Botev Plovdiv
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| Full name | Professional Football Club Botev Plovdiv |
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| Nickname(s) | Kanarchetata (The Canaries) |
| Founded | 12 March 1912 |
| Ground | Hristo Botev, Plovdiv |
| Capacity | 20,777 |
| Shareholders | Association Botev (61%) TC-IME (39%) |
| Chairman | Angel Paliyski |
| Head coach | Nikolay Kirov |
| League | Bulgarian First League |
| 2015–16 | A Group, 7th |
| Website | Club home page |
PFC Botеv Plovdiv (Bulgarian: ПФК Ботев Пловдив /bɔtɛv pɫɔvdiv/), or simply Botev, is the oldest continuously existing Bulgarian association football club. The club was founded on 12 March 1912 by a group of students in Plovdiv. Its home ground, the Hristo Botev Stadium, is located in the residential quarter of Kamenitza and currently is under construction. Therefore, home matches are played at club's training ground in Komatevo neighbourhood (capacity of 3500 spectators). The team currently competes in First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system.
The club is named as Botev in honor of the Bulgarian national hero Hristo Botev. The club's colours are yellow and black.
The Canaries (the nickname of the club) are two-time champions of A Group and have won the Bulgarian Cup two times. Also, in the Bulgarian top championship, Botev have been vice-champion twice and have finished third on the league table ten times. As for the Bulgarian Cup tournament, the team has reached the final ten times. In the years before A Group was created, the club is a six-time champion of Plovdiv. Internationally Botev has reached the Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals once and has won the Balkans Cup once. The club is a four-time winner of the Trimontzium Cup (friendly international tournament held in Plovdiv). The club won the Interleague-86 Cup (Polish Football Association trophy).
Botev Plovdiv was founded in 1912 and is the oldest still existing football club in Bulgaria. Stoyan Puhtev became president, Nenko Penelov was the vice-president, Petar Delev secretary and Tenyo Rusev steward. Rusev named it "Botev" in honor of the Bulgarian national hero Hristo Botev. Since then, the club's name has been changed for political reasons several times: Botev (1912–1946), DNV(1947–51), DNA (1952–57), SKNA (1957), Botev (1957–1968) and Trakia (1968–1989). The current name is Botev Plovdiv. The club's colours, yellow and black, were adopted in 1917.
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