FC BATE Borisov

BATE Borisov

Full name	Футбольны клуб БАТЭ Футбольный клуб БАТЭ Football Club BATE Borisov
Nickname(s)	Zholto-Sinie (Yellow-Blues)
Founded	1973 (51 years ago) (1973) (original) April 12, 1996 (28 years ago) (1996-04-12) (re-established)[1]
Dissolved	1984 (original)
Ground	Borisov Arena
Capacity	13,126
Chairman	Andrei Kapski
Head coach	Ivan Migal
League	Belarusian Premier League
2023	Belarusian Premier League, 5th of 15
Website	https://fcbate.by
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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 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]

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]

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]

As of August 2024^[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  BLR Ruslan Khadarkevich 4 DF  BLR Alyaksandr Martynaw 5 MF  CIV Zai Sidibé 6 MF  BLR Arseniy Blotskiy 9 MF  BLR Aleksandr Anufriyev 10 MF  BLR Oleg Nikiforenko 13 MF  BLR Ilya Aleksiyevich 14 MF  CIV Sherif Jimoh 15 DF  BLR Pavel Pashevich 16 DF  BLR Danila Vergeychik 17 DF  BLR Ivan Charnykh 18 MF  BLR Aleksandr Shvedchikov 19 FW  KAZ Oralkhan Omirtayev 21 FW  BLR Vadim Kiselev 22 MF  BLR Zakhar Gitselev 23 GK  BLR Uladzislaw Ihnatsyew

No. Pos. Nation Player 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 55 DF  CIV Yann Emmanuel Affi 62 FW  RUS Temur Dzhikiya 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

• Belarusian Premier League
  • Winners (15): 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Runners-up (7): 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Belarusian Cup
  • Winners (5): 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2019–20, 2020–21
  • Runners-up (7): 2001–02, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Belarusian Super Cup
  • Winners (8): 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022
  • Runners-up (4): 2012, 2018, 2019, 2021
• Belarusian Second League
  • Winners: 1996
• Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR
  • Winners (3): 1974, 1976, 1979

• ¹ Including play-off (1–0 win) for the first place against Neman Grodno, as both teams finished with equal points.

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)

• Leu Mazurkevich (1973–1981)
• Yury Puntus (1 March 1996 – 30 November 2004)
• Igor Kriushenko (1 January 2005 – 12 November 2007)
• Viktor Goncharenko (13 November 2007 – 12 October 2013)
• Alyaksandr Yermakovich (12 October 2013 – 31 December 2017)
• Oleg Dulub (5 January 2018 – 3 June 2018)
• Aleksey Baga (4 June 2018 – 19 December 2019)
• Kirill Alshevsky (1 January 2020 – 22 September 2020)
• Aleksandr Lisovsky (22 September 2020 – 31 December 2020)
• Vitaly Zhukovsky (1 January 2021 – 30 December 2021)
• Aleksandr Mikhailov (10 January 2022 – 16 August 2022)
• Sergey Zenevich (17 August 2022 – 9 October 2022)
• Kirill Alshevsky (10 October 2022 – present)

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