FC Lovech ( bg, ФК Ловеч) is a

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n professional

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club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club and was known as Litex Lovech from 2001 to 2024. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion, which has a capacity of 8,100 seats, electric floodlights and permission to stage European matches. As one of the successful Bulgarian clubs outside the capital

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, Lovech have won the domestic championship four times and the

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on four occasions. Together with CSKA Sofia and Levski Sofia, Lovech was also the third football club to represent the country regularly in the European Club Association.

History

1921–1996

The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya and began playing league football two years later, in 1923. Over the years, the club has changed its name several times. From 1957 it was named Karpachev, before becoming Osam in 1979. Under that name the club played constantly in the

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, the second division of Bulgarian football and was near to promotion several times. A notable player during this period was Plamen Linkov, who broke the club's appearance record, playing 575 matches and scoring 167 goals respectively. In 1990, after Bulgaria's transition to market economy, privately owned company LEX became the main sponsor of the club. During the same year, the new owners changed the name of the football club to LEX. The 1993–94 B Group proved to be impressive for the club, as the team finished first in the second division and qualified for the

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 ...

, a notable milestone never done before in the club's history. LEX's debut season in the A Group was also noteworthy, as the team ranked 11th at the end of the season. The next season however proved to be unsuccessful and the club, renamed Lovech, was relegated to the B Group. Dimtcho Beliakov

Grisha Ganchev ownership (1996–2016)

In June 1996, the club was purchased by Grisha Ganchev, petrol businessman and a citizen of Lovech, and it was renamed to Litex. The takeover was immediately followed by a flurry of bids for high-profile players.

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 ...

was named as the new Litex coach. He led the club back to the

at their first attempt. During the 1996–97 season Litex also reached the quarter-finals of the

and the final of the Bulgarian League Cup, which was lost after a penalty shoot-out. Litex Lovech - Bulgarian Cup Winner 2009

In 1997, Litex was promoted for the second time to the top division and immediately became Bulgarian champions, finishing the season 5 points ahead of the second-placed Levski Sofia, unprecedented in the Bulgarian football history. The striker of the team Dimcho Belyakov also became top goalscorer with his 21 goals contributed during the season. In addition, midfielder Stoycho Stoilov received the Best Player of the League award. In the club's first appearance in European club competition, Litex eliminated

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club Halmstads BK 4–3 on aggregate, reaching the second qualifying round, where it was knocked out by

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. A year later Litex successfully defended their league title, losing only two league games during the course of the season. They became the first provincial club to win back-to-back league titles since the 1920s. During their campaign, Litex also inflicted the biggest defeat in CSKA Sofia's history, an 8–0 thrashing at the Lovech Stadium. During the first decade of the 21st century, Litex won the Bulgarian Cup four times—in 2001 after defeating Velbazhd Kyustendil 1–0 in extra time, in 2004 against CSKA after a penalty shoot-out, in 2008 after a 1–0 win over Cherno More Varna, and in 2009, after a 3–0 thrashing over

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. In early August 2007, Litex signed a three-year sponsorship and advertising contract with

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and started the 2007–08 season with the

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of the mobile service

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on the team's kits. In December 2007, Litex became the first Bulgarian club to have a branded mobile phone game, Litex Football. Before the start of the 2008–09 season, Litex lost the Bulgarian Supercup final with 0-1 from CSKA Sofia after a goal from

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in the 65th minute. A season later, Litex again failed to win the

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final, this time against domestic title holders Levski Sofia. Litex Lovech-Bulgarian A PFG-Champions 2009-10

In 2009–10, Litex became champions of Bulgaria for the third time in their history, finishing the season with 12 points advantage over the runners-up CSKA Sofia. On 12 August 2010, Litex defeated Beroe 2–1 to finally secure the

, the last remaining domestic trophy never won before by the club. In

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Litex retained their fourth league title, securing the championship after a 3–1 away win against

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on 21 May 2011.

Expulsion and Daniel Ganchev era (2015–2024)

In the summer of 2015, Grisha Ganchev stepped down from his position as an owner, only to reallocate his main investments to Bulgarian football club CSKA Sofia, which was struggling financially with unpaid debts during the time. As a result, his son Danail took over at Litex, with previous shareholder, Bulgarian joint stock company Sport 96, remaining as a subsidiary of Litex Commerce JSC. On 16 December 2015, the

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expelled Litex Lovech from the A Group. The decision was taken in response to an incident that occurred during Litex Lovech's 12 December tie with Levski Sofia, when chairman Stoycho Stoilov controversially pulled the squad off the field in protest after two players were sent off with Lovech leading 1–0.This was made in order to Litex becoming CSKA-Sofia. This shift (припознаване)led to Litex being renamed to CSKA-Sofia and thus Botev Lukovit becoming Litex Lovech in highly controversial scheme. On 20 January 2016 the team was administratively relegated to the

for the following 2016–17 season. Litex's players however were allowed to complete their participation in the

and finish the 2015–16 season with the club's reserve squad, Litex Lovech II, playing in the

. On 27 May 2016, the company that represented

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, PFC Chavdar EAD, was renamed PFC CSKA-1948 AD. On 6 June 2016, the representative of PFC Litex Lovech, PFC Litex-Lovech AD, was renamed PFC CSKA-Sofia EAD, with PFC CSKA-1948 AD being written in as its owner. That company later successfully applied to take part in the reformed First League, as

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. The shift was made because the former company that represented PFC CSKA Sofia, PFC CSKA AD, did not gain a professional license, and later went bankrupt, ceasing operations as of 9 September 2016. PFC Litex Lovech was demoted to the Third League, taking the place of FC Botev Lukovit. On 4 July 2016, former Litex player

Zhivko Zhelev Zhivko Dinchev Zhelev ( bg, Живко Желев; born 23 July 1979 in Stara Zagora) is a retired Bulgarian football defender and currently coach of Yantra Gabrovo. Club career Litex Zhelev joined Litex Lovech quite young but fought hard to ...

was appointed as a manager of a team that consisted mainly of academy players. Litex managed to win its first match of the new season. The squad also played in the

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, eliminating First League outfits

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and Cherno More on their way to the semifinals, where Litex lost to reigning five-time champions Ludogorets Razgrad on an aggregate score of 0–11. Litex also was promoted to the Second League, after winning the North-West Group of the Third League.

Return to Lovech Municipality (2024–present)

On 17 May 2024 Litex Commerce JSC announced that they will return the ownership of the club to the Lovech Municipality and the team would drop the company name. On 30 May 2024 the deal was finalised and the club become owned by Lovech Municipality.

was announced as the new manager of the club on 17 June 2024. On 18 July the team announced that the new name would be FC Lovech, despite the chance to return to the old name Osam Lovech.

League positions

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Recent league statistics

Stadium

FC Lovech's(Or then Litex Lovech)home ground is the Lovech Stadium, a football stadium in Lovech. Built in 1962, the ground underwent a total reconstruction in 1999 and was brought to a suitable standard to host international matches later that year. The stadium has a capacity of 8,000 seating places with pitch dimensions of 105 to 68 meters. The venue's record attendance of 12,500 was achieved during a domestic league match against Levski Sofia on 19 April 1998. The record attendance in the European club competitions was achieved against

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on 18 September 2008, when around 8,000 spectators supported the team. In the summer of 2010, a massive reconstruction of the venue started. New side stands with roof covers were built and the media sectors were expanded in order to meet the

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guidelines for Champions League matches. On 12 July 2010, the stadium was awarded with a Category 3 ranking by UEFA. The reconstructions continued in the summer of 2011, when the main stand of the stadium was completed.

Honours

Domestic

* First League: **Winners (4): 1997–98, 1998–99, 2009–10,

: **Winners (4): 2000–01, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2008–09 *

: **Winners (1):

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* Second League: **Winners (2): 1993–94, 1996–97 * Third League: **Winners (2): 1973–74, 2016–17

European

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: **Round of 32 (2): 2001–02, 2005–06

European record

Players

Current squad

''For recent transfers, see Transfers winter 2023–24 and Transfers summer 2024.''

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries, or held any club record. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries. ;Bulgaria *

Aleksandar Tsvetkov Aleksandar Aleksandrov Tsvetkov ( bg, Александър Александров Цветков; born 31 August 1990) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spartak Varna. Career Litex Tsvetkov made his first tea ...

Angel Lyaskov Angel Lyaskov ( bg, Ангел Лясков; born 16 March 1998) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a defender for Lokomotiv Plovdiv and the Bulgaria national team. International career Lyaskov received his first call-up for the senior Bulg ...

Atanas Bornosuzov Atanas Bornosuzov ( bg, Атанас Борносузов; born 5 October 1979) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder. For Bulgaria U21, Bornosuzov was capped 22 times. Career Bornosuzov started to play football in Maritsa ...

* Dimcho Belyakov * Dimitar Karadaliev * Georgi Denev * Georgi Milanov * Hristiyan Petrov * Hristo Yanev * Hristo Yovov *

Ivan Turitsov Ivan Georgiev Turitsov ( bg, Иван Георгиев Турицов; born 18 July 1999) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defender for CSKA Sofia. Career After progressing through the youth system at Litex Lovech, Turitsov ...

Ivaylo Petkov Ivaylo Petkov ( bg, Ивайло Петков; born 24 March 1976 in Dolni Dabnik, Pleven Province) is a former Bulgarian footballer, who played mainly as a left back and centre-back. He has won three A PFG titles, one Süper Lig title, a Bulga ...

Ivelin Popov Ivelin Ivanov Popov ( bg, Ивелин Иванов Попов; born 26 October 1987) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Levski Sofia. Club career Youth career Born in Sofia, Popov started to play ...

Kiril Despodov Kiril Vasilev Despodov ( bg, Кирил Василев Десподов; born 11 November 1996) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Ludogorets Razgrad and the Bulgaria national team. He primarily plays as a winger but can als ...

Kristiyan Malinov Kristiyan Aleksandrov Malinov ( bg, Кристиян Александров Малинов; born 30 March 1994) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian First Division A club OH Leuven and the Bulgarian nation ...

Mihail Venkov Mihail Angelov Venkov ( bg, Михаил Ангелов Венков; born 28 July 1983) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a defender for Shumen. Career Venkov was raised in Septemvri Sofia's youth teams, then he signed with Litex. In 2004, ...

Momchil Tsvetanov Momchil Emilov Tsvetanov ( bg, Момчил Емилов Цветанов; born 3 December 1990) is a Bulgarian professional footballer. Although he predominantly plays as a winger, he has also been deployed as a left-back. A product of Sparta ...

* Nikolay Dimitrov *

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 ...

* Petar Zanev * Plamen Galabov *

Plamen Linkov Plamen is a Bulgarian masculine given name. It may refer to: *Plamen Dimov (born 1990), Bulgarian soccer player *Plamen Donev (born 1956), former Bulgarian footballer who currently manages PFC Svetkavitsa * Plamen Getov (born 1959), retired Bulgar ...

* Plamen Nikolov *

Radostin Kishishev Radostin Prodanov Kishishev ( bg, Радостин Проданов Кишишев; born 30 July 1974) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who works as director of youth/U19 coach of Chernomorets 1919. Kishishev earned 88 caps for B ...

Rosen Kirilov Rosen Yordanov Kirilov ( bg, Росен Йорданов Кирилов; born 4 January 1973 in Vidin) is a Bulgarian retired professional footballer who played as a defender, and later managed various clubs. He played as a centre-back for the ...

* Simeon Slavchev *

Stanislav Manolev Stanislav Manolev ( bg, Станислав Манолев; born 16 December 1985) is a Bulgarian retired professional footballer who played as a right back. Club career Pirin 1922 Manolev started to play football for Pirin 1922. Litex Lovec ...

Stefan Kolev Stefan Kolev ( bg, Стефан Колев; born 11 October 1966) is a Bulgarian football manager and former footballer, who played as a defender and now is manager of Bulgaria U15. He is the only player to have won five A Group titles with four ...

Stefan Yurukov Stefan Yurukov ( bg, Стефан Юруков; born 16 June 1972 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian former association football, football player. After his retirement Yurukov switched to police work. Honours ;Litex Lovech * First Professional Football L ...

Stoyan Stavrev Stoyan Stavrev ( bg, Стоян Ставрев; born 7 December 1975) is a former Bulgarian football goalkeeper, and currently the goalkeeping coach at Cherno More Varna. Career Stavrev joined Litex Lovech in the summer of 1997. On 12 November 1 ...

* Stoycho Stoilov *

Strahil Popov Strahil Popov ( bg, Страхил Попов; born 31 August 1990) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Ümraniyespor. He mainly plays as a right back. Popov began his professional career at Litex Lovech in 2008. Af ...

Svetoslav Todorov Svetoslav Todorov ( bg, Светослав Тодоров; born 30 August 1978) is a former Bulgarian international footballer. He played as a forward. Todorov is the all-time top scorer for Litex Lovech in the Bulgarian A Football Group. Club ...

* Tiago Silva *

Tsvetomir Panov Tsvetomir Panov ( bg, Цветомир Панов; born 17 April 1989) is a Bulgarian professional footballer currently playing for Cherno More Varna as a defender. Career Panov came to Litex Lovech from Spartak Pleven in January 2009. For three ...

* Vasil Bozhikov * Vitomir Vutov * Zdravko Zdravkov *

Zlatomir Zagorčić Zlatomir Zagorčić ( sr-cyr, Златомир Загорчић, bg, Златомир Загорчич; born 15 June 1971) is a former Serbian-born Bulgarian footballer. Nicknamed ''Zagi'', Zagorčić played as a defender and began his career ...

* Zoran Janković ;Europe *

Alban Bushi Alban Bushi (born 20 August 1973) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of Albania under-21 and under-20 team. He is nicknamed "Loku". During his playing career he played as a striker. Bushi ...

Altin Haxhi Altin Haxhi (born 17 June 1975) is an Albanian retired footballer who played as a defender. Club career Haxhi's former clubs include Shqiponja Gjirokastër, Panachaiki, Litex Lovech, Iraklis Thessaloniki, CSKA Sofia, Apollon Kalamarias, Ano ...

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Managerial history

This is a list of the recent Litex Lovech managers:

Notable stats

Most goals for the club First professional league top scorer with the club Notes: Last update 13 April 2023

All-time top scorers in A PFG

*''Updated 13 December 2014''Ваюши и Десподов от Литекс влязоха в историята
Football24.bg, 13 August 2013

References

External links

;Official websites *

at UEFA.com ;Supporters website
Ultras website
(archived) ;Information and statistics
Litex
at worldfootball.net {{Football in Bulgaria Association football clubs established in 1921 Litex 1921 establishments in Bulgaria