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| Full name | Football Club Slivnishki Geroy | ||
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| Founded | 1923; 102 years ago (1923) | ||
| Ground | Slivnishki Geroy Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 7,000 | ||
| Chairman | Ventsislav Balikov | ||
| League | South-West Third League | ||
| 2023–24 | South-West Third League, 5th of 20 | ||
| Website | slivnishki-geroi.com | ||
Football Club Slivnishki Geroy (Bulgarian:ФК "Сливнишки герой",lit. 'FC Hero of Slivnitsa') is a Bulgarian associationfootball club based inSlivnitsa,Sofia Province, which competes in theSouth-West Third League. Their home ground since 1966 has been Slivnishki Geroy Stadium. The club has played in its traditional blue and white stripes throughout most of its history.
The club was founded in 1923 and was named afterAlexander of Battenberg, the knyaz who led Bulgaria to victory in theBattle of Slivnitsa, earning the name "the hero of Slivnitsa".
Slivnishki geroy has 13 seasons in theB PFG, the second level of Bulgarian football, including continuously from 1970 to 1983. The club's highest achievement to date is finishing at 4th place in the second division in 1975.
During the 1982–83 season, Slivnishki Geroi won just eleven games in theB PFG campaign and was relegated to the amateurV AFG, the third tier of the Bulgarian football pyramid. A year later, the club was relegated to the fourth division.
In 2001, Slivnishki Geroi secured promotion to the third division. In 2004,Radoslav Zdravkov was appointed manager on a two-year contract.
Slivnishki Geroi finished the 2010–11 South-West V AFG as champions and returned to theB PFG during2011–12 for the first time in 28 years.
Between 1924 and 1966, Slivnishki Geroi played at two grounds in the town, on the military division inSlivnitsa and on the Machine-tractor stations, but in 1966, the club moved to Slivnishki Geroi Stadium and have played there ever since. The stadium has a current capacity of 7,000.
As of 1 July 2019Note: 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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