FC Septemvri Simitli
# FC Septemvri Simitli

FC Septemvri (Bulgarian: ФК Септември) is a Bulgarian football club based in Simitli, which currently plays in the Third League, the third tier of the Bulgarian football league system.

## History

The club was founded in 1942. From 1961 to 1975, it was called "Pirin miner". The players at that time were mostly young boys from the age of 18 to 20, with the exception of goalkeeper Dimitar Atanasovski (former player from Belasitsa). The recruited coach was Stoimenov and assistant coach was Radoslav Mitrevski (former player of CSKA Sofia and OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad).

As of 2011, Septemvri is officially affiliated as a satellite to Levski Sofia. On 15 March 2012, the team reached the 1/2 finals of the Bulgarian Cup for the first time in its history, eliminating Bulgarian powerhouse CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals by a score of 2:1. They lost in the next round against Ludogorets by a score of 1:4.

## Honours

* Sixth place in the Western "B" group: 2010/11 and 2011 /12
* Semifinalist in the National Cup tournament: this time its official name is the Cup of Bulgaria - 2011 /12
* Cup of Amateur Football League: 1994/95

## Current squad

As of 13 April 2022

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 4 | DF | BUL | Dimitar Mitev |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Lyubomir Graminov |
| 6 | MF | BUL | Yoan Petrov |
| 8 | MF | BUL | Todor Trayanov |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Vladislav Zlatinov |
| 10 | FW | BUL | Anatoli Luleyski (captain) |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Jean-Pierre Da Silva |
| 13 | GK | BUL | Filip Dimitrov |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Nelson Galvanelli |
| 20 | DF | BUL | Emil Petrov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | BUL | Filip Angelov |
| 24 | GK | CRO | Antonio Tuta |
| 28 | DF | BUL | Krum Nikolov |
| 69 | FW | FRA | Nadzhib Chibout |
| 74 | GK | BUL | Veselin Ganev |
| 77 | DF | BUL | Kristiyan Mihaylov |
| 88 | DF | BUL | Ivaylo Ivanov |
| 99 | MF | BUL | Dimitar Blagov |
| — | MF | BUL | Kiril Mutavdzhiyski |

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2020.

## Past seasons

| Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Bulgarian Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010–11 | B PFG (II) | 6 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 31 | 43 | First round |
| 2011–12 | B PFG | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 35 | 33 | Semifinals |
| 2012–13 | B PFG | 13 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 39 | 15 | First round |
| 2013–14 | V AFG (III) | 2 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 47 | 15 | 70 | not qualified |
| 2014–15 | B PFG | 12 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 47 | 36 | First round |
| 2015–16 | B PFG | 15 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 50 | 23 | First round |
| 2016–17 | Third League (III) | 2 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 62 | 28 | 72 | not qualified |
| 2017–18 | Third League | 7 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 37 | 50 | not qualified |
| Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. ||||||||||
