FC Slivnishki Geroy

Football Club Slivnishki Geroy () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Slivnitsa, Sofia Province, which competes in the South-West Third League. Their home ground since 1966 has been Slivnishki Geroy Stadium. The club has played in its traditional blue and white stripes throughout most of its history.

Honours

*B PFG
**Fourth place: 1974–75
* South-West V AFG
**Champions (2): 1969–70, 2010–11

History

The club was founded in 1923 and was named after Alexander of Battenberg, the knyaz who led Bulgaria to victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa, earning the name "the hero of Slivnitsa".

Slivnishki geroy has 13 seasons in the B PFG, the second level of Bulgarian football, including continuously from 1970 to 1983. The club's highest achievement to date is finishing at 4th place in the second division in 1975.

During the 1982–83 season, Slivnishki Geroi won just eleven games in the B PFG campaign and was relegated to the amateur V AFG, the third tier of the Bulgarian football pyramid. A year later, the club was relegated to the 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 as champions and returned to the B PFG during 2011–12 for the first time in 28 years.

League positions

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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 July 2019''

External links

Official site

{{Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria)

Slivnishki geroi
1924 establishments in Bulgaria