FC Lyubimets 2007

Lyubimets 2007

Full name	Football Club Lyubimets 2007
Founded	1921 (1921) /restored 2007/
Ground	Gradski Stadium, Lyubimets
Ground Capacity	4,000
Chairman	Atanas Stalev
Manager	Krasimir Mechev
League	A PFG
2012–13	B PFG, 2nd /promoted/
Website	(Bulgarian) Club home page
Home colours Away colours

FC Lyubimets 2007 (Bulgarian: ФК Любимец 2007) is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Lyubimets. The club will compete in the A PFG for the first time in the 2013–14 season.^[1]

The club's home ground is the local Municipal Stadium in Lyubimets, which has an overall capacity of 4,000 seats.

History

The first club was founded as Football Club Maritsa in 1921. In 1947 the club changed its name to Football Club Strela. In the 1960s the club finally was named Football Club Lyubimets. They participated just in third and fourth divisions of Bulgarian football and was dissolved by the end of 1993–94 season.

In 2007, thirteen years later, the club was restored as Football Club Lyubimets 2007. In his first season, the club were promoted for first time to second division. In the first season in professional football, the club finished in 7th place.

On 9 January 2013, club's former player Veselin Velikov was announced as the new manager.^[2] Four months later he led Lyubimets to promotion to the A PFG for first time in the club's history, finishing in 2nd place in the B PFG.^[3]

The first season in the professional top-flight began with a 1-0 win over defending champions Ludogorets Razgrad. Lyubimets went on to win 9 points from their first four games, including wins against Lokomotiv Sofia and Europa League participants Botev Plovdiv (2-1 away in Plovdiv).

Honours

Bulgarian B Group

• Runners-up: 2012–13

Current squad

As of 1 February 2014 (2014-02-01) 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 Tsvetomir Tsankov 8 MF Michael Tawiah 10 MF Mauro Alonso 12 GK Radoslav Rashkov 14 MF Petar Stoyanov 15 MF Todor Kolev 17 MF Ivan Valchanov 21 DF Emil Koparanov

No. Position Player 22 DF Eleftherios Sakellariou 33 GK Diyan Valkov 77 FW Nikolay Kolev – DF Emil Grozev – DF Petar Alyoshev – DF Joseph Apeaning – FW Albin Hodža

For recent transfers, see List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2013–14.

Foreign players

Up to three non-EU national can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the A PFG. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.

Managerial history

After restored

Name Nationality Years Dimcho Markov June 2006–Oct 2008 Ivaylo Petev Oct 2008–Aug 2009 Stamen Belchev Aug 2009–Sept 2012 Krasimir Mechev Sept 2012–Jan 2013 Veselin Velikov Jan 2013–Aug 2013 Krasimir Mechev Aug 10, 2013–

Notable stats

After restored in 2007

Most appearances for the club # Name Apps Years 1 Emil Petkov 98 2008–2012 2 Ivan Minchev 78 2009–present 3 Ventsislav Yordanov 72 2008–2010/2012–present 4 Kircho Krumov 59 2008–2009/2010–2011 5 Anton Ognyanov 53 2011–present

Most goals for the club # Name Gls Years 1 Nikolay Pavlov 20 2011–2012 2 Anton Ognyanov 16 2011–present 3 Emil Petkov 12 2008–2012 4 Tzvetomir Matev 10 2010–2011 5 Atanas Lyubenov 8 2009–2011

Notes:

• Bold signals active players
• Correct as of 2013-06-10

References

1. ↑ "Club's Facts". Footballdatabase.eu. 
2. ↑ "Любимец махна Красимир Мечев" (in Bulgarian). hsmarica.com. 2013-01-09. 
3. ↑ "Любимец е новият член на А група" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. 2013-05-19. 

External links

• Official Club Website (Bulgarian)
• Lyubimetz 2007 at bgclubs.eu (Bulgarian)

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