F.C. Vereya
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| Full name | Professional Football Club Vereya Stara Zagora |
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| Founded | July 15, 2001 |
| Ground | Trace Arena, Stara Zagora |
| Capacity | 3,500 |
| Owner | Galin Mihaylov |
| Chairman | Hristiyan Parvanov |
| Head coach | Ilian Iliev |
| League | First League |
| 2016–17 | First League, 7th |
| Website | Club website |
| Founded | July 1, 2012 |
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| Ground | Trace Arena, Stara Zagora |
| Capacity | 1,714 |
| Chairman | Hristiyan Parvanov |
| Head coach | Daniel Zhelyazkov |
| League | South-East Third League |
| 2016–17 | South-East Third League, 11th |
Vereya (Bulgarian: Верея) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Stara Zagora. They currently compete in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football.
The club was founded in 2001 by a founding board led by Hristiyan Parvanov, Galin Mihaylov, Slavcho Tanev, Tonko Totev and Dimo Hristov. Until 2005/06 season is playing in Regional groups until the promote in V AFG under the name FC Vereya-Arsenal after merger with Arsenal Kazanlak, but after season 2006/07 Vereya-Arsenal become Arsenal Kazanlak and the 2nd team Vereya Bulsatkom moved to Stara Zagora again and was registered as FC Vereya. They won A RFG 3 times in next 5 season, getting the promotion in 2011–12 season.
In 2012, Bulgarian construction company Trace Group started investing in the club and a new stadium project Trace Arena was presented. On May 21, 2014 the club won the Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League after defeating Minyor Pernik 2–0 in the final. During the same season Vereya finished 3rd in the V Group and secured promotion to the higher-ranked professional football league, the B Group.
In 2016, the club submitted an application for the newly restructured Bulgarian First League. On June 1, 2016, one of the new signings of the club for the upcoming season, the Brazilian Elias Alves da Silva, announced that he joined the club, as it would compete in the top league of Bulgaria, long before an official statement was given by the BFU officials on the number of the teams competing in the new league, thus sparking controversy.
On June 7, 2016, Vereya, alongside five other B Group outfits, were approved by the Bulgarian Football Union and were promoted to compete in the upcoming 2016-17 Bulgarian First League.
Vereya main colors are blue and white.
As of 5 August 2017[update]
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