FC Chepinets Velingrad

Chepinets
Full nameFootball Club Chepinets Velingrad
Founded1926; 98 years ago (1926)
GroundChepinets Stadium
Capacity8,000
ChairmanMiroslav Milev
ManagerStefan Karamanov[1]
LeagueA RFG Pazardzhik
2016–17South-West Third League, 18th (relegated)

Football Club Chepinets (Bulgarian: Футболен клуб Чепинец) is a Bulgarian football club based in Velingrad, currently playing in the A RFG Pazardzhik.

The club colours are red and blue, and their home ground since 1961 has been Chepinets Stadium.

History

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Chepinets was founded in 1926. At the end of the 1956 season Chepinets reached the second tier of Bulgarian football for the first time in their history. In 1977–78 season Chepinets reached the Bulgarian Cup semi-finals, their best run in the competition, eliminating A Group sides Sliven and Levski Sofia along the way. In the following season they finished 3rd in the B Group, their highest ever league finish.[2]

Current squad

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As of August 2, 2017

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Bulgaria BUL Iliyan Bradvarov
2 DF Bulgaria BUL Silvestar Atanasov
4 DF Bulgaria BUL Petar Petrov
5 DF Bulgaria BUL Martin Kostov
6 MF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Bayrakov (captain)
7 MF Bulgaria BUL Ignat Damyanov
8 MF Bulgaria BUL Deyan Kostadinov
9 FW Bulgaria BUL Hristo Stalev
10 MF Bulgaria BUL Alek Manolov
11 MF Bulgaria BUL Iliyan Genov
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Iliyan Georgiev
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Bulgaria BUL Bozhidar Petelov
15 DF Bulgaria BUL Deivid Penchev
16 MF Bulgaria BUL Margarit Georgiev
18 FW Bulgaria BUL Asparuh Vasilev
19 DF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Ivanikov
20 MF Bulgaria BUL Slaviyan Kostadinov
21 DF Bulgaria BUL Iliya Ivanov
22 FW Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Vuchkov
DF Bulgaria BUL Angel Zahariev
MF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Velkov

League positions

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Regional Amateur Football Groups (Bulgaria)Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria)Bulgarian V AFG

References

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  1. ^ "Чепинец се раздели с Атанас Стоилов" (in Bulgarian). pazardjik.marica.bg. 29 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Историята на Чепинец Велинград" (in Bulgarian). Pzsport.info. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
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