Botev Plovdiv
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| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | PFK Botew Plovdiv AG | ||
| Seat | Plovdiv | ||
| founding | March 1912 | ||
| president | Georgi Samuilov | ||
| Website | botevplovdiv.bg | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Željko Petrović | ||
| Venue | Botev Stadium | ||
| Places | 22,000 | ||
| league | A group | ||
| 2018/19 | 6th place | ||
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The PFK (Profesionalen futbolen klub) Botew Plovdiv (ПФК Ботев Пловдив) is a professional football club from Plovdiv , Bulgaria . Arch-rival is Lokomotive Plovdiv , against whom the Plovdiv derby will be played.
Foundation phase
The oldest association in Bulgaria was founded by elite students on March 12, 1912 as SK Botew Plovdiv and named after Christo Botew , a Bulgarian revolutionary of the 19th century. In the early years, the club trained on a meadow behind the Liberator Hill and played on a training field for the 21st Infantry Regiment.
In 1917 the association issued its first official statute. There are two theories for the origin of the yellow and black club colors introduced in the same year. The first says that the colors represent the gathering of yellow-clad Catholic college students and black-clad Orthodox students. The other version explains that the club structure was completely taken over by the Austrian clubs that were popular at the time and that the colors represent the flag of Austria-Hungary (also yellow-black). The first club logo was a copy of the coat of arms of the Austrian club SK Rapid Wien .
After the club co-founded the Plovdiv League in 1923, he joined the Trakia Sports Association a year later . After a nationwide league was installed shortly afterwards, Botev also took part and won the first championship 1-0 in the final against Levski Sofia in 1929 . Parts of this legendary team were the captain and later coach Nikola Schterew-Starika as well as Stantscho Prodanow-Sigoto and Wangel Kaundjiew-Tschengela. However, the success could not be repeated in the following years and Botew did not get beyond the semi-finals of the championship round until the end of World War II .
Developments after World War II
After the association in 1946 merged with Schipka Plovdiv to form OSK Botew Plovdiv and in 1947 further with Stefan Kiradgije to form the army club ASK Botew Plovdiv , a further merger was arranged by the association in the run-up to the newly founded republican league for the 1948/49 season. Since CSKA Sofia failed to qualify for the new championship and Botew succeeded, a merger of the two army clubs was carried out with the aim of promoting CSKA to the first division. Botew, on the other hand, was supposed to look for an independent path to the elite league under the new name DNA Plovdiv , which then succeeded in the 1951 season.
After the end of the 1953 season, the club had to relegate from the first division. However, he succeeded in immediate promotion and before the start of the season in 1955, the club was renamed SKNA Plovdiv . This renaming was reversed only a year later and the club was able to end the season with a very good third place.
High phase in the 1960s
In the 60s, the team experienced a heyday, which began with third place at the end of the 1960/61 season. In the following season, the club won in addition to a fourth place in the championship by a 3-0 win against Dunaw Russe for the first time a cup competition, the Soviet Army Cup . This justified the first appearance in a European competition. In the European Cup Winners' Cup they were eliminated after victories against Steaua Bucharest and the Shamrock Rovers in the quarterfinals against Atlético Madrid . In the same season 1962/63 the club was runner-up behind local rivals Spartak Plovdiv .
After further rather mediocre performances, the club surprisingly won its second championship in history in 1967 and made it into the European Cup for the first time . In this one then appeared after the merger with DFS Spartak Plovdiv and Akademik Plovdiv as AFD Trakia Plovdiv and was already defeated in the first round against Rapid Bucharest when they just lost in extra time.
Development between 1970 and 1990
In the 1970s, Trakia stayed mostly in the middle of the table and was able to qualify for the trade fair and the UEFA Cup in 1970, 1971 and 1978 , but the club was eliminated in the first round.
In the first season of the 1980s, Trakia was able to reach third place as well as win the second Soviet Army Cup, through which they were allowed to compete in the European Cup Winners' Cup, where they faced FC Barcelona directly and lost.
The 1984/85 season was turbulent. First, Trakia was allowed to compete again in the cup winners competition, as Levski Sofia, as the original cup winner, also won the championship, moved into the European national championship competition and cleared the place for Trakia. Trakia was eliminated after a series of first round defeats here in the round of 16, the second round, against FC Bayern Munich . Due to the scandalous game between Levski and CSKA Sofia, Trakia was crowned champion in third place at the end of the season. Although the championship was revoked in 1990, Trakia moved into the European Cup for the second time. There the club lost in the first round against IFK Göteborg .
The club, meanwhile renamed FK Trakia Plovdiv , established itself in third place directly behind the two undisputed best teams in Bulgaria Levski and CSKA Sofia in the years 1986 to 1988.
In 1989 the association gave up the Trakia name again and called itself from then on FK Botew Plovdiv (and later: PFK Botew Plovdiv ).
Developments since the 1990s
After years in the upper midfield, Botew was able to qualify again for the UEFA Cup in 1992 and 1993, but was eliminated again in each case in the first round.
Since 1995 with the tenth place in the final table and at the latest from 1997 with steadily increasing financial difficulties, a decline began and in a turbulent 2000/01 season with twelve consecutive defeats and fourteen dismissed players, the club was relegated to the second division for the first time since 1953 , with numerous fan riots accompanying this path.
Even during the season of recovery in 2002 there was no calm in the club and several fines for vandalism were pronounced against Botew. The development reached a negative climax in February of that year when a reporter was beaten up by a supporter for his critical coverage, which caused the club's popularity to bottom out. Only about a month later, even President Christolow was the victim of physical violence. On the last day of the match, the game had to be interrupted for twelve minutes due to renewed riots. 56 Botev supporters were arrested, nine people injured and 16 cars damaged.
The chaos continued into the 2002/03 season. In the game against PFC Naftex Burgas a supporter stormed the field and attacked the referee and in the game against Levski Sofia the opposing player Stanislaw Angelow was hit by a stone. In the game against local rival Lokomotive Plovdiv , there were half-hour battles between the two sides in several streets. The club was given penalties in the form of court bans. In the end, the club was just able to save itself in the first division.
Only one season later, however, the club had to relegate to the second division for the second time in its recent history. However, it also succeeded in the second division season of promotion, so that the club played again from the 2005/06 season in the A Grupa . On February 24, 2010 Botew was expelled from the league due to financial difficulties. All second round matches were rated 3-0 for the opponent.
The new beginning (2010 – today)
After the financial collapse, the club started in the 2010/11 season with a new organizational structure and first division experienced players in the third Bulgarian division. Botew Plovdiv rose with 114 points from 38 games sovereignly in the second division, for which a new coach was committed with the internationally experienced Petar Chubchev . After his dismissal in October 2011, Botew achieved promotion to the first division under club legend Kostadin Vidolov. There, under the new coach Stanimir Stoilov and with young talents like Todor Nedelew , he immediately took fourth place, which allowed Botew to participate in the UEFA Europa League in the 2013/14 season . In the third qualifying round Botew was eliminated unbeaten against VfB Stuttgart . The club was clearly convincing in the Bulgarian Cup competition for the 2013-14 season and narrowly retired as a finalist against the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League round of 16 participant Ludogorez Rasgrad with a 1-0 defeat on May 15, 2014. Having reached the final, the club is a seeded participant in the first round of qualifying matches for the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League . On July 17, 2014, Plovdiv won the first leg of the second EL qualifying round in the city of Burgas 2-1 against the Lower Austrian First League Club SKN St. Pölten .
Reconstruction of the stadium and sports facilities
On March 26, 2012 a major renovation of the stadium began, which is supported by the new owner of the club Tsvetan Vasilev . It is estimated that the renovation will cost around 20 million Bulgarian leva and be completed by the end of 2014. The conversion includes the replacement of the field and the provision of modern drainage systems and heating systems, while the existing east stand will be renovated and equipped with dressing rooms, rooms for doping control and a doctor's office. The following stages include a complete enlargement of the sports field, a new construction of the south and north curve and the main grandstand. This is shifted inwards by 10 meters. The boxes are accessed via the facade, which, together with the monument to Christo Botew, will remind of the old appearance. After the renovation of the "College", the stadium will have 18,000 seats, 120 of which are VIP seats. 80% of the places will be covered. The areas under the grandstand rise on three levels. These will include changing rooms, medical facilities, function rooms, facilities for media representatives, four sports halls, museum, fan shop, baths and terraces.
The new football complex "Botew-1912"
The "Botew-1912" complex located in Komatevo is equipped with modern training facilities and a hotel. In 2013 the “Botev-1912” football complex was recognized as a “Contribution to the Development of Bulgarian Football”. The large-scale renovation of the stadium also serves to promote talent.
successes
- Bulgarian champion (2): 1929, 1967
- Bulgarian Cup Winner (1): 2017
- Bulgarian Supercup Winner (1): 2017
- Soviet Army Cup Winner (2): 1962, 1981
- Balkan Cup (1): 1972
League positions
European Cup balance sheet
| season | competition | round | opponent | total | To | Back |
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| 1962/63 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1 round |
.svg){kind=small} Steaua Bucharest
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7: 4 | 2: 3 (A) | 5: 1 (H) |
| 2nd round |
 Shamrock Rovers
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5-0 | 4: 0 (A) | 1: 0 (H) | ||
| Quarter finals |
.svg){kind=small} Atlético Madrid
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1: 5 | 1: 1 (H) | 0: 4 (A) | ||
| 1967/68 | European Champions Cup | 1 round |
.svg){kind=small} Rapid Bucharest
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2: 3 | 2: 0 (H) | 0: 3 (A) |
| 1968/69 | Exhibition cities cup | 1 round |
Real Zaragoza
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3: 3 ( a ) | 3: 1 (H) | 0: 2 (A) |
| 1970/71 | Exhibition cities cup | 1 round |
 Coventry City
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1: 6 | 1: 4 (H) | 0: 2 (A) |
| 1978/79 | Uefa cup | 1 round |
 Hertha BSC
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1: 2 | 0: 0 (A) | 1: 2 (H) |
| 1981/82 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1 round |
 FC Barcelona
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2: 4 | 1: 4 (A) | 1: 0 (H) |
| 1984/85 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1 round |
 US Luxembourg
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5: 1 | 4: 0 (H) | 1: 1 (A) |
| 2nd round |
FC Bayern Munich
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3: 4 | 1: 4 (A) | 2: 0 (H) | ||
| 1985/86 | European Champions Cup | 1 round |
 IFK Gothenburg
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3: 5 | 2: 3 (A) | 1: 2 (H) |
| 1986/87 | Uefa cup | 1 round |
 Hibernians Paola
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10-0 | 2: 0 (A) | 8: 0 (H) |
| 2nd round |
.svg){kind=small} Hajduk Split
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3: 5 | 1: 3 (A) | 2: 2 (H) | ||
| 1987/88 | Uefa cup | 1 round |
Red Star Belgrade
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2: 5 | 0: 3 (A) | 2: 2 (H) |
| 1988/89 | Uefa cup | 1 round |
 FK Dinamo Minsk
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1: 2 | 1: 2 (H) | 0: 0 (A) |
| 1992/93 | Uefa cup | 1 round |
 Fenerbahçe Istanbul
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3: 5 | 1: 3 (A) | 2: 2 (H) |
| 1993/94 | Uefa cup | 1 round |
 Olympiacos Piraeus
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3: 8 | 2: 3 (H) | 1: 5 (A) |
| 1995/96 | Uefa cup | Preliminary round |
.svg){kind=small} Dinamo Tbilisi
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2-0 | 1: 0 (H) | 1: 0 (A) |
| 1 round |
Sevilla FC
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1: 3 | 0: 2 (A) | 1: 1 (H) | ||
| 2013/14 | UEFA Europa League | 1st qualifying round |
 FK Astana
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6-0 | 1: 0 (A) | 5: 0 (H) |
| 2nd qualifying round |
 HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
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3: 1 | 1: 1 (A) | 2: 0 (H) | ||
| 3rd qualifying round |
 VfB Stuttgart
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1: 1 ( a ) | 1: 1 (H) | 0: 0 (A) | ||
| 2014/15 | UEFA Europa League | 1st qualifying round |
 AC Libertas
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6-0 | 4: 0 (H) | 2: 0 (A) |
| 2nd qualifying round |
 SKN St. Pölten
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2: 3 | 2: 1 (H) | 0: 2 (A) | ||
| 2017/18 | UEFA Europa League | 1st qualifying round |
 FK Partizani Tirana
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4: 1 | 3: 1 (A) | 1: 0 (H) |
| 2nd qualifying round |
 Beitar Jerusalem
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5: 1 | 1: 1 (A) | 4: 0 (H) | ||
| 3rd qualifying round |
 Marítimo Funchal
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0: 2 | 0: 0 (H) | 0: 2 (A) |
Overall record : 54 games, 21 wins, 13 draws, 20 defeats, 85:74 goals (goal difference +11)
Others
- The players of Botew Plovdiv are also called canaries because of the yellow and black jersey colors .
- A three-meter-high statue of the namesake Botew, which has existed since the official inauguration on June 2, 1927, still stands in front of the stadium today.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article "Bulgaria's Botev Plovdiv expelled from first division over debts"
- ↑ Second division St. Pölten misses a draw at Plovdiv. In: derstandard.at . July 17, 2014, accessed May 19, 2015 .
- ↑ "6 playing fields and countless extras for young people", (article in Bulgarian language) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ "Tzvetan Vassilev is investing 20 million in the Botew facilities" ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , (bulg.)
Web links
- official homepage
- Цветан Василев за Sporta.bg: Ботев е готов за титлата, новата база доказва различния ни модел на резв . Bulgarian. Online at sporta.bg. Interview with club owner Tzvetan Vassilev in front of Sporta.bg on September 14, 2013: "Botew Plovdiv is ready to win the title - the new club camp shows the differences in the development concept to the other clubs in the league".
