PFC Balkan Botevgrad
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PFC Balkan Botevgrad (Bulgarian: Балкан Ботевград) 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.
[edit] 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. In his history the club participated in either the second or the third Bulgarian division. Currently the team is playing in Bulgarian B Professional Football Group. From 2005, the chairman of the club is Tihomir Ninov. In 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 made it to the 1/8 finals of the competition. Unfortunately, "Balkan" was eliminated by CSKA Sofia after a score of 5:0.
[edit] Best seasons
[edit] Current squad
As of September 2008 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
[edit] Famous players
- Ivan Atanasov
- Stoyan Kotsev
- Dimitar Tsekov
- Marian Hristov
- Nikolay Stanchev
- Genadi Simeonov
- Blagoy Krystanov
- Ivan Redovski
- Dimitar Topalov
- Ilia Tsekov
- Stefan Vlachkov-Skaramush
- Stefan Grozdanov
- Georgi Tihanov
- Borislav Yosifov
- Alexander Nikolov
- Vassil Redovski
- Georgi Alexiev
- Ivaylo Nanev
- Velin Ranov
[edit] See also
Tihomir Ninov
Current season
