PFC “Botev 1912” Plovdiv
Founded in March 1912
March 1912 - Sobriety youth organisation “Hristo Botev” was founded in Plovdiv and disbanded few months later 1914 - the society was reestablished and disbanded one more time. 1917 - Sport Club “Hristo Botev” appeared as a collective member of Athletic society “Trakijski yunak” 1920 - SC “Hristo Botev” split from AS “Trakijski yunak” and registered as an independant club 1922 - merger with SC “Musalla” 28/12/1944 - the club was renamed “Shpka-Botev’45” after a merger with SC “Shipka” 1947 - the club was renamed “Botev pri DNV” after a merger with the Athletic team of the Plovdiv garisson 1949-1951 - the club was renamed “DNV”, which stands for “Club of the Peoples’Army” 1952-1955 - change of name to “DNA” 1956 - change of name to “SCNA” (stands for Sport Club of the National Army) 1957 - SCNA “Botev” 1957-1964 - KCM “Botev” 25/6/1967-1989 - the club was renamed AFD “Trakia” after a merger with two other Plovdiv clubs, “Spartak” and “Akademik” 1983 - FC “Spartak” Plovdiv split and resumed its activities 1985-1990 - FC “Trakia” Plovdiv 1990-1998 - the club was renamed FC “Botev” Plovdiv 1998-2010 - PFC “Botev” 2010 - PFC "Botev" which took part in the first half of the 2009-10 season was disbanded and struck off the register of the Bulgarian Football Union following its financial collapse in December 2009. A new club was formed under the name PFK “Botev 1912” which bought the professional license of FC “Metalik” Sopot to avoid a fresh start from the amateur league. |