FC BATE Borisov explained

Clubname:BATE Borisov
Fullname:Футбольны клуб БАТЭ
Футбольный клуб БАТЭ
Football Club BATE Borisov
Nickname:Zholto-Sinie (Yellow-Blues)
Founded: (original)
(re-established)[1]
Dissolved:1984 (original)
Ground:Borisov Arena
Capacity:13,126
Chairman:Andrei Kapski
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Igor Kriushenko
League:Belarusian Premier League
Season:2023
Position:Belarusian Premier League, 5th of 15
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Website:https://fcbate.by
Current:2023 FC BATE Borisov season

FC BATE Borisov (Russian: link=yes|ФК БАТЭ Борисов, FK BATE Borisov pronounced as /ru/; Belarusian: ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, BATE Barysaw, in Belarusian pronounced as /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

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]

Supporters

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

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Honours

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

PeriodKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
1996–98AdidasStalker
1999Beltona
2000–01DiadoraZhuravinka
2002–05AdidasXerox
2005–13Belgosstrah
2014–16Joma
2017Adidas
2018–21Minsk Tractor Works
2022–23Fonbet
2023–Puma

League and Cup history

width=55Seasonwidth=40width=30width=30width=30width=30width=30width=30width=30width=30PointsDomestic CupNotes
1996 3rd 1st 28 25 2 1 79 10 77 Promoted
2nd 2nd 30 25 3 2 92 15 78 Round of 32 Promoted
1st 2nd 28 18 4 6 50 25 58 Quarter-finals
1st 1st 30 24 5 1 80 22 77 Semi-finals
1st 2nd 30 20 4 6 68 26 64 Round of 16
1st 3rd 26 16 3 7 54 31 51 Quarter-finals
1st 1st 271 19 2 6 52 20 59 Runners-up
1st 2nd 30 20 6 4 70 21 66 Quarter-finals
1st 2nd 30 22 4 4 59 25 70 Semi-finals
1st 5th 26 12 11 3 42 27 47 Runners-up
1st 1st 26 16 6 4 47 27 54 Winners
1st 1st 26 18 2 6 50 25 56 Runners-up
1st 1st 30 19 10 1 54 20 67 Semi-finals
1st 1st 26 19 5 2 55 16 62 Semi-finals
1st 1st 33 21 9 3 64 18 72 Winners
1st 1st 33 18 12 3 53 20 66 Round of 16
1st 1st 30 21 5 4 51 16 68 Round of 16
1st 1st 32 21 4 7 61 25 67 Round of 16
1st 1st 32 20 11 1 68 21 71 Quarter-finals
1st 1st 26 20 5 1 44 11 65 Winners
1st 1st 30 22 4 4 73 25 70 Runners-up
1st 1st 30 21 5 4 61 19 68 Semi-finals
1st 1st 30 23 4 3 55 24 73 Runners-up
1st 2nd 30 22 4 4 61 21 70 Quarter-finals
1st 2nd 30 17 7 6 65 32 58 Winners
1st 2nd 30 19 8 3 61 27 65 Winners
1st 3rd 30 16 11 3 51 21 59 Runners-up
1st 5th 28 14 5 9 49 32 47 Quarter-finals

European record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClub1st Leg2nd Leg
1999–2000UEFA CupQRLokomotiv Moscow1–7 (H)0–5 (A)
2000–01UEFA Champions League1QShirak1–1 (A)2–1 (H)
2QHelsingborgs IF0–0 (A)0–3 (H)
2001–02UEFA CupQDinamo Tbilisi1–2 (A)4–0 (H)
1RMilan0–2 (H)0–4 (A)
2002UEFA Intertoto Cup1RAB1–0 (H)2–0 (A)
2R1860 Munich1–0 (A)4–0 (H)
3RBologna0–2 (A)0–0 (H)
2003–04UEFA Champions League1QBohemians1–0 (H)0–3 (A)
2004–05UEFA Cup1QDinamo Tbilisi2–3 (H)0–1 (A)
2005–06UEFA Cup1QTorpedo Kutaisi1–0 (A)5–0 (H)
2QKrylia Sovetov Samara0–2 (A)0–2 (H)
2006–07UEFA Cup1QNistru Otaci2–0 (H)1–0 (A)
2QRubin Kazan0–3 (A)0–2 (H)
2007–08UEFA Champions League1QAPOEL0–2 (A)3–0 (H)
2QFH Hafnarfjördur3–1 (A)1–1 (H)
3QSteaua București2–2 (H)0–2 (A)
UEFA Cup1RVillarreal1–4 (A)2–0 (H)
2008–09UEFA Champions League1QValur2–0 (H)1–0 (A)
2QAnderlecht2–1 (A)2–2 (H)
3QLevski Sofia1–0 (A)1–1 (H)
Group HReal Madrid0–2 (A)0–1 (H)
Juventus2–2 (H)0–0 (A)
Zenit Saint Petersburg1–1 (A)0–2 (H)
2009–10UEFA Champions League2QMakedonija Gjorče Petrov2–0 (A)2–0 (H)
3QVentspils0–1 (A)2–1 (H)
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-offLitex Lovech0–1 (H)4–0 (A)
Group IBenfica0–2 (A)1–2 (H)
Everton1–2 (H)1–0 (A)
AEK Athens2–1 (H)2–2 (A)
2010–11UEFA Champions League2QFH Hafnarfjörður5–1 (H)1–0 (A)
3QCopenhagen0–0 (H)2–3 (A)
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-offMarítimo3–0 (H)2–1 (A)
Group EDynamo Kyiv2–2 (A)1–4 (H)
AZ4–1 (H)0–3 (A)
Sheriff Tiraspol1–0 (A)3–1 (H)
R32Paris Saint-Germain2–2 (H)0–0 (A)
2011–12UEFA Champions League2QLinfield1–1 (A)2–0 (H)
3QEkranas0–0 (A)3–1 (H)
Play-offSturm Graz1–1 (H)2–0 (A)
Group HViktoria Plzeň1–1 (A)0–1 (H)
Barcelona0–5 (H)0–4 (A)
Milan0–2 (A)1–1 (H)
2012–13UEFA Champions League2QVardar3–2 (H)0–0 (A)
3QDebrecen1–1 (H)2–0 (A)
Play-offIroni Kiryat Shmona2–0 (H)1–1 (A)
Group FLille3–1 (A)0–2 (H)
Bayern Munich3–1 (H)1–4 (A)
Valencia0–3 (H)2–4 (A)
UEFA Europa LeagueR32Fenerbahçe0–0 (H)0–1 (A)
2013–14UEFA Champions League2QShakhter Karagandy0–1 (H)0–1 (A)
2014–15UEFA Champions League2QSkënderbeu0–0 (H)1–1 (A)
3QDebrecen0–1 (A)3–1 (H)
Play-offSlovan Bratislava1–1 (A)3–0 (H)
Group HPorto0–6 (A)0–3 (H)
Athletic Bilbao2–1 (H)0–2 (A)
Shakhtar Donetsk0–7 (H)0–5 (A)
2015–16UEFA Champions League2QDundalk2–1 (H)0–0 (A)
3QVideoton1–1 (A)1–0 (H)
Play-offPartizan1–0 (H)1–2 (A)
Group EBayer Leverkusen1–4 (A)1–1 (H)
Roma3–2 (H)0–0 (A)
Barcelona0–2 (H)0–3 (A)
2016–17UEFA Champions League2QSJK2–0 (H)2–2 (A)
3QDundalk1–0 (H)0–3 (A)
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-offAstana0–2 (A)2–2 (H)
2017–18UEFA Champions League2QAlashkert1–1 (H)3–1 (A)
3QSlavia Prague0–1 (A)2–1 (H)
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-offOleksandriya1–1 (H)2–1 (A)
Group HRed Star Belgrade1–1 (A)0–0 (H)
Arsenal2–4 (H)0–6 (A)
Köln1–0 (H)2–5 (A)
2018–19UEFA Champions League2QHJK0–0 (H)2–1 (A)
3QQarabağ1–0 (A)1–1 (H)
Play-offPSV Eindhoven2–3 (H)0–3 (A)
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup LMOL Vidi2–0 (A)2–0 (H)
PAOK1–4 (H)3–1 (A)
Chelsea1–3 (A)0–1 (H)
R32Arsenal1–0 (H)0–3 (A)
2019–20UEFA Champions League1QPiast Gliwice1−1 (H)2−1 (A)
2QRosenborg2−1 (H)0−2 (A)
UEFA Europa League3QSarajevo2−1 (A)0−0 (H)
Play-offAstana0−3 (A)2−0 (H)
2020–21UEFA Europa League2QCSKA Sofia0−2 (A)
2021–22UEFA Europa Conference League2QDinamo Batumi1–0 (A)1–4 (H)
2022–23UEFA Europa Conference League2QKonyaspor0–3 (H)0–2 (A)
2023–24UEFA Champions League1QPartizani1–1 (A)2−0 (H)
2QAris Limassol2–6 (A)3−5 (H)
UEFA Europa League3Q Sheriff Tiraspol1–5 (A)2−2 (H)
UEFA Europa Conference LeaguePlay-offBallkani1–4 (A)1−0 (H)

Managers

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About us " General information " Club " Main " FC BATE. fcbate.by. 1 August 2018. 2 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180802011339/https://fcbate.by/en/club/general-information/briefly-about-us. live.
  2. Web site: Борисов-Арена " Стадион " Клуб " Официальный сайт " ФК БАТЭ. fcbate.by. 8 February 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170222020738/http://www.fcbate.by/ru/club/stadium/borisov-arena. 22 February 2017.
  3. Web site: CLUB HISTORY History of football in Borisov . FC BATE . Football Club BATE, 2012 . 22 February 2019 . 22 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211122101032/https://fcbate.by/en/history/historical-information . dead .
  4. Web site: История " Официальный сайт " ФК БАТЭ. fcbate.by. 8 February 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170222002335/http://fcbate.by/ru/history. 22 February 2017.
  5. News: BATE make history for Belarus . 27 August 2008 . UEFA . 2008-08-28 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080828124351/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15275/match=303834/report=rp.html . 28 August 2008 .
  6. News: БАТЭ: кулісы перамогі, барысаўская каманда даказала, што перамагаюць не грошы і не імёны . 1 January 2009 . Belarusian. Наша Ніва . Belarusian newspaper . 1 . 2013-07-08 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140329184503/http://nn.by/?c=ar&i=22657 . 29 March 2014 .
  7. News: European football: Cult hat-tricks, big thrashings & tight finishes. 18 October 2015. BBC Sport. 18 October 2015. 4 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230304130736/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/34564778. live.
  8. Web site: EFS Attendances. european-football-statistics.co.uk. 30 April 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719102614/http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm. 19 July 2011.
  9. Web site: Sztama GieKSy z Banikiem, Ruchu z Atletico, Piasta z BATE. Czy to ma sens? [SŁYNNE SZTAMY]]. Tomasz. Kuczyński. dziennikzachodni.pl. 30 November 2012 . 8 February 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107024419/http://www.dziennikzachodni.pl/artykul/709451,sztama-gieksy-z-banikiem-ruchu-z-atletico-piasta-z-bate-czy-to-ma-sens-slynne-sztamy,id,t.html?cookie=1. 7 November 2017.
  10. Web site: Основной состав " Команда " Официальный сайт " ФК БАТЭ. fcbate.by. 8 February 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170222020648/http://fcbate.by/ru/team/first-team. 22 February 2017.

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