# 2020 FC BATE Borisov season

The 2020 FC BATE Borisov season was the club's 33rd season of existence and their 23rd 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 Europa League and the Belarusian Cup. Competitive fixtures began on 9 March 2020, and the league began play on 19 March 2020.
The club's season has been highlighted by the fact that the Belarus Premier League was the only top-flight football league in UEFA to not suspend play during the COVID-19 pandemic. Worldwide, the Belarusian Premier League was one of only three top-tier football leagues, along with Nicaragua and Tajikistan, that continued play through the pandemic. Part of this has been attributed to the nation's relatively low number of positive coronavirus cases in Belarus.

## Previous season

The 2019 season was the first year since 2005 where BATE failed to win the Premier League title. Following the 2019 season, head manager, Alyaksey Baha was relieved of his duties. Ahead of the 2020 season, Kirill Alshevsky, the manager of BATE Reserves, was appointed manager.
BATE finished the 2019 season with a 22–4–4 record in league play. BATE was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 2018–19 Belarusian Cup. BATE continued their participation in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League knockout phase, where they were pitted against English outfit, and eventual runners-up, Arsenal. BATE won the home leg 1–0, but lost away 0–3, ending their Europa League participation. During the late summer, BATE resumed European competition play by entering in the second qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League. BATE were eliminated by Norwegian side, Rosenborg in the second round, transferring to the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League's third qualifying round. BATE advanced to the play-off round after defeating Bosnian side, Sarajevo, but lost to Kazakh side, FC Astana, thus ending their European participation for the 2019 season.
Since BATE finished in 2nd last season the Premier League, they will enter in the qualifying rounds of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, which is slated to begin for them in July.

## Competitive fixtures
### Belarusian Premier League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk (C) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 21 | +36 | 59 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | BATE Borisov | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Dynamo Brest | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Neman Grodno | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 53 | |

#### Results
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad

    As of March 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BIH | Bojan Nastić |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Filipović |
| 5 | MF | BLR | Yevgeniy Yablonskiy |
| 7 | MF | BLR | Yevgeniy Berezkin |
| 8 | MF | BLR | Stanislaw Drahun |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Bojan Dubajić |
| 11 | FW | BLR | Anton Saroka |
| 14 | DF | MNE | Boris Kopitović |
| 15 | FW | BLR | Maksim Skavysh |
| 16 | GK | BLR | Andrey Kudravets |
| 18 | MF | ISL | Willum Þór Willumsson |
| 19 | MF | BLR | Dmitriy Bessmertny |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | BLR | Egor Filipenko |
| 22 | MF | BLR | Ihar Stasevich |
| 23 | DF | BLR | Zakhar Volkov |
| 25 | MF | BLR | Dzmitry Baha |
| 26 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Milić |
| 32 | DF | CRO | Jakov Filipovic |
| 33 | MF | BLR | Pavel Nyakhaychyk |
| 35 | GK | BLR | Anton Chichkan |
| 43 | MF | BLR | Aleksandr Nemirko |
| 48 | GK | BLR | Denis Scherbitskiy |
| 88 | MF | BLR | Alyaksandr Valadzko |
| 94 | MF | FRA | Hervaine Moukam |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | No. | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | 8 | Alyaksandr Valadzko | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2020 | DF | 32 | Jakov Filipović | Lokeren | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | 33 | Pavel Nyakhaychyk | Dynamo Brest | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | No. | Name | To | Fee | Team | Ref. |

### Loan out

| Date | Loan ends | Position | No. | Name | To | Team | Ref. |
| 1 January 2020 | 31 December 2020 | MF | 43 | Aleksandr Nemirko | Dnepr Mogilev | Academy | |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 17 May 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Belarusian Cup | Belarusian Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | BIH | Bojan Nastić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BLR | Aleksandar Filipović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | BLR | Yevgeniy Yablonskiy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BLR | Yevgeniy Berezkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BLR | Stanislaw Drahun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Bojan Dubajić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BLR | Anton Saroka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | MNE | Boris Kopitović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | BLR | Maksim Skavysh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | BLR | Andrey Kudravets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ISL | Willum Þór Willumsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BLR | Dmitriy Bessmertny | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | BLR | Egor Filipenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BLR | Ihar Stasevich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BLR | Zakhar Volkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | BLR | Dzmitry Baha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Milić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | CRO | Jakov Filipovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | BLR | Pavel Nyakhaychyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | BLR | Anton Chichkan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | GK | BLR | Denis Scherbitskiy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | BLR | Alyaksandr Valadzko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | FRA | Hervaine Moukam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from BATE on loan: ||||||||||||
| 43 | MF | BLR | Aleksandr Nemirko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal-scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Belarusian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| | | | | TOTALS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |