FC Botev Galabovo

Botev (Bulgarian: Ботев) is a Bulgarian football club based in Galabovo, Stara Zagora Province. They play in the Second League, the second division of Bulgarian football, having been promoted as champions of the South-Eastern V Group in 2012–13. The club was founded in 1945. Botev's home ground is the Energetik Stadium, a 3,000 all-seater stadium.

At the end of the 1969–70 season, Botev reached the second tier of Bulgarian football for the first time in their history. However, they were relegated the following season despite their efforts.

History

Botev Galabovo was founded in 1945. The team has never played in the Bulgarian first tier, spending their entire history bouncing between the second and third tiers.

In 2019, Botev reached the quarter-finals of the Bulgarian Cup, beating FC Vitosha Bistritsa in the round of 16, with a score of 2-1.

In May 2020, Botev was disqualified from the 2019-20 season in the second tier due to financial problems. The team then refused to be admitted into the third tier for the upcoming season, instead opting to start from the fourth regional league.

Bulgaria. Second Professional Football League. League Table. Season 2019/2020
Pos	Team	Home	Away	Total	GD	Goals
P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts
1	CSKA 1948	11	10	1	0	35	4	31	10	8	0	2	24	14	24	21	18	1	2	59	18	55	41	2.8
2	Septemvri Sofia	10	9	1	0	29	11	28	10	8	0	2	18	8	24	20	17	1	2	47	19	52	28	2.4
3	Montana	11	9	0	2	30	9	27	10	4	3	3	10	8	15	21	13	3	5	40	17	42	23	1.9
4	Lokomotiv Sofia	10	7	1	2	18	7	22	11	5	2	4	16	11	17	21	12	3	6	34	18	39	16	1.6
5	Neftochimic Burgas	11	7	2	2	19	9	23	10	3	1	6	16	20	10	21	10	3	8	35	29	33	6	1.7
6	Hebar Pazardzhik	10	6	1	3	16	9	19	11	4	2	5	19	21	14	21	10	3	8	35	30	33	5	1.7
7	Litex	10	5	2	3	16	6	17	10	4	3	3	13	9	15	20	9	5	6	29	15	32	14	1.5
8	Kariana Erden	10	5	4	1	18	10	19	10	4	1	5	12	14	13	20	9	5	6	30	24	32	6	1.5
9	Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa	11	6	2	3	22	13	20	10	2	3	5	10	17	9	21	8	5	8	32	30	29	2	1.5
10	Pirin Blagoevgrad	10	3	4	3	14	17	13	10	3	3	4	10	12	12	20	6	7	7	24	29	25	-5	1.2
11	Botev Galabovo	11	6	2	3	16	15	20	10	0	5	5	7	17	5	21	6	7	8	23	32	25	-9	1.1
12	Ludogorets B	10	3	5	2	11	11	14	11	2	4	5	9	14	10	21	5	9	7	20	25	24	-5	1
13	Chernomorets Balchik	10	5	2	3	11	6	17	10	1	2	7	4	21	5	20	6	4	10	15	27	22	-12	0.8
14	Strumska Slava	10	5	1	4	13	14	16	11	2	0	9	8	20	6	21	7	1	13	21	34	22	-13	1
15	Spartak Pleven	11	1	2	8	5	17	5	10	1	2	7	5	24	5	21	2	4	15	10	41	10	-31	0.5
16	Spartak Varna	10	2	2	6	4	16	8	11	0	2	9	2	26	2	21	2	4	15	6	42	10	-36	0.3
17	Pomorie	10	1	2	7	7	17	5	11	1	1	9	8	28	4	21	2	3	16	15	45	9	-30	0.7
18	Vereya Stara Zagora	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bulgaria. Second Professional Football League. League Table. Season 2019/2020

Pos

Team

Home

Away

Total

Goals

Pts

CSKA 1948

2.8

Septemvri Sofia

2.4

Montana

1.9

Lokomotiv Sofia

1.6

Neftochimic Burgas

1.7

Hebar Pazardzhik

1.7

Litex

1.5

Kariana Erden

1.5

Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa

1.5

Pirin Blagoevgrad

-5

1.2

Botev Galabovo

-9

1.1

Ludogorets B

-5

Chernomorets Balchik

-12

0.8

Strumska Slava

-13

Spartak Pleven

-31

0.5

Spartak Varna

-36

0.3

Pomorie

-30

0.7

Vereya Stara Zagora

team squad

goalkeepers

Mihail Mihaylov

Ivan Dermendzhiev

defenders

Steliyan Marinkov

Tsvetelin Radev

Asparuh Smilkov

Emin Ahmed

Emil Ivanov

Stanislav Katrankov

Nikolay Yankov

Krasimir Zdravkov

Top Scorers. Season 2019/2020
Player	08 Dec	17 Jan	22 Jan	05 Feb	08 Feb	15 Feb	22 Feb	29 Feb	04 Mar	08 Mar	All SeasonGoals/Assists
Dimitar Aleksiev	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	7/0
Eray Karadayi	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	6/0
Ivan Vinkov	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	4/0
	0/0	0/0	2/0	1/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	3/0
Anton Ognyanov	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	3/0
Asparuh Smilkov	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	2/0
Isus Angelov	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	2/0
Dimitar Traykov	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0	1/0
Redjeb Khalil	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0	0/0	0/0	1/0
Dzhuneyt Yashar	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0
Tihomir Dimitrov	1/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0
Emiliyan Zotev	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0
Valchan Chanev	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/0

Top Scorers. Season 2019/2020

Player

08 Dec

17 Jan

22 Jan

05 Feb

08 Feb

15 Feb

22 Feb

29 Feb

04 Mar

08 Mar

All SeasonGoals/Assists

Dimitar Aleksiev

0/0

7/0

Eray Karadayi

0/0

6/0

Ivan Vinkov

0/0

1/0

0/0

4/0

0/0

2/0

1/0

0/0

3/0

Anton Ognyanov

0/0

3/0

Asparuh Smilkov

0/0

2/0

Isus Angelov

0/0

2/0

Dimitar Traykov

0/0

1/0

Redjeb Khalil

0/0

1/0

0/0

1/0

Dzhuneyt Yashar

0/0

1/0

0/0

1/0

Tihomir Dimitrov

1/0

0/0

1/0

Emiliyan Zotev

0/0

1/0

Valchan Chanev

0/0

1/0

Bad Boys. Season 2019/2020
Player	08 Dec	17 Jan	22 Jan	05 Feb	08 Feb	15 Feb	22 Feb	29 Feb	04 Mar	08 Mar	All SeasonRed/Yellow	Matches	Avg
Emil Ivanov	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0/1	-	0/1	1	0.0/1.0
Dzhuneyt Yashar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0/1	-	0/1	1	0.0/1.0
Asparuh Smilkov	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0/1	-	0/1	1	0.0/1.0
Eray Karadayi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0/1	-	0/1	1	0.0/1.0
Tsvetelin Radev	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0/1	-	0/1	1	0.0/1.0
Unknown	-	-	1/0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1/0	1	1.0/0.0

Bad Boys. Season 2019/2020

Player

08 Dec

17 Jan

22 Jan

05 Feb

08 Feb

15 Feb

22 Feb

29 Feb

04 Mar

08 Mar

All SeasonRed/Yellow

Matches

Avg

Emil Ivanov

0/1

0.0/1.0

Dzhuneyt Yashar

0/1

0.0/1.0

Asparuh Smilkov

0/1

0.0/1.0

Eray Karadayi

0/1

0.0/1.0

Tsvetelin Radev

0/1

0.0/1.0

Unknown

1/0

1.0/0.0

FC Botev Galabovo

History

Bulgaria. Second Professional Football League. League Table. Season 2019/2020