PFC Spartak Pleven

PFC Spartak Pleven (ПФК Спартак Плевен) is a Bulgarian football club from Pleven founded in 1919. The team's greatest achievements are the Bulgarian Cup final in 1957 and the third place in the Bulgarian Championship the following season. The team went bankrupt in January 2009 and officially ceased existence in June 2009. However in the beginning of 2010 the club was re-founded and currently plays in the Bulgarian North-West V AFG

Spartak Pleven's colours are blue and white. Former Bulgarian international Plamen Getov is the club's most prominent figure, being the Spartak Pleven's top goalscorer with a total of 108 goals.

Honors

• Bronze medalist in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group in 1958
• Bulgarian Cup runners-up 1957and 1987

Current squad

As of 1 August 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Famous players

• Dimitar Minchev
• Pusho Dimitrov 301 appearances
• Plamen Nikolov
• Krasimir Lazarov 252 appearances
• Sasho Varbanov 250 appearances and 75 goals in Bulgarian A Professional Football Group
• Lachezar Tanev
• Plamen Getov 108 goals
• Blagoi Krastanov
• Anatoli Kirilov
• Pavel Chelestinov
• Georgi Denev
• Martin Kamburov
• Nikola Parchanov
• Ivaylo Petkov
• Momchil Cvetanov
• Plamen Nikolov
• Vladimir Manchev

• For all Spartak players with a Wikipedia article see Category:PFC Spartak Pleven players.

External links

• Official website