OFC Spartak Pleven

"Spartak Pleven" redirects here. For the Bulgarian basketball club, see BC Spartak Pleven.

OFC Spartak Pleven

File:Spartak-pleven-logo.png
Full name	Municipal Football Club Spartak 1919 Pleven
Founded	1919 (1919)
Ground	Pleven Stadium, Pleven
Capacity	22,000
Chairman	Evgeni Genov
Manager	Krasimir Bislimov
League	North-West Third League
2017–18	Third League, 8th
Home colours Away colours

Spartak (Bulgarian: Спартак) is a Bulgarian municipal (Bulgarian: общински, pronounced obshtinski) association football club from the city of Pleven founded on 10 September 1919. The team's greatest achievements are the Bulgarian Cup final in 1957 and the third place in the Bulgarian Championship during the following season.

Spartak Pleven's colours are blue and white. Former Bulgarian international Plamen Getov is the club's most prominent figure, being Spartak Pleven's top goalscorer with a total of 108 goals.

Honours

Bulgarian A Group:

• Third place: 1958

Bulgarian Cup:

• Runners-up: 1957

Cup of the Soviet Army

• Runners-up: 1987

League positions

Current squad

As of 26 July 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
—	GK	BUL	Ivan Georgiev
—	GK	BUL	Teodor Todorov
—	GK	BUL	Veselin Dishkov
—	DF	BUL	Stanislav Ivanov
—	DF	BUL	Ivo Varbanov
—	DF	BUL	Toni Palikrushev
—	DF	BUL	Teodor Ivanov
—	MF	BUL	Tsvetan Petrov
—	MF	BUL	Ventsislav Milenov
—	MF	BUL	Trayan Dimitrov
—	MF	BUL	Dimitar Dimitrov

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BUL	Zhulien Benkov
—	MF	BUL	Ivan Petkov
—	MF	BUL	Mario Tihomirov
—	MF	BUL	Georgi Grozchev
—	MF	BUL	Ivaylo Radentsov
—	MF	BUL	Tihomir Todorov
—	MF	BUL	Stefan Todorov
—	FW	BUL	Ivaylo Ivanov
—	FW	BUL	Lyubomir Todorov
—	FW	BUL	Aleksandar Aleksandrov

Past seasons

Season	Level	League	Place	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Bulgarian Cup
2009–10	IV	A Regional Group	2	18	5	3	75	26	59	not qualified
2010–11	III	V Group	5	15	6	9	49	27	51	not qualified
2011–12	III	V Group	1	27	2	1	111	10	83	Third Round
2012–13	II	B Group	6*	11	9	6	33	25	42	Second Round
2013–14	III	V Group	4	20	5	5	66	27	65	not qualified
2014–15	III	V Group	1	23	2	1	92	8	71	not qualified
2015–16	II	B Group	13	9	9	12	35	42	36	Second Round
2016–17	II	Second League	14	9	6	15	44	52	33	First Round
2017–18	III	Third League	8	10	9	11	39	46	39	not qualified
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

Notable players

Famous players

Dimitar Minchev Pusho Dimitrov Plamen Nikolov Krasimir Lazarov Sasho Varbanov Lachezar Tanev

Plamen Getov Blagoi Krastanov Anatoli Kirilov Pavel Chelestinov Georgi Denev Martin Kamburov

Nikola Parchanov Ivaylo Petkov Momchil Tsvetanov Plamen Nikolov Vladimir Manchev

• For all Spartak players with a Wikipedia article see Category:PFC Spartak Pleven players.

Notable stats

Most A Group appearances: # Name Matches 1 Pusho Dimitrov 301 2 Krasimir Lazarov 257 3 Sasho Varbanov 253 4 Petar Boyanov 251 5 Petko Todorov 244 6 Stoyan Zdravkov 220 7 Pavel Chelestinov 213 8 Boris Novachev 204 9 Dimcho Dimov 204 10 Vencho Sabotinov 203

Most A Group goals: # Name Gols 1 Plamen Getov 108 2 Sasho Varbanov 75 3 Stoyan Zdravkov 64 4 Pavel Chelestinov 56 5 Krasimir Lazarov 40 6 Petar Boyanov 25 7 Vasil Minkov 25 8 Blagoi Krastanov 24 9 Milen Goranov 24 10 Petar Kostov 20

References

• Обретенов, Светослав (1989). Северняшки танц с футболна топка (in Bulgarian). Пловдив: Издателство "Христо Г. Данов".
• Симеонов, Климент (1984). Футболът в България (in Bulgarian). София: Държавно издателство "Медицина и физкултура".

External links

• Official website