PFC Bansko

Bansko Team

Full name	Association Football Club Bansko Team
Nickname	The Chamois
Founded	1951 (1951)
Ground	St Petar Stadium, Bansko
Capacity	200
Chairman	Georgi Kotsev
Head coach	Boris Galchev
League	South-West Third League
2021–22	Third League, 7th
Home colours Away colours

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:

• 3rd place (1): 2009–10

Bulgarian Cup:

• Third Round (2): 2007–08, 2012–13

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
2008–2009	Boris Nikolov
2009–2010	Krasimir Manolov
2010–2013	Voyn Voynov
2013–2015	Aleksandar Tomash
2016	Ivan Atanasov
2016–2017	Petko Medvedski
2017–2019	Dimitar Krushovski
2021–2024	Boris Galchev
2024–	Borislav Hazurov

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.

External links

• Bansko at bgclubs.eu