Volleyball team

Botev Plovdiv

Club · Bulgaria · First League

«Canaries»

293 Matches

120 wins

64 draws

109 losses

411–354 Goals

+57 Difference

1.4 Scored per game

Form W W L L L 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

All matches

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
10 Aug	First League	Spartak Varna H	3:2	W
1 Aug	First League	Cherno More Varna H	1:0	W

Standing

First League

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
5	Arda Kardzhali	8	5	1	2	13:7	16
6	Slavia Sofia	8	2	4	2	8:6	10
7	Botev Plovdiv	8	3	1	4	11:14	10
8	Spartak Varna	8	2	3	3	10:14	9
9	Septemvri Sofia	8	2	2	4	7:13	8

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 293

293 Matches

120 wins

64 draws

109 losses

411–354 Goals

+57 Difference

1.4 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 293

120 64 109

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	293	158	135
Scored	411	241	170
Conceded	354	166	188
Scored per game	1.4	1.5	1.3
Conceded per game	1.2	1.1	1.4
Difference	+57	+75	−18

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Daniel Naumov Goalkeeper 17 Matches

Franklin Geovane de Santana Chagas Forward 17 Matches

Lucas Araujo Midfielder 17 Matches

Nikola Soldo Defender 16 Matches

Nikola Iliyanov Iliev Midfielder 16 Matches

Edson Silva Midfielder 16 Matches

Simeon Petrov Defender 15 Matches

Samuel Kalu Ojim Forward 15 Matches

Squad of Botev Plovdiv

by appearances over the last year

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