Septemvri ( bg, Септември) 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 Macedon ...
n professional
association football
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club based in
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 ha ...
, which currently competes in the
First League, the first tier of Bulgarian football. Its home ground is the
Septemvri Stadium, but due to its poor condition the team plays its home matches at the
Vasil Levski National Stadium
Vasil Levski National Stadium ( bg, Национален стадион „Васил Левски“), named after Bulgarian national hero and revolutionary Vasil Levski (1837–1873), is the country's second largest stadium. The stadium has 43,2 ...
and 57th Public School's
FIFA
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-certified football field.
The club's biggest success to date is the winning of 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 tournament ...
in 1960 and finishing 5th in the Bulgarian first division during the same season. Septemvri is known for its strong youth academy, which over the years has developed numerous players for Bulgaria's elite clubs and the national team.
History
Early ages
On November 5, 1944 the clubs
Sportclub Sofia, ''Sokol'' and ''Vazrazhdane'' unite under the name of FC Septemvri Sofia; the name derives from the
revolution of September 1944. On March 26, 1945, the additional clubs of Botev (Konyovitsa), Ustrem (Zaharna fabrika), Pobeda (Krasna Polyana), and Svoboda (Tri kladentsi) merge into the club. In May 1948, the club, then playing in the 1st Sofia Division, is briefly merged with second-division CDV/Chavdar (Sofia) and the unified club wins the 1948 Bulgarian Championship by overcoming
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 ...
in the final.
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Septemvri starts the 1948–49 season in the newly formed
A Republican Football Group, but only six months later is separated from CDV (Chavdar) and removed from the division, with the current title given to CDNV, Chavdar's new name, which would ultimately become
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 ...
. At the end of the 1948–49 season, Septemvri is allowed to take part in a two-match play-off for entering first division against
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. ...
. After both matches end with a 2:0 win for each team, a third game is played in which Septemvri falls 1:0 and remains in second division.
From 1949 to 1969, Septemvri exists as an independent club, during which period it reaches the height of its success. In 1959, the club finishes first in the
B PFG
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 ...
and is promoted to first division for the 1959–60 season. That same season, Septemvri finishes in 5th place and claims the
Bulgarian Cup
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The tournament ...
after a dramatic 4:3 win over
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 ...
in extra time. The club's stay among the elite lasts only two years, as in 1961 it is relegated to the
B PFG
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, where it remains until 1968.
In 1969, during another period of football reform in Bulgaria, Septemvri was again merged into
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 ...
. This unification continued for almost 20 years, until 1988, when the club became independent again and joined the
V AFG
The Bulgarian Third Amateur Football League ( bg, Трета аматьорска футболна лига, Treta Amat'orska Futbolna Liga), commonly referred to as Third League ( bg, Трета лига) or Treta liga, is the third level of the ...
. In 1993, Septemvri won a promotion to the
B PFG
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 ...
. In 1998, the club became the champion of the
B PFG
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 ...
and joined the elite for the first time since 1961. It finished in 16th place and was relegated again.
2000s
During the 2000–01 season, the club finished in 13th place in the
B PFG
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 ...
and was relegated to the
V AFG
The Bulgarian Third Amateur Football League ( bg, Трета аматьорска футболна лига, Treta Amat'orska Futbolna Liga), commonly referred to as Third League ( bg, Трета лига) or Treta liga, is the third level of the ...
, where it remained until 2008. In March 2008, the club was heavily penalized after a scandalous match against
FC Bansko
Bansko ( bg, Банско) is a Bulgarian professional association football club from the town of Bansko, currently playing in the South-West Third League, the third division of Bulgarian football. Its home matches take place at the Saint Petar ...
, when coach Rumen Stoyanov ordered his players to leave the field, a serious offence according to
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 ...
regulations. With an executive decision, the BFU removed Septemvri from the
V AFG
The Bulgarian Third Amateur Football League ( bg, Трета аматьорска футболна лига, Treta Amat'orska Futbolna Liga), commonly referred to as Third League ( bg, Трета лига) or Treta liga, is the third level of the ...
and placed it in the
A OFG, the Sofia Regional Football Group. Despite this setback, the club attained 1st place in the division in the 2008–09 season and qualified for a play-off match for entering the
V AFG
The Bulgarian Third Amateur Football League ( bg, Трета аматьорска футболна лига, Treta Amat'orska Futbolna Liga), commonly referred to as Third League ( bg, Трета лига) or Treta liga, is the third level of the ...
against FC Novi Iskar. After an emotional 0–0 in regular time, penalty kicks were in order to determine the team going forward. Septemvri lost the penalty shootout 5–4.
Chandarov era (2015–present)
Merge with DIT academy and Pirin Razlog (2015–2017)
In 2015, Rumen Chandarov, owner of DIT Sport Academy, one of the best Bulgarian football academies in the last few years, announced that he is the new owner of Septemvri, with the goal of getting the young players to compete in the First Professional Football League of Bulgaria. The team merged with
Conegliano German and started the 2015–16 season from V Group.
Nikolay Mitov
Nikolay Angelov Mitov (born 18 March 1972) is a Bulgarian former footballer and a former manager of Hebar Pazardzhik.
Club career
Mitov has played for Bulgarian teams - Hebar, Minyor and Levski, and German teams - Magdeburg and Holstein Kiel. Wi ...
was appointed as a manager of the team. In the end of the 2015 it was decided that the team will give a bigger chance to their U19 players, so most of the players who joined in the season start left and only seven players left, but 18 players joined from the U19 team which was third in the Elite Youth Group by the end of 2015. Some media announced that Chandarov will stop financing the team also due to the fact that he started financing
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 ...
, but Chandarov said that this is not true and the only reason to do this is to make youth players enter the men's football.
On 24 June 2016,
Pirin Razlog merged into PFC Septemvri Sofia. From the new season 2016–17 Septemvri will compete in the new
Second League, the second division of Bulgarian football. Septemvri returned and in 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 tournament ...
and draw the
Bulgarian First League
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team
Beroe Stara Zagora
Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vere ...
. They won the match on 21 September 2016 with 2–0, goals scored by
Georgi Stoichkov and
Petar Tonchev. The team finished their season in
Second League in 2nd place two points behind the winners of the group —
Etar and qualified for the
Promotion playoffs
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against elite member
Montana
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. The team won the playoff on 3 June 2017 with 2–1 final result and returned to the top level after 19 years.
Return to First Professional League (2017–present)
On 8 June 2017,
Dimitar Vasev
Dimitar Vasev ( bg, Димитър Васев; born 10 September 1965) is a Bulgarian former football player and football manager lastly leading Septemvri Sofia.
Career Playing career
Born in Sofia, Dimitar Vasev played in his career for Lokomot ...
was announced as the manager who would lead the team in their return to the
First League with
Hristo Arangelov, the caretaker manager after
Nikolay Mitov
Nikolay Angelov Mitov (born 18 March 1972) is a Bulgarian former footballer and a former manager of Hebar Pazardzhik.
Club career
Mitov has played for Bulgarian teams - Hebar, Minyor and Levski, and German teams - Magdeburg and Holstein Kiel. Wi ...
, as his first assistant. The team announced that they would play to
Vasil Levski National Stadium
Vasil Levski National Stadium ( bg, Национален стадион „Васил Левски“), named after Bulgarian national hero and revolutionary Vasil Levski (1837–1873), is the country's second largest stadium. The stadium has 43,2 ...
until their Septemvri Stadium is built. Later, the club owner Rumen Chandarov revealed that the team would play at
Bistritsa Stadium after the stadium gained a First League licence, since he didn't want Septemvri to play in front of empty seats. Septemvri's first match was against
Dunav Ruse
FC Dunav ( bg, Дунав, officially named ''"Дунав от Русе"'') is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Ruse, which currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system.
Part o ...
on 17 July and the team lost the match 0–2. Week later Septemvri won their second match against
Pirin
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with
Boris Galchev
Boris Petrov Galchev ( bg, Борис Галчев; born 31 October 1983) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Career Early career
Born in Razlog, but raised in Dobrinishte, Galchev started his career in the youth ...
scoring the winning goal. After four defeats in five games, Vasev was released and
Nikolay Mitov
Nikolay Angelov Mitov (born 18 March 1972) is a Bulgarian former footballer and a former manager of Hebar Pazardzhik.
Club career
Mitov has played for Bulgarian teams - Hebar, Minyor and Levski, and German teams - Magdeburg and Holstein Kiel. Wi ...
returned in charge after his release from
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 ...
. Septemvri finished the half season in 10th place with 23 points after a 2–1 win over
Cherno More.
On 20 February 2018, Septemvri's executive director
Georgi Markov
Georgi Ivanov Markov ( bg, Георги Иванов Марков ; 1 March 1929 – 11 September 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident writer. He originally worked as a novelist, screenwriter and playwright in his native country, the People's Repub ...
died aged 46, three years after he suffered a heart attack.
Septemvri secured their place in First League on 15 April 2018 after a 0–2 win over
Dunav Ruse
FC Dunav ( bg, Дунав, officially named ''"Дунав от Русе"'') is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Ruse, which currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system.
Part o ...
and qualified for
European play-off quarter-finals.
Septemvri could not avoid relegation in the next season, however, as they were relegated after losing in the relegation playoffs to
FC Arda Kardzhali
FC Arda 1924 Kardzhali ( bg, ПФК Арда Кърджали) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Kardzhali, which currently competes in the First League, the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system.
It was founded on 13 ...
, 0-1. This ended their two year stay in the Bulgarian elite.
Back in the second tier after two seasons in the elite, Septemvri managed to maintain their good form and remained largely within the top three in the Second League, a strong candidate for promotion. The
2019-20 season was eventually not finished, due to the
COVID-19 outbreak in Bulgaria. The last matches were played in early March. At that time, Septemvri was second in the league, three points behind CSKA 1948. Septemvri faced the 13th placed team from the First League in a promotion playoff, but lost. On 5 May 2022, after a great second half of season 2021-22, Septemvri secured their return to First League.
Станаха ясни първите два отбора, които влизат в efbet Лига
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He is a holder of the UEFA Pro Licence.
He played for OFK Beograd, Spartak Moscow, PFC Slavia Sofia and PFC CSKA Sofia. Matić had a short stint as ma ...
.
Seasons
Season by season
*Seasons in ''A Group
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'' (now First League): 7
*Seasons in ''B Group
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'' (now Second League): 28
*Seasons in '' V Group'': 14
*Seasons in '' A Regional Group'': 6
*Seasons in ''I Sofia Division'': 4
Last 5 seasons
League positions
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from:01/07/1993 till:01/07/1994 shift:(0,-4) text:4
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from:01/07/2015 till:01/07/2016 color:red shift:(0,14) text: " V"
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Honours
Domestic
* First League:
** 5th place (1): 1959–60
* Second League:
** Winners (4): 1955−56, 1958−59, 1997−98, 2021-22
* Third League:
** Winners (1): 1992−93
* A Regional Group:
** Winners (5): 1952, 1989–90, 1990–91, 2008–09, 2009–10
*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 tournament ...
:
** Winners (1): 1959–60
Crest, Shirt and Kit manufacturer
Crest history
File:Septemvri-Crest-1950s.jpg, 1950–1952
File:DFS-Septemvri.jpg, 1957–1959
File:Septemvri-Crest-Old.png, 1959–1969
File:Septemvri Sofia.png, 1988–2015
File:PFCSeptemvriSofia.png, 2015–present
Kits and manufacturers
From 1944 to 1990 team main color is red with white or blue. From 1990 to 2010 team main color is purple, but in the period between 2001 and 2007 they used white with red colors. From 2011 team first kit is dark red.
Players
Current squad
''As of 13 October 2022''
''For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2022 and Transfers winter 2022–23.''
Out on loan
Foreign players
Up to one non-EU national can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the Second League. 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.
EU Nationals
EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)
* Redi Kasa
Non-EU Nationals
* Mirza Delimeđac
* Martin Stojanov
Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries, or held any club record. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Septemvri.
;Bulgaria
* 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 ...
* Gavril Stoyanov
Gavril Stoyanov ( bg, Гаврил Стоянов; 9 July 1929 – 6 November 2005) was a Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated ...
* Dimitar Milanov
Dimitar Milanov Stoyanov ( bg, Димитър Миланов Стоянов; 18 October 1928 – 1995) was a Bulgarian international footballer who played as a right winger.
Club career
Born in Sofia, Milanov began his career at Botev Sofia, b ...
* Dimitar Largov
* Dimitar Yakimov
* Aleksandar Vasilev
* Atanas Gerov
* 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 ...
* Pavel Panov
Pavel Georgiev Panov ( bg, Павел Гeopгиeв Панов; 16 September 1950 – 18 February 2018) was a Bulgarian Association football, football player and coach, who played as a midfielder or striker.
Career
Panov started his career with ...
* Dimitar Yordanov
Dimitar Yordanov ( bg, Димитър Йорданов; 1 November 1929 – 25 May 1996), commonly known as Kukusha (Bulgarian: Кукуша), was a Bulgarian Association football, footballer who played as a forward. He was the top scorer of the ...
* Bozhidar Iskrenov
Bojidar Georgiev Iskrenov ( bg, Божидар Гeopгиeв Искренов, born 1 August 1962), nicknamed Gibona (Гибона means "The Gibbon"), Gibi (Гиби) and The Joy of the People (Радостта на народа), is a former Bu ...
* Plamen Nikolov
* Krasimir Koev
Krasimir Koev ( bg, Красимир Коев; born 27 August 1963) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a defender. He spent the most of his career at Levski Sofia, winning several domestic trophies. Koev was capped 15 times at senior ...
* Marius Urukov
Marius Urukov ( bg, Мариус Уруков; born 24 June 1967) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a defender.
Career
Urukov spent his entire professional career in Bulgaria, mainly playing in the top division of Bulgarian footba ...
* Vladimir Yonkov
* Radoslav Vasilev
* Boris Galchev
Boris Petrov Galchev ( bg, Борис Галчев; born 31 October 1983) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Career Early career
Born in Razlog, but raised in Dobrinishte, Galchev started his career in the youth ...
* Valeri Bojinov
Valeri Emilov Bojinov ( bg, Валери Емилов Божинов, ; born 15 February 1986) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a striker.
Throughout his career, Bojinov has played for seventeen different clubs during his ...
;Europe
* Darko Glišić
Darko Glishikj ( mk, Дарко Глишиќ; sr, Дарко Глишић, Darko Glišić; born 23 September 1991) is a Macedonian footballer who currently plays as a left back for Vardar.
International career
After finishing his first season ...
* Suad Sahiti
Suad Sahiti (born 6 February 1995) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Croatian club Šibenik.
Club career Early career
At the age of seven, Sahiti started playing football in Ramiz Sadiku, where after ten years h ...
;Africa
* Simba Marumo
* Alassane Diaby
Appearance records
*Players in bold are still playing for Septemvri.
Club officials
Board of directors
Current technical body
Manager history
References
External links
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Fans website
Septemvri
at bgclubs.eu
at UEFA.com
DIT Academy
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Septemvri Sofia
Football clubs in Sofia
Association football clubs established in 1944
1944 establishments in Bulgaria