PFC Marek Dupnitsa 1732818 224543355 2008-07-09T09:39:30Z 80.198.157.22 /* Current squad 2007/08 */ {{Football club infobox | clubname = PFC Marek | image = [[Image:Marek-logo.gif|Marek-logo.gif]] | fullname = PFC Marek Dupnitsa | nickname = | founded = 1947 | ground = [[Bonchuk Stadium]] | capacity = 16 050 | chairman = [[Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg|20px|Bulgarian]] [[Yordan Andreev]] | manager = [[Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg|20px|Bulgarian]] [[Stoyan Kotsev]] | league = [[TBI A Football Group]] | season = 2006-07 | position = A Grupa, 14 place| pattern_la1=_whiteshoulders|pattern_b1=_thinbluesides|pattern_ra1=_whiteshoulders| leftarm1=FF2020|body1=FF2020|rightarm1=FF2020|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=0000FF| pattern_la2=_redshoulders|pattern_b2=_thinbluesides|pattern_ra2=_redshoulders| leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FF2020|socks2=FFFFFF| }} '''Marek''' ({{lang-bg|ПФК Марек Дупница}}) is a [[Bulgaria]]n [[football (soccer)|football]] club from the town of [[Dupnitsa]]. It was founded in 1947 after the unification of three other local clubs - Atletic, Slavia, and Levski. Its home matches take place at the [[Bonchuk Stadium]]. ==Address== *Sports complex Bonchuk *Dupnitsa 8000 Bulgaria *phone: +359 (701)320 07 *fax: +359 320 07 *e-mail: marek@satline.net == History == The name Marek is the [[nickname]] for Stanke Dimitrov, a local hero of the [[Communist]] party. Marek is an abbreviation which contains the first letters of St. Dimitrov' s nickname - [[Marxist]], [[Antifascist]], [[Revolutionary]], [[Emigrant]], Communist. '''Old badges''' [[Image:Marekold1.gif]][[Image:Marekold2.gif]][[Image:Marekold3.gif]][[Image:Marekold4.gif]] '''Domestic successes:''' The biggest successes for Marek came in the late 1970s and the early 1980s when the team finished third in its domestic league(1977). The next year Marek won its [[Bulgarian Cup|National Cup]] (The Cup of the Soviet Army, as it was called at the time) by defeating the overwhelming favorites of [[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]] by the score of 1:0 in front of 75.000 spectators at [[Vasil Levski Stadium]] in [[Sofia]], Bulgaria. '''Marek in Europe:''' The team also played in [[Europe]]: [[UEFA Cup]], [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]], and [[UEFA Intertoto Cup|Intertoto Cup]] (as recently as 3 years ago). The most famous games are against mighty [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern München]] (a 2:0 victory), against [[Ferencvárosi Torna Club|Ferenzvaros]] of [[Hungary]] (a 3:0 victory), and against [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]] of [[Scotland]] (a 3:2 victory). The Aberdeen squad was led by the now-legendary coach [[Alex Ferguson|Sir Alex Ferguson]]. The return leg in Scotland was tied 0:0 until late in the game, when substitute [[Gordon Strachan]] scored a goal and led his team to a 3:0 victory. The club also competed in the 1980 Intertoto Cup against [[IFK Göteborg]](2:3,1:4)-a team that won the UEFA Cup just a year later;[[Boldklubben 1893|B 93 Copenhagen]](2:0,2:3), and [[Austria Salzburg]] (4:2, 2:2) to finish second in the group. The following season Marek once again competed in the Intertoto Cup-against [[Stuttgarter Kickers]](0:1,0:2), [[Viking F.K.]](1:2,0:3), and [[Willem II Tilburg]](0:1,1:4)-and finished last in its group. '''Stadium and fans:''' <!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:Marek2004.jpg|thumb|200px|Wolfsburg-Marek 2003 Intertoto cup]] --> The team is known for its loyal supporters and the local stadium "[[Bonchuk Stadium]]" is infamous for being a difficult place for visiting teams. "Bonchuk" has capacity for 16.050 people. The town of [[Dupnitsa]] was known as the "city on wheels", because thousands of loyal Marek fans would follow the team at away games to remote parts of [[Bulgaria]]. '''Famous players:''' Among the most famous players of Marek are Kiril Milanov, Dimitar Isakov, Nikolai Krastev (Shultz), Sasho Pargov, Ivan and Ventzi Petrov, Stoyan Stoyanov (a goalkeeper), Asen Tomov, and Dimitre Dimitrov-Miki. The [[Coach (sport)|coach]] associated with the successes of Marek is Yanko Dinkov. '''Marek today:''' In the late 1980s, the team dropped to second and then the third division in the local championship. Currently, the team is back in the premier division of Bulgarian football and has been playing very well there for the past 6 years. As a participant in the Intertoto Cup, Marek tied 1:1 the German Bundesliga club [[VfL Wolfsburg]] in 2003, but lost away from home the second leg(0:2). The team finished 7th at the conclusion of the 2003–2004 season, 9th at the end of the 2004–2005 season, 11th after the 2005–2006 season, and 12th at the end of the most recent 2006–2007 football season of the Bulgarian premier division(out of 16 teams). Marek secured its place in the Bulgarian top division for the next season with a 1:0 home win over the favorites CSKA Sofia. During the 2007/2008 season, Marek was plagued by injuries of key players, several coaching changes and a not-so-well covered conflict between the senior players of the club: Angelo and Yanek Kjuchukov and the club president, Yordan Andreev. Further, the team sold their best and most talented player, Enio Krastovchev, to Levski Sofia. As a result, the team finished in last place, 16th, with only 5 wins in 30 games, in the domestic first division, and will play in the second division during the 2008/2009 season. ==Marek in Intertoto cup== [[Image:Intertotomarek.jpg|left|thumb|300px|UEFA Intertoto Cup]] :{|class="wikitable" |-bgcolor="#efefef" ! Year ! Stage ! Match ! Results |- |1980 |align=right|group |align=left|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Marek Dupnitsa|Marek]] - {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[IFK Göteborg]] |align=right|2:3,1:4 |- |1980 |align=right|group |align=left|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Marek Dupnitsa|Marek]] - {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Austria Salzburg]] |align=right|4:2,2:2 |- |1980 |align=right|group |align=left|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Marek Dupnitsa|Marek]] - {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Boldklubben 1893|B 93 Copenhagen]] |align=right|2:0,2:3 |- |1981 |align=right|group |align=left|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Marek Dupnitsa|Marek]] - {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Stuttgarter Kickers]] |align=right|0:1,0:2 |- |1981 |align=right|group |align=left|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Marek Dupnitsa|Marek]] - {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Viking F.K.]] |align=right|1:2,0:3 |- |1981 |align=right|group |align=left|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Marek Dupnitsa|Marek]] - {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Willem II Tilburg|Willem II]] |align=right|0:1,1:4 |- |2002 |align=right| 1/32 |align=left|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Marek Dupnitsa|Marek]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} [[Caersws F.C.|Caersws FC]] |align=right|2:0,1:1 |- |2002 |align=right| 1/16 |align=left|{{flagicon|Israel}} [[FC Ashdod]] - {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Marek Dupnitsa|Marek]] |align=right|1:1,0:1 |- |2002 |align=right| 1/8 |align=left|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Marek Dupnitsa|Marek]] - {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Slaven Belupo]] |align=right|0:3,1:3 |- |2003 |align=right| 1/32 |align=left|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Videoton FC Fehérvár|Videoton]] - {{flagicon|Bulgaria}}[[Marek Dupnitsa|Marek]] |align=right|2:2,1:1 |- |2003 |align=right| 1/16 |align=left|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Marek Dupnitsa|Marek]] - {{flagicon|Germany}} [[VfL Wolfsburg]] |align=right|1:1,0:2 |- |2004 |align=right| 1/32 |align=left|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Marek Dupnitsa|Marek]] - {{flagicon|Georgia}} [[FC Dila Gori]] |align=right|0:0,4:2 |- |2004 |align=right| 1/16 |align=left|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[K.R.C. Genk]] - {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Marek Dupnitsa|Marek]] |align=right|1:0,0:0 |- |} == Current squad == {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Emil Varadinov]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Aleksandar Goranov]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Yanek Kuchukov]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Svetoslav Georgiev]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Ivaylo Sokolov]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Angel Krumov]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Radoslav Ivanov]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=Morocco|name=[[Noureddine Ez Zahid]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Ivo Pargov]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Anjelo Kuchukov]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Kostadin Boshikyov]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Daniel Belchev]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Ivan Redovski]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Daniel Mladenov]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Ivaylo Simeonov]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Slavcho Boychev]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Dimitar Georgiev]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=Serbia|name=[[Milan Pavlović]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=Serbia|name=[[Igor Tasković]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Georgi Andreev]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=Morocco|name=[[Karou Radoun]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=77|nat=Bulgaria|name=[[Evgeni Spasov]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs end}} ==Notable players== {| width=90% align=top || *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Sasho Pargov]] *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Dimitar Isakov]] *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Kiril Milanov]] *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Nikolay Krastev]] *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Dimitre Dimitrov]] || *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stoyan Stoyanov]] *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Asen Tomov]] *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ventsislav Petrov]] *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivan Petrov]] *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivaylo Pargov]] *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Krum Bibishkov]] |} ---- ==External links== * [http://clubs.bul-foot.org/html/a/a/Marek(Dupnica).htm Bulgarian clubs - Marek (Dupnitsa)] {{fb start}} {{BG A PFG}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Football (soccer) clubs established in 1947]] [[Category:Bulgarian football clubs|Marek]] {{Bulgaria-footyclub-stub}} [[bg:ПФК Марек (Дупница)]] [[de:Marek Dupniza]] [[fr:Marek Dupnitsa]] [[it:PFC Marek Dupnica]] [[lt:PFK Marek Dupnica]] [[nl:Marek Doepnitsa]] [[pl:Marek Dupnica]]