Full name | Футболен клуб Etar Veliko Tarnovo (Football club Etar 1924) |
---|---|
Nickname(s) | Бoлярите (The Boyars) |
Founded | 1924 |
Ground |
Ivaylo Stadium, Veliko Tarnovo |
Capacity | 18,000 |
Chairman | Ender Dormushev |
League | Second League |
2012–13 | A PFG, 15th /relegated/ |
Етър Велико Търново (Bulgarian: ФК Етър) is a former Bulgarian professional football club based in Veliko Tarnovo. They were last competing in the 2012–13 season of the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, the top tier of professional football in Bulgaria.
The club's home ground has been Ivaylo Stadium since 1964, and their main nicknames are the Boyars and the Violets, the latter in reference to the colour of their home kit, which is often mistaken for purple.
The club folded following the end of the 2012–13 A PFG due to financial difficulties. Etar Veliko Tarnovo acquired the license of Botev Debelets and played in the Bulgarian V AFG in the 2013/14 season.
The club was founded as Etar 1924 in 2002. In their first season, they were promoted to B PFG as champions of the North-West V AFG.
In the 2004–05 season Etar had their best Bulgarian Cup run, beating Dorostol Silistra and Slavia Sofia before losing to Levski Sofia in the Round of 16.
In September 2010, Velin Kefalov had been appointed as a manager of Etar 1924. He led the team to the third place in the West B PFG. Because Chernomorets Pomorie did not receive licence to play in the A PFG, Etar competed in the promotion playoff, but lost 3–1 to Svetkavitsa.