FC Septemvri ( bg, ФК 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 Macedo ...
n
football club based in
Simitli
Simitli ( bg, Симитли ) also known as Simitliya ( bg, Симитлия), is a town in Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria. It has a population of 7,454 and is located 17 km south of Blagoevgrad. It is the seat of Simitli Mun ...
, which currently plays in the
Third League, the third tier of the
Bulgarian football league system The Bulgarian football league system or the Bulgarian football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Bulgaria. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels, and ...
.
History
The club was founded in 1942. From 1961 to 1975, it was called "Pirin miner". The players at that time were mostly young boys from the age of 18 to 20, with the exception of goalkeeper Dimitar Atanasovski (former player
from Belasitsa). The recruited coach was Stoimenov and assistant coach was Radoslav Mitrevski (former player of
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
OFC 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.
Th ...
).
As of 2011, Septemvri is officially affiliated as a satellite to
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 ...
.
On 15 March 2012, the team reached the 1/2 finals 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 tournamen ...
for the first time in its history, eliminating Bulgarian powerhouse CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals by a score of 2:1.
They lost in the next round against
Ludogorets by a score of 1:4.
Honours
* Sixth place in the Western "B" group: 2010/11 and 2011 /12
* Semifinalist in the National Cup tournament: this time its official name is the Cup of Bulgaria - 2011 /12
* Cup of Amateur Football League: 1994/95
Current squad
'
''For recent transfers, see
Transfers summer 2020.''
League positions
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from:01/07/2006 till:01/07/2007 shift:(0,-4) text:10
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from:01/07/2008 till:01/07/2009 shift:(0,-4) text:11
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from:01/07/2009 till:01/07/2010 shift:(0,-4) text:7
from:01/07/2010 till:01/07/2011 shift:(0,-4) text:6
from:01/07/2011 till:01/07/2012 shift:(0,-4) text:6
from:01/07/2012 till:01/07/2013 shift:(0,-4) text:13
from:01/07/2009 till:01/07/2013 color:white shift:(0,14) text: "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 ...
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from:01/07/2014 till:01/07/2015 shift:(0,-4) text:12
from:01/07/2015 till:01/07/2016 shift:(0,-4) text:15
from:01/07/2014 till:01/07/2016 color:white shift:(0,14) text: "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 ...
"
from:01/07/2016 till:01/07/2017 shift:(0,-4) text:2
from:01/07/2017 till:01/07/2018 shift:(0,-4) text:7
from:01/07/2018 till:01/07/2019 shift:(0,-4) text:11
from:01/07/2019 till:01/07/2020 shift:(0,-4) text:2
from:01/07/2016 till:01/07/2020 color:red shift:(0,14) text: " Third League"
from:01/07/2020 till:01/07/2021 shift:(0,-4) text:12
from:01/07/2021 till:01/07/2022 shift:(0,-4) text:18
from:01/07/2020 till:01/07/2022 color:white shift:(0,14) text: " Second League"
from:01/07/2022 till:01/07/2023 shift:(0,-4) text:
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Past seasons
References
External links
Septemvri Simitli at bgclubs.eu
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Football clubs in Bulgaria
1942 establishments in Bulgaria
Association football clubs established in 1942