FC Chepinets Velingrad

Chepinets
Full name Football Club Chepinets Velingrad
Founded 1926 (1926)
Ground Chepinets Stadium
Capacity 8,000
Chairman Miroslav Milev
Manager Stefan Karamanov[1]
League A RFG Pazardzhik
2016–17 South-West Third League, 18th (relegated)

Football Club Chepinets (Bulgarian: Футболен клуб Чепинец) is a Bulgarian football club based in Velingrad, currently playing in the A RFG Pazardzhik.

The club colours are red and blue, and their home ground since 1961 has been Chepinets Stadium.

History

Chepinets was founded in 1926. At the end of the 1956 season Chepinets reached the second tier of Bulgarian football for the first time in their history. In 1977–78 season Chepinets reached the Bulgarian Cup semi-finals, their best run in the competition, eliminating A Group sides Sliven and Levski Sofia along the way. In the following season they finished 3rd in the B Group, their highest ever league finish.[2]

Current squad

As of August 2, 2017 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Bulgaria GK Iliyan Bradvarov
2 Bulgaria DF Silvestar Atanasov
4 Bulgaria DF Petar Petrov
5 Bulgaria DF Martin Kostov
6 Bulgaria MF Nikolay Bayrakov (captain)
7 Bulgaria MF Ignat Damyanov
8 Bulgaria MF Deyan Kostadinov
9 Bulgaria FW Hristo Stalev
10 Bulgaria MF Alek Manolov
11 Bulgaria MF Iliyan Genov
12 Bulgaria GK Iliyan Georgiev
No. Position Player
14 Bulgaria MF Bozhidar Petelov
15 Bulgaria DF Deivid Penchev
16 Bulgaria MF Margarit Georgiev
18 Bulgaria FW Asparuh Vasilev
19 Bulgaria DF Nikolay Ivanikov
20 Bulgaria MF Slaviyan Kostadinov
21 Bulgaria DF Iliya Ivanov
22 Bulgaria FW Aleksandar Vuchkov
Bulgaria DF Angel Zahariev
Bulgaria MF Nikolay Velkov

References

  1. ↑ "Чепинец се раздели с Атанас Стоилов" (in Bulgarian). pazardjik.marica.bg. 29 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Историята на Чепинец Велинград" (in Bulgarian). Pzsport.info. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
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