FC Dinamo Tbilisi will play the third sparring match in Belek against FC BATE Borisov. The match will take place on February 21 at 18:00 Tbilisi time.
FC BATE Borisov was established in 1973 year. In 1984 the team was disbanded and then re-established in 1996. The team plays home matches at Borisov Arena with the capacity of 13 000 spectators. Main colors of the team are yellow and blue.
FC BATE Borisov became champion of Belarus for 13 times, won Belarus Cup thrice and Super Cup for six times, that is national record. The team successfully plays on Euro Arena as well. It played on UEFA Champions League group stage for 5 times and twice moved to Europa League 1/16 final. Dinamo and BATE competed with each other for 5 times. In 2001 and 2004 these teams played on UEFA Cup. The match in 2001 finished with the victory of Dinamo 2:1 and then loss 0:4. In 2004 our team won both matches 3:2 and 1:0. For the fifth time these teams competed last year on the camp in Turkey and Dinamo won with the score 2:0.
Midfielder of Georgian national team Vako Gvilia plays in FC BATE Borisov. The head coach of our rival is Alyaksandr Yermakovich.