FC Vereya

Vereya

Full name	Professional Football Club Vereya Stara Zagora
Founded	July 15, 2001
Ground	Trace Arena, Stara Zagora
Capacity	1,636
Owner	Galin Mihaylov
Chairman	Hristiyan Parvanov
Manager	Zhivko Zhelev / Vladislav Yanush
League	B Group
2014–15	B Group, 11th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Football Club Vereya (Bulgarian: Футболен клуб Верея) is a Bulgarian football club based in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. They play in the B Group, the second division of Bulgarian football.

History

Foundation and beginning

The club was founded in 2001 by a founding board led by Hristiyan Parvanov, Galin Mihaylov, Slavcho Tanev, Tonko Totev and Dimo Hristov. Until 2005/06 season is playing in Regional groups until the promote in V AFG under the name FC Vereya-Arsenal after marge with Arsenal Kazanlak, but after season 2006/07 Vereya-Arsenal become Arsenal Kazanlak and the 2nd team Vereya Bulsatkom moved to Stara Zagora again and was registered as FC Vereya. They won A RFG 3 times in next 5 season, getting the promotion in 2011-12 season.

Trace Group ownership (2012-present)

Trace Group started to invest the team and in 2012 they started building the new stadium Trace Arena. On May 21, 2014 the club won the Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League after defeating Minyor Pernik 2–0 in the final.^[1] In the same season 2013/14 they finished 3rd in V Group and promoted to the professional football group B PFG.

Shirt and sponsors

Vereya main colors are blue and white.

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt partner
2006–12	Unknown	Bulsatcom / Trace Group
2012–14	Tomy Sport	Trace Group
2014–	Nike

Honours

• Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League:
  • Winners: 2013–14
• A RFG Stara Zagora:
  • Winners: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12

Current squad

As of 16 January 2016 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Dzhuneyt Ali 3 DF Zhivko Zhelev (captain) 4 DF Plamen Tenev (on loan from Beroe) 5 DF Petko Ganev 6 MF Kiril Lichev (on loan from Beroe) 7 MF Ivan Vinkov 8 MF Milen Mitev 9 FW Doncho Atanasov 10 MF Dzhuneyt Yashar 12 GK Diyan Valkov (on loan from Slavia Sofia) 14 MF Hristian Popov 15 MF Ventsislav Ivanov

No. Position Player 18 MF Peycho Enchev 19 DF Denis Pidev 20 MF Veselin Vasev 21 DF Zdravko Iliev 22 GK Christoffer Mafoumbi 39 FW Metodi Kostov 45 MF Mitko Plahov 77 DF Vasil Botev 97 DF Hristo Mitev 99 FW Angel Kostov FW Amadou Soukouna

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2015 and Transfers winter 2015–16.

Club officials

Current technical body

Position	Name	Nationality
Head Coach	Zhivko Zhelev
Assistant Coach	Vladislav Yanush
Goalkeeper coach	Stoycho Dragov

Statistics

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Bulgarian Cup 2001–02 4 A RFG N/A Did Not Play 2002–03 4 A RFG N/A DNP 2003–04 4 A RFG N/A DNP 2004–05 4 A RFG N/A DNP 2005–06 4 A RFG 1st ↑ DNP

Season Tier Division Place Bulgarian Cup 2006–07 3 V AFG 7th ↓ DNP 2007–08 4 A RFG 4th DNP 2008–09 4 A RFG 1st DNP 2009–10 4 A RFG 2nd DNP 2010–11 4 A RFG 1st DNP

Season Tier Division Place Bulgarian Cup 2011–12 4 A RFG 1st ↑ Second round 2012–13 3 V AFG 5th DNP 2013–14 3 V AFG 3rd ↑ DNP 2014–15 2 B PFG 11th First round 2015–16 2 B PFG – First round

• Seasons in B Group: 2
• Seasons in V Group: 3
• Seasons in A Regional Group: 10

Notable players

The following players have represented their country at senior international level. Players in bold represented their country while playing for Vereya.

Bulgaria Zhivko Zhelev (2013–present) Ivan Stoyanov (2015) Kostadin Stoyanov (2015) Africa Olivier Bonnes (2014–2015) Christoffer Mafoumbi (2015–present)

Managers

Dates	Name	Honours
2001–13	Unknown
2013–14	Petar Kostadinov	1 Amateur Cup title 1 Promote to B Group
2014	Krasimir Manolov
2014	Gospodin Mirchev
2014–15	Radostin Kishishev
2015–	Zhivko Zhelev Vladislav Yanush

Reserve team

The club's reserve team, Vereya Stara Zagora II, played in the tier four A RFG in 2014–15, where it finished on 3rd place.

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

No. Position Player

No. Position Player

Past seasons

Season	League	Place	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
2012–13	A RFG (IV)	6	18	5	11	75	49	59
2013–14	A RFG	9	10	2	11	39	46	32
2014–15	A RFG	3	17	0	5	79	21	51
2015–16	A RFG	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

References

1. Верея спечели купата на Аматьорската футболна лига (Gong.bg, (In Bulgarian))

External links

• Official website
• Club page at bgclubs.eu
• Club page at Sportal.bg