FC National Sofia

National Sofia
Full name	Football Club National Sofia
Founded	1 June 2003; 21 years ago
Ground	NSA Stadium, Sofia
Capacity	2,500
Manager	Stanislav Katrankov
League	A RFG Sofia
2023–24	B RFG Sofia, 1st (promoted)
Website	https://www.fcnational.com/
Home colours	Away colours

National Sofia (Bulgarian: Национал София) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the A RFG Sofia, the fourth division of the Bulgarian football league system. National's home ground is the NSA Stadium which has a capacity of 2,500 spectators.

History

National was establimished in 2003 as youth academy. In 2017 the academy started a partnership with Dinamo Zagreb.^[1] In 2023 the team started a main team and joined B Regional Group - Sofia.^[2] The team won the league and got promoted to A RFG Sofia in 2024.

Shirt and sponsor

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt partner
2023–present	Sportika	Raider

Players

Current squad

As of 19 September 2024^[update]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BUL	Yordan Dimitrov
—	GK	BUL	Nikola Zlatinov
—	GK	BUL	Boris Sotirov
—	GK	BUL	Borislav Ivanov
—	DF	BUL	Antonio Lalkinski
—	DF	BUL	Mihail Vladimirov
—	DF	BUL	Georgi Bolyarov
—	DF	BUL	Viktor Penev
—	DF	BUL	Aleks Ivanov
—	DF	BUL	Dimo Dimchev
—	DF	BUL	Andre Pavlov
—	DF	BUL	Velizar Baladzhanov
—	DF	BUL	Mario Angelov
—	DF	BUL	Stiliyan Pamukov
—	MF	BUL	Stoyan Zaykov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BUL	Ivaylo Tomchev
—	MF	BUL	Vladislav Petrunov
—	MF	BUL	Kaloyan Sokolov
—	MF	BUL	Deyan Aleksov
—	MF	BUL	Valentin Iliev
—	MF	BUL	Mario Tachev
—	MF	BUL	Yuliyan Tachev
—	MF	BUL	Halil Dzhevdet
—	MF	BUL	Teodor Kyukov
—	FW	BUL	Kiril Kotev
—	FW	BUL	Martin Savov
—	FW	BUL	Evgeni Batov
—	FW	BUL	Rumen Kolev
—	FW	BUL	Martin Krastev
—	FW	BUL	Anton Bakalov

Personnel

Managerial history

Dates	Name	Honours
2023–2024	Rosen Ilkov
2024–	Stanislav Katrankov

Seasons

Past seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season	League											Bulgarian Cup	Other competitions	Top goalscorer
Season	Division	Level	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Pos	Bulgarian Cup	Other competitions	Top goalscorer
2023–24	B RFG Sofia	5	26	25	0	1	170	20	+150	75	1st ↑	DNQ
2024–25	A RFG Sofia	4										DNQ

Key

GS = Group stage
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals

Champions	Runners-up	Promoted	Relegated

References

^ "ФК Национал продължава сътрудничеството си с Динамо (Загреб)". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-05-30.
^ "ФК Национал стартира с мъжки отбор". www.fcnational.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

External links

[1] "ФК Национал продължава сътрудничеството си с Динамо (Загреб)". Gong.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-05-30.

[2] "ФК Национал стартира с мъжки отбор". www.fcnational.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

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