List of PFC Botev Plovdiv seasons

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PFC Botev Plovdiv (Bulgarian: „Ботев“ Пловдив), commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv or simply Botev, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that currently competes in the Bulgarian Parva Liga, the top flight of Bulgarian football. Founded on 11 March 1912, it is the country's oldest active football club.

This is a list of the Botev Plovdiv's achievements in major competitions in Bulgarian and European football. It covers all seasons from 1924 (the beginning of competitive football in Bulgaria), to the most recent completed season.

The club has won 2 Bulgarian Championships, 6 Plovdiv City Championships, 3 Bulgarian Cups, 1 Bulgarian Supercup and 1 Balkans Cup.

Seasons[edit]

1924 – 1948[edit]

*In this period, apart from three seasons between 1937 and 1940, there was no national league in Bulgaria. Instead, there was a national knockout competition called the State Football Championship, which determined the champion of Bulgaria. The qualification rules for this championship were constantly changing, with Botev sometimes being able to qualify directly through the Plovdiv City Championship, while at other times having to compete for the Regional Championship against a team from the region. For most of this period, there was also no separate competition for the Bulgarian Cup.

Season League [1][2] PRC SFC National Cup[3][4]
Division Pos Pl W D L GF GA GD Pts
1924[5] PCC (I) 2nd 7 4 0 3 15 12 +3 8
1924 – 25 PCC 2nd 14 8 2 4 42 26 +16 18
1925 – 26 PCC 1st 10 8 0 2 30 12 +18 16 RU [6]
1926 – 27 PCC 3rd 10 4 2 4 21 18 +3 10
1927 – 28 PCC [7] RU [8]
1928 – 29 PCC 1st 10 9 1 0 25 8 +17 19 W[9] W TC – W[10]
1929 – 30 PCC 1st 10 9 0 1 32 9 +23 18 W[11] SF
1930 – 31 PCC 1st 10 8 1 1 35 9 +26 17 R1
1931 – 32 PCC 2nd 10 7 2 1 24 6 +18 16
1932 – 33 PCC 2nd 10 7 1 2 25 10 +15 15
1933 – 34 PCC 3rd 10 5 2 3 19 20 -1 12
1934 – 35 PCC 2nd 14 11 1 2 38 15 +23 23
1935 – 36 PCC 3rd 16 6 3 7 28 27 +1 15
1936 – 37 PCC (I) 1st 14 12 0 2 35 12 +23 24 W[12] SF
1937 – 38[13] NFD (I) 9th 18 5 2 11 28 44 -16 12 TC – RR[14][15]
1938 – 39 PCC (II) 2nd 12 8 2 2 29 11 +18 18 TC – R16
1939 – 40 PCC (II) 1st 10 8 0 2 24 12 +12 16 W[16] TC – RR[17]
1940 – 41[18] SBFD (I) 4th 14 5 6 3 33 22 +11 16 TC – RR[19]
1941 – 42[20] PCC (I) 2nd 12 5 4 3 26 16 +10 14 R1 TC – RR[21]
1942 – 43 PCC 2nd 12 5 5 2 15 17 -2 15 SF [22]
1943 – 44 PCC 2nd 14 9 1 4 29 14 +15 19 R1
1944 – 45 PCC 2nd 4 3 0 1 19 4 +15 6 QF
1945 – 46 PCC 2nd 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 9 W [23] R16 CSA – RR[24]
1946 – 47 PCC 4th 6 2 2 2 8 11 -3 6 CSA – F
1947 – 48 PRC (I) 2nd 14 9 4 1 36 8 +28 22 R16 CSA – RR

1948 – 1980[edit]

*A national league was established again, this time for good.

Season League CSA[25] Europe Top goalscorer
Division Pos Pl W D L GF GA GD Pts Name Goals
1948 – 49 Southern Division (II) 1st 10 7 2 1 28 9 +19 16 RR
QT 3rd 12 4 5 3 23 17 +6 13
1949 – 50 [26] A Group (I) 6th 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 2 RR
1950 PRC (III) 2nd 14 11 1 2 63 15 +48 23 RR
1951[27] A Group (I) 10th 22 6 5 11 26 32 -6 17 R16
1952 A Group 9th 22 9 1 12 17 25 -8 19 SF
1953 A Group (I) 11th 28 8 8 12 29 31 -2 24 R1
1954 B Group (II) 1st 22 14 8 0 47 9 +38 36 RR
1955 A Group (I) 10th 26 9 8 9 27 31 -4 26 SF
1956 A Group 3rd 22 9 7 6 27 20 +7 25 RU
1957 A Group 8th 22 6 7 9 22 33 -11 19 R16
1958[28] A Group 9th 11 3 3 5 14 18 -4 9 R16
1958 – 59 A Group 8th 22 8 6 8 28 41 -13 22 QF
1959 – 60 A Group 7th 22 8 5 9 30 31 -1 21 R16
1960 – 61 A Group 3rd 26 10 9 7 50 41 +9 29 SF Ivan Sotirov 20
1961 – 62 A Group 4th 26 8 11 7 43 38 +5 27 W
1962 – 63 A Group 2nd 30 17 6 7 55 26 +29 40 RU CWC – QF Georgi Asparuhov 20
1963 – 64 A Group 7th 30 13 4 13 43 54 -11 30 RU
1964 – 65 A Group 12th 30 9 9 12 40 49 -9 27 R32
1965 – 66 A Group 10th 30 9 9 12 41 39 +2 27 R16 Dobrin Nenov 14
1966 – 67 A Group 1st 30 13 12 5 39 24 +15 38 GP Dinko Dermendzhiev 14
1967 – 68 A Group 6th 30 10 10 10 52 49 +3 30 GP EC – R32 Dinko Dermendzhiev 14
1968 – 69 A Group 6th 30 11 6 13 51 48 +3 28 SF ICFC – R1 Dinko Dermendzhiev 21
1969 – 70 A Group 4th 30 15 4 11 48 34 +14 34 QF Dinko Dermendzhiev 18
1970 – 71 A Group 5th 30 13 6 11 53 50 +3 32 QF ICFC – R1
1971 – 72 A Group 6th 34 14 7 13 54 37 +7 35 QF BC – W Dinko Dermendzhiev 16
1972 – 73 A Group 9th 34 12 8 14 44 44 0 32 QF
1973 – 74 A Group 10th 30 7 13 10 36 42 -6 27 R32 Dinko Dermendzhiev 13
1974 – 75 A Group 10th 30 12 4 14 41 55 -14 28 QF Ivan Pritargov 20
1975 – 76 A Group 6th 30 10 12 8 24 26 -2 32 R32
1976 – 77 A Group 11th 30 7 13 10 36 40 -4 27 R32
1977 – 78 A Group 4th 30 13 6 11 39 36 +3 32 QF Anton Milkov 14
1978 – 79 A Group 8th 30 9 11 10 45 45 0 29 R32 UC – R1 Georgi Slavkov 12
1979 – 80 A Group 5th 30 14 5 11 39 38 +1 33 R16 Krasimir Manolov 11

1980 – 1990[edit]

*The tournament for the Bulgarian Cup was established. At first, it was a secondary tournament, but from the 1982-83 season, it became the National Cup, with the Cup of the Soviet Army becoming the secondary tournament instead.

Season League BG Cup SA Cup* Europe Top goalscorer Avg.
Attend.[29]
Division Pos Pl W D L GF GA GD Pts Name Goals
1980 – 81 A Group 3rd 30 15 5 10 64 40 +24 35 3rd W BC – RU Georgi Slavkov 31
1981 – 82 A Group 7th 30 13 4 13 46 42 +4 30 3rd R32 CWC – R32 Kostadin Kostadinov / Mitko Argirov 11
1982 – 83 A Group 3rd 30 16 6 8 62 40 +22 38 R16 R64 Antim Pehlivanov 20 13,733
1983 – 84 A Group 9th 30 11 7 12 64 58 +6 29 RU R32[30] IC-GP Kostadin Kostadinov 15 14,233
1984 – 85 A Group 3rd 30 15 5 10 68 32 +36 33 3rd R16 CWC – R16 Atanas Pashev 17 13,100
1985 – 86 A Group 2nd 30 18 6 6 82 38 +44 41 R4 SF EC – R32[31] Atanas Pashev 30 12,800
1986 – 87 A Group 3rd 30 16 7 7 57 30 +27 39 R16 R16[32] UC – R3 9,733
1987 – 88 A Group 3rd 30 15 9 6 52 31 +21 39 QF R16 UC – R1 Atanas Pashev 17 12,600
1988 – 89 A Group 4th 30 12 9 9 49 36 +13 33 SF R16 UC – R1 Antim Pehlivanov 11 8,538
1989 – 90 A Group 7th 30 15 3 12 43 39 +4 33 R1 RU Antim Pehlivanov 13 11,133

1990 –[edit]

*The Cup of the Soviet Army folds after the fall of communism in Bulgaria. In its place the BFU creates the Cup of the BFU, but it also folds after just one season. A few years later, the football authorities again try to establish a secondary cup competition through the creation of the Cup of the PFL (Professional Football League), but it survives just three seasons, as it was not taken seriously by the top clubs in Bulgaria. From the 2003 – 04 season, there is an annual match between the league champion and the Bulgarian Cup holder, which determines the winner of the Bulgarian Supercup.

Season League BG Cup Other Europe Top goalscorer Avg.
Attend.
Division Pos Pl W D L GF GA GD Pts Name Goals
1990 – 91 A Group 5th 30 12 10 7 49 41 +8 36 RU CB – QF [33][34] Yasen Petrov 11 5,500
1991 – 92 A Group 4th 30 13 11 6 46 27 +19 37 SF IC – GP Marin Bakalov / Todor Zaytsev / Boris Hvoynev 9 12,467
1992 – 93 A Group 3rd 30 16 6 8 55 33 +22 38 RU UC – R1 Yasen Petrov 10 6,933
1993 – 94 A Group 3rd 28 15 5 8 50 29 +21 50 R32 UC – R1 Boris Hvoynev 11 10,500
1994 – 95 A Group 3rd 30 18 6 6 66 31 +35 60 RU CP – R32 [35][36] Banned Boris Hvoynev 12 7,786
1995 – 96 A Group 10th 30 10 6 14 33 38 -5 36 R32 CP – 8th [37] UC – R64
1996 – 97 A Group 5th 30 14 3 13 41 41 0 45 R32 CP – GS [38] Geno Dobrevski 13
1997 – 98 A Group 11th 30 11 3 16 35 48 -13 36 R16
1998 – 99 A Group 13th 30 9 5 16 34 55 -21 32 R16 Dimitar Telkiyski 11
1999 – 00 A Group 8th 30 12 4 14 43 42 +1 40 QF Anastas Petrov 10 8,400
2000 – 01 Premier League (I) 13th 26 6 2 18 28 55 -27 20 QF 5,000
2001 – 02 B Group (II) 3rd 24 13 7 4 36 19 +17 46 R16 Borislav Dimitrov 13 3,292
2002 – 03 Premier League (I) 12th 26 6 3 17 26 61 -35 21 R32 Borislav Dimitrov 9 3,973
2003 – 04 A Group (I) 14th 30 7 6 17 33 60 -27 27 R16 3,993
2004 – 05 B Group (II) 2nd 30 21 5 4 64 21 +43 68 QF Emil Urumov / Kostadin Vidolov 13
2005 – 06 A Group (I) 13th 28 4 12 12 20 38 -18 24 R32 5,964
2006 – 07 A Group 10th 30 11 4 15 41 45 -4 37 R16 4,580
2007 – 08 A Group 12th 30 8 6 16 36 54 -18 30 SF Georgi Hristov 19 5,000
2008 – 09 A Group 13th 30 8 6 16 31 50 -19 30 R32 4,158
2009 – 10 A Group (I) 16th 30 1 4 25 12 78 -66 1 [39] R32 2,439
2010 – 11 V Group (III) 1st 38 37 1 0 127 15 +112 112 RR Atanas Kurdov 46
2011 – 12 B Group (II) 2nd 27 14 9 4 40 17 +23 51 QF Aleksandar Aleksandrov 8 2,804
2012 – 13 A Group (I) 4th 30 18 6 6 51 21 +30 60 R16 Ivan Tsvetkov 17 8,071
2013 – 14 A Group 4th 38 18 11 9 57 32 +25 65 RU EL – 3QR Anicet Abel 10 3,745
2014 – 15 A Group 6th 32 12 6 14 38 39 -1 42 R16 SC – RU EL – 2QR Ivan Tsvetkov 7 2,169
2015 – 16 A Group 7th 32 8 9 15 27 44 -17 33 R16 Lachezar Baltanov 7 2,194
2016 – 17 First League (I) 8th 32 13 5 14 51 50 +1 44 W João Paulo 12 1,906
2017 – 18 First League 5th 36 15 11 10 62 49 +13 56 SF SC – W EL – 3QR Steven Petkov 15 1,829
2018 – 19 First League 6th 36 14 8 14 44 36 +8 50 RU Todor Nedelev 14 1,946
2019 – 20 First League 7th 29 10 6 13 32 34 -2 36 SF Todor Nedelev 9 2,154
2020 – 21 First League 10th 32 7 11 14 34 52 -18 32 R16 Atanas Iliev 16
2021 – 22 First League 3rd 31 15 8 8 38 33 +5 53 R32

Key[edit]

Winners Runners-up Third/SF Promotion Relegation

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ботев Пловдив".
  2. ^ "Bulgaria Championship History 1924-2009".
  3. ^ "Ботев Пловдив".
  4. ^ "Ботев Пловдив".
  5. ^ The Plovdiv City Championship was established in 1924, along with the Bulgarian State Championship. By format, the winner of the Plovdiv City Championship plays a final match against the best team in the region that does not reside in the city of Plovdiv itself. This match determines the champion of the Trakiya (later Plovdiv) Region that then plays in a knockout competition (The Bulgarian State Championship) against teams from the other regions of Bulgaria. This competition determines the Bulgarian Football Champion
  6. ^ Lost Regional Championship Final vs. Botev Pazardzhik
  7. ^ There isn't any information on the standings for this season, as it was abandoned halfway through
  8. ^ Official Loss in Regional Championship Final vs. Levski Plovdiv. Reason is unknown
  9. ^ Won Regional Championship Final vs. Botev Pazardzhik
  10. ^ In the periods 1924 – 1937 and 1943 – 1945 the Cup is given to the winner of State Championship
  11. ^ Won Regional Championship Final vs. Botev Pazardzhik
  12. ^ Won Regional Championship Final vs. Botev Pazardzhik
  13. ^ A nation-wide top-level football league is formed for the first time
  14. ^ With the establishment of a nation-wide football league, the Bulgarian Champion no longer receives the Tsar's Cup. A new knockout competition is established to determine the winner of the Cup
  15. ^ Lost against Sportklub Plovdiv
  16. ^ Won Regional Championship Final vs. Levski Pazardzhik
  17. ^ Lost against Sportklub Plovdiv
  18. ^ The nation-wide National Division was disbanded, and instead two regional top-level leagues were established
  19. ^ Lost against Parchevich Plovdiv
  20. ^ The South Bulgarian Football Division is disbanded as well and the format switches more or less to the one prior to the establishment of a national league, though the Plovdiv Region now has the right to have two representatives
  21. ^ Lost against Shipka
  22. ^ The Tsar's Cup is again given to the winner of the State Championship
  23. ^ Won Regional Championship Final vs. Levski Asenovgrad
  24. ^ With the new communist government in power, a new competition called "Cup of the Soviet Army" is established as the new National Cup competition of Bulgaria.
  25. ^ The National Cup of the Bulgaria during this period is called the "Cup of the Soviet Army"
  26. ^ The 1949 – 50 season starts normally, but after just two rounds played, it is abandoned so a reorganisation can take place. Qualification tournaments are set up, with Botev winning qualification through the Plovdiv one. This means the club should remain a member of the top division. However, as CSKA Sofia could not qualify for the division through the Sofiq qualifiers, the football union decides that CSKA should take Botev's place instead. Botev, on the other hand, is sent to the Plovdiv Regional Championship.
  27. ^ After one season in the Plovdiv Regional Championship, in 1950 the football authorities decide to compensate Botev for what they did to it an year earlier and grant the club a place in the top division for the 1951 season.
  28. ^ Season 1958 is a transition season so everyone plays only one time against one another
  29. ^ "EFS Attendances". www.european-football-statistics.co.uk.
  30. ^ Knocked out by Chirpan
  31. ^ Due to a fight among the footballers of CSKA and Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian Cup final of 1985, the title for 1985 was (temporarily) given to the team in third place for that year, Botev Plovdiv, which is why Botev played in the European Cup of 1985 – 86
  32. ^ Knocked out by Dobrudzha Dobrich
  33. ^ The Cup of the BFU is the successor of the CSA. It is held only this season.
  34. ^ Botev goes out against Neftohimik Burgas
  35. ^ The Cup of the Professional Football League is established as a replacement for the defunct Cup of the BCU, but it also folds after just three seasons.
  36. ^ Botev is eliminated Dunav Ruse
  37. ^ Loses the match for 7th place against Levski Sofia
  38. ^ Finishes 3rd in the Group Stage
  39. ^ During the 2009–10 season, Botev was deducted 6 points because of administrative irregularities. After the first half of the season, the club was expelled from the league and all of their remaining fixtures were counted as 3-0 wins for their opponents.
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