FC Septemvri Simitli

FC Septemvri (Bulgarian: ФК Септември) is a Bulgarian football club based in Simitli, which currently plays in the Third League, the third tier of the Bulgarian football league system.^{[citation needed]}

Septemvri

Full name	Football Club Septemvri Simitli
Nickname(s)	The Simitlians
Founded	1942; 83 years ago (1942)
Ground	Struma, Simitli
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Hristo Atanasovski
Manager	Spas Stoimenov
League	Third League
2021–22	Second League, relegated
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded in 1942. From 1961 to 1975, it was called "Pirin miner". The players at that time were mostly young boys from the age of 18 to 20, with the exception of goalkeeper Dimitar Atanasovski (former player from Belasitsa). The recruited coach was Stoimenov and assistant coach was Radoslav Mitrevski (former player of CSKA Sofia and OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad).

As of 2011, Septemvri is officially affiliated^[1] as a satellite to Levski Sofia. On 15 March 2012, the team reached the 1/2 finals of the Bulgarian Cup for the first time in its history, eliminating Bulgarian powerhouse CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals by a score of 2:1.^[2] They lost in the next round against Ludogorets by a score of 1:4.

Honours

• Sixth place in the Western "B" group: 2010/11 and 2011 /12
• Semifinalist in the National Cup tournament: this time its official name is the Cup of Bulgaria - 2011 /12
• Cup of Amateur Football League: 1994/95

Current squad

As of 13 April 2022^[update]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  BUL Dimitar Mitev 5 DF  BUL Lyubomir Graminov 6 MF  BUL Yoan Petrov 8 MF  BUL Todor Trayanov 9 FW  BUL Vladislav Zlatinov 10 FW  BUL Anatoli Luleyski (captain) 11 MF  FRA Jean-Pierre Da Silva 13 GK  BUL Filip Dimitrov 19 FW  FRA Nelson Galvanelli 20 DF  BUL Emil Petrov

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  BUL Filip Angelov 24 GK  CRO Antonio Tuta 28 DF  BUL Krum Nikolov 69 FW  FRA Nadzhib Chibout 74 GK  BUL Veselin Ganev 77 DF  BUL Kristiyan Mihaylov 88 DF  BUL Ivaylo Ivanov 99 MF  BUL Dimitar Blagov — MF  BUL Kiril Mutavdzhiyski

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2020.

League positions

Past seasons

Season	League	Place	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Bulgarian Cup
2010–11	B PFG (II)	6	12	7	11	30	31	43	First round
2011–12	B PFG	6	8	10	9	48	35	33	Semifinals
2012–13	B PFG	13	4	3	19	18	39	15	First round
2013–14	V AFG (III)	2	21	7	2	47	15	70	not qualified
2014–15	B PFG	12	11	3	16	30	47	36	First round
2015–16	B PFG	15	6	5	19	26	50	23	First round
2016–17	Third League (III)	2	21	9	4	62	28	72	not qualified
2017–18	Third League	7	14	8	12	46	37	50	not qualified
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.