As of 2015 , BATE have played five times in the Champions League group stage , as well as four times in UEFA Europa League group stage , also reaching the knockout phase of the latter competition in 2010–11 , 2012–13 and 2018-19.Notable former players of BATE include Alexander Hleb ( VfB Stuttgart , Arsenal , Barcelona and Birmingham City ) ; Vitali Kutuzov ( Milan , Sporting CP , Avellino , Sampdoria , Parma , Pisa and Bari ) and Yuri Zhevnov ( FC Moscow , and Zenit Saint Petersburg ) .
The BATE has competed in the UEFA Europa League group stage less than three times , and it reached the knocked out phase on only two occasions .