SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo
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| Full name | Sports Football Club Etar Veliko Tarnovo |
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| Nickname(s) | The Boyars |
| Founded | 17 July 2013 |
| Ground | Ivaylo Stadium |
| Capacity | 18,000 |
| Chairman | Georgi Kamarashev |
| Head coach | Stanislav Genchev |
| League | Bulgarian First League |
| 2016–17 | Second League, 1st /promoted/ |
| Website | Club home page |
SFC Etar (Bulgarian: СФК Етър) is a Bulgarian football club based in Veliko Tarnovo, that plays in the Bulgarian First League, the top flight of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground has been Ivaylo Stadium since 2013.
The club was founded as OFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo in 2013 with the license of FC Botev Debelets. In their first season they finished in 5th position in V Group.
In January 2016, Boncho Genchev became the new manager of the team which was in 3rd place at the halfway point in the season, only two points behind the 1st place team. The selection included Lyubomir Genchev coming from A Group team PFC Montana, Stefan Hristov from Spartak Pleven and the leading goalscorer in the first part of 2015–16 season in B Group, Petar Dimitrov. The team eventually won all its matches, winning the league and being promoted to B Group.
On 9 June 2016 Etar were officially approved for the new 2nd division — Second League, with the club changing it's abbreviation to "SFC Etar". Ferario Spasov remains in his position as manager and with a good selection team made promotion to First League. Etar were promoted as champions of the 2016–17 Second League, sealing their title on the final day of the season with a 2–2 away draw against Nesebar, coupled with Septemvri Sofia's 2–0 away defeat to Oborishte.
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