FC Slivnishki Geroy (Slivnitsa)

Slivnishki Geroy

Nesko Milovanovic
League	South-West Third League
2020–21	South-West Third League, 12th
Home colours Away colours

Football Club Slivnishki Geroy (

. Their home ground since 1966 has been Slivnishki Geroy Stadium. The club has played in its traditional blue and white stripes throughout most of its history.

Honours

• B PFG
  • Fourth place: 1974–75
• South-West V AFG
  • Champions (2): 1969–70, 2010–11

History

The club was founded in 1923 and was named after Alexander of Battenberg, the knyaz who led Bulgaria to victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa, earning the name "the hero of Slivnitsa".

Slivnishki geroy has 13 seasons in the

, the second level of Bulgarian football, including continuously from 1970 to 1983. The club's highest achievement to date is finishing at 4^th place in the second division in 1975.

During the 1982–83 season, Slivnishki Geroi won just eleven games in the

, the third tier of the Bulgarian football pyramid. A year later, the club was relegated to the fourth division.

In 2001, Slivnishki Geroi secured promotion to the third division. In 2004, Radoslav Zdravkov was appointed manager on a two-year contract.

Slivnishki Geroi finished the 2010–11 South-West V AFG as champions and returned to the

for the first time in 28 years.

League positions

Stadiums

Between 1924 and 1966, Slivnishki Geroi played at two grounds in the town, on the military division in Slivnitsa and on the Machine-tractor stations, but in 1966, the club moved to Slivnishki Geroi Stadium and have played there ever since. The stadium has a current capacity of 7,000.

Current squad

As of 1 July 2019 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BUL Martin Minev 2 DF  BUL Stefan Iliev 3 MF  BUL Georgi Kuzovski 4 DF  BUL Sibil Karagyozov 5 DF  BUL Lyubomir Despotov 6 DF  BUL Mario Petrov 7 MF  BUL Vesislav Ivanov 8 MF  BUL Rosen Kolev 9 FW  BUL Yordan Popov 10 MF  BUL Nikolay Marinov 11 MF  BUL Dimitar Maymunkov 13 FW  BUL Kristiyan Milanov

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  BUL Emil Trendafilov 15 FW  BUL Marian Hadzhiev 16 MF  BUL Antonio Mihov 17 FW  BUL Nicho Nichev 18 MF  BUL Teodor Nikiforov 20 MF  BUL Aleksandar Manolov 21 FW  BUL Atanas Kurdov 22 DF  BUL Viktor Georgiev (captain) 24 DF  BUL Kristiyan Zdravkov 77 GK  BUL Svetoslav Kamenov 90 GK  BUL Tervel Asenov

External links

• Official site