FC Minyor Pernik

Minyor Pernik

Full name	Професионален футболен клуб Миньор Перник (Professional football club Minyor Pernik)
Nickname(s)	Чуковете (The Hammers) Миньорите (The Miners)
Founded	1919 (1919) as SC Krakra
Ground	Minyor Stadium, Pernik
Capacity	8,000
Manager	Yordan Samokovliyski
League	South-Western V Group
2014–15	South-Western V Group, 2nd
Website	http://www.minyor.com
Home colours Away colours

PFC Minyor Pernik (Template:Lang-bg) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Pernik, which currently competes in the South-Western V Group, the third division of Bulgarian football.

History

The origins of the club date back to 1919. Minyor came into existence with the merger of several football clubs from Pernik. In 1944, SC Krakra (founded in 1919), SC Svetkavitsa (founded in 1932), SC Benkovski (founded in 1936), and ZHSK (founded in 1941) merged to form SC Rudnichar. After World War II, as Bulgaria became a People's Republic, the club was renamed to Repulicanets '46. The club finally came to be known as Minyor in 1952.

The club joined the Bulgarian top division in 1951. That same year, they laid the foundations of a strong team, which, until the 1961-62 season, was among the top teams in Bulgaria. The first match in the division was on March 2, 1951 against Cherveno Zname Sofia. Minyor's best seasons in the top division were in 1955 and 1961, finishing both times at fourth place.

In 1956, Minyor's forward and captain Pavel Vladimirov became the top scorer of the division with an 16 goals. Vladimirov holds Minyor's overall appearance record - 305 matches. The former forward is also the all-time leading scorer for the club with 98 goals.

In 1958, the club qualified for the final of the Bulgarian Cup, where the team lost to Spartak Plovdiv. In 1962, Minyor was relegated to the second division. Between 1962 and 2008, the club participated in the top and second divisions, regularly being promoted and relegated. Until the 2008-09 season, Minyor has played a total of 32 seasons in the first division. Minyor's biggest victory in A PFG to date is the 6-0 win against Torpedo Pleven in 1951. Minyor's largest defeat, 0–8, was against Beroe Stara Zagora in 1973.

Honours

Bulgarian State Football Championship:

• Fourth place (1): 1936 (as SC Krakra)

Bulgarian A PFG:

• Fourth place (2): 1955, 1961

Bulgarian Cup:

• Runner-up (1): 1958
• Semi-finalist (2): 1936, 2009

Previous names

• Pernik - 1970/73
• Krakra - 1969/70
• Torpedo - 1948/52
• Republicanets '46 - 1946/48

Current squad

As of 20 March 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	BUL	Daniel Leontiev
2	DF	BUL	Nikola Parashkevov
3	DF	BUL	Adrian Olegov (captain)
5	DF	BUL	Yuliyan Arsov
6	MF	BUL	Denislav Balev
7	MF	BUL	Daniel Stefanov
8	DF	BUL	Sider Tomov
9	FW	BUL	Stoycho Nedkov
10	MF	BUL	Tomislav Pavlov
13	MF	BUL	Kostadin Kaftanov
14	MF	BUL	Georgi Milchov

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	BUL	Miroslav Todorov
17	DF	BUL	Ivo Raykov
19	DF	BUL	Kiril Brestovichki
20	MF	BUL	Aleksandar Dimitrov
21	MF	BUL	Hristo Gabarov
22	FW	BUL	Martin Naydenov
24	MF	BUL	Viktor Sofroniev
26	DF	BUL	Anton Kirov
28	MF	BUL	Daniel Gogov
30	DF	BUL	Radoslav Mitrevski
99	GK	BUL	Aleks Georgiev

Notable players

Evlogi Banchev Ivan Danchev Velizar Dimitrov Kiril Djorov Lyudmil Evgeniev Anton Evtimov Dimitar Georgiev Viktor Georgiev Kiril Ivkov Anjelo Kuchukov Yanek Kuchukov

Zdravko Lazarov Georgi Lozanov Slave Malinov Oleg Pavlov Krasimir Svilenov Mario Valkov Emil Varadinov Pavel Vladimirov Georgi Yordanov Vančo Trajanov Everton Fernando Gilio Farès Brahimi

Statistics and Records

Most league appearances for the club Rank Name Nat Apps Active 1 Pavel Vladimirov 305 No 2 Georgi Yordanov 243 No 3 Evlogi Banchev 231 No 4 Slave Malinov 225 No Most league goals for the club Rank Name Nat Goals Active 1 Pavel Vladimirov 98 No 2 Georgi Yordanov 68 No 3 Ivan Danchev 56 No 4 Oleg Pavlov 51 No

Bulgarian league top scorer with the club Year Name Nat Goals Active 1956 Pavel Vladimirov 16 No

Notes:

• Bold signals active players
• Correct as of 15 May 2008

Managers

• Anton Velkov (July 2009–Sept 2010)
• Stoycho Stoev (Sept 2010–Sept 2012)
• Nikolay Todorov (Sept 2012–July 2014)
• Valeri Damyanov (July 2014-Dec 2014)
• Hristo Yanev (January 2015-July 2015)

Supporters

Minyor's fans are known as the hammers or the yellow-blacks. They are famous for their passion and for violence they cause before, on and after the matches. They have legendary hatred for Levski Sofia and the fans of both teams have some big fights over the years some of which even involve rifles. Minyor's fans are also infamous for their general hatred for Sofia. Their only friends are considered to be Botev Plovdiv, also yellow-black. The Minyor's rivals call them "orcs" due to the mining heritage of the town.

External links

• Official site