PFC Beroe Stara Zagora
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PFC Beroe Stara Zagora or simply Beroe is a Bulgaria
n football
club from Stara Zagora
, that currently plays in the country's top division, the A PFG.
The football department of the sports club was founded on March 19, 1959, but its roots trace back to 1924, when SC Beroya was founded. Since then the home ground of Beroe has been the Beroe Stadium
in Stara Zagora
with 25,000 spectators seating capacity
. Beroe were the 1986 champions of the top division and they also won the domestic cup
in 2010. The club's most noted and successful player is Petko Petkov
Bulgarian League Top Scorer – 2 times: 1974 (with 20 goals); 1976 (with 19 goals)
Bulgarian Cup
:
Cup Winners' Cup
Balkans Cup
The club managed to withstand the almost constant chaos and strife of the times, often caused by numerous shifts in the political regimes of Bulgaria, and despite many mergers and name changes throughout the first four decades of its history, it is constantly among the top 3 clubs in the city. It has also often been the platform for attempts to unite all the clubs in Stara Zagora, which foreshadowed its role and meaning for the city in the years to come.
The establishment of an organized league to determine the champion of Bulgaria in the late 40s coincided with the consolidation of football in Stara Zagora, the city finally seeing a one single strong club emerge to represent it at the highest level of Bulgarian football. That club was Beroe, at first bearing the names of Udarnik and Botev, before finally restoring its old name in 1959.
joined the club. In the next 12 years he scored 144 goals for the club in A PFG. Beroe became all-powerful, winning the Balkans Cup
in 1968 (beating in the final Spartak Sofia
with a 6–4 on aggregate) and 1969 (beating Dinamo Tirana with a 4–0 on aggregate).
In season 1971–72 in the domestic league was very successful for the team, which finished 3rd, and qualified for the UEFA Cup
. The club's first participation in UEFA Cup
was also promising, with Beroe eliminating the Austrian Austria Wien
(7:0 and 3:1) and the Hungarian Honvéd FC
(3:0 and 0:1) respectively and reaching the 1/8 final (but being knocked out by the Serbian OFK Beograd
).
Beroe have had some success in Europe, such as the 1:0 win over Juventus in a Cup Winners' Cup first-leg in 1979 and a 3:0 win over Athletic Bilbao
in 1973. Moreover, Beroe is one of the two Bulgarian football clubs that has a positive record of the matches played in European club competitions.
for the third and fourth times.
Beroe's most glorious moment came in 1986, when the team led by the coach Evgeni Yanchovski
(formerly notable player of the team) won the Bulgarian
title, the first and so far the only in the club's history. Beroe finished the season with 43 points (after 20 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses), 2 more than the second, Trakia Plovdiv
. In the successful season, the left winger Mümün Kashmer scored 23 goals. Key players during the fantastic season included the captain Tenyo Minchev, Petko Tenev,Ilia Iliev, Ivko Ganchev
, Yordan Mitev, Vasil Dragolov, Kancho Kasherov, Stoyan Bonchev and Venelin Sivriev. Beroe did however represent Bulgaria
in the 1986–87 UEFA European Champions Cup where they were eliminated in the first round to Dinamo Kyiv of Ukraine
after 1:1 at Beroe Stadium
and 0:2 loss in Kiev
.
The 1990s would see a gradual decline Beroe were finally relegated to second division in 1994–95 season, finishing on last place with only 12 points.
The first two seasons back in top division saw Beroe fight relegation, with safety being achieved by excellent second half runs. But in 2001–02 season the team again relegated.
In the autumn of 2007 the actual majority shareholder of Professional Football Club Beroe JSCo Nikolay Banev gave up the financial support of the team. In spite of that, the team demonstrated good football in most of the games. On the 10th of January, 2008 23 players and 3 coaches terminated their contracts with the club after a planned sale of the shares had failed.
Beroe got out of trouble on the 3rd of February 2008, when the Beroe veterans’ club and the national fanclub, assisted by lawyer Damian Georgiev managed to initiate, through related firms, insolvency proceedings in respect of the club in the Regional Court of Stara Zagora. The appointed administrator Elka Petrova transferred all the assets and liabilities of the club to a newly established joint-stock company Professional Football Club Beroe Stara Zagora JSCo.
The new entity succeeded Professional Football Club Beroe JSCo as regard of the license, the membership in the Bulgarian Football Union and the running of the football team itself.
In the summer of 2009 due to the world economic crisis most of the shareholders left the club due to financial problems. The club’s main sponsor Brikel JSCo transferred it’s shares to Beroe veterans’ club and the national fanclub, who appointed a new Board of Directors. It consists of Damyan Georgiev – Chairman, Genyo Petrov – Executive Director and Tsvetelin Zhoevski.
and Marek Dupnitsa
. In the very next season however Beroe achieved first place in the second division and returned to the top league. At that time Ilian Iliev
had already been manager of the club for the last 2 years, spending millions of the owner"s money . In the year to follow, Beroe achieved its best season in the last 20+ years, beating all of the main competitors for the Bulgarian Cup due to the pure luck of the draw playing weaker 2second division teams in the competition for the domestic cup
Beroe eliminated CSKA Sofia
on the 1/4 final, which paved the way for them to obtain the trophy, winning against second-division Chernomorets Pomorie 1:0 in the final at Lovech Stadium
. The winning goal was scored dramatically in the very last seconds of the added time by Beroe's former youth player Doncho Atanasov
, who as well went on to become top goalscorer of the tournament with 4 goals. Beroe became one of the only two Bulgarian teams that have won the cup
without succeeding any goals. This success lead Ilian Iliev
to be pronounced Coach of the Season in Bulgaria, whereas Ivo Ivanov (defender)
was proclaimed best defender in Bulgarian A PFG for 2009. Besides him other players that played main role throughout the season were Iskren Pisarov
, Georgi Andonov
, Zdravko Iliev
, Slavi Zhekov
, Dian Genchev
. One of the players with most matches in A PFG for all times Kostadin Vidolov
ended up his career mid-season with Beroe and went on to become a coach for Beroe's second team.
Beroe started 2010–11 season with the debut of the team in the UEFA Europa League. Beroe entered the competition in the third qualifying round and faced Rapid Wien
. The game in Bulgaria ended in a 1–1 draw. Rapid Wien
managed to win the rematch 3–0 putting an end to the international campaign of the Bulgarian team.
holds Beroe's overall appearance record—he played 341 matches over the course of 14 seasons from 1960 to 1974. This is also the record for League appearances. Beroe's all-time leading scorer is Petko Petkov
, who scored 144 goals while at the club from 1968 to 1980. Beroe's biggest victory is 8–0 in A PFG against Minyor Pernik
in 1973–74 and Chernomorets Burgas Sofia in 2006–07. Beroe's 7–0 defeat of Austria Wien
in 1972 was its largest Europe win. Beroe's heaviest defeat, 2–10, came against CSKA Sofia
in 1991–92.
near the biggest park of the city – Ayazmoto. That's the biggest sport facility of the team. The team has also three training grounds, the Beroe stadium base includes also tennis facilities and covered training hall. Built in 1962, the stadium is currently being renovated and has around 23,000 seating places, most of which are covered. The stadium has its own gymnastics, acrobatics and boxing hall. There is also a table-tennis facility. The stadium's overall capacity is about 25,000. The Beroe stadium has the fastest athletics lane and was often used for such competitions. The biggest attendance was in 1986 when the team won the championship title and more than 40,000 spectators were celebrating together with the players.
For recent transfers, see List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2011–12.
(1965–66) Krum Milev
(1966–68)
Hristo Mladenov
(1968–72) Petko Petkov (1983–85) Evgeni Yanchovski
(1985–87) Petko Petkov (1987–89) Dragoljub Bekvalac (1999-00) Asparuh Nikodimov
(2003–04) Ivan Vutov (2004–05)
Hans Kodrić (2005) Petko Petkov (2005–06) Ilian Iliev
(2006–07) Eduard Eranosyan
(2007) Radoslav Zdravkov
(2007) Nikolay Demirev (2007) Ilian Iliev
(2008–)
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
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club from Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province...
, that currently plays in the country's top division, the A PFG.
The football department of the sports club was founded on March 19, 1959, but its roots trace back to 1924, when SC Beroya was founded. Since then the home ground of Beroe has been the Beroe Stadium
Beroe Stadium
Beroe Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. It is located in the north-western part of the city, near the park Ayazmoto. Currently, the venue is used for football matches and is the home ground of the local football club Beroe Stara Zagora...
in Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province...
with 25,000 spectators seating capacity
Seating capacity
Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, both in terms of the physical space available, and in terms of limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats...
. Beroe were the 1986 champions of the top division and they also won the domestic cup
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
in 2010. The club's most noted and successful player is Petko Petkov
Petko Petkov (footballer)
Petko Petkov is a Bulgarian former football player.-Career:In his career Petkov played for Gorubso Madan, Beroe Stara Zagora and Austria Wien.-Beroe:...
Bulgarian League Top Scorer – 2 times: 1974 (with 20 goals); 1976 (with 19 goals)
Domestic
Bulgarian A PFG:- Champions (1): 1985–86
- Third place (1): 1971–72
Bulgarian Cup
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
:
- Winners (1): 2010
- Runners-up (4): 1968, 1973, 1979, 1980
European
UEFA CupUEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
- 1/8 final (1): 1973
Cup Winners' Cup
- 1/4 final (1): 1974
- 1/8 final (1): 1980
Balkans Cup
Balkans Cup
In 1961, a Balkans Cup for football clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia was introduced. It was played 27 times...
- Winners (4) record : 1968, 1969, 1982, 1984
History
Football was played in Stara Zagora as early as 1916, however with no organized championship in Bulgaria until the late 1920s, numerous clubs enjoyed regional success in those early years for the game in both the city and Bulgaria itself. Beroe can trace its roots back to 4 May 1924, when it was founded as Beroya, after the merger of two other clubs – Borislav and Rekord.The club managed to withstand the almost constant chaos and strife of the times, often caused by numerous shifts in the political regimes of Bulgaria, and despite many mergers and name changes throughout the first four decades of its history, it is constantly among the top 3 clubs in the city. It has also often been the platform for attempts to unite all the clubs in Stara Zagora, which foreshadowed its role and meaning for the city in the years to come.
The establishment of an organized league to determine the champion of Bulgaria in the late 40s coincided with the consolidation of football in Stara Zagora, the city finally seeing a one single strong club emerge to represent it at the highest level of Bulgarian football. That club was Beroe, at first bearing the names of Udarnik and Botev, before finally restoring its old name in 1959.
Successful years 1968–1980
1968 marked the beginning of Beroe's golden age. During the summer transfer period, the forward Petko PetkovPetko Petkov (footballer)
Petko Petkov is a Bulgarian former football player.-Career:In his career Petkov played for Gorubso Madan, Beroe Stara Zagora and Austria Wien.-Beroe:...
joined the club. In the next 12 years he scored 144 goals for the club in A PFG. Beroe became all-powerful, winning the Balkans Cup
Balkans Cup
In 1961, a Balkans Cup for football clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia was introduced. It was played 27 times...
in 1968 (beating in the final Spartak Sofia
Spartak Sofia
Spartak Sofia was a Bulgarian football club founded in 1947. It existed independently until 1969, when it was merged with Levski Sofia. After 1990 the club's independence has been restored. The team plays in "Bulgarian V Amateur football group". In 2005 the name is changed to "Levski-Spartak" when...
with a 6–4 on aggregate) and 1969 (beating Dinamo Tirana with a 4–0 on aggregate).
In season 1971–72 in the domestic league was very successful for the team, which finished 3rd, and qualified for the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
. The club's first participation in UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
was also promising, with Beroe eliminating the Austrian Austria Wien
FK Austria Wien
Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA...
(7:0 and 3:1) and the Hungarian Honvéd FC
Budapest Honvéd FC
Budapest Honvéd FC |football]] team. "Honved" means the Homeland Defense. Originally formed as Kispest AC, they became Kispest FC in 1926 before reverting to their original name in 1944. The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed Budapest Honvéd SE and became the Hungarian...
(3:0 and 0:1) respectively and reaching the 1/8 final (but being knocked out by the Serbian OFK Beograd
OFK Beograd
Omladinski fudbalski klub Beograd, commonly referred to as OFK Beograd , is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia, more precisely from the Karaburma urban neighborhood. It currently is the oldest team playing in the Serbian SuperLiga. The name means "Youth Football Club Belgrade" in Serbian...
).
Beroe have had some success in Europe, such as the 1:0 win over Juventus in a Cup Winners' Cup first-leg in 1979 and a 3:0 win over Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, is an association football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions...
in 1973. Moreover, Beroe is one of the two Bulgarian football clubs that has a positive record of the matches played in European club competitions.
Champions /1980-1995/
In 1982 and 1984 Beroe won the Balkans CupBalkans Cup
In 1961, a Balkans Cup for football clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia was introduced. It was played 27 times...
for the third and fourth times.
Beroe's most glorious moment came in 1986, when the team led by the coach Evgeni Yanchovski
Evgeni Yanchovski
Evgeni Yanchovski is a former Bulgarian football player and manager.Yanchovski represented Bulgaria at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Bulgaria at the 1968 Summer Olympics....
(formerly notable player of the team) won the Bulgarian
A PFG 1985-86
-League standings:-References:*...
title, the first and so far the only in the club's history. Beroe finished the season with 43 points (after 20 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses), 2 more than the second, Trakia Plovdiv
PFC Botev Plovdiv
PFC Botev Plovdiv , is the oldest Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv, which currently competes in Bulgaria's second football league, the B PFG....
. In the successful season, the left winger Mümün Kashmer scored 23 goals. Key players during the fantastic season included the captain Tenyo Minchev, Petko Tenev,Ilia Iliev, Ivko Ganchev
Ivko Ganchev
Ivko Ganchev is a former Bulgarian football goalkeeper. He ended his career at the end of 1999-2000 season.-Career:...
, Yordan Mitev, Vasil Dragolov, Kancho Kasherov, Stoyan Bonchev and Venelin Sivriev. Beroe did however represent 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...
in the 1986–87 UEFA European Champions Cup where they were eliminated in the first round to Dinamo Kyiv of Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
after 1:1 at Beroe Stadium
Beroe Stadium
Beroe Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. It is located in the north-western part of the city, near the park Ayazmoto. Currently, the venue is used for football matches and is the home ground of the local football club Beroe Stara Zagora...
and 0:2 loss in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
.
The 1990s would see a gradual decline Beroe were finally relegated to second division in 1994–95 season, finishing on last place with only 12 points.
Downfall of the mid 90s, ups and downs again 1995-2008
The advent of democracy in Bulgaria ushered a new period of chaos and economical hardship for the country, and that didn't pass by Beroe. Nevertheless despite several seasons of crisis the club again withstood the test of time, and despite needing a helpful merger with another team – Olimpik (Teteven) – managed to remain a key player on the Bulgarian football scene.The first two seasons back in top division saw Beroe fight relegation, with safety being achieved by excellent second half runs. But in 2001–02 season the team again relegated.
In the autumn of 2007 the actual majority shareholder of Professional Football Club Beroe JSCo Nikolay Banev gave up the financial support of the team. In spite of that, the team demonstrated good football in most of the games. On the 10th of January, 2008 23 players and 3 coaches terminated their contracts with the club after a planned sale of the shares had failed.
Beroe got out of trouble on the 3rd of February 2008, when the Beroe veterans’ club and the national fanclub, assisted by lawyer Damian Georgiev managed to initiate, through related firms, insolvency proceedings in respect of the club in the Regional Court of Stara Zagora. The appointed administrator Elka Petrova transferred all the assets and liabilities of the club to a newly established joint-stock company Professional Football Club Beroe Stara Zagora JSCo.
The new entity succeeded Professional Football Club Beroe JSCo as regard of the license, the membership in the Bulgarian Football Union and the running of the football team itself.
In the summer of 2009 due to the world economic crisis most of the shareholders left the club due to financial problems. The club’s main sponsor Brikel JSCo transferred it’s shares to Beroe veterans’ club and the national fanclub, who appointed a new Board of Directors. It consists of Damyan Georgiev – Chairman, Genyo Petrov – Executive Director and Tsvetelin Zhoevski.
Winning the Cup /2009-2010/
In the 2007–2008 season Beroe lost their place in A PFG, due to a fraud in the last match between Belasitsa PetrichPFC Belasitsa Petrich
PFC Belasitsa is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Petrich, currently playing in the Bulgarian South-West V AFG. The team founded 1923...
and Marek Dupnitsa
PFC Marek Dupnitsa
PFC Marek Dupnitsa is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Dupnitsa. It was founded in 1947 after the unification of four other local clubs - Atletic, Slavia, ZHSK and Levski...
. In the very next season however Beroe achieved first place in the second division and returned to the top league. At that time Ilian Iliev
Ilian Iliev
Ilian Dimov Iliev is a Bulgarian former international football midfielder and currently manager of Beroe Stara Zagora. He is most famous for having played for the Portuguese club S.L. Benfica and Bulgarian sides Cherno More and Levski Sofia...
had already been manager of the club for the last 2 years, spending millions of the owner"s money . In the year to follow, Beroe achieved its best season in the last 20+ years, beating all of the main competitors for the Bulgarian Cup due to the pure luck of the draw playing weaker 2second division teams in the competition for the domestic cup
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
Beroe eliminated CSKA Sofia
PFC CSKA Sofia
PFC CSKA Sofia , commonly known as CSKA or CSKA Sofia is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The club was officially founded on May 5, 1948. CSKA's abbreviation stands for Central Sports Club of the Army...
on the 1/4 final, which paved the way for them to obtain the trophy, winning against second-division Chernomorets Pomorie 1:0 in the final at Lovech Stadium
Lovech Stadium
Lovech Stadium is a football stadium in Lovech, Bulgaria. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of PFC Litex Lovech. The stadium has more than 8300 seats. On July 12, 2010, the venue received a 3-star rating by UEFA and currently meets the UEFA guidelines to host...
. The winning goal was scored dramatically in the very last seconds of the added time by Beroe's former youth player Doncho Atanasov
Doncho Atanasov
Doncho Atanasov is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing for Cherno More Varna in the Bulgarian A PFG. Atanasov is a left winger.-Career:...
, who as well went on to become top goalscorer of the tournament with 4 goals. Beroe became one of the only two Bulgarian teams that have won the cup
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
without succeeding any goals. This success lead Ilian Iliev
Ilian Iliev
Ilian Dimov Iliev is a Bulgarian former international football midfielder and currently manager of Beroe Stara Zagora. He is most famous for having played for the Portuguese club S.L. Benfica and Bulgarian sides Cherno More and Levski Sofia...
to be pronounced Coach of the Season in Bulgaria, whereas Ivo Ivanov (defender)
Ivo Ivanov (defender)
Ivo Ivanov is a Bulgarian football defender, who currently plays for Levski Sofia.-Beroe:Ivanov began his career in Beroe and made his debut in the 2003-04 season. On 6 May 2010, Beroe won the Bulgarian Cup, beating Chernomorets Pomorie in the final...
was proclaimed best defender in Bulgarian A PFG for 2009. Besides him other players that played main role throughout the season were Iskren Pisarov
Iskren Pisarov
Iskren Pisarov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Lokomotiv Sofia. He plays as a right attacking midfielder....
, Georgi Andonov
Georgi Andonov
Georgi Andonov is a football midfielder from the Bulgaria currently playing for Chernomorets Burgas.-Career:Andonov's first club was PFC Botev Plovdiv. With Botev he has played 112 games, scored 12 goals. In 2006, Cherno More Varna signed Andonov to a four-year deal for a €100,000...
, Zdravko Iliev
Zdravko Iliev
Zdravko Iliev is a Bulgarian football defender who plays for Beroe Stara Zagora as a right back.-Club: Beroe**Bulgarian Cup:***Winner: 2009-10-External links:*...
, Slavi Zhekov
Slavi Zhekov
Slavi Zhekov is a Bulgarian footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Beroe Stara Zagora. Zhekov is a right midfielder who can play well both as an attacking central midfielder.-Career:...
, Dian Genchev
Dian Genchev
Dian Genchev is a Bulgarian footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Beroe Stara Zagora. Genchev is a strong playmaker who can play well both as an attacking central midfielder.-Career:...
. One of the players with most matches in A PFG for all times 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...
ended up his career mid-season with Beroe and went on to become a coach for Beroe's second team.
Beroe started 2010–11 season with the debut of the team in the UEFA Europa League. Beroe entered the competition in the third qualifying round and faced Rapid Wien
SK Rapid Wien
The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...
. The game in Bulgaria ended in a 1–1 draw. Rapid Wien
SK Rapid Wien
The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...
managed to win the rematch 3–0 putting an end to the international campaign of the Bulgarian team.
Statistics and Records
Evgeni YanchovskiEvgeni Yanchovski
Evgeni Yanchovski is a former Bulgarian football player and manager.Yanchovski represented Bulgaria at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Bulgaria at the 1968 Summer Olympics....
holds Beroe's overall appearance record—he played 341 matches over the course of 14 seasons from 1960 to 1974. This is also the record for League appearances. Beroe's all-time leading scorer is Petko Petkov
Petko Petkov (footballer)
Petko Petkov is a Bulgarian former football player.-Career:In his career Petkov played for Gorubso Madan, Beroe Stara Zagora and Austria Wien.-Beroe:...
, who scored 144 goals while at the club from 1968 to 1980. Beroe's biggest victory is 8–0 in A PFG against Minyor Pernik
PFC Minyor Pernik
PFC Minyor Pernik is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Pernik, which currently competes in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, the top division of Bulgarian football. Their fans are known as the craziest and most loyal in Bulgaria because they always support the club...
in 1973–74 and Chernomorets Burgas Sofia in 2006–07. Beroe's 7–0 defeat of Austria Wien
FK Austria Wien
Fußballklub Austria Wien is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are considered the most successful club in Austria, having won the highest Austrian Bundesliga 23 times, the Austrian Cup 27 times and the Austrian Supercup 6 times. They also reached the UEFA...
in 1972 was its largest Europe win. Beroe's heaviest defeat, 2–10, came against CSKA Sofia
PFC CSKA Sofia
PFC CSKA Sofia , commonly known as CSKA or CSKA Sofia is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The club was officially founded on May 5, 1948. CSKA's abbreviation stands for Central Sports Club of the Army...
in 1991–92.
Historical results
- Beroe 1–0 Juventus, 1979 Cup Winners' Cup
- Beroe 7–0 Austria Wien, 1972 Uefa CupUEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
- Beroe 3–0 Honvéd FCBudapest Honvéd FCBudapest Honvéd FC |football]] team. "Honved" means the Homeland Defense. Originally formed as Kispest AC, they became Kispest FC in 1926 before reverting to their original name in 1944. The team enjoyed a golden age during the 1950s when it was renamed Budapest Honvéd SE and became the Hungarian...
, 1972 Uefa CupUEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... - Beroe 2–1 Fenerbahçe S.K., 1980 Uefa CupUEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
- Beroe 3–0 Athletic BilbaoAthletic BilbaoAthletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, is an association football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions...
, 1973 Cup Winners' Cup
Stadium
Beroe Stadium is situated in the northwestern part of Stara ZagoraStara Zagora
Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province...
near the biggest park of the city – Ayazmoto. That's the biggest sport facility of the team. The team has also three training grounds, the Beroe stadium base includes also tennis facilities and covered training hall. Built in 1962, the stadium is currently being renovated and has around 23,000 seating places, most of which are covered. The stadium has its own gymnastics, acrobatics and boxing hall. There is also a table-tennis facility. The stadium's overall capacity is about 25,000. The Beroe stadium has the fastest athletics lane and was often used for such competitions. The biggest attendance was in 1986 when the team won the championship title and more than 40,000 spectators were celebrating together with the players.
Current squad
As of September 10, 2011Out on loan
As of July 30, 2011For recent transfers, see List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2011–12.
Managers
Panayot Tanev (1953) Borislav Asparuhov (1954) Panayot Tanev (1957–59) Ivan Radoev (1959–64) Anastas Kovachev (1964–65) Manol ManolovManol Manolov
Manol Manolov was a football defender and manager.For the Bulgaria national football team Manolov featured in 57 games and won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Between 1948 and 1962 he played in 239 matches and scored 8 goals for CSKA Sofia...
(1965–66) Krum Milev
Krum Milev
Krum Milev was a Bulgarian football player and manager.He played for Botev Sofia, Slavia Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia. He obtained 18 caps with Bulgaria.He was the topscorer of the Bulgarian National Football Division 1937-38....
(1966–68)
Hristo Mladenov
Hristo Mladenov
Hristo Stefanov Mladenov was a Bulgarian football player and manager. He was the manager of the Bulgaria national football team during the 1974 FIFA World Cup....
(1968–72) Petko Petkov (1983–85) Evgeni Yanchovski
Evgeni Yanchovski
Evgeni Yanchovski is a former Bulgarian football player and manager.Yanchovski represented Bulgaria at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Bulgaria at the 1968 Summer Olympics....
(1985–87) Petko Petkov (1987–89) Dragoljub Bekvalac (1999-00) Asparuh Nikodimov
Asparuh Nikodimov
Asparuh "Paro" Donev Nikodimov is a former Bulgarian football player and later coach.He represented Bulgaria at the FIFA World Cups in 1970 and 1974.-References:...
(2003–04) Ivan Vutov (2004–05)
Hans Kodrić (2005) Petko Petkov (2005–06) Ilian Iliev
Ilian Iliev
Ilian Dimov Iliev is a Bulgarian former international football midfielder and currently manager of Beroe Stara Zagora. He is most famous for having played for the Portuguese club S.L. Benfica and Bulgarian sides Cherno More and Levski Sofia...
(2006–07) Eduard Eranosyan
Eduard Eranosyan
Eduard Eranosyan is a Bulgarian former footballer and current football manager of Armenian origin. Beginning in 1978, he played for Lokomotiv Plovdiv as one of the club's most acclaimed attackers, featuring in 161 matches and scoring 63 goals in the A PFG, winning the Cup of the Soviet Army in...
(2007) Radoslav Zdravkov
Radoslav Zdravkov
Radoslav Metodiev Zdravkov is a retired Bulgarian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.-Club career:During his professional career, which spanned nearly 20 years, Zdravkov represented PFC Lokomotiv Sofia , PFC CSKA Sofia , Portugal's G.D. Chaves , Sporting de Braga , F.C. Paços de...
(2007) Nikolay Demirev (2007) Ilian Iliev
Ilian Iliev
Ilian Dimov Iliev is a Bulgarian former international football midfielder and currently manager of Beroe Stara Zagora. He is most famous for having played for the Portuguese club S.L. Benfica and Bulgarian sides Cherno More and Levski Sofia...
(2008–)