PFC Botev Plovdiv 2252854 225783519 2008-07-15T11:22:19Z 212.122.184.140 /* Current squad */ {{Football club infobox |clubname = Botev Plovdiv |image = [[Image:BotevPld.png|120px|Botev Plovdiv's logo]] |fullname = PFC Botev Plovdiv 1912 AD |nickname = [[Canary|The Canaries]] |founded = [[March 12]], [[1912]] |ground = [[Hristo Botev Stadium (Plovdiv)|Hristo Botev]] (''The College''), |capacity = 22,000 |chairman = Dimitar Hristolov |director = Borislav Dimitrov |manager = [[Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg|20px|Bulgarian]][[Kostadin Angelov]]| |league = [[TBI A Football Group]] |season = 2007-08 |position = [[A Grupa]], 13th |pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1= |leftarm1=FFCC00|body1=FFCC00|rightarm1=FFCC00|shorts1=000000|socks1=FFCC00 |pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2= |leftarm2=000000|body2=9A9A9A|rightarm2=000000|shorts2=000000|socks2=9A9A9A }} '''Botev Plovdiv''' ({{lang-bg|Ботев Пловдив}}), also known as the ''Canaries'', founded on [[March 12]], 1912, is a [[Bulgaria]]n [[football (soccer)|football]] club from the city of [[Plovdiv]]. Botev Plovdiv is the oldest and one of the most prominent football clubs in [[Bulgaria]], playing its home matches at [[Hristo Botev Stadium (Plovdiv)|Hristo Botev Stadium]] in the residential quarter of [[Kamenitza (district)|Kamenitza]]. == History == Botev Plovdiv Football Club was founded by students from the Catholic College and the First Male High school. They chose to name it "Botev" in honour of the [[Bulgaria]]n national hero [[Hristo Botev|Hristo Botyov]]. The club stadium of Botev Pld, renovated in 1961, is "Stadion Botev". Originally the stadium was named 'The College' due to the fact that in the early 1900's the pitch was owned by the Catholic College and it is still known by this name among the fans. The club has changed its name several times: Botev, DNV (1947-51), DNA (1952-57), SKNA, Botev (1957-1968) and Trakia (1968-1989).The current name is PFK Botev Plovdiv. The club is one of the best known clubs in Bulgaria. Many great Bulgarian football players had played in it. The most capped players of the team in "A" PFL are Dinko Dermedzhiev (447), Viden Apostolov (429), Petar Zehtinski (351), Kostadin Kostadinov (349), Dimitar Mladenov (347). Most goals scored for the team in "A" PFL: Dinko Dermendzhiev (194), Kostadin Kostadinov (106), Atanas Pashev (100), Antim Pehlivanov (89), Georgi Popov (83). == Motto == Botev Pld's motto is: ''Krasota, vjara, borba'' ("Beauty, faith, fight"). == Honours == * Champions of Bulgaria: [[1929]], [[1967]] * National Cup winners: [[1962]], [[1981]] * Europe - Quarter-final [[Cup Winners Cup]], [[1963]] * [[Balkans Cup]] winners: [[1972]] * Trimontium Cup winners : [[1943]], [[1984]], [[1987]], [[1989]] == Colors == Yellow and black - adopted in [[1917]]. There are two versions about how the colors have been chosen. The first one tells that yellow and black are symbol of the unity between the catholic collegians (yellow) and the orthodox schoolfellows (black). The second one explains that because the founders copied the whole organizational structure from the then very popular Austrian clubs, they took the colors of the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] imperial flag (also the first club badge was an exact copy of the [[SK Rapid Wien]] crest). == Stadium == In [[1959]] the authorities allowed the building of a new club stadium at the place of the old field in the neighborhood of “Kamenitza”. The first building works begin on [[21 July]] [[1959]]. Two years later, Botev Plovdiv finally returns to its home - “The College.” On [[May 14]], [[1961]] the stadium was officially opened. The prime minister at the time – Anton Yugov – attended the celebrations together with the deputy-minister of defense [[Dobri Dzhurov]] and most of the influential communist leaders. The celebrations ended with a friendly match against [[FC Steaua Bucureşti]] won by the yellow-blacks with 3:0. For more than 30 years there were no big repair works on the College. In [[1993]], during the presidency of Hristo Danov, some serious repair works were made. The visitors’ changing room was moved to the eastern part of the stadium. A tunnel under the East and the North stand was built in order to connect the visitors’ changing room with the field and the capacity of the stadium was reduced. In [[1995]] electric lighting was built, but ironically it did not face the standards for playing football in the night. In the years from 1926 to 1947 the yellow-black club plays 6 international games on this field- from which two wins, three loses and one draw. The matches were against Admira Vienna (1:7), Keshkemet Budapest (3:2 and 2:4), Beshiktash (0:0), Bohemians Prague (1:3) and the “Wunderteam” of Austria Vienna (sensational win with 5:4) The attendance record was set on [[February 27]], [[1963]] during the quarter-final of the Cup Winner’s Cup against [[Atletico Madrid]] (1:1) – 40 000 people. The record for the Bulgarian championship was set in [[1966]] against [[Levski Sofia]](0:1) – 37 000 people, but because of the riots between the fans and the rush of fans on the field, Botev Plovdiv was forced to play its derbies at “The Big House” – the City Stadium. Several times the city rivals from [[Lokomotiv Plovdiv]] and [[Spartak Plovdiv]] have played their home matches at The College. During the spring of [[1980]] “The Smurfs”(Lokomotiv) played their home matches there (followed by a relegation in Second Division) as well as one match in the Spring of [[2004]] (when they became Champions for first time). The Gladiators from Spartak used the stadium for several matches during the 1995/1996 season. One final for the National Cup was held at the College in 2000 when [[Levski Sofia]] won the cup after 2:0 against [[Naftex Burgas]]. In the summer of 2008 the stadium underwent some renovations to meet the requirements of the Football Union - The Central Stand was renovated and new visitors' changing room was built under it. == Current squad == ''As of January 2008'' <table style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width: 180px; border: #FFCC00 solid 1px"> <tr><td><div style="position: relative;"> [[Image:Soccer.Field Transparant.png|250px]] {{Image label|x=0.21|y=0.05|scale=500|text=<font size=1 color="Black">1. [[Pavel Stanev|STANEV]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.05|y=0.30|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">25. [[Yordan Minev|MINEV]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.17|y=0.25|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">5. [[Velichko Velichkov|VELICHKOV]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.41|y=0.25|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">15. [[Apostol Popov|POPOV]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.53|y=0.30|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">3. [[Daniel Bozhkov|BOZHKOV]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.51|y=0.58|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">18. [[Georgi Avramov|AVRAMOV]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.17|y=0.52|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">27. [[Mauro Alegre|ALEGRE]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.38|y=0.52|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">20. [[Nikolay Manchev|MANCHEV]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.05|y=0.58|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">14. [[Nikolay Harizanov|HARIZANOV]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.39|y=0.77|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">32. [[Petko Vasilev|PETKO]]</font>}} {{Image label|x=0.17|y=0.77|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">99. [[Dormushali Saidhodzha|DORMI]]</font>}} </div></td></tr> <tr><td><small>Botev Plovdiv'2008</small></td></tr> </table> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Pavel Stanev]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Vasil Vasilev]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Daniel Bozhkov]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Velichko Velichkov]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Slavcho Toshev]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Nikolay Harizanov]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Apostol Popov]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Krasimir Krastev]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Georgi Avramov]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Dimitar Vitanov]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Nikolay Manchev]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Yordan Etov]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Borislav Karamatev]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Ilian Guarov]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Yordan Minev]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=Argentina|name=[[Mauro Alegre]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Nikolay Aleksandrov]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Petko Vasilev]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=38|nat=Cameroon|name=[[Alfred Mapoka]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=99|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Dormushali Saidhodzha]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs end}} For other transfers, see [[List of Bulgarian football transfers 2008-09]]. == Presidents == * Stoyan Puhtev (1912 – 1922) * Ivan Nikiforov (1922 – 1923) * Georgui Hitrilov (1923 – 1926) * Hristo Kanchev (1926 – 1944) * Stoyo Seizov (1944 – 1947) * Dimitar Ganchev (1947 – 1953) * Dimitar Vanguelov (1953 – 1960) * Yovcho Yovchev (1960 – 1964) * Stanko Stankov (1964 – 1972) * Kiril Asparuhov (1972 – 13.09.1990) * Viden Apostolov (13.09.1990 – 01.10.1992) * Petar Baldzhiev (01.10.1992 – 16.01.1993) * Hristo Danov (16.01.1993 – 04.01.1995) * Mihail Markachev (04.01.1995 – 14.10.1996) * Georgi Chakarov (14.10.1996 – 16.09.1997) * Petko Muravenov (16.10.1997 – 26.11.1997) * Vassil Koritarev (26.11.1997 – 16.12.1997) * Vasko Ninov (16.12.1997 – 19.03.1999) * Dimitar "Rural" Hristolov (since 19.03.1999) == Former Players == * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Dinko Dermendzhiev|Dinko Dermendzhiev-Chiko]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Viden Apostolov]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Slavkov|Georgi Slavkov-Benksa]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Popov|Georgi Popov-Tumbi]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Georgiev]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Atanas Pashev]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Kostadin Kostadinov]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Petar Zehtinski]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Asparuhov]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Dimitar Mladenov]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Anton Milkov]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Tzvetozar Dermendzhiev]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Borislav Mikhailov]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stefan Kostadinov]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Bozhidar Iskrenov]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Marin Bakalov]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Velko Yotov]] * {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[John Inglis (footballer)|John Inglis]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Geno Dobrevski (footballer)|Geno Dobrevski]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivan Dobrevski (footballer)|Ivan Dobrevski]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Todor Zaytsev (footballer)|Todor Zaytsev]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Kostadin Vidolov]] == Address == 10, Iztochen Blvd, kv. Kamenitza, 4017 Plovdiv == External links == * [http://www.pfcbotev1912.com/ Official web site] * [http://www.canary4ever.com/ Unofficial web site] * [http://www.sofiaclub.com/ Site of fans from Sofia] * [http://www.botev1912.com/ Unoficial Fan site] * [http://clubs.bul-foot.org/html/a/a/Botev(Plovdiv).htm Bulgarian clubs - Botev (Plovdiv)] {{fb start}} {{BG A PFG}} {{Template:Football in Bulgaria table cells}} {{Bulgarian A Professional Football Group seasons}} {{fb end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Botev Plovdiv}} [[Category:Bulgarian football clubs]] [[Category:Football (soccer) clubs established in 1912]] [[Category:Plovdiv]] [[bg:ПФК Ботев (Пловдив)]] [[ca:PFC Botev Plovdiv 1912]] [[de:Botew Plowdiw]] [[fr:Botev Plovdiv]] [[it:PFC Botev Plovdiv]] [[he:בוטב פלובדיב]] [[lt:PFK Botev Plovdiv]] [[nl:Botev Plovdiv]] [[pl:Botew Płowdiw]] [[ru:Ботев (футбольный клуб, Пловдив)]]