PFC Botev Plovdiv II

Botev Plovdiv II (Bulgarian: Ботев Пловдив II) or Botev 2 is a Bulgarian professional football team based in Plovdiv. Founded in 2021, it is the reserve team of Botev Plovdiv, and currently competes in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football league system.

Botev Plovdiv II

Full name	PFC Botev Plovdiv II
Nickname(s)	Канарчетата (The Canaries) Жълто-черните (The Yellow-Blacks)
Founded	1 June 2021; 3 years ago (2021-06-01)
Ground	Sport Complex Nikola Shterev - Starika
Capacity	3,500
Shareholders	PFK Botev Association (100%)
Head coach	Petar Penchev
League	Second League
2023–24	Third League, 7th (promoted)
Website	http://www.botevplovdiv.bg/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Obliged to play one level below their main side, Botev II is ineligible for promotion to First League and also can not compete in the Bulgarian Cup.

History

2021–:Foundation

Since 2015, the Bulgarian Football Union allowed Bulgarian teams to have reserve sides in the lower regional divisions. In the beginning of 2021 Botev Plovdiv announced their intentions to create a reserve team in Second league. In May 2021, the team had doubts about starting the team,^[1] but eventually the team was officially announced on 4 June.^[2] On 7 June, Daniel Cerejido announced Stefan Stoyanov as the manager of the team, with Botev U19 team, joining the reserve team.^[3]

Players

As of 10 May 2025^[4]

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 2 DF  BUL Georgi Kushtinarov 4 DF  BUL Kiril Tsekov 5 DF  BUL Kostadin Tatarov 6 DF  BUL Miroslav Georgiev 7 FW  BUL Emil Naydenov 10 MF  BUL Biser Bonev 13 DF  BUL Simeon Stoyanov

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  BUL Yordan Avramov 15 MF  BUL Dimitar Dikov 16 MF  BUL Daniel Kokov 17 MF  BUL Maksim Simeonov 22 MF  BUL Veliyan Vidolov 23 GK  BUL Denis Rusev — MF  BUL Damyan Yordanov

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2024.

For first team players, see Botev Plovdiv.

Foreign players

Bulgarian teams can register up to five players without EU citizenship, and use all of them during match days. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If an individual doesn't have European ancestry, he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.

EU Nationals

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship) Miroslav Georgiev Monir Al Badarin

Non-EU Nationals Samuel Akere Umeh Emmanuel Tochukwu Nadi Abdoulaye Traoré

Personnel

Manager history

Dates	Name	Honours
2021–2022	Stefan Stoyanov
2022	Artur Hovhannisyan
2022	Nemanja Miljanovic
2023	Daniel Cohen
2023–2024	Iliyan Garov
2024–	Dominik Beršnjak

Past seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	League											Top goalscorer
	Division	Level	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Pos
2021–22	Second League	2	36	8	14	14	34	47	-13	38	16th	Ivan Vasilev	10
2022–23		2	34	7	7	20	25	52	-27	28	18th	Abdoulaye Traoré	9
2023–24	Third League	3	38	18	7	13	84	55	+29	61	7th	Emil Naydenov	15
2024–25	Second League	2

Key

• GS = Group stage
• QF = Quarter-finals
• SF = Semi-finals

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

League positions