OFC Spartak Pleven

"Spartak Pleven" redirects here. For the Bulgarian basketball club, see BC Spartak Pleven.

Spartak Pleven

Full name

OFC Spartak Pleven

Founded

1919

Ground

Pleven Stadium, Pleven

Capacity

22,000

Chairman

Evgeni Genov

Manager

Boyko Tsvetkov

League

Bulgarian Second League

2014–15

North-West V Group, 1st
/promoted/

Home colours

Away colours

OFC Spartak Pleven (Bulgarian: OФК Спартак Плевен) is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Pleven founded in 10 september 1919. The team's greatest achievements are the Bulgarian Cup final in 1957 and the third place in the Bulgarian Championship during the following season. The team went bankrupt in January 2009 and officially ceased existence in June 2009.

Spartak Pleven's colours are blue and white. Former Bulgarian international Plamen Getov is the club's most prominent figure, being Spartak Pleven's top goalscorer with a total of 108 goals.

Honours

Bulgarian A Group:

Third place: 1958

Bulgarian Cup:

Runners-up: 1957

Cup of the Soviet Army

Runners-up: 1987

Current squad

As of 24 November 2016 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Dimitar Pantev
2	MF	Emil Petrov (on loan from CSKA Sofia)
3	DF	Stenislav Georgiev
4	MF	Stefan Val. Hristov
5	DF	Tsvetelin Radev
6	MF	Anton Slavchev
7	FW	Vladimir Kaptiev
8	FW	Viktor Mitov
9	FW	Stefan Hristov (vice-captain)
10	MF	Kevin Osei
11	MF	Kiril Valov

No.	Position	Player
12	FW	Kristiyan Dimitrov
13	DF	Teodor Kolarov
15	MF	Tihomir Todorov (captain)
17	MF	Nikolay Velkov
19	MF	Chris Gadi
20	MF	Preslav Antonov
21	DF	Martin Mitov
30	MF	Nikola Mitsanski
45	FW	Grigor Dolapchiev
94	GK	Teodor Todorov
	DF	Brendo

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2016.

Past seasons

Season	Level	League	Place	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Bulgarian Cup
2009–10	IV	A Regional Group	2	18	5	3	75	26	59	not qualified
2010–11	III	V Group	5	15	6	9	49	27	51	not qualified
2011–12	III	V Group	1	27	2	1	111	10	83	Third Round
2012–13	II	B Group	6*	11	9	6	33	25	42	Second Round
2013–14	III	V Group	4	20	5	5	66	27	65	not qualified
2014–15	III	V Group	1	23	2	1	92	8	71	not qualified
2015–16	II	B Group	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Second Round
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

Notable players

Famous players

Dimitar Minchev
Pusho Dimitrov
Plamen Nikolov
Krasimir Lazarov
Sasho Varbanov
Lachezar Tanev

Plamen Getov
Blagoi Krastanov
Anatoli Kirilov
Pavel Chelestinov
Georgi Denev
Martin Kamburov

For all Spartak players with a Wikipedia article see Category:PFC Spartak Pleven players.

Notable stats

Most A Group appearances:

#	Name	Matches
1	Pusho Dimitrov	301
2	Krasimir Lazarov	257
3	Sasho Varbanov	253
4	Petar Boyanov	251
5	Petko Todorov	244
6	Stoyan Zdravkov	220
7	Pavel Chelestinov	213
8	Boris Novachev	204
9	Dimcho Dimov	204
10	Vencho Sabotinov	203

Most A Group goals:

#	Name	Gols
1	Plamen Getov	108
2	Sasho Varbanov	75
3	Stoyan Zdravkov	64
4	Pavel Chelestinov	56
5	Krasimir Lazarov	40
6	Petar Boyanov	25
7	Vasil Minkov	25
8	Blagoi Krastanov	24
9	Milen Goranov	24
10	Petar Kostov	20

References

Обретенов, Светослав (1989). Северняшки танц с футболна топка (in Bulgarian). Пловдив: Издателство "Христо Г. Данов".
Симеонов, Климент (1984). Футболът в България (in Bulgarian). София: Държавно издателство "Медицина и физкултура".

External links

Official website

Second League · 2016–17

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