Velbazhd Kyustendil

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Velbazhd Kyustendil

Full name	Футболен клуб „Велбъжд“ Кюстендил (English: Velbazhd Kyustendil Football Club)
Founded	1919; 105 years ago (1919)
Ground	Osogovo Stadium
Capacity	13,000
Chairman	Iliyan Hadzhiyski
Manager	Ivan Marinov - Maslara
League	A RFG Kyustendil
2020–21	18th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Velbazhd Kyustendil (Bulgarian: Велбъжд Кюстендил) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Kyustendil. The club currently competes in the A RFG Kyustendil, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football.

The club was founded in 1919. Velbazhd have spent most of their playing history between the second and third tiers of the Bulgarian football league system. They won first promotion to the

.

History

A Group

Velbazhd was formed in 1919, though the club changed its name in the following year to Sport Club Motsion. In 1928 they changed their name to Sport Club Borislav. From 1940 to 1945 the club is called Pautalia. After World War II they changed their name to Cherveno zname. In 1956 the club was renamed to Levski. In 1970 the club returned to its original name Velbаzhd, but from 1995 to 1999 again called Levski, under the ownership of Georgi Iliev.

In 1953 they were promoted to Bulgarian football's

, finishing in 12th place.

In

top scorer with 20 goals.

In 2001 Velbazhd reached the

.

Following the

, while Velbazhd disappeared.

In 2002, local fans from the city of Kuystendil decided to re-found the club, starting from the third tier, V Group. The club has been mostly competing at or below the third level since then.

Honours

Domestic

:

• Third place (3): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01

Bulgarian Cup:

• Runners-up (1):
  2001

European record

Season	Tournament	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2000	Intertoto Cup	1	UCD	0-0	3-3	3-3 (away goals rule)
		2	SK Sigma Olomouc	2-0	0-8	2-8

League positions

Current squad

As of 1 September 2015 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 Kiril Kirilov (captain) 3 DF  BUL Ivo Velinov 4 DF  BUL Antonio Stilyanov 6 DF  BUL Boyan Stoynev 8 FW  BUL Denis Sharankov 9 MF  BUL Aleksandar Dimitrov 10 MF  BUL Atanas Penkov 11 MF  BUL Yordan Yovchev 13 FW  BUL Dimitar Barbulov

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  BUL Aleksandar Handzhiyski 15 DF  BUL Nikolay Nakov 16 DF  BUL Emil Stoyanov 17 MF  BUL Martin Kaleov 21 MF  BUL Lyuboslav Aleksandrov 22 MF  BUL Kostadin Kukov 24 MF  BUL Denis Nechemski 46 GK  BUL Radoslav Dimitrov

Notable former players

The following is a list of notable footballers who have played for Velbazhd, with over 60 appearances, over 30 goals or having received recognition by their country in the form of international caps while playing for the club.

Note: For all Velbazhd Kyustendil players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Velbazhd Kyustendil players.

References