Akademik Sofia

Football club infobox
clubname = Akademik Sofia


fullname = FC Akademik Sofia
nickname = The Students
founded = 1947
ground = Stadium "Akademik"
capacity = 18 000
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manager =
league = TBI B Football Group
season = 2007-08
position = B PFG
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Akademik ( _bg. ФК “Академик”) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sofia, currently playing in the Bulgarian B Professional Football Group, the second division of Bulgarian football. [cite web
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first=] The teams' stadium is located in the Slatina municipality of Sofia and its capacity is 20,000.

History

Akademik was established in 1947 from a few students. The club won the Balkans Cup in 1974. The team also participated in the UEFA Cup in 1976-77, advancing to the second round, and in 1981-82, when they were eliminated in the first round. Two players from Akademik Sofia have played for the Bulgarian national squad during a FIFA World Cup: Ivan Dimitrov in 1970 and Mladen Vasilev in 1974. Akademik returned to second tier of Bulgarian football for 2007-2008 season.

European cup history

Memorable matches

UEFA Cup

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date = 20 October 1976
team1 = Akademik Sofia
score = 4 – 3
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team2 =
goals1 = Paunov goal|18 Manolov goal|25 Dimitrov goal|40 Paunov goal|51
goals2 = Capello goal|33 Collovati goal|47 Capello goal|80
stadium = Vasil Levski, SofiaRef: Jorj Conrad (Austria)
Attendance: 16,700
*Akademik: Tihanov, Chalev, Angelov, Parvanov, Yulian Nikolov, Spasov, Simov, Paunov (74-Gologanov), Manolov, Goranov (82-Yordan Nikolov), Dimitrov
*A.C. Milan: Albertosi, Anquilletti, Maldera, Morini (81-Sabadini), Collovati, Turrove, Rivera, Capello, Silva (56-Vinchenzi), Bigon, Kalloni

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date = 17 September 1976
team1 = Akademik Sofia
score = 3 – 0
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team2 =
goals1 = Dimitrov goal|34 Dimitrov goal|75 Yankov goal|113
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stadium = Vasil Levski, SofiaRef: Jorj Conrad (Austria)
Attendance: 10,000

Current squad

"As of September 2008"

Notable players

References

External links

* [http://www.akademik-sofia.com Official Fan site of PFK "Akademik" Sofia]
* [http://akademik-sofia.com/forum.com/ Official Fan forum of PFK "Akademik" Sofia]

* [http://clubs.bul-foot.org/html/b/western/Akademik(Sofia).htm Bulgarian clubs - Akademik (Sofia)]