PFC Belasitsa Petrich

This article is about the Bulgarian football club. For the mountain range, see Belasitsa. For the football club from the Republic of Macedonia, see FK Belasica.

PFC Belasitsa (Bulgarian: ПФК Беласица Петрич) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Petrich, currently playing in the Bulgarian South-West V AFG, the third division of Bulgarian football. The team was founded in 1923. They play at the Tzar Samuil Stadium in Petrich, which has a capacity of 9,500.

History

Belasitsa Petrich was founded in 1923 as FC Manush Voivoda. From 1957 the club was called DFS Belasitsa after the union of the local football clubs "Stroitel", "Cherveno zname", "Torpedo" and "Spartak", i.e. all the teams from Petrich. Belasitsa's best season in the TBI A Football Group was in the 2005/2006 season – 6 place. The club has played a total of 9 seasons in the first division and 24 seasons in the Bulgarian second division. In 2008, the president of Belasitsa Kostadin Hadzhiivanov was arrested in Greece. After the 2008/09 season, the club was relegated to Western B PFG Group. However, due to the delayed registration of players and financial problems, the team was sent to play in the Bulgarian South-West V AFG.

Honours

Bulgarian A PFG:

• 6th place 2005–06

Bulgarian Cup:

• Semi-finals (1): 1981

Previous names

• 1923 FC Manush Voivoda
• 1928 FC Luben Vesov
• 1931 FC Macedonia
• 1946 FC Ilinden
• 1948 FC Spartak

Most league appearances for Belasitsa Petrich in A PFG

• 1. Dimitar Karadaliev – 108
• 2. Lozan Trenchev – 105
• 3. Yordan Popov – 101
• 4. Valeri Stoyanov – 93
• 5. Aleksandar Vukov – 86

Season record goals for Belasitsa Petrich

• 1. Kostadin Kabranov – 22
• 2. Dimitar Karadaliev – 19
• 3. Vavá – 18
• 4. Georgi Bibishkov – 16
• 4. Dimitar Dimitrov – 16
• 5. Gabrijel Radojičić – 13
• 5. Ivan Yanev – 13

Current squad

As of August 1, 2015 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 Hristo Bahtarliev 2 DF Valentin Kostov 3 DF Ivan Karakostov 4 DF Atanas Georgiev 5 DF Lyubomir Graminov 6 MF Simeon Boyadzhiev 7 DF Ivan Tanchev 8 MF Dimitar Nakov 9 FW Krasimir Shapkarov (captain) 10 MF Lyubomir Tanev 11 MF Hristo Petrov

No. Position Player 12 GK Kiril Georgiev 13 DF Aleksandar Smilkov 14 MF Dimitar Stoev 16 MF Todor Krastev 17 MF Dimitar Boyadzhiev 18 MF Vladimir Kabranov 19 DF Aleksandar Mitushev 20 FW Martin Taushanov 21 DF Milcho Makendzhiev 97 GK Blagoy Stoyanov

Notable managers

Najim Shensoy (2008) Miroslav Mitev (2007) Stevica Kuzmanovski (2005–2007) Petar Mihtarski (2003–2004) Slovomir Katic (2002–2003) Krasimir Chakarov

Yordan Arsov Ludmil Goranov (2000–2001) Grigor Petkov (1999–2000) Vasil Metodiev Kiril Ivkov Pavel Panov