 (A)
UEFA Europa LeagueR32Fenerbahçe0–0 (H)0–1 (A)
2013–14UEFA Champions League2QShakhter Karagandy0–1 (H)0–1 (A)
2014–15UEFA Champions League2QSkënderbeu0–0 (H)1–1 (A)
3QDebrecen0–1 (A)3–1 (H)
Play-offSlovan Bratislava1–1 (A)3–0 (H)
Group HPorto0–6 (A)0–3 (H)
Athletic Bilbao2–1 (H)0–2 (A)
Shakhtar Donetsk0–7 (H)0–5 (A)
2015–16UEFA Champions League2QDundalk2–1 (H)0–0 (A)
3QVideoton1–1 (A)1–0 (H)
Play-offPartizan1–0 (H)1–2 (A)
Group EBayer Leverkusen1–4 (A)1–1 (H)
Roma3–2 (H)0–0 (A)
Barcelona0–2 (H)0–3 (A)
2016–17UEFA Champions League2QSJK2–0 (H)2–2 (A)
3QDundalk1–0 (H)0–3 (A)
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-offAstana0–2 (A)2–2 (H)
2017–18UEFA Champions League2QAlashkert1–1 (H)3–1 (A)
3QSlavia Prague0–1 (A)2–1 (H)
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-offOleksandriya1–1 (H)2–1 (A)
Group HRed Star Belgrade1–1 (A)0–0 (H)
Arsenal2–4 (H)0–6 (A)
Köln1–0 (H)2–5 (A)
2018–19UEFA Champions League2QHJK0–0 (H)2–1 (A)
3QQarabağ1–0 (A)1–1 (H)
Play-offPSV Eindhoven2–3 (H)0–3 (A)
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup LMOL Vidi2–0 (A)2–0 (H)
PAOK1–4 (H)3–1 (A)
Chelsea1–3 (A)0–1 (H)
R32Arsenal1–0 (H)0–3 (A)
2019–20UEFA Champions League1QPiast Gliwice1−1 (H)2−1 (A)
2QRosenborg2−1 (H)0−2 (A)
UEFA Europa League3QSarajevo2−1 (A)0−0 (H)
Play-offAstana0−3 (A)2−0 (H)
2020–21UEFA Europa League2QCSKA Sofia0−2 (A)—
2021–22UEFA Europa Conference League2QDinamo Batumi1–0 (A)1–4 (H)
2022–23UEFA Europa Conference League2QKonyaspor0–3 (H)0–2 (A)
2023–24UEFA Champions League1QPartizani1–1 (A)2−0 (H)
2QAris Limassol2–6 (A)3−5 (H)
UEFA Europa League3QSheriff Tiraspol1–5 (A)2−2 (H)
UEFA Europa Conference LeaguePlay-offBallkani1–4 (A)1−0 (H)

Managers

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References

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