PFC Slavia Sofia


























PFC Slavia Sofia
Slavia new logo 2015.png
Full nameProfessional Football Club Slavia
Nickname(s)The Whites
The White Avalanche
Founded10 April 1913; 105 years ago (1913-04-10)
Ground
Slavia Stadium,
Sofia
Capacity25,556
OwnerMladen Mihalev
ChairmanVentseslav Stefanov
Head coachZlatomir Zagorčić
LeagueFirst League
2017–18First League, 9th
WebsiteClub website
















Home colours














Away colours


PFC Slavia Sofia (Bulgarian: ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground is the Slavia Stadium in Ovcha Kupel with a capacity of 25,556. The team's colours are white and black. Established on 10 April 1913, Slavia is currently the oldest sports club in Sofia.


Domestically, the club has won the Bulgarian Championship seven times and the Bulgarian Cup eight times. They have also been runners-up in the championship ten times and have reached the cup final on three additional occasions.


Among the team's international successes are a European Cup Winners' Cup semi-final in 1967 and a quarter-final in 1981, as well as two consecutive Balkans Cup trophies in 1986 and 1988.




Contents





  • 1 History

    • 1.1 League positions



  • 2 Supporters


  • 3 Stadium


  • 4 Honours

    • 4.1 Domestic


    • 4.2 European



  • 5 Current squad

    • 5.1 Out on loan


    • 5.2 Foreign players



  • 6 Technical staff


  • 7 Notable stats


  • 8 Managerial history


  • 9 References


  • 10 External links




History



Slavia logo 2010.png


On 10 April 1913, a group of young people living near a Russian Monument in Sofia and representatives of the local capital clubs Botev and Razvitie, in a coffee-house – Alabin str. in Sofia, decided to establish an incorporated sports club, the first organized sport club in Sofia.[1] The new incorporated club has named Slavia. Dimitar Blagoev – Palio, a 21-year-old student, was elected as the first president of the club. As members of the first club administrative council were elected Emanuil Geshev, Ferdinand Mihaylov, Tsvyatko Velichkov, Georgi Grigorov and Todor Kalkandzhiev.



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A few days later, was elected the first football team of the club - Stefan Lalov, Ilia Georgiev, Emanuil Geshev, Todor Kalkandzhiev, Stefan Chumpalov, Dimitar Blagoev – Palio (all of them from Botev) and Pavel Grozdanov, Ferdinand Mihaylov, Boris Sharankov, Asen Bramchev, Dimitar Cvetkov (all of them from Razvitie). The first sport dresses of the club were white shirts and black shorts. Since 1924, the team has played with white shirts and white shorts and up to present days it is popular as the "White pride". On 11 August 1913, Slavia played its first match, against local club Savata, and won 1–0.


After World War I, Slavia began to become more successful. On 5 June 1928, the club won its first champion title, winning 4–0 in the final match against Vladislav Varna. Slavia won the title five more times until 1946, in 1930, 1936, 1938–39, 1941 and 1943.


Slavia won its first Bulgarian Cup in 1952. By winning the 1963 Bulgarian Cup Final, Slavia qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup, the club's first appearance in European competition. They were drawn against Hungarian club MTK Budapest in the first round. Slavia were eliminated from the competition 2–1 on aggregate. Its most important achievements in Europe during 1966–67 Cup Winners' Cup campaign when Slavia eliminated Swansea City, Strasbourg and Servette, before being eliminated by Rangers in the semi-finals.[2] The team consisted of great players such as goalkeeper Simeon Simeonov, Ivan Davidov, Aleksandar Shalamanov, Dimitar Largov, Dimitar Kostov and Aleksandar Vasilev.


In 1969, Slavia was merged with Lokomotiv Sofia under the name ZhSK Slavia. Two years later, the two clubs split again after a split was supported by 100,000 fans.


In the 1980–81 season, led by Chavdar Tsvetkov and Andrey Zhelyazkov,[3] Slavia reached the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup before losing 6–3 on aggregate to Feyenoord. In 1986, Slavia won Balkans Cup, defeating Greek side Panionios 5–3 on aggregate in the final. In 1988, Slavia won the Balkans Cup for the second time.[4]


In 1994, Stoyan Kotsev, the former Slavia midfielder, was appointed as the club's new manager. After finishing fourth in 1995, they went on to win the A PFG title in 1995–96. Slavia finished with five points more than second-placed Levski Sofia. This marked Slavia's first Bulgarian title since 1943. In the 2010–11 season, Slavia reached the Bulgarian Cup final, defeating Ludogorets Razgrad, Etar 1924, Chernomorets Burgas and Pirin Blagoevgrad en route. However, they lost the final 1–0 to CSKA Sofia.[5]



League positions



Bulgarian First LeagueBulgarian A Football Group


Supporters


There is one remaining ultras group called Boys Sofia, a name referring to the fact the traditional support is from the south of the city; in the past there were multiple other groups. They have a long standing friendship with BSC Young Boys.[6][7] The traditional rivalry has been with Levski Sofia, however in recent decades Lokomotiv Sofia has become the major rival.[8] The other city rivalry is with CSKA Sofia.



Stadium






Slavia Stadium in 2011


In the first ten years after Slavia was founded, the club played in the stadium of his predecessor SC Razvitie. On 3 October 1923, Slavia became the owner of land to the Russian Monument in Sofia, where was the first ground of the club. They played their home games there for the next few decades, until they moved to southwest Sofia in the 1960s.


On 12 March 1958, started the construction of Slavia Stadium. Mayor of the sixth area in Sofia and president of the Slavia women's basketball team, Dimitar Tinev, presided at the laying in place of the first stone. The stadium is built in a residential area Ovcha Kupel, served by regular bus services 6 km from Sofia city center. Slavia Stadium has undergone many changes over the years and it presently has a capacity of 25,556.



Honours



Domestic


Bulgarian State Football Championship/A Group:



  • Winners (7): 1928, 1930, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1995–96

  • Runners-up (10): 1926, 1932, 1934, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1958–59, 1966–67, 1979–80, 1989–90

  • Third place (12): 1939–40, 1942, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1996–97

Bulgarian Cup:



  • Winners (8): 1952, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1974–75, 1979–80, 1995–96, 2017–18

  • Runners-up (3): 1954, 1971–72, 2010–11


European


  • Balkans Cup

Winners (2): 1986, 1987–88
  • Cup Winners' Cup
Semifinalist: 1967
  • UEFA Intertoto Cup
First place in group four: 1977


Current squad


As of 18 January 2019[update]


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


































































No.

Position
Player
1

Bulgaria

GK

Georgi Petkov (captain)
3

Bulgaria

DF

Teynur Marem
5

Bulgaria

DF

Pavel Vidanov
6

Spain

DF

David Bollo
8

Bulgaria

MF

Slavcho Shokolarov
9

Bulgaria

FW

Tsvetelin Chunchukov
10

Bulgaria

MF

Yanis Karabelyov
11

Bulgaria

MF

Radoslav Kirilov
12

Italy

GK

Emanuele Geria
13

Bulgaria

GK

Georgi Georgiev
14

North Macedonia

MF

Darko Tasevski
15

Serbia

DF

Aleksandar Stanisavljević
19

Bulgaria

DF

Dimitar Velkovski
20

Bulgaria

MF

Filip Krastev






























































No.

Position
Player
22

Bulgaria

FW

Iliyan Mitsanski
23

Bulgaria

MF

Vladislav Uzunov
24

Bulgaria

DF

Preslav Petrov
25

Bulgaria

DF

Ertan Tombak
27

Netherlands

DF

Randy Onuoha
32

Greece

GK

Antonis Stergiakis
35

Bulgaria

MF

Georgi Yomov
37

North Macedonia

MF

Stefan Aškovski
38

Bulgaria

DF

Milen Gamakov
71

Bulgaria

MF

Hristo Ivanov
77

Croatia

MF

Denny Valentić-Bara


South Korea

DF

Kim Ho-yeon


Bulgaria

MF

Aleks Borimirov (on loan from Levski Sofia)


Serbia

DF

Dušan Lalatović

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2018 and Transfers winter 2018–19.



Out on loan


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


























No.

Position
Player


Bulgaria

DF

Andrea Hristov (at Italy Cosenza until 30 June 2019)


Bulgaria

DF

Dimitar Burov (at CSKA 1948 until 30 June 2019)


Bulgaria

MF

Vladimir Semerdzhiev (at Tsarsko Selo until 30 June 2019)


Bulgaria

MF

Kristiyan Peshov (at CSKA 1948 until 30 June 2019)






















No.

Position
Player


Bulgaria

MF

Emil Stoev (at Botev Vratsa until 30 June 2019)


Bulgaria

MF

Toni Ivanov (at Lokomotiv GO until 30 June 2019)


Bulgaria

MF

Aleksandar Zlatkov (at Lokomotiv GO until 30 June 2019)


Bulgaria

FW

Kitan Vasilev (at Tsarsko Selo until 30 June 2019)


Foreign players


Up to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the A PFG however only three can be used during a match day. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.







EU Nationals



  • Croatia Denny Valentić-Bara


  • Greece Antonis Stergiakis


  • Italy Emanuele Geria


  • Netherlands Randy Onuoha


  • Spain David Bollo


EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)



  • Republic of Macedonia Bulgaria Darko Tasevski

Non-EU Nationals



  • Republic of Macedonia Stefan Aškovski


  • Serbia Aleksandar Stanisavljević


  • Serbia Dušan Lalatović


  • South Korea Kim Ho-yeon



Technical staff
















Name
Role

BulgariaSerbia Zlatomir Zagorčić
Head Coach

Bulgaria Vladimir Ivanov
Assistant Coach

Bulgaria Martin Kushev
Assistant Coach

Bulgaria Radostin Stanev
Goalkeeping Coach

Serbia Milan Dimitrić
Condition Coach

Bulgaria Lyuben Angelov
Doctor


Notable stats









Managerial history


This is a list of the last Slavia managers:



















































































































































Name
Nat
From
To
Honours

Dobromir Tashkov

Bulgaria
1963
1969


Dobromir Tashkov

Bulgaria
1973
1974


Hristo Mladenov

Bulgaria
1978
1980


Oleh Bazylevych

Soviet Union
1987
1988


Stoyan Kotsev

Bulgaria
1994
1997
1 Bulgarian Cup
1 Bulgarian title

Miroslav Mironov

Bulgaria
Oct 1999
May 2000


Žarko Olarević

Serbia
May 2000
23 Nov 2000


Kiril Kachamanov

Bulgaria
23 Nov 2000
25 Sept 2001


Žarko Olarević

Serbia
25 Sept 2001
18 Dec 2002


Miodrag Ješić

Serbia
18 Dec 2002
23 Aug 2003


Ratko Dostanić

Serbia
24 Aug 2003
23 Sept 2004


Atanas Dzhambazki

Bulgaria
23 Sept 2004
29 March 2005


Petar Houbchev

Bulgaria
29 March 2005
10 Nov 2005


Alyosha Andonov

Bulgaria
10 Nov 2005
2 July 2006


Ratko Dostanić

Serbia
3 July 2006
26 Dec 2006


Alyosha Andonov

Bulgaria
26 Dec 2006
6 June 2007


Stevica Kuzmanovski

Republic of Macedonia
6 June 2007
2 June 2009


Velislav Vutsov

Bulgaria
2 June 2009
18 May 2010


Emil Velev

Bulgaria
19 May 2010
28 May 2011


Martin Kushev

Bulgaria
28 May 2011
29 Nov 2012


Velislav Vutsov

Bulgaria
30 Nov 2012
5 June 2013


Asen Bukarev

Bulgaria
5 June 2013
20 Oct 2013


Milen Radukanov

Bulgaria
21 Oct 2013
31 Aug 2014


Ivan Kolev

Bulgaria
1 Sep 2014
30 Nov 2015


Vladimir Ivanov (caretaker)

Bulgaria
30 Nov 2015
18 Dec 2015


Aleksandr Tarkhanov

Russia
18 Dec 2015
2 Nov 2016


Vladimir Ivanov

Bulgaria
3 Nov 2016
11 May 2017


Zlatomir Zagorčić

BulgariaSerbia
11 May 2017
present
1 Bulgarian Cup


References




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