FC Etar (Veliko Tarnovo)

Football Club Etar, or FC ETAR Veliko Turnovo, (Bulgarian: ФК ЕТЪР Велико Търново), was a Bulgarian professional association football club from Veliko Tarnovo. Founded on 24 April 1924, the club spent most of its history in the Bulgarian A PFG.

Etar
ФК ЕТЪР Велико Търново
Full nameFootball Club Etar
Nickname(s)Бoлярите (The Bolyars)
FoundedApril 24, 1924 (1924-04-24)
Dissolved2003 (2003)
GroundStadion Ivaylo
ChairmanBulgaria Ivan Angelov
ManagerRosen Kirilov

Their most successful period came under the management of Georgi Vasilev, between 1987 and 1992. Etar won the championship in 1990–91, which qualified the team for the 1991–92 European Cup, the first and only time Etar has played in the premier European competition.

Following the success in 1991, Etar began a gradual decline in terms of performance, culminating in relegation from the top flight, as well as increasing financial problems. In 2003, the club was formally dissolved, due to inability to cover financial costs needed for professional football. Around the same time, a successor club, named Etar 1924, was founded to replace the old Etar. This new club saw little success and only managed to play one season in the A Group, after which it also folded.

Honours

Domestic

Contintental

History

Football Club Etar was created on 24 April 1924, as a result of a merger between six clubs from Veliko Tarnovo. In 1930 they reached the Bulgarian State Football Championship semi-finals, losing 4–2 to Slavia Sofia.

European history

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1974–75 UEFA Cup 1 Italy Internazionale Milano 0–0 0–3 0–3
1991–92 European Cup 1 Germany Kaiserslautern 1–1 0–2 1–3

Etar's champions squad

The squad for the 1990–91 season Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Bulgaria BUL Kaloyan Chakarov
GK Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Donev
DF Bulgaria BUL Tsanko Tsvetanov
DF Bulgaria BUL Iliyan Kiryakov
DF Bulgaria BUL Angel Chervenkov
DF Bulgaria BUL Plamen Prodanov
DF Bulgaria BUL Sasho Hristov
DF Bulgaria BUL Tsvetomir Parvanov
MF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Georgiev
MF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Popivanov
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Bulgaria BUL Mariyan Metlarov
MF Bulgaria BUL Petyo Rashev
MF Bulgaria BUL Krasimir Balakov
MF Bulgaria BUL Sasho Dimov
MF Bulgaria BUL Andriyan Gaydarski
FW Bulgaria BUL Miroslav Baychev
FW Bulgaria BUL Boncho Genchev
FW Soviet Union URS Igor Kislov
FW Bulgaria BUL Gencho Genchov
FW Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Aleksandrov ?
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