FC Septemvri Simitli

Septemvri

Full name	Football Club Septemvri Simitli
Nickname(s)	The Simitlians
Founded	1942 (1942)
Ground	Struma, Simitli
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Hristo Atanasovski
Manager	Todor Kiselichkov
League	Second League
2019–20	South-West Third League, 2nd (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

FC Septemvri (Bulgarian: ФК Септември) is a Bulgarian football club based in Simitli, who play in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football league system.

History

Founded in 1942. From 1961 to 1975 called "Pirin miner". The players are mostly young boys from the age of 18 to 20, with the exception of goalkeeper Dimitar Atanasovski (former player Belasitsa Petrich). Coach was rescued Stoimenov and was assistant coach Radoslav Mitrevski (former player of CSKA Sofia and the Pirin Blagoevgrad).

As of 2011, Septemvri is officially affiliated as a satellite to Levski Sofia. On 15 March 2012, the team reached the 1/2 finals of the Bulgarian Cup for the first time in its history, eliminating Bulgarian powerhouse CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals by a score of 2:1. They lost in the next round against Ludogorets Razgrad by a score of 1:4.

Honours

• Sixth place in the Western "B" group: 2010/11 and 2011 /12
• Semifinalist in the National Cup tournament: this time its official name is the Cup of Bulgaria - 2011 /12
• Cup of Amateur Football League: 1994/95

Current squad

As of 1 August 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	PAN	Charles Taylor
3	DF	BUL	Iliya Munin
4	DF	BUL	Borislav Vakadinov
5	MF	BUL	Vladimir Gogov
6	MF	BUL	Yoan Petrov
7	MF	BUL	Kiril Domozetski
8	MF	BUL	Ruslan Ivanov
9	MF	BUL	Zapro Dinev
10	FW	BUL	Anatoli Luleyski (captain)
11	MF	BUL	Kitan Vasilev
14	DF	BUL	Zdravko Karadachki
17	MF	BUL	Iliya Karapetrov

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	PAN	Daniel Taylor
20	MF	BUL	Kiril Mutavdzhiyski
21	FW	BUL	Borislav Hazurov
27	DF	BUL	Nikolay Stoilkov
55	DF	BUL	Evgeni Tuntev
66	MF	BUL	Hristo Mladenov
74	GK	BUL	Filip Dimitrov
77	DF	BUL	Kristiyan Mihaylov
88	FW	BUL	Ivaylo Mihaylov (on loan from Pirin)
98	MF	BUL	Kiril Nikolov
—	GK	MKD	Metodija Velkovski
—	DF	BUL	Emil Petrov

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2020.

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BUL	Valentin Obretenov (at Bansko until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	BUL	Boris Bozhinov (at Bansko until 30 June 2021)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	BUL	Lachezar Dafkov (at Pirin Gotse Delchev until 30 June 2021)

League positions

Past seasons

Season	League	Place	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Bulgarian Cup
2010–11	B PFG (II)	6	12	7	11	30	31	43	First round
2011–12	B PFG	6	8	10	9	48	35	33	Semifinals
2012–13	B PFG	13	4	3	19	18	39	15	First round
2013–14	V AFG (III)	2	21	7	2	47	15	70	not qualified
2014–15	B PFG	12	11	3	16	30	47	36	First round
2015–16	B PFG	15	6	5	19	26	50	23	First round
2016–17	Third League (III)	2	21	9	4	62	28	72	not qualified
2017–18	Third League	7	14	8	12	46	37	50	not qualified
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

External links

• Septemvri Simitli at bgclubs.eu