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| Full name | Football Club Balkan | ||
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| Nickname | Forest Boys | ||
| Founded | 1929; 96 years ago (1929) 29 September 2015; 10 years ago (2015-09-29)(refounded) | ||
| Ground | Stadion Hristo Botev,Botevgrad | ||
| Capacity | 8 000 | ||
| Manager | Ivan Redovski | ||
| League | South-West Third League | ||
| 2020–21 | South-West Third League, 6th | ||
FC Balkan Botevgrad (Bulgarian:ФК Балкан Ботевград,romanized: FK Balkan Botevgrad) is aBulgarian football club based in the city ofBotevgrad. The stadium of the club is "Hristo Botev" in Botevgrad with capacity of 8,000 people.
The club was established in 1929 with the name "Stamen Panchev".[1] In 1945, the club was renamed "Hristo Gurbov". Since 1947, the name is "Balkan". The main kit-colours of the team are green and white. Throughout its history, the club has participated in either the second or the third Bulgarian division. Currently the team is playing in theSouthwest Third League. From 2005, the chairman of the club is Tihomir Ninov. In the 2007/2008 season, Balkan finished 2nd in theBulgarian South-West V AFG, but won promotion, because of the changes from the 2008/2009 season in Bulgaria's West and East B Groups. From 2008, the chief executive is the famous Bulgarian footballerMarian Hristov. The club qualified at the 1/8 finals of theBulgarian Cup 2008-09 after defeatingPFC Belite orli Pleven with 2:0 and beatingPFC Lokomotiv Mezdra with 1:0 to make it to the 1/8 finals of the competition. Unfortunately, "Balkan" was eliminated byCSKA Sofia after a score of 5:0.
Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Bulgarian Cup | ||
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| 2015–16 | A RFG (IV) | 1st | 17 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 13 | 52 | not qualified | ||
| 2016–17 | Third League (III) | 12th | 11 | 7 | 16 | 54 | 55 | 40 | not qualified | ||
| 2017–18 | Third League | 10th | 10 | 11 | 13 | 49 | 60 | 41 | not qualified | ||
| Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. | |||||||||||
