FC Rakovski is a Bulgarian football club based in Rakovski, Plovdiv Province, currently playing in the A RFG (Plovdiv), fifth tier of Bulgarian football.

Rakovski
Full nameFC Rakovski
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001)
GroundG.S Rakovski, Rakovski
Capacity3,000
ManagerPetyr Atanasov
LeagueA Regional - Plovdiv
2023-2413th

Rakovski managed to play three seasons in the second tier of Bulgarian football. In their first season in the second level, 2012–13, the team barely missed out on promotion to the A Group. However, in 2015, Rakovski was relegated.

History

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FC Rakovski were founded in 2001. In 2012, Rakovski managed to promote to the B Group, the second tier of Bulgarian football, for the first time in club history. In the 2012–13 season, Rakovski finished in third place after some incredible results, placing three points behind second-placed Lyubimets, who qualified for the A Group. This third-place finish remains the club's highest ever placement in its history. Next season, 2013–14, Rakovski could not replicate the same success, and the team largely fought to avoid relegation, which was ultimately successful. Financial problems started in 2014, and Rakovski was forced to withdraw from the B Group after the winter break of the 2014–15 season. The team fell down to the amateur levels gradually, where it most recently played, the fourth tier.


Honours

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South-East V AFG

  • Champions: 2011–12

Current squad

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As of 11 January 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   BUL Georgi Baldjiyski
2 DF   BUL Doncho Genov
3 DF   BUL Krasimir Antonov
4 DF   BUL Nikolay Gechev
5 DF   BUL Georgi Zagorchev (captain)
6 DF   BUL Adrian Nochev
7 DF   BUL Diqn Stoqnov
8 MF   BUL Samuil Pazderov
9 FW   BUL Nikolay Panchev
10 MF   BUL Stefan Petkov
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF   BUL Yosif Romanski
12 GK   BUL Yosif Telbiyski
15 MF   BUL Denislav Kurtev
16 MF   BUL Plamen Marin
19 DF   BUL Yosif Ivanchev
21 DF   BUL Ivan Diylgerski
25 MF   BUL Pavel Zaykov
88 DF   BUL Serafim Mateychin
84 MF   BUL Veselin Peev
91 FW   BUL Borislav Chavdarov
92 MF   BUL Yosif Strehin
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