Botev Plovdiv II () or Botev 2 is a
Bulgaria
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n professional football team based in
Plovdiv
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. Founded in 2021, it is the
reserve team
In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players who are under contract to a club but who do not regularly play in matches for the club's primary team. Reserve teams usually include players who are part of the larger first-team squad but ...
of
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 Professiona ...
, and currently competes in the
Second League, the second level of
Bulgarian football league system
The Bulgarian football league system or the Bulgarian football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Bulgaria. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels, and ...
.
Obliged to play one level below their main side, Botev II is ineligible for promotion to
First League and also can not compete in the
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup () is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it.
The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...
.
History
2021–:Foundation
Since 2015, the
Bulgarian Football Union
The Bulgarian Football Union ( BFS) is the governing body of association football in Bulgaria, and a member of UEFA since 1954. It organizes a football league, Bulgarian Parva Liga, and fields its Bulgaria national football team in UEFA and F ...
allowed Bulgarian teams to have reserve sides in the lower regional divisions. In the beginning of 2021
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 Professiona ...
announced their intentions to create a reserve team in Second league. In May 2021, the team had doubts about starting the team, but eventually the team was officially announced on 4 June. On 7 June, Daniel Cerejido announced Stefan Stoyanov as the manager of the team, with Botev U19 team, joining the reserve team.
Ботев ІІ стартира подготовка на 14-ти юни, информация за елитните юношески групи
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Players
''For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2024.''
: ''For first team players, see 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 Professiona ...
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Foreign players
Bulgarian teams can register up to five players without EU citizenship, and use all of them during match days. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If an individual doesn't have European ancestry, he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.
EU Nationals
EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)
* Miroslav Georgiev
* Monir Al Badarin
Monir Al Badarin (; ; born 8 July 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in Bulgaria, he represents Palestine internationally.
Club career
Al Badarin was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. He started his youth career at ...
Non-EU Nationals
* Samuel Akere
* Umeh Emmanuel
* Tochukwu Nadi
* Abdoulaye Traoré
Personnel
Manager history
Past seasons
Key
* GS = Group stage
* QF = Quarter-finals
* SF = Semi-finals
League positions
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Mathematics
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References
External links
*
bgclubs.eu
{{Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)
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 Professiona ...
Association football clubs established in 2021
2021 establishments in Bulgaria
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