FC Septemvri Simitli

Septemvri
Full name Football Club Septemvri Simitli
Nickname(s) The Simitlians
Founded 1942
Ground Struma, Simitli
Capacity 8,000
Chairman Hristo Atanasovski
Manager Spas Stoimenov
League B PFG
2013–14 did not participate

FC Septemvri (Bulgarian: ФК Септември) is Bulgarian football club[1] from the town of Simitli.

Founded in 1942. From 1961 to 1975 called "Pirin miner". Currently, the team is in the west part of B PFG. The players are mostly young boys from the age of 18 to 20, with the exception of goalkeeper Dimitar Atanasovski (former player Belasitsa Petrich). Coach was rescued Stoimenov and was assistant coach Radoslav Mitrevski (former player of CSKA Sofia and the Pirin Blagoevgrad).

As of 2011, Septemvri is officially affiliated [2] as a satellite to Levski Sofia. On 15 March 2012, the team reached the 1/2 finals of the Bulgarian Cup for the first time in its history, eliminating Bulgarian powerhouse CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals by a score of 2:1.[3] They lost in the next round against Ludogorets Razgrad by a score of 1:4.

Honours

Current squad

As of 21 February 2015 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Bulgaria GK Stanislav Karadaliev
2 Bulgaria DF Metodi Iliev
3 Bulgaria DF Lyubomir Iliev (on loan from Levski Sofia)
4 Bulgaria DF Martin Ivanov
5 Bulgaria DF Lyubomir Gutsev
6 Bulgaria MF Zlatko Bogoev
7 Bulgaria MF Miroslav Nikolov
8 Bulgaria MF Tihomir Kosturkov
9 Bulgaria MF Andon Gushterov
10 Bulgaria MF Iliyan Hristov
11 Bulgaria MF Kostadin Katsimerski
12 Bulgaria GK Aleksandar Lyubenov (on loan from Levski Sofia)
13 Bulgaria FW Georgi Rizov
No. Position Player
14 Serbia MF Nikola Radulović
15 Bulgaria DF Zdravko Karadachki
16 Bulgaria MF Iliyan Iliev
17 Bulgaria DF Kostadin Markov
19 Bulgaria FW Metodi Kostov
20 Bulgaria DF Asen Topuzov
21 Bulgaria DF Radoslav Bachev
22 Bulgaria GK Vasil Hristov
27 Bulgaria DF Radoslav Mitrevski (captain)
71 Bulgaria FW Anatoli Luleyski
Bulgaria GK Stoyan Vasev
Bulgaria MF Todor Trayanov

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2014 and Transfers winter 2014–15.

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.

EU Nationals

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)

Non-EU Nationals

References

  1. ↑ "Septemvri Simitli Facts". Footballdatabase.eu.
  2. ↑ "Септември (Симитли) официално сателит на Левски". Sportal.bg.
  3. ↑ "Сензацията е факт: Септември (Симитли) елиминира ЦСКА". webcafe.bg. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

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