2020 FC BATE Borisov season

FC BATE Borisov
2020 season
Chairman	Kapski Andrei
Manager	Kirill Alshevsky
Stadium	Borisov Arena
Premier League	2nd
2019–20 Belarusian Cup	Winners
2020–21 Belarusian Cup	Round of 16
Europa League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Maksim Skavysh (17); All: ; Maksim Skavysh (19)
Highest home attendance	7,113; (14 March 2020)
Lowest home attendance	470; (4 April 2020)
Average home league attendance	2,745
Biggest win	Minsk 0–3 BATE; (12 April 2020)
Biggest defeat	Energetik-BGU 3–1 BATE; (19 March 2020)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 FC BATE Borisov season was the club's 33rd season of existence and their 23rd consecutive season in the Belarusian Premier League. BATE Borisov entered the season as the league's 10-time defending champions. Beyond the Premier League, BATE Borisov is participating in the UEFA Europa League and the Belarusian Cup. Competitive fixtures began on 9 March 2020, and the league began play on 19 March 2020.

The club's season has been highlighted by the fact that the Belarus Premier League was the only top-flight football league in UEFA to not suspend play during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]^[2]^[3] Worldwide, the Belarusian Premier League was one of only three top-tier football leagues, along with Nicaragua and Tajikistan, that continued play through the pandemic. Part of this has been attributed to the nation's relatively low number of positive coronavirus cases in Belarus.

Previous season

The 2019 season was the first year since 2005 where BATE failed to win the Premier League title. Following the 2019 season, head manager, Alyaksey Baha was relieved of his duties. Ahead of the 2020 season, Kirill Alshevsky, the manager of BATE Reserves, was appointed manager.

BATE finished the 2019 season with a 22–4–4 record in league play. BATE was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 2018–19 Belarusian Cup. BATE continued their participation in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, where they were pitted against English outfit, and eventual runners-up, Arsenal. BATE won the home leg 1–0, but lost away 0–3, ending their Europa League participation. During the late summer, BATE resumed European competition play by entering in the second qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League. BATE were eliminated by Norwegian side, Rosenborg in the second round, transferring to the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League's third qualifying round. BATE advanced to the play-off round after defeating Bosnian side, Sarajevo, but lost to Kazakh side, FC Astana, thus ending their European participation for the 2019 season.

Since BATE finished in 2nd last season the Premier League, they will enter in the qualifying rounds of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, which is slated to begin for them in July.

Non-competitive fixtures

1 February 2020	Zlín	0–0	BATE	Belek, Turkey
12:00 FET		Report		Stadium: Cornelia Sportcomplex Pitch 1

7 February 2020	BATE	0–1	Příbram	Belek, Turkey
06:00 FET		Report		Stadium: Cornelia Sportcomplex Pitch 1

7 February 2020	BATE	1–1	Sochi	Belek, Turkey
12:00 FET		Report		Stadium: Cornelia Sportcomplex Pitch 2

11 February 2020	Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	BATE	Belek, Turkey
12:00 FET		Report		Stadium: Cornelia Sportcomplex Pitch 1

23 February 2020	Zhetysu	3–1	BATE	Belek, Turkey
12:00 FET		Report		Stadium: Cornelia Sportcomplex Pitch 2

28 February 2020	BATE	2–1	Aktobe	Belek, Turkey
08:00 FET		Report		Stadium: Cornelia Sportcomplex Pitch 1

28 February 2020	BATE	1–0	Rukh Lviv	Belek, Turkey
08:00 FET		Report		Stadium: Cornelia Sportcomplex Pitch 3

Competitive fixtures

Belarusian Premier League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk (C)	30	17	8	5	57	21	+36	59	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	BATE Borisov	30	17	7	6	65	32	+33	58	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	30	16	8	6	55	37	+18	56
4	Dynamo Brest	30	17	3	10	63	40	+23	54
5	Neman Grodno	30	16	5	9	41	29	+12	53

Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

19 March 2020 1	Energetik-BGU	3–1	BATE	Minsk
13:00 FET	Atemengue 19' Yakhshiboev 26', 34' Musahagian 36' Bakić 88' 90+1'	Report	Drahun 33' Skavysh 66' Volkov 85'	Stadium: RCOR-BGU Stadium Attendance: 730 Referee: Dmitry Dolya

28 March 2020 2	Slavia Mozyr	2–1	BATE	Mazyr
11:00 FET	Melnikov 32', 48' 68' Chukhley 37' Raewski 51' Zhuk 65'	Report	Willumsson 10' Baga 62' Nyakhaychyk 66' Filipović 78'	Stadium: Yunost Stadium Attendance: 2,150 Referee: Sergey Stetsurin

4 April 2020 3	BATE	1–0	Rukh Brest	Borisov
13:30 FET	Drahun 7' Filipović 27' Milić 44' Willumsson 59' Stasevich 83'	Report	Vasiliev 23' Pyatrenka 35' Osuchukwu 40' Grechiko 43'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 470 Referee: Denis Shcherbakov

12 April 2020 4	Minsk	0–3	BATE	Minsk
11:00 FET	Zinovich 68'	Report	Drahun 26' Saroka 35' Nyakhaychyk 62'	Stadium: FC Minsk Stadium Attendance: 474 Referee: Amin Kurgkheli

18 April 2020 5	BATE	0–0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	Borisov
16:00 FET		Report	Afanasyev 40' Yashin 41' Ustinov 74'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 652 Referee: Sergey Stetsurin

25 April 2020 6	Gorodeya	0–2	BATE	Haradzeya
13:00 FET	Sazonovich 21' Arkhipov 60'	Report	Milić 37' Nastić 66' Volkov 68' Drahun 73' Saroka 90+3'	Stadium: Gorodeya Stadium Attendance: 284 Referee: Dimitry Dolya

3 May 2020 7	BATE	3–1	Neman Grodno	Borisov
11:00 FET	Dubajić 12' 21' Stasevich 17' (pen.) Nyakhaychyk 70'	Report	Zabelin 23' Kadymyan 31' Koval 62' Leshko 72'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Denis Shcherbakov

10 May 2020 8	Smolevichi	3–5	BATE	Smolevichi
11:00 FET	Barsukow 1' Butarevich 20' Zhevnerov 39' Turik 40' Poé 52' 63' Shchagrykovich 55'	Report	Skavysh 13' Stasevich 15' Nastić 22' Baha 36' Drahun 56' Nyakhaychyk 69' Milić 80', 90+3'	Stadium: Ozyorny Stadium Attendance: 2,915 Referee: Andrey Vasilevich

16 May 2020 9	BATE	3–0	Slutsk	Borisov
12:00 FET		Report		Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 1,157 Referee: Sergey Stetsurin

20 May 2020 10	Dynamo Brest	1–3	BATE	Brest
13:45 FET	Kislyak 4' Noyok 36' Milevskyi 40' Pavlovets 47' Savitski 54' Laptsew 90+3'	Report	Drahun 31' Filipenko 38' Skavysh 55' Nyakhaychyk 73' Milić 80'	Stadium: Regional Sport Complex Brestsky Attendance: 4,320 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov
Note: Rescheduled from 24 May 2020 due to the Belarusian Cup Final

31 May 2020 11	BATE	1–0	Isloch	Borisov
11:00 FET	Milić 39' (pen.)	Summary	Kantsavy 39' Yansane 58' 61' Yanushkevich 90+5'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 1,563 Referee: Denis Scherbakov

7 June 2020 12	Vitebsk	2–2	BATE	Vitebsk
9:00 FET	Júlio César 12' Diego Carioca 59' Volkaw 79' Ksenofontov 90'	Summary	Nyakhaychyk 14' Drahun 58' Yablonskiy 62'	Stadium: Vitebsky Central Sport Complex Attendance: 2,720 Referee: Amin Kurgheli

14 June 2020 13	BATE	2–2	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Borisov
14:00 FET	Nyakhaychyk 28' 61' Stasevich 54' Yablonskiy 54' Skavysh 78' Chichkan 81'	Summary	Ivanović 8' 84' Selyava 67' Padstrelaw 81' Sachywka 90+1'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 2,452 Referee: Vitaly Sevostyanik

21 June 2020 14	Belshina Bobruisk	0–2	BATE	Bobruisk
9:00 FET	Rekish 58' Salimov 76'	Summary	Stasevich 27' Nastić 67' Yablonskiy 77' Nyakhaychyk 80' 83'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Referee: Sergey Stetsurin

27 June 2020 15	BATE	0–2	Dinamo Minsk	Borisov
13:00 FET	Stasevich 53' Bessmertny 60' Milić 65'	Summary	Goropevšek 23' Shikavka 64' Kazlow 66' 69' Sukhotskyi 85' Vyarheychyk 87'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 4,280 Referee: Andrey Vasilevich

4 July 2020 16	BATE	0–1	Energetik-BGU	Borisov
13:00 FET	Nastić 39'	Summary	Svirepa 7' 20' Umarov 23' Tweh 28'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 2,549 Referee: Amin Kurgheli

11 July 2020 17	BATE	1–1	Slavia Mozyr	Borisov
18:30 FET	Yablonskiy 40' Stasevich 43' Volkov 55' Nyakhaychyk 61' Baranovsky 74' (o.g.)	Summary	Pavlyuchek 36' Narh 54' Chukhley 76' (pen.) Baranovsky 86' Rayewski 88'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 2,507 Referee: Sergey Stetsurin

18 July 2020 18	Rukh Brest	0–3	BATE	Brest
20:30 FET	Grechikho 18' Mihunov 60'	Summary	Nastić 6' Nyakhaychyk 20' Filipović 27' Skavysh 44'	Stadium: Yunost Stadium Attendance: 2,150 Referee: Amin Kurgheli

26 July 2020 19	BATE	6–0	Minsk	Borisov
18:45 FET	Skavysh 5' 61' 71' Stasevich 16' 45' Baha 59' Drahun 77' Yablonskiy 90+2'	Summary	Zinovich 27' Zaleski 76' Yevgeniy Malashevich 90+1'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 3,011 Referee: Sergey Krasnikov

2 August 2020 20	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	3–2	BATE	Zhodzina
16:00 FET	Khachaturyan 45' 90+1' Gabriel Ramos 59' Antilevskiy 60' Pavlyukovets 81' Nikolayevich 90'	Summary	Skavysh 8' Stasevich 36' 69' Baha 73' Milić 77'	Stadium: Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 3,640 Referee: Sergey Stetsurin

8 August 2020 21	BATE	1–0	FC Gorodeya	Borisov
20:00 FET	Skavysh 1'	Summary	Valavik 33' Kozel 42'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Anton Lashuk

23 August 2020 22	Neman Grodno	0–2	BATE	Grodno
20:00 FET	Vasilyev 88'	Summary	Skavysh 42' Nyakhaychyk 54'	Stadium: Neman Stadium Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Denis Scherbakov

12 September 2020 23	BATE	5–2	Smolevichi	Borisov
16:00 FET	Volodko 15' Willumsson 39', 60' Skavysh 42', 80' Filipović 76'	Report	Dzhigero 51' Khalimonchik 54' Zhevnerov 74' Khankevich 85'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Anton Lashuk

20 September 2020 24	Slutsk	1–3	BATE	Slutsk
13:00 FET	Semenov 24' Velko 55' Gafar 59'	Report	Skavysh 39', 73' Filipenko 43' Moukam 56' Filipović 77' Scherbitskiy 77'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Vital Sevostsjyanik

27 September 2020 25	BATE	2–4	Dynamo Brest	Borisov
13:00 FET	Nyakhaychyk 70' Milić 79' Filipović 84'	Report	Sedko 5' Yuzepchuk 45' Savitski 49' Bykov 78' Kislyak 80' Krivets 90+1', 90+4' Ignatovich 90+3'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Amin Kurgkheli

18 October 2020 26	Isloch	2–2	BATE	Minsk
09:00 FET	Makas 19' Kuzmenok 69' Stephen 79'	Report	Skavysh 25', 51' Dragun 79'	Stadium: FC Minsk Stadium Attendance: 310 Referee: Sergey Chistov

24 October 2020 27	BATE	3–1	Vitebsk	Borisov
10:30 FET	Willumson 32' Skavysh 43', 63' Milić 83'	Report	Chalov 68' Matveenko 79'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 1,509 Referee: Sergey Stetsurin

7 November 2020 28	Soligorsk	1–1	BATE	Soligorsk
12:00 FET	Khadarkevich 57' Yakhshibaev 69' Begunov 81' (pen.)	Report	Nyakhaychyk 25' Dragun 30' Skavysh 81'	Stadium: Stroitel Stadium Attendance: 1,670 Referee: Sergey Stetsurin

22 November 2020 29	BATE	5–0	Belshina	Borisov
14:00 FET	Moukam 39' Skavysh 56' (pen.) Nyakhaychyk 73' Milić 90+1'	Report	Levitskiy 30' Lebedev 68'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 1,102 Referee: Dmitri Dolya

28 November 2020 30	Dinamo Minsk	0–0	BATE	Minsk
14:00 FET	Shikavka Shitov 41' Matveychik 78'	Report	Filipović 24' Stasevich 43' Filipenko 64'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sergey Stetsurin

Belarusian Cup (2019–20)

Quarterfinals

9 March 2020 First leg	Dinamo Minsk	1–2	BATE	Minsk
20:00 FET	Alyakhnovich 35'	Report	Skavysh 43' Nyakhaychyk 63'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 9,805 Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich (Osipovichi)

14 March 2020 Second leg	BATE	3–2 (5–3 agg.)	Dinamo Minsk	Borisov
18:30 FET	Baha 21' Filipenko 45+1' Skavysh 84'	Report	Rios 10', 43'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 7,113 Referee: Amin Kurgheli (Gomel)

Semifinals

8 April 2020 First leg	Slavia Mozyr	1–0	BATE	Mozyr
17:30 FET	Pantya 11'	Report		Stadium: Yunost Stadium Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Vitaly Sevostyanik (Grodno)

29 April 2020 Second leg	BATE	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Slavia Mozyr	Borisov
13:00 FET	Volkov 12' 90+2' Tymonyuk 45' (o.g.) Nyakhaychyk 55' Nastić 56' Yablonskiy 80'	Report	Melnikov 72' Kavalewski 82' Narh 87'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 671 Referee: Sergey Stetsurin

Final

24 May 2020	BATE	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Dinamo Brest	Minsk
	Volkov 120+1'			Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Amin Kurgheli (Gomel)

Belarusian Cup (2020–21)

29 August 2020 Round of 32	Granit Mikashevichi	0–5	BATE	Luninets
17:00 FET (UTC+3)		Report	Moukam 11' Myakish 47' Bessmertny 49' Willumsson 53' Kopitović 67' Maksim Gaevoy 90+1'	Stadium: Polesye Stadium Referee: Dmitriy Dolya

5 December 2020 Round of 16	BATE	4–2	Dynamo Brest	Barysaw
18:45 FET (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Borisov Arena

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

17 September 2020 Second qualifying round	CSKA Sofia	2–0	BATE	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 EEST	Busatto 32' Sowe 44' Carey 90+5'	Report	Yablonskiy 46' Filipović 63' Dubajić 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Horațiu Feșnic
Note: Although the Bulgarian authorities allow spectators on open-door sports events, the game will be played behind closed doors as per UEFA regulations.^[4]

Squad

As of March 2020 ^[5]

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	BIH	Bojan Nastić
4	DF	SRB	Aleksandar Filipović
5	MF	BLR	Yevgeniy Yablonskiy
7	MF	BLR	Yevgeniy Berezkin
8	MF	BLR	Stanislaw Drahun
9	FW	SRB	Bojan Dubajić
11	FW	BLR	Anton Saroka
14	DF	MNE	Boris Kopitović
15	FW	BLR	Maksim Skavysh
16	GK	BLR	Andrey Kudravets
18	MF	ISL	Willum Þór Willumsson
19	MF	BLR	Dmitriy Bessmertny


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	BLR	Egor Filipenko
22	MF	BLR	Ihar Stasevich
23	DF	BLR	Zakhar Volkov
25	MF	BLR	Dzmitry Baha
26	FW	SRB	Nemanja Milić
32	DF	CRO	Jakov Filipovic
33	MF	BLR	Pavel Nyakhaychyk
35	GK	BLR	Anton Chichkan
43	MF	BLR	Aleksandr Nemirko
48	GK	BLR	Denis Scherbitskiy
88	MF	BLR	Alyaksandr Valadzko
94	MF	FRA	Hervaine Moukam

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Fee
1 January 2020	MF	8	Alyaksandr Valadzko	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Undisclosed
1 January 2020	DF	32	Jakov Filipović	Lokeren	Undisclosed
1 January 2020	MF	33	Pavel Nyakhaychyk	Dynamo Brest	Undisclosed

Transfers out

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Fee	Team	Ref.

Loan out

Date	Loan ends	Position	No.	Name	To	Team	Ref.
1 January 2020	31 December 2020	MF	43	Aleksandr Nemirko	Dnepr Mogilev	Academy

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 17 May 2020^[6]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Belarusian Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	BIH	Bojan Nastić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	BLR	Aleksandar Filipović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	BLR	Yevgeniy Yablonskiy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	BLR	Yevgeniy Berezkin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	BLR	Stanislaw Drahun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	SRB	Bojan Dubajić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	BLR	Anton Saroka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	MNE	Boris Kopitović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	BLR	Maksim Skavysh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	BLR	Andrey Kudravets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ISL	Willum Þór Willumsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	BLR	Dmitriy Bessmertny	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	BLR	Egor Filipenko	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	BLR	Ihar Stasevich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	BLR	Zakhar Volkov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	BLR	Dzmitry Baha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	SRB	Nemanja Milić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	CRO	Jakov Filipovic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	BLR	Pavel Nyakhaychyk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	BLR	Anton Chichkan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	GK	BLR	Denis Scherbitskiy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	BLR	Alyaksandr Valadzko	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
94	MF	FRA	Hervaine Moukam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from BATE on loan:
43	MF	BLR	Aleksandr Nemirko	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goal-scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Belarusian Cup	Europa League	Total
				TOTALS	4	0	0	4

References

^ "The country which does not fear COVID-19: "These things happen"". Be Soccer. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
^ "Coronavirus: Belarus Premier League attracts global attention as it plays on". 29 March 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Last league standing: Belarusian football basks in new-found popularity". 29 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.
^ "Venues for Round of 16 matches confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 July 2020.
^ "Основной состав " Команда " Официальный сайт " ФК БАТЭ". fcbate.by. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
^ "Belarus - FC BATE Borisov - Squad Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

External links

FC BATE Borisov

[1] "The country which does not fear COVID-19: "These things happen"". Be Soccer. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[2] "Coronavirus: Belarus Premier League attracts global attention as it plays on". 29 March 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[3] "Last league standing: Belarusian football basks in new-found popularity". 29 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.

[4] "Venues for Round of 16 matches confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 July 2020.

[5] "Основной состав " Команда " Официальный сайт " ФК БАТЭ". fcbate.by. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

[stats-6] "Belarus - FC BATE Borisov - Squad Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

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