FC Sofia 2010

FC Sofia

Full name	Football Club Sofia 2010
Nickname(s)	The Citizens
Founded	3 March 2007
Ground	Tsarsko Selo Stadium, Sofia
Capacity	300
Chairman	Stoyne Manolov
Manager	Todor Yanchev
League	V AFG
2014–15	A RFG, 1st /promoted/
Home colours Away colours

FC Sofia 2010 (Bulgarian: ФК София 2010) is a Bulgarian football club, currently competing in Bulgaria's 3rd division, the V AFG. Home matches are played at the new Tsarsko Selo Sports Complex in Sofia.

History

Foundation and first seasons

In March 2007, under the initiative of his father Vladimir, NSA student Vassil Petrov established a football academy in Sofia. In 2010, after three consecutive years of growth, the academy formed a men's team and registered it with the Bulgarian Football Union.^[1] Officially named FC Sofia 2010, "the citizens", as they are known, played in the regional divisions until 2015, when the club attained first place in their group and gained promotion to the V AFG after defeating Sokol (Benkovski) in the play-off.^[2] At the half season team was on the last place of V Group with only 6 points.

2015–present: Manolov era

In December 2015, the club was taken over by former CSKA Sofia administrator and Tsarsko Selo founder Stoyne Manolov, who appointed former Bulgarian international Todor Yanchev as manager and announced an ambitious goal of reaching second division in the coming years. The team merged with Tsarsko Selo and from 2016-17 season could take Tsarsko Selo name.^[3][4]

Honours

• A Regional Group:
  • Winners (1): 2014–15

Shirt and sponsor

The original club colors were red and yellow. In 2013, they were changed to mirror the ones of the Brazilian national team. From 2016 club changed their colors to Red and signed with the spanish kit manufacturer Joma, who were also manufacturer of FC Tsarsko Selo.

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt partner
2013–2015	Nike	None
2016–	Joma

Players

As of 13 February 2016

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

No. Position Player GK Boyan Peykov GK Kiril Georgiev DF Kristian Petrov DF David Stoyanov DF Ivo Marinov DF Miroslav Ivanov DF Toni Stoichkov MF Nikolay Lazurov

No. Position Player MF Aleksandar Dimitrov MF Vasil Harizanov MF Radoy Bozhilov MF Nikolay Petrov FW Aleksandar Asparuhov FW Hristo Bangiev FW Simeon Ganchev

Managers

Dates	Name	Honours
2012–2015	Bisser Hazday	1 A RFG title
2016–	Todor Yanchev

Past seasons

Season	League	Place	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Bulgarian Cup
2014–15	A RFG (IV)	1	15	3	2	76	16	48	not qualified
2015–16	V AFG (III)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	not qualified
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

References

1. "Левскарят Хаздай води на "Армията" италианец и руснак". Topsport.ibox.bg. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
2. RFG Sofia (Capital) 2014/15 Bulgarian-Football.com Retrieved 2016-1-12.
3. "Стойне Манолов: Българският футбол няма бъдеще без ЦСКА". Focus-sport.net. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
4. "Тодор Янчев поема отбор от Югозападната В група". Novsport.com. Retrieved 2016-01-11.

External links

• Official website
• bgclubs.eu