This article is about the team formed in 2013. For the football club formed in 2002, see FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo. For the original club from Veliko Tarnovo which existed until 2003, see FC Etar (Veliko Tarnovo).
Etar is the official successor of Etar 1924, which was dissolved for financial reasons after the 2012–13 season. The current Etar was established after the former folded and quickly ascended from the amateur leagues, eventually promoting to the Bulgarian First League at the end of the 2016–17 season. The club's home ground has been Ivaylo Stadium since 2013. Etar plays in all-violet kits and their nickname is 'The Bolyars'.
The club was founded as OFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo in 2013[1] with the license of FC Botev Debelets.[2] In their first season they finished in 5th position in V Group.
In January 2016, Boncho Genchev became the new manager of the team which was in 3rd place at the halfway point in the season, only two points behind the 1st place team.[3] The selection included Lyubomir Genchev coming from A Group team Montana, Stefan Hristov from Spartak Pleven and the leading goalscorer in the first part of 2015–16 season in B Group, Petar Dimitrov.[4] The team eventually won all its matches, winning the league and being promoted to B Group.[5]
Professional Football (2016–present)
On 9 June 2016 Etar were officially approved for the new 2nd division — Second League, with the club changing its abbreviation to "SFC Etar". Ferario Spasov remains in his position as manager and with a good selection team made promotion to First League.[6] Etar were promoted as champions of the 2016–17 Second League, sealing their title on the final day of the season with a 2–2 away draw against Nesebar, coupled with Septemvri Sofia's 2–0 away defeat to Oborishte.[7][8]
Etar's first season into the elite was difficult. The team finished 13th in the regular phase, with only four wins. This placed Etar as one of the candidates for relegation. In the relegation phase, Etar finished last in their group and had to play playoff/play out matches in order to remain in the elite. In the first round, Etar beat Pirin Blagoevgrad 3-1 aggregate and advanced to the second round. There, the violets faced Dunav Ruse. Two strong matches resulted in a 4-1 aggregate win, and Etar secured their status as a member of the top tier.
Up to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the Bulgarian First Professional League however only three can be used in a match day. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.
The footballers enlisted below have international caps for their respective countries or more than 100 caps for Etar. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries.
^Революция в Търново: Балъков е новият мениджър на Етър, Генчев остава, Деко е аут
^""Етър" е първият изпадащ, "Славия" оцеля" (in Bulgarian). btvnovinite.bg. 19 May 2021.
^"Първи отбор". etarvt.bg (in Bulgarian). 21 March 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
External links
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January 23, 2023
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This article is about the team formed in 2013 For the football club formed in 2002 see FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo For the original club from Veliko Tarnovo which existed until 2003 see FC Etar Veliko Tarnovo Etar Bulgarian Etr is a Bulgarian sports football club based in Veliko Tarnovo that plays in the Second League the second level of Bulgarian football SFC Etar Veliko TarnovoFull nameSports Football ClubEtar Veliko TarnovoNickname s Bolyarite The Bolyars Founded17 July 2013 9 years ago 2013 07 17 GroundStadion IvayloVeliko Tarnovo BulgariaCapacity15 000ChairmanDeyan KuzdovHead coachEmanuel LukanovLeagueSecond League2021 22Second League 4thWebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway coloursThird coloursEtar is the official successor of Etar 1924 which was dissolved for financial reasons after the 2012 13 season The current Etar was established after the former folded and quickly ascended from the amateur leagues eventually promoting to the Bulgarian First League at the end of the 2016 17 season The club s home ground has been Ivaylo Stadium since 2013 Etar plays in all violet kits and their nickname is The Bolyars Contents 1 History 1 1 Foundation and Amateur League 2013 2016 1 2 Professional Football 2016 present 1 3 League positions 2 Nickname shirt and colors 3 Honours 3 1 Domestic 4 Players 4 1 Current squad 4 2 Foreign players 5 Etar II 5 1 Current squad 6 Notable players 7 Goalscoring and appearance records 8 Past seasons 9 Managers 10 Club officials 10 1 Board of directors 10 2 Current technical body 11 References 12 External linksHistory EditFoundation and Amateur League 2013 2016 Edit The club was founded as OFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo in 2013 1 with the license of FC Botev Debelets 2 In their first season they finished in 5th position in V Group In January 2016 Boncho Genchev became the new manager of the team which was in 3rd place at the halfway point in the season only two points behind the 1st place team 3 The selection included Lyubomir Genchev coming from A Group team Montana Stefan Hristov from Spartak Pleven and the leading goalscorer in the first part of 2015 16 season in B Group Petar Dimitrov 4 The team eventually won all its matches winning the league and being promoted to B Group 5 Professional Football 2016 present Edit On 9 June 2016 Etar were officially approved for the new 2nd division Second League with the club changing its abbreviation to SFC Etar Ferario Spasov remains in his position as manager and with a good selection team made promotion to First League 6 Etar were promoted as champions of the 2016 17 Second League sealing their title on the final day of the season with a 2 2 away draw against Nesebar coupled with Septemvri Sofia s 2 0 away defeat to Oborishte 7 8 Etar s first season into the elite was difficult The team finished 13th in the regular phase with only four wins This placed Etar as one of the candidates for relegation In the relegation phase Etar finished last in their group and had to play playoff play out matches in order to remain in the elite In the first round Etar beat Pirin Blagoevgrad 3 1 aggregate and advanced to the second round There the violets faced Dunav Ruse Two strong matches resulted in a 4 1 aggregate win and Etar secured their status as a member of the top tier On 4 January 2018 Krasimir Balakov was announced as the new manager in the club with Stanislav Genchev Iliyan Kiryakov and Kaloyan Chakarov as first team coaches 9 After 4 seasons in the First League Etar was relegated to the Second League at the end of the 2020 21 season 10 League positions EditNickname shirt and colors EditTheir main nicknames are the Bolyars and the Violets the latter in reference to the colour of their home kit which is often mistaken for purple Period Kit manufacturer Shirt partner2013 2016 Joma Britos2016 2017 None2017 2022 WinBet2022 Nike Inc WinBetHonours EditDomestic Edit First League Winners 1 1990 91Second League Winners 1 2016 17Third League Winners 1 2015 16 Runners up 1 2014 15Bulgarian Cup Semifinals 4 1959 60 1989 90 1990 91 1992 93Players EditCurrent squad Edit As of 8 January 2023 update 11 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 Yulian Raykov4 DF BUL Georgi Aleksandrov7 DF BUL Kolyo Stanev8 MF PAN Martin Moran on loan from C A Independiente 10 MF BUL Kristiyan Kanchev11 FW BUL Daniel Mladenov vice captain 12 GK BUL Angel Martinov13 GK BUL Hristiyan Slavkov on loan from Botev Plovdiv 14 MF BUL Emanuil Lichev15 DF BUL Georgi Angelov17 MF BUL Evgeniy Iliev No Pos Nation Player19 FW PAN Javier Betegon20 MF BUL Yani Pehlivanov23 DF BUL Hristo Mitev25 DF BUL Krum Stoyanov26 DF BUL Mariyan Ivanov28 MF BUL Nikolay Yankov30 MF VEN Alejandro Goncalves34 MF BUL Oleg Dimitrov84 DF BUL Zdravko Iliev captain DF BUL Valeri Hristov FW BUL Martin ToshevFor recent transfers see Transfers summer 2022 and Transfers winter 2022 23 Foreign players Edit Up to five non EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the Bulgarian First Professional League however only three can be used in a match day Those non EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years EU Nationals EU Nationals Dual citizenship Alejandro Goncalves Non EU Nationals Martin Moran Javier BetegonEtar II EditEtar II Full nameSFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo IINickname s Bolyarite The Bolyars GroundTrifon Ivanov Stadium Veliko TarnovoChairmanDeyan KuzdovManagerStefan AngelovLeagueThird League2021 22Third League 16thWebsiteClub website Home colours Away coloursEtar II Bulgarian Etr II is a Bulgarian football team based in Veliko Tarnovo It is the reserve team of Etar Veliko Tarnovo and currently plays in Third League the third level of Bulgarian football Current squad Edit As of 17 October 2022Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player GK BUL Ivan Georgiev GK BUL Teodor Ivanov GK BUL Presiyan Petkov GK BUL Nikos Rashkov DF BUL Rosen Varbishki DF BUL Ivalin Petkov DF BUL Ivelin Ivanov DF BUL Sever Aliev DF BUL Ismail Ibryamov DF BUL Denis Martinov DF BUL Vasko Parvanov DF BUL Aleksandar Pleshkov DF BUL Kenan Yumerov No Pos Nation Player DF BUL Georgi Ivanov DF BUL Maksim Kirov DF BUL Boris Genchev MF BUL Trayan Dimitrov MF BUL Kristiyan Dimitrov MF BUL Atanas Atanasov MF BUL Dimitar Kolev MF BUL Aleksandar Kraev MF BUL Denislav Georgiev FW BUL Zlatin Boyanov FW BUL Kaloyan Nenchev FW BUL Aleksandar Guguchkov FW BUL Kostadin BelalievNotable players EditThe footballers enlisted below have international caps for their respective countries or more than 100 caps for Etar Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries Bulgaria Ivan Petkov Stanislav Genchev Ivan Stoyanov Ventsislav Vasilev Georgi Sarmov Hristo Ivanov Georgi Pashov Daniel Mladenov Ivaylo Dimitrov Ivan Ivanov Europe Artjom Artjunin Central America Romeesh Ivey Africa Alioune Badara Alasana Manneh Gaetan Missi MezuGoalscoring and appearance records EditAs of 22 July 2021Most appearances for the club in First League Rank Name Career Appearances1 Hristo Ivanov 2017 1102 Yani Pehlivanov 2017 783 Rumen Rumenov 2017 2019 764 Ivan Stoyanov 2017 2020 735 Nikola Kolev 2017 2020 726 Milcho Angelov 2019 2021 687 Daniel Mladenov 2017 2019 2021 678 Zdravko Iliev 2019 639 Ivan Skerlev 2016 2020 5710 Flo Bojaj 2018 2020 55 Most goals for the club in First League Rank Name Career Goals1 Daniel Mladenov 2017 2019 2021 212 Preslav Borukov 2020 2021 123 Veljko Batrovic 2018 2019 11 Milcho Angelov 2019 2021 115 Alioune Badara 2017 2018 106 Ivan Stoyanov 2017 2020 97 Flo Bojaj 2018 2020 8 Ivan Petkov 2016 2021 89 Rumen Rumenov 2017 2019 610 Tonislav Yordanov 2020 5Players in bold are still playing for Etar Past seasons EditAs of 1 June 2022 update Season Tier Division Place Bulgarian Cup2013 14 3 V Group 5th DNP2014 15 3 V Group 2nd DNP2015 16 3 V Group 1st DNP2016 17 2 Second League 1st Round of 322017 18 1 First League 11th Quarter finals2018 19 1 First League 7th Quarter finals2019 20 1 First League 10th Round of 322020 21 1 First League 14th Round of 162021 22 2 Second League 4th Round of 16Seasons in First League 4 Seasons in Second League 2 Seasons in V Group now Third League 3Managers EditDates Name Honours2013 2014 Sasho Angelov2014 2015 Kaloyan Chakarov2015 2016 Georgi Vasilev2016 Boncho Genchev2016 Ferario Spasov 1 V Group title2017 2018 Stanislav Genchev 1 Second League title2018 2019 Krasimir Balakov2019 Rosen Kirilov2019 Kaloyan Chakarov2019 2020 Petko Petkov2020 Kaloyan Chakarov2020 2021 Aleksandar Tomash2021 2022 Veselin VelikovClub officials EditBoard of directors Edit Position Name NationalityChairman Deyan Kuzdov Board Member Georgi Markov Board Member Kristiyan Deshkov Board Member Lyubomir Filipov Board Member Svetoslav Totev Board Member Tsvetomir Boyadzhiev Current technical body Edit Position Name NationalityAdministrative Director Stefan Atanasov Youth Academy Director Stefan Angelov Head Coach Emanuel Lukanov Assistant Coach Stefan Danailov Assistant Coach Marin Stefanov Goalkeeper Coach vacantYouth Academy Coach Tsvetan Raykov Youth Academy Coach Kristiyan Pavlov Physiotherapist Preslav Nikolaev Housekeeper Miroslav Chernev References Edit Noviyat Etr V Trnovo e veche fakt Etr Veliko Trnovo zapochva na chisto vv V grupa gong bg Archived from the original on 2013 06 28 Boncho Genchev She vrnem Etr v profesionalniya futbol Etr hvrli transferna bomba privleche golmajstora na B grupa Etr se zavrna v profesionalniya futbol pred hilyadi bolyari na stadion Ivajlo Oficialno Etp vv Vtopa liga Nesebar vs Etar 2 2 soccerway com 27 May 2017 Etr vleze v elita Revolyuciya v Trnovo Balkov e noviyat menidzhr na Etr Genchev ostava Deko e aut Etr e prviyat izpadash Slaviya ocelya in Bulgarian btvnovinite bg 19 May 2021 Prvi otbor etarvt bg in Bulgarian 21 March 2017 Retrieved 1 November 2021 External links EditOfficial website bgclubs eu Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo amp oldid 1134745660, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
