PFC Rilski Sportist Samokov

Rilski Sportist

Full name	PFC Rilski Sportist Samokov
Nickname(s)	The skiers
Founded	1947 (1947)
Ground	Iskar Stadium
Ground Capacity	7 000
Chairman	TBA
Manager	Petar Adzhov
League	South-West V AFG
2010–11	Fourth division, 1st (Promoted)
Home colours Away colours

PFC Rilski Sportist (ПФК Рилски спортист Самоков) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Samokov founded in 1947 and currently playing in South-West V AFG, the third division of Bulgarian football. Their home stadium is Iskar Stadium.

History

PFC Rilski sportist founded in 1947 after the union of a few little teams from Samokov. They played in the A PFG, the first division of Bulgarian football, in 2005/06, but have also played in the top division, in season 2002/03, which is their most important achievement overall. Rilski Sportist once again qualified for the A PFG by winning the West B PFG in 2005/06. "Rilski Sportist" means "Rila sportsman" in Bulgarian. In second division "The skiers" have 23 participation (664 matches-269 wins-139-253 loses). The best success in Bulgarian Cup is a quarter-final in seasons 1950/51 and 2001/02.

Honours

• Fourteenth place in the "A" group: 2002/03 and 2006/2007
• Three times in the tournament quarter-National Cup: once for the Soviet Army Cup - in 1951 (as Red Flag) and twice Cup of Bulgaria - 2001/02 and 2005/06

Previous names

• Sportclub
• Levski Samokov
• Benkovski
• Cherveno zname
• Dinamo
• Stroitel

Old badges

1947-1960 1978-1990

Current squad

As of September 2012 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Ventsislav Zografski GK Borislav Apostolov GK Zdravko Georgiev DF Rosen Patnikov DF Ivaylo Ivanov DF Svetoslav Krastev DF Stoyan Mitev MF Dimcho Marinov

No. Position Player MF Ivan Dzhambazki MF Maksim Ivanov MF Vasil Kirov MF Ivaylo Zahariev MF Nikola Boychev FW Kiril Mihaylov FW Ivan Gemedzhiev FW Kaloyan Kirilov

Stadium

Iskar stadium is situated in the southwestern part of Samokov near the biggest park of the city - "Gradski". Built in 1972, the stadium has around 5 000 seating places, most of which are covered. The field measures 105x68 meters. The best attendance was on 22.10.2002 in the match with PFC Levski Sofia - 6 800 spectators.