Професионален Футболен Клуб Ботев АД Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD (Botev Professional Football Club)
Nickname(s)
Канарчетата (The Canaries) Жълто-черните (The Yellow-Blacks)
Founded
11 March 1912; 112 years ago (1912-03-11) as Hristo Botyov - Football Association
Ground
Stadion Hristo Botev
Capacity
18,777[1]
Owner
Anton Zingarevich (99%)[2] PFK Botev Association (1%)
Chairman
Aleksey Kirichek
Head coach
Dušan Kerkez
League
First League
2022–23
First League, 10th of 16
Website
Club website
Home colours
Away colours
Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (Bulgarian: Ботев Пловдив, pronounced[ˈbɔtɛfˈpɫɔvdif]), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It competes in the Bulgarian Parva Liga, the top flight of Bulgarian football. Founded on 11 March 1912,[3] it is the country's oldest active football club.
PFC Botev is named after the Bulgarian poet, revolutionary and national hero – Hristo Botev.[4] The club plays its home games at Hristo Botev Stadium.
Throughout its history, the club has won 2 national titles, 3 national cups, 1 supercup and 1 Balkans Cup. Botev has also reached the Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals once. In addition, the club has been a runner-up in the domestic league twice and has reached the Bulgarian Cup final thirteen times. In the years before the Bulgarian championship was created, the team regularly participated in the local Plovdiv championship, claiming it six times. It is one of the most popular clubs in Bulgaria.
^"Ботев представи уникален за България стадион". botevplovdiv.bg (in Bulgarian). 5 March 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
^"Ето коя фирма ще получи акциите на Ботев Пд" (in Bulgarian). Gong.bg. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^"Нашето начало" [Our beginning]. www.botevplovdiv.bg (in Bulgarian). PFC Botev Plovdiv. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
^"Клубът – Патрон" [Club – Patron]. www.botevplovdiv.bg (in Bulgarian). PFC Botev Plovdiv. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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fierce local rivalry with fellow Plovdiv-based team BotevPlovdiv. Matches between the two sides are known as the Plovdiv derby. Throughout the club's history...
in the village of Belozem, Plovdiv Province. Nedelev started to play football at his local club and then joined the Botev 2002 Academy in 2004 when he...
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national team. In the summer of 2013, Dimitrov joined BotevPlovdiv at under-17 level from Lokomotiv Plovdiv and progressed through the club's academy system...
PFC BotevPlovdiv (Bulgarian: „Ботев“ Пловдив), commonly referred to as BotevPlovdiv or simply Botev, is a Bulgarian professional association football...
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their place in the First League for the upcoming season, after BotevPlovdiv beat Botev Vratsa 3–2. Arda reached the final of the 2020–21 Bulgarian Cup...
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player. His nickname is Giannini from Plovdiv. Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Petrov played for the PFC BotevPlovdiv, PFC Levski Sofia, PFC Slavia Sofia and...
in Plovdiv) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for A.C.D. Treviso 2013 / Treviso. Tomov was the captain of BotevPlovdiv U19...
2004) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for BotevPlovdiv. Akere started his career in the Nigerian G12 academy, before joining...
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forward for Thai League 2 club Samut Prakan City. Fernando Viana joined BotevPlovdiv in January 2017. He made an impressive official debut on 18 February...
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