PFC Haskovo

Haskovo
Full name Football Club Haskovo
Founded 2009
Ground Haskovo Stadium
Ground Capacity 9000
Chairman
Manager Stamen Belchev
League B Group
2014–15 A Group, 12th (relegated)

FC Haskovo (Bulgarian: ФК Хасково) is a Bulgarian football club based in Haskovo, that currently plays in the A Group, the top tier of Bulgarian football. The club was founded in 2009. Haskovo's home ground is the Haskovo Stadium, which has a capacity of 9 000 spectators. Haskovo is the most famous club in the provincy .

History

Haskovo crest used until 2009

FC Haskovo was an established team in the B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football, and an almost constant participant in the division for many seasons. It played in A PFG during periods of 1978-1979, 1981–1984, 1990–1991 and 1992-1993. Its greatest success was 8th in 1981-82 season. It also played in the Regional League between 2009-2012. Haskovo made 3 successive promotions and returned to top level 21 years later.

Honours

Bulgarian A PFG

Bulgarian B Group

Bulgarian Cup

Amateur Football League

Current squad

As of 1 July 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 Nikolay Bankov
2 Germany DF Orhan Aktaş
5 Bulgaria DF Tihomir Trifonov
6 Bulgaria MF Yusein Sabri
10 Bulgaria MF Marius Naydenov
13 Bulgaria MF Petyo Nikolov
14 Bulgaria DF Ivan Skerlev (captain)
No. Position Player
17 Bulgaria DF Kircho Krumov (vice-captain)
19 Bulgaria MF Martin Raynov
27 Bulgaria MF Dimitar Andonov
77 Bulgaria DF Beysim Beysim
89 Bulgaria MF Stanislav Malamov
96 Bulgaria GK Eduard Mechikyan

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

Foreign players

Up to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the A PFG however only three can be used during a match day. 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

Managers

Name From To
Bulgaria Dimcho Markov Sep 2011 Mar 2013
Bulgaria Hristo Georgiev Mar 2013 Apr 2013
Bulgaria Dimcho Nenov Apr 2013 Sep 2014
Bulgaria Emil Velev Oct 2014 Mar 2015
Bulgaria Stamen Belchev Mar 2015


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