OFC Spartak Pleven

Spartak Pleven

Full name	OFC Spartak Pleven
Founded	1919
Ground	Pleven Stadium, Pleven
Capacity	22,000
Chairman	Evgeni Genov
Manager	Boyko Tsvetkov
League	Bulgarian Second League
2014–15	North-West V Group, 1st /promoted/
Home colours Away colours

OFC Spartak Pleven (Bulgarian: OФК Спартак Плевен) is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Pleven founded in 10 september 1919. The team's greatest achievements are the Bulgarian Cup final in 1957 and the third place in the Bulgarian Championship during the following season. The team went bankrupt in January 2009 and officially ceased existence in June 2009.

Spartak Pleven's colours are blue and white. Former Bulgarian international Plamen Getov is the club's most prominent figure, being Spartak Pleven's top goalscorer with a total of 108 goals.

Honours

Bulgarian A Group:

• Third place: 1958

Bulgarian Cup:

• Runners-up: 1957

Cup of the Soviet Army

• Runners-up: 1987

Current squad

As of 24 November 2016 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Dimitar Pantev 2 MF Emil Petrov (on loan from CSKA Sofia) 3 DF Stenislav Georgiev 4 MF Stefan Val. Hristov 5 DF Tsvetelin Radev 6 MF Anton Slavchev 7 FW Vladimir Kaptiev 8 FW Viktor Mitov 9 FW Stefan Hristov (vice-captain) 10 MF Kevin Osei 11 MF Kiril Valov

No. Position Player 12 FW Kristiyan Dimitrov 13 DF Teodor Kolarov 15 MF Tihomir Todorov (captain) 17 MF Nikolay Velkov 19 MF Chris Gadi 20 MF Preslav Antonov 21 DF Martin Mitov 30 MF Nikola Mitsanski 45 FW Grigor Dolapchiev 94 GK Teodor Todorov DF Brendo

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2016.

Past seasons

Season	Level	League	Place	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Bulgarian Cup
2009–10	IV	A Regional Group	2	18	5	3	75	26	59	not qualified
2010–11	III	V Group	5	15	6	9	49	27	51	not qualified
2011–12	III	V Group	1	27	2	1	111	10	83	Third Round
2012–13	II	B Group	6*	11	9	6	33	25	42	Second Round
2013–14	III	V Group	4	20	5	5	66	27	65	not qualified
2014–15	III	V Group	1	23	2	1	92	8	71	not qualified
2015–16	II	B Group	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Second Round
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

Notable players

Famous players

Dimitar Minchev Pusho Dimitrov Plamen Nikolov Krasimir Lazarov Sasho Varbanov Lachezar Tanev

Plamen Getov Blagoi Krastanov Anatoli Kirilov Pavel Chelestinov Georgi Denev Martin Kamburov

Nikola Parchanov Ivaylo Petkov Momchil Tsvetanov Plamen Nikolov Vladimir Manchev

• For all Spartak players with a Wikipedia article see Category:PFC Spartak Pleven players.

Notable stats

Most A Group appearances: # Name Matches 1 Pusho Dimitrov 301 2 Krasimir Lazarov 257 3 Sasho Varbanov 253 4 Petar Boyanov 251 5 Petko Todorov 244 6 Stoyan Zdravkov 220 7 Pavel Chelestinov 213 8 Boris Novachev 204 9 Dimcho Dimov 204 10 Vencho Sabotinov 203

Most A Group goals: # Name Gols 1 Plamen Getov 108 2 Sasho Varbanov 75 3 Stoyan Zdravkov 64 4 Pavel Chelestinov 56 5 Krasimir Lazarov 40 6 Petar Boyanov 25 7 Vasil Minkov 25 8 Blagoi Krastanov 24 9 Milen Goranov 24 10 Petar Kostov 20

References

• Обретенов, Светослав (1989). Северняшки танц с футболна топка (in Bulgarian). Пловдив: Издателство "Христо Г. Данов".
• Симеонов, Климент (1984). Футболът в България (in Bulgarian). София: Държавно издателство "Медицина и физкултура".

External links

• Official website