FC Haskovo

Haskovo 1957
Full nameFootball Club Haskovo 1957
Founded2009; 15 years ago (2009)
GroundHaskovo Stadium
Capacity9,000
ChairmanBulgarian Delcho Korchev
ManagerBulgarian Emil Angelov
LeagueA RFG Haskovo
2023–24A RFG Haskovo, 2nd

FC Haskovo 1957 (Bulgarian: ФК Хасково 1957) is a Bulgarian football club based in Haskovo, which currently competes in the A RFG Haskovo, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football. Haskovo's home ground is the Haskovo Stadium, which has a capacity of 9,000 spectators. Haskovo have spent a total of 7 seasons in the Bulgarian elite, most recently in the 2014-15 season.

After the 2020–21 season, FC Haskovo's senior team was merged with FC Izvor Gorski Izvor, which itself was moved to Haskovo to form a new club, called Sayana Haskovo. Sayana took Haskovo's place in the Southeast Third League. The original club was reformed under the name OFC Haskovo.

History

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Haskovo crest used until 2009

FC Haskovo was founded in 1947 under the name Dinamo. Before that, there were several smaller football clubs, which decided to unite in 1947 to form a unified team representing the city. The team was an established one in the B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football, and an almost constant participant in the division for many seasons.

Haskovo made its debut in the A Group during the 1978–79 season, but finished in last place and was relegated immediately. Two years later, Haskovo returned to the top flight, and managed to stay three seasons in the elite, before another relegation in 1984. The team needed six years to return to the A Group, in 1990. Another quick relegation followed, however. After just a season in the B Group, Haskovo again reached the highest tier for the 1992–93 A Group season. The team could not avoid relegation once more though. Overall, Haskovo played in A PFG during five separate periods: 1978–1979, 1981–1984, 1990–1991 and 1992–1993. Its greatest success was 8th in 1981–82 season.

It also played in the Regional League between 2009 and 2012. Haskovo made 3 successive promotions and returned to top level 21 years after their last top flight participation, in 2014.

Their top flight return proved to be difficult. Haskovo only managed to win two games and draw once in the regular season of the 2014-15 season. All seven points came from home games, with no points earned from away games. This placed Haskovo in last place, in the relegation zone. Surprisingly however, Haskovo managed to beat Ludogorets, the three-time defending champions, with a score of 1–0 at Haskovo stadium. In the second phase, Haskovo were prime candidates to be relegated. They managed to beat Lokomotiv Plovdiv, and fellow strugglers Marek at home, as well as drawing against giants Levski, and Slavia. These efforts were however not enough, as the team only managed to obtain 15 points, meaning they were still 17 points behind Lokomotiv Plovdiv, who were the last team to avoid relegation. Thus, Haskovo along with fellow newcomers Marek, were relegated after only one season in the top flight.

Haskovo was supposed to play in B PFG for the 2015–16 season, but they did not obtain a license and decided not to compete. The team disappeared for the next three years, but it was refounded as Haskovo 1957 and started competing in the fourth level of Bulgarian football. The team won the regional A OFG Haskovo league and promoted to the third tier for the 2018–19 season.

Before the start of the 2021-22 season, FC Izvor Gorski Izvor was relocated to the city of Haskovo and was renamed FC Sayana Haskovo. Shortly after that, FC Haskovo was merged into Sayana, to form a new club in Haskovo. The original club was restructured under the name OFC Haskovo, and began competing in the fourth level of Bulgarian football, A RFG Haskovo Province.

Honours

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Bulgarian A PFG

Bulgarian B Group

Bulgarian Cup

  • Semi-finals (1): 1984

Amateur Football League

  • Cup of Amateur Football League in 2005

Current squad

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As of 1 August 2019 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Bulgaria BUL Aleks Vasilev
4 DF Bulgaria BUL Boris Biserov
5 DF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Chichev
6 FW Bulgaria BUL Ivelin Kostov
7 MF Bulgaria BUL Hristo Kapitanov
9 FW Bulgaria BUL Yuliy Shekerov
10 MF Bulgaria BUL Krasimir Iliev
11 MF Bulgaria BUL Alen Ivanov
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Aleksandrov
17 DF Bulgaria BUL Anton Margaritov
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Dimitrov
19 FW Bulgaria BUL Ilian Kiryakov
20 DF Bulgaria BUL Damyan Chaushev
23 MF Bulgaria BUL Tsanko Chaushev
24 DF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Valev
27 DF Bulgaria BUL Neliyan Chakarov
28 MF Bulgaria BUL Valyo Stoykov
50 DF Bulgaria BUL Emilian Angelov
71 MF Bulgaria BUL Mario Yovov
77 MF Bulgaria BUL Seid Sebat
99 MF Bulgaria BUL Soner Polat

Seasons

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League positions

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Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria)Regional Amateur Football Groups (Bulgaria)First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria)Regional Amateur Football Groups (Bulgaria)Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria)

Managers

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Name From To
Bulgaria Dimcho Markov Sep 2011 Mar 2013
Bulgaria Hristo Georgiev Mar 2013 Apr 2013
Bulgaria Dimcho Nenov Apr 2013 Sep 2014
Bulgaria Emil Velev Oct 2014 Mar 2015
Bulgaria Stamen Belchev Mar 2015
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