Botev Plovdiv

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292 Matches

119 wins

64 draws

109 losses

408–352 Goals

+56 Difference

1.4 Scored per game

Form L W W L L L

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

All matches

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
10 Aug	First League	Spartak Varna H	3:2	W
1 Aug	First League	Cherno More Varna H	1:0	W
27 Jul	First League	CSKA Sofia A	2:3	L

Standing

First League

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
6	Spartak Varna	7	2	2	3	9:13	8
7	Septemvri Sofia	7	2	2	3	5:10	8
8	Botev Plovdiv	7	2	1	4	8:11	7
9	Slavia Sofia	6	1	4	1	6:4	7
10	Cherno More Varna	6	1	1	4	7:13	4

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 292

292 Matches

119 wins

64 draws

109 losses

408–352 Goals

+56 Difference

1.4 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 292

119 64 109

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	292	158	134
Scored	408	241	167
Conceded	352	166	186
Scored per game	1.4	1.5	1.2
Conceded per game	1.2	1.1	1.4
Difference	+56	+75	−19

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Franklin Geovane de Santana Chagas Forward 14 Matches

Daniel Naumov Goalkeeper 14 Matches

Lucas Araujo Midfielder 14 Matches

Edson Silva Midfielder 14 Matches

Nikola Soldo Defender 13 Matches

Nikola Iliyanov Iliev Midfielder 13 Matches

Simeon Petrov Defender 12 Matches

Samuel Kalu Ojim Midfielder 12 Matches

Squad of Botev Plovdiv

by appearances over the last year

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