FC Chepinets Velingrad

Chepinets
	File:Chepinets logo.png
Full name	Football Club Chepinets Velingrad
Founded	1926; 99 years ago
Ground	Chepinets Stadium
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Miroslav Milev
Manager	Stefan Karamanov
League	A RFG Pazardzhik
2016–17	South-West Third League, 18th (relegated)
Home colours	Away colours

Football Club Chepinets (Bulgarian: Футболен клуб Чепинец) is a Bulgarian football club based in Velingrad, currently playing in the A RFG Pazardzhik.

The club colours are red and blue, and their home ground since 1961 has been Chepinets Stadium.

History

Chepinets was founded in 1926. At the end of the 1956 season Chepinets reached the second tier of Bulgarian football for the first time in their history. In 1977–78 season Chepinets reached the Bulgarian Cup semi-finals, their best run in the competition, eliminating A Group sides Sliven and Levski Sofia along the way. In the following season they finished 3rd in the B Group, their highest ever league finish.^[2]

Current squad

As of August 2, 2017 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	Iliyan Bradvarov
2	DF	BUL	Silvestar Atanasov
4	DF	BUL	Petar Petrov
5	DF	BUL	Martin Kostov
6	MF	BUL	Nikolay Bayrakov (captain)
7	MF	BUL	Ignat Damyanov
8	MF	BUL	Deyan Kostadinov
9	FW	BUL	Hristo Stalev
10	MF	BUL	Alek Manolov
11	MF	BUL	Iliyan Genov
12	GK	BUL	Iliyan Georgiev


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	BUL	Bozhidar Petelov
15	DF	BUL	Deivid Penchev
16	MF	BUL	Margarit Georgiev
18	FW	BUL	Asparuh Vasilev
19	DF	BUL	Nikolay Ivanikov
20	MF	BUL	Slaviyan Kostadinov
21	DF	BUL	Iliya Ivanov
22	FW	BUL	Aleksandar Vuchkov
—	DF	BUL	Angel Zahariev
—	MF	BUL	Nikolay Velkov

League positions

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 from:01/07/2008 till:01/07/2009  shift:(0,-4) text:16
 from:01/07/2009 till:01/07/2010  shift:(0,-4) text:14
 from:01/07/2010 till:01/07/2011  shift:(0,-4) text:15
 from:01/07/2011 till:01/07/2012  shift:(0,-4) text:9
 from:01/07/2012 till:01/07/2013  shift:(0,-4) text:10
 from:01/07/2013 till:01/07/2014  shift:(0,-4) text:7
 from:01/07/2014 till:01/07/2015  shift:(0,-4) text:13
 from:01/07/2015 till:01/07/2016  shift:(0,-4) text:14
 from:01/07/2007 till:01/07/2016  color:red  shift:(0,14)  text: "V Group"
 from:01/07/2016 till:01/07/2017  shift:(0,-4) text:18
 from:01/07/2016 till:01/07/2017  color:red  shift:(0,14)  text: "Third League"
 from:01/07/2017 till:01/07/2018  shift:(0,-4) text:5
 from:01/07/2018 till:01/07/2019  shift:(0,-4) text:2
 from:01/07/2019 till:01/07/2020  shift:(0,-4) text:
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References

^ "Чепинец се раздели с Атанас Стоилов" (in Bulgarian). pazardjik.marica.bg. 29 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ "Историята на Чепинец Велинград" (in Bulgarian). Pzsport.info. Retrieved 2016-10-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

Club profile at bgclubs.eu

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[1] "Чепинец се раздели с Атанас Стоилов" (in Bulgarian). pazardjik.marica.bg. 29 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[2] "Историята на Чепинец Велинград" (in Bulgarian). Pzsport.info. Retrieved 2016-10-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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