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FC Rilski Sportist Samokov

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Rilski Sportist
Full nameFC Rilski Sportist 2011 Samokov
Nickname(s)The Skiers
Founded1947; 77 years ago (1947)
GroundIskar
Capacity7 000
ChairmanDimitar Dzhorgov
Head coachNikolay Nikolov - Chezeto & Hristo Dzhodzhov
LeagueSouth-West Third League
2020–21South-West Third League, 13th

FC Rilski Sportist (ФК Рилски спортист Самоков) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Samokov founded in 1947 and currently playing in the South-West Third League. Their home stadium is Iskar Stadium.

Throughout the majority of its history, Rilski Sportist has competed in the lower levels of Bulgarian football, usually the second, or third tiers. In 2002, however, the team managed to promote to the A Group for the first time. Their inexperience led to an immediate relegation. Three years later, Rilski Sportist returned to the A Group, only to be relegated again. Since then, the club has been competing mostly in the amateur levels of Bulgarian football.

The club's nickname is the ‘Skiers’, which originates from the fact that the town of Samokov and nearby Borovets are major resorts for winter sports in Bulgaria.

History

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PFC Rilski Sportist was founded in 1947 after the union of a few smaller teams from Samokov. Throughout much of its history, the team competed in the second or third tiers of Bulgarian football.

In 2002, Sportist achieved its first ever promotion to the Bulgarian elite, then known as A Group, for the 2002–03 season. As expected from a newcomer, Rilski Sportist found it difficult to survive. The team managed to win only one game and finished last, thus being relegated, after just one year among the best.

Three seasons later, the team won the 2005–06 B Group, which enabled them to play in the A PFG for a second time. In their second top-flight season, they won 10 games and earned 30 points. They were the only team to win against Levski in the league in that season. However, they were still 3 points behind 13th placed Spartak Varna, meaning that they were relegated again. The two top flight seasons remain their most important achievement overall. Since then, the team has shifted between the second and third tiers of Bulgarian football.

In the second division "The Skiers" have 23 participations – 664 matches in total, with 269 wins, 139 draws and 253 losses. Their best result in the Bulgarian Cup has been reaching the quarter-finals in 1950/51 and 2001/02.

"Rilski Sportist" means "Rila sportsman" in Bulgarian.

Crest history

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League positions

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Bulgarian V AFGBulgarian V AFGRegional Amateur Football Groups (Bulgaria)Bulgarian V AFGRegional Amateur Football Groups (Bulgaria)Bulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian A Football GroupBulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian A Football GroupBulgarian B Football Group

Honours

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A Group (now First League):

B Group (now Second League):

A Regional – Sofia:

  • Winners (2): 2010–11, 2013–14

Bulgarian Cup:

Current squad

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As of 6 March 2024 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 Bulgaria BUL Martin Stanchev
3 DF Bulgaria BUL Denis Zashev
4 DF Bulgaria BUL Miroslav Delkov
6 MF Bulgaria BUL Kristiyan Guglev
7 MF Bulgaria BUL Kristiyan Kochilov
8 DF Bulgaria BUL Yordan Minev
11 FW Bulgaria BUL Stanislav Spasov
10 MF Bulgaria BUL Krasimir Panchev
11 FW Bulgaria BUL Stanislav Petrov
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Stiliyan Bonev
13 MF Bulgaria BUL Kaloyan Dokovski
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Stanimirov
15 MF Bulgaria BUL Denis Buchev
16 MF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Kyosev
17 MF Bulgaria BUL Dobromir Pancharevski
18 DF Bulgaria BUL Rumen Gyonov
19 DF Bulgaria BUL Ivo Harizanov
21 MF Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Petrov
23 MF Bulgaria BUL Emil Gargorov
25 DF Bulgaria BUL Iliya Milanov
71 MF Bulgaria BUL Steven Slavkov

Notable players

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Had international caps for their respective countries, held any club record, or had more than 100 league appearances. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries.

Past seasons

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Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts Bulgarian Cup
2010–11 A RFG (IV) 1 17 1 0 86 6 52 not qualified
2011–12 V Group (III) 3 21 5 10 66 29 68 not qualified
2012–13 B PFG 15 6 4 20 28 71 22 not qualified
2013–14 A RFG (IV) 1 20 0 0 94 12 60 not qualified
2014–15 V Group (III) 14 7 6 17 26 46 27 not qualified
2015–16 V Group 11 10 5 17 41 43 35 not qualified
2016–17 Third League (III) 9 12 7 15 53 61 43 not qualified
2017–18 Third League 15 10 6 18 40 51 36 not qualified
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

Stadium

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Iskar stadium is situated in the southwestern part of Samokov near the biggest park of the city – "Gradski". Built in 1972, the stadium has around 7 000 seating places, most of which are covered. The field measures 105x68 meters. The best attendance was on 31.8.2002 in the match with PFC Levski Sofia – 6 800 spectators.

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