FC Septemvri Simitli

Septemvri

Full name	Football Club Septemvri Simitli
Nickname(s)	The Simitlians
Founded	1942
Ground	Struma, Simitli
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Hristo Atanasovski
Manager	Todor Kiselichkov
League	B Group
2014–15	B Group, 12th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

FC Septemvri (Bulgarian: ФК Септември) is a Bulgarian football club^[1] based in Simitli, who play in the B Group, the second level of Bulgarian football.

History

Founded in 1942. From 1961 to 1975 called "Pirin miner". The players are mostly young boys from the age of 18 to 20, with the exception of goalkeeper Dimitar Atanasovski (former player Belasitsa Petrich). Coach was rescued Stoimenov and was assistant coach Radoslav Mitrevski (former player of CSKA Sofia and the Pirin Blagoevgrad).

As of 2011, Septemvri is officially affiliated^[2] as a satellite to Levski Sofia. On 15 March 2012, the team reached the 1/2 finals of the Bulgarian Cup for the first time in its history, eliminating Bulgarian powerhouse CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals by a score of 2:1.^[3] They lost in the next round against Ludogorets Razgrad by a score of 1:4.

Honours

• Sixth place in the Western "B" group: 2010/11 and 2011 /12
• Semifinalist in the National Cup tournament: this time its official name is the Cup of Bulgaria - 2011 /12
• Cup of Amateur Football League: 1994/95

Current squad

As of 18 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 1 GK Dimitar Pangev 2 DF Metodi Iliev 3 DF Georgi Peychev 4 MF Dzheyhan Zaydenov 5 DF Lyubomir Gutsev 6 DF Asen Topuzov 7 MF Tihomir Kosturkov 8 FW Vladimir Kaptiev 9 MF Andon Gushterov 10 MF Stoyko Ivanov 11 MF Lyubomir Lyubenov 12 GK Filip Dimitrov 14 FW Franck Koré

No. Position Player 15 DF Zdravko Karadachki 17 MF Kiril Georgiev 18 FW Smail Kreboliev (on loan from Pirin Blagoevgrad) 19 FW Deyan Hristov 20 MF Nikolay Hadzhinikolov 22 GK Vasil Hristov 27 DF Borislav Sandev 55 DF Martin Sechkov 77 FW Anatoli Luleyski 87 FW Ibrahim Alim 88 MF Dimitar Iliev 96 DF Valeri Georgiev

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

Foreign players

Up to one non-EU national can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the B 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

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship) Franck Koré

Non-EU Nationals

Past seasons

Season	League	Place	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Bulgarian Cup
2010–11	B PFG (II)	6	12	7	11	30	31	43	First round
2011–12	B PFG	6	8	10	9	48	35	33	Semifinals
2012–13	B PFG	13	4	3	19	18	39	15	First round
2013–14	V AFG (III)	2	21	7	2	47	15	70	not qualified
2014–15	B PFG	12	11	3	16	30	47	36	First round
2015–16	B PFG	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	First round
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

References

1. "Septemvri Simitli Facts". Footballdatabase.eu.
2. "Септември (Симитли) официално сателит на Левски". Sportal.bg.
3. "Сензацията е факт: Септември (Симитли) елиминира ЦСКА". webcafe.bg. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

External links

• Septemvri Simitli at bgclubs.eu