FC BATE Borisov

BATE

Full name	Football Club BATE
Founded	1973; 12 April 1996 (refounded)
Dissolved	1984
Ground	Borisov Arena Barysaw, Belarus
Capacity	13,126
Chairman	Anatoli Kapski
Manager	Alyaksandr Yermakovich
League	Belarusian Premier League
2015	1st
Home colours Away colours

FC BATE Borisov (Belarusian: ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, IPA: [baˈtɛ]; Russian: ФК БАТЭ Борисов, FK BATE Borisov) is a Belarusian football team from the city of Barysaw. They compete in the Belarusian Premier League, of which they are the reigning champions, and are the league's most successful club with 12 titles, ten consecutively. They have also won 3 Belarusian Cups and 4 Belarusian Super Cups.

BATE are 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 and 2010–11) along with Dinamo Minsk.

Their home stadium is Borisov Arena, which was opened in 2014.^[1]

History

BATE is an acronym of Borisov Automobile and Tractor Electronics. The team was founded in 1973 and managed to win Belarusian SSR league three times (1974, 1976 and 1979) before being disbanded in 1984. The club was re-established in 1996. Since then, BATE have won the Belarusian Premier League eleven times and competed in UEFA competitions.^[2]

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.^[3] As of 2015, BATE have played five times in UEFA Champions League group stage, as well as twice in UEFA Europa League group stage, also reaching the knock-out phase of the latter competition in 2010–11 and 2012–13 seasons.

Notable former players of BATE include Alexander Hleb (Stuttgart, Arsenal, Barcelona, and Birmingham City) he has since returned to the club and currently plays for them, Vitali Kutuzov (Milan, Sporting CP, Avellino, Sampdoria, Parma, Pisa, and Bari) and Yuri Zhevnov (FC Moscow, and Zenit St. Petersburg). Having started their professional careers with BATE, all are also now members of the Belarus national team.^[4]

BATE won their tenth consecutive league title in 2015, with four games remaining.^[5]

Current squad

As of March 2016

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

No. Position Player 3 DF Vital Hayduchyk 4 DF Kaspars Dubra 5 MF Yevgeniy Yablonskiy 7 MF Alyaksandr Karnitsky 8 MF Alyaksandr Valadzko 10 MF Mirko Ivanić 11 FW Dmitry Antilevsky 13 FW Mikalay Signevich 14 DF Artur Pikk 15 DF Maksim Zhavnerchik 16 GK Syarhey Chernik 17 MF Alyaksey Ryas 18 FW Dzmitry Mazalewski

No. Position Player 19 DF Nemanja Milunović 20 FW Vitali Rodionov 22 MF Ihar Stasevich 23 MF Edhar Alyakhnovich 33 DF Dzyanis Palyakow 34 GK Artem Soroko 42 DF Maksim Valadzko 48 GK Denis Scherbitskiy 49 MF Aleksandr Dzhigero 62 MF Mikhail Gordeichuk 77 MF Yury Kendysh MF Mikhail Bely

Honours

• Belarusian Premier League
  • Winners (12): 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
  • Runners-up (4): 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004
  • 3rd place: 2001
• Belarusian Cup
  • Winners (3): 2006, 2010, 2015
  • Runners-up (3): 2002, 2005, 2007
• Belarusian Super Cup
  • Winners (6): 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • Runners-up: 2012
• Belarusian Second League
  • Winners: 1996
• Belarusian Soviet era champions
  • Winners (3): 1974, 1976, 1979

League and Cup history

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	Points	Domestic Cup	Notes
1996	3rd	1	28	25	2	1	79–10	77		Promoted
1997	2nd	2	30	25	3	2	92–15	78	Round of 32	Promoted
1998	1st	2	28	18	4	6	50–25	58	Quarterfinals
1999	1st	1	30	24	5	1	80–22	77	Semifinals
2000	1st	2	30	20	4	6	68–26	64	Round of 16
2001	1st	3	26	16	3	7	54–31	51	Quarterfinals
2002	1st	1	27^1	19	2	6	52–20	59	Runners-up
2003	1st	2	30	20	6	4	70–21	66	Quarterfinals
2004	1st	2	30	22	4	4	59–25	70	Semifinals
2005	1st	5	26	12	11	3	42–27	47	Runners-up
2006	1st	1	26	16	6	4	47–27	54	Winners
2007	1st	1	26	18	2	6	50–25	56	Runners-up
2008	1st	1	30	19	10	1	54–20	67	Semifinals
2009	1st	1	26	19	5	2	55–16	62	Semifinals
2010	1st	1	33	21	9	3	64–18	72	Winners
2011	1st	1	33	18	12	3	53–20	66	Round of 16
2012	1st	1	30	21	5	4	51–16	68	Round of 16
2013	1st	1	32	21	4	7	61–25	67	Round of 16
2014	1st	1	32	20	11	1	68–21	71	Quarterfinals
2015	1st	1	26	20	5	1	44-11	65	Winners
2016	1st

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

European record

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		Helsingborg	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		Akademisk Boldklub	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 Bucureşti	2–2 (H)	0–2 (A)
2007–08	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 St. 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)
2009–10	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)
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	Play-off		Marítimo	3–0 (H)	2–1 (A)
		Group E		Dynamo Kyiv	2–2 (A)	1–4 (H)
				AZ Alkmaar	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)
2012–13	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 Korçë	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 04 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			–	–

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for BATE.

Belarus Maksim Bardachov Gennadi Bliznyuk Renan Bressan Vital Bulyga Egor Filipenko Alexander Hleb Artem Kontsevoy Sergey Krivets Vitali Kutuzov Yawhen Lashankow Dzmitry Likhtarovich Dmitry Molosh Dzmitry Mazalewski Pavel Nyakhaychyk Dzyanis Palyakow Alyaksandr Pawlaw Artsyom Radzkow Vitali Rodionov

Filip Rudzik Mikalay Ryndzyuk Igor Shitov Mikhail Sivakov Vadim Skripchenko Ihar Stasevich Oleg Strakhanovich Valery Strypeykis Alyaksandr Valadzko Raman Vasilyuk Syarhey Vyeramko Alyaksandr Yurevich Maksim Zhavnerchik Yuri Zhevnov Former USSR countries Zaven Badoyan Hovhannes Goharyan Europe Kaspars Dubra Marko Simić Mateja Kežman Filip Mladenović Nemanja Tubić

Managers

• Leu Mazurkevich (1973–1981)
• Yuri Puntus (March 1, 1996 – November 30, 2004)
• Igor Kriushenko (January 1, 2005 – November 12, 2007)
• Viktor Goncharenko (November 13, 2007 – October 12, 2013)
• Alyaksandr Yermakovich (October 12, 2013– present)

References

1. New BATE stadium
2. History of BATE Borisov
3. "BATE make history for Belarus". UEFA. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
4. "БАТЭ: кулісы перамогі, барысаўская каманда даказала, што перамагаюць не грошы і не імёны". Belarusian newspaper (Наша Ніва). 1 January 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
5. "European football: Cult hat-tricks, big thrashings & tight finishes". BBC Sport. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

• Official website