| Clubname: | Chavdar |
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| Fullname: | Football Club Chavdar Etropole |
| Ground: | Chavdar Stadium |
| Capacity: | 5,600 |
| Chairman: | Emil Dimitrov |
| Manager: | Krasimir Stoev |
| Position: | South-West Third League, 3rd |
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FC Chavdar (Bulgarian: ФК Чавдар) is a Bulgarian football club based in Etropole, Sofia Province. Founded in 1922, they compete in the South-West Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football.[1] They play their home games at the Chavdar Stadium, which now boasts a capacity of 5,600. Their home colours are red and white.
Chavdar have spent the majority of their playing history between the third and fourth tiers of the Bulgarian football league system. They achieved promotion to the second tier in 2007 following a win against Botev Vratsa in the play-off.[2] The following season, they achieved their highest league finish in club history, ending the season 3rd in the Bulgarian Second Division.[3]
In 2009–10 season, as a second league team, Chavdar contested the Bulgarian Cup Semi-final for the only time in their history, losing 1–0 against Beroe.[4]
The club was established in 1922 with the name "Balkan". In 1945 the club was renamed "Peyo Krinchev". Between 1957 and 1985 the club was named DFS "Etropole". Since 1985 the name is "Chavdar". The main kit-colours of the team are red and white. In his history the club participated in either the second or the third Bulgarian division. Currently the team is playing in the West B PFG. In 2007/2008 season Chavdar finishes 3rd in the Bulgarian South-West V AFG, and wins promotion for the 2008/2009 season.
The club qualified for the 1/16 finals of the Bulgarian Cup 1972–73 after defeating Botev Vratsa and for the 1/8 finals in 2007–08 after defeating PFC Haskovo and beating surprisingly elite Marek Dupnitsa with 5:3 (after penalty kicks) to make it to the 1/8 finals of the competition. There "Chavdar" was eliminated by the Kaliakra Kavarna after suffering a 2:0 loss.On 31 March 2010, Chavdar reached the semi-finals of the Bulgarian Cup for the first time in their history - the team from Etropole eliminated higher echelon Slavia Sofia after a penalty shootout (the score at the end of extra time was 0:0, the hosts won 4:2 in the kicks from the spot contest). They lost in the next round against Beroe by a score of 0:1.
The team was dissolved in 2013, but restored again in the year 2014, starting from A Regional Group, the 4th league in Bulgarian football.
Had international caps for their respective countries, held any club record, or had more than 100 league appearances. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries.
PlotData= bar:Position width:16 color:white align:center from:01/07/2005 till:01/07/2006 shift:(0,-4) text:15 from:01/07/2006 till:01/07/2007 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/2005 till:01/07/2007 color:red shift:(0,14) text: "V Group" from:01/07/2007 till:01/07/2008 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/2008 till:01/07/2009 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/2009 till:01/07/2010 shift:(0,-4) text:8 from:01/07/2010 till:01/07/2011 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/07/2011 till:01/07/2012 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/07/2012 till:01/07/2013 shift:(0,-4) text:8 from:01/07/2007 till:01/07/2013 color:white shift:(0,14) text: "B Group" from:01/07/2013 till:01/07/2014 color:black shift:(0,14) text: Dissolved from:01/07/2014 till:01/07/2015 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2015 till:01/07/2016 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/2014 till:01/07/2016 color:yellow shift:(0,14) text: "Regional" from:01/07/2016 till:01/07/2017 shift:(0,-4) text:7 from:01/07/2017 till:01/07/2018 shift:(0,-4) text:6 from:01/07/2018 till:01/07/2019 shift:(0,-4) text:12 from:01/07/2019 till:01/07/2020 shift:(0,-4) text:9 from:01/07/2020 till:01/07/2021 shift:(0,-4) text:7 from:01/07/2021 till:01/07/2022 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/2016 till:01/07/2022 color:red shift:(0,14) text: "Third League"
| Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Bulgarian Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | A RFG (IV) | 1st | 14 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 14 | 44 | not qualified | |||
| 2015–16 | 2nd | 16 | 2 | 2 | 96 | 18 | 50 | not qualified | ||||
| 2016–17 | Third League (III) | 7th | 17 | 2 | 15 | 60 | 46 | 53 | not qualified | |||
| 2017–18 | 6th | 14 | 10 | 10 | 63 | 49 | 52 | not qualified | ||||
| 2018–19 | 12th | 11 | 7 | 16 | 54 | 47 | 40 | not qualified | ||||
| Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. | ||||||||||||
| Name | Period |
|---|---|
| Stoycho Stoev | July 2007 – July 2009 |
| Boris Angelov | July 2009 – June 2010 |
| Atanas Atanasov | June 2010 – December 2011 |
| Petar Penchev | December 2011 – June 2013 |
| Krasimir Stoev | June 2014 – |
