PFC Marek Dupnitsa
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| Full name | Football Club Marek Dupnitsa |
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| Founded | 2010 |
| Ground | Bonchuk Stadium |
| Capacity | 8,050 |
| Manager |
 Yanek Kyuchukov
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| League | Third League |
| 2015-16 | A RFG, 1st (Promoted) |
Coordinates: 42°16′31.1″N 23°8′8.3″E / 42.275306°N 23.135639°E
FC Marek Dupnitsa (Bulgarian: ФК Марек Дупница) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Dupnitsa. It was founded in 2010 after the unification of four other local clubs – Atletic, Slavia, ZHSK and Levski. Its home matches take place at the Bonchuk Stadium.
The people of Dupnitsa saw football being played for the first time by foreign troops staying in the city during World War I. Over the next several years, 4 football clubs were created in Dupnitsa – Slavia, Levski, ZHSK and Athletic. In 1923, the teams of Dupnitsa participated in the formation of Southwest Football League and between 1935 and 1944 the clubs from Dupnitsa often participated in the finals of the national tournaments. By 1944 each of the four teams already had its own stadium.
In 1947 Slavia, Levski, ZHSK and Athletic decided to merge into one club, who was named Marek. This name is the nickname for Stefan "Stanke" Dimitrov, a local hero of the Communist party. Marek is an abbreviation which contains the first letters of Stefan Dimitrov's nickname – Marxist, Antifascist, Revolutionary, Emigrant, Communist.
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