Professional football club SLAVIA
Футболен клуб “Славия” е най-старото спортно дружество в България. Той е основан на 10.IV.1913 година от обединението на спортен клуб “Ботев” (1909) и гимнастическо дружество “Развитие” (1910). През различните години носи имената: “Славия’45” (1945-1946), “Строител” (1949-1950), “Ударник” (1951-1957) и “ЖСК-Славия” (1968-1971). За пръв председател е избран Димитър Благоев (Пальо).
History of FC Slavia
Best of luck
National Champion: – 8 times – 1926, 1928, 1930, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1943 and 1996.
National runner-up: – 9 times – 1932, 1934, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1967, 1980 and 1990.
Bronze Medalist: – 13 times – 1940, 1942, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1997 and 2020.
Bulgarian Cup – winner: – 13 times – 1926, 1928, 1930, 1936, 1943, 1952, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1975, 1980, 1996 and 2018.
Bulgarian Cup – Finalist: – 6 times – 1932, 1934, 1954, 1972, 1981 and 2011
Bulgarian Cup – third place: 1990
Bulgarian Super Cup – finalist: – 1 time – 2018
Capital Champion: Years when the Capital Championship preceded the State Championship: – 9 times – 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934 and 1936.
Balkan Club Cup: winner 1986 and 1988, finalist – 1977
UEFA Tournament – Intertoto: Group Winner – 1977
Participations in European club tournaments as follows:
National Cups Cup – 6 appearances 25 matches 9 wins 3 draws 13 losses – 31:31 goal difference
Fair Cities Cup – 3 appearances 8 matches 3 wins 2 draws 3 losses – 8:10 goal difference
UEFA Cup – 7 appearances 16 matches 4 wins 3 draws 9 losses – 18:41 goal difference
UEFA Europa League – 3 appearances 3 wins 0 draws 4 losses – 7:10 goal difference
Total for the Europa League – 19 appearances 56 matches 19 wins 8 draws 29 losses – 64:92 goal difference
UEFA – “Intertoto” – 7 appearances 42 matches 19 wins 8 draws 15 losses – 62:53 goal difference
Balkan Club Cup – 5 appearances 24 matches 15 wins 2 draws 7 losses – 53:22 goal difference
“Slavia” was the first Bulgarian team to qualify for the semifinals of a European club tournament – March 8, 1967. This is an unsurpassed achievement for a football team from Bulgaria to this day. The National Cup semi-finals against Rangers (Glasgow) will be played in Sofia on April 19 and in Glasgow on May 3.
“Slavia” footballers elected as “Footballer of the Year” in Bulgaria:
Alexander Shalamanov (Shami) – 1963 and 1966.
Simeon Simeonov (Moni) – 1968
Bozhidar Grigorov (Bobby Grieg) – 1976
Andrey Zhelyazkov (Zhuzho) – 1980
With the cup for the country’s top scorer were the Slavists:
Krum Milev (Palavrata) – 1938 with 12 goals
Dimitar Isakov (Mitan) – 1952 with 10 goals
Dobromir Tashkov (Mirko) – 1954 with 25 goals
Dobromir Tashkov (Mirko) – 1958 with 9 goals
Alexander Vassilev (Choco) – 1959 with 13 goals
Todor Pramatarov – 1997 with 26 goals
Winners of the cup for individual sportsmanship for the year established in 1965 are:
Alexander Shalamanov (Shami) – 1967 and 1973
Chavdar Tsvetkov (Chavo) – 1979
Winners of the prize for the best goalkeeper of the championship since its establishment in the sixties until today have been:
Simeon Simeonov (Moni) – 1966, 1968 and 1969,
Georgi Gugalov – 1980,
Zdravko Zdravkov (Fozi) – 1996
Winners of the prize for the best goalkeeper of the championship since its establishment in the sixties until today have been:
Simeon Simeonov (Moni) – 1966, 1968 and 1969,
Georgi Gugalov – 1980,
Zdravko Zdravkov (Fozi) – 1996
In the honor rolls of the club for “A” national team
Participations Goals
57 – Chavdar Tsvetkov 15 – Chavdar Tsvetkov
54 – Andrei Zhelyazkov 14 – Andrei Zhelyazkov
42 – Alexander Shalamanov 12 – Nikola Staykov
In the honor lists of the club for “A” RFG:
Contributions
Goals
338 – Andrey Zhelyazkov
134 – Andrey Zhelyazkov
317 – Atanas Alexandrov
128 – Bozhidar Grigorov
306 – Ilyaz Aliyev
104 – Chavdar Tsvetkov
301 – Bozhidar Grigorov
100 – Alexander Vassilev
278 – Georgi B. Gugalov
100 – Peter Alexandrov
264 – Ivan Heydarliev
97 – Dobromir Tashkov
262 – Alexander Shalamanov
59 – Atanas Alexandrov
255 – Chavdar Tsvetkov
55 – Ilyaz Aliyev
247 – Ivan Iliev
53 – Martin Kushev
241 – Luben Tasev
51 – Mikhail Mishev
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