Plovdiv Derby

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Botev Locomotive
Ticket to the cup final 2019

The Plovdiv Derby ( Bulgarian Пловдивското дерби) is the name of a city ​​derby in the second largest Bulgarian city ​​of Plovdiv , primarily between the two football clubs Botew and Lokomotive . Their encounter is considered next to the capital derby between Levski Sofia and CSKA Sofia as the most explosive derby in the Bulgarian league and is sometimes even seen as Bulgaria's most critical football game. Although both associations are now anchored in all social classes, Botew is traditionally regarded as an association of the middle and upper classes, while Lokomotiv is a representative of the poorer classes.

Derby records

The first derby between the two clubs was held on April 1, 1951 and Lokomotiv won 3-0.

The highest derby victories, however, celebrated Botew with a 5-0 each on August 27, 1988 and September 2, 1995. The highest wins of Lokomotiv were each a 4-0 and date from March 3, 1979 and September 29, 2007. The highest goal The game took place on September 8, 1974 and ended in a 7-3 win for Lokomotiv.

The highest-scoring cup game took place on June 26, 1966 in the round of 16 of the 1965/66 season and ended 3: 3 after extra time . In the subsequent penalty shootout , Lokomotiv prevailed 4: 3. The most important game of the two opponents to date took place on May 15, 2019, when they faced each other in the cup final in the Vasil Levski National Stadium for the first time in the history of the Bulgarian cup competition. Lokomotive prevailed 1-0 there and won the cup competition for the first time ever, which Botew had already booked two years earlier.

Derby balance sheet

competition Games BOT SEM LOK Gates BOT Goals LOC
championship 108 39 1 30th 39 1 129 129
Cup competition 12 6th 2 4th 25th 18th
OFFICIAL GAMES 120 45 1 32 43 1 154 147
Games : total games
BOT : victories Botev Plovdiv
REM : Draw
LOCO : Wins Locomotive Plovdiv
Gates BOT : Gates Botew Plovdiv
Gates LOK : Gates Locomotive Plovdiv
1The derby scheduled for the second half of the 2009/10 season was rated 3-0 for Lokomotiv because of the exclusion of Botew from the league at the winter break and is included in the statistics accordingly. The same applies to the game scheduled for April 19, 2014, which was broken off prematurely due to crowd riots on the part of Lokomotiv and scored 3-0 in favor of Botew.

The titles in direct comparison

Note: The competitions listed in italics will no longer be held.

Number of titles won
competition Victories Botev Years Victories Locomotive Years
Bulgarian champion 2 1929, 1967 1 2004
Bulgarian cup winner 1 2017 1 2019
Bulgarian Super Cup winner 1 2017 1 2004
Soviet Army Cup Winner 2 1962, 1981 1 1983
Balkan Cup 1 1972 0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 7 reasons to love Plovdiv, Bulgaria's artistic second city (English; accessed June 12, 2019)
  2. ↑ Derby of Plovdiv: Lokomotiv - Botev 0-0 at vaaju.com (English; article from December 4, 2018)
  3. ↑ Botev - Lokomotiv Plovdiv at footballderbies.com (English)
  4. ↑ Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Botev Plovdiv at copa90.com (English; article from March 6, 2015)
  5. ^ The Bulgarian season 2009/10 at RSSSF (English)
  6. ↑ The Bulgarian season 2013/14 on RSSSF (English)
  7. ↑ Lokomotiv Plovdiv - Botev Plovdiv April 19, 2014 at ultras-tifo.net (English)