FC Lyubimets (Bulgarian: ФК Любимец) is a Bulgarianfootball 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.
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 second division. In its first season in professional football, the club finished in 7th place.
On 9 January 2013, club's former player Veselin Velikov was announced as the new manager.[2] Four months later he led Lyubimets to promotion to the A PFG for first time in the club's history, finishing in 2nd place in the B PFG.[3]
The maiden season in the professional top-flight began with a 1-0 win over defending champions Ludogorets Razgrad, a big surprise in Bulgarian football. Lyubimets went on to earn 9 points from their first four games, including wins against Lokomotiv Sofia and Europa League participants Botev Plovdiv (2-1 away in Plovdiv). The team’s form dropped after the fifth round, however, as it managed to win only one of their next 18 games in the first phase. This placed them in the relegation group for the remainder of the season. In the relegation round, they won only one of twelve possible matches, and were relegated to the B PFG, after finishing last.
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.
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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FC Lyubimets Bulgarian FK Lyubimec 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 LyubimetsFull nameFootball Club LyubimetsFounded1921 102 years ago 1921 restored 2007 GroundGradski Stadium LyubimetsCapacity4 000ChairmanAtanas StalevManagerToshko YordanovLeagueA RFG Haskovo2021 22A RFG Haskovo 1stHome coloursAway coloursThe 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 Contents 1 History 1 1 League positions 2 Honours 3 Current squad 4 Managerial history 5 Notable stats 6 Past seasons 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditThe 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 second division In its first season in professional football the club finished in 7th place On 9 January 2013 club s former player Veselin Velikov was announced as the new manager 2 Four months later he led Lyubimets to promotion to the A PFG for first time in the club s history finishing in 2nd place in the B PFG 3 The maiden season in the professional top flight began with a 1 0 win over defending champions Ludogorets Razgrad a big surprise in Bulgarian football Lyubimets went on to earn 9 points from their first four games including wins against Lokomotiv Sofia and Europa League participants Botev Plovdiv 2 1 away in Plovdiv The team s form dropped after the fifth round however as it managed to win only one of their next 18 games in the first phase This placed them in the relegation group for the remainder of the season In the relegation round they won only one of twelve possible matches and were relegated to the B PFG after finishing last 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 EditHonours EditBulgarian A Group 14th place 2013 14Bulgarian B Group Runners up 2012 13Current squad EditAs 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 No Pos Nation Player3 DF BUL Ivan Yordanov8 MF BUL Nikolay Nikolaev9 FW BUL Ventsislav Yordanov10 MF BUL Georgi Drumev11 DF BUL Emil Asenov12 GK BUL Ventsislav Dimitrov No Pos Nation Player13 DF BUL Martin Belomorski15 MF BUL Nikolay Ilchev19 FW BUL Hristo Dyulgerov21 MF BUL Dimitar Dimitrov22 MF BUL Atanas EvtimovManagerial history EditAfter restored Name Nationality YearsDimcho Markov June 2006 Oct 2008Ivaylo Petev Oct 2008 Aug 2009Stamen Belchev Aug 2009 Sept 2012Krasimir Mechev Sept 2012 Jan 2013Veselin Velikov Jan 1 2013 Aug 10 2013Krasimir Mechev Aug 10 2013 Jan 7 2014Voyn Voynov Jan 9 2014Notable stats Edit After the club was restored in 2007Most appearances for the club Name Apps Years1 Emil Petkov 98 2008 20122 Ivan Minchev 78 2009 present3 Ventsislav Yordanov 72 2008 2010 2012 present4 Kircho Krumov 59 2008 2009 2010 20115 Anton Ognyanov 53 2011 present Most goals for the club Name Gls Years1 Nikolay Pavlov 20 2011 20122 Anton Ognyanov 16 2011 present3 Emil Petkov 12 2008 20124 Tzvetomir Matev 10 2010 20115 Atanas Lyubenov 8 2009 2011Notes Bold signals active players Correct as of 2013 06 10Past seasons Edit Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts Bulgarian Cup2015 16 A RFG IV 4th 13 7 4 58 32 46 not qualified2016 17 Third League III 17th 9 6 19 38 79 33 not qualified2017 18 A RFG IV TBDGreen marks a season followed by promotion red a season followed by relegation References Edit Club s Facts Footballdatabase eu Lyubimec mahna Krasimir Mechev in Bulgarian hsmarica com 2013 01 09 Archived from the original on 2014 02 01 Retrieved 2013 06 18 Lyubimec e noviyat chlen na A grupa in Bulgarian novsport com 2013 05 19 External links Edit Official Club Website permanent dead link in Bulgarian Lyubimetz 2007 at bgclubs eu in Bulgarian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title FC Lyubimets amp oldid 1154630561, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
