PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad

Pirin Blagoevgrad
Full name	PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad
Founded	1922; 102 years ago as Makedonska Slava
Dissolved	2011; 13 years ago

PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad was a Bulgarian professional football club based in Blagoevgrad.

History

Makedonska slava

Club was founded in 1928 as Makedonska Slava (lit. 'Macedonian Glory'). In 1948, the club joined the newly established FD Julius Dermendzhiev and ceased its independent existence. In 2000 Makedonska Slava was restored after unification with Granit Stara Kresna.

The 2002–03 season was successful for the club, during which it finished 2nd, and won promotion to the A PFG for first time in the club's history.

Pirin Blagoevgrad

Several years later, under the hand of the new owner Nikolay Galchev, the football club renamed to Pirin 1922 in the 2004/05 season and returned again to top flight football for the next, 2005–06 season. In autumn 2006 the club's name was once again renamed to PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad.

A PFG

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Union

In December 2008, club was merged with

Western B PFG. The new club was named FC Pirin Blagoevgrad and is officially the rightful holder of the club records of the former Pirin, which has played more than 20 seasons in the top flight.^[2] According to the Bulgarian Football Union

however, the spell i the A Group from 2007 until 2011 is under the records of PFC Pirin and not the unified team.

Notable players

Note: For a complete list of PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players, see Category:PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players.

References

^ "Пирин Бл, Благоевград". pfl.bg. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
^ "История". pirinfc.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.

[r1-1] "Пирин Бл, Благоевград". pfl.bg. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2011.

[2] "История". pirinfc.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.

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