PFC Bansko

Bansko Team
Full nameAssociation Football Club Bansko Team
Nickname(s)The Chamois
Founded1951 (1951)
GroundSt Petar Stadium, Bansko
Capacity200
ChairmanGeorgi Kotsev
Head coachBoris Galchev
LeagueSouth-West Third League
2021–22Third League, 7th

Bansko Team (Bulgarian: Банско Тийм) is a Bulgarian professional association football club from the town of Bansko, currently playing in the South-West Third League, the third division of Bulgarian football. Its home matches take place at the Saint Petar Stadium.

The club was founded in 1951. Until the 2008–09 season, the team participated in either the amateurs Bulgarian divisions. After the union by the two clubs from Blagoevgrad – "Pirin" and "Pirin 1931", FC Bansko took licence of Pirin for participation in the West B Group.

History

Bansko was founded in 1951. The team has largely played in regional leagues throughout its history. The team enjoyed more success in the 21st century. Bansko was promoted to the B PFG for the first time in 2009. A strong selection of players led to success in the second tier of Bulgarian football. In their debut season, Bansko finished third, very close to securing promotion to the top tier. During this season, 2009-10 season, Bansko managed to finish in third place, with 59 points, equal with Akademik Sofia on points. However, Akademik had a better goal difference and was placed second, thus being promoted to the first tier at the expense of Bansko.

On 15 June 2020 the team was transferred under a new operative company and at the start of season 2021–22 the team name was changed to FC Bansko Team.

Honours

B Group:

Bulgarian Cup:

Current squad

As of 30 March 2024

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
1 GK  BUL Abdi Abdikov
2 DF  BUL Yordan Lechov
3 DF  BUL Kostadin Slaev (captain)
4 MF  BUL Todor Palankov
5 DF  BUL Iliya Munin
7 MF  BUL Boris Eykov
8 MF  BUL Kostadin Vasilev
9 FW  BUL Vladislav Zlatinov
10 MF  BUL Nikolay Hadzhinikolov
11 FW  BUL Teodor Cholev
14 FW  BUL Ibrahim Sheriff
15 DF  BUL Dimitar Petkov
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  BUL Ivan Georgiev
17 MF  BUL Asen Libyahovski
18 DF  BUL Georgi Fikiyn
19 DF  BUL Roman Rodopski
20 DF  BUL Mario Dimitrov
21 MF  BUL Lazar Erinin
22 DF  BUL Georgi Tsekleov
24 MF  BUL Denis Angelov
25 MF  BUL Viktor Ergin
33 GK  BUL Atanas Tapigyozov
40 FW  BUL Dimitar Stoev
MF  BUL Martin Taushanov

League positions

Managers

Dates Name Honours
1951–2009 unknown
2009 Boris Nikolov
2009–2010 Krasimir Manolov
2010–2013 Voyn Voynov
2013–2015 Aleksandar Tomash
2016 Ivan Atanasov
2016–2017 Petko Medvedski
2017– Dimitar Krushovski[1]

Past seasons

Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts Bulgarian Cup
2009–10 B PFG (II) 3 17 8 5 50 22 59 First round
2010–11 B PFG 4 14 6 10 42 35 48 Second round
2011–12 B PFG 4 10 10 7 36 24 40 Second round
2012–13 B PFG 5 13 7 6 48 26 46 Third round
2013–14 B PFG 5 13 3 10 40 24 42 First round
2014–15 B PFG 4 14 11 5 38 18 53 Second round
2015–16 B PFG 9 11 6 13 42 38 39 Second round
2016–17 Second League (II) 15 6 7 17 26 55 25 First Round
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

References

  1. ^ "Димитър Крушовски е новият старши треньор на Банско" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 3 July 2017.