POFC Botev Vratsa
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| Full name | Professional Municipal Football Club Botev Vratsa |
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| Nickname(s) |
Зелените лъвове (The Green Lions) |
| Founded | 1921 |
| Ground | Hristo Botev Stadium, Vratsa |
| Capacity | 12,000 |
| Chairman | Kalin Kamenov |
| Head coach | Sasho Angelov |
| League | Bulgarian Second League |
| 2015–16 | V Group, 2nd /promoted/ |
| Website | Club home page |
POFC Botev Vratsa (Bulgarian: ПОФК Ботев Враца), or simply Botev is a Bulgarian association football club based in Vratsa, that competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football.. The club was founded in 1921.
Botev Vratsa is one of the most prominent football clubs in Bulgaria, playing its home matches at Hristo Botev Stadium. The team's home stadium was built in 1948. It is situated in the Hristo Botev sport complex, in the east part of Vratsa. The stadium originally had 32 000 seats. After a recent reconstruction, which took place in the first half of 2008 and in 2009, the stadium has 3 reconstructed seated sectors with a total of 6000 seats.
Botev Vratsa Football Club was founded in 1921 by Nikola Kunov, Ivan Abuzov, Nako Paunov, Gergo Boytchev, Todor Orozov, Hristo Lighenski and Angel Rachinski. The place of foundation is a playground near the Old market in Vratsa. Between 1921 and 1956 various sport clubs were founded in the city. In 1957 most of the sport clubs in the city are joined together to form FC Botev Vratsa. Between 1957 and 1964 Botev Vratsa is a member of Bulgarian second division. In 1964 the club entered the Bulgarian top division and played there for 26 seasons. The team of Vratsa has 788 games in the top flight of Bulgarian football.
Botev's most glorious moment came in 1971, when the team finished third in Bulgarian top division, after CSKA Sofia and Levski Sofia. Botev did, however, represent Bulgaria in the 1971–72 UEFA Cup where they lost in the first round to Dinamo Zagreb from Croatia 2–8 on aggregate. The first game in Vratsa, in the presence of 35 000 spectators, ended with a 2–1 loss. The second game in Zagreb finished 6–1.
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