OFC Bdin () is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

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based in

Vidin Vidin (, ) is a port city on the southern bank of the Danube in north-western Bulgaria. It is close to the borders with Romania and Serbia, and is also the administrative centre of Vidin Province, as well as of the Metropolitan of Vidin (since ...

, currently (season 2023–2024) playing in the Second Professional League, the second level of Bulgarian football. Its home stadium "Georgi Benkovski" has a capacity of 15 000 seats. The club color is blue shirts and shorts.

History

The club was officially founded in 1923. In 1946, Bdin reached the Bulgarian Republic Football Championship semi-finals, eliminating

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and Hadzhi Slavchev Pavlikeni along the way. Bdin also qualified to play in the

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in 1948–49 season, the first season of the newly established first tier of Bulgarian football. Bdin could not survive and was relegated, however. The club is yet to return to the first tier, as of 2023.

Honours

* Semifinalist in the national championship tournament: 1946 * Ninth place in the "A" group: 1948/49 * Four times 1/4 in the tournament National Cup: twice for the King's Cup – 1940 and 1941 and twice for the Cup of the Soviet Army – 1946 and 1948 / '49 * 1/4 finalist in the tournament Cup of the Soviet Army (as a secondary event): 1982/83

Current squad

''As of 22 April 2024'' ''For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2023 and Transfers winter 2023–24.''

History

* 2nd in 2008–09

Bulgarian V AFG The Bulgarian Third Amateur Football League (), commonly known as Treta Liga or Bulgarian Third League (currently known as the ELITBET Third League for sponsorship reasons), is the third level of the Bulgarian football league system. Third League ...

North-West Group (Promoted) * 3rd in Bulgarian Republic Football Championship in 1946 * 9th in "A" group in 1949 * 1/4 final for

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () 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's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

in 1940, 1941, 1946 and 1949 * 1/4 final for Bulgarian Republic Football Championship in 1947 and 1948 * 1/4 final for BFS cup in 1983

League positions

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External links

Official site
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