FC Volov Shumen

This article is about the original club. For the football club that existed between 2013 and 2016, see FC Shumen 1929.

Volov Shumen

Full name	Football Club Volov 1929 Shumen
Nickname(s)	Пивоварите (The Brewers)
Founded	December 1, 1929 (1929-12-01) as Panayot Volov
Ground	Stadion Panayot Volov, Shumen
Capacity	24,390 (currently down to 3,500)
Chairman	Evgeni Bonev
Manager	Stoyan Cheshmedzhiev
League	North-East Third League
2022–23	North-East Third League, 10th
Home colours Away colours

Football Club Volov 1929 Shumen (Template:Lang-bg) is a Bulgarian football club, playing in the city of Shumen, which currently competes in the North-East Third League. The club was established in 1929 under the name "Panayot Volov", and folded its senior team in 2014, before being 'refounded' in July 2018. Shumen last played in the top tier of Bulgarian football during the 1999–2000 season. They play their home games on "Panayot Volov." with a historic capacity of 24,390 people and a current one of 3,500. The team's first kit colors are yellow and blue.

Because of the city's famous brand of Shumensko beer, they are often affectionately called Пивоварите, or The Brewers.

History

FC Shumen (then called Panayot Volov) participated in the State Championship as Shumen region champion in 1934–35 and reached the semifinals. The club was again champion of Shumen region in 1935–36 and 1936–37, but was eliminated during the first matches of the State Championship. The club subsequently went through further name changes, including to DFS Shumen in 1980, Madara Shumen in 1984, and FC Shumen in 1985.

After a successful spell in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group during the early and late 1990s, which included a 4th-place finish in 1993–94, this led to a UEFA Cup participation. Shumen was drawn against Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta. Shumen lost both games, and were eliminated in their only European participation. In the upcoming years, the club lost its main sponsors and went bankrupt. A newly formed entity acquired its license and merged with Yunak Shumen in 2001, eventually becoming FC Shumen 2001. The club briefly returned to its original name of Panayot Volov in 2007, before entering financial difficulties once more and being renamed to Shumen 2010 as it was demoted to the V group, the third tier in Bulgarian football.

The club regained its position in professional football after a two-year absence by winning the 2011–12 Northeastern V Amateur Group, but finished 12th out of 14 teams in its first season back, and was relegated back to the third division for the 2013–14 season. Shumen 2010 finished 14th in the 2013/14 V AFG campaign, which meant they were relegated to the regional divisions. However, due to continuing financial difficulties the club folded before the start of the 2014/15 season, and fielded youth teams only in the following four seasons.

On 26 July 2018, the team was restored under the name Volov 1929 Shumen and filed a request for participation in the 2018–19 season of the Bulgarian Third League. On 30 July they were accepted, and faced Lokomotiv Ruse in their return to the 3rd division, losing the game 2–1. They were relegated at the end of the season, but returned to the Third League in the 2021–22 season.

PFC Shumen have played in the A Professional Group for a total of seven seasons: 1972–1973, 1983–1984, 1993–1996 and 1998–2000. The club reached the semifinals of the Bulgarian Cup on two occasions, in 1957 and 2006, when they narrowly lost 2:1 to Cherno More Varna after extra time.

Honours

A PFG

• 4th place: 1993–94
• Semifinalist in the national championship: 1935

B PFG

• Champions (2): 1971–72, 1982–83
• Runners-up (5): 1953–54, 1956–57, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1992–93

North-East V AFG

• Champions (3): 1986–87, 1990–91, 2011–12

Bulgarian Cup

• Semi-finalists (2): 1956–57, 2005–06
• Quarter-finalists (2): 1975–76, 1999–00

Naming history

• Panayot Volov (Template:Lang-bg) (December 1, 1929 - 1946)
• Yunak-Botev-Volov (Template:Lang-bg) (1946 - 1947)
• Panayot Volov (Template:Lang-bg) (1947 - 1980)
• FC Shumen (Template:Lang-bg) (1980 - 1985)
• FC Madara (Template:Lang-bg) (1985 - 1989)
• FC Shumen (1989 - 2001)
• Shumen 2001 (Template:Lang-bg) (2001 - 2007)
• Panayot Volov (2007 - 2010)
• Macaque 2008 (Template:Lang-bg) (2010 - 2011) (after split of "Makak" (Makak district, Shumen) from "OFG Shumen")
• Shumen 2010 (Template:Lang-bg) (2011 - 2014) (after "Rapid" (Divdyadovo, Shumen) merged into club)
• Volov (Template:Lang-bg) (2018 - Present)

Statistics

European record

UEFA Cup:

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1994–95	Q		Anorthosis Famagusta	1–2	0–2	1–4

League positions

League season to season (1948-2024)

Season Division Place Bulgarian Cup 1948–49 V AFG ? DNQ 1950 B PFG 4 DNQ 1951 B PFG 11 DNQ 1952 V AFG ? DNQ 1953 B PFG 3 DNQ 1954 B PFG 2 First Round 1955 B PFG 8 DNQ 1956 B PFG 4 DNQ 1957 B PFG 2 Semi-final 1958 B PFG 10 ? 1958–59 B PFG 4 DNQ 1959–60 B PFG 4 First Round 1960–61 B PFG 16 ? 1961–62 V AFG ? First Round 1962–63 B PFG 8 DNQ 1963–64 B PFG 13 DNQ 1964–65 B PFG ? DNQ 1965–66 B PFG 6 ? 1966–67 B PFG ? First Round 1967–68 B PFG 10 DNQ 1968–69 B PFG 11 First Round 1969–70 B PFG 18 Second Round

Season Division Place Bulgarian Cup 1970–71 V AFG ? First Round 1971–72 B PFG 1 First Round 1972–73 A PFG 18 First Round 1973–74 B PFG 4 DNQ 1974–75 B PFG 13 First Round 1975–76 B PFG 4 Quarter-final 1976–77 B PFG 5 First Round 1977–78 B PFG 6 Third Round 1978–79 B PFG 9 First Round 1979–80 B PFG 4 Second Round 1980–81 B PFG 2 First Round 1981–82 B PFG 2 First Round 1982–83 B PFG 1 Second Round 1983–84 A PFG 11 Second Round 1984–85 B PFG 3 Third Round 1985–86 V AFG ? DNQ 1986–87 V AFG 1 DNQ 1987–88 B PFG 8 Third Round 1988–89 B PFG 8 Second Round 1989–90 B PFG 20 DNQ

Season Division Place Bulgarian Cup 1990–91 V AFG 1 DNQ 1991–92 B PFG 13 DNQ 1992–93 B PFG 2 First Round 1993–94 A PFG 4 First Round 1994–95 A PFG 10 First Round 1995–96 A PFG 14 Second Round 1996–97 B PFG 11 Second Round 1997–98 B PFG 3 Second Round 1998–99 A PFG 14 Third Round 1999–00 A PFG 16 Quarter-final 2000–01 B PFG 18 First Round 2001–02 V AFG 2 First Round 2002–03 V AFG 2 DNQ 2003–04 B PFG 9 First Round 2004–05 B PFG 9 Second Round 2005–06 B PFG 7 Semi-final 2006–07 B PFG 7 Second Round 2007–08 B PFG 9 First Round 2008–09 B PFG 14 First Round 2009–10 B PFG 10 First Round

Season Division Place Bulgarian Cup 2010–11 V AFG 4 DNQ 2011–12 V AFG 1 DNQ 2012–13 B PFG 12 First Round 2013–14 V AFG 14 First Round 2014–15 Did not exist 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 Third League 13 DNQ 2019–20 A RFG 2 DNQ 2020–21 A RFG 5 DNQ 2021–22 Third League 9 DNQ 2022–23 Third League 10 DNQ 2023–24 Third League

• Total seasons in A Group: 7
• Total seasons in B Group: 47
• Total seasons in V Group: 16
• Total seasons in A RFG: 2

External links

• Club profile at bgclubs.eu (in Bulgarian)