OFC Bdin Vidin

OFC Bdin (Template:Langx) is a Bulgarian football club based in Vidin, currently (season 2023–2024) playing in the Second Professional League, the second level of Bulgarian football. Its home stadium "Georgi Benkovski" has a capacity of 15 000 seats. The club color is blue shirts and shorts.

History

The club was officially founded in 1923. In 1946, Bdin reached the Bulgarian Republic Football Championship semi-finals, eliminating Botev Plovdiv and Hadzhi Slavchev Pavlikeni along the way. Bdin also qualified to play in the A PFG in 1948–49 season, the first season of the newly established first tier of Bulgarian football. Bdin could not survive and was relegated, however. The club is yet to return to the first tier, as of 2023.

Honours

• Semifinalist in the national championship tournament: 1946
• Ninth place in the "A" group: 1948/49
• Four times 1/4 in the tournament National Cup: twice for the King's Cup – 1940 and 1941 and twice for the Cup of the Soviet Army – 1946 and 1948 / '49
• 1/4 finalist in the tournament Cup of the Soviet Army (as a secondary event): 1982/83

Current squad

As of 22 April 2024 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	Velko Markovic
2	DF	Template:Fba/core	Ivan Avramov
5	DF	Template:Fba/core	Ivaylo Ivanov
7	MF	Template:Fba/core	Nikolay Tsvetkov
8	DF	Template:Fba/core	Kaloyan Tsvetkov
9	FW	Template:Fba/core	Konstantin Marinov
10	MF	Template:Fba/core	Tsvetomir Todorov
11	DF	Template:Fba/core	Martin Nikolov
12	GK	Template:Fba/core	Dimitar Stoimenov
14	FW	Template:Fba/core	Aleksandar Sokolov
18	DF	Template:Fba/core	Stoycho Stoykov
19	FW	Template:Fba/core	Roberto Rosenov

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	Template:Fba/core	Ivan Asparuhov
21	FW	Template:Fba/core	Emanuel Vieira
22	MF	Template:Fba/core	Nikolay Spasov
23	MF	Template:Fba/core	Nikolay Boyanov
24	MF	Template:Fba/core	Osei Bonsu
31	DF	Template:Fba/core	Daniel Stoyanov
44	MF	Template:Fba/core	Livan Obisa
77	MF	Template:Fba/core	Vinicius Belotti
88	MF	Template:Fba/core	Kristiyan Kotsov
99	MF	Template:Fba/core	Simeon Ivanov

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2023 and Transfers winter 2023–24.

History

• 2nd in 2008–09 Bulgarian V AFG North-West Group (Promoted)
• 3rd in Bulgarian Republic Football Championship in 1946
• 9th in "A" group in 1949
• 1/4 final for Bulgarian Cup in 1940, 1941, 1946 and 1949
• 1/4 final for Bulgarian Republic Football Championship in 1947 and 1948
• 1/4 final for BFS cup in 1983

League positions

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External links

• Official site