Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

n professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club based in

Lovech Lovech ( bg, Ловеч, Lovech, ) is a city in north-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech Municipality. The city is located about northeast from the capital city of Sofia. Near ...

, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. 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

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...

, Litex have won the domestic

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four times and the

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tourname ...

on four occasions. Together with

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

and

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 ...

, Litex was also the third football club to represent the country regularly in the

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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

B Group The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...

, 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 Grisha Ganchev ( bg, Гриша Ганчев) (born 10 December 1962) is a Bulgarian businessman and oligarch who is the owner of a multitude of businesses in Bulgaria, such as the oil distributing company Petrol AD which has 470 petrol stati ...

, petrol businessman and a citizen of

, 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

, unprecedented in the Bulgarian football history. The striker of the team

Dimcho Belyakov Dimcho Belyakov ( bg, Димчо Беляков; born 6 October 1971 in Gotse Delchev) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a forward. In the late 1990s he also received a call-up to the Bulgaria national team. In this time Belyakov ...

also became top goalscorer with his 21 goals contributed during the season. In addition, midfielder

Stoycho Stoilov Stoycho Stoilov ( bg, Стойчо Стоилов, born 15 October 1971) is a Bulgarian former football midfielder. He is currently employed in an official capacity with CSKA Sofia. Club career Stoilov was born in Blagoevgrad. In his career he ...

received the Best Player of the League award. In the club's first appearance in European club competition, Litex eliminated Swedish club

Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and approved membership in the Swedish ...

4–3 on aggregate, reaching the second qualifying round, where it was knocked out by Spartak Moscow. 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

's history, an 8-0 thrashing at the

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 ...

. During the first decade of the 21st century, Litex won the Bulgarian Cup four times—in 2001 after defeating

Velbazhd Kyustendil Velbazhd Kyustendil ( bg, Велбъжд Кюстендил) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Kyustendil. The club currently competes in the A RFG Kyustendil, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football. The club was founded in 1919. ...

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 Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an asso ...

, and in 2009, after a 3–0 thrashing over

Pirin Blagoevgrad Futbolen klub Pirin ( bg, Футболен клуб „Пирин“), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. The ...

. 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

logo A logo (abbreviation of logotype; ) is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition. It may be of an abstract or figurative design or include the text of the name it represents as in a wo ...

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

after a goal from

Kiril Kotev Kiril Kotev ( bg, Кирил Котев; born 18 April 1982) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career In his youth years, Kotev started to play football at Vihar Gorublyane. At the age of 16 he moved ...

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

Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match and ...

final, this time against domestic title holders

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

. 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 2010–11 Litex retained their fourth league title, securing the championship after a 3–1 away win against

Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refou ...

on 21 May 2011.

Expulsion and new beginning (2015–present)

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

, 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

Bulgarian Football Union The Bulgarian Football Union ( bg, Български футболен съюз, Bǎlgarski futbolen sǎyuz; BFS) is a football association based in Bulgaria and a member of UEFA. It organizes a football league, Bulgarian Parva Liga, and field ...

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

controversially pulled the squad off the field in protest after two players were sent off with Lovech leading 1–0. 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

PFC Chavdar Etropole FC Chavdar ( bg, ФК Чавдар) is a Bulgarian football club based in Etropole, Sofia Province. Founded in 1922, they compete in the South-West Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football. They play their home games at the Chavdar St ...

, 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

PFC CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

. 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 FC Botev Lukovit ( bg, Ботев (Луковит)) is a Bulgarian football club from Lukovit, currently playing in the Bulgarian "A" RFG Lovech. The stadium of the club is The City Stadium in Lukovit with capacity of 3,000 people. History B ...

. 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 2016–17 Bulgarian Cup, eliminating First League outfits

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home groun ...

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.

League positions

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Recent league statistics

Stadium

Litex Lovech's 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

on 19 April 1998. The record attendance in the European club competitions was achieved against

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club

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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, 2010–11 **Runners-up (1): 2001–02 **Third place (3): 2002–03, 2005–06, 2013–14 * Second League: **Winners (2): 1993–94, 1996–97 * Third League: **Winners (2): 1973–74, 2016–17 *

: **Winners (4): 2000–01, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2008–09 **Runners-up (3): 1998–99, 2002–03, 2006–07 *

: **Winners (1):

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* Runners-up (5):

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, 2007,

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European

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: **Round of 32 (2): 2001–02, 2005–06

European record

Players

Current squad

''As of 22 September 2022'' ''For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2022.''

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 * Angel Lyaskov * Atanas Bornosuzov *

* Dimitar Karadaliev *

Georgi Denev Georgi Nikolov Denev ( bg, Георги Никoлoв Денев; born 18 April 1950) is a former Bulgarian football player and manager. Denev made 49 appearances and scored 10 goals for the Bulgaria national football team from 1970 to 1979. He a ...

* Georgi Milanov *

Hristo Yanev Hristo Yanev ( bg, Христо Янев; born 4 May 1979 in Kazanlak) is a Bulgarian football manager and former player. Yanev played as a midfielder. Career Early years Born in Kazanluk, Yanev was picked as a youth to play for local side Ro ...

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 ...

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 *

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 *

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 Petar Dimitrov Zanev ( bg, Петър Димитров Занев; born 18 October 1985) is a Bulgarian retired association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left back. Club career Zanev was born in ...

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 Simeon Nenchev Slavchev ( bg, Симеон Славчев; born 25 September 1993) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Wieczysta Kraków. Slavchev began his professional career at Litex Lovech in 2010. ...

* Stanislav Manolev *

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 * Stoyan Stavrev *

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 ...

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 Vasil Georgiev Bozhikov ( bg, Васил Георгиев Божиков; born 2 June 1988) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who captained his latest club - Fortuna Liga club Slovan Bratislava and plays for the Bulgarian national team. ...

Vitomir Vutov Vitomir Vutov ( bg, Витомир Вутов) (born 22 November 1971) is a former Bulgarian football goalkeeper and currently goalkeepers coach of Bulgaria. Career During his career, Vutov played solely for Lokomotiv Mezdra and Litex Lovech. A ...

Zdravko Zdravkov Zdravko Stoyanov Zdravkov ( bg, Здравко Здравков; born 4 October 1970 in Sofia) is a former Bulgarian football goalkeeper. He ended his career at the end of 2006–07 season. Club career On the club level, Zdravkov has played fo ...

* Tiago Silva *

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* Robert Popov * Bjørn Maars Johnsen * Bogdan Pătraşcu *

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* Igor Bogdanović *

Nebojša Jelenković Nebojša Jelenković ( sr-Cyrl, Небојша Јеленковић; born 26 May 1978) is a former Serbian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He has played more than 290 domestic games with Litex Lovech and holds the r ...

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;South America * Sandrinho * Doka Madureira * Tom * Danilo Moreno Asprilla * Wilmar Jordán * Alejandro Cichero ;Africa * Mourad Hdiouad

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 16 May 2010

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
Official website

;Supporters website
Ultras website
;Information and statistics
Litex at worldfootball.net
{{Football in Bulgaria Association football clubs established in 1921

Litex Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

1921 establishments in Bulgaria