FC Haskovo

FC Haskovo 1957 (Template:Langx) is a Bulgarian football club based in Haskovo, which currently competes in the A RFG Haskovo, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football. Haskovo's home ground is the Haskovo Stadium, which has a capacity of 9,000 spectators. Haskovo have spent a total of 7 seasons in the Bulgarian elite, most recently in the 2014-15 season.

After the 2020–21 season, FC Haskovo's senior team was merged with FC Izvor Gorski Izvor, which itself was moved to Haskovo to form a new club, called Sayana Haskovo. Sayana took Haskovo's place in the Southeast Third League. The original club was reformed under the name OFC Haskovo.

History

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Haskovo crest used until 2009

FC Haskovo was founded in 1947 under the name Dinamo. Before that, there were several smaller football clubs, which decided to unite in 1947 to form a unified team representing the city. The team was an established one in the B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football, and an almost constant participant in the division for many seasons.

Haskovo made its debut in the A Group during the 1978–79 season, but finished in last place and was relegated immediately. Two years later, Haskovo returned to the top flight, and managed to stay three seasons in the elite, before another relegation in 1984. The team needed six years to return to the A Group, in 1990. Another quick relegation followed, however. After just a season in the B Group, Haskovo again reached the highest tier for the 1992–93 A Group season. The team could not avoid relegation once more though. Overall, Haskovo played in A PFG during five separate periods: 1978–1979, 1981–1984, 1990–1991 and 1992–1993. Its greatest success was 8th in 1981–82 season.

It also played in the Regional League between 2009 and 2012. Haskovo made 3 successive promotions and returned to top level 21 years after their last top flight participation, in 2014.

Their top flight return proved to be difficult. Haskovo only managed to win two games and draw once in the regular season of the 2014-15 season. All seven points came from home games, with no points earned from away games. This placed Haskovo in last place, in the relegation zone. Surprisingly however, Haskovo managed to beat Ludogorets, the three-time defending champions, with a score of 1–0 at Haskovo stadium. In the second phase, Haskovo were prime candidates to be relegated. They managed to beat Lokomotiv Plovdiv, and fellow strugglers Marek at home, as well as drawing against giants Levski, and Slavia. These efforts were however not enough, as the team only managed to obtain 15 points, meaning they were still 17 points behind Lokomotiv Plovdiv, who were the last team to avoid relegation. Thus, Haskovo along with fellow newcomers Marek, were relegated after only one season in the top flight.

Haskovo was supposed to play in B PFG for the 2015–16 season, but they did not obtain a license and decided not to compete. The team disappeared for the next three years, but it was refounded as Haskovo 1957 and started competing in the fourth level of Bulgarian football. The team won the regional A OFG Haskovo league and promoted to the third tier for the 2018–19 season.

Before the start of the 2021-22 season, FC Izvor Gorski Izvor was relocated to the city of Haskovo and was renamed FC Sayana Haskovo. Shortly after that, FC Haskovo was merged into Sayana, to form a new club in Haskovo. The original club was restructured under the name OFC Haskovo, and began competing in the fourth level of Bulgarian football, A RFG Haskovo Province.

Honours

Bulgarian A PFG

• 8th place 1981–82

Bulgarian B Group

• Runners-up: 2013–14

Bulgarian Cup

• Semi-finals (1): 1984

Amateur Football League

• Cup of Amateur Football League in 2005

Current squad

As of 1 August 2019 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Template:Fba/core	Aleks Vasilev
4	DF	Template:Fba/core	Boris Biserov
5	DF	Template:Fba/core	Georgi Chichev
6	FW	Template:Fba/core	Ivelin Kostov
7	MF	Template:Fba/core	Hristo Kapitanov
9	FW	Template:Fba/core	Yuliy Shekerov
10	MF	Template:Fba/core	Krasimir Iliev
11	MF	Template:Fba/core	Alen Ivanov
12	GK	Template:Fba/core	Dimitar Aleksandrov
17	DF	Template:Fba/core	Anton Margaritov

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	Template:Fba/core	Nikolay Dimitrov
19	FW	Template:Fba/core	Ilian Kiryakov
20	DF	Template:Fba/core	Damyan Chaushev
23	MF	Template:Fba/core	Tsanko Chaushev
24	DF	Template:Fba/core	Georgi Valev
27	DF	Template:Fba/core	Neliyan Chakarov
28	MF	Template:Fba/core	Valyo Stoykov
50	DF	Template:Fba/core	Emilian Angelov
71	MF	Template:Fba/core	Mario Yovov
77	MF	Template:Fba/core	Seid Sebat
99	MF	Template:Fba/core	Soner Polat

Seasons

League positions

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 id:Does_not_exist value:black legend:Does_not_exist

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 from:01/07/2009 till:01/07/2010  shift:(0,-4) text:19
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 from:01/07/2010 till:01/07/2011  shift:(0,-4) text:1
 from:01/07/2011 till:01/07/2012  shift:(0,-4) text:1
 from:01/07/2010 till:01/07/2012  color:yellow shift:(0,14)  text: "Regional"
 from:01/07/2012 till:01/07/2013  shift:(0,-4) text:2
 from:01/07/2012 till:01/07/2013  color:red  shift:(0,14)  text: "V Group"
 from:01/07/2013 till:01/07/2014  shift:(0,-4) text:2
 from:01/07/2013 till:01/07/2014  color:white shift:(0,14)  text: "B Group"
 from:01/07/2014 till:01/07/2015  shift:(0,-4) text:12
 from:01/07/2014 till:01/07/2015  color:green shift:(0,14)  text: "A Group"
 from:01/07/2015 till:01/07/2016  color:black shift:(0,14)  text: Dissolved
 from:01/07/2016 till:01/07/2017  shift:(0,-4) text:6
 from:01/07/2017 till:01/07/2018  shift:(0,-4) text:3
 from:01/07/2018 till:01/07/2019  shift:(0,-4) text:1
 from:01/07/2019 till:01/07/2020  shift:(0,-4) text:1
 from:01/07/2016 till:01/07/2020  color:yellow shift:(0,14)  text: "Regional"
 from:01/07/2020 till:01/07/2021  shift:(0,-4) text:12
 from:01/07/2021 till:01/07/2022  shift:(0,-4) text:
 from:01/07/2020 till:01/07/2022  color:red  shift:(0,14)  text: "Third League"

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Managers

Name From To Template:Flagicon Dimcho Markov Sep 2011 Mar 2013 Template:Flagicon Hristo Georgiev Mar 2013 Apr 2013 Template:Flagicon Dimcho Nenov Apr 2013 Sep 2014 Template:Flagicon Emil Velev Oct 2014 Mar 2015 Template:Flagicon Stamen Belchev Mar 2015

External links

• Club profile at bgclubs.eu