FC BATE

BATE
Full name	FC BATE Borisov
Founded	1973
Ground	Haradzki Stadium; Borisov, Belarus; (Capacity: 5,500)
Chairman	Anatoli Kapski
Manager	Viktor Goncharenko
League	Belarusian Premier League
2008	1st
Home colours	Away colours

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FC BATE Borisov (pronounced bʌtə') (Belarusian: ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, Russian: ФК БАТЭ Борисов) is a Belarusian football team playing in the city of Borisov. They compete in the Belarusian Premier League and are the reigning champions. BATE are the only Belarusian team to have qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, having done so in 2008-09. Their home stadium is the Borisov City Stadium.

[edit] History

BATE, an acronym of Borisov Works of Automobile and Tractor Electronic Equipment, was founded in 1973 when part of the Soviet Union, and competed in the SSR Belarusian League. The club was re-established in 1996 in independent Belarus. Since 1996, BATE have won the Belarusian Premier League five 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 beat Valur, R.S.C. Anderlecht and Levski Sofia to become the first Belarusian team to qualify for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League.^[1] In a group also featuring Juventus, Real Madrid and Zenit St. Petersburg, BATE finished at the bottom with three points, having drawn against Zenit in Russia, and both games with Juventus^[2].

Notable former players of BATE include Alexander Hleb (VfB Stuttgart, Arsenal, FC Barcelona), Vitali Kutuzov (AC Milan, Sporting CP, Avellino, Sampdoria, Parma FC, Pisa) and Yuri Zhevnov (FC Moscow). Having started their professional careers with BATE, all are also now members of the Belarus national team.

[edit] Current squad

As of April, 2009.

No.	Position	Player
2	MF	Dzmitry Likhtarovich
3	DF	Syarhey Sasnowski
4	DF	Ihar Shytaw
5	DF	Aliaksandr Yurevich
7	FW	Vital Bulyha
8	MF	Alyaksandr Valodzka
10	MF	Syarhey Kryvets
11	FW	Aleksandr Alumona
12	GK	Raman Stsyapanaw
13	MF	Pavel Nyakhaychyk
14	DF	Artsyom Radzkow

No.	Position	Player
15	FW	Maksim Skavysh
16	GK	Syarhey Vyaremka
17	MF	Alyaksandr Pawlaw
18	DF	Maksim Bardachow
22	MF	Ihar Stasevich
25	MF	Dzmitry Baha
26	DF	Yury Ryzhko
30	GK	Alyaksandr Hutar
32	DF	Vladimir Rzhevsky
88	FW	Hovhannes Goharyan
	FW	Syarhey Bubnow

[edit] Honours

Belarusian Premier League:5

1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008

Belarusian Cup: 1

2006

SSR Belarusian League: 3

1974, 1976, 1979

[edit] European record

As of June, 2009.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1999/00	UEFA Cup	Q	Lokomotiv Moskva	1-7	0-5
2000/01	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Shirak	2-1	1-1
		2Q	Helsingborg	0-3	0-0
2001/02	UEFA Cup	Q	Dinamo Tbilisi	4-0	1-2
		1R	Milan	0-2	0-4
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Akademisk Boldklub	1-0	2-0
		2R	1860 Munich	4-0	1-0
		3R	Bologna	0-0	0-2
2003/04	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Bohemian	1-0	0-3
2004/05	UEFA Cup	1Q	Dinamo Tbilisi	2-3	0-1
2005/06	UEFA Cup	1Q	Torpedo Kutaisi	5-0	1-0
		2Q	Krylia Sovetov	0-2	0-2
2006/07	UEFA Cup	1Q	Nistru Otaci	2-0	1-0
		2Q	Rubin Kazan	0-2	0-3
2007/08	UEFA Champions League	1Q	APOEL	3-0 (AET)	0-2
		2Q	FH Hafnarfjördur	1-1	3-1
		3Q	Steaua Bucureşti	2-2	0-2
2007/08	UEFA Cup	1R	Villarreal	0-2	1-4
2008/09	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Valur	2-0	1-0
		2Q	Anderlecht	2-2	2-1
		3Q	Levski Sofia	1-1	1-0
		Group H	Real Madrid	0-1	0-2
		Group H	Juventus	2-2	0-0
		Group H	Zenit St. Petersburg	0-2	1-1
2009/10	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Makedonija GP	,	,