PFC Botev Plovdiv
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PFC Botev Plovdiv is the oldest Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv
, which currently competes in Bulgaria's second football league, the B PFG.
The club was officially founded in March 1912 by a group of students and since then, it is one of the most prominent football clubs in Bulgaria
. Botev's home ground, the Stadion Botev, is located in the residential quarter of Kamenitza and has a capacity of 22,000 spectators.
Botev Plovdiv is one of the best known clubs in Bulgaria. The Canaries (the nickname of the club) have won 2 league titles and 2 national cups
. Botev have been twice vice-champion of Bulgaria, ten times has finished the league table 3rd, ten times has also reached the Bulgarian Cup's finals. The club is also a six-time champion of Plovdiv
, years before the A PFG is created. Botev has been a four-time winner of the Trimontzium Cup (friendly international tournament held in Plovdiv). The club has also won the Interleague-86 Cup (trophy of the Polish Football Association
). Internationally the club has reached one Cup Winners' Cup
quarter-finals and has won the Balkans Cup
once.
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Bulgarian Cup
:
Balkans Cup
:
Trimontzium Cup:
and it was the first football club in Bulgaria
. Upon its formation, Stoyan Puhtev became president, Nenko Penelov was the vice-president, Petar Delev secretary and Tenyo Rusev steward. Rusev chose to name it Botev in honor of the Bulgaria
n national hero Hristo Botyov
. Since then, the club has changed its name several times: Botev (1912–1946), DNV(1947–51), DNA (1952–57), SKNA (1957), Botev (1957–1968) and Trakia (1968–1989). However, as of 1989, the current name is Botev Plovdiv. The club's colours, yellow and black, were adopted for the first time in 1917.
After the first World War
, Botev Plovdiv began to become more successful. In 1920, the team won the unofficial football championship of Plovdiv. On August 30, 1925, the canaries played their first official international match against the Turkish Fenerbahçe. In the next year, the team led by the coach and captain Nikola Shterev
, won the first official trophy, the Cup of Plovdiv.
Botev Plovdiv became National League
champions for the first time in 1929, winning the final against Levski Sofia
. The canaries won with 1:0 the final game in Sofia
. The goal scored Nikola Shterev
. Key players during this period included Nikola Shterev, Stancho Prodanov, Vangel Kaundzhiev and Mihail Kostov, who also played for the national team
.
, where Botev faced Levski Sofia
. The final match was lost by the canaries with 2:5.
In the next few years, the local municipality decided to built a new venue for the sports club. The construction for the sports complex, started on July 21, 1959 and was built in a period of two years. The new stadium was named Hristo Botev, in honor of the national hero. The sport venue was inaugurated with the friendly match between Botev and Steaua Bucureşti, which was won by the canaries with 3:0 in front of 20,000 spectators.
and the beginning of Botev's golden age. Dermendzhiev
holds Botev's overall appearances record, playing in 447 matches for the club. Second is Viden Apostolov with 429 matches and third is Petar Zehtinski with 351. Botev's all-time leading scorer is also Dermendzhiev
, who scored 194 goals at his period in the club. Kostadin Kostadinov is the Botev's second highest scorer with 106 goals and third is Atanas Pashev
with 100 goals.
Under the leadership of Dinko Dermendzhiev
, Botev won their first Bulgarian Cup
in 1962, beating Dunav Rousse 3-0 at Vasil Levski National Stadium
in Sofia
on 12 August. In the 1962-63 season Botev reached the quarter-final of the Cup Winners' Cup
by eliminating Steaua Bucureşti and Shamrock Rovers before losing to Atletico Madrid 1-5 on aggregate. In the same season the team finished runners-up in A PFG with 40 points, only 3 less than the first, Spartak Plovdiv
. In the team lines was recent acquisition Ivan Sotirov who became the goals scorer in Bulgaria with 20 goals.
In 1967 Botev became champions for the second time. The championship team featured several notable players, such as Viden Apostolov, Georgi Popov and Rayko Stoynov
, with Vasil Spasov as head coach. Botev represented Bulgaria in the 1967-68 European Champions Cup where they lost in the first round to Rapid Bucureşti after 2:0 win in Plovdiv and 0-3 (a.e.t.) loss in Romania. A five years later, in 1972, the team became winner of the Balkans Cup
for the first time, playing against Yugoslavian Velež Mostar
after two spectacular final matches to take the cup.
won the club's highest individual achievement, the European Golden Shoe after finishing as Europe's top domestic scorer with 31 goals. The same year, the notable team won its second Bulgarian Cup
, after a win against Pirin Blagoevgrad
. This period was very successful for the club. Botev finished 3rd in the A PFG, in 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988 and 2nd in 1986. In this year the team finished with 41 points, only 2 less than the first, Beroe
, in spite of the 8-1 win against Beroe in the direct match. Many of the club's most notable stars played around this time, such as Antim Pehlivanov, Dimitar Vichev, Atanas Pashev
, Dimitar Mladenov, Zapryan Rakov
, Blagoy Bangev and Petar Zehtinski, forming the notable Golden Team.
The most important achievement of that period in Europe was the 1985 Cup Winners' Cup campaign, when Botev qualified for the second round of the tournament. The team managed to secure a surprising 2-0 victory against the notable German powerhouse Bayern Munich
(with Klaus Augenthaler
, Dieter Hoeneß
, Søren Lerby
, Lothar Matthäus
and Jean-Marie Pfaff
in their squad). On November 7, 1984, in front of more than 45,000 spectators at Plovdiv Stadium
, Atanas Pashev
and Kostadin Kostadinov
scored for the win, but Botev were eliminated after losing 1:4 in the first-leg. Another memorable win is the 1:0 home victory over Barcelona
in a Cup Winners' Cup
first-leg in 1981.
, Bozhidar Iskrenov
, Kostadin Vidolov
and Borislav Mihaylov. In this period, Botev signed the first foreign player in the club's history, the Hungarian
Roberto Szabay. These big investments however did not bring any significant results and the club only managed to reach the third place in the A PFG in 1993, 1994 and 1995.
On 24 February 2010, Botev Plovdiv were administratively relegated from A PFG due to financial difficulties and a number of related issues. Botev's opponents will be awarded with 3:0 wins by default during the second half of the season.
for the 2010-11 season. The club was completely rebuild and with new organizational structure compared to the previous seasons, but featuring a lot of players with first league and international experience such as striker Atanas Kurdov
, midfielder Todor Timonov
and captain Nikolay Manchev
or goalkeeper Armen Ambartsumyan. Botev finished as a champion in the third league with the impressive 37 wins and only one draw (112 points), getting a promotion to the second tier of Bulgarian football, B PFG. For the new season the club was joined by a new coach - Petar Houbchev
, who has international experience as player and coach, succeeding the club legend Kostadin Vidolov
. Vidolov is now coach assistant and helps Hubchev with his main objective to climb the top to the A PFG .
/(Beauty,faith and fight).
For more than 30 years, no big repairs were done on the College. In 1993, during the presidency of Hristo Danov, some serious repairs were made. The visitors’s changing room was moved to the eastern part of the stadium. A tunnel under the East and the North stand was built in order to connect the visitors’ changing room with the field and the capacity of the stadium was reduced. In 1995 electric lighting was built, but ironically it did not face the standards of the Bulgarian Football Union
.
In the years from 1926 to 1947, Botev played 6 international games on the ground - two wins, three losses and one draw. The matches were played against Admira Vienna (1:7), Kecskemét
(3:2 and 2:4), Besiktas
(0:0), Bohemians Prague (1:3) and the famous “Wonderteam” of Austria Vienna (sensational win with 5:4) respectively. The attendance record was set on February 27, 1963 during the quarter-final of the Cup Winner’s Cup against Atletico Madrid (1:1) – 40 000 people. The record for the Bulgarian championship was set in 1966 against Levski Sofia(0:1) – 37 000 people, but because of the riots between the fans and the rush of fans on the field, Botev Plovdiv was forced to play its derbies at “The Big House” – the City Stadium
.
Several times, the stadium was used for football matches from the city rivals from Lokomotiv Plovdiv. During the second half of the 1980/81 season, “The Smurfs” (Lokomotiv Plovdiv) played their home matches on The College (which was followed by a relegation in the second division) as well as one match in the 2003/04 season (when Lokomotiv won the A PFG for the first time). Spartak Plovdiv also used the stadium for several matches during the 1995/1996 season. The stadium has also hosted the Bulgarian Cup
final in 2000, when Levski Sofia won the cup after 2:0 against Naftex Burgas.
In the summer of 2008, the stadium underwent some renovations to meet the requirements of the Football Union, the Central Stand was renovated and the new visitors's changing room was built under it.
The first states that the yellow and black is symbol of the unity between the catholic collegians (yellow) and the orthodox schoolfellows (black) as the club's stadium - Hristo Botev was built in close proximity with the Catholic College of Plovdiv.
The second one says that the founders of the club copied the organizational structure from the then very popular Austrian clubs and that they took the colors of the Austro-Hungarian
imperial flag (also the first club badge was very similar to the SK Rapid Wien
crest).
/(East Stand), which is occupied by the bultras. Bultras is a generalized name for the extreme yellow-black fans and they are one of the three major football mobs in Bulgaria
(along with Sofia
’s CSKA
and Levski
). The word bultras is derived from Botev Ultras and it was firstly used by some hardcore fans during the mid-1990s.
Key
As of 27 February 2011
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Chairman Nat From To
Viden Apostolov
13.09.1990
01.10.1992
Petar Baldzhiev
01.10.1992
16.01.1993
Hristo Danov
16.01.1993
04.01.1995
Mihail Markachev
04.01.1995
14.10.1996
Georgi Chakarov
14.10.1996
16.09.1997
Petko Muravenov
16.09.1997
26.11.1997
Vassil Koritarev
26.11.1997
16.12.1997
Vasko Ninov
16.12.1997
16.03.1999
Dimitar Hristolov
19.03.1999
29.04.2010
Marin Bakalov
29.04.2010
present
Most league goals for the club
Bulgari>n league top scorer with the club
Note: For a complete list of Botev Plovdiv players, see :Category:PFC Botev Plovdiv players.
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
, which currently competes in Bulgaria's second football league, the B PFG.
The club was officially founded in March 1912 by a group of students and since then, it is one of the most prominent football clubs in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. Botev's home ground, the Stadion Botev, is located in the residential quarter of Kamenitza and has a capacity of 22,000 spectators.
Botev Plovdiv is one of the best known clubs in Bulgaria. The Canaries (the nickname of the club) have won 2 league titles and 2 national cups
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
. Botev have been twice vice-champion of Bulgaria, ten times has finished the league table 3rd, ten times has also reached the Bulgarian Cup's finals. The club is also a six-time champion of Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
, years before the A PFG is created. Botev has been a four-time winner of the Trimontzium Cup (friendly international tournament held in Plovdiv). The club has also won the Interleague-86 Cup (trophy of the Polish Football Association
Polish Football Association
The Polish Football Association is the governing body of football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues , the Polish Cup, the Polish SuperCup, the Polish League Cup, and the Polish national football team...
). Internationally the club has reached one Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
quarter-finals and has won the Balkans Cup
Balkans Cup
In 1961, a Balkans Cup for football clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia was introduced. It was played 27 times...
once.
Honours
Bulgarian A PFGBulgarian A Professional Football Group
The Bulgarian A Professional Football Group commonly known as A PFG is the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The league is sponsored by Victoria FATA Insurance and therefore is officially known as Victoria A Football Group since 2011...
:
- Champions (2): 1929, 1967A PFG 1966-67-League standings:-References:*...
Bulgarian Cup
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
:
- Winners (2): 1962, 1981
Balkans Cup
Balkans Cup
In 1961, a Balkans Cup for football clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia was introduced. It was played 27 times...
:
- Winners (1): 1972
Trimontzium Cup:
- Winners (4): 1943, 1984, 1987, 1989 (as Trakia Plovdiv)
Early years (1912-1950)
Botev Plovdiv was founded in 1912, by a small group of students from the Catholic College and the First Male High School in PlovdivPlovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
and it was the first football club in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. Upon its formation, Stoyan Puhtev became president, Nenko Penelov was the vice-president, Petar Delev secretary and Tenyo Rusev steward. Rusev chose to name it Botev in honor of the Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n national hero Hristo Botyov
Hristo Botev
Hristo Botev , born Hristo Botyov Petkov , was a Bulgarian poet and national revolutionary. Botev is widely considered by Bulgarians to be a symbolic historical figure and national hero.-Early years:...
. Since then, the club has changed its name several times: Botev (1912–1946), DNV(1947–51), DNA (1952–57), SKNA (1957), Botev (1957–1968) and Trakia (1968–1989). However, as of 1989, the current name is Botev Plovdiv. The club's colours, yellow and black, were adopted for the first time in 1917.
After the first World War
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, Botev Plovdiv began to become more successful. In 1920, the team won the unofficial football championship of Plovdiv. On August 30, 1925, the canaries played their first official international match against the Turkish Fenerbahçe. In the next year, the team led by the coach and captain Nikola Shterev
Nikola Shterev
Nikola Shterev was a Bulgarian international football player and coach. On club level Shterev won one national championships with Botev Plovdiv in 1929.-Career:...
, won the first official trophy, the Cup of Plovdiv.
Botev Plovdiv became National League
Bulgarian State Football Championship
The State Football Championship was the first national football competition in Bulgaria. It was organised between 1924 and 1944 by the Bulgarian National Sport Federation.The championship didn't finish in years 1924, 1927 and 1944 because of different reasons...
champions for the first time in 1929, winning the final against Levski Sofia
PFC Levski Sofia
"Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...
. The canaries won with 1:0 the final game in Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
. The goal scored Nikola Shterev
Nikola Shterev
Nikola Shterev was a Bulgarian international football player and coach. On club level Shterev won one national championships with Botev Plovdiv in 1929.-Career:...
. Key players during this period included Nikola Shterev, Stancho Prodanov, Vangel Kaundzhiev and Mihail Kostov, who also played for the national team
Bulgaria national football team
The FIFA Bulgaria national football team is an association football team fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home ground is Vasil Levski in Sofia and Luboslav Penev is in charge manager after replacement of Lothar Matthäus...
.
1950-1960
In 1951, Botev Plovdiv joined for the first time the newly created Bulgarian A PFG. Despite being relegated in 1953 to the Bulgarian B PFG, in 1954 the club easily won promotion for the top division. 1956 was very successful for the team, which finished 3rd in the domestic league and qualified for the final of the Bulgarian CupBulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
, where Botev faced Levski Sofia
PFC Levski Sofia
"Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...
. The final match was lost by the canaries with 2:5.
In the next few years, the local municipality decided to built a new venue for the sports club. The construction for the sports complex, started on July 21, 1959 and was built in a period of two years. The new stadium was named Hristo Botev, in honor of the national hero. The sport venue was inaugurated with the friendly match between Botev and Steaua Bucureşti, which was won by the canaries with 3:0 in front of 20,000 spectators.
Dinko Dermendzhiev Era (1961-1980)
In 1961 Botev finished 3rd in the A PFG, for second time in the club's history. This Championship also marked the first appearance of the club's most important player Dinko DermendzhievDinko Dermendzhiev
Dinko Tsvetkov Dermendzhiev is a former Bulgarian football player in a midfielder role, and later manager....
and the beginning of Botev's golden age. Dermendzhiev
Dinko Dermendzhiev
Dinko Tsvetkov Dermendzhiev is a former Bulgarian football player in a midfielder role, and later manager....
holds Botev's overall appearances record, playing in 447 matches for the club. Second is Viden Apostolov with 429 matches and third is Petar Zehtinski with 351. Botev's all-time leading scorer is also Dermendzhiev
Dinko Dermendzhiev
Dinko Tsvetkov Dermendzhiev is a former Bulgarian football player in a midfielder role, and later manager....
, who scored 194 goals at his period in the club. Kostadin Kostadinov is the Botev's second highest scorer with 106 goals and third is Atanas Pashev
Atanas Pashev
Atanas Pashev is a retired Bulgarian football player. Pashev was an attacking midfielder and playmaker.He once played with Trakia Plovdiv in Bulgaria and earned 136 caps for the Bulgarian championship. He also once played with Kuala Lumpur FA in M-League in 1993...
with 100 goals.
Under the leadership of Dinko Dermendzhiev
Dinko Dermendzhiev
Dinko Tsvetkov Dermendzhiev is a former Bulgarian football player in a midfielder role, and later manager....
, Botev won their first Bulgarian Cup
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
in 1962, beating Dunav Rousse 3-0 at Vasil Levski National Stadium
Vasil Levski National Stadium
Vasil Levski National Stadium , named after Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski, is one of Bulgaria's largest sports venues and the country's second largest stadium...
in Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
on 12 August. In the 1962-63 season Botev reached the quarter-final of the Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
by eliminating Steaua Bucureşti and Shamrock Rovers before losing to Atletico Madrid 1-5 on aggregate. In the same season the team finished runners-up in A PFG with 40 points, only 3 less than the first, Spartak Plovdiv
FC Spartak Plovdiv
FC Spartak Plovdiv is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv. Spartak Plovdiv currently plays its home matches at the 3,000-seat Todor Diev Stadium in the Kichuk Parizh district of Plovdiv. The stadium is named after the club's all-time greatest player Todor Diev...
. In the team lines was recent acquisition Ivan Sotirov who became the goals scorer in Bulgaria with 20 goals.
In 1967 Botev became champions for the second time. The championship team featured several notable players, such as Viden Apostolov, Georgi Popov and Rayko Stoynov
Rayko Stoynov
Rayko Stoynov was a Bulgarian international football player. On club level Stoynov won one national championships with Botev Plovdiv in 1967 and one Bulgarian Cup in 1962....
, with Vasil Spasov as head coach. Botev represented Bulgaria in the 1967-68 European Champions Cup where they lost in the first round to Rapid Bucureşti after 2:0 win in Plovdiv and 0-3 (a.e.t.) loss in Romania. A five years later, in 1972, the team became winner of the Balkans Cup
Balkans Cup
In 1961, a Balkans Cup for football clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia was introduced. It was played 27 times...
for the first time, playing against Yugoslavian Velež Mostar
FK Velež Mostar
FK Velež , successor of RŠD Velež, is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the city of Mostar, founded on June 22, 1922....
after two spectacular final matches to take the cup.
European Achievements, The Golden Team (1981-1990)
In 1981, the club's forward Georgi SlavkovGeorgi Slavkov
Georgi Slavkov is a former Bulgarian football player.He scored 61 goals in 112 games for Botev Plovdiv between 1976 and 1982. In 1981 he won the France Football's Golden Boot award. With CSKA Sofia he played between 1982 and 1986, scoring 48 goals. Then he was transferred to the French club AS...
won the club's highest individual achievement, the European Golden Shoe after finishing as Europe's top domestic scorer with 31 goals. The same year, the notable team won its second Bulgarian Cup
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
, after a win against Pirin Blagoevgrad
PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad
PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad was a Bulgarian professional football club based in Blagoevgrad.Club was founded in 1931 as Makedonska Slava . In 1948 the club joined the newly established FD Julius Dermendzhiev and cease its independent existence...
. This period was very successful for the club. Botev finished 3rd in the A PFG, in 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988 and 2nd in 1986. In this year the team finished with 41 points, only 2 less than the first, Beroe
PFC Beroe Stara Zagora
PFC Beroe Stara Zagora or simply Beroe is a Bulgarian football club from Stara Zagora, that currently plays in the country's top division, the A PFG....
, in spite of the 8-1 win against Beroe in the direct match. Many of the club's most notable stars played around this time, such as Antim Pehlivanov, Dimitar Vichev, Atanas Pashev
Atanas Pashev
Atanas Pashev is a retired Bulgarian football player. Pashev was an attacking midfielder and playmaker.He once played with Trakia Plovdiv in Bulgaria and earned 136 caps for the Bulgarian championship. He also once played with Kuala Lumpur FA in M-League in 1993...
, Dimitar Mladenov, Zapryan Rakov
Zapryan Rakov
Zapryan Ivanov Rakov is a former Bulgarian international football player.-External links:...
, Blagoy Bangev and Petar Zehtinski, forming the notable Golden Team.
The most important achievement of that period in Europe was the 1985 Cup Winners' Cup campaign, when Botev qualified for the second round of the tournament. The team managed to secure a surprising 2-0 victory against the notable German powerhouse Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
(with Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus "Auge" Augenthaler is a former football player and now manager.-Playing years:...
, Dieter Hoeneß
Dieter Hoeneß
Dieter Hoeneß is a former German footballer, who played as a striker.In his playing career, he was mainly associated with Bayern Munich...
, Søren Lerby
Søren Lerby
Søren Lerby, is a Danish former football player, manager, and licensed agent. As a player, he spent the bulk of his career in Dutch football, winning five Eredivisie championships with Ajax Amsterdam as well as the 1988 European Cup and two further Eredivise titles with PSV Eindhoven...
, Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Herbert Matthäus , is a German football manager and former player.In 1990, he was named European Footballer of the Year and World Soccer Player of the Year after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup...
and Jean-Marie Pfaff
Jean-Marie Pfaff
Jean-Marie Pfaff is a Belgian former football goalkeeper.-Biography:At the age of 16, Pfaff joined K.S.K. Beveren with whom he won a Belgian champions title and a Belgian Cup . The same year, he received the Belgian Golden Shoe...
in their squad). On November 7, 1984, in front of more than 45,000 spectators at Plovdiv Stadium
Plovdiv Stadium
Plovdiv Stadium , formerly known as 9th September Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It is currently used mostly for athletics championships. The stadium holds 55,000. The stadium was built in 1950....
, Atanas Pashev
Atanas Pashev
Atanas Pashev is a retired Bulgarian football player. Pashev was an attacking midfielder and playmaker.He once played with Trakia Plovdiv in Bulgaria and earned 136 caps for the Bulgarian championship. He also once played with Kuala Lumpur FA in M-League in 1993...
and Kostadin Kostadinov
Kostadin Kostadinov
Kostadin Stefanov Kostadinov is a retired Bulgarian football player. Kostadinov was a forward.During his career, he played for Trakia Plovdiv in Bulgaria and made 350 appearances in the Bulgarian championship, scoring 106 goals. Kostadinov also played for Bulgaria national football team from...
scored for the win, but Botev were eliminated after losing 1:4 in the first-leg. Another memorable win is the 1:0 home victory over Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
in a Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
first-leg in 1981.
Hristo Danov Era (1991-1999)
In 1992, the club was bought by a conglomerate of brokers, led by Hristo Danov, who invested in the team in order to bring Botev to the top flights. Danov decided to bring players with a lot of experience in the Bulgarian football, such as Nasko SirakovNasko Sirakov
Nasko Petkov Sirakov is a retired Bulgarian footballer who played mainly as a striker.Part of the Bulgarian team at the 1994 FIFA World Cup as it finished fourth, he was one of the most important footballers in the country in the 80's/90's, being a legend at Levski Sofia, a club he represented in...
, Bozhidar Iskrenov
Bozhidar Iskrenov
Bozidar Georgiev Iskrenov , nicknamed Gibona and Gibi , is a former Bulgarian footballer who spent most of his career playing for Levski Sofia as a forward.Iskrenov also had a brief film career...
, Kostadin Vidolov
Kostadin Vidolov
Kostadin Vidolov is a Bulgarian former footballer. In his career he played for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Botev Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia, Levski Sofia, Beroe Stara Zagora, German 1. FC Union Berlin and Turkish Bursaspor. For Bulgaria national football team, Vidolov was capped 9 times, scoring one goal...
and Borislav Mihaylov. In this period, Botev signed the first foreign player in the club's history, the Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
Roberto Szabay. These big investments however did not bring any significant results and the club only managed to reach the third place in the A PFG in 1993, 1994 and 1995.
Hristolov takeover, Financial implosion (1999-2010)
On March 19, 1999 Botev was acquired by Dimitar Hristolov. This day marked the beginning of very difficult years for the club. In the 2000-01 season, the team was relegated to B PFG, after a 47 years stay in the A PFG. Botev spent one season in the second division and quickly returned to the top flight, but in 2004 the club was relegated for the second time. From 2005 to 2009 the club stayed in the A PFG, but in the second part of the league table.On 24 February 2010, Botev Plovdiv were administratively relegated from A PFG due to financial difficulties and a number of related issues. Botev's opponents will be awarded with 3:0 wins by default during the second half of the season.
The new beginning (2010-present)
After the financial collapse of the club in 2010, Botev Plovdiv started participation in the Bulgarian V AFGBulgarian V AFG
The Bulgarian V Amateur Football Group is the third level of the Bulgarian football league system. While the first division and the second division are professional, the third division V AFG is amateur division...
for the 2010-11 season. The club was completely rebuild and with new organizational structure compared to the previous seasons, but featuring a lot of players with first league and international experience such as striker Atanas Kurdov
Atanas Kurdov
Atanas Kurdov is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing for Botev Plovdiv.-Youth career:Kurdov is a product of the Levski Sofia's Youth Academy. In 2007 he spent weeks on a trial period in Celtic FC and Tottenham Hotspurs...
, midfielder Todor Timonov
Todor Timonov
Todor Timonov is a football midfielder from Bulgaria currently playing for Botev Plovdiv.-Career:Todor Timonov was raised in Botev Plovdiv's youth teams. In 2002 Timonov agreed the conditions of his first professional contract with the club which will be effective for five years...
and captain Nikolay Manchev
Nikolay Manchev
Nikolay Manchev is a football midfielder from the Bulgaria who is currently playing for Botev Plovdiv.-Career:...
or goalkeeper Armen Ambartsumyan. Botev finished as a champion in the third league with the impressive 37 wins and only one draw (112 points), getting a promotion to the second tier of Bulgarian football, B PFG. For the new season the club was joined by a new coach - Petar Houbchev
Petar Houbchev
Petar Hubchev is a Bulgarian former football player, and currently manager of Botev Plovdiv. He was part of the Bulgarian national team that reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup and also played at Euro 96.-As a player:...
, who has international experience as player and coach, succeeding the club legend Kostadin Vidolov
Kostadin Vidolov
Kostadin Vidolov is a Bulgarian former footballer. In his career he played for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Botev Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia, Levski Sofia, Beroe Stara Zagora, German 1. FC Union Berlin and Turkish Bursaspor. For Bulgaria national football team, Vidolov was capped 9 times, scoring one goal...
. Vidolov is now coach assistant and helps Hubchev with his main objective to climb the top to the A PFG .
Club's motto
Botev Plovdiv's motto is:"Красота,вяра и борба"/pronounced in Bulgarian:crɐsɔtɐ,vʝarɐ i bɔrbɐBulgarian language
Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
/(Beauty,faith and fight).
Stadium
In 1959, the authorities allowed the construction of a new club stadium at the place of the old field in the neighborhood of Kamenitza. The first building works began on 21 July 1959. Two years later, Botev Plovdiv finally returned to The College. On May 14, 1961 the reconstructed stadium was officially inaugurated. The prime minister – Anton Yugov – attended the celebrations together with the deputy-minister of the defence Dobri Djurov and most of the influential communist leaders. The celebrations ended with a friendly match against FC Steaua Bucureşti won by the yellow-blacks with 3:0.For more than 30 years, no big repairs were done on the College. In 1993, during the presidency of Hristo Danov, some serious repairs were made. The visitors’s changing room was moved to the eastern part of the stadium. A tunnel under the East and the North stand was built in order to connect the visitors’ changing room with the field and the capacity of the stadium was reduced. In 1995 electric lighting was built, but ironically it did not face the standards of the Bulgarian Football Union
Bulgarian Football Union
The Bulgarian Football Union is a football association based in Bulgaria and a member of UEFA. It organizes a football league, Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, and fields its Bulgaria national football team in UEFA and FIFA -authorised competitions.A legal entity that it claims descent...
.
In the years from 1926 to 1947, Botev played 6 international games on the ground - two wins, three losses and one draw. The matches were played against Admira Vienna (1:7), Kecskemét
Kecskeméti TE
Kecskeméti TE is a club, most famous for its football team. It hails from the city of Kecskemét, Bacs-Kiskun, Hungary and is currently competing in the NB I, the top league of Hungarian football...
(3:2 and 2:4), Besiktas
Besiktas
Beşiktaş is a municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and on the east by the Bosphorus...
(0:0), Bohemians Prague (1:3) and the famous “Wonderteam” of Austria Vienna (sensational win with 5:4) respectively. The attendance record was set on February 27, 1963 during the quarter-final of the Cup Winner’s Cup against Atletico Madrid (1:1) – 40 000 people. The record for the Bulgarian championship was set in 1966 against Levski Sofia(0:1) – 37 000 people, but because of the riots between the fans and the rush of fans on the field, Botev Plovdiv was forced to play its derbies at “The Big House” – the City Stadium
Plovdiv Stadium
Plovdiv Stadium , formerly known as 9th September Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It is currently used mostly for athletics championships. The stadium holds 55,000. The stadium was built in 1950....
.
Several times, the stadium was used for football matches from the city rivals from Lokomotiv Plovdiv. During the second half of the 1980/81 season, “The Smurfs” (Lokomotiv Plovdiv) played their home matches on The College (which was followed by a relegation in the second division) as well as one match in the 2003/04 season (when Lokomotiv won the A PFG for the first time). Spartak Plovdiv also used the stadium for several matches during the 1995/1996 season. The stadium has also hosted the Bulgarian Cup
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
final in 2000, when Levski Sofia won the cup after 2:0 against Naftex Burgas.
In the summer of 2008, the stadium underwent some renovations to meet the requirements of the Football Union, the Central Stand was renovated and the new visitors's changing room was built under it.
Colours
The first colours of the club, yellow and black, were adopted in 1917. There are two stories about how the colors were chosen.The first states that the yellow and black is symbol of the unity between the catholic collegians (yellow) and the orthodox schoolfellows (black) as the club's stadium - Hristo Botev was built in close proximity with the Catholic College of Plovdiv.
The second one says that the founders of the club copied the organizational structure from the then very popular Austrian clubs and that they took the colors of the Austro-Hungarian
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
imperial flag (also the first club badge was very similar to the SK Rapid Wien
SK Rapid Wien
The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...
crest).
Fans
The Botevists (the supporters of Botev Plovdiv) are said to be one of the most fanatic and loyal fans in all of Bulgaria, supporting the team during either good or bad moments. The club is famous for its eccentric Трибуна Изток /pronounced in Bulgarian:tribunɐ iztɔcBulgarian language
Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
/(East Stand), which is occupied by the bultras. Bultras is a generalized name for the extreme yellow-black fans and they are one of the three major football mobs in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
(along with Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
’s CSKA
PFC CSKA Sofia
PFC CSKA Sofia , commonly known as CSKA or CSKA Sofia is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The club was officially founded on May 5, 1948. CSKA's abbreviation stands for Central Sports Club of the Army...
and Levski
PFC Levski Sofia
"Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...
). The word bultras is derived from Botev Ultras and it was firstly used by some hardcore fans during the mid-1990s.
European cup history
| Season | Competition | Round | Land | Club | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962/63 | Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but... |
1/16 final |  |
Steaua | 2:3, 5:1 |
| 1/8 final |  |
Shamrock Rovers | 4:0, 1:0 | ||
| quarter-final |  |
Atletico Madrid | 1:1, 0:4 | ||
| 1967/68 | European Cup UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It... |
1/16 final |  |
Rapid Bucureşti | 2:0, 0:3 (a.e.t.) |
| 1968/69 | UEFA Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials... |
1st round | |
Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. is a Spanish association football team from Zaragoza in Spain. Founded on 18 March 1932, Real Zaragoza have spent the majority of their 78 year history in the Spanish top-flight. Real Zaragoza are Spain's 9th highest ranked team in overall league points... |
3:1, 0:2 |
| 1970/71 | UEFA Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials... |
1st round |  |
Coventry City | 1:4, 0:2 |
| 1978/79 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1st round |  |
Hertha BSC | 0:0, 1:2 |
| 1981/82 | Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but... |
1/16 final |  |
FC Barcelona FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.... |
1:4, 1:0 |
| 1984/85 | Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but... |
1/16 final |  |
Union Sportive Union Luxembourg Union Sportive Luxembourg, usually known as Union Luxembourg, was a football club, based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is now a part of Racing FC Union Luxembourg.-History:... |
1:1, 4:0 |
| 1/8 final | |
FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups.... |
1:4, 2:0 | ||
| 1985/86 | European Cup | 1/16 final |  |
IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups.... |
2:3, 1:2 |
| 1986/87 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1st round |  |
Hibernians FC | 2:0, 8:0 |
| 1/16 final |  |
NK Hajduk Split | 1:3, 2:2 | ||
| 1987/88 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1st round | |
Red Star Belgrade | 0:3, 2:2 |
| 1988/89 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1st round |  |
Dinamo Minsk | 1:2, 0:0 |
| 1992/93 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1st round |  |
Fenerbahçe SK Fenerbahçe SK Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü is a professional sports club based in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. The club derives its name from the Fenerbahçe neighbourhood of Istanbul. Fenerbahçe is one of the biggest and the best supported clubs in Turkey. They are nicknamed Sarı Kanaryalar )... |
1:3, 2:2 |
| 1993/94 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1st round |  |
Olympiacos | 2:3, 1:5 |
| 1995/96 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1st round |  |
Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936... |
1:0, 1:0 |
| 1/32 final |  |
Sevilla FC Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, Spain that plays in the Spanish La Liga championship.They are one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football having won a 1 La Liga title, 5 Spanish "Copa del Rey" Cups, 1 Spanish Super Cup and 2 UEFA... |
0:2, 1:1 | ||
Current squad
As of August 8, 2011Managerial history
This is a list of the last ten Botev Plovdiv managers:| Name | Nat | From | To | Honours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitko Dzhorov | |
20 October 2003 | 26 October 2003 | – |
| Trifon Pachev | |
26 October 2003 | 30 August 2004 | – |
| Yasen Petrov Yasen Petrov Yasen Petrov is a Bulgarian former football player and the current football manager. His nickname is Gianini.- Career :... |
|
30 August 2004 | 27 November 2005 | – |
| Atanas Marinov | |
20 January 2006 | 31 May 2006 | – |
| Svetoslav Garkov | |
30 June 2006 | 3 October 2007 | – |
| Tencho Tenev | |
3 October 2007 | 30 May 2008 | – |
| Kostadin Angelov Kostadin Angelov Kostadin Angelov is a former Bulgarian footballer. He is currently the manager of Vidima-Rakovski.-Early life and career:... |
|
1 June 2008 | 15 June 2009 | – |
| Petar Penchev* | |
18 June 2009 | 1 September 2009 | – |
| Enrico Piccioni Enrico Piccioni Enrico Piccioni is a former Italian footballer in the role of centre back, who last worked as a manager for Bulgarian A PFG club Botev Plovdiv.-Sources:*... |
 |
1 September 2009 | 15 December 2009 | – |
| Marin Bakalov Marin Bakalov Marin Bakalov is a Bulgarian football coach and former professional player who currently manages Botev Plovdiv.-Playing career:... |
|
15 June 2010 | 20 February 2011 | – |
| Kostadin Vidolov Kostadin Vidolov Kostadin Vidolov is a Bulgarian former footballer. In his career he played for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Botev Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia, Levski Sofia, Beroe Stara Zagora, German 1. FC Union Berlin and Turkish Bursaspor. For Bulgaria national football team, Vidolov was capped 9 times, scoring one goal... |
|
20 February 2011 | 15 May 2011 | – |
| Petar Houbchev Petar Houbchev Petar Hubchev is a Bulgarian former football player, and currently manager of Botev Plovdiv. He was part of the Bulgarian national team that reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup and also played at Euro 96.-As a player:... |
|
15 May 2011 | 26 Oct 2011 | – |
| Milen Radukanov Milen Radukanov Milen Radukanov is a former Bulgarian footballer, who currently manages Botev Plovdiv.-CSKA Sofia:In 2010 he was appointed as CSKA Sofia's assistant coach and interpreter for the Romanian head coach - Ioan Andone. Because of that fact he is known as the "Bulgarian Jose Mourinho"... |
|
26 Oct 2011 | – |
Key
* Served as caretaker managerCaretaker managerIn association football, a caretaker manager is someone who takes temporary charge of the management of a football club, usually when the regular manager is dismissed or leaves for a different club. However, a caretaker may also be appointed if the regular manager is ill or unable to attend to his...
.
As of 27 February 2011
Chairmen
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> | |||
| Chairman | Nat | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoyan Puhtev | |
1912 | 1922 |
| Ivan Nikiforov | |
1922 | 1923 |
| Georgui Hitrilov | |
1923 | 1926 |
| Hristo Kanchev | |
1926 | 1944 |
| Stoyo Seizov | |
1944 | 1947 |
| Dimitar Ganchev | |
1947 | 1953 |
| Dimitar Vangelov | |
1953 | 1960 |
| Yovcho Yovchev | |
1960 | 1964 |
| Stanko Stankov | |
1964 | 1972 |
| Kiril Asparuhov | |
1972 | 13.09.1990 |
Marin Bakalov
Marin Bakalov is a Bulgarian football coach and former professional player who currently manages Botev Plovdiv.-Playing career:...
Notable stats
| # | Name | Apps |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinko Dermendzhiev Dinko Dermendzhiev Dinko Tsvetkov Dermendzhiev is a former Bulgarian football player in a midfielder role, and later manager.... |
447 |
| 2 | Viden Apostolov |
429 |
| 3 | Zapryan Rakov Zapryan Rakov Zapryan Ivanov Rakov is a former Bulgarian international football player.-External links:... |
359 |
| 4 | Marin Bakalov Marin Bakalov Marin Bakalov is a Bulgarian football coach and former professional player who currently manages Botev Plovdiv.-Playing career:... |
353 |
| 5 | Petar Zehtinski |
350 |
| — | Kostadin Kostadinov Kostadin Kostadinov Kostadin Stefanov Kostadinov is a retired Bulgarian football player. Kostadinov was a forward.During his career, he played for Trakia Plovdiv in Bulgaria and made 350 appearances in the Bulgarian championship, scoring 106 goals. Kostadinov also played for Bulgaria national football team from... |
350 |
Most league goals for the club
| # | Name | Gls |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinko Dermendzhiev Dinko Dermendzhiev Dinko Tsvetkov Dermendzhiev is a former Bulgarian football player in a midfielder role, and later manager.... |
194 |
| 2 | Kostadin Kostadinov Kostadin Kostadinov Kostadin Stefanov Kostadinov is a retired Bulgarian football player. Kostadinov was a forward.During his career, he played for Trakia Plovdiv in Bulgaria and made 350 appearances in the Bulgarian championship, scoring 106 goals. Kostadinov also played for Bulgaria national football team from... |
106 |
| 3 | Atanas Pashev Atanas Pashev Atanas Pashev is a retired Bulgarian football player. Pashev was an attacking midfielder and playmaker.He once played with Trakia Plovdiv in Bulgaria and earned 136 caps for the Bulgarian championship. He also once played with Kuala Lumpur FA in M-League in 1993... |
100 |
| 4 | Antim Pehlivanov |
89 |
| 5 | Ivan Sotirov |
86 |
Bulgari>n league top scorer with the club
| Year | Name | Gls |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Ivan Sotirov |
20 |
| 1975 | Ivan Pritargov |
20 |
| 1981 | Georgi Slavkov Georgi Slavkov Georgi Slavkov is a former Bulgarian football player.He scored 61 goals in 112 games for Botev Plovdiv between 1976 and 1982. In 1981 he won the France Football's Golden Boot award. With CSKA Sofia he played between 1982 and 1986, scoring 48 goals. Then he was transferred to the French club AS... |
31 |
| 1983 | Antim Pehlivanov |
20 |
| 1986 | Atanas Pashev Atanas Pashev Atanas Pashev is a retired Bulgarian football player. Pashev was an attacking midfielder and playmaker.He once played with Trakia Plovdiv in Bulgaria and earned 136 caps for the Bulgarian championship. He also once played with Kuala Lumpur FA in M-League in 1993... |
30 |
| 2008 | Georgi Hristov |
19 |
Note: For a complete list of Botev Plovdiv players, see :Category:PFC Botev Plovdiv players.