FC Sevlievo

FC Sevlievo (Bulgarian: ФК Севлиево) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Sevlievo, which currently competes in the North-West Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football league system. Their home ground is Stadion Rakovski, which currently has a capacity of 5000.

FC Sevlievo
Full nameFootball Club Sevlievo
FoundedDecember 29, 1922 (1922-12-29) as SC Rakovski
4 June 2015 (2015-06-04) as FC Sevlievo
GroundStadion Rakovski,
Sevlievo
Capacity5,000
ManagerAnatoli Tonov
LeagueNorth-West Third League
2022–23North-West Third League, 6th
WebsiteClub website

Founded as SC Rakovski in December 1922, the club was declared bankrupt in 2015 and re-founded as FC Sevlievo.

History

Rakovski

The club was founded on 29 December 1922 as SC Rakovski by a group of football enthusiasts of the Association for Tourism in Rositsa. Upon its formation, Ivan Tsochev, Boris Popivanov, and Serafim Ganushev became the president, secretary, and steward respectively. Brothers Sokurov, who played on the team, chose to name it Rakovski in honor of the Bulgarian national hero Georgi Sava Rakovski. They played their first game against Viktoria F.C. from Veliko Tarnovo, ending in a 1:1 draw.

After the reorganization of some of the sports associations in Bulgaria, some voluntary sports organizations arose in Sevlievo. The most popular was DSO Red Flag (Bulgarian: ДСО Червено знаме). In 1957, every voluntary sports organizations union in VSO Rakovski. Two years later Rakovski was admitted into the Bulgarian Third Division. In 1968 the club was promoted for the first time to B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football.

Plamen Markov led Sevlievo to their first promotion in 2002–03.

In 1980, the club was renamed F.C. Rositsa.

Vidima-Rakovski

The team became known as PFC Vidima-Rakovski in 1997, after the union between F.C. Rakovski and F.C. Vidima, a little club of the Vidima Standart Ideal works. In the next 1998-99 season, the team won the Cup of Amateur Bulgarian league.

In the 2002-03 season, with Plamen Markov as head coach, Vidima won promotion to the A Group for the first time ever. Gerasim Zakov scored the club’s first top league goal in a 3-3 draw against Lokomotiv Sofia. The 2003-04 campaign, remembered as the first A PFG season in the club's history, ended in a good 12th place. In the same season, Vidima-Rakovski had their best Bulgarian Cup run, beating Kameno and Belasitsa Petrich before losing to Lokomotiv Sofia in the quarter-finals. In the next campaign, Vidima won just nine games and was relegated back to the second level after two years among the best.

After the 2006-07 season, Vidima-Rakovski finished 2nd in B PFG, and managed to participate in the play-off for promotion to the A PFG. On June 2, 2007, Vidima won the play-off against PFC Naftex Burgas with a result of 1-0 and qualified for the first division for the second time in the club's history. However, Vidima largely struggled during the 2007-08 season, at the end not managing to avoid relegation once more.

In 2010, Vidima won a third promotion to the top division by winning the Western B PFG. They finished at 14th place in A PFG in the next season and secured their top division status after winning a relegation play-off against Sportist Svoge, which Vidima won after a penalty shoot-out.

In the 2011-12 season, the team finished 14th in the league, winning only 3 out of 30 matches. As a result, Vidima was relegated once more and competed in B PFG in the 2012-2013 season. The team began experiencing financial problems at the time and was relegated from the B Group in 2013.

FC Sevlievo

The club re-formed as FC Sevlievo on 4 June 2015, after Vidima Rakovski declared bankruptcy.[1]

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt partner
2015–2017 Japan ASICS none
2017–2022 Bulgaria Krasiko Libra
2022– ELITBET

Honours

Bulgarian First League:

Bulgarian Second League:

Bulgarian Cup:

Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League

  • Winners (1): 1998/99

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 August 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Bulgaria BUL Iliya Kanchev
2 DF Bulgaria BUL Aleks Georgiev
3 DF Bulgaria BUL Tihomir Trifonov
5 DF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Pavlov
6 DF Bulgaria BUL Atanas Fidanin (captain)
7 MF Bulgaria BUL Hristiyan Vasilev
8 MF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Nikolaev
9 MF Bulgaria BUL Stiviyan Makaveev
10 FW Bulgaria BUL Tihomir Kanev
11 FW Bulgaria BUL Galin Stoyanov
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Krasi Uzunov
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Banov
14 MF Bulgaria BUL Iliyan Trifonov
15 MF Bulgaria BUL Stefan Ivanov
16 GK Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Pantev
22 MF Bulgaria BUL Kristiyan Kolev
23 DF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Ragin
37 DF Bulgaria BUL Ivaylo Iliev
83 DF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Penev
92 DF Bulgaria BUL Pavlin Ivanov
93 MF Bulgaria BUL Dobrin Petrov

Managers

Dates Name Honours
2015–2016 Bulgaria Milen Vankov
2016–2017 Bulgaria Martin Doychev
2017– Bulgaria Milen Vankov[2]

League positions

Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria)Bulgarian V AFGBulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian A Football GroupBulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian A Football GroupBulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian A Football GroupBulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian V AFG

Shirt and sponsors

Past seasons

Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts Bulgarian Cup
2015–16V Group (III)913314495642Did not qualify
2016–17Third League (III)31846693358Did not qualify
2017–18Third League22046602764First round
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

Sevlievo Ladies

FC Sevlievo Ladies
Full nameFootball Club Sevlievo Ladies
GroundRakovski Stadium,
Sevlievo
Capacity5,000
ManagerYoanna Dzhambazova
LeagueBulgarian Women's League
2022–235th

The football club also has a women's sports department named FC Sevlievo Ladies, currently playing in the top tier of Bulgarian Bulgarian Women's League football, Bulgarian Women's League.

First-team squad

As of 26 August 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 DF Bulgaria BUL Bilyana Ivanova
2 DF Bulgaria BUL Aysu Bezhkova
5 DF Bulgaria BUL Yoana Tomova
6 DF Bulgaria BUL Viyara Peliteva
7 MF Bulgaria BUL Antoniya Angelova
8 MF Bulgaria BUL Desislava Dimitrova
9 FW Bulgaria BUL Aneliya Kukunova
10 FW Bulgaria BUL Elena Petkova
11 MF Bulgaria BUL Mihaela Marinova
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Eleonora Kolesnikova
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Bulgaria BUL Zara Georgieva
15 DF Bulgaria BUL Monika Simonova
17 MF Bulgaria BUL Elena Lukanova
19 FW Bulgaria BUL Vesela Petkova
20 DF Bulgaria BUL Hristiyana Kovacheva
21 FW Bulgaria BUL Ivayla Kieva
22 DF Bulgaria BUL Vili Karadakova (captain)
23 GK Bulgaria BUL Victoria Ivanova
77 MF Bulgaria BUL Silviya Naydenova


Past seasons

Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts
2015–16Bulgarian women's football championship (I)74410215116
2016–17Bulgarian women's football championship       
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

References

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