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Rilski Sportist
Full nameFC Rilski Sportist 2011 Samokov
Nickname(s)The skiers
Founded1947; 77 years ago (1947)
GroundIskar Stadium
Capacity7 000
ChairmanDimitar Dzhorgov
ManagerPetar Adzhov
LeagueSouth-West Third League
2017–18South-West Third League, 15th

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.

History

PFC Rilski sportist was founded in 1947 after the union of a few smaller teams from Samokov. They played in the A PFG, the first division of Bulgarian football, in 2002/03 and 2006/07, which is their most important achievement overall. 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

League positions

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 Group

Honours

A Group (now First League):

B Group (now Second League):

A Regional - Sofia:

  • Winners (2): 2010–11, 2013–14

Bulgarian Cup:

Current squad

As of 1 August 2018 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 Stiliyan Bonev
2 DF Bulgaria BUL Tsvetan Mitev
3 DF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Ivanov
4 DF Bulgaria BUL Petar Rogozanski
6 MF Bulgaria BUL Martin Mihaylov
7 MF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Ivanov
8 MF Bulgaria BUL Ivaylo Zahariev
9 MF Bulgaria BUL Kolyo Chahov
10 MF Bulgaria BUL Vasil Kirov (captain)
11 FW Bulgaria BUL Domenik Avramov
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Svetlin Mitev
13 DF Bulgaria BUL Viktor Kolev
14 DF Bulgaria BUL Kaloyan Yankov
15 DF Bulgaria BUL Rosen Patnikov
16 MF Bulgaria BUL Bozhidar Shopov
17 MF Bulgaria BUL Kristiyan Dodov
18 MF Bulgaria BUL Atanas Belemezov
20 FW Bulgaria BUL Kostadin Adzhov
21 FW Bulgaria BUL Georgi Daganov
22 GK Bulgaria BUL Hristo Vidinov

Past seasons

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

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 - 6 000 spectators.

References