FC Maritsa Plovdiv
FC "Maritsa"
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| Full name |
Football Club Maritsa Plovdiv |
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| Founded |
1921 (1921) |
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| Ground |
Maritsa Stadium, Plovdiv |
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| Ground Capacity |
8,000 |
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| Chairman |
 Hristo Nikolov |
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| Manager |
Stoyan Dimitrov |
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| League |
South-East V Group |
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| 2014–15 |
South-East V Group, 11th |
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Maritsa FC (Bulgarian: Марица ФК) is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv. Established in 1921 after the merger of Karshiaka's teams Vampir and Trite Konski Sili.
They play their home matches at their 8,000-seat Stadium in the quarter of Karshiaka. They played in Bulgarian A Professional Football Group seasons of 1967-68, 1969–70, 1970–71 and 1996-97.
Youth program
The club is particularly famous for its renowned youth program that has produced many Bulgarian talents over the years – Hristo Stoichkov, Dinko Dermendzhiev, Aleksandar Aleksandrov. Bulgarian national first-team players Georgi Georgiev, Kostadin Vidolov, Krassimir Chomakov, Valeri Domovchiyski, Yordan Todorov, Asen Nikolov had also came through the ranks at Maritsa.
Honours
- Fourteenth place in the "A" group: 1969/70 and 1996/97.
- Semifinalist in the National Cup tournament: 1996/97.
Current squad
As of February 20, 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. |
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Position |
Player
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| 1 |
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GK |
Iliya Nikolov
|
| 2 |
|
DF |
Borislav Nikiforov
|
| 3 |
|
MF |
Krasimir Ivanov (captain)
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| 4 |
|
DF |
Miroslav Pushkarov
|
| 6 |
|
DF |
Yordan Vlashki
|
| 7 |
|
DF |
Petyo Dimitrov
|
| 8 |
|
MF |
Yalmaz Syuleyman
|
| 9 |
|
FW |
Ventsislav Gyuzelev
|
| 10 |
|
MF |
Dimitar Yurukov
|
| 11 |
|
FW |
Georgi Arabadzhiev
|
| 12 |
|
GK |
Goran Grablev |
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| No. |
|
Position |
Player
|
| 14 |
|
FW |
Georgi Georgiev
|
| 16 |
|
DF |
Alil Kardashev
|
| 17 |
|
MF |
Dimitar Michkov
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| 18 |
|
MF |
Daniel Spasov
|
| 19 |
|
MF |
Konstantin Atanasov
|
| 21 |
|
MF |
Angel Semerdzhiev
|
| 22 |
|
MF |
Aleksandar Aleksandrov
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|
DF |
Svetlozar Barashki
|
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MF |
Todor Ivanov
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|
MF |
Andrey Atanasov
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FW |
Samer Alhusein |
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Famous players
Note: For a complete list of Maritsa players, see Category:FC Maritsa Plovdiv players.
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