FC Balkan Botevgrad

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FC Balkan

Full name	Football Club Balkan
Nickname(s)	Forest Boys
Founded	1929; 95 years ago (1929) 29 September 2015; 8 years ago (2015-09-29) (refounded)
Ground	Stadion Hristo Botev, Botevgrad
Capacity	8 000
Manager	Ivan Redovski
League	South-West Third League
2020–21	South-West Third League, 6th
Home colours Away colours

FC Balkan Botevgrad (Bulgarian: ФК Балкан Ботевград, romanized: FK Balkan Botevgrad) is a Bulgarian football club, playing in the city of Botevgrad. The stadium of the club is "Hristo Botev" in Botevgrad with capacity of 8,000 people.

History

The club was established in 1929 with the name "Stamen Panchev". In 1945, the club was renamed "Hristo Gurbov". Since 1947, the name is "Balkan". The main kit-colours of the team are green and white. Throughout its history, the club has participated in either the second or the third Bulgarian division. Currently the team is playing in the Southwest Third League. From 2005, the chairman of the club is Tihomir Ninov. In the 2007/2008 season, Balkan finished 2nd in the Bulgarian South-West V AFG, but won promotion, because of the changes from the 2008/2009 season in Bulgaria's West and East B Groups. From 2008, the chief executive is the famous Bulgarian footballer Marian Hristov. The club qualified at the 1/8 finals of the Bulgarian Cup 2008-09 after defeating PFC Belite orli Pleven with 2:0 and beating PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra with 1:0 to make it to the 1/8 finals of the competition. Unfortunately, "Balkan" was eliminated by CSKA Sofia after a score of 5:0.

Honours

Second League

• Fifth place (2): 1978/1979, 2008/2009

Bulgarian Cup

• 1/8 finals (2): 1989, 2008

Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League

• Winners (1): 2019

League positions

Current squad

As of 1 August 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BUL Kalin Donchev 2 DF  BUL David Yordanov 3 DF  BUL Emil Romanov 4 MF  BUL Dimitar Velizarov 5 DF  BUL Petar Vasilev 6 DF  BUL Nikolay Hristozov 7 MF  BUL Vladislav Georgiev 8 MF  BUL Emil Kolev 9 FW  BUL Kristiyan Kovachev 10 MF  BUL Ivaylo Tsvetanov 11 FW  BUL Kristian Krastev

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  BUL Aleksandar Yordanov 13 FW  BUL Yasen Georgiev 14 MF  BUL Mark Vodiev 15 DF  BUL Viktor Teodosiev 16 MF  BUL Lyubomir Karanikolov 17 MF  BUL Viktor Vasilev 18 MF  BUL Ivaylo Boyadzhiev 19 DF  BUL Zdravko Atanasov (captain) 20 MF  BUL Martin Dimitrov

Past seasons

External links

• profile ad bgclubs.com
• History of PFC Balkan Botevgrad