PFC Slavia Sofia
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{{Football club infobox |
clubname = PFC Slavia Sofia |
image = [[Image:Slavia-Sofia.png|150px|centre]] |
fullname = Professional Football Club Slavia Sofia|
nickname = ''The Whites''/ White Avalanche |
founded = 10 April 1913|
ground = [[Slavia Stadium]], [[Sofia]] |
capacity = 32,000 |
chairman = {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ventsislav Stefanov]] |
manager = {{flagicon|Republic of Macedonia}} [[Stevica Kuzmanovski]] |
league = [[TBI A Football Group]] |
season = 2006/07 |
position = Bulgarian A PFG, 5th |
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'''PFC Slavia Sofia''' ({{lang-bg|ПФК Славия София}}) is a [[Bulgaria]]n football club founded on [[10 April]] [[1913]] in [[Sofia]].
Slavia's ground is [[Ovcha Kupel Stadium]] with a capacity of 32,000. The team's colours are white and black.
The club has won the [[Bulgarian Championship]] 7 times and the [[Bulgarian Cup]] 8 times coming 9 times second in the championship and reaching the cup final 5 times without winning.
Among the team's international successes are a [[Cup Winners' Cup]] semifinal in [[1967]] and a quarterfinal in [[1981]], as well as two consecutive [[Balkans Cup]] trophies ([[1986]] and [[1988]]).
==Honours==
*'''Champion of Bulgaria''' – 7 times 1928,1930,1936,1939,1941,1943,1996
*'''Vice-champion of Bulgaria''' – 9 times 1932,1934,1950,1954,1955,
1959,1967,1980, 1990
*'''Third place - bronze medals''' – 12 times 1940, 1942, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1991 и 1997
*'''Holder of National Cup''' – 12 times 1926, 1928, 1930, 1936, 1943, 1952, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1975, 1980 и 1996
*'''Participations – UEFA Cup''' – 7 times
Semi finals – 1967, won “Swansea” (Wales), “Racing” (Strassbourg – France), “Servette” (Geneva-Switzerland); eliminated by Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) 0:1 – Sofia, 0:1 – Glasgow
Participant in ? finals – 1981
*'''Holder of Balkan's Cup''' – 1986, 1988
==History==
Birth date – 10.04.1913. On this day a group of young people living near a Russian Monument in Sofia and representatives of the local capital clubs “Botev” and “Razvitie” in a coffee-house – Alabin str. in Sofia, have made a decision to establish an incorporated sport club – the fist organized sport club in Sofia and in Bulgaria. The new incorporated club has named SLAVIA.
Dimitar Blagoev – Palio, a 21 year-old student, was elected as the first president of the club. As members of the first club administrative council were elected Emanuil Geshev, Ferdinand Michailov, Zviatko Velichkov, Georgi Grigorov, Todor Kalkanjiev.
<!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:Shalamanov1.jpg|thumb|Aleksandar Shalamanov notable player on Slavia Sofia]] -->
On 19.04 1913 was elected the first football team of the club - Stefan Lalov, Ilia Georgiev, Emanuil Geshev, Todor Kalkandzhiev, Stefan Chumpalov, Dimitar Blagoev – Palio ( all of them from “Botev”) and Pavel Grozdanov, Ferdinand Mihaylov, Boris Sharankov, Asen Bramchev, Dimitar Cvetkov (all of them from “Razvitie”).
The first sport dresses of the club were white shirts and black shorts. Since 1924 the team plays with white shirts and white shorts and up to present days it is popular as the “White pride”.
Slavia plays its first match on 11.08.1913 versus the local team “Savata” and wins by 1:0.
Until now Slavia has played in all championships of Bulgaria , starting from 1924 to 2003 – 2004. In its 90-year history Slavia has achieved the “double” once – winning in 1996 the championship and the cup of Buigaria, as well.
05.06.1928 Slavia won its first champion title – in the final match - Slavia – Vladislav ( Varna ) 4:0. Players in this match: Nikola Spirov, Arico Levy, Petar Kartevsky, Nikola Kalkandzhiev, Stefan Chumpalov, Hristo Minkovsky, Nikola Stoykov, Velcho Stoianov, Boris Romanov, Dimitar Manolov, Vladimir Cvetkov.
== Records ==
*[[Atanas Aleksandrov]] - the great number of matches in Slavia – 338
*[[Andrey Zhelyazkov]] – the great number of goals for Slavia – 134
*[[Aleksandar Shalamanov]] player № 1 in Bulgaria – 1963, 1966
*[[Simeon Simeonov]] player № 1 in Bulgaria – 1968
*[[Bozhidar Grigorov]] player № 1 in Bulgaria – 1976
*[[Andrey Zhelyazkov]] player № 1 in Bulgaria – 1980
== Current squad ==
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{{Image label|x=0.17|y=0.05|scale=500|text=<font size=1 color="Black">1. GOSPODINOV</font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.05|y=0.30|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">21. DYAKOV</font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.18|y=0.25|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">35. PETKOV</font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.40|y=0.25|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">5. KAVDANSKI</font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.50|y=0.30|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">8. RANGELOV</font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.50|y=0.61|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">77. KOPRIVAROV</font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.16|y=0.52|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">30. N.PETROV</font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.40|y=0.52|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black"> . POPARA</font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.05|y=0.61|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">17. KERCHEV</font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.18|y=0.77|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">99. MALINDI</font>}}
{{Image label|x=0.42|y=0.77|scale=350|text=<font size=1 color="Black">11. ORTEGA</font>}}
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<tr><td><small>Slavia Sofia'2008</small></td></tr>
</table>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=1|name=[[Emil Petrov]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=2|name=[[Vladimir Ivanov (footballer)|Vladimir Ivanov]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=4|name=[[Simeon Mechev]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=5|name=[[Martin Kavdanski]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=6|name=[[Georgi Samokishev]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=8|name=[[Radoslav Rangelov]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Macedonia|no=9|name=[[Zoran Zlatkovski]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|nat=Nigeria|no=11|name=[[Deniran Ortega]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=12|name=[[Mario Kirchev]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=14|name=[[Galin Ivanov]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=16|name=[[Nikolay Dyulgerov]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=17|name=[[Martin Kerchev]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=18|name=[[Radoslav Anev]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Serbia|no=19|name=[[Srdjan Novković]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=20|name=[[Orlin Orlinov]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=21|name=[[Bogomil Dyakov]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=23|name=[[Yordan Gospodinov]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=24|name=[[Borislav Pavlov]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=30|name=[[Nikolay Petrov]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=35|name=[[Yordan Petkov]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Bulgaria|no=77|name=[[Milan Koprivarov]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Albania|no=99|name=[[Enco Malindi]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|nat=England|no=TBD|name=[[Jamie Phoenix]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|nat=France|no=TBD|name=[[Marko Muslin]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Serbia|no=TBD|name=[[Pavel Popara|Pavle Popara]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|nat=Nigeria|no=TBD|name=[[Viktor Deniran ]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs end}}
=== Squad changes summer'2008 ===
'''In:'''
* {{flagicon|France}} [[Marko Muslin]] - from [[Lokomotiv Sofia]]
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Jamie Phoenix]] - from [[Sabah FA]]
* {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Pavel Popara|Pavle Popara]] - from [[Enosis Neon Paralimni]]
'''Out:'''
* {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Zoran Belošević]] - to [[???]]
* {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Saša Simonović]] - to [[Lokomotiv Mezdra]]
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Elton de Souza|Elton]] - to [[???]]
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ilia Iliev]] - to [[Lokomotiv Mezdra]]
== Notable players ==
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Aleksandar Shalamanov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Dobromir Tashkov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Simeon Simeonov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Andrey Zhelyazkov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Chavdar Cvetkov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Bozhidar Grigorov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Haralampiev]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Aleksandar Vasilev]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Pachedzhiev]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Dimitar Largov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Krum Milev]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Dimitar Blagoev (footballer)|Dimitar Blagoev]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Mladen Vasilev]]
||
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Dimitar Baykushev]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Yordan Yosifov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Vanio Kostov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivan Davidov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Cvetkov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivan Iliev]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stefan Kolev]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Nasko Sirakov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Blagoy Georgiev]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Chavdar Yankov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Todor Kolev (footballer born 1980)|Todor Kolev]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Dimitar Rangelov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Asen Karaslavov]]
|}
==Coaches==
*{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Oleg Bazilevich]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Nasko Sirakov]]
*{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Zharko Olarevic]]
*{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Ratko Dostanić]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Petar Hubchev]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Atanas Djambazki]]
*{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Miodrag Ješić]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Miroslav Mironov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stoyan Kotzev]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Alyosha Andonov]]
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== External links ==
* [http://www.pfcslavia.com/ Official website] {{bg icon}} {{en icon}}
* [http://clubs.bul-foot.org/html/a/a/Slavia(Sofia).htm Bulgarian clubs - Slavia (Sofia)]
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