FC Lyubimets 2007

Lyubimets

Full name

Football Club Lyubimets

Founded

1921
/restored 2007/

Ground

Gradski Stadium,
Lyubimets

Capacity

4,000

Chairman

Atanas Stalev

Manager

Voyn Voynov

League

B Group

2013–14

A Group, 14th /relegated/

Website

(Bulgarian) Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

FC Lyubimets (Bulgarian: ФК Любимец 2007) is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Lyubimets. The club competed in the A PFG for the first time in the 2013–14 season.^[1]

The club's home ground is the local Municipal Stadium in Lyubimets, which has an overall capacity of 4,000 seats.

History

The first club was founded as Football Club Maritsa in 1921. In 1947 the club changed its name to Football Club Strela. In the 1960s the club finally was named Football Club Lyubimets. They participated just in third and fourth divisions of Bulgarian football and was dissolved by the end of 1993–94 season.

In 2007, thirteen years later, the club was restored as Football Club Lyubimets 2007. In his first season, the club were promoted for first time to second division. In the first season in professional football, the club finished in 7th place.

On 9 January 2013, club's former player Veselin Velikov was announced as the new manager.^[2] Four months later he led Lyubimets to promotion to the A PFG for first time in the club's history, finishing in 2nd place in the B PFG.^[3]

The first season in the professional top-flight began with a 1-0 win over defending champions Ludogorets Razgrad. Lyubimets went on to win 9 points from their first four games, including wins against Lokomotiv Sofia and Europa League participants Botev Plovdiv (2-1 away in Plovdiv).

Honours

Bulgarian A Group

14th place 2013–14

Bulgarian B Group

Runners-up: 2012–13

Current squad

As of 17 June 2014 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Zdravko Chavdarov
3	DF	Emil Grozev (on loan from Litex Lovech)
4	DF	Petar Alyoshev
7	MF	Georgi Valchev
9	FW	Stefan Hristov
10	MF	Mladen Stoev
11	MF	Viktor Mitev

No.	Position	Player
12	GK	Radoslav Rashkov
13	MF	Nikola Yanachkov
14	DF	Georgi Radev
15	DF	Emil Argirov
20	MF	Ilian Kapitanov
22	FW	Georgi Stefanov
77	FW	Nikolay Kolev

For recent transfers, see List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2014.

Foreign players

Up to three non-EU national can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the A PFG. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.

EU Nationals

Albin Hodža

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)

Nemanja Ivanov

Non-EU Nationals

Michael Tawiah

Managerial history

After restored

Name	Nationality	Years
Dimcho Markov		June 2006–Oct 2008
Ivaylo Petev		Oct 2008–Aug 2009
Stamen Belchev		Aug 2009–Sept 2012
Krasimir Mechev		Sept 2012–Jan 2013
Veselin Velikov		Jan 1, 2013–Aug 10, 2013
Krasimir Mechev		Aug 10, 2013–Jan 7, 2014
Voyn Voynov		Jan 9, 2014–

Notable stats

After restored in 2007

Most appearances for the club

#	Name	Apps	Years
1	Emil Petkov	98	2008–2012
2	Ivan Minchev	78	2009–present
3	Ventsislav Yordanov	72	2008–2010/2012–present
4	Kircho Krumov	59	2008–2009/2010–2011
5	Anton Ognyanov	53	2011–present

Most goals for the club

#	Name	Gls	Years
1	Nikolay Pavlov	20	2011–2012
2	Anton Ognyanov	16	2011–present
3	Emil Petkov	12	2008–2012
4	Tzvetomir Matev	10	2010–2011
5	Atanas Lyubenov	8	2009–2011

Notes:

Bold signals active players
Correct as of 2013-06-10

References

↑ "Club's Facts". Footballdatabase.eu.
↑ "Любимец махна Красимир Мечев" (in Bulgarian). hsmarica.com. 2013-01-09.
↑ "Любимец е новият член на А група" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. 2013-05-19.

External links

Official Club Website (Bulgarian)
Lyubimetz 2007 at bgclubs.eu (Bulgarian)

Bulgarian B Group · 2015–16

Bansko Botev Galabovo Dobrudzha Dunav Litex II Lokomotiv GO Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra Ludogorets II Neftochimic Oborishte Pirin Razlog Pomorie Septemvri Sozopol Spartak Pleven Vereya

Football in Bulgaria

League competitions	A Group B Group V Group (4 divisions) Regional Football Groups Bulgarian women's football championship

Cup competitions	Bulgarian Cup Bulgarian Supercup Cup of AFL Bulgarian Women's Cup

Defunct competitions	State Championship (1924–1936, 1941–1945) Tsar's Cup (1924–44) National Football Division (1937–1940) Republic Championship (1945–1948) Cup of the Soviet Army (1983–90) BFU's Cup (1990–91) PFL's Cup (1994–97) Doubles Group (2008–2010)

National teams	Men Women Olympic team (U-23) Under-21 Under-19 Under-17

Lists	Clubs Stadiums Foreign players National team results

Awards	Footballers' Footballer of the Year

BFU PFL

Bulgarian football championship seasons

State Championship (National Football Division)	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944

Republic Championship	1945 1946 1947 1948

A Group	1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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