PFC Marek Dupnitsa

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PFC Marek

Full name

PFC Marek Dupnitsa

Founded

1947

Ground

Bonchuk Stadium
(Capacity 16 050)

Chairman

Yordan Andreev

Manager

Stoyan Kotsev

League

TBI A Football Group

2006-07

A Grupa, 14 place





Home colours





Away colours

Marek (Bulgarian: ПФК Марек Дупница) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Dupnitsa. It was founded in 1947 after the unification of three other local clubs - Atletic, Slavia, and Levski. Its home matches take place at the Bonchuk Stadium.

1 Address
2 History
3 Marek in Intertoto cup
4 Current squad 2007/08
5 Notable players
6 External links

[edit] Address

Sports complex Bonchuk
Dupnitsa 8000 Bulgaria
phone: +359 (701)320 07
fax: +359 320 07
e-mail: marek@satline.net

[edit] History

The name Marek is the nickname for Stanke Dimitrov, a local hero of the Communist party. Marek is an abbreviation which contains the first letters of St. Dimitrov' s nickname - Marxist, Antifascist, Revolutionary, Emigrant, Communist.

Old badges

Domestic successes: The biggest successes for Marek came in the late 1970s and the early 1980s when the team finished third in its domestic league(1977). The next year Marek won its National Cup (The Cup of the Soviet Army, as it was called at the time) by defeating the overwhelming favorites of CSKA Sofia by the score of 1:0 in front of 75.000 spectators at Vasil Levski Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Marek in Europe: The team also played in Europe: UEFA Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, and Intertoto Cup (as recently as 3 years ago). The most famous games are against mighty Bayern München (a 2:0 victory), against Ferenzvaros of Hungary (a 3:0 victory), and against Aberdeen of Scotland (a 3:2 victory). The Aberdeen squad was led by the now-legendary coach Sir Alex Ferguson. The return leg in Scotland was tied 0:0 until late in the game, when substitute Gordon Strachan scored a goal and led his team to a 3:0 victory. The club also competed in the 1980 Intertoto Cup against IFK Göteborg(2:3,1:4)-a team that won the UEFA Cup just a year later;B 93 Copenhagen(2:0,2:3), and Austria Salzburg (4:2, 2:2) to finish second in the group. The following season Marek once again competed in the Intertoto Cup-against Stuttgarter Kickers(0:1,0:2), Viking F.K.(1:2,0:3), and Willem II Tilburg(0:1,1:4)-and finished last in its group.

Stadium and fans: The team is known for its loyal supporters and the local stadium "Bonchuk Stadium" is infamous for being a difficult place for visiting teams. "Bonchuk" has capacity for 16.050 people. The town of Dupnitsa was known as the "city on wheels", because thousands of loyal Marek fans would follow the team at away games to remote parts of Bulgaria.

Famous players: Among the most famous players of Marek are Kiril Milanov, Dimitar Isakov, Nikolai Krastev (Shultz), Sasho Pargov, Ivan and Ventzi Petrov, Stoyan Stoyanov (a goalkeeper), Asen Tomov, and Dimitre Dimitrov-Miki. The coach associated with the successes of Marek is Yanko Dinkov.

Marek today: In the late 1980s, the team dropped to second and then the third division in the local championship. Currently, the team is back in the premier division of Bulgarian football and has been playing very well there for the past 6 years. As a participant in the Intertoto Cup, Marek tied 1:1 the German Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg in 2003, but lost away from home the second leg(0:2). The team finished 7th at the conclusion of the 2003-2004 season, 9th at the end of the 2004-2005 season, 11th after the 2005-2006 season, and 12th at the end of the most recent 2006-2007 football season of the Bulgarian premier division(out of 16 teams). Marek secured its place in the Bulgarian top division for the next season with a 1:0 home win over the favorites CSKA Sofia.

During the 2007/2008 season, Marek was plagued by injuries of key players, several coaching changes and a not-so-well covered conflict between the senior players of the club: Angelo and Yanek Kjuchukov and the club president, Yordan Andreev. Further, the team sold their best and most talented player, Enio Krastovchev, to Levski Sofia. As a result, the team finished in last place, 16th, with only 5 wins in 30 games, in the domestic first division, and will play in the second division during the 2008/2009 season.

[edit] Marek in Intertoto cup

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Year	Stage	Match	Results
1980	group	Marek - IFK Göteborg	2:3,1:4
1980	group	Marek - Austria Salzburg	4:2,2:2
1980	group	Marek - B 93 Copenhagen	2:0,2:3
1981	group	Marek - Stuttgarter Kickers	0:1,0:2
1981	group	Marek - Viking F.K.	1:2,0:3
1981	group	Marek - Willem II	0:1,1:4
2002	1/32	Marek - Caersws FC	2:0,1:1
2002	1/16	FC Ashdod - Marek	1:1,0:1
2002	1/8	Marek - Slaven Belupo	0:3,1:3
2003	1/32	Videoton - Marek	2:2,1:1
2003	1/16	Marek - VfL Wolfsburg	1:1,0:2
2004	1/32	Marek - FC Dila Gori	0:0,4:2
2004	1/16	K.R.C. Genk - Marek	1:0,0:0

[edit] Current squad 2007/08

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Emil Varadinov
2	DF	Aleksandar Goranov
3	DF	Yanek Kuchukov
4	DF	Svetoslav Georgiev
5	DF	Ivaylo Sokolov
6	MF	Angel Krumov
7	MF	Radoslav Ivanov
8	MF	Noureddine Ez Zahid
9	FW	Ivo Pargov
10	MF	Anjelo Kuchukov
11	DF	Kostadin Boshikyov

No.	Position	Player
12	GK	Daniel Belchev
13	FW	Ivan Redovski
14	FW	Daniel Mladenov
15	MF	Ivaylo Simeonov
16	MF	Slavcho Boychev
17	FW	Dimitar Georgiev
18	DF	Milan Pavlović
19	MF	Igor Tasković
20	MF	Georgi Andreev
21	FW	Karou Radoun
77	GK	Evgeni Spasov