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FC Spartak Plovdiv (ФК Спартак Пловдив) is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv. Founded in 1947, they have once been champions of Bulgaria (in 1963), coming second the previous year, and Bulgarian Cup winners (in 1958). The team was merged with Botev Plovdiv and SSK Akademik to form AFD Trakia in 1967, but became once again independent on 2 December 1982.
Spartak Plovdiv play their home games at their 3,000-seat Todor Diev Stadium in Kichuk Parizh district of Plovdiv. The stadium is named for the club's all-time greatest player. Currently Spartak is in the second division of Bulgarian football, the B PFG.
The child-juvenile school of FC Spartak is one of the best and prolific creators of young talents in Bulgarian football.
[edit] History
Evolved from three earlier Plovdiv clubs - Levski, Septemvri and Udarnik. Spartak is a reference to the Roman slave hero Spartacus. This reference also explains the club's nickname - Gladiatorite (The Gladiators).
The club participated in the European Cup competition for the first time in 1963-64 vs KF Partizani Tirana (0:1, 3:1) and vs PSV (0:1, 0:0). Second continental participation was in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1966-67 vs SL Benfica (1:1, 0:3).
In 1964 Spartak reached the Balkans Cup final, losing to FC Rapid Bucureşti after two legs - 1:1 at home and 0:2 away.
In 1967 Spartak was merged with SSK Akademik and Botev Plovdiv into a new club - AFD Trakia. An independent Spartak did not re-emerge until 1982. Merged in 1998 with Komatevo Sokol`94 and were renamed Spartak-S`94. This remained club's official name till the 2001-02 season.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Notable players
- Todor Diev (1934-1995)
- Dimitar Dimov
- Ivan Manolov
- Mihail Dushev
- Hristo Dishkov
- Tobiah Momin
- Georgi Barbov
- Dimitar Hubinov
- Ljubomir Burnarski
[edit] Current squad 2007/08
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 1 |
 |
GK |
Vasil Vasilev |
| 3 |
|
DF |
Emil Argirov |
| 4 |
|
DF |
Lyudmil Nikolov |
| 5 |
|
DF |
Todor Simeonov |
| 7 |
|
DF |
Murad Ibrahimovic |
| 10 |
|
MF |
Hristo Staev |
| 12 |
|
GK |
Stoyan Zdravkov |
| 16 |
|
MF |
Mitko Tsenovski |
| 17 |
|
DF |
Stoyan Terziev |
| 19 |
|
MF |
Pejo Batinov |
| 20 |
|
FW |
Evgeni Kurdov |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 22 |
|
GK |
Petar Denchev |
| 23 |
|
MF |
Ilhan Ibramdzhik |
|
|
DF |
Lyuben Nikolov |
|
|
MF |
Petar Kanchev |
|
|
MF |
Jordan Hristov |
|
|
MF |
Petko Fenev |
|
|
MF |
Vencislav Vitanov |
|
|
FW |
Krasen Trifonov |
|
|
FW |
Ivan Ploshtakov |
|
[edit] Squad 2006/07
As of January 2007
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 1 |
|
GK |
Rumen Tinkov |
| 2 |
|
DF |
Georgi Ilievski |
| 3 |
|
DF |
Emil Arguirov |
| 4 |
|
DF |
Ljudmil Nikolov |
| 5 |
|
DF |
Todor Simeonov |
| 7 |
|
DF |
Murad Ibrahimovic |
| 8 |
|
MF |
Nikolay Pavlov |
| 10 |
|
MF |
Hristo Staev |
| 11 |
|
MF |
Ivan Karamanov |
| 12 |
|
GK |
Stoyan Zdravkov |
| 16 |
|
MF |
Mitko Tsenovski |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 17 |
|
DF |
Stoyan Terziev |
| 18 |
|
MF |
Yonko Nedelchev |
| 19 |
|
MF |
Peyo Batinov |
| 20 |
|
FW |
Euvgeni Kourdov |
| 21 |
|
FW |
Vesselin Filipov |
| 22 |
|
GK |
Petar Denchev |
| 23 |
|
MF |
Ilham Ibramzhik |
| 24 |
|
DF |
Georgi Hristozov |
| 25 |
|
DF |
Nedelcho Delchev |
| 30 |
|
|
Ivaylo Dimitrou |
| 33 |
|
|
Hristo Stalev |
|
[edit] Address
6, Macedonia Blvd, Kichuk Parizh, 4004 Plovdiv.
[edit] External links
