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FC BATE Borisov

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FC BATE Borisov(Russian:ФК БАТЭ Борисов,FK BATE Borisov[bɐˈtɛbɐˈrʲisəf];Belarusian:ФК БАТЭ Барысаў,BATE Barysaw,IPA:[baˈtɛ]), commonly referred to asBATEorBATE Borisov,[2]is aBelarusianprofessionalfootballteam from the city ofBarysaw.The club competes in theBelarusian Premier League,of which they are the league's most successful club with 15 titles, including 13 won consecutively. The club has also won fourBelarusian Cupsand fourBelarusian Super Cups.

BATE Borisov
Full nameФутбольны клуб БАТЭ
Футбольный клуб БАТЭ
Football Club BATE Borisov
Nickname(s)Zholto-Sinie (Yellow-Blues)
Founded1973(52 years ago)(1973)(original)
April 12, 1996(28 years ago)(1996-04-12)(re-established)[1]
Dissolved1984 (original)
GroundBorisov Arena
Capacity13,126
ChairmanAndrei Kapski
Head coachIvan Migal
LeagueBelarusian Premier League
2024Belarusian Premier League,8th of 15
Websitehttps://fcbate.by
Current season

BATE is the only Belarusian team to have qualified for the group stage of theUEFA Champions League(2008–09,2011–12,2012–13,2014–15and2015–16) and one of two to qualify for the group stage of theUEFA Europa League(2009–10,2010–11,2017–18and2018–19), along withDinamo Minsk.

The club's home stadium isBorisov Arena,which was opened in 2014.[3]

History

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BATE is an acronym ofBorisovAutomobile andTractorElectronics.[4]The team was founded in 1973 and managed to winBelarusian Soviet Socialist Republicleague 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 theBelarusian Premier League15 times and competed inUEFAcompetitions.[5]

BATE playing at theHaradski Stadiumin July 2009

In 2001, BATE reached the first round of theUEFA Cup,their first appearance in the competition beyond the qualifying rounds. 2008 saw BATE becoming the first Belarusian team to qualify for thegroup stagesof theUEFA Champions League.[6]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 in2010–11and2012–13.

Notable former players of BATE includeAlexander Hleb(VfB Stuttgart,Arsenal,BarcelonaandBirmingham City);Vitali Kutuzov(Milan,Sporting CP,Avellino,Sampdoria,Parma,PisaandBari) andYuri Zhevnov(FC Moscow,andZenit Saint Petersburg). Having started their professional careers with BATE, all are also former or present members of theBelarus national team.[7]

BATE won their tenth consecutive league title in2015,with four matches to spare.[8]In the 2017 season, BATE drew an average home league attendance of 5,633, the second-highest in the league.[9]

Supporters

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BATE Borisov is one of the most popular football teams in Belarus. BATE fans have developed a rivalry with the fans ofDinamo Minskand a friendship with fans of Polish clubPiast Gliwicesince 2011.[10]

Current squad

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As of March 2025[11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF BLR Alyaksandr Martynaw
9 MF BLR Aleksandr Anufriyev
15 DF BLR Pavel Pashevich
16 DF BLR Danila Vergeychik
18 MF BLR Aleksandr Shvedchikov
21 FW BLR Vadim Kiselev
24 MF BLR Vladislav Rusenchik
25 DF BLR Nikita Neskromny
27 DF BLR Roman Piletsky
28 MF BLR Kirill Chernook
30 GK BLR Barys Pankrataw
33 FW BLR Viktar Sotnikaw
35 GK BLR Arseniy Skopets
47 MF BLR Ales Sakhonchik
No. Pos. Nation Player
68 MF BLR Danila Zhulpa
80 FW BLR Nikolay Mirskiy
84 DF BLR Yegor Osipov
92 MF BLR Maksim Telesh
98 DF BLR Matvey Svidinskiy
— DF BLR Ivan Charnykh
— MF CIV Rayan Guibero
— MF CIV Donald Dongo
— MF BLR Ilya Rashchenya
— DF BLR Vladislav Lyakh
— GK BLR Danila Sokol
— MF BLR Aleksandr Svirepa
— FW BLR Yegor Grivenev

Honours

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Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

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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

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Season Level Pos Pld W D L GF GA Points Domestic Cup Notes
1996 3rd 1st 28 25 2 1 79 10 77 Promoted
1997 2nd 2nd 30 25 3 2 92 15 78 Round of 32 Promoted
1998 1st 2nd 28 18 4 6 50 25 58 Quarter-finals
1999 1st 1st 30 24 5 1 80 22 77 Semi-finals
2000 1st 2nd 30 20 4 6 68 26 64 Round of 16
2001 1st 3rd 26 16 3 7 54 31 51 Quarter-finals
2002 1st 1st 271 19 2 6 52 20 59 Runners-up
2003 1st 2nd 30 20 6 4 70 21 66 Quarter-finals
2004 1st 2nd 30 22 4 4 59 25 70 Semi-finals
2005 1st 5th 26 12 11 3 42 27 47 Runners-up
2006 1st 1st 26 16 6 4 47 27 54 Winners
2007 1st 1st 26 18 2 6 50 25 56 Runners-up
2008 1st 1st 30 19 10 1 54 20 67 Semi-finals
2009 1st 1st 26 19 5 2 55 16 62 Semi-finals
2010 1st 1st 33 21 9 3 64 18 72 Winners
2011 1st 1st 33 18 12 3 53 20 66 Round of 16
2012 1st 1st 30 21 5 4 51 16 68 Round of 16
2013 1st 1st 32 21 4 7 61 25 67 Round of 16
2014 1st 1st 32 20 11 1 68 21 71 Quarter-finals
2015 1st 1st 26 20 5 1 44 11 65 Winners
2016 1st 1st 30 22 4 4 73 25 70 Runners-up
2017 1st 1st 30 21 5 4 61 19 68 Semi-finals
2018 1st 1st 30 23 4 3 55 24 73 Runners-up
2019 1st 2nd 30 22 4 4 61 21 70 Quarter-finals
2020 1st 2nd 30 17 7 6 65 32 58 Winners
2021 1st 2nd 30 19 8 3 61 27 65 Winners
2022 1st 3rd 30 16 11 3 51 21 59 Runners-up
2023 1st 5th 28 14 5 9 49 32 47 Quarter-finals
2024 1st 8th 30 11 7 12 38 38 40 Round of 16
2025 1st 30
  • 1Including play-off (1–0 win) for the first place againstNeman Grodno,as both teams finished with equal points.

European record

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

Managers

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References

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