PFC Spartak Pleven

Spartak Pleven

Full name	PFC Spartak Pleven
Founded	1919 2010(refounded)
Ground	Pleven Stadium, Pleven
Capacity	22,000
Chairman	Evgeni Genov
Manager	Robert Petrov
League	B Group
2014–15	North-West V Group, 1st /promoted/
Home colours Away colours

PFC Spartak Pleven (Bulgarian: ПФК Спартак Плевен) is a Bulgarian football club from Pleven founded in 1919. The team's greatest achievements are the Bulgarian Cup final in 1957 and the third place in the Bulgarian Championship the following season. The team went bankrupt in January 2009 and officially ceased existence in June 2009. However at the beginning of 2010 the club was re-founded and currently plays in the B Group, the second level of Bulgarian football.

Spartak Pleven's colours are blue and white. Former Bulgarian international Plamen Getov is the club's most prominent figure, being the Spartak Pleven's top goalscorer with a total of 108 goals.

Honours

Bulgarian A Group:

• Third place: 1958

Bulgarian Cup:

• Runners-up: 1957

Cup of the Soviet Army

• Runners-up: 1987

Current squad

As of 19 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 Mario Dimitrov 3 DF Teodor Mihaylov 4 DF Iliyan Garov 5 DF Tsvetelin Radev 6 MF Viktor Ivanov 7 MF Daniel Vasev 8 MF Nikola Mitsanski 9 MF Kristiyan Ivanov 10 FW Tsvetomir Todorov 11 MF Ivaylo Dangurov 12 MF Martin Bakalov

No. Position Player 13 DF Teodor Kolarov 14 DF Daniel Gergov 15 MF Tihomir Todorov 16 GK Dimitar Pantev 17 MF Ivo Ivanov (captain) 19 DF Bogomil Dyakov 20 MF Preslav Antonov 30 MF Dimo Atanasov 33 DF Stenislav Georgiev 45 FW Grigor Dolapchiev 89 GK Hristo Matev

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

Past seasons

Season	Level	League	Place	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Bulgarian Cup
2009–10	IV	A Regional Group	2	18	5	3	75	26	59	not qualified
2010–11	III	V Group	5	15	6	9	49	27	51	not qualified
2011–12	III	V Group	1	27	2	1	111	10	83	Third Round
2012–13	II	B Group	6*	11	9	6	33	25	42	Second Round
2013–14	III	V Group	4	20	5	5	66	27	65	not qualified
2014–15	III	V Group	1	23	2	1	92	8	71	not qualified
2015–16	II	B Group	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Second Round
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

Notable players

Famous players

Dimitar Minchev Pusho Dimitrov Plamen Nikolov Krasimir Lazarov Sasho Varbanov Lachezar Tanev

Plamen Getov Blagoi Krastanov Anatoli Kirilov Pavel Chelestinov Georgi Denev Martin Kamburov

Nikola Parchanov Ivaylo Petkov Momchil Tsvetanov Plamen Nikolov Vladimir Manchev

• For all Spartak players with a Wikipedia article see Category:PFC Spartak Pleven players.

Notable stats

Most A Group appearances: # Name Matches 1 Pusho Dimitrov 301 2 Krasimir Lazarov 257 3 Sasho Varbanov 253 4 Petar Boyanov 251 5 Petko Todorov 244 6 Stoyan Zdravkov 220 7 Pavel Chelestinov 213 8 Boris Novachev 204 9 Dimcho Dimov 204 10 Vencho Sabotinov 203

Most A Group goals: # Name Gols 1 Plamen Getov 108 2 Sasho Varbanov 75 3 Stoyan Zdravkov 64 4 Pavel Chelestinov 56 5 Krasimir Lazarov 40 6 Petar Boyanov 25 7 Vasil Minkov 25 8 Blagoi Krastanov 24 9 Milen Goranov 24 10 Petar Kostov 20

References

• Обретенов, Светослав (1989). Северняшки танц с футболна топка (in Bulgarian). Пловдив: Издателство "Христо Г. Данов".
• Симеонов, Климент (1984). Футболът в България (in Bulgarian). София: Държавно издателство "Медицина и физкултура".

External links

• Official website