Surprise winners of Israel the title last season, Hapoel Kiryat Shmona, one step away from making their tales at the stage of the UEFA Champions League, but to get there they will have to produce another upset against FC BATE BORISOV.
• Champions Bate Borisov, Belarus over the last six seasons, playoffs start this tie as favourites, given the growing European pedigree, which includes two previous appearances in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League 2008/09 and 2011/12.
Match background
• BATE will introduce the first match, want to avoid another slow start in the home game, taking into account the need to save themselves in their previous two qualifying matches goals, both played at municipal stadium.
• Vitali Rodionov two stoppage time earned a dramatic 3-2 comeback win against Vardar in the first leg of the second qualifying round tie BATE, and then he took a 93-minute own goal to make it 1-1 draw against debreceni VSC in the third qualifying round – a tie they eventually won 3-1-1 on aggregate.
• Kiryat Shmona customize their visit at the Dinamo stadium, defeating MŠK Žilina 2-1 on aggregate in the second qualifying round and then Swallows 6-2 on aggregate. Their progress is all the more considering that this is only their second European campaign – firstly, in 2008/09, includes 4-1 aggregate victory against FK Budućnost Podgorica in the UEFA Cup first qualifying round and subsequent 4-2-1 aggregate loss to Litex.
• Gil Landau men bidding to follow in the footsteps of Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv and become the fourth Israeli Club to compete in the group stage.
The Liaison Group
• Israel and Belarus never played a competitive fixture at full international level, but they met in friendlies and in August 2007, BATE Roman Vasilyuk scored in the opening 2-1 victory over Israel for Belarus in Minsk.
• At the level of under-21, Daniel Amos kept a clean sheet when Israel U21s beat Belarus, including BATE Maksim Bordachov, Aleksandr Volodko and Philipp Rudik in a friendly match at Ramat Gan Stadium in August 2008 year.
• BATE Coach Viktor Goncharenko tasted defeat in the previous U21 friendly with Belarus in Israel – 6-3 reverse featuring two goals from Yossi Benayoun.
• Kiryat Shmona Darko Tasevski appeared as a substitute for Levski in the 1-0 home loss to BATE BORISOV in their first match of the Bulgarian team's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round defeat in the season 2008/09.
• In the last competitive meeting between the clubs from Belarus and Israel, Dinamo Minsk defeated Maccabi Haifa 3-2 on aggregate in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.
• Ways to become the first Israeli participants in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League in 2002/03, Maccabi Haifa FC Belshina Belarus overcame a 5-0 FC Babruysk on aggregate in the second qualifying round. Twelve months earlier, beat Maccabi FC Slavia-Mozyr on away goals in the qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
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