Within the 26-year history of FC BATE Borisov, 9 players have been its captains. The longest period of such functions was assigned to Dzmitry Likhtarovich - six and a half seasons. And Stanislau Drahun has so far limited himself to one. We give for your attention the entire list of these nine players, indicating the terms during which they served as captain.
1. | Mikhail KHLUS | 1996 |
2. | Siarhei MIROSHKIN | 1997-1998 |
3. | Vadzim SKRYPCHANKA | 1999 |
4. | Aliaksandr FEDAROVICH | 2000-2004 (1st round) |
5. | Aliaksandr YERMAKOVICH | 2005-2008 |
6. | Dzmitry LIKHTAROVICH | 2004 (2nd round), 2009-2014 |
7. | Vitali RADZIVONAU | 2015-2017 |
8. | Ihar STASEVICH | 2018-2020 |
9. | Stanslau DRAHUN | 2021 |
Obviously, not only the named nine brought partners to the pitch in the role of team leaders. Sometimes situations arose (the first captain was injured, disqualified or did not included into the starting lineup), when these functions were performed by other players. Below here is the full list of players who captained at least once in official matches of FC BATE Borisov (cases when armband transfers during matches were not taken into account).
DC | DC (D3) | DC (D2) | CB | SC | UCL | UEL | UECL | IC | T | ||
1. | Dzmitry LIKHTAROVICH | 147 | - | - | 28 | 2 | 42 | 18 | - | - | 237 |
2. | Ihar STASEVICH | 98 | - | - | 18 | 2 | 17 | 14 | - | - | 149 |
3. | Aliaksandr YERMAKOVICH | 88 | - | - | 16 | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | 116 |
4. | Vitali RADZIVONAU | 61 | - | - | 10 | 4 | 15 | 8 | - | - | 98 |
5. | Aliaksandr FEDAROVICH | 70 | 5 | - | 10 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | 93 |
6. | Siarhei MIROSHKIN | 23 | 7 | 30 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 64 |
Aliaksandr YUREVICH | 49 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - | 64 | |
8. | Henadz MARDAS | 40 | - | - | 8 | - | 2 | - | - | 6 | 56 |
9. | Vadzim SKRYPCHANKA | 30 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 38 |
10. | Ryhor FILIPENKA | 16 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 20 |
11. | Aliaksandr VALADZKO | 12 | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 18 |
12. | Pavel NIAKHAICHYK | 11 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 16 |
Mikhail KHLUS | - | 15 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | |
14. | Artsiom RADZKOU | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 13 |
15. | Yauhen YABLONSKI | 7 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
16. | Stanislau DRAHUN | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
17. | Ihar SHYTAU | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
18. | Henadz BLIZNIUK | 2 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
19. | Uladzimir NIAVINSKI | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
20. | Aliaksandr SIADNIOU | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
21. | Maksim ZHAUNERCHYK | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Dzianis PALIAKOU | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
23. | Dzmitry BAHA | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Yauheni BIAROZKIN | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Jakov FILIPOVIĆ | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
26. | Aliaksandr BARANAU | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Dzmitry BESSMERTNY | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Aliaksandr JYHERA | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Siarhei KRYVETS | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Edhar ALIAKHNOVICH | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Aliaksandr PAULAU | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Mikalai SIHNEVICH | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Siarhei SASNOUSKI | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Siarhei CHERNIK | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
LEGEND: DC - domestic Belarusian championship (top division), DC (D3) - domestic Belarusian championship in the second league (D3), DC (D2) - domestic Belarusian championship in the first league (D2), CB - Cup of Belarus, SC - Belarusian Super Cup, UCL - UEFA Champions League, UEL - UEFA Europa League, UECL - UEFA Europa Conference League, IC - Intertoto Cup.
By the way, among the players who were trusted with the captain's armband at least 10 times, Stanislau Drahun has the highest percentage of victories - 90% (9 wins in 10 matches). The second place is occupied by Mikhail Khlus - 87,5% (14/16), the third one is Siarhei Miroshkin - 79?7% (51/64). And one more thing. Croatian defender Jakov Filipovič is the only legionnaire in the history of the Yellow-Blues who was trusted with the captain's functions: last year he played this role in a home match against FC Gomel and an away match against FC Energetik-BGU.