Boxing team

Botev Plovdiv

Club · Bulgaria · First League

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295 Matches

122 wins

64 draws

109 losses

416–354 Goals

+62 Difference

1.4 Scored per game

Form L L L W W W

The two sides first met on 1 April 1951, a match Lokomotiv won 3:0. More than 135 competitive meetings later, the head-to-head in the league alone sits level at 43 wins apiece.

Founded on 11 March 1912 by 22 students in Plovdiv, it kept its name through two league titles, in 1929 and 1966/67, before the communist authorities stripped it away — first to DNV, then DNA, then briefly SKNA. In 1968 it was folded into a merger with Spartak and Akademik and played two decades as Trakia, still at the Hristo Botev ground, still drawing the same crowd. The old name returned on 29 November 1989.

The best continental run came earlier, a Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final in 1962/63, and the one trophy taken abroad was the Balkan Cup, in 1971/72. At home, Dinko Dermendzhiev remains the club's benchmark, with 447 appearances and 194 goals across the sides of the 1960s golden era.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

19 Sep	First League	Septemvri Sofia A	3:0	W
13 Sep	First League	Lokomotiv Plovdiv H	2:0	W
4 Sep	First League	Arda Kardzhali A	3:2	W
30 Aug	First League	Levski Sofia H	1:3	L
24 Aug	First League	Botev Vratsa A	0:1	L
15 Aug	First League	Ludogorets Razgrad A	0:2	L

Standing

First League

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
4	CSKA 1948	10	7	1	2	19:10	22
5	Arda Kardzhali	10	5	2	3	15:12	17
6	Botev Plovdiv	10	5	1	4	16:14	16
7	Slavia Sofia	10	2	5	3	9:8	11
8	Spartak Varna	10	2	4	4	10:15	10

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 295

295 Matches

122 wins

64 draws

109 losses

416–354 Goals

+62 Difference

1.4 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 295

122 64 109

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	295	159	136
Scored	416	243	173
Conceded	354	166	188
Scored per game	1.4	1.5	1.3
Conceded per game	1.2	1.0	1.4
Difference	+62	+77	−15

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Franklin Geovane de Santana Chagas Forward 19 Matches

Lucas Araujo Midfielder 19 Matches

Daniel Naumov Goalkeeper 19 Matches

Nikola Soldo Defender 18 Matches

Samuel Kalu Ojim Forward 17 Matches

Simeon Petrov Defender 17 Matches

Nikola Iliyanov Iliev Midfielder 16 Matches

Edson Silva Midfielder 16 Matches

Squad of Botev Plovdiv

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
30	Franklin Geovane de Santana Chagas	Forward	30	19
77	Lucas Araujo	Midfielder	27	19
29	Daniel Naumov	Goalkeeper	28	19
4	Nikola Soldo	Defender	25	18
90	Samuel Kalu Ojim	Forward	29	17
87	Simeon Petrov	Defender	26	17
7	Nikola Iliyanov Iliev	Midfielder	22	16
45	Edson Silva	Midfielder	25	16
27	Bryan Anthony Chibuike Hein	Defender	25	15
1	Hristiyan Georgiev Slavkov	Goalkeeper		14
88	Williams Chimezie Oluebube	Forward	20	14
28	Henrique Jocú	Midfielder		13
14	Carlos Algarra López	Midfielder		12
13	S. Tsonov	Midfielder		12
66	C. Meotti	Forward	21	11
10	Asen Rumenov Chandarov	Midfielder	27	10
15	Bogdan Kostov	Defender	24	10
82	Vladimir Mendes	Defender	21	9
19	Mauro Daniel Rodrigues Teixeira	Forward	25	9
20	Timothy Awany	Defender	30	9
22	Marvin Senger	Defender	26	8
16	Velian Vidolov	Midfielder	20	8
9	Chidera Michael Okoh	Forward	23	8
23	Dimitar Tonev	Midfielder	24	8
10	Emerson Rivaldo Rodríguez Valois	Midfielder		8
42	Ivaylo Videv	Defender		8
8	Todor Lyubchev Nedelev	Midfielder		8
38	Konstantinos Balogiannis	Defender		7
17	Nikolay Minkov Minkov	Defender		7
17	Georgi Milanov	Midfielder	34	6
11	Pedro Igor	Forward		6
21	Nikolay Prandzhev	Goalkeeper	20	5
22	Enock Kwateng	Defender		5
41	Zakaria Tindano	Defender		5
19	Antoine Conte	Defender		5
16	I. Videv	Defender		4
2	Gabriel Rodrigues Noga	Defender		3
9	Aleksa Maraš	Forward		3
7	Alberto Salido	Midfielder		2
6	Gabriel Zlatanov	Defender		2