Borisov Arena (, ''Barysaw-Arena''; ) is a football-specific stadium in

Barysaw Barysaw or Borisov (, ; , ) is a city in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Barysaw District. It is located on the Berezina, Berezina River and north-east from the capital Minsk. As of 2025, it has a population of 1 ...

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

and is the home stadium of

FC BATE Borisov FC BATE Borisov (, ''FK BATE Borisov'' ; , ''BATE Barysaw,'' ), commonly referred to as BATE or BATE Borisov, is a Belarusian professional football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarusian Premier League, of which th ...

and the

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. The stadium's official capacity is 13,126.

History

The first official game at the Borisov Arena was the 2013–14 Belarusian Cup Final on 3 May 2014. It was contested between

FC Neman Grodno FC Neman Grodno or FK Nyoman Hrodna (; ) is a Belarus, Belarusian professional association football, football club based in the city of Grodno. It is named after the Neman River and founded in 1964. Since 1992, the team has participated in the h ...

and

FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (, ) was a Belarus, Belarusian association football, football club, playing in the city of Salihorsk (Soligorsk). History The club was founded in 1961. During Soviet era, Shakhtyor Soligorsk played in the top or second ...

and won 1-0 by the team from Salihorsk. Ukrainian

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Artem Starhorodskyi scored the first ever goal in the stadium in front of an almost full capacity of over 11,000.

National team matches

The Belarus national football team played its first game at the Borisov Arena on 4 September 2014 when they defeated

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

6–1 in a friendly. The first official national team game was played on 9 October 2014, when Belarus lost 0–2 to

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier played in front of 10,512 spectators.

List of games

Gallery

File:Borisov-Arena Stands3.jpg, Detail of the stadium's main stand File:Borosiv-Arena 15-05-2014 BATE-Dinamo.jpg, BATE Borisov playing

FC Dinamo Minsk FC Dinamo Minsk or FK Dynama Minsk (; ) is a Belarusian professional Association football, football club based in the capital city of Minsk. It was founded in 1927 as part of the Soviet Dynamo Sports Club, Dinamo Sports Society, and was the o ...

on May 5, 2014 File:Вікісустрэча на футболе Беларусь — Украіна (2014) 008.jpg, Belarus playing Ukraine at the Borisov Arena on October 9, 2014 File:Вікісустрэча на футболе Беларусь — Украіна (2014) 004.jpg, External view of the stadium (October 2014)

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