PFC Pirin Gotse Delchev

Pirin Gotse Delchev
Full name Professional Football Club Pirin Gotse Delchev
Nickname(s) Nevrokopchani
Founded 1925
Ground Gradski,
Gotse Delchev
(Capacity: 5,000)
Manager Yakov Paparkov
League West B PFG
2010–11 West B PFG, 8th
Home colours
Away colours

PFC Pirin Gotse Delchev (Bulgarian: ПФК Пирин Гоце Делчев) is a Bulgarian football club.

The club, hailing from the town of Gotse Delchev, were founded in 1925 as Pirin Nevrokop[1] (Nevrokop being the former name of Gotse Delchev[2]) and currently playing in the West B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football. They were one of 16 clubs who joined the B PFG for the 2005–2006 season after the B PFG was expanded to two divisions. Prior to that, the Nevrokopchani were in the South-West V AFG. Prior to that, the club plied its trade in the Fourth Division league covering the Province of Blagoevgrad.

Contents

Current squad

As of September 15, 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Dimitar Kormushov
2 MF Rumen Lapantov
3 DF Anton Kirov
5 DF Lyubomir Gutsev
6 DF Veselin Zdravkov
7 MF Boris Shindov
8 MF Petar Lazarov
9 MF Radoslav Mollov
10 MF Martin Gaziev
11 MF Viktor Shishkov
12 GK Angel Yusev
13 DF Atanas Spiriev
No. Position Player
16 MF Nikola Nikolov
15 DF Iliya Karapetrov
17 MF Ivan Lefterov
19 MF Georgi Bliznakov
20 MF Angel Madzhirov
21 MF Nikolay Dimirov
22 GK Abdi Abdikov
23 DF Georgi Samokishev
39 FW Simeon Baev
77 DF Kamen Hadzhiev
99 FW Georgi Karaneychev

Former players

Some notable former players include those listed below: –

Name Years
Joel Kiki 2003–04
Georgi Markov 1990–93
Georgi Petrov 1992–94
Lyubomir Vitanov 2000–03, 2004–05
Dimitar Krushovski 2002–08
Nikolay Nikolov 2004–06
Miroslav Rizov 2006–07, on loan from PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad
Anton Mangurev 2006–08
Hristo Stalev 2007–08
Dragi Kotsev 2007–08, on loan from PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad

References

  1. ^ Bulgaria – List of Foundation Dates, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  2. ^ Michev, Nikolay; Koledarov, Petar, "Dictionary of towns and villages in Bulgaria (1878–1987), Sofia, 1989

External links

East
West
League competitions
A PFG · B PFG (2 divisions) · V AFG (4 divisions) · Regional Football Groups  · Bulgarian women's football championship
Cup competitions
Defunct competitions
State Championship (1924–1936, 1941–1945) · Tsar's Cup (1924–44) · National Football Division (1937–1940) · Republic Championship (1945–1948) · Soviet Army Cup (1946–90) · BFU's Cup (1990–91) · PFL's Cup (1994–97) · Premier League (2000–2003) · Doubles Group (2008–2010)
National teams
Lists
Awards
BFU · PFL