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{{Short description|Bulgarian football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
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| clubname = PMFC Botev Vratsa<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eu-football.info/_club.php?id=1633 | title=PMFC Botev, Vratsa, football club }}</ref>
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| fullname = ''{{nowrap|Професионален Общински Футболен Клуб}} Ботев Враца''<br />Professional Municipal Football Club<br/>Botev Vratsa
| nickname = ''Зелените Лъвове''<br />(The Green Lions)|
| founded = {{Start date and age|1921}}
| ground = [[Stadion Hristo Botev (Vratsa)|Stadion Hristo Botev]]
| capacity = 25,000 (8,935 seated)
| chairman = [[Hristo Iliev Iliev|Hristo Iliev]]
| owner = Vratsa Municipality
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = [[Hristo Yanev]]
| league = [[First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|First League]]
| season = [[2023–24 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|2023–24]]
| position = First League, 14th of 16
| website = http://www.botev-vratsa.com/
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'''Botev''' ({{langx|bg|Ботев}}) is a [[Bulgaria]]n professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Vratsa]], that competes in the [[First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|First League]], the top division of Bulgarian football.

The club was founded in 1921. Since 1948, Botev have played their home games at [[Stadion Hristo Botev (Vratsa)|Stadion Hristo Botev]]. It is situated in the Hristo Botev sport complex, in the east part of [[Vratsa]]. The stadium originally had 25,000 seats. After a recent reconstruction, which took place in 2008, 2009, 2015 and in 2022, the stadium has 9 reconstructed seated sectors with a total of 8 935 seats.

Botev's longest continuous period in the top tier was 26 consecutive seasons between 1964 and 1990. The club's highest ever league finish came in [[1970–71 A Group|1970–71]] when it finished third in the top flight.

== History ==
'''Botev Vratsa Football Club''' was founded in 1921 by Nikola Kunov, Ivan Abuzov, Nako Paunov, Gergo Boytchev, Todor Orozov, Hristo Lighenski and Angel Rachinski. The place of foundation is a playground near the Old market in [[Vratsa]]. Between 1921 and 1956 various sport clubs were founded in the city. In 1957 most of the sport clubs in the city are joined to form FC Botev Vratsa. Between 1957 and 1964 Botev Vratsa is a member of [[Bulgarian B Professional Football Group|Bulgarian second division]]. In 1964 the club entered the [[Bulgarian A Professional Football Group|Bulgarian top division]] and played there for 26 seasons.<ref>[http://www.bulgarian-football.com/arhiv/bgrupa2.html "B" Group archive] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307104914/http://www.bulgarian-football.com/arhiv/bgrupa2.html |date=2008-03-07 }}</ref> The team of [[Vratsa]] has 788 games in the top flight of Bulgarian football.

Botev's most glorious moment came in 1971, when the team finished third in [[A PFG|Bulgarian top division]], after [[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]] and [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]. Botev did, however, represent [[Bulgaria]] in the [[1971–72 UEFA Cup]] where they lost in the first round to [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]], then representing [[Yugoslavia]], 2–8 on aggregate. The first game in [[Vratsa]], in the presence of 35,000 spectators, ended with a 2–1 loss. The second game in [[Zagreb]] finished 6–1.

The biggest success in the [[Bulgarian Cup]] is a semi-final in 1960–61, 1974–75 and 1984–85. After the [[1989–90 A Group]] season, Botev was relegated to [[Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|B Group]]. In the next 19 years, the club participated in either the second or the third Bulgarian division.

Botev managed to return to the top flight in 2011, after they won the eastern group of the [[2010–11 B Group]], thus ending a 21-year absence from the top level of Bulgarian football. The [[2011-12 A Group]] season was successful because Botev avoided relegation, finishing 12th, which was the main goal of the club. The next season was less successful, with Botev finishing 13th, which meant that they were relegated after a two-year spell in the top flight. In the next couple of years, Botev Vratsa bounced between the second and third tiers, until 2018, when the team managed to return to the top flight, by winning the 2017-18 Second League. This ended a 5-year absence from the top flight.

Among the club's legendary players is [[Martin Petrov]], considered by most Botev fans as the greatest player to have ever been involved with the club, and one of the greatest Bulgarian players. The list of other famous players to have come from the clubs' youth system consists of [[Iliya Valov]], [[Valentin Iliev]], and [[Valentin Stanchev]]. [[Nikolay Penkov]] is the player with most league appearances for the club&nbsp;– 334. The player with most league goals for the club is [[Georgi Kamenov]], with 150 goals for Botev.

== Colours, signs and symbols ==

Botev is known as one of the "green" teams in Bulgaria, but red is just as characteristic in the club's history. Until 1971, the home colours were red and black vertical stripes. To commemorate the 50th anniversary, officials decided to re-brand the entire image of Botev by selecting green as main colour from 1972 on. At the same time, the club logo was also changed, selecting a lion as its centerpiece to commemorate the revolutionary flags of the [[Hristo Botev]] revolutionaries. Until that point, the portrait of Hristo Botev himself was used as club logo.
The most recent re-branding of the club was in 2009, when the fans initiated a return of the lion to the club logo, almost 15 years after it had been removed. The new logo, which incorporated the original graphic from 1971 was crafted by lifelong fan [[Aleksandar Alekov]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://botevvratza.com/logos.htm |title=Botev Vratsa history |publisher=botevvratsa.com |access-date=2014-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707122221/http://www.botevvratza.com/logos.htm |archive-date=2013-07-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Honours ==

=== Domestic ===
*'''[[First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|First League]]'''
**Third place (1): [[1970–71 A Group|1970–71]]
*'''[[Bulgarian Cup]]:'''
**Semi-finals (2): [[1961 Bulgarian Cup Final|1961]], [[1974–75 Bulgarian Cup|1974–75]]
*'''[[Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|Second League]]:'''
**'''Winners (3):''' 1963–64, [[2010–11 B Group|2010–11]], [[2017–18 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|2017–18]]

===League positions===
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  from:01/07/2002 till:01/07/2003  shift:(0,-4) text:16
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==European record==
===Matches===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Club
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
|-
| 1971–72
| [[1971–72 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
| [[1971–72 UEFA Cup#First round|1R]]
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;" | 1−2
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;" | 1−6
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;" | '''2−8'''
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1983
| rowspan="3"| [[1983 Intertoto Cup|Intertoto Cup]]
| rowspan="3"| [[1983 Intertoto Cup#Group 8|Group 8]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hammarby Fotboll|Hammarby]]
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–2
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–2
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" rowspan="3" align="center"| '''3rd'''
|-
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Arminia Bielefeld]]
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–1
| bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–4
|-
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Bryne FK|Bryne]]
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–0
| bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 3–0
|-
|}


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!  style="width:320px; background:#dcdcdc;"|Competition
!  style="width:35px; background:#dcdcdc;"|{{Tooltip| S | Seasons}}
!  style="width:35px; background:#dcdcdc;"|{{Tooltip| P | Played}}
!  style="width:35px; background:#dcdcdc;"|{{Tooltip| W | Won}}
!  style="width:35px; background:#dcdcdc;"|{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}}
!  style="width:35px; background:#dcdcdc;"|{{Tooltip| L | Lost}}
!  style="width:35px; background:#dcdcdc;"|{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}}
!  style="width:35px; background:#dcdcdc;"|{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}}
!  style="width:35px; background:#dcdcdc;"|{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}}
|-
| align="left" |[[UEFA Europa League]] / [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]
|1||2||0||0||2||2||8||- 6
|-
| align="left" |[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]
|1||6||2||0||4||6||9||- 3
|-
| '''Total'''
|2||8||2||0||6||8||17||- 9
|}
== Players ==
===Current squad===
{{As of|2024|9|30}}

{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=BUL|name=Lyubomir Vasilev|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=ESP|name=David Suárez|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=BUL|name=[[Ivan Vasilev (footballer, born 2001)|Ivan Vasilev]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=UKR|name=[[Danylo Kondrakov]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=BUL|name=[[Daniel Genov (footballer, born 1989)|Daniel Genov]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=BUL|name=[[Spas Georgiev]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=BUL|name=[[Martin Achkov]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=CAF|name=[[Marco Majouga]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=BUL|name=[[Miroslav Marinov]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=BEN|name=[[Saturnin Allagbé]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=BUL|name=[[Chavdar Ivaylov]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=COL|name=[[Brayan Perea]]|pos=FW|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=CGO|name=[[Messie Biatoumoussoka]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=SEN|name=[[Boubacar Traorè (footballer, born 1997)|Boubacar Traorè]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=BUL|name=[[Antoan Stoyanov]]|pos=MF|other=on loan from [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=BUL|name=[[Martin Smolenski]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=BUL|name=[[Deyan Lozev]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=BUL|name=Martin Bachev|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=BUL|name=[[Martin Dichev]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=BUL|name=[[Stefan Tsonkov]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=COL|name=Federico Barrios|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=70|nat=BUL|name=Dilyan Georgiev|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=BUL|name=[[Stefan Velev]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=88|nat=BUL|name=Ivan Neshkov|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=97|nat=BUL|name=[[Vladislav Naydenov]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs end}}

''For recent transfers, see [[List of Bulgarian football transfers winter 2023–24|Transfers winter 2023–24]] and [[List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2024|Transfers summer 2024]].''

=== Foreign players ===
Up to twenty foreign nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the [[First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|Bulgarian First League]], however only five non-EU nationals 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.

{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
'''EU Nationals'''
*{{flagicon|SPA}} David Suárez
{{col-3}}
'''EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)'''
*{{flagicon|CAR}} {{flagicon|France}} [[Marco Majouga]]
*{{flagicon|Congo}} {{flagicon|France}} [[Messie Biatoumoussoka]]
{{col-3}}
'''Non-EU Nationals'''
*{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Brayan Perea]]
*{{flagicon|Colombia}} Federico Barrios
*{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Boubacar Traorè (footballer, born 1997)|Boubacar Traorè]]
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Danylo Kondrakov]]
{{col-end}}

==Notable players==
{{See also|Category:POFC Botev Vratsa players}}
Had international caps for their respective countries, held any club record, or had more than 100 league appearances. Players whose name is listed in '''bold''' represented their countries.

{{col-begin-small}}

{{col-5}}

;Bulgaria
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Petar Alyoshev]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Georgi Antonov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Petar Atanasov (footballer)|Petar Atanasov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Lachezar Baltanov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Valeri Bojinov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Daniel Bozhkov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Valeri Domovchiyski]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Daniel Genov (footballer, born 1989)|Daniel Genov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Ivo Georgiev]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Nikola Hristov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Valentin Iliev]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Mihail Ivanov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Kamenov]]
{{col-4}}
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Todor Kolev (footballer, born 1942)|Todor Kolev]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Krasimir Kostov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Andrian Kraev]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ruslan Kuang]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Angel Lyaskov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Ivaylo Mihaylov (footballer, born 1991)|Ivaylo Mihaylov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Tihomir Naydenov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Valentin Naydenov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Yuliyan Nenov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Nikolay Penkov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Martin Petrov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Apostol Popov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Rumen Rangelov]]
{{col-4}}
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Svetlin Simeonov]]
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Valentin Stanchev]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Radoslav Tsonev]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Momchil Tsvetanov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Svetoslav Valeriev]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Iliya Valov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Iliya Voynov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Dominik Yankov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Tsvetan Yonchev]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Atanas Zehirov]]'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Hristo Zlatinski]]'''
{{col-4}}
;Europe
*{{flagicon|Estonia}} '''[[Edgar Tur]]'''
*{{flagicon|North Macedonia}} '''[[Dorian Babunski]]'''

;Africa
*{{flagicon|Central African Republic}} '''[[Marco Majouga]]'''
*{{flagicon|Congo}} '''[[Messie Biatoumoussoka]]'''
;Asia
*{{flagicon|Lebanon}} '''[[Samir Ayass]]'''
*{{flagicon|Tajikistan}} '''[[Iskandar Dzhalilov]]'''
{{col-end}}

== Managers ==
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Sasho Angelov]] (2009–11)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Atanas Dzhambazki]] (Sept 2011&nbsp;– Oct 11)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Todor Garev (Oct 2011&nbsp;– Dec 11)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Antoni Zdravkov]] (Dec 2011&nbsp;– Aug 12)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Giuliano Sonzogni]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://livesport.bg/Italianets-stana-trenior-na-Botev-Vratsa--69412 |title=Italian head coach signs Botev Vratsa (in Bulgarian) |publisher=Livesport.bg |access-date=2012-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807162243/http://www.livesport.bg/Italianets-stana-trenior-na-Botev-Vratsa--69412 |archive-date=2012-08-07 }}</ref> (Aug 2012&nbsp;– Sept 12)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Antoni Zdravkov]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gong.bg/view_article.php?article_id=298577 |title=Botev Vratsa appoint the new manager |publisher=Gong.bg |access-date=2012-09-20}}</ref> (Sept 2012&nbsp;– June 2013)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Yasen Petrov]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://topsport.ibox.bg/news/id_331295824|title=Ясен Петров обеща да върне Ботев (Вр) в елита |publisher=topsport.bg |date=2013-06-20|access-date=2015-05-28}}</ref> (June 2013&nbsp;– September 2013)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Boyko Velichkov]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.7sport.net/archive7ds/2013/12/05/fb_1footbg/d7005_9.htm|title=Бойко Величков пое Ботев Враца|author=Georgieva, Maria|publisher=7sport.net|date=2013-12-05|access-date=2015-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528135951/http://www.7sport.net/archive7ds/2013/12/05/fb_1footbg/d7005_9.htm|archive-date=2015-05-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> (December 2013&nbsp;– June 2014)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Viktorio Pavlov]] (June 2014&nbsp;– November 2014)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Adalbert Zafirov]] (December 2014&nbsp;– April 2015)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Atanas Dzhambazki]] (May 2015– November 2015)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Nikolay Todorov (footballer, born 1964)|Nikolay Todorov]] (December 2015–May 2016)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Boyko Velichkov]] (May 2016–November 2016)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Sasho Angelov]] (November 2016–November 2019)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Antoni Zdravkov]] (November 2019–March 2021)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Veselin Velikov]] (March 2021–June 2021)
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Daniel Morales (footballer, born 1975)|Daniel Morales]] (June 2021–March 2022)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Ivaylo Dimitrov (March 2022–May 2022)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Gennaro Iezzo]] (May 2022–June 2022)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Rosen Kirilov]] (June 2022–September 2022)
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Daniel Morales (footballer, born 1975)|Daniel Morales]] (September 2022–)

==Kit==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Period
!Kit manufacturer
!Shirt sponsor (chest / back)
|-
|2019–2022
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Erreà]]
|[[:bg:Уинбет|WINBET]]
|-
|2022–2023
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Zeus
|align="Center" rowspan=2| [[:bg:Уинбет|WINBET]] / SportRespect
|-
|2023–2024
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
|-
|2024–
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[:de:Erima|Erima]]
|[[:bg:Уинбет|WINBET]]
|-
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
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*{{Official website|http://www.botev-vratsa.com/}} {{in lang|bg}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061010032741/http://botev-inside.hit.bg/ Unofficial website] {{in lang|bg}} (archived)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090814205550/http://gallery.botevvratza.com/ Botev Vratza Picture Gallery] {{in lang|bg}} (archived)

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[[Category:1921 establishments in Bulgaria|Botev Vratsa]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Bulgaria|Botev Vratsa]]
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