FC Krumovgrad

FC Krumovgrad
Full nameFootball Club Krumovgrad 1925
Nickname(s)Златотърсачите (The Golddiggers)
Founded1925 (1925)
GroundStadium Krumovgrad
Capacity3,000
ChairmanVasil Sarmov
2024–25First League, 15th (relegated)
Websitefckrumovgrad.bg

Football Club Krumovgrad 1925 (Bulgarian: Футболен клуб Крумовград 1925) is a football club based in Krumovgrad, Bulgaria. which from the 2025-26 season was expected to compete in the Second Professional Football League, the second level of Bulgarian football league system. The team plays its home matches at the local Krumovgrad Stadium.

History

Establishment and regional leagues

Original club was founded as Levski Krumovgrad in 1925, the team mostly played in the regional leagues. For a short period the team did not exist, but in 2005, the team was refounded under the name Levski 2005.

FC Krumovgrad and professional leagues (2021–2025)

In 2021 the team won a promotion to the Bulgarian Third League and indicated serious ambitions to win the group and be promoted to the professional football with Stefan Genov becoming a manager.[1] On 21 September 2021 they eliminated the First League team of Tsarsko Selo.[2] In October 2021, the club changed its name from Levski 2005 to Krumovgrad and adopted a new badge.[3] In February 2022 Krumovgrad signed with Daniel Cerejido, the chief executive officer of Botev Plovdiv.[4] On 14 March 2022 the club won South-East Third League and was promoted to the Second League for the first time in their history.[5] On 26 May 2023 Krumovgrad secured their promotion to First League, for the first time in their history by finishing third in the second division, a place granting automatic promotion to the first league.[6]

For the 2023-2024 season, the club played its home games at the Komatevo ground in Plovdiv, due to its own stadium not meeting the requirements for hosting top division matches. The opener of Krumovgrad's maiden season in the first flight was an unlikely 3:1 victory at home, against reigning efbet League champions Ludogorets. Krumovgrad eventually managed to finish in 6th place in its maiden season in the top tier. In their second season, they finished 15th and got relegated to the Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria). On 2 July 2025 the team announced they are stopping the team from participating in Second League, due the fact that the team does not have a stadium to play.[7]

Honours

Colours and badge

Krumovgrad plays in blue and yellow colours.

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt front partner Shirt back partner
2021–2023 Uhlsport None
2023– Compass Cargo Airlines PIMK

Current squad

As of 20 June 2025

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF  FRA Steven N'Guessan
5 DF  CTA Peter Guinari
6 MF  ESP Imanol Alonso
7 MF  BUL Momchil Tsvetanov
8 MF  BEL Joachim Carcela
9 FW  BUL Ivan Vasilev
10 MF  ROU Cătălin Itu
11 FW  BUL Oktay Yusein
12 GK  BUL Milko Badanov
13 DF  BUL Arhan Isuf
17 FW  BUL Kristian Dobrev
18 DF  FRA Sanasi Sy
19 FW  BUL Nasko Milev
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK  BUL Blagoy Makendzhiev (captain)
24 DF  BUL Lazar Marin
25 DF  BUL Stanislav Rabotov
27 FW  FRA Ibrahim Keita
44 DF  GAB Sidney Obissa
70 MF  POR Tiago Veiga
77 MF  BUL Stefan Popov
88 DF  TUR Sertan Vatansever
91 MF  BUL Hristo Ivanov
98 MF  BUL Georgi Tartov
99 FW  NED Ayman Sellouf
DF  BRA Lucas Santana
DF  BUL Radoslav Uzunov

For recent transfers, see List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2025.

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Foreign players

Up to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the Bulgarian First Professional League however only three can be used in 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.

Notable players

For all players with a Wikipedia article see Category:FC Krumovgrad players.

The footballers enlisted below have international caps for their respective countries or more than 100 caps for Krumovgrad. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries.

Past seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season League Bulgarian Cup Other competitions Top goalscorer
Division Level P W D L F A GD Pts Pos
2021–22 South-East Third League 3 34 27 5 2 112 16 +96 86 1st ↑ Round of 16 Ahmed Osman 25
2022–23 Second League 2 34 17 9 8 43 33 +10 60 3rd ↑ Round of 32 Martin Sorakov
Ahmed Osman
7
2023–24 First League 1 35 13 10 12 45 45 +0 49 6th Round of 32 Aleksandar Kolev 15
2024–25 1 Qualified

Key

  • GS = Group stage
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Goalscoring and appearance records

As of 19 February 2025

Most league appearances for the club

Rank Name Career Appearances
1 Blagoy Makendzhiev 2021–present 67
2 Oktay Yusein 2021–present 65
3 Tsvetelin Radev 2021–2023 62
4 Dzhuneyt Yashar 2021–2024 59
5 Matej Šimić 2023–2025 52
6 Yanko Georgiev 2023–present 50
7 Ahmed Osman 2021–2023 49
8 Kaloyan Stefanov 2021–2023 47
9 Vyacheslav Velyev 2023–2024 46
10 Serkan Yusein 2023–2025 45


Most league goals for the club

Rank Name Career Goals
1 Ahmed Osman 2021–2023 32
2 Dzhuneyt Yashar 2021–2024 17
3 Aleksandar Kolev 2023–2024 15
4 Petar Hristov 2021–2022 14
5 Miroslav Budinov 2021–2022 11
6 Tsvetelin Radev 2021–2023 10
Kaloyan Stefanov 2021–2023 10
8 Martin Sorakov 2023 8
9 Serkan Yusein 2023–2025 8
10 Patrick Luan 2023–2025 6
  • Players in bold are still playing for Krumovgrad.

Personal

Club officials

As of March 2025
Name Position
Management
Asen Karaslavov Head of first team football
Kostadin Nichev Sporting Director
Stefan Genov Board Member
Coaching staff
Rosen Kirilov Head coach
Nikolay Grekov Assistant
Radoslav Filipov Assistant
Kiril Rumenov Goalkeeping coach

Manager history

Name Nat From To Honours
Stefan Genov 17 June 2021 31 May 2022 1 Third League title
Akis Vavalis 1 July 2022 3 October 2022
Velislav Vutsov 4 October 2022 23 December 2022
Nemanja Miljanović 8 January 2023 28 October 2023
Stanislav Genchev 28 October 2023 31 May 2024
Atanas Ribarski 1 Juny 2024 4 March 2025
Miroslav Kosev 4 March 2025 2 April 2025
Rosen Kirilov 2 April 2025

References