FC BATE Borisov


FC BATE Borisov, commonly referred to as BATE or BATE Borisov, 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 and one of two to qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League, along with Dinamo Minsk.
The club's home stadium is Borisov Arena, which was opened in 2014.

History

BATE is an acronym of Borisov Automobile and Tractor Electronics. The team was founded in 1973 and managed to win Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic league three times 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.
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. 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 ; Vitali Kutuzov and Yuri Zhevnov. Having started their professional careers with BATE, all are also former or present members of the Belarus national team.
BATE won their tenth consecutive league title in 2015, with four matches to spare. In the 2017 season, BATE drew an average home league attendance of 5,633, the second-highest in the league.

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.

Current squad

Out on loan

Honours

League and Cup history

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

    European record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClub1st Leg2nd Leg
1999–2000UEFA CupQR

Managers