FC Volov Shumen

Volov Shumen
Full name Football Club Volov 1929 Shumen
Nickname(s) Пивоварите
(The Brewers)
Founded December 1, 1929 (1929-12-01) as Panayot Volov
Ground Panayot Volov Stadium,
Shumen
Capacity 24,390
(due to repairs currently down to 3,500)
Chairman Evgeni Bonev
Manager Stoyan Cheshmedzhiev
League Third League
2013–14 North-East V AFG, 14th (relegated)

Football Club Volov 1929 Shumen (Bulgarian: Футболен Клуб Волов 1929 Шумен) is a Bulgarian football club, playing in the city of Shumen, which currently competes in the Bulgarian Third League. The club was established in 1929 under the name "Panayot Volov", and folded its senior team in 2014, before being 'refounded' in July 2018. They play their home games on "Panayot Volov", with a capacity of 24,390 people. The team's first kit colors are yellow and blue.

Because of the city's famous brand of Shumensko beer, they are often affectionately called Пивоварите, or The Brewers.

History

FC Shumen (then called Panayot Volov) participated in the State Championship as Shumen region champion in 1934–35 and reached the semifinals. The club was again champion of Shumen region in 1935–36 and 1936–37, but was eliminated during the first matches of the State Championship. The club subsequently went through further name changes, including to DFS Shumen in 1980, Madara Shumen in 1984, and FC Shumen in 1985.

After a successful spell in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group during the early and late 1990's, which included a 4th-place finish in 1993/94 and a UEFA Cup participation, the club lost its main sponsors and went bankrupt. A newly formed entity acquired its license and merged with Yunak Shumen in 2001, eventually becoming FC Shumen 2001. The club briefly returned to its original name of Panayot Volov in 2007, before entering financial difficulties once more and being renamed to Shumen 2010 as it was demoted to the V group, the third tier in Bulgarian football.[1]

The club regained its position in professional football after a two-year absence by winning the 2011–12 Northeastern V Amateur Group, but finished 12th out of 14 teams in its first season back, and was relegated back to the third division for the 2013–14 season. Shumen 2010 finished 14th in the 2013/14 V AFG campaign, which meant they were relegated to the regional divisions. However, due to continuing financial difficulties the club folded before the start of the 2014/15 season, and fielded youth teams only in the following four seasons.

On 26 July, 2018, the team was restored under the name Volov 1929 Shumen and filed a request for participation in the 2018–19 season of the Bulgarian Third League.[2] On 30 July they were accepted, and will face Lokomotiv Ruse in their return to the 3rd division.[3]

PFC Shumen played in the A Professional Group for a total of seven seasons: 1972–1973, 1983–1984, 1993–1996 and 1998–2000.[4] It reached the semifinals of the Bulgarian Cup on two occasions, in 1957 and 2006, when they narrowly lost 2:1 to Cherno More Varna after extra time.

Honours

Former logo used between 2010 and 2014.

A PFG

  • 4th place: 1993–94
  • Semifinalist in the national championship: 1935

B PFG

  • Champions (2): 1971–72, 1982–83

North-East V AFG

Bulgarian Cup

European record

UEFA Cup:

Season Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1994–95 Q Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 1–2 0–2 1–4

League positions

Bulgarian V AFGBulgarian V AFGBulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian V AFGBulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian V AFGBulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian A Football GroupBulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian A Football GroupBulgarian B Football Group

Last 10 seasons

Season Division Place Bulgarian Cup
2004–05 B PFG 9 Second Round
2005–06 B PFG 7 Semi-final
2006–07 B PFG 7 Second Round
2007–08 B PFG 9 First Round
2008–09 B PFG 14 First Round
2009–10 B PFG 10 First Round
2010–11 V AFG 4 DNQ
2011–12 V AFG 1 DNQ
2012–13 B PFG 12 First Round
2013–14 V AFG 14 First Round

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2010-04-27. Bulgarian Clubs
  2. ↑ Волов (Шумен) подаде заявка за участие в Североизточната Трета лига
  3. ↑ Изтеглиха жребия за Североизточната Трета лига
  4. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/bulghist.html
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