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Minyor Pernik 
Full name Професионален футболен клуб Миньор Перник (Professional football club Minyor Pernik) Nickname(s) Чуковете (The Hammers)
Миньорите (The Miners)Founded 1919
as SC KrakraGround Minyor Stadium,
Pernik
(Capacity: 8,000)Owner Nikifor Vangelov Chairman Plamen Atanasov Manager Stoycho Stoev League A PFG 2010–11 A PFG, 9th Website Club home page 
Home coloursAway coloursPFC Minyor Pernik (Bulgarian: ПФК Миньор Перник) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Pernik, which currently competes in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, the top division of Bulgarian football.
Contents
Honours
Bulgarian State Football Championship:
- Fourth place (1): 1936 (as SC Krakra)
Bulgarian A PFG:
History
The foundation of the club was back in 1919. Minyor's existence is highly anticipated by the merging of several football clubs from Pernik. In 1944, SC Krakra (of 1919), SC Svetkavitsa (of 1932), SC Benkovski (of 1936) and ZHSK (of 1941) merged together to form Sport Club Rudnichar. After the World War II, Bulgaria became a People's Republic, and the club was renamed Repulicanets'46. The team finally became known as Minyor in 1952. Minyor's best season in the Bulgarian State Football Championship was in 1936 - 4th place as SC Krakra. The team joined the Bulgarian top division in 1951. In the same year, the club laid the foundations of a good team, who, until the 1961-62 season, was one of the best in Bulgaria.The first match in the division was on March 2, 1951 against Cherveno Zname Sofia. Minyor's best seasons in the top division were in 1955 and 1961 - fourth place.
In 1956, Minyor's forward and captain Pavel Vladimirov became the topscorer of the division with an 16 goals. Vladimirov holds Minyor's overall appearance record - 305 matches. The former forward is also the all-time leading scorer for the club with 98 goals.
In 1958, the club qualified for the final of the Bulgarian Cup, where the team loss from Spartak Plovdiv. In 1962, Minyor was relegated to the second division.
Between 1962 and 2008, the club participated in the top and second divisions, regularly promoting and relegating. Until the 2008-09 season, Minyor has played a total of 32 seasons in the first division.
The fans
Minyor's biggest victory in A PFG is the 6-0 win against Torpedo Pleven in 1951. Minyor's largest defeat, 0–8, was against Beroe Stara Zagora in 1973.
Previous names
- Pernik - 1970/73
- Krakra - 1969/70
- Torpedo - 1948/52
- Republicanets '46 - 1946/48
Current squad
As of August 20, 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 
GK Nikolay Bankov 2 DF Vasil Bozhikov 3 DF Ivan Mihov 4 DF Nikolay Hristozov 5 DF Borislav Stoychev 7 MF Milen Vasilev 9 FW Kostadin Adzhov 10 MF Tomislav Pavlov 11 MF Iliyan Iliev 13 MF Ivaylo Stoyanov 14 DF Ivaylo Cvetkov 15 
MF Salas Okechukwu 16 MF Kostadin Katsimerski No. Position Player 17 
MF Vančo Trajanov (captain) 19 MF Petar Petrov 20 DF David Stoyanov 27 FW Rumen Rangelov 28 FW Yavor Vandev 32 DF Kostadin Markov (vice-captain) 33 
MF Tom 42 
MF Farès Brahimi 59 FW Ventsislav Ivanov 76 FW Krum Bibishkov 77 MF Lyubomir Todorov 91 
GK Ivan Čvorović For recent transfers, see List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2011.
Notable players
- Pavel Vladimirov
- Anton Evtimov
- Georgi Yordanov
- Georgi Lozanov
- Slave Malinov
- Evlogi Banchev
- Oleg Pavlov
- Ivan Danchev
- Emil Varadinov
- Viktor Georgiev
- Velizar Dimitrov
- Dimitar Georgiev
- Kiril Ivkov
- Kiril Djorov
- Anjelo Kuchukov
- Yanek Kuchukov
- Zdravko Lazarov
- Georgi Yordanov
- Mario Valkov
- Lyudmil Evgeniev
- Krasimir Svilenov
Statistics and Records
Most league appearances for the club
Rank Name Nat Apps Active 1 Pavel Vladimirov 305 No 2 Georgi Yordanov 243 No 3 Evlogi Banchev 231 No 4 Slave Malinov 225 No Most league goals for the club
Rank Name Nat Goals Active 1 Pavel Vladimirov 98 No 2 Georgi Yordanov 68 No 3 Ivan Danchev 56 No 4 Oleg Pavlov 51 No Bulgarian league top scorer with the club
Year Name Nat Goals Active 1956 Pavel Vladimirov 16 No Notes:
- Bold signals active players
- Correct as of 15 May 2008
References
External links
A PFG · 2011–12 Beroe · Botev Vratsa · Cherno More · Chernomorets · CSKA · Kaliakra · Levski · Litex · Lokomotiv Plovdiv · Lokomotiv Sofia · Ludogorets · Minyor · Montana · Slavia · Svetkavitsa · Vidima-RakovskiFootball in Bulgaria League competitions Cup competitions Defunct competitions State Championship (1924–1936, 1941–1945) · Tsar's Cup (1924–44) · National Football Division (1937–1940) · Republic Championship (1945–1948) · Soviet Army Cup (1946–90) · BFU's Cup (1990–91) · PFL's Cup (1994–97) · Premier League (2000–2003) · Doubles Group (2008–2010)National teams Lists Awards Footballers' Footballer of the YearBFU · PFL Republic Championship 1945 · 1946 · 1947 · 1948A Professional Football Group 1948–49 · 1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1958–59 · 1959–60 · 1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–00 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12Categories:- Bulgarian football clubs
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