Bansko Team (Bulgarian: Банско Тийм) is a Bulgarian professional association football club from the town of Bansko,[1] currently playing in the South-West Third League, the third division of Bulgarian football. Its home matches take place at the Saint Petar Stadium.

Bansko Team
Full nameAssosiation Football Club Bansko Team
Nickname(s)The Chamois
Founded1951; 73 years ago (1951)
GroundSt Petar Stadium, Bansko
Capacity3,000
ChairmanGeorgi Kotsev
Head coachBoris Galchev
LeagueSouth-West Third League
2021–22Third League, 7th

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 edit

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 edit

B Group:

Bulgarian Cup:

Current squad edit

As of 30 March 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 edit

Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria)Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)Bulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian V AFG

Managers edit

Dates Name Honours
1951–2009 unknown
2009   Boris Nikolov
2009–2010   Krasimir Manolov
2010–2013   Voyn Voynov
2013–2015   Aleksandar Tomash
2016   Ivan Atanasov
2016–2017   Petko Medvedski
2017–   Dimitar Krushovski[2]

Past seasons edit

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.

References edit

  1. ^ "Bansko Facts". Footballdatabase.eu.
  2. ^ "Димитър Крушовски е новият старши треньор на Банско" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 3 July 2017.

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