FC Volov Shumen

Football Club Volov 1929 Shumen ( bg, Футболен Клуб Волов 1929 Шумен) is a Bulgarian football club, playing in the city of Shumen, which currently competes in the North-East Third League. The club was established in 1929 under the name "Panayot Volov", and folded its senior team in 2014, before being 'refounded' in July 2018. Shumen last played in the top tier of Bulgarian football during the 1999–2000 season. They play their home games on "Panayot Volov", with a historic capacity of 24,390 people and a current one of 3,500. The team's first kit colors are yellow and blue.

Because of the city's famous brand of Shumensko beer, they are often affectionately called Пивоварите, or ''The Brewers''.

History

FC Shumen (then called Panayot Volov) participated in the State Championship as Shumen region champion in 1934–35 and reached the semifinals. The club was again champion of Shumen region in 1935–36 and 1936–37, but was eliminated during the first matches of the State Championship. The club subsequently went through further name changes, including to DFS Shumen in 1980, Madara Shumen in 1984, and FC Shumen in 1985.

After a successful spell in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group during the early and late 1990s, which included a 4th-place finish in 1993–94, this led to a UEFA Cup participation. Shumen was drawn against Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta. Shumen lost both games, and were eliminated in their only European participation. In the upcoming years, the club lost its main sponsors and went bankrupt. A newly formed entity acquired its license and merged with Yunak Shumen in 2001, eventually becoming FC Shumen 2001. The club briefly returned to its original name of Panayot Volov in 2007, before entering financial difficulties once more and being renamed to Shumen 2010 as it was demoted to the V group, the third tier in Bulgarian football.

The club regained its position in professional football after a two-year absence by winning the 2011–12 Northeastern V Amateur Group, but finished 12th out of 14 teams in its first season back, and was relegated back to the third division for the 2013–14 season. Shumen 2010 finished 14th in the 2013/14 V AFG campaign, which meant they were relegated to the regional divisions. However, due to continuing financial difficulties the club folded before the start of the 2014/15 season, and fielded youth teams only in the following four seasons.

On 26 July 2018, the team was restored under the name ''Volov 1929 Shumen'' and filed a request for participation in the 2018–19 season of the Bulgarian Third League. On 30 July they were accepted, and faced Lokomotiv Ruse in their return to the 3rd division, losing the game 2–1. They were relegated at the end of the season, but returned to the Third League in the 2021–22 season.

PFC Shumen have played in the A Professional Group for a total of seven seasons: 1972–1973, 1983–1984, 1993–1996 and 1998–2000. The club reached the semifinals of the Bulgarian Cup on two occasions, in 1957 and 2006, when they narrowly lost 2:1 to Cherno More Varna after extra time.

Honours

A PFG
* 4th place: 1993–94
* Semifinalist in the national championship: 1935
B PFG
* Champions (2): 1971–72, 1982–83
* Runners-up (5): 1953–54, 1956–57, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1992–93
North-East V AFG
* Champions (3): 1986–87, 1990–91, 2011–12
Bulgarian Cup
* Semi-finalists (2): 1956–57, 2005–06
* Quarter-finalists (2): 1975–76, 1999–00

Naming history

* Panayot Volov ( bg, Панайот Волов) (December 1, 1929 - 1946)
* Yunak-Botev-Volov ( bg, Юнак-Ботев-Волов) (1946 - 1947)
* Panayot Volov ( bg, Панайот Волов) (1947 - 1980)
* FC Shumen ( bg, ФК Шумен) (1980 - 1985)
* FC Madara ( bg, ФК Мадара) (1985 - 1989)
* FC Shumen (1989 - 2001)
* Shumen 2001 ( bg, Шумен 2001) (2001 - 2007)
* Panayot Volov (2007 - 2010)
* Macaque 2008 ( bg, Макак 2008) (2010 - 2011) (after split of "Makak" (Makak district, Shumen) from "OFG Shumen")
* Shumen 2010 ( bg, Шумен 2010) (2011 - 2014) (after "Rapid" (Divdyadovo, Shumen) merged into club)
* Volov ( bg, Волов) (2018 - Present)

Statistics

European record

UEFA Cup:

League positions

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TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period = from:01/07/1948 till:01/07/2023
ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:2 start:1949
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PlotData=
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from:01/07/1949 till:01/07/1950 shift:(0,-4) text:4
from:01/07/1950 till:01/07/1951 shift:(0,-4) text:11
from:01/07/1949 till:01/07/1951 color:white shift:(0,14) text: " B"
from:01/07/1951 till:01/07/1952 shift:(0,-4) text:?
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from:01/07/1958 till:01/07/1959 shift:(0,-4) text:4
from:01/07/1959 till:01/07/1960 shift:(0,-4) text:4
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from:01/07/1968 till:01/07/1969 shift:(0,-4) text:11
from:01/07/1969 till:01/07/1970 shift:(0,-4) text:18
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from:01/07/1972 till:01/07/1973 shift:(0,-4) text:18
from:01/07/1972 till:01/07/1973 color:green shift:(0,14) text: " A"
from:01/07/1973 till:01/07/1974 shift:(0,-4) text:4
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from:01/07/1975 till:01/07/1976 shift:(0,-4) text:4
from:01/07/1976 till:01/07/1977 shift:(0,-4) text:5
from:01/07/1977 till:01/07/1978 shift:(0,-4) text:6
from:01/07/1978 till:01/07/1979 shift:(0,-4) text:9
from:01/07/1979 till:01/07/1980 shift:(0,-4) text:4
from:01/07/1980 till:01/07/1981 shift:(0,-4) text:2
from:01/07/1981 till:01/07/1982 shift:(0,-4) text:2
from:01/07/1982 till:01/07/1983 shift:(0,-4) text:1
from:01/07/1973 till:01/07/1983 color:white shift:(0,14) text: "B Group"
from:01/07/1983 till:01/07/1984 shift:(0,-4) text:11
from:01/07/1983 till:01/07/1984 color:green shift:(0,14) text: " A"
from:01/07/1984 till:01/07/1985 shift:(0,-4) text:3
from:01/07/1984 till:01/07/1985 color:white shift:(0,14) text: " B"
from:01/07/1985 till:01/07/1986 shift:(0,-4) text:?
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from:01/07/1985 till:01/07/1987 color:red shift:(0,14) text: " V Group"
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from:01/07/1988 till:01/07/1989 shift:(0,-4) text:8
from:01/07/1989 till:01/07/1990 shift:(0,-4) text:20
from:01/07/1987 till:01/07/1990 color:white shift:(0,14) text: "B Group"
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from:01/07/1993 till:01/07/1996 color:green shift:(0,14) text: "A Group"
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from:01/07/2005 till:01/07/2006 shift:(0,-4) text:7
from:01/07/2006 till:01/07/2007 shift:(0,-4) text:7
from:01/07/2007 till:01/07/2008 shift:(0,-4) text:9
from:01/07/2008 till:01/07/2009 shift:(0,-4) text:14
from:01/07/2009 till:01/07/2010 shift:(0,-4) text:10
from:01/07/2003 till:01/07/2010 color:white shift:(0,14) text: "B Group"
from:01/07/2010 till:01/07/2011 shift:(0,-4) text:4
from:01/07/2011 till:01/07/2012 shift:(0,-4) text:1
from:01/07/2010 till:01/07/2012 color:red shift:(0,14) text: " V Group"
from:01/07/2012 till:01/07/2013 shift:(0,-4) text:12
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from:01/07/2014 till:01/07/2015 shift:(0,-4) text:
from:01/07/2016 till:01/07/2016 shift:(0,-4) text:
from:01/07/2017 till:01/07/2017 shift:(0,-4) text:
from:01/07/2018 till:01/07/2018 shift:(0,-4) text:
from:01/07/2014 till:01/07/2018 color:black shift:(0,14) text: Did not exist
from:01/07/2018 till:01/07/2019 shift:(0,-4) text:13
from:01/07/2018 till:01/07/2019 color:red shift:(0,14) text: "3rd"
from:01/07/2019 till:01/07/2020 shift:(0,-4) text:2
from:01/07/2020 till:01/07/2021 shift:(0,-4) text:5
from:01/07/2019 till:01/07/2021 color:yellow shift:(0,14) text: "Regional"
from:01/07/2021 till:01/07/2022 shift:(0,-4) text:9
from:01/07/2022 till:01/07/2023 shift:(0,-4) text:
from:01/07/2021 till:01/07/2023 color:red shift:(0,14) text: "3rd"

League season to season (1948-2022)

*Total seasons in ''A Group'': 7
*Total seasons in ''B Group'': 47
*Total seasons in '' V Group'': 15
*Total seasons in '' A RFG'': 2

References

External links

Club profile
at bgclubs.eu (in Bulgarian)

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Football clubs in Shumen
1929 establishments in Bulgaria
2010 establishments in Bulgaria
2018 establishments in Bulgaria