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Slivnishki Geroy
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Full nameFootball Club Slivnishki Geroy
Founded1924; 100 years ago (1924)
GroundSlivnishki Geroy Stadium, Slivnitsa
Capacity7,000
ChairmanVentsislav Balikov
ManagerVentsislav Rangelov
LeagueSouth-West Third League
2016–17South-West Third League, 4th

Football Club Slivnishki Geroy (Bulgarian: Футболен клуб Сливнишки герой) are a Bulgarian association football club based in Slivnitsa, Sofia Province, currently playing in the South-West Third League. Their home ground since 1966 has been Slivnishki Geroi Stadium. The team has played in blue and white stripes throughout most of its history.

Honours

History

Slivnishki Geroi in 1975

Slivnishki Geroi was founded in 1924. The club has played 13 seasons at B PFG - the second level of Bulgarian football (including continuously from 1970 to 1983). Slivnishki Geroi's best season in the second division was in the 1974–75 season - 4th place. In 1982–83 season Slivnishki Geroi won just eleven games in the B PFG campaign and were relegated to the amateur V AFG, the third tier of the Bulgarian football league pyramid. Year later, the team relegated to fourth division.

In 2001 Slivnishki Geroi secured promotion to the third division. In 2004 Radoslav Zdravkov was appointed manager on a two-year contract.

Slivnishki Geroi finished the 2010–11 South-West V AFG Championship as champions and will return to the B PFG during 2011–12 for the first time in 28 years.

League positions

Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria)Bulgarian V AFGBulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian V AFG

Stadiums

Between 1924 and 1966, Slivnishki Geroi played at two grounds in the town, on the military division in Slivnitsa and on the Machine-tractor stations, but in 1966, the club moved to Slivnishki Geroi Stadium and have played there ever since. The stadium has a current capacity of 7,000.

Current squad

As of 1 October 2016 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 Bulgaria BUL Martin Minev
GK Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Simeonov
DF Bulgaria BUL Lyubomir Despotov
DF Bulgaria BUL Viktor Georgiev
DF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Gaydarov
DF Bulgaria BUL Angel Madzhirov
DF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Vlahov
DF Bulgaria BUL Denis Nikolov
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Marinov
MF Bulgaria BUL Vesislav Ivanov
MF Bulgaria BUL Kostadin Kaftanov
MF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Petrov
FW Bulgaria BUL Krasimir Georgiev
FW Bulgaria BUL Bozhidar Atanasov
FW Bulgaria BUL Marian Hadzhiev