FC BATE

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FC BATE
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Full name FC BATE Borisov
Founded 1973
Ground Horodskiy Stadium
Borisov, Belarus
(Capacity 5,500)
Chairman Anatoli Kapski
Manager Viktor Goncharenko
League Belarusian Premier League
2006 1st
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FC BATE Borisov is a Belarusian football team, playing in the city of Borisov. They currently compete in the Belarusian Premier League and are the reigning champions. Their home stadium is the Borisov City Stadium.

The club was founded in 1973 and re-established in 1996. Since 1996 FC BATE have won three national championships and competed in UEFA competitions against the likes of AC Milan, Bologna and 1860 Munich.

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

Artem Radkov and Gennadi Bliznyuk from the current squad also play for the national team.

FC BATE is the first Belarusian football team to make to 3rd qualification round of UEFA Champions League [1].

Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Recent seasons

Season League Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Notes Manager
1996 3D 1 28 25 2 1 79 10 77
1997 2D 2 30 25 3 2 92 15 78 Last 32
1998 1D 2 28 18 4 6 50 25 58 Quarter-finals
1999 1D 1 30 24 5 1 80 22 77 Semi-finals UC Qualifying round
2000 1D 2 30 20 4 6 68 26 64 Last 16 UCL 2nd Qualifying round
2001 1D 3 26 16 3 7 54 31 51 Quarter-finals UC First round
2002 1D 1 26 18 2 6 51 20 56 Runner-up Intertoto Third round Champions playoff winner
2003 1D 2 30 20 6 4 70 21 66 Quarter-finals UCL 1st Qualifying Round
2004 1D 2 30 22 4 4 59 25 70 Semi-finals UC 1st Qualifying Round
2005 1D 5 26 12 11 3 42 27 47 Runner-up UC 2nd Qualifying Round
2006 1D 1 26 16 6 4 47 27 54 Winner
2007 1D 1 26 18 2 6 50 25 56 UCL 3rd Qualifying Round

[edit] Achievements

1999, 2002, 2006, 2007
2006
1974, 1976, 1979

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player
Flag of Belarus GK Sergey Veremko
1 Flag of Belarus GK Aleksandr Fedorovich
35 Flag of Belarus GK Boris Pankratov
Flag of Belarus GK Egor Khatkevich
24 Flag of Russia DF Vitali Kazantsev
19 Flag of Belarus DF Aleksey Khaletski
16 Flag of Russia DF Anton Sakharov
3 Flag of Belarus DF Yuri Ostroukh
Flag of Belarus DF Sergei Sosnovsky
Flag of Belarus DF Vladimir Rzhevsky
7 Flag of Belarus MF Aleksandr Ermakovich
10 Flag of Belarus MF Sergey Krivets
2 Flag of Belarus MF Dmitri Likhtarovich
5 Flag of Belarus MF Pavel Platonov
No. Position Player
6 Flag of Belarus MF Valentin Radevich
17 Flag of Belarus MF Mikhail Sivakov
22 Flag of Belarus MF Igor Stasevich
15 Flag of Belarus MF Maksim Zhavnerchik
Flag of Belarus MF Pavel Nehaichik
Flag of Belarus MF Aliaksei Zaitsev
Flag of Belarus MF Konstantin Yermolenko
9 Flag of Belarus FW Gennadi Bliznyuk
8 Flag of Belarus FW Dmitri Platonov
20 Flag of Belarus FW Vitali Rodionov
11 Flag of Belarus FW Aleksandr Vishnyakov
Flag of Russia FW Roman Rebrov
Flag of Belarus FW Aleksandr Kolotsey
Flag of Belarus FW Aleksi Volotov

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