Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a

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n professional

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club based in

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, that competes in the First League, the top division of the

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. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vereya''. The club's colours are green and white. Since then the home ground of Beroe has been the homonymous Stadion Beroe in

with a

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of 12,128. Beroe were the

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champions of

and they also won the

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twice in

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and

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. In terms of international achievements, Beroe hold the record for

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s titles, having won the tournament four times. The club's most noted and successful player is Petko Petkov, 2 times A Group Top Scorer:

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(with 20 goals) and

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(with 19 goals).

History

Football was played in

as early as 1916, however with no organized championship in

until the late 1920s, numerous clubs enjoyed regional success in those early years for the game in both the city and

itself. Beroe can trace its roots back to 4 May 1924, when it was founded as Beroya, after the merger of two other clubs – Borislav and Rekord. The club withstood the almost constant chaos and strife of the times, often caused by numerous shifts in the political regimes of

, and despite many mergers and name changes throughout the first four decades of its history, it is constantly among the top 3 clubs in the city. It has also often been the platform for attempts to unite all the clubs in

, which foreshadowed its role and meaning for the city in the years to come. The establishment of an organized league to determine the champion of

in the late 40s coincided with the consolidation of football in

, the city finally seeing a one single strong club emerge to represent it at the highest level of

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. That club was Beroe, at first bearing the names of Udarnik and Botev, before finally restoring its old name in 1959.

Successful years 1968–1980

1968 marked the beginning of Beroe's golden age. During the summer transfer period, the forward Petko Petkov joined the club. In the next 12 years he scored 144 goals for the club in

A Group The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

. Beroe became all-powerful, winning the

in 1968 (beating in the final

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with a 6–4 on aggregate) and 1969 (beating

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with a 4–0 on aggregate). However in 1970 the team was relegated after being excluded from the championship after 18 rounds due to crowd trouble in the match with Levski. Bouncing back after a year, season 1971–72 in the domestic league was very successful for the team, which finished 3rd, and qualified for the

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. The club's first participation in

was also promising, with Beroe eliminating the Austrian Austria Wien (7–0 and 3–1) and the Hungarian Honvéd (3–0 and 0–1) respectively and reaching the third round (but being knocked out by the Yugoslav

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). In season 1973–74 Beroe reach the quarter-finals of the

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: after eliminating the Luxembourg Fola Esch and the Basques of

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, they were stopped in DDR by 1. FC Magdeburg (2–0 and 1–1). Beroe have had some success in Europe, such as the 1–0 win over

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in a

first-leg in 1979 and a 3–0 win over

in 1973. Moreover, Beroe is one of the two

clubs that has a positive record of the matches played in European club competitions.

Champions 1980–1995

In 1982 and 1984 Beroe won the

for the third and fourth times. In

, the team led by the coach Evgeni Yanchovski won the

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title, the first in the club's history. Beroe finished the season with 43 points (after 20 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses). Beroe played in the 1986–87 UEFA European Champions Cup where they were eliminated in the first round to

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of the

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after 1–1 at

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and 0–2 loss in

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. The 1990s would see a gradual decline as Beroe were relegated to

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in season 1994–95, finishing in last place with twelve points.

Downfall of the mid 90s, ups and downs again 1995–2008

The advent of democracy in

ushered a new period of chaos and economical hardship for the country, and that didn't pass by Beroe. Nevertheless, despite several seasons of crisis the club again withstood the test of time, and despite needing a helpful merger with another team – Olimpik (Teteven) – remained a key player on the

scene. The first two seasons back in top division saw Beroe fight relegation, with safety being achieved by second-half runs. In 2001–02 season the team again relegated. In the autumn of 2007 the actual majority shareholder of Professional Football Club Beroe JSCo Nikolay Banev gave up the financial support of the team. In spite of that, the team demonstrated good football in most of the games. On the 10th of January, 2008 23 players and 3 coaches terminated their contracts with the club after a planned sale of the shares had failed. Beroe got out of trouble on the 3rd of February 2008, when the Beroe veterans’ club and the national fanclub, assisted by lawyer Damian Georgiev initiated, through related firms, insolvency proceedings in respect of the club in the Regional Court of

. The appointed administrator Elka Petrova transferred all the assets and liabilities of the club to a newly established joint-stock company Professional Football Club Beroe Stara Zagora JSCo. The new entity succeeded Professional Football Club Beroe JSCo as regard of the license, the membership in the

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and the running of the football team itself. In the summer of 2009 due to the world economic crisis most of the shareholders left the club due to financial problems. The club's main sponsor Brikel JSCo transferred its shares to Beroe veterans’ club and the national fanclub, who appointed a new Board of Directors. It consists of Damyan Georgiev – Chairman, Genyo Petrov – Executive Director and Tsvetelin Zhoevski.

Winning the Cup 2009–10 and 2012–13

In the 2007–08 season Beroe lost their place in

, due to a controversial match between

Belasitsa Petrich OFC Belasitsa ( bg, ОФК Беласица Петрич) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Petrich, currently playing in the Second League. The team was founded in 1923. They play at the Stadion Tsar Samuil in Petrich, which has ...

and

Marek Dupnitsa FC Marek ( bg, ФК Марек) is a Bulgarian football club based in Dupnitsa, currently playing in the Third League, the third level of the Bulgarian football league system. It was founded in 1947 following the unification of four local clubs. ...

in the last round of the season. In the very next season, however, Beroe won first place in

and returned to the top flight. At that time

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had already been manager of the club for the last 2 years. In the year to follow, Beroe achieved its best season in over 20 years, beating all of the main competitors for the

. Beroe eliminated

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in the quarter-finals, which paved the way for them to obtain the trophy, winning against second-division

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1–0 in the final at

Lovech Stadium Gradski stadion ( bg, Градски стадион, ) is a football stadium in Lovech, Bulgaria. It is currently used for football matches. The stadium has more than 8100 seats. On July 12, 2010, the venue received a 3-star rating by UEFA and cu ...

. The winning goal was scored dramatically in the last seconds of the added time by Beroe's former youth player Doncho Atanasov, who also went on to become top goalscorer of the tournament with 4 goals. Beroe became one of the only two Bulgarian teams that have won the

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without succeeding any goals. This success led to

being awarded with the Coach of the Season award, as well as

Ivo Ivanov (defender) Ivo Ivanov Ivanov ( bg, Иво Иванов; born 11 March 1985) is a Bulgarian Defender (association football), football defender who currently plays for FC Rozova Dolina Kazanlak, Rozova Dolina Kazanlak. Career Beroe Ivanov began his career in ...

being proclaimed best defender in

for 2009. Besides him other players that played a main role throughout the season were

Iskren Pisarov Iskren Pisarov ( bg, Искрен Писаров; born 5 October 1985) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a winger for Yantra Gabrovo. Career Pisarov played for Litex for two seasons but left the club by mutual consent in June 2018. Hono ...

Georgi Andonov Georgi Andonov ( bg, Георги Андонов; born 28 June 1983 in Plovdiv) is a Bulgarian Association football, footballer who plays as a forward. Career Andonov's first club was PFC Botev Plovdiv, Botev Plovdiv. With Botev he played 112 ga ...

Zdravko Iliev Zdravko Iliev ( bg, Здравко Илиев; born 19 October 1984) is a Bulgarian association football, football player who plays as a right back (association football), right back for SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo, Etar Veliko Tarnovo. Career On 22 ...

Slavi Zhekov Slavi Zhekov ( bg, Слави Жеков; born 21 August 1976) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder. Honours Club * Cherno More ** Bulgarian Cup: *** Runner-up: 2005-06 * Beroe ** Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg ...

Dian Genchev Diyan Genchev ( bg, Диян Генчев) (born 8 February 1975) is a Bulgarian retired footballer. He played as a playmaker who can play well both as an attacking central midfielder. Career Dido as he is known among the supporters in Bulgaria ...

. One of the players with most matches in

for all times

Kostadin Vidolov Kostadin Todorov Vidolov ( bg, Костадин Тодоров Видолов; born 2 May 1970) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. In his career, he played for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Botev Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia, ...

ended up his career mid-season with Beroe and went on to become a coach for Beroe's second team. Beroe started 2010–11 season with the debut of the team in the

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. Beroe entered the competition in the third qualifying round and faced the Austrian side

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. The game in Bulgaria ended in a 1–1 draw.

won the rematch with 3–0 putting an end to the international campaign of the Bulgarian team. Beroe started 2012–13 season in

eliminating

Akademik Svishtov OFC Akademik Svishtov ( bg, ОФК Академик Свищов) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Svishtov who play in the North-West Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football. It plays its home matches at Akademik s ...

in the second round. In the quarter-finals Beroe eliminated Lokomotiv (Mezdra) with aggregate result of 8–1, and then Pirin (Gotse Delchev) in the quarter-finals and

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in the semi-finals. In the final match at

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against

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

, the result after 90 minutes was 3–3. After Beroe had taken the lead with 3–1 in the 80th minute,

with 10 men restored the tie, after

Hristo Yovov Hristo Georgiev Yovov ( bg, Христо Георгиев Йовов) (born 4 November 1977) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent all of his club career in his native Bulgaria with the exc ...

received a second yellow card in the end of the first half. At the penalty shoot-out

scored just 1 from 4 penalties and Beroe, 3 of 5 which meant that Beroe had won the

for the second time in the club's history.

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Beroes colours are green and white.

Honours

Domestic

First League: * Winners (1): 1985–86 * Runners-up (1): 2014–15 * Third place (2): 1971–72, 2015–16

: * Winners (2): 2009–10, 2012–13 * Runners-up (4): 1968, 1973, 1979, 1980

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: * Winners (1):

* Runners-up (1):

Second League: * Winners (9 - Record) : 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959–60, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1982–83, 2003–04, 2008–09

European

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/ Champions League * Round of 32 (1): 1986–87

* 1/8 final (1): 1972–73 * 1/16 final (1): 1980–81 * 3rd qualifying round (1): 2010–11 * 2nd qualifying round (3): 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17

* 1/4 final (1): 1973–74 * 1/8 final (1): 1979–80

* Winners (4 - Record): 1967–68,

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, 1981–83, 1983–84 * Runners-up (1):

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League positions

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Players

Current squad

' ''For recent transfers, see Transfers winter 2022–23.''

Out on loan

Foreign players

Up to twenty foreign nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the

Bulgarian First League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

, however only five non-EU nationals can be used during 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.

International players

European record

Matches

¹ ex officio the team doesn't come or leave the field. ;Notes * Clubs which ultimately won the tournament in that same season are indicated in bold * 1983–84 Balkans Cup Winner decided on group stage * QR: Qualifying Round

UEFA & IFFHS rankings

Club coefficients

This is the current 2016–17

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Club world ranking

These are the

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club's points as of 7 January 2016:
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Stadium

Beroe Stadium is situated in the northwestern part of

near the biggest park of the city – Ayazmoto, which is the biggest sport facility of the team. The team has also three training grounds, the Beroe stadium base includes also tennis facilities and covered training hall. Built in 1959, the stadium is currently being renovated and has around 13,000 seating places, most of which are covered. The stadium has its own gymnastics, acrobatics and boxing hall. There is also a table-tennis facility. The stadium's overall capacity is about 15,000. The Beroe stadium has the fastest athletics lane and was often used for such competitions. The biggest attendance was in 1986 when the team won the championship title and more than 40,000 spectators were celebrating together with the players.

Supporters and rivalries

The club has very strong support in the country. Their group is called Zara Boys. Beroe's main rival is

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv ( bg, „Ботев“ Пловдив, ) or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that competes ...

. The match between these two teams is called Thracian Derby. They also have a strong rivalry with the two most popular teams in the country –

and

. Other teams that are in bad relations with Beroe are

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

and especially Neftochimic Burgas. The only team with which fans Zara Boys have a strong friendship is Etar Veliko Tarnovo.

Statistics and Records

Evgeni Yanchovski holds Beroe's overall appearance record – he played 341 matches over the course of 14 seasons from 1960 to 1974. This is also the record for League appearances. Beroe's all-time leading scorer is Petko Petkov, who scored 144 goals while at the club from 1968 to 1980. Beroe's biggest victory is 8–0 in

against

Minyor Pernik FC Minyor ( bg, ФК Миньор) is a football club in Pernik, Bulgaria, that competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. Founded in 1919 as SC Krakra, the club's home ground since 1954 has been Stadion Minyor. The c ...

in 1973–74 and Chernomorets Burgas Sofia in 2006–07. Beroe's 7–0 defeat of Austria Wien in 1972 was its largest Europe win. Beroe's heaviest defeat, 2–10, came against

in 1991–92. *''Players in bold are currently playing for the team. Statistic is correct as of match played 1 December 2021.''

Managers

* Panayot Tanev (1953) * Borislav Asparuhov (1954) * Panayot Tanev (1955–59) * Borislav Milenov (1959) * Ivan Radoev (1959–64) * Anastas Kovachev (1964–65) *

Manol Manolov Manol Manolov ( bg, Манол Манолов) (4 August 1925 – 16 December 2008) was a Bulgarian football defender and manager. He was born in Sofia. Manolov featured in 57 games for the Bulgaria national football team and won a bronze ...

(1965–66) *

Krum Milev Krum Milev ( bg, Крум Милев) was a Bulgarian football player and manager. He is often considered as the most successful Bulgarian coach. He played for Botev Sofia, Slavia Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia. He obtained 18 caps with Bulgaria. He ...

(1966–67) *

Hristo Mladenov Hristo Stefanov Mladenov ( bg, Хpиcтo Cтeфaнoв Mлaдeнoв) (7 January 1928 – 24 August 1996) was a Bulgarian football player and manager. He was the manager of the Bulgaria national football team during the 1974 FIFA World Cup . He c ...

(1967–69) * Anastas Kovachev (1969–70) * Dimitar Grigorov (1970–71) *

(1971–72) * Lozan Kotsev (1972–73) * Ivan Tanev (1973–74) *

(1974–76) * Georgi Berkov (1976) * Ivan Manolov (1976–77) * Ivan Tanev (1977–81) * Vasil Ivanov (1981) *

Ivan Vutov Ivan Tasev Vutov ( bg, Иван Тасев Вутов, born 19 March 1944) is a Bulgarian former football manager and former footballer. As a footballer, he played as a midfielder for various teams in the Bulgarian First Professional Football L ...

(1981–82) * Georgi Belchev (1982–83) * Petko Petkov (1983–85) * Evgeni Yanchovski (1985–87) * Petko Petkov (1987–90) * Panayot Panayotov (1990) * Boris Angelov (1990–92) * Petko Petkov (1992) * Evgeni Yanchovski (1992–93) *

Tenyo Minchev Tenyo Tenev Minchev ( bg, Теньо Тенев Минчев; born 3 March 1954) is a Bulgarian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Tenyo Minchev started his career in Energetik Galabovo before moving to Beroe Stara Zagora in ...

(1993–95) *

(1995) *

Dragoljub Bekvalac Dragoljub Bekvalac ( sr-Cyrl, Драгољуб Беквалац, ; born 14 July 1952) is a Serbian retired footballer and current coach. Playing career Bekvalac spent most of his playing years with Novi Sad in the Yugoslav Second League. He also r ...

(1999–00) * Ventsislav Kepov (2000) * Petko Petkov (2000–01) * Tsvetomir Parvanov (2001) *

(2001) * Ilia Iliev (2002) * Venelin Sivriev (2002–03) *

Asparuh Nikodimov Asparuh "Paro" Donev Nikodimov ( bg, Аспарух Донев Никодимов; born 21 August 1945) is a Bulgarian former football player and coach. He represented Bulgaria at the FIFA World Cups in 1970 and 1974. Playing career N ...

(2003–04) *

(2004–05) * Hans Kodrić (2005) * Petko Petkov (2005–06) *

(2006–07) *

Eduard Eranosyan Eduard Antranik Eranosyan ( bg, Едуард Антраник Ераносян; born 8 February 1961), nicknamed ''"Edo"'' ''( bg, Едо)'', is a Bulgarian football manager and a former player who played as a striker. Eranosyan played for Lok ...

(2007) *

Radoslav Zdravkov Radoslav Metodiev Zdravkov ( bg, Радослав Meтoдиeв Здравков; born 30 July 1956) is a Bulgarian retired Association football, footballer who played as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder. Club career Zdrav ...

(2007) * Nikolay Demirev (2007) *

(Feb 1, 2008 – July 12) *

Ivko Ganchev Ivko Ganchev Ivanov ( bg, Ивко Ганчев Иванов; born 21 July 1965 in Stara Zagora) is a former Bulgarian Association football, football Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He ended his career at the end of 1999–2000 sea ...

(July 1, 2012 – Oct 12) *

Petar Hubchev Petar Kanchev Hubchev ( bg, Петър Кънчев Хубчев; born 26 February 1964) is a Bulgarian football manager and former player who played for Hamburger SV and Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga. Considered one of the great ...

(Oct 18, 2012 – April 6, 2016) *

Plamen Lipenski Plamen Lipenski ( bg, Пламен Липенски) (born 30 March 1960) is a Bulgarian former football player, and currently manager/fitness coach. He was part of the Bulgarian national team. Career As a player Plamen Lipenski has 196 ...

(April 7, 2016 – May 31, 2016) *

Aleksandar Dimitrov Aleksandar Dimitrov ( bg, Александър Димитров; born 12 September 1976) is a Bulgarian football manager and former footballer. Managerial career Dimitrov served as manager of Beroe Stara Zagora; he resigned on 17 October 2016. ...

(June 1, 2016 – October 17, 2016) *

(October 20, 2016 – October 26, 2016) *

Ferario Spasov Ferario Spasov (Bulgarian: Ферарио Спасов; born 20 February 1962 in Dupnitsa) is a Bulgarian football coach. Managerial career He has been manager of Litex Lovech and CSKA Sofia. From 1 April 2016 he became the manager of Etar V ...

(October 26, 2016 – May 19, 2017)

Club officials

Board of Directors

First Team

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, - , align=left, Administrator , align=left, Tihomir Tenev , - !colspan="2", Technical staff , - , align=left, Head Coach , align=left, Nikolay Kirov , - , align=left, Assistant Coach , align=left, Ivan Kochev , - , align=left, Assistant Coach , align=left, Ivan Zhelev , - , align=left, Goalkeeper Coach , align=left, Tihomir Todorov , - , align=left, Fitness Coach , align=left, Atanas Nikolov , - !colspan="3", Medical staff , - , align=left, Doctor , align=left, Nikolay Borisov , - , align=left, Rehabilitator , align=left, Kaloyan Ganev , - , align=left, Housekeeper , align=left, Venelin Sivriev , - , -

Youth Academy

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Veselin Penev Veselin Penev ( bg, Веселин Пенев; born 11 August 1982) is a Bulgarian association football, footballer who plays as a left-sided defender (association football), defender for FC Minyor Radnevo, Minyor Radnevo. Career Penev started hi ...

, - , align=left, U-17 "Junior A" Coach , align=left, Pavel Dimov , - , align=left, U-16 "Junior B" Coach , align=left, Ivan Tsvetanov , - , align=left, U-15 "Kids A" Coach , align=left, Danail Zhelyazkov , - , align=left, U-14 "Kids B" Coach , align=left, Boyan Stoyanov , - , align=left, U-13 "Preparatory Group A" Coach , align=left, Doncho Atanasov , - , align=left, U-12 "Preparatory Group B" Coach , align=left, Venelin Sivriev , - , align=left, U-11 "Preparatory Group C" Coach , align=left, Trifon Panev , - , align=left, U-10 "Preparatory Group D" Coach , align=left, Stefan Dinev , - , align=left, U-9 "Preparatory Group E" Coach , align=left,

, - , align=left, U-8 "Preparatory Group F" Coach , align=left, Steliyan Evtimov , -

Press service

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References

External links

Official website
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