PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad (1931)

Football club infobox
clubname = PFC Pirin


fullname = PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad
nickname = "The eagles"
founded = 1931
ground = Hristo Botev Stadium, Blagoevgrad
capacity = 16 000
chairman =
manager =
league = A PFG
season = 2007-08
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Pirin Blagoevgrad (ПФК Пирин Благоевград) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Blagoevgrad, currently playing in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, the first division of Bulgarian football.

The club was founded as "Granit Stara Kresna", then changed its name to "Makedonska Slava" ("Macedonian Glory") to imply a connection with the old Makedonska Slava (PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad), then playing its home matches in Simitli.

The team played a season in the top division as Makedonska Slava in the 2000s, then was relegated, they became know as Pirin 1922 in the 2004/2005 season,they returned to top flight football as Pirin 1922 for the 2005/06 season only to once again return to the B PFG.

Pirin 1922 (Blagoevgrad) changed name to Pirin Blagoevgrad before the start of the 2006/2007 season; they are not to be confused with the "original" (PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad (1922)), playing currently at 2nd level

Address and team information

* Address:Dabravska Street 1, Blagoevgrad 2700, Bulgaria

Official sponsor

* beer PIRINSKO pivo, owned by Carlsberg

Equipment

* PumaCurrently the team's home kit is green and away kit is white.A various combinations of green and white can be seen through the years. But green remains the basic colour of the team.

Current squad

Pirin '2007

Squad changes 2008/09 season

In:
* Daniel Peev - from Rodopa Smolian
* Daniel Mladenov - from Marek Dupnitsa
* Blagoy Nakov - from Belasitsa Petrich
* Rumen Lapantov - from Pirin Gotse Delchev
* Dragi Kotsev - from Pirin Gotse DelchevOut:

External links

* [http://www.pirinfc.com/ Official website]
* [http://clubs.bul-foot.org/html/a/a/PirinBg(Blagoevgrad).htm Bulgarian clubs - Pirin (Blagoevgrad)]