2024–25 Botev Plovdiv season

Botev Plovdiv
2024–25 season
Chairman	Aleksey Kirichek
Manager	Dušan Kerkez
Stadium	Stadion Hristo Botev
First League	3rd
Bulgarian Cup	Pre-season
UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: ; Anthony Ujah (2)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is the 113th season in the history of Botev Plovdiv, and the club's 13th consecutive season in the First League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Bulgarian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club will play during the season.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Anthony Ujah	Eintracht Braunschweig	Free	1 July 2024	^[1]
MF	Vinni Triboulet	Unattached	Free	8 August 2024

Out

Friendlies

Pre-season

22 June 2024 Friendly

Botev Plovdiv

1–0

Beroe

25 June 2024 Friendly

Cherno More

2–5

Botev Plovdiv

2 July 2024 Friendly

Botev Plovdiv

2–3

Botev Plovdiv II

3 July 2024 Friendly

Botev Plovdiv

2–0

Krumovgrad

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
First League	21 July 2024	18 April 2025	Matchday 1	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	050.00
Bulgarian Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Europa League	11 July 2024			4	1	1	2	5	9	−4	025.00
Total				6	2	2	2	10	12	−2	033.33

Last updated: 1 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

First Professional Football League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	15	13	2	0	30	4	+26	41	Qualification for the Championship group
2	Botev Plovdiv	15	11	1	3	18	7	+11	34
3	Cherno More	16	9	4	3	21	8	+13	31^[a]
4	Levski Sofia	16	10	1	5	29	13	+16	31^[a]
5	Spartak Varna	16	9	3	4	22	16	+6	30^[b]	Qualification for the Conference League group

Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2024. Source: soccerway, Bulgarian Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Cherno More 3; Levski Sofia 0.
^ Head-to-head points: Spartak Varna 3; Arda 0.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	10	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	5	1	+4

Last updated: 21 July 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	-
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2024. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 13 June 2024.^[3]

21 July 2024 1	Botev Vratsa	1–3	Botev Plovdiv	Vratsa
19:00 UTC+3	Genov 60' Kondrakov 74'		Sekulić 54', 57' Karabelyov 77'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Referee: Volen Chinkov

28 July 2024 2	Botev Plovdiv	2–2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Plovdiv
21:15 UTC+3	Iliev 17' Ukaki 72' Conte 14'		Ntelo 56' Lamy 90+2' Ivanov 32' Iliev 41' Medved 90+7'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Referee: Georgi KAbakov

04 August 2024 3	Krumovgrad	0–1	Botev Plovdiv	Plovdiv
21:15 UTC+3	Yusein 45+2' Marin 47'		Etoo 52' Conte 44' Ukaki 85' Bernat 90+1'	Stadium: Nikola Shterev - Starika Sports Complex Referee: Vasimir EL-Khatib

13.08.2024 4	Botev Plovdiv	Postponed	Ludogorets	Plovdiv
- UTC+3				Stadium: Stadium Hristo Botev

18.08.2024 5	FC Hebar Pazardzhik	0-1	Botev Plovdiv	Plovdiv
21.15 UTC+3	Tartov 36' Penchev 52' Nikolaev 90+5'		Nwachukwu 51' Perera 22' Videv 90+4'	Stadium: Stadium Hristo Botev Referee: Vasil Minev

25.08.2024 6	Botev Plovdiv	-	FC Spartak Varna	Plovdiv
21.15 UTC+3				Stadium: Stadium Hristo Botev

Bulgarian Cup

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

11 July 2024 First leg	Botev Plovdiv	2–1	Maribor	Plovdiv
21:00 UTC+3	Ujah 9' Iliev 74'		Širvys 19'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Referee: David Dickinson (Scotland)

18 July 2024 Second leg	Maribor	2–2 (3–4 agg.)	Botev Plovdiv	Maribor, Slovenia
20:15 UTC+2	Repas 13' Beugre 80'		Nwachukwu 47' Ujah 60'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 8,124 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Ukraine)

Second qualifying round

25 July 2024 First leg	Panathinaikos	2–1	Botev Plovdiv	Athens, Greece
21:00 UTC+3	Jeremejeff 8' Bakasetas 44' (pen.)		Korošec 70'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,236 Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)

1 August 2024 Second leg	Botev Plovdiv	0–4 (1–6 agg.)	Panathinaikos	Plovdiv
			Jeremejeff 6', 50' Ujah 34' (o.g.) Đuričić 45+2'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Attendance: 17,076 Referee: Daniel Schlager (Germany)

UEFA Conference League

Third qualifying round

08 August 2024 First leg	Botev Plovdiv	2–1	Zrinjski Mostar	Plovdiv, Bulgeria
21:00 UTC+3	Akere 35' Maraš 79'		Ćuže 77'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Attendance: 9,515 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

15 August 2024 Second leg	Zrinjski Mostar	2-0 (3-2 agg.)	Botev Plovdiv	Mostar
21.00 UTC+2	Mulahusejnovic 39' Kis 83' Mlinar 48'		Nwachukwu 28' Bernat 34' Conte 41' Tamm 51'	Stadium: Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom Referee: Rob Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)

References

^ "Veteran Super Eagles striker Anthony Ujah joins Europa League side". www.afrik-foot.com. June 21, 2024.
^ "Наредба за първенствата и турнирите по футбол в системата на БФС за сезон 2023/2024 година" (PDF) (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
^ "Програма efbet Лига сезон 2024/25". bpfl.bg.

[table_hth_CHM0.9309369232184-2] Head-to-head points: Cherno More 3; Levski Sofia 0.

[table_hth_SPV0.9309369232184-3] Head-to-head points: Spartak Varna 3; Arda 0.

[1] "Veteran Super Eagles striker Anthony Ujah joins Europa League side". www.afrik-foot.com. June 21, 2024.

[regulations2024-4] "Наредба за първенствата и турнирите по футбол в системата на БФС за сезон 2023/2024 година" (PDF) (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. Retrieved 18 April 2024.

[5] "Програма efbet Лига сезон 2024/25". bpfl.bg.

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