PFC Beroe Stara Zagora
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PFK Beroe is a Bulgarian football club from Stara Zagora, founded in 1916 who play at the Beroe Stadium (cap. 22,000) in green and white.
Beroe won the Bulgarian title once in 1986 and the Balkans Cup four times in 1968, 1969, 1982 and 1984 (the tournament's most successful team in this respect). The team's most famous players are the current manager Petko Petkov, Petar Zhekov, Tenyo Minchev, Kancho Kasherov and many others.
Beroe have had some success in Europe, such as the 1:0 defeat of Juventus in a Cup Winners' Cup first-leg in 1979 and a 3:0 win over Athletic Bilbao in 1973. Moreover, Beroe is the only Bulgarian football club that has a positive record of the matches played in European club competitions.
Beroe also have one of the most passionate and devoted fans in the country and despite the team's mediocre performances in the recent seasons Beroe always lead the attendance charts.
[edit] Current players
Goalkeepers :
Stoyan Stavrev
Daniel Bekono- Plamen Kolev
Defenders:
Bruno Fernandes
Vanja Dzaferovic- Ivo Ivanov
- Koycho Ivanov
- Pavel Kovachev
- Petar Kolev
- Stoyan Zhelev
Midfielders:
- Ivan Spahiev
- Ivelin Kostov
- Ivan Tanchovski
- Dimitar Andonov
Eduard Ratnikov
Victor Spisić- Milen Tanev
- Simeon Minchev
- Lyudmil Kirov
Forwards:
- Zahari Dimitrov
- Danail Mitev
- Zdravko Todorov
- Ivan Tonchev
Isaac Kwakye
