FC_BATE_Borisov Knowpia

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) (original); April 12, 1996 (28 years ago) (re-established);
Dissolved	1984 (original)
Ground	Borisov Arena
Capacity	13,126
Chairman	Andrei Kapski
Head coach	Igor Kriushenko
League	Belarusian Premier League
2023	Belarusian Premier League, 5th of 15
Website	Club website
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]

History edit

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 edit

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 edit

As of March 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	DF	SEN	Sidi Bane
6	MF	BLR	Arseniy Blotskiy
8	MF	BLR	Ilya Aleksiyevich
9	MF	BLR	Aleksandr Anufriyev
10	MF	BLR	Oleg Nikiforenko
11	FW	RUS	Andrei Panyukov
14	MF	CIV	Sherif Jimoh
15	DF	BLR	Pavel Pashevich
17	MF	BLR	Andrey Potapenko
18	MF	BLR	Aleksandr Shvedchikov
22	MF	BLR	Zakhar Gitselev


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	GK	BLR	Uladzislaw Ihnatsyew
24	MF	BLR	Vladislav Rusenchik
25	DF	BLR	Nikita Neskromny
27	DF	BLR	Roman Piletsky
28	MF	BLR	Kirill Chernook
33	FW	BLR	Viktar Sotnikaw
35	GK	BLR	Arseniy Skopets
47	MF	BLR	Ales Sakhonchik
68	MF	BLR	Danila Zhulpa
80	FW	BLR	Nikolay Mirskiy
84	DF	BLR	Yegor Osipov
98	DF	BLR	Matvey Svidinskiy

Honours edit

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

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors edit

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

League and Cup history edit

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

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

European record edit

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)
2000–01	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Helsingborgs IF	0–0 (A)	0–3 (H)
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Q	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–2 (A)	4–0 (H)
2001–02	UEFA Cup	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)
2005–06	UEFA Cup	2Q	Krylia Sovetov Samara	0–2 (A)	0–2 (H)
2006–07	UEFA Cup	1Q	Nistru Otaci	2–0 (H)	1–0 (A)
2006–07	UEFA Cup	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)
	UEFA Champions League	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)
	UEFA Champions League	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)
	UEFA Champions League	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)
	UEFA Champions League	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)
	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Rosenborg	2−1 (H)	0−2 (A)
	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Sarajevo	2−1 (A)	0−0 (H)
	UEFA Europa League	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)
	UEFA Champions League	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 edit

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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