FC Pirin Gotse Delchev

Pirin Gotse Delchev
Full name Football Club Pirin Gotse Delchev
Nickname(s) Nevrokopchani
Founded 1925 (1925)
Ground Gradski,
Gotse Delchev
Capacity 5,000
Manager Rumil Zhotev[1]
League Regional A OFG
2017–18 South-West Third League, 17th (relegated)
Website Club website

Football Club Pirin (Bulgarian: Футболен клуб Пирин) is a Bulgarian football club, based in Gotse Delchev. The club currently plays in the South-West Third League.

History

Pirin Gotse Delchev were founded in 1925 as Pirin Nevrokop[2] (Nevrokop being the former name of Gotse Delchev),[3] and their traditional colours are green and white. In 1981–82 Pirin were promoted for the first time to B PFG. The club spent three years in second division, before being relegated in 1985 to third division.

After 8 years in the lowers divisions of Bulgarian football, in 1993 Pirin returned to B PFG. In their first season back in second division Pirin finished in eight place in the league. In the following 1994–95 season was a poor one for the club, ending with the team in second lowest place and relegated back to the third division.

In 2005 they won the third promotion to the B PFG in its history.[4] In December 2005, Yordan Bozdanski was appointed as manager.[5] Pirin finished the 2006–07 season in third place in the West B PFG, their highest finish in the league since their еstablishment.

On 27 June 2011, Yakov Paparkov was officially announced as the club's new manager.[6] In the 2011–12 season, Pirin won the West B PFG with a 62 points, scoring 41 goals and losing only three times. Pirin were promoted to Bulgarian football's top division for the first time in their history.

Honours

League

West B PFG

League positions

Regional Amateur Football Groups (Bulgaria)Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria)Bulgarian V AFGBulgarian A Football GroupBulgarian B Football Group

Current squad

As of 2 July 2018

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

No. Position Player
Bulgaria GK Nikolay Shokolarev
Bulgaria DF Atanas Spiriev
Bulgaria DF Ivan Tanchev
Bulgaria DF Desislav Tokov
Bulgaria DF Aleksandar Georgiev
Bulgaria DF Krastyo Pishev
Bulgaria DF Ivan Karaivanov
Bulgaria MF Zhivko Grozdanov
Bulgaria MF Ivan Makriev
Bulgaria MF Ivan Grancharov
Bulgaria MF Boris Boyanchev
Brazil MF Rodrigo Baroni
No. Position Player
Brazil MF Erick Santos
Bulgaria FW Iliya Dlagonski
Bulgaria FW Bozhidar Sofkov
Bulgaria Georgi Ignatov
Bulgaria Radi Dzhudakov
Bulgaria Nikolay Chaushev
Bulgaria Toma Dermendzhiev
Bulgaria Selim Bukovski
Bulgaria Hristo Bayryakov
Bulgaria Aleksandar Kostadinov
Bulgaria Stefan Terziev

Managers

Managers in the 21st century
Year Trainers
2004–05 Bulgaria Ventsislav Davidkov
2005 Bulgaria Valentin Lazarov
2005–07 Bulgaria Yordan Bozdanski
2007 Bulgaria Petar Zehtinski
2008–10 Bulgaria Yordan Bozdanski
2010 Bulgaria Krasimir Traykov
2010–11 Bulgaria Dimitar Sokolov
2011 Bulgaria Ivan Atanasov
2011–12 Bulgaria Yakov Paparkov
Aug 1, 2012–Aug 27, 2013 Bulgaria Tencho Tenev
Aug 27, 2013–Jan 1, 2014 Bulgaria Kostadin Angelov
Jan 16, 2014–Sep 11, 2017 Bulgaria Yordan Bozdanski
Sep 11, 2017– Bulgaria Rumil Zhotev

References

  1. ↑ "Пирин ГД се раздели с треньора след тежкото поражение от ЦСКА 1948" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 11 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Bulgaria – List of Foundation Dates, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  3. ↑ Michev, Nikolay; Koledarov, Petar, "Dictionary of towns and villages in Bulgaria (1878–1987), Sofia, 1989
  4. ↑ "Пирин ГД – историческо завръщане в елита" (in Bulgarian). viara-online.com. Retrieved 2005-06-11.
  5. ↑ "Зико каза "да" на Пирин ГД" (in Bulgarian). viara-online.com. Retrieved 2005-12-28.
  6. ↑ "Яков Папарков пое Пирин Гоце Делчев" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
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