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Beroe
Full nameProfessional Football Club Beroe
Nickname(s)Zelenite (The Greens)
Founded6 May 1916; 108 years ago (1916-05-06)
as Vereya
GroundBeroe
Capacity12,128
OwnerMaritsa East-2 TPP
ChairmanIlko Rusev
Head coachFerario Spasov
LeagueBulgarian First League
2015–16A Group, 3rd
WebsiteClub website

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora (Bulgarian: ПФК Берое Стара Загора) or simply Beroe (Bulgarian: Берое) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the Parva Liga, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name Vereya. The club's colours are green and white.

Since then the home ground of Beroe has been the homonymous Beroe Stadium in Stara Zagora with a seating capacity of 12,128. Beroe were the 1986 champions of Bulgaria and they also won the Bulgarian Cup twice in 2010 and 2013. The club's most noted and successful player is Petko Petkov, 2 times A Group Top Scorer: 1974 (with 20 goals) and 1976 (with 19 goals).

History

Football was played in Stara Zagora as early as 1916, however with no organized championship in Bulgaria until the late 1920s, numerous clubs enjoyed regional success in those early years for the game in both the city and Bulgaria itself. Beroe can trace its roots back to 4 May 1924, when it was founded as Beroya, after the merger of two other clubs – Borislav and Rekord.

The club managed to withstand the almost constant chaos and strife of the times, often caused by numerous shifts in the political regimes of Bulgaria, and despite many mergers and name changes throughout the first four decades of its history, it is constantly among the top 3 clubs in the city. It has also often been the platform for attempts to unite all the clubs in Stara Zagora, which foreshadowed its role and meaning for the city in the years to come.

The establishment of an organized league to determine the champion of Bulgaria in the late 40s coincided with the consolidation of football in Stara Zagora, the city finally seeing a one single strong club emerge to represent it at the highest level of Bulgarian football. That club was Beroe, at first bearing the names of Udarnik and Botev, before finally restoring its old name in 1959.

Successful years 1968–1980

1968 marked the beginning of Beroe's golden age. During the summer transfer period, the forward Petko Petkov joined the club. In the next 12 years he scored 144 goals for the club in A Group. Beroe became all-powerful, winning the Balkans Cup in 1968 (beating in the final Spartak Sofia with a 6–4 on aggregate) and 1969 (beating Dinamo Tirana with a 4–0 on aggregate).

In season 1971–72 in the domestic league was very successful for the team, which finished 3rd, and qualified for the UEFA Cup. The club's first participation in UEFA Cup was also promising, with Beroe eliminating the Austrian Austria Wien (7–0 and 3–1) and the Hungarian Honvéd (3–0 and 0–1) respectively and reaching the third round (but being knocked out by the Yugoslav OFK Beograd).

In season 1973–74 Beroe reach the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup: after eliminating the Luxembourg Fola Esch and the Basques of Athletic Bilbao, they were stopped in DDR by 1. FC Magdeburg (2–0 and 1–1).

Beroe have had some success in Europe, such as the 1–0 win over Juventus in a Cup Winners' Cup first-leg in 1979 and a 3–0 win over Athletic Bilbao in 1973. Moreover, Beroe is one of the two Bulgarian football clubs that has a positive record of the matches played in European club competitions.

Champions /1980-1995/

The champions team

In 1982 and 1984 Beroe won the Balkans Cup for the third and fourth times.

In 1986, the team led by the coach Evgeni Yanchovski won the Bulgarian title, the first in the club's history. Beroe finished the season with 43 points (after 20 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses). Beroe played in the 1986–87 UEFA European Champions Cup where they were eliminated in the first round to Dynamo Kyiv of the Soviet Union after 1–1 at Beroe Stadium and 0–2 loss in Kiev.[1]

The 1990s would see a gradual decline as Beroe were relegated to B Group in season 1994–95, finishing in last place with twelve points.

Downfall of the mid 90s, ups and downs again 1995–2008

The advent of democracy in Bulgaria ushered a new period of chaos and economical hardship for the country, and that didn't pass by Beroe. Nevertheless, despite several seasons of crisis the club again withstood the test of time, and despite needing a helpful merger with another team – Olimpik (Teteven) – managed to remain a key player on the Bulgarian football scene.

The first two seasons back in top division saw Beroe fight relegation, with safety being achieved by second half runs. In 2001–02 season the team again relegated.

In the autumn of 2007 the actual majority shareholder of Professional Football Club Beroe JSCo Nikolay Banev gave up the financial support of the team. In spite of that, the team demonstrated good football in most of the games. On the 10th of January, 2008 23 players and 3 coaches terminated their contracts with the club after a planned sale of the shares had failed.

Beroe got out of trouble on the 3rd of February 2008, when the Beroe veterans’ club and the national fanclub, assisted by lawyer Damian Georgiev managed to initiate, through related firms, insolvency proceedings in respect of the club in the Regional Court of Stara Zagora. The appointed administrator Elka Petrova transferred all the assets and liabilities of the club to a newly established joint-stock company Professional Football Club Beroe Stara Zagora JSCo.

The new entity succeeded Professional Football Club Beroe JSCo as regard of the license, the membership in the Bulgarian Football Union and the running of the football team itself.

In the summer of 2009 due to the world economic crisis most of the shareholders left the club due to financial problems. The club’s main sponsor Brikel JSCo transferred its shares to Beroe veterans’ club and the national fanclub, who appointed a new Board of Directors. It consists of Damyan Georgiev – Chairman, Genyo Petrov – Executive Director and Tsvetelin Zhoevski.

Winning the Cup /2009-10/ and /2012-13/

In the 2007–08 season Beroe lost their place in A Group, due to a controversial match between Belasitsa Petrich and Marek Dupnitsa in the last round of the season. In the very next season however Beroe managed first place in B Group and returned to the top flight. At that time Ilian Iliev had already been manager of the club for the last 2 years. In the year to follow, Beroe achieved its best season in over 20 years, beating all of the main competitors for the Bulgarian Cup. Beroe eliminated CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals, which paved the way for them to obtain the trophy, winning against second-division Chernomorets Pomorie 1–0 in the final at Lovech Stadium.[2] The winning goal was scored dramatically in the very last seconds of the added time by Beroe's former youth player Doncho Atanasov, who also went on to become top goalscorer of the tournament with 4 goals. Beroe became one of the only two Bulgarian teams that have won the cup without succeeding any goals. This success led to Ilian Iliev being awarded with the Coach of the Season award, as well as Ivo Ivanov (defender) being proclaimed best defender in A Group for 2009. Besides him other players that played a main role throughout the season were Iskren Pisarov, Georgi Andonov, Zdravko Iliev, Slavi Zhekov, Dian Genchev. One of the players with most matches in A Group for all times Kostadin Vidolov ended up his career mid-season with Beroe and went on to become a coach for Beroe's second team.

Beroe started 2010–11 season with the debut of the team in the UEFA Europa League.[3] Beroe entered the competition in the third qualifying round and faced the Austrian side Rapid Wien. The game in Bulgaria ended in a 1–1 draw. Rapid Wien managed to win the rematch with 3–0[4] putting an end to the international campaign of the Bulgarian team.

Beroe started 2012–13 season in Bulgarian Cup eliminating Akademik Svishtov in the second round. In the quarter-finals Beroe eliminated Lokomotiv (Mezdra) with aggregate result of 8–1, and then Pirin (Gotse Delchev) in the quarter-finals and Slavia Sofia in the semi-finals. In the final match at Lovech Stadium in Lovech against Levski Sofia, the result after 90 minutes was 3–3. After Beroe had taken the lead with 3–1 in the 80th minute, Levski Sofia with 10 men restored the tie, after Hristo Yovov received a second yellow card in the end of the first half. At the penalty shoot-out Levski Sofia scored just 1 from 4 penalties and Beroe, 3 of 5 which meant that Beroe had won the cup for second time in the club's history.

Stadium

Main article: Beroe Stadium

Beroe Stadium is situated in the northwestern part of Stara Zagora near the biggest park of the city – Ayazmoto. That's the biggest sport facility of the team. The team has also three training grounds, the Beroe stadium base includes also tennis facilities and covered training hall. Built in 1959, the stadium is currently being renovated and has around 13,000 seating places, most of which are covered. The stadium has its own gymnastics, acrobatics and boxing hall. There is also a table-tennis facility. The stadium's overall capacity is about 15,000. The Beroe stadium has the fastest athletics lane and was often used for such competitions. The biggest attendance was in 1986 when the team won the championship title and more than 40,000 spectators were celebrating together with the players.

Supporters and rivalries

The club has very strong support in the country. Their group is called Zara Boys.

Beroe's main rival is Botev Plovdiv. The match between these two teams is called Thracian Derby. They also have a strong rivalry with the two most popular teams in the country - Levski Sofia and CSKA Sofia. Other teams that are in bad relations with Beroe are Lokomotiv Plovdiv and especially Neftohimic Burgas.

The only team with which fans Zara Boys have a strong friendship is Etar Veliko Tarnovo.

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Previous crest used until 2016

Beroes colours are green and white.

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
1924–82 None None
1982–83 Germany Puma
1983–86 None
1986–91 Germany Adidas
1991–92 United States Nike CEBI
1992–95 ?
1995–04 None
2004–06 AKB Fores
2006–07 Germany Jako
2007–08 Germany Uhlsport
2008–09 Bulgaria Tomy Sport Stara Zagora
2009–10 Bulgaria GUPA
2010–11 Bulsatcom
2011–13 Germany Uhlsport
2013–15 Spain Joma None
2015– Germany Uhlsport REFAN

Honours

National tournaments

First League:

Bulgarian Cup:

Bulgarian Supercup:

Second League:

  • Champions (9) (Record) : 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959–60, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1982–83, 2003–04, 2008–09

European tournaments

European Cup/UEFA Champions League

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League

Cup Winners' Cup

Balkans Cup

  • Winners (4) (Record) : 1967–68, 1969, 1981–83, 1983–84
  • Runners-up (1): 1970

Individual

Topscorers (5)

A Group Coach of the Season (1)

European record

Matches

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1967–68 Balkans Cup Group A Vllaznia Shkodër 0–4 2–0 1st
Turkey Gençlerbirliği 2–0 1–0
Farul Constanța 2–1 2–1
Final Bulgaria Spartak Sofia 3–0 3–4 6–3
1969 Balkans Cup Group B Greece Pierikos 1–1 1–0 1st
Turkey Ankaraspor 3–0 2–2
Final Dinamo Tirana 0–1 3–0 1 3–1
1970 Balkans Cup Group A Greece Egaleo 2–0 4–2 1st
Turkey Eskişehirspor 1–0 1–3
Final Partizani Tirana 1–1 0–3 1 1–4
1972–73 UEFA Cup 1/32 final Austria Austria Wien 7–0 3–1 10–1
1/16 final Hungary Honvéd 3–0 0–1 3–1
1/8 final Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OFK Beograd 0–0 1–3 1–3
1973–74 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1/16 final Luxembourg Fola Esch 7–0 4–1 11–1
1/8 final Spain Athletic Bilbao 3–0 0–1 3–1
1/4 final East Germany 1. FC Magdeburg 0–2 1–1 1–3
1979–80 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1/16 final Poland Arka Gdynia 2–3 2–0 4–3
1/8 final Italy Juventus 1–0 0–3 (a.e.t.) 1–3
1980–81 UEFA Cup 1/32 final Turkey Fenerbahçe 1–0 2–1 3–1
1/16 final Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Niš 0–1 1–2 1–3
1981–83 Balkans Cup Group A Turkey Galatasaray 2–1 3–0 1 1st
Steaua București 2–0 2–3
Final Tirana 3–0 3–1 6–1
1983–84 Balkans Cup Group A Argeș Pitești 2–4 2–1 1st
Turkey Galatasaray 4–2 1–0
1984–85 Balkans Cup 1/4 final Argeș Pitești 4–1 0–4 4–5
1986–87 UEFA European Cup 1/16 final Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 0–2 1–3
1992–93 Balkans Cup 1/4 final Albania Teuta Durrës 0–1 1–1 (a.e.t.) 1–2
2010–11 UEFA Europa League 3QR Austria Rapid Wien 1–1 0–3 1–4
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 2QR Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–4 2–2 3–6
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1QR Lithuania Atlantas 3–1 2–0 5–1
2QR Denmark Brøndby 0–1 0–0 0–1
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1QR Bosnia and Herzegovina Radnik Bijeljina 0–0 2–0 2–0
2QR Finland HJK 1–1 0–1 1–2

1 ex officio the team doesn't come or leave the field.

Notes
  • Clubs which ultimately won the tournament in that same season are indicated in bold
  • 1983–84 Balkans Cup Winner decided on group stage
  • QR: Qualifying Round
Competition S P W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Champions League / European Cup 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 – 2
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup 6 22 8 6 8 30 23 + 7
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / Cup Winners' Cup 2 10 5 1 4 20 11 + 9
Balkans Cup 7 34 21 4 9 54 42 + 12
Total 16 68 34 12 22 105 79 + 26

UEFA & IFFHS rankings

Statistics and Records

Evgeni Yanchovski holds Beroe's overall appearance record – he played 341 matches over the course of 14 seasons from 1960 to 1974. This is also the record for League appearances. Beroe's all-time leading scorer is Petko Petkov, who scored 144 goals while at the club from 1968 to 1980. Beroe's biggest victory is 8–0 in A Group against Minyor Pernik in 1973–74 and Chernomorets Burgas Sofia in 2006–07. Beroe's 7–0 defeat of Austria Wien in 1972 was its largest Europe win. Beroe's heaviest defeat, 2–10, came against CSKA Sofia in 1991–92.

  • Players in bold are currently playing for the team. Statistic is correct as of match played 31 May 2016.

Most league appearances for the club

# Name Apps
1 Bulgaria Evgeni Yanchovski 341
2 Bulgaria Tenyo Minchev 308
3 Bulgaria Hristo Todorov 280
4 Bulgaria Todor Krastev 263
5 Bulgaria Petko Petkov 259
6 Bulgaria Kancho Kasherov 253
7 Bulgaria Venelin Sivriev 245
8 Bulgaria Jordan Mitev 238
9 Bulgaria Boris Kirov 227
10 Bulgaria Georgi Stoyanov 226

Most league goals for the club

# Name Gls
1 Bulgaria Petko Petkov 144
2 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov 101
3 Bulgaria Jordan Mitev 68
4 Bulgaria Vasil Dragolov 58
5 Bulgaria Georgi Belchev 52
6 Bulgaria Myumyun Kashmer 50
7 Bulgaria Stoycho Mladenov 42
8 Bulgaria Georgi Andonov 39
= Bulgaria Georgi Stoyanov 39
10 Bulgaria Radko Kalaidjiev 37

Bulgarian league top scorer with the club

Year Name Goals
1967 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov 21
1968 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov 31
1974 Bulgaria Petko Petkov 19
1976 Bulgaria Petko Petkov 18
1978 Bulgaria Stoycho Mladenov 21

Current squad

As of 2 December 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
1 GK Bulgaria BUL Mihail Mihaylov
3 MF Ghana GHA Carlos Ohene
4 MF Japan JPN Kohei Kato
6 DF Bulgaria BUL Ivo Ivanov Captain
7 FW Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Kolev
8 MF Bulgaria BUL Vasil Panayotov
9 MF Bulgaria BUL Radoslav Kirilov
10 MF Bulgaria BUL Stanislav Dryanov
11 MF Serbia SRB Nemanja Milisavljević
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Slavi Matin
13 DF Bulgaria BUL Emin Ahmed
14 FW Bulgaria BUL Georgi Bozhilov
15 DF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Dinkov
17 MF Portugal POR Pedrito
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Bulgaria BUL Atanas Zehirov
19 MF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Vasilev (on loan from Ludogorets)
20 MF Bulgaria BUL Rusi Chernakov
21 DF Bulgaria BUL Ventsislav Vasilev
22 GK Bulgaria BUL Blagoy Makendzhiev (3rd captain)
23 MF Bulgaria BUL Borislav Tsonev
27 MF Spain ESP Marquitos
28 DF Bulgaria BUL Veselin Penev (vice-captain)
30 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Junior Mapuku
32 MF Bulgaria BUL Emil Gargorov
33 MF Brazil BRA Tom
71 DF Bulgaria BUL Iliya Milanov
77 FW Central African Republic CAF David Manga
91 MF Bulgaria BUL Erik Pochanski

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2016.

Foreign players

Up to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the A PFG however only three can be used during a match day. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.

EU Nationals

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)

Non-EU Nationals

International players

  • Bulgaria Valentin Ivanov (U-17)
  • Bulgaria Denislav Stanchev (U-17)

Club officials

Board of Directors

Press service

Position Name Nationality
Press officer Emil Dimov Bulgaria
International relations Vanja Džaferović Croatia
Coordinator beroe.bg Vladislav Lazarov BulgariaGermany
Photographer beroe.bg Ani Georgieva Bulgaria
Cameraman beroe.bg Nikolay Petrov Bulgaria
Reporter beroe.bg Stefan Radev Bulgaria

Managers

References

  1. ^ "Dinamo Kyiv-Beroe". youtube.com.
  2. ^ "Beroe end final hoodoo". uefa.com. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
  3. ^ "Beroe's 24-year wait comes to an end". uefa.com. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  4. ^ "Jelavić double helps Rapid past Beroe". uefa.com. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
  5. ^ "UEFA Club Rankings". UEFA.com. 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  6. ^ "Club World Ranking". IFFHS.de. 2016-01-07. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
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