FC Chepinets Velingrad

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

Chepinets
Full nameFootball Club Chepinets Velingrad
Founded1926 (1926)
GroundChepinets Stadium
Capacity8,000
ChairmanMiroslav Milev
ManagerStefan Karamanov[1]
LeagueA RFG Pazardzhik
2016–17South-West Third League, 18th (relegated)

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

League positions
Regional Amateur Football Groups (Bulgaria)Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria)

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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