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PFC Botev Plovdiv
Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (, ), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional Association football, football club based in Plovdiv. It competes in the First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Bulgarian Parva Liga, the top flight of Bulgarian football league system, Bulgarian football. Founded on 11 March 1912, it is the country's oldest active football club. PFC Botev is named after the Bulgarian poet, revolutionary and national hero – Hristo Botev. The club plays its home games at Stadion Hristo Botev (Plovdiv), Hristo Botev Stadium. Throughout its history, the club has won 2 List of Bulgarian football champions, national titles, 4 Bulgarian Cup, national cups, 1 Bulgarian Supercup, supercup and 1 Balkans Cup. Botev has also reached the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals once. In addition, the club has been a runner-up in the domestic league twice and has reached the Bulgari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joint-stock Company
A joint-stock company (JSC) is a business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders. Each shareholder owns company stock in proportion, evidenced by their shares (certificates of ownership). Shareholders are able to transfer their shares to others without any effects to the continued existence of the company. In modern-day corporate law, the existence of a joint-stock company is often synonymous with incorporation (possession of legal personality separate from shareholders) and limited liability (shareholders are liable for the company's debts only to the value of the money they have invested in the company). Therefore, joint-stock companies are commonly known as corporations or limited companies. Some jurisdictions still provide the possibility of registering joint-stock companies without limited liability. In the United Kingdom and in other countries that have adopted its model of company law, they are known as unlimited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFC Levski Sofia
PFC Levski Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 by a group of high school students, and is named after Vasil Levski, a Bulgarian revolutionary renowned as the national hero of the country. Levski have won a total of #Honours, 74 trophies, including 26 List of Bulgarian football champions, national championships, 26 Bulgarian Cup, national cups and 3 Bulgarian Supercup, supercups, as well as 13 domestic Double (association football), doubles and one Treble (association football), treble. They are the only Football in Bulgaria, Bulgarian football club to have List of unrelegated association football clubs, never been relegated from the top division since the establishment of the league system in 1937. On the international stage, Levski reached the quarter-finals of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia
Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar (river), Iskar river and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Known as Serdica in Classical antiquity, antiquity, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic settlement of Southeast Europe, Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Pannonian Avars, Avars, and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the First Bulgarian Empire by Khan (title), Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. In 1018, the Byzantine Empire, Byzantines ended Bulgarian rule until 1194, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasil Levski National Stadium
Vasil Levski National Stadium (), named after Bulgarian Folk hero, national hero and revolutionary Vasil Levski (1837–1873), is the country's second largest stadium. The stadium has 43,230 seats and is located in the centre of Sofia, on the territory of the city's oldest and most famous park - the Borisova gradina. The Bulgaria national football team's home matches and the Bulgarian Cup finals are held at the venue, as well as sport of athletics, athletics competitions. It was used as the home venue for Levski Sofia's Champions League games, and is often used for Eternal derby of Bulgarian football, important derbies between the big clubs from Sofia, instead of their own home stadiums. History Vasil Levski National Stadium was officially opened in 1953, extended in 1966 and renovated in 2002. Prior to their demolition by the Communist authorities during the 1940s and 50s, two other stadiums stood on the ground where the current national stadium lies. One of those was Levski S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunav Rousse
FC Dunav (, officially named ''"Дунав от Русе"'') is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Ruse, which currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. Part of a larger sports branch, Dunav were established on February 16, 1949, as a merger of two local football clubs in the city, Dinamo and Rusenets. Nicknamed ''The Dragons'' (), Dunav's home colours are sky blue and white. Named after the Danube River, on the banks of which the city of Ruse is situated, the club plays its home matches at the local Gradski stadion, which has a seating capacity of 13,000 spectators. Among the club's most notable achievements are a final in the Bulgarian championship in 1937, a First League fourth place in 1975, 1989 and 2017, and four domestic cup finals in 1938, 1939, 1941 and 1962 respectively. The club's most recent top flight participation has been during the 2019–20 season. History Domestic Over the course of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atanas Pashev
Atanas Dimitrov Pashev (; born 21 November 1963) is a former Bulgarian football player who played as a winger. Career Born in Pazardzhik, Pashev played club football for most of his career with Trakia Plovdiv (now Botev Plovdiv), scoring 100 goals in 194 Bulgarian A PFG matches. He also once played with Kuala Lumpur FA in M-League in 1993. Pashev played in Beitar Jerusalem in the season of 1989-1990. He took part in 19 league games and scored 4 goals. Pashev scored six goals in 36 appearances for the Bulgaria national football team and was a participant at the 1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-tea .... References 1963 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostadin Stefanov Kostadinov
Kostadin Stefanov Kostadinov (; born 25 June 1959) is a former Bulgarian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ... who played as a winger. Career During his career, he played for Trakia Plovdiv in Bulgaria and made 350 appearances in the Bulgarian championship, scoring 106 goals. Kostadinov also played for the Bulgaria national football team (48 caps/10 goals) from 1979 to 1986. He later coached PFC Hebar Pazardzhik.http://www.hebarfc.com/kostadin_kostadinov.php Honours ;Botev Plovdiv * Bulgarian Cup: 1980–81 References External links * 1959 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Botev Plovdiv players S.C. Braga players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Primeira Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinko Dermendzhiev
Dinko Tsvetkov Dermendzhiev (; 2 June 1941 – 1 May 2019), nicknamed Chico was a Bulgarian footballer and coach. Club career Dinko Dermendzhiev began his youth career in Maritsa Plovdiv. Initially, he played as a goalkeeper, although later he would be famed as a skillful and elegant forward. Dermendzhiev spent his entire professional career with Botev Plovdiv, playing for the club for 19 years during the 1960s and 1970s. He participated in 447 matches in A Grupa and scored 194 goals for the club. Dermendzhiev would score twice in eight UEFA club competition games. He also holds the third place in the all time goalscorers ranking of A Grupa. Throughout his career Dermendzhiev scored seven hat-tricks. International career He made 58 appearances for the Bulgaria national football team and scored 19 goals from 1966 to 1977. He participated at three editions of FIFA World Cup in 1962 (2 games), 1966 (2 games) and 1970 (2 games and 1 goal), scoring one goal against Peru. Coachi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A PFG
The First Professional Football League (), commonly known as Parva Liga or Bulgarian First League (currently known as the efbet League for sponsorship reasons), is a professional association football league in Bulgaria and the highest level of the Bulgarian football league system. Contested by 16 teams, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Second Professional Football League. The Bulgarian football championship was inaugurated in 1924 as the '' Bulgarian State Football Championship'' and has been played in a league format since 1948, when the A Group was established. The champions of the First League have the right to participate in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League based on the league's European coefficient. Additionally, two UEFA Europa Conference League spots are allocated to the second team in the final standings and the winner of the European playoffs. A further fourth spot may also be granted to the fourth placed team in the fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Steaua București
Fotbal Club FCSB (), formerly named and still sometimes referred to as FC Steaua București, is a Romanian professional Association football, football club based in Bucharest. It has spent its entire history in the Liga I, the top flight of the Romanian football league system. The original ''Steaua București'' football team was founded in 1947 and belonged to the Ministry of National Defence (Romania), Ministry of National Defence, through the namesake CSA Steaua București sports club. In 1998, the football department and its facilities were separated from the latter and taken over by a group of shareholders in a History of Romania#Transition to free market (1990–2004), post-Ceaușescu privatisation scheme, leading to Gigi Becali, one of the shareholders acquiring full ownership five years later. However, CSA Steaua București has been in conflict with the football club since 2011, claiming that it was a new and separate entity; this resulted in multiple court cases and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hristo Botev Stadium (Plovdiv)
Stadion Hristo Botev () is a football stadium in the Kamenitsa neighbourhood of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It is the home of Botev Plovdiv. Originally named ''The College'', it is still popular by this name amongst fans, as in the early 20th century the pitch was owned by Saint Augustine Catholic College. The stadium hosted the 2000 Bulgarian Cup Final. Since the middle of 2014 the stadium's reconstruction is on hold, due to the lack of financing. It is estimated that nearly €15,000,000 are needed in order for it to be completed. Since then, finances have been found and the reconstruction of the stadium is currently ongoing. The first phase of the reconstruction, which involved making the stadium suitable for hosting football matches, was completed in March 2023. History The story of stadium goes back in the early 1920s when priest Ausone (Henri) Damperat on behalf of the Saint Augustine College purchased a large plot of land in the quarter of Kamenitza, then east outskirts of Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
