PFC Svetkavitsa

Svetkavitsa

Full name	Професионален футболен клуб Светкавица Търговище (Professional football club Svetkavitsa Targovishte)
Nickname(s)	Мълниите (The Lightning)
Founded	July 6, 1922 (1922-07-06)
Ground	Dimitar Burkov Stadium, Targovishte
Ground Capacity	8,000
Owner	Tanyu Tanev
Manager	Valeri Damyanov
League	B PFG
2012–13	B PFG, 4th
Home colours Away colours

PFC Svetkavitsa Targovishte (ПФК Светкавица Търговище: "Lightning" Targovishte) is a Bulgarian A PFG association football team based in Targovishte, having been promoted from the B PFG in 2011.^[1] Svetkavitsa's current spell in the A PFG is the only top flight run in the club's history.

They have competed in the second division for a record 49 seasons, they have played more second-flight league games than any other Bulgarian team.

Honours

• A PFG
  • sixteenth place: 2011–12
• B PFG
  • Runners-up: 1973-74

• Bulgarian Cup:
  • 5 times 1/8 finalist for the National Cup tournament: two of the Cup of the Soviet Army - 1967/68 and 1981/82, and Cup of Bulgaria - 2001/02, 2004/05 and 2011/12

History

Dimitar Burkov Stadium

Svetkavitsa was founded on 6 July 1922 by the merger of Levski and Botev, two neighborhood teams in Targovishte and have played at their current home ground, Dimitar Burkov Stadium, since 1971. In 1961–62 season the club was promoted for the first time to the B PFG. Svetkavitsa's most notable achievement came in 1974, when they finished runners-up in second division. In 1987 the club's form dropped, and they were relegated to V AFG finishing last. Svetkavitsa regained second-flight status in 1989 after a two-year absence.

The team finished the 2010–11 season in fourth place in the B PFG, their highest finish in the league since 1973–74, and claimed a spot in the play-offs for promotion to A PFG. Svetkavitsa defeated Etar Veliko Tarnovo 3–1 on 17 June to earn promotion to the A PFG. It would be Svetkavitsa's debut appearance in the top league since the 1948 founding of the competition.

Statistics and Records

The club's record appearance maker is Boris Stoyanov, who made 544 appearances between his debut in 1962 and retirement in 1980, and the club's record goalscorer is Dimo Valev, who scored 105 goals in 289 games between 1959 and 1973.

Rank Name Nat Apps 1 Boris Stoyanov 544 2 Miroslav Gospodinov 383 3 Ivan Todorov 365 4 Plamen Donev 355

Rank Name Nat Goals 1 Dimo Valev 105 2 Andrey Andreev 82 3 Petko Markov 76 4 Nikolay Bachvarov 62

Competitive matches only. As of 14 May 2011.

Current squad

As of 18 June 2013 (2013-06-18) 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 Ivan Georgiev 2 DF Angel Yoshev 3 DF Daniel Gramatikov 4 MF Daniel Genov 5 DF Anton Dimitrov 6 DF Rumen Stoyanov 7 MF Neven Venkov 8 MF Tsvetan Iliev 9 FW Hristo Aleksandrov 10 FW Deyan Hristov 11 FW Blagoy Paskov 13 DF Trayan Trayanov 15 MF Nikolay Chipev 17 MF Georgi Valchev 18 DF Stefan Kikov

No. Position Player 19 FW Ronald Donev 21 DF Miroslav Nachev 22 MF Beadir Beadirov 23 MF Velimir Ivanović 24 MF Valeri Mihaylov 77 GK Miroslav Grigorov 93 MF George Nikovski 99 FW Erhan Mehmed MF Mladen Stoev MF Aleksandar Manolov MF Krasimir Iliev DF Denis Stoilov

Foreign players

Up to one non-EU national can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the B 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.

Managers

• Plamen Donev (1996–11)
• Nikola Spasov (2011)
• Alyosha Andonov (2011–12)
• Georgi Ivanov - Gesha (2012–13)
• Miroslav Mironov (2013)

References

External links

• Svetkavitsa at bgclubs.eu