FC Lyubimets
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| Full name | Football Club Lyubimets | ||
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| Founded | 1921 /restored 2007/ | ||
| Ground | Gradski Stadium, Lyubimets | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 | ||
| Chairman | Atanas Stalev | ||
| Manager | Toshko Yordanov | ||
| League | A RFG Haskovo | ||
| 2021-22 | A RFG Haskovo, 1st | ||
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FC Lyubimets (Bulgarian: ФК Любимец) is a Bulgarian football club based in Lyubimets. The team was founded in 1921 and re-founded in 2007. The team currently competes in the fourth tier of Bulgarian football, the A RFG Haskovo. [1]
The club’s biggest achievement came in 2013, when Lyubimets managed to promote to the A Group for the first time in club history for the 2013–14 season. Lyubimets was relegated, however, and has since slipped into the amateur levels of Bulgarian football.
The club's home ground is the local Municipal Stadium in Lyubimets, which has an overall capacity of 4,000 seats.
History
The first club was founded as Football Club Maritsa in 1921. In 1947 the club changed its name to Football Club Strela. In the 1960s the club was finally named Football Club Lyubimets. The club participated in the third and fourth divisions of Bulgarian football for the majority of its history, before being dissolved by the end of the 1993–94 season.
In 2007, thirteen years later, the club was restored as Football Club Lyubimets 2007. In its first season, the club was promoted for the first time to the
On 9 January 2013, club's former player
The maiden season in the professional top-flight began with a 1-0 win over defending champions
In the summer of 2014, the BFU decided to refuse to give FC Lyubimets a license for the second league, similarly to the other teams relegated that year from the first tier, Neftochimic and Pirin Gotse Delchev. This was done mainly because of financial reasons, as Lyubimets could not provide enough financial resources to sustain themselves in professional football. Lyubimets was subsequently relegated to the fourth tier, the regional league of Haskovo. The team returned to the third tier after two seasons in the fourth division, but was relegated immediately.
League positions
Honours
- 14th place 2013–14
- Runners-up: 2012–13
Current squad
As of 1 November 2016[update] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managerial history
- After restored
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Notable stats
- After the club was restored in 2007
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Most appearances for the club
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Most goals for the club
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Notes:
- Bold signals active players
- Correct as of 2013-06-10
Past seasons
| Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Bulgarian Cup | ||
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| 2015–16 | A RFG (IV) |
4th | 13 | 7 | 4 | 58 | 32 | 46 | not qualified | ||
| 2016–17 | Third League (III) | 17th | 9 | 6 | 19 | 38 | 79 | 33 | not qualified | ||
| 2017–18 | A RFG (IV) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | TBD | ||
| Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. | |||||||||||
References
- ^ "Club's Facts". Footballdatabase.eu.
- ^ "Любимец махна Красимир Мечев" (in Bulgarian). hsmarica.com. 2013-01-09. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "Любимец е новият член на А група" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. 2013-05-19.
External links
- Official Club Website[permanent dead link] (in Bulgarian)
- Lyubimetz 2007 at bgclubs.eu (in Bulgarian)