PFC Balkan Botevgrad

infobox Football club
current = PFC Balkan


fullname = PFC Balkan Botevgrad
nickname = "Forest Boys"
founded = 1929
ground = Hristo Botev Stadium (Botevgrad)
Botevgrad, Bulgaria
capacity = 8 000
revenue =
chairman = flagicon|BUL Tihomir Ninov
mgrtitle =
manager = flagicon|BUL Miroslav Mironov
league = Bulgarian B Professional Football Group
season = Bulgarian B Professional Football Group 2008-09
position = 1
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PFC Balkan Botevgrad ( _bg. Балкан Ботевград) is a Bulgarian football club, playing in the city of Botevgrad. The club was established in 1929 with the name "Stamen Panchev". In 1945 the club was renamed "Hristo Gurbov". Since 1947 the name is "Balkan". The stadium of the club is "Hristo Botev" in Botevgrad with capacity of 8000 people. The main kit-colours of the team are green and white. Currently the team is playing in Bulgarian B Professional Football Group. From 2005 the chairman of the club is Tihomir Ninov.

2007/2008 Season

In this season Balkan finishes 2nd in the Bulgarian South-West V AFG, but wins promotion, because for the 2008/2009 season, there will be 16 teams in Bulgaria's West- and East- B Groups.

Famous players

*Ivan Atanasov
*Stoyan Kotsev
*Dimitar Tsekov
*Marian Hristov
*Nikolay Stanchev
*Genadi Simeonov
*Blagoy Krystanov
*Ivan Redovski
*Dimitar Topalov
*Ilia Tsekov
*Stefan Vlachkov-Skaramush
*Stefan Grozdanov
*Georgi Tihanov
*Borislav Yosifov
*Alexander Nikolov
*Vassil Redovski
*Georgi Alexiev
*Ivaylo Nanev
*Velin Ranov

Best seasons

* 1989-1989-1/8 finals in the Cup of Bulgaria
* 5th place in the Bulgarian "B" group in 1979

ee also

* [http://ultrabalkan.bol.bg/ Site of Balkan Botevgrad]
* [http://forestboys.bot.bg/@news03.html Official Bulgarian web-site of the club]
* [http://www.bot.bg/index.php?t=vcontent&id=1277&PHPSESSID=fbb1521651ca9f6f5eb9891c2b015cd6 History of PFC Balkan Botevgrad]

External links

* [http://clubs.bul-foot.org/html/v/southwestern/Balkan(Botevgrad).htm Bulgarian clubs - Balkan (Botevgrad)]