FC BATE

Football club infobox
clubname = FC BATE


fullname = FC BATE Borisov
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founded = 1973
ground = Haradzki Stadium Borisov, Belarus
capacity = 5,500
chairman = Anatoli Kapski
manager = Viktor Goncharenko
league = Belarusian Premier League
season = 2007
position = 1st
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FC BATE Borisov (pronounced bʌtə') ( _be. ФК БАТЭ Барысаў) ( _ru. ФК БАТЭ Борисов) is a Belarusian football team, playing in the city of Borisov. They currently compete in the Belarusian Premier League and are the reigning champions. They also currently compete in UEFA Champions League 2008-09. Their home stadium is the Borisov City Stadium. Their current kit manufacturer is Adidas.

History

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, Juventus, Bologna, 1860 Munich and Real Madrid.

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

Vitali Rodionov and Sergey Veremko from the current squad also play for the national team.

In 2008 FC BATE became the first Belarusian football team to make it through to the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. In the three qualification rounds they beat Icelandic champions Valur 3-0 on aggregate before disposing of Champions League regulars RSC Anderlecht (4-3) and then Bulgarian side Levski Sofia (2-1). [cite news | title=BATE make history for Belarus | date=2008-08-27 | publisher=UEFA | url =http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15275/match=303834/report=rp.html | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-08-28 | language = English ] [ [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15104/match=301255/report=pr.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index] ] Their only previous appearance beyond the qualification stages in European football was in 2001 when they reached the first round of the UEFA Cup.

Achievements

* Belarusian Premier League:4:: 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007

* Belarusian Cup: 1:: 2006

*SSR Belarusian League: 3:: 1974, 1976, 1979

Current squad

BATE Borisov 2008-2009

"As of September 2008"

Recent seasons

Famous Players

* Alexander Hleb
* Vitali Kutuzov
* Yuri Zhevnov
* Egor Filipenko

Notable Players
* Aleksandr Fedorovich
* Aleksandr Ermakovich
* Dmitri Likhtarovich
* Dmitry Molosh
* Vadim Skripchenko
* Gennady Mardas
* Evgeni Loshankov
* Nikolay Ryndyuk

Famous Managers

* Yuri Puntus
* Igor Kryushenko

References

External links

* [http://www.fcbate.by Official website - Russian]
* [http://www.fcbate.by/bate.php?lang=en Official website - English]
* [http://batefc.borda.ru/ FC BATE Supporters Discussion Board]
* [http://batefans.narod.ru/ FC BATE Ultras site]