List of PFC Botev Plovdiv seasons explained

PFC Botev Plovdiv (Bulgarian: „Ботев“ Пловдив), commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv or simply Botev, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that currently competes in the Bulgarian Parva Liga, the top flight of Bulgarian football. Founded on 11 March 1912, it is the country's oldest active football club.

This is a list of Botev Plovdiv's achievements in major competitions in Bulgarian and European football. It covers all seasons from 1924 (the beginning of competitive football in Bulgaria), to the most recent completed season.

The club has won 2 Bulgarian Championships, 6 Plovdiv City Championships, 4 Bulgarian Cups, 1 Bulgarian Supercup and 1 Balkans Cup.

Seasons

1924 – 1948

SeasonLeague [1] [2] PRCSFCNational Cup[3] [4]
DivisionPosPlWDLGFGAGDPts
1924[5] PCC (I)2nd 74 0 3 15 12 +3 8
1924 – 25PCC 2nd 148 2 4 42 26 +16 18
1925 – 26PCC bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold10bgcolor=gold8 bgcolor=gold0 bgcolor=gold2 bgcolor=gold30 bgcolor=gold12 bgcolor=gold+18 bgcolor=gold16 RU [6]
1926 – 27PCC 3rd 104 2 4 21 18 +3 10
1927 – 28PCC [7] RU [8]
1928 – 29PCC bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold10bgcolor=gold9 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold0 bgcolor=gold25 bgcolor=gold8 bgcolor=gold+17 bgcolor=gold19 bgcolor=goldW[9] bgcolor=goldWbgcolor=goldTC – W[10]
1929 – 30PCC bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold10bgcolor=gold9 bgcolor=gold0 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold32 bgcolor=gold9 bgcolor=gold+23 bgcolor=gold18 bgcolor=goldW[11]
1930 – 31PCC bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold10bgcolor=gold8 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold35 bgcolor=gold9 bgcolor=gold+26 bgcolor=gold17 R1
1931 – 32PCC 2nd 107 2 1 24 6 +18 16
1932 – 33PCC 2nd 107 1 2 25 10 +15 15
1933 – 34PCC 3rd 105 2 3 19 20 -1 12
1934 – 35PCC 2nd 1411 1 2 38 15 +23 23
1935 – 36PCC 3rd 166 3 7 28 27 +1 15
1936 – 37PCC (I)bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold14bgcolor=gold12 bgcolor=gold0 bgcolor=gold2 bgcolor=gold35 bgcolor=gold12 bgcolor=gold+23 bgcolor=gold24 bgcolor=goldW[12]
1937 – 38[13] NFD (I)9th 185 2 11 28 44 -16 12 TC – RR[14] [15]
1938 – 39PCC (II) 2nd 128 2 2 29 11 +18 18 TC – R16
1939 – 40PCC (II)1st108 0 2 24 12 +12 16 W[16] TC – RR[17]
1940 – 41[18] SBFD (I) 4th 145 6 3 33 22 +11 16 TC – RR[19]
1941 – 42[20] PCC (I)2nd 125 4 3 26 16 +10 14 TC – RR[21]
PCC2nd 125 5 2 15 17 -2 15 [22]
PCC2nd 149 1 4 29 14 +15 19
PCC2nd 43 0 1 19 4 +15 6
PCC2nd 64 1 1 13 7 +6 9 bgcolor=goldW [23] CSA – RR[24]
PCC4th 62 2 2 8 11 -3 6 CSA – F
PRC (I)2nd 149 4 1 36 8 +28 22 CSA – RR

1948 – 1980

SeasonLeagueCSA[25] EuropeTop goalscorer
DivisionPosPlWDLGFGAGDPtsNameGoals
1948 – 49Southern Division (II) 1st 10 7 2 1 28 9 +19 16
QT3rd 12 4 5 3 23 17 +6 13
1949 – 50 [26] A Group (I) 6th 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 2
1950 PRC (III) 2nd 14 11 1 2 63 15 +48 23
1951[27] A Group (I) 10th 226 5 11 26 32 -6 17
1952A Group 9th 229 1 12 17 25 -8 19
1953A Group (I)11th 288 8 12 29 31 -2 24
1954B Group (II)1st2214 8 0 47 9 +38 36
1955A Group (I) 10th 269 8 9 27 31 -4 26
1956A Group3rd 229 7 6 27 20 +7 25
1957A Group 8th 226 7 9 22 33 -11 19
1958[28] A Group 9th 113 3 5 14 18 -4 9
1958 – 59A Group 8th22 8 6 8 28 41 -13 22
1959 – 60A Group 7th22 8 5 9 30 31 -1 21
1960 – 61A Group3rd 26 10 9 7 50 41 +9 29 Ivan Sotirov 20
1961 – 62A Group 4th 268 11 7 43 38 +5 27 bgcolor=gold
1962 – 63A Group2nd 3017 6 7 55 26 +29 40 20
1963 – 64A Group 7th 3013 4 13 43 54 -11 30
1964 – 65A Group 12th 309 9 12 40 49 -9 27
1965 – 66A Group 10th 309 9 12 41 39 +2 27 14
1966 – 67A Groupbgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold30bgcolor=gold13 bgcolor=gold12 bgcolor=gold5 bgcolor=gold39 bgcolor=gold24 bgcolor=gold+15 bgcolor=gold38 14
1967 – 68A Group 6th 3010 10 10 52 49 +3 30 14
1968 – 69A Group 6th 3011 6 13 51 48 +3 28 21
1969 – 70A Group 4th 3015 4 11 48 34 +14 34 18
1970 – 71A Group 5th 3013 6 11 53 50 +3 32
1971 – 72A Group 6th 3414 7 13 54 37 +7 35 bgcolor=gold16
1972 – 73A Group 9th 3412 8 14 44 44 0 32
1973 – 74A Group 10th 307 13 10 36 42 -6 27 13
1974 – 75A Group 10th 3012 4 14 41 55 -14 28 Ivan Pritargov 20
1975 – 76A Group 6th 3010 12 8 24 26 -2 32
1976 – 77A Group 11th 307 13 10 36 40 -4 27
1977 – 78A Group 4th 3013 6 11 39 36 +3 32 14
1978 – 79A Group 8th 309 11 10 45 45 0 29 12
1979 – 80A Group 5th 3014 5 11 39 38 +1 33 11

1980 – 1990

SeasonLeagueBG CupSA Cup*EuropeTop goalscorerAvg.
Attend.[29]
DivisionPosPlWDLGFGAGDPtsNameGoals
1980 – 81A Group3rd 3015 5 10 64 40 +24 35 3rdbgcolor=goldGeorgi Slavkov 31
1981 – 82A Group 7th 3013 4 13 46 42 +4 30 3rd 11
1982 – 83A Group3rd 3016 6 8 62 40 +22 38 Antim Pehlivanov 20 13,733
1983 – 84A Group 9th 3011 7 12 64 58 +6 29R32[30] 15 14,233
1984 – 85A Group3rd 3015 5 10 68 32 +36 3317 13,100
1985 – 86A Group2nd 3018 6 6 82 38 +44 41 EC – R32[31] Atanas Pashev 30 12,800
1986 – 87A Group3rd 3016 7 7 57 30 +27 39 R16[32] 9,733
1987 – 88A Group3rd 3015 9 6 52 31 +21 39 17 12,600
1988 – 89A Group 4th 3012 9 9 49 36 +13 3311 8,538
1989 – 90A Group 7th 3015 3 12 43 39 +4 33 R113 11,133

1990 –

SeasonLeagueBG CupOtherEuropeTop goalscorerAvg.
Attend.
DivisionPosPlWDLGFGAGDPtsNameGoals
1990 – 91A Group 5th 3012 10 7 49 41 +8 36CB – QF [33] [34] 11 5,500
1991 – 92A Group 4th 3013 11 6 46 27 +19 37 9 12,467
1992 – 93A Group3rd 3016 6 8 55 33 +22 3810 6,933
1993 – 94A Group3rd 2815 5 8 50 29 +21 50 11 10,500
1994 – 95A Group3rd 3018 6 6 66 31 +35 60CP – R32 [35] [36] Banned 12 7,786
1995 – 96A Group 10th 3010 6 14 33 38 -5 36 CP – 8th [37]
1996 – 97A Group 5th 3014 3 13 41 41 0 45 CP – GS [38] 13
1997 – 98A Group 11th 3011 3 16 35 48 -13 36
1998 – 99A Group 13th 309 5 16 34 55 -21 32 11
1999 – 00A Group 8th 3012 4 14 43 42 +1 40 10 8,400
2000 – 01Premier League (I)13th 266 2 18 28 55 -27 20 5,000
2001 – 02B Group (II)3rd 2413 7 4 36 19 +17 46 13 3,292
2002 – 03Premier League (I) 12th 266 3 17 26 61 -35 21 9 3,973
2003 – 04A Group (I)14th 307 6 17 33 60 -27 27 3,993
2004 – 05B Group (II)2nd 3021 5 4 64 21 +43 68 13
2005 – 06A Group (I) 13th 284 12 12 20 38 -18 24 5,964
2006 – 07A Group 10th 3011 4 15 41 45 -4 37 4,580
2007 – 08A Group 12th 308 6 16 36 54 -18 30 Georgi Hristov 19 5,000
2008 – 09A Group 13th 308 6 16 31 50 -19 30 4,158
2009 – 10A Group (I)16th 301 4 25 12 78 -66 1 [39] 2,439
2010 – 11V Group (III)1st 3837 1 0 127 15 +112112 Atanas Kurdov 46
2011 – 12B Group (II)2nd 2714 9 4 40 17 +23 51 8 2,804
2012 – 13A Group (I) 4th 3018 6 6 51 21 +30 60 17 8,071
2013 – 14A Group 4th 3818 11 9 57 32 +25 6510 3,745
2014 – 15A Group 6th 3212 6 14 38 39 -1 42 7 2,169
2015 – 16A Group 7th3289152744-17 337 2,194
2016 – 17First League (I) 8th32135145150+1 44bgcolor=goldJoão Paulo12 1,906
2017 – 18First League 5th361511106249+1356bgcolor=gold15 1,829
2018 – 19First League 6th 3614 8 14 44 36 +8 5014 1,946
2019 – 20First League 7th 2910 6 13 32 34 -2 369 2,154
2020 – 21First League 10th 327 11 14 34 52 -18 3216
2021 – 22First League 3rd 3115 8 8 38 33 +5 53
2022 – 23First League 10th 3610 6 20 41 49 -8 3614
2023 – 249th36129155042+8 45bgcolor=gold8

Key

bgcolor=goldWinnersRunners-upThird/SFPromotionRelegation

References

  1. Web site: Ботев Пловдив .
  2. Web site: Bulgaria Championship History 1924-2009 .
  3. Web site: Ботев Пловдив .
  4. Web site: Ботев Пловдив .
  5. The Plovdiv City Championship was established in 1924, along with the Bulgarian State Championship. By format, the winner of the Plovdiv City Championship plays a final match against the best team in the region that does not reside in the city of Plovdiv itself. This match determines the champion of the Trakiya (later Plovdiv) Region that then plays in a knockout competition (The Bulgarian State Championship) against teams from the other regions of Bulgaria. This competition determines the Bulgarian Football Champion
  6. Lost Regional Championship Final vs. Botev Pazardzhik
  7. There isn't any information on the standings for this season, as it was abandoned halfway through
  8. Official Loss in Regional Championship Final vs. Levski Plovdiv. Reason is unknown
  9. Won Regional Championship Final vs. Botev Pazardzhik
  10. In the periods 1924 – 1937 and 1943 – 1945 the Cup is given to the winner of State Championship
  11. Won Regional Championship Final vs. Botev Pazardzhik
  12. Won Regional Championship Final vs. Botev Pazardzhik
  13. A nation-wide top-level football league is formed for the first time
  14. With the establishment of a nation-wide football league, the Bulgarian Champion no longer receives the Tsar's Cup. A new knockout competition is established to determine the winner of the Cup
  15. Lost against Sportklub Plovdiv
  16. Won Regional Championship Final vs. Levski Pazardzhik
  17. Lost against Sportklub Plovdiv
  18. The nation-wide National Division was disbanded, and instead two regional top-level leagues were established
  19. Lost against Parchevich Plovdiv
  20. The South Bulgarian Football Division is disbanded as well and the format switches more or less to the one prior to the establishment of a national league, though the Plovdiv Region now has the right to have two representatives
  21. Lost against Shipka
  22. The Tsar's Cup is again given to the winner of the State Championship
  23. Won Regional Championship Final vs. Levski Asenovgrad
  24. With the new communist government in power, a new competition called "Cup of the Soviet Army" is established as the new National Cup competition of Bulgaria.
  25. The National Cup of the Bulgaria during this period is called the "Cup of the Soviet Army"
  26. The 1949 – 50 season starts normally, but after just two rounds played, it is abandoned so a reorganisation can take place. Qualification tournaments are set up, with Botev winning qualification through the Plovdiv one. This means the club should remain a member of the top division. However, as CSKA Sofia could not qualify for the division through the Sofiq qualifiers, the football union decides that CSKA should take Botev's place instead. Botev, on the other hand, is sent to the Plovdiv Regional Championship.
  27. After one season in the Plovdiv Regional Championship, in 1950 the football authorities decide to compensate Botev for what they did to it an year earlier and grant the club a place in the top division for the 1951 season.
  28. Season 1958 is a transition season so everyone plays only one time against one another
  29. Web site: EFS Attendances. www.european-football-statistics.co.uk.
  30. Knocked out by Chirpan
  31. Due to a fight among the footballers of CSKA and Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian Cup final of 1985, the title for 1985 was (temporarily) given to the team in third place for that year, Botev Plovdiv, which is why Botev played in the European Cup of 1985 – 86
  32. Knocked out by Dobrudzha Dobrich
  33. The Cup of the BFU is the successor of the CSA. It is held only this season.
  34. Botev goes out against Neftohimik Burgas
  35. The Cup of the Professional Football League is established as a replacement for the defunct Cup of the BCU, but it also folds after just three seasons.
  36. Botev is eliminated Dunav Ruse
  37. Loses the match for 7th place against Levski Sofia
  38. Finishes 3rd in the Group Stage
  39. During the 2009–10 season, Botev was deducted 6 points because of administrative irregularities. After the first half of the season, the club was expelled from the league and all of their remaining fixtures were counted as 3-0 wins for their opponents.

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