Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo
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| Full name | Професионален футболен клуб Видима-Раковски (Professional football club Vidima-Rakovski) |
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| Short name | Vidima-Rakovski |
| Founded | December 29, 1922 as SC Rakovski |
| Dissolved | January 29, 2015 Vidima-Rakovski |
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Rakovski Stadium, Sevlievo |
| Capacity | 8,816 |
| Chairman | Yaroslav Donchev |
| Manager | Anton Velkov |
| League | North-West V AFG |
| 2013–14 | North-West V AFG, 8th |
| Website | Club home page |
PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo (Bulgarian: ПФК Видима-Раковски Севлиево) was a Bulgarian football club based in Sevlievo, which lastly competed in the North-West V AFG, the third level of Bulgarian football.
The club was established on September 2, 1997 as Vidima-Rakovski, but it was named as a predecessor of SC Rakovski, which was founded on December 19, 1922. Vidima-Rakovski have spent most of their history playing in the lower divisions of the Bulgarian football league system, until 2003, when the club earned promotion to the top division. The club's home ground is the Rakovski Stadium in Sevlievo, which has a capacity of 8,816 people.
Vidima-Rakovski was founded on December 29, 1922, as Rakovski football club, by group of football enthusiasts of the Аssociation for tourism Rositsa. Upon its formation, Ivan Tsochev became president, Boris Popivanov secretary and Serafim Ganushev steward. Brothers Sokerovi, who played in the team, chose to name it Rakovski in honor of the Bulgarian national hero Georgi Sava Rakovski. They played their first game against Viktoria F.C. from Veliko Tarnovo, 1:1 draw.
After the reorganization in some of the sports associations in Bulgaria, in Sevlievo arose some voluntary sports organizations. The most popular was DSO Red Flag (Bulgarian: ДСО Червено знаме). In 1957 everyone voluntarys sports organizations union in VSO Rakovski. A two years later Rakovski was admitted into the Bulgarian Third Division. In 1968 the club were promoted for the first time to B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football.
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