FC Maritsa Plovdiv
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Maritsa FC is a Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n football club from the city of Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...

. Established in 1921 after the merger of Karshiaka's teams Vampir and Trite Konski Sili.

They play their home matches at their 8,000-seat Stadium in the quarter of Karshiaka and are in the B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football. They played in Bulgarian A Professional Football Group
Bulgarian A Professional Football Group
The Bulgarian A Professional Football Group commonly known as A PFG is the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The league is sponsored by Victoria FATA Insurance and therefore is officially known as Victoria A Football Group since 2011...

 seasons of 1967-68, 1969-70, 1970-71 and 1996-97.

Famous players

Hristo Stoichkov
Hristo Stoichkov
Hristo Stoichkov Stoichkov , sometimes Stoitchkov; born 8 February 1966 in Plovdiv) is a retired Bulgarian footballer. He is regarded as one of the best footballers of his generation and the greatest Bulgarian footballer of all time. Nicknamed The Dagger , The Dog , The Modern Left...

 Valeri Domovchiyski
Valeri Domovchiyski
Valeri Domovchiyski is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a striker for MSV Duisburg in the 2. Bundesliga.- Youth career :Born in Plovdiv, Domovchiyski grew up in Rakovski and played for Sekirovo Rakovski and Maritsa Plovdiv before moving to Levski Sofia....

 Krassimir Chomakov
Krassimir Chomakov
Krassimir Chomakov is a Bulgarian football player who is currently unattached.-Career:Chomakov is a former Bulgarian international and played with Maritsa Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia, Ravenna and Lecce...

 Kostadin Vidolov
Kostadin Vidolov
Kostadin Vidolov is a Bulgarian former footballer. In his career he played for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Botev Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia, Levski Sofia, Beroe Stara Zagora, German 1. FC Union Berlin and Turkish Bursaspor. For Bulgaria national football team, Vidolov was capped 9 times, scoring one goal...

 Aleksandar Aleksandrov
Aleksandar Aleksandrov (footballer born 1975)
Aleksandar Aleksandrov known as Alex is a Bulgarian soccer player, playing as an attacking midfielder...

 Yordan Todorov
Yordan Todorov
Yordan Valkov Todorov is a Bulgarian footballer, who plays for Lokomotiv Plovdiv as a midfielder.-Youth career:Todorov was raised in Maritsa Plovdiv's youth teams. He stayed there for 7 years, before he left in 2000....

 Dinko Dermendzhiev
Dinko Dermendzhiev
Dinko Tsvetkov Dermendzhiev is a former Bulgarian football player in a midfielder role, and later manager....

 Petar Kurdov Zapryan Rakov
Zapryan Rakov
Zapryan Ivanov Rakov is a former Bulgarian international football player.-External links:...

 Georgi Georgiev
Georgi Georgiev
Georgi Georgiev is a Bulgarian musician. Along with singer-songwriter Svilen Noev, Georgiev is the mastermind behind the music of Ostava. He is heavily influenced by contemporaries Noel Gallagher, The Edge, Johnny Marr, and Jonny Greenwood.-External links:...

 Asen Nikolov
Asen Nikolov
Asen Nikolov , nicknamed Bebeto , is a Bulgarian footballer playing as an attacking midfielder for French US Le Pontet. For the Bulgarian national team, Nikolov was capped one time.-Career:...

 Rumen Hristov Krasimir Dimitrov
Krasimir Dimitrov
Krasimir Dimitrov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Brestnik 1948 as a midfielder.Dimitrov previously played for PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the A PFG.-References:...

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