OFC Vihren Sandanski

PFC Vihren
	FC Vihren Sandanski
Full name	PFC Vihren(Sandanski)
Nickname(s)	The gladiators
Founded	24 May 1925
Ground	Sandanski Stadium,; Sandanski
Capacity	6 000
Chairman	Konstantin Dinev
Manager	Filip Filipov
League	TBI A Football Group
2007-08	A Grupa, 9 place
Home colours	Away colours

FC Vihren Sandanski (Bulgarian: Вихрен Сандански) is a Bulgarian football club founded on 24 May 1925 and based in Sandanski. It has carried the names Ustrem, Gotse Delchev, Yane Sandanski and Cherveno zname throughout its history. Until the 2004/05 season, the team participated in either the second or the third Bulgarian division, but gained a promotion to the Bulgarian A PFG for the 2005/06 season.

The club's home ground is the Sandanski Stadium in Sandanski with a capacity of 6,000. Vihren Sandanski's team colours are green and white.

Equipment

Currently the team's home kit is green and the away kit is white. Various combinations of green and white have been used through the years, but green remains the basic colour of the team.

Recent Seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2004-2005	B PFG	1	30	21	5	4	56	15	68	1/16	Promoted
2005-2006	A PFG	10	28	10	2	16	35	55	32	1/8
2006-2007	A PFG	10	30	11	4	15	27	39	37	1/8
2007-2008	A PFG	10	30	9	6	15	26	29	33	1/4

Current squad

As of August 2008

File:Vihren team.jpg

Lucchini

S.Georgiev

V.Georgiev

Djorov

Raris

Karademitros

Fehér

Sukardinha

Santos

Tihamér

Pisani

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Florian Lucchini
2	DF	BUL	Svetoslav Georgiev
3	MF	BUL	Valeri Georgiev
4	MF	BRA	Bruno Peas
5	DF	CMR	Marcel Elame
6	DF	HUN	Zoltán Fehér
7	MF	ARG	Gaston Pisani
8	DF	URU	Federico Raris
9	FW	COD	Masena Moke
10	MF	GRE	Dimitris Karademitros
11	MF	BRA	Sukardinha


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	GK	BUL	Nikolay Godzhev
14	DF	BUL	Ivaylo Sokolov
15	GK	BUL	Georgi Sheytanov
16	DF	BUL	Kiril Djorov
17	MF	BRA	Eriverton
18	MF	BUL	Kiril Andreev
19	FW	HUN	Lukács Tihamér
20	FW	POR	Hugo Santos
25	MF	BUL	Svetoslav Petrov
29	FW	BUL	Ivaylo Dimitrov
30	FW	GRE	Dimitrios Ardzisis

Distinguished managers

Eduard Eranosyan (october-november' 2007)
Rui Dias (june-october' 2007)
Gjoko Hadžievski (2006-2007)
Petar Zhekov
Dionisos Beklias
Georgi Bachev
Yordan Bozdanski
Petar Zhekov
Vasil Metodiev
Kostadin Todorov - Chini

Notable players

Vasil Metodiev
Vladimir Karakachiev
Todor Mechev
Valentin Stankov
Atanas Manushev
Plamen Mitsanski
Emil Mitsanski
Hristo Zlatinov

Pando Kotov
Kiril Katzarov
Ivan Stoyanov
Bozhko Pandaziev
Iliya Tochev
Krasto Penev
Evgeni Mihaylov
Georgi Bachev

Former foreign players

Brazil

Serginio Dias
Ademar
Miran
Mauro Alexandre

Cape Verde

Rodolfo Lima

Croatia

Bruno Šiklić

Macedonia

Slavcho Georgievski

Nigeria

Shikoze Udoji
Emedjuru Okudelli

Portugal

Serbia

Uruguay

Edgardo Simovic

Venezuela

Gabriel Cicerro

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