2015 FC BATE Borisov season

FC BATE Borisov

2015 season
Chairperson	Anatoli Kapski
Manager	Alyaksandr Yermakovich
Stadium	Borisov Arena
Belarusian Premier League	1st
Belarusian Cup (14–15)	Winners
Belarusian Cup (15–16)	Fourth round
UEFA Champions League (14–15)	Group stage
UEFA Champions League (15–16)	Group Stage
Belarusian Super Cup	Winners
Highest home attendance	12,498 vs. Videoton
Home colours Away colours
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The 2015 FC BATE Borisov season was the 28th edition of FC BATE Borisov existence and their 18th consecutive season in the Belarusian Premier League. BATE Borisov entered the season as the league's 10-time defending champions. Beyond the Premier League, BATE Borisov is participating in the UEFA Champions League and the Belarusian Cup.

The most notable accomplishment by the club this season was their domestic double, and reaching the UEFA Champions League group stage for the second time in their history. It was the also the second time a Belarusian football club reached the group stage of the Champions League. In their domestic league, Borisov went 11 matches before conceding a goal.

Squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
16	Syarhey Chernik		GK	(1988-03-05) 5 March 1988 (age 37)	Neman Grodno
34	Artem Soroko		GK	(1992-01-04) 4 January 1992 (age 33)	The Academy
35	Anton Chichkan		GK	(1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 (age 29)	The Academy
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards

Competitive

Belarusian Premier League

Main article: 2015 Belarusian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	BATE Borisov (C)	26	20	5	1	44	11	+33	65	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Dinamo Minsk	26	15	8	3	36	13	+23	53	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	26	14	7	5	47	27	+20	49
4	Belshina Bobruisk	26	12	7	7	39	19	+20	43
5	Granit Mikashevichi	26	12	6	8	30	32	−2	42

Source: football.by, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Matches won; 8) Goals scored; 9) Draw. ^{[1] [2]}
(C) Champions

Matches

BATE Borisov v Slavia

10 April 20151	BATE Borisov	1–0	Slavia	Barysaw
12:00 UTC+3	Mladenović 36'	Report	Tarasenka  53' Slabashevich  57' Tikhonovsky  78'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 5,291 Referee: Oleg Murashkevich

Dinamo Minsk v BATE Borisov

19 April 20152	Dinamo Minsk	0–2	BATE Borisov	Minsk
07:00 UTC+3		Report	Volodko 56' Rodionov 76'	Stadium: Stadyen Traktar Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Igor Kruk

BATE Borisov v Gomel

25 April 20153	BATE Borisov	2–0	Gomel	Barysaw
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 5,334

Neman Grodno v BATE Borisov

4 May 20154	Neman Grodno	0–1	BATE Borisov	Grodno
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Neman Stadium

Belshina v BATE Borisov

10 May 20155	Belshina	0–1	BATE Borisov	Bobruisk
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 1,700

Shakhtyor v BATE Borisov

16 May 20156	Shakhtyor	0–0	BATE Borisov	Soligorsk
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Stroitel Stadium

Torpedo Zhodino v BATE Borisov

20 May 20157	Torpedo Zhodino	0–0	BATE Borisov	Zhodino
12:30 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Torpedo Stadium Attendance: 3,900

BATE Borisov v Minsk

30 May 20158	BATE Borisov	1–0	Minsk	Barysaw
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 4,848 Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich

Granit v BATE Borisov

5 June 20159	Granit	0–1	BATE Borisov	Luninets
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Polesye Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Oleg Murashkevich

BATE Borisov v Vitebsk

18 June 201510	BATE Borisov	4–0	Vitebsk	Barysaw
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 4,949 Referee: Vladimir Ishchenko

Naftan v BATE Borisov

22 June 201511	Naftan	1–2	BATE Borisov	Novopolotsk
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Atlant Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich

BATE Borisov v Dinamo Brest

28 June 201512	BATE Borisov	1–0	Dinamo Brest	Barysaw
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 5,132 Referee: Dmitriy Dolya

Slutsk v BATE Borisov

5 July 201513	Slutsk	0–1	BATE Borisov	Slutsk
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,790

Slavia v BATE Borisov

10 July 201514	Slavia	3–5	BATE Borisov	Mozyr
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Yunost Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Vadim Panchenko

BATE Borisov v Dinamo Minsk

10 August 201515	BATE Borisov	0–1	Dinamo Minsk	Barysaw
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 8,122 Referee: Igor Kruk

Gomel v BATE Borisov

14 August 201516	Gomel	0–0	BATE Borisov	Gomel
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Oleg Murashkevich

BATE Borisov v Neman Grodno

22 August 201517	BATE Borisov	7–1	Neman Grodno	Barysaw
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 5,049 Referee: Vladimir Ishchenko

BATE Borisov v Belshina

31 August 201518	BATE Borisov	1–0	Belshina	Barysaw
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 5,108 Referee: Vital Sevastsyanik

BATE Borisov v Shakhtyor

12 September 201519	BATE Borisov	1–1	Shakhtyor	Barysaw
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 5,255

BATE Borisov v Torpedo Zhodino

20 September 201520	BATE Borisov	1–0	Torpedo Zhodino	Barysaw
UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Borisov Arena Referee: Aliaksei Kulbakou

Minsk v BATE Borisov

25 September 201521	Minsk	1–2	BATE Borisov	Minsk
10:30 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: FC Minsk Stadium Referee: Vadim Panchenko

BATE Borisov v Granit

4 October 201522	BATE Borisov	1–1	Granit	Barysaw
10:30 UTC+3	Dubra  55' Yablonskiy  60' Milunović 81'	Report	Tsimashenka 5' Yawseenka  42'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 5,270 Referee: Mikhail Lavskiy

Vitebsk v BATE Borisov

16 October 201523	Vitebsk	0–2	BATE Borisov	Vitebsk
17:00 UTC+3		Report	Rios 23' Mazalewski 31'	Stadium: Vitebsky Central Sport Complex Referee: Aliaksei Kulbakov

BATE Borisov v Naftan

25 October 201524	BATE Borisov	2–1	Naftan	Barysaw
14:30 UTC+3	Hayduchyk  11' Mazalewski 15'75'	Summary	Hatkevich  9' Volkov  19' Yelezarenko  43' Hunchak 79'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 4,659 Referee: Viktor Shimusik

Dinamo Brest v BATE Borisov

31 October 201525	Dinamo Brest	0–1	BATE Borisov	Brest, Belarus
12:00 UTC+3	Razhkow  9'  Kavalewski  44'	Summary	Mladenović  69' Aleksiyevich  70' Gordeichuk 71' Hayduchyk  90+2'	Stadium: Regional Sport Complex Brestskiy Attendance: 800 Referee: Oleg Murashkevich

BATE Borisov v Slutsk

8 November 201526	BATE Borisov	4–1	Slutsk	Barysaw
12:00 UTC+3	Rios 20'55' Nikolić 31' (pen.) Karnitsky 81'	Summary	Aliseiko  41' Bobko 46' Hlyabko  80' Tsvetinsky  88' Milko  90+2'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Andrey Soroka

Belarusian Cup

2014–15

Main article: 2014–15 Belarusian Cup

All previous rounds were played during the 2014 FC BATE Borisov season.

Quarterfinals

BATE Borisov v Neman Grodno

21 March 2015First leg	BATE Borisov	1–0	Neman Grodno	Borisov
19:30	Baha 41'	Report		Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 5,127 Referee: Vadim Panchenko (Mogilev)

Neman Grodno v BATE Borisov

4 April 2015Second leg	Neman Grodno	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	BATE Borisov	Grodno
16:00	Zabelin 82'	Report	Rodionov 48' Gordeichuk 55'	Stadium: Neman Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mikhail Lavsky (Gomel)

Semifinals

BATE Borisov v Dinamo Minsk

15 April 2015First leg	BATE Borisov	0–0	Dinamo Minsk	Borisov
19:30		Report		Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 5,421 Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich (Osipovichi)

Dinamo Minsk v BATE Borisov

29 April 2015Second leg	Dinamo Minsk	1–3 (1–3 agg.)	BATE Borisov	Minsk
17:30	Bećiraj 78'	Report	Gordeichuk 51', 69' Rodionov 58'	Stadium: Traktor Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Vadim Panchenko (Mogilev)

Final

BATE Borisov v Shakhtyor Soligorsk

24 May 2015	BATE Borisov	4–1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Central Stadium, Gomel
17:00	Gordeichuk 52' Rodionov 61' Karnitsky 65' Signevich 73'	Report	Kamarowski 72'	Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Igor Kruk (Molodechno)

2015–16

Main article: 2015–16 Belarusian Cup

The first match was played in late November 2015

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

BATE Borisov v Dundalk

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15)First leg	BATE Borisov	2–1	Dundalk	Barysaw
19:30	Karnitsky 11' Yablonskiy 38'	Report	McMillan 32'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 11,421 Referee: Vlado Glođović (Serbia)

Dundalk v BATE Borisov

22 July 2015 (2015-07-22)Second leg	Dundalk	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	BATE Borisov	Dundalk
20:45		Report		Stadium: Oriel Park Attendance: 3,103 Referee: Stavros Tritsonis (Greece)

Third qualifying round

Videoton v BATE Borisov

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28)First leg	Videoton	1–1	BATE Borisov	Székesfehérvár
20:30	Vinícius 89'	Report	Karnitsky 56'	Stadium: Sóstói Stadion Attendance: 3,118 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

BATE Borisov v Videoton

5 August 2015 (2015-08-05)Second leg	BATE Borisov	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Videoton	Barysaw
19:30	Nikolić 82'	Report		Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 12,498 Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

Play-off round

BATE Borisov v Partizan

18 August 2015 (2015-08-18)First leg	BATE Borisov	1–0	Partizan	Barysaw
20:45	Gordeichuk 75'	Report		Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 11,628 [3] Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Partizan v BATE Borisov

26 August 2015 (2015-08-26)Second leg	Partizan	2–1 (2–2 (a) agg.)	BATE Borisov	Belgrade
20:45	Zhavnerchik 74' (o.g.) Šaponjić 90+3'	Report	Stasevich 25'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 27,234 [4] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	ROM	LEV	BATE
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	15	4	+11	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	6–1	2–1	3–0
2	Roma	6	1	3	2	11	16	−5	6			1–1	—	3–2	0–0
3	Bayer Leverkusen	6	1	3	2	13	12	+1	6	Transfer to Europa League		1–1	4–4	—	4–1
4	BATE Borisov	6	1	2	3	5	12	−7	5			0–2	3–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Bayer Leverkusen v BATE Borisov

16 September 2015 (2015-09-16) 1	Bayer Leverkusen	4–1	BATE Borisov	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mehmedi 4' Papadopoulos  41' Çalhanoğlu 47', 76' (pen.) Hernández 59'	Report	Milunović 13' Baha  45' Mladenović  75' Signevich  87'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24,280 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

BATE Borisov v Roma

29 September 2015 2	BATE Borisov	3–2	Roma	Barysaw, Belarus
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stasevich 8' Mladenović 12', 30' Milunović  27' Dubra  90'	Report	Digne  12' De Rossi  46' Gervinho 66' Torosidis 82' Manolas  87'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 12,767 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

BATE Borisov v Barcelona

20 October 2015 3	BATE Borisov	0–2	Barcelona	Barysaw, Belarus
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Palyakow  29' M. Valadzko  43' Hayduchyk  61' Karnitsky  82' Milunović  83' A. Valadzko  88'	Report	Busquets  23' Alves  41' Rakitić 48', 65' Gumbau  74'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 13,073 Referee: Manuel De Sousa (Portugal)

Barcelona v BATE Borisov

4 November 2015 4	Barcelona	3–0	BATE Borisov	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+02:00)	Neymar 30' (pen.)83' Dani Alves  51' Suárez 60'	Report	Mladenović  30' Mazalewski  44' Nikolić  80'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 68,502 Referee: István Vad

BATE Borisov v Bayer Leverkusen

24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 5	BATE Borisov	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Barysaw, Belarus
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gordeichuk 2'	Report	Mehmedi 68'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 12,601 Referee: Clément Turpin

Roma v BATE Borisov

9 December 2015 6	Roma	0–0	BATE Borisov	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 29,489 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Belarusian Super Cup

Main article: 2015 Belarusian Super Cup

Shakhtyor Soligorsk v BATE Borisov

14 March 2015	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	0–0 (0–3 p)	BATE Borisov	Pinsk
15:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Volna Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich (Osipovichi)
	Penalties
	Kamarowski Čović Kuzmyanok		Gordeichuk Yablonskiy Stasevich

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Belarusian Cup		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals

Disciplinary

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League		Belarusian Cup		Champions League		Total

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Nat.	Name	Premier League	Belarusian Cup	Champions League	Total

References

1. "Premier League 2015 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
2. "Регламент чемпионата Республики Беларусь по футболу сезона 2015 года среди команд высшей и первой лиги" [Regulations of the Republic of Belarus championship football season in 2015 and the highest among the teams first league] (in Russian). Football Federation of Belarus. 27 March 2015. p. 20. Archived from the original (pdf) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
3. "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 1st leg – Tuesday 18 August 2015" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
4. "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 2nd leg – Wednesday 26 August 2015" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.