FC Botev Galabovo

FC Botev Galabovo

Full name	Football Club Botev Galabovo
Founded	1945; 80 years ago (1945)
Ground	Trace Arena, Stara Zagora
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Stoyan Dikov
Head coach	Mitko Kotsinov
League	Regional Groups
2019–20	Second League, 10th (relegated)
Website	http://botev-galabovo.com
Home colours Away colours

Botev (Bulgarian: Ботев) is a Bulgarian football club based in Galabovo, Stara Zagora Province. The club last played in the Second League, the second division of Bulgarian football, having been promoted as champions of the South-Eastern V Group in 2012–13. The club was founded in 1945. Botev's home ground is the Energetik Stadium, a 3,000 all-seater stadium.

At the end of the 1969–70 season, Botev reached the second tier of Bulgarian football for the first time in their history. However, they were relegated the following season despite their efforts.

History

Botev Galabovo was founded in 1945. The team has never played in the Bulgarian first tier, spending their entire history bouncing between the second and third tiers.

In 2019, Botev reached the quarter-finals of the Bulgarian Cup, beating FC Vitosha Bistritsa in the round of 16, with a score of 2–1.

In May 2020, Botev was disqualified from the 2019-20 season in the second tier due to financial problems. The team then refused to be admitted into the third tier for the upcoming season, instead opting to start from the fourth regional league.

Honours

South-Eastern V Group:

• Winners (1): 2012–13

Current squad

As of 1 February 2020^[update]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BUL Hristomir Demerdzhiev 3 DF  BUL Steliyan Marinkov 5 DF  BUL Tsvetelin Radev 7 MF  BUL Ivan Vinkov 8 MF  BUL Dimitar Traykov 9 MF  BUL Dimitar Atanasov (on loan from Arda) 10 MF  BUL Emiliyan Zotev 11 DF  BUL Asparuh Smilkov 15 DF  BUL Emin Ahmed 17 MF  BUL Dzhuneyt Yashar 19 MF  BUL Krasimir Iliev

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  BUL Emil Ivanov 21 MF  BUL Mitko Plahov 22 MF  BUL Plamen Kolarov 27 DF  BUL Stanislav Katrankov 30 MF  BUL Isus Angelov 31 GK  BUL Ivan Dermendzhiev 33 DF  BUL Nikolay Yankov 92 FW  BUL Eray Karadayi (on loan from Arda) 98 MF  BUL Berkay Halil 99 DF  BUL Krasimir Zdravkov

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2019 and Transfers winter 2019–20.

League positions

References

External links

• Club profile at bgclubs.eu
• Official website