FC BATE Borisov
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| Full name | Football Club BATE |
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| Founded |
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| Dissolved | 1984 |
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| Capacity | 13,126 |
| Chairman | Anatoli Kapski |
| Manager | Alyaksandr Yermakovich |
| League | Belarusian Premier League |
| 2016 | 1st |
FC BATE Borisov (Belarusian: ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, IPA: [baˈtɛ]; Russian: ФК БАТЭ Борисов, FK BATE Borisov [bɐˈtɛ bɐˈrʲisəf]) is a Belarusian football team from the city of Barysaw. They compete in the Belarusian Premier League, of which they are the reigning champions, and are the league's most successful club with 13 titles, 11 consecutively. They have also won 3 Belarusian Cups and 4 Belarusian Super Cups.
BATE are 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 and 2010–11) along with Dinamo Minsk.
Their home stadium is Borisov Arena, which was opened in 2014.
BATE is an acronym of Borisov Automobile and Tractor Electronics. The team was founded in 1973 and managed to win Belarusian SSR league three times (1974, 1976 and 1979) before being disbanded in 1984. The club was re-established in 1996. Since then, BATE have won the Belarusian Premier League eleven times and competed in UEFA competitions.
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