PFC Bansko

PFC Bansko

Full name	Professional Football Club Bansko
Nickname(s)	The Chamois
Founded	1951 (1951)
Ground	St Petar Stadium, Bansko
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Georgi Kotsev
Head coach	Georgi Galchev
League	South-West Third League
2020–21	Third League, 14th
Home colours Away colours

Bansko (Bulgarian: Банско) is a Bulgarian professional association football club from the town of Bansko, currently playing in the South-West Third League, the third division of Bulgarian football. Its home matches take place at the Saint Petar Stadium.

The club was founded in 1951. Until the 2008–09 season, the team participated in either the amateurs Bulgarian divisions. After the union by the two clubs from Blagoevgrad – "Pirin" and "Pirin 1931", FC Bansko took licence of Pirin for participation in the West B Group.

History

Bansko was founded in 1951. The team has largely played in regional leagues throughout its history. The team enjoyed more success in the 21st century. Bansko promoted to the B PFG for the first time in 2009. A strong selection of players led to success in the second tier of Bulgarian football. In their debut season, Bansko finished third, very close to securing promotion to the top tier. During this season, 2009-10 season, Bansko managed to finish in third place, with 59 points, equal with Akademik Sofia on points. However, Akademik had a better goal difference, and were placed second, thus being promoted to the first tier at the expense of Bansko.

Honours

B Group:

• 3rd place (1): 2009–10

Bulgarian Cup:

• Third Round (2): 2007–08, 2012–13

Current squad

As of 1 February 2020

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	Abdi Abdikov
2	DF	BUL	Yordan Lechov
3	DF	BUL	Kostadin Slaev (captain)
5	DF	BUL	Borislav Sandev
6	MF	BUL	Kristiyan Baltov
7	MF	BUL	Kiril Georgiev
8	MF	BUL	Vasil Vasilev
10	MF	BUL	Smilen Zlatanov
11	MF	BUL	Viktor Ergin

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	GK	BUL	Angel Yusev
14	MF	BUL	Vesko Veskov
15	DF	BUL	Boris Eykov
17	MF	BUL	Marian Iliev
18	DF	BUL	Iliya Munin
19	FW	BUL	Petko Petkov
20	MF	BUL	Aleksandar Kehayov
21	MF	BUL	Zhoro Roshkov
40	DF	BUL	Krasimir Durchov

League positions

Managers

Dates	Name	Honours
1951–2009	unknown
2009	Boris Nikolov
2009–2010	Krasimir Manolov
2010–2013	Voyn Voynov
2013–2015	Aleksandar Tomash
2016	Ivan Atanasov
2016–2017	Petko Medvedski
2017–	Dimitar Krushovski

Past seasons

Season	League	Place	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Bulgarian Cup
2009–10	B PFG (II)	3	17	8	5	50	22	59	First round
2010–11	B PFG	4	14	6	10	42	35	48	Second round
2011–12	B PFG	4	10	10	7	36	24	40	Second round
2012–13	B PFG	5	13	7	6	48	26	46	Third round
2013–14	B PFG	5	13	3	10	40	24	42	First round
2014–15	B PFG	4	14	11	5	38	18	53	Second round
2015–16	B PFG	9	11	6	13	42	38	39	Second round
2016–17	Second League (II)	15	6	7	17	26	55	25	First Round
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

External links

• Bansko at bgclubs.eu