Football Club Etar, or FC ETAR Veliko Turnovo, (Bulgarian: ФК ЕТЪР Велико Търново), was a Bulgarian professional association football club from Veliko Tarnovo. Founded on 24 April 1924, the club spent most of its history in the Bulgarian A PFG.

Etar

ФК ЕТЪР Велико Търново
Full name	Football Club Etar
Nickname(s)	Бoлярите (The Bolyars)
Founded	April 24, 1924; 98 years ago (1924-04-24)
Dissolved	2003; 19 years ago (2003)
Ground	Stadion Ivaylo
Chairman	Ivan Angelov
Manager	Rosen Kirilov
Home colours Away colours

Their most successful period came under the management of Georgi Vasilev, between 1987 and 1992. Etar won the championship in 1990–91, which qualified the team for the 1991–92 European Cup, the first and only time Etar has played in the premier European competition.

Following the success in 1991, Etar began a gradual decline in terms of performance, culminating in relegation from the top flight, as well as increasing financial problems. In 2003, the club was formally dissolved, due to inability to cover financial costs needed for professional football. Around the same time, a successor club, named Etar 1924, was founded to replace the old Etar. This new club saw little success and only managed to play one season in the A Group, after which it also folded.

Honours

Domestic

• Bulgarian A PFG
  • Champions: 1990–91
  • Third place: 1988–89, 1989–90
• Bulgarian League Cup
  • Winners: 1995
• The Cup of BFU
  • Winners: 1991

Contintental

• Balkans Cup:
  • Runners-up: 1992–93

History

Football Club Etar was created on 24 April 1924, as a result of a merger between six clubs from Veliko Tarnovo. In 1930 they reached the Bulgarian State Football Championship semi-finals, losing 4–2 to Slavia Sofia.

European history

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1974–75	UEFA Cup	1		Internazionale Milano	0–0	0–3	0–3
1991–92	European Cup	1		Kaiserslautern	1–1	0–2	1–3

Etar's champions squad

The squad for the 1990–91 season Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BUL Kaloyan Chakarov — GK  BUL Nikolay Donev — DF  BUL Tsanko Tsvetanov — DF  BUL Ilian Kiriakov — DF  BUL Angel Chervenkov — DF  BUL Plamen Prodanov — DF  BUL Sasho Hristov — DF  BUL Tsvetomir Parvanov — MF  BUL Georgi Georgiev — MF  BUL Georgi Popivanov

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BUL Mariyan Metlarov — MF  BUL Petyo Rashev — MF  BUL Krasimir Balakov — MF  BUL Sasho Dimov — MF  BUL Andriyan Gaydarski — FW  BUL Miroslav Baychev — FW  BUL Boncho Genchev — FW  URS Igor Kislov — FW  BUL Gencho Genchov — FW  BUL Aleksandar Aleksandrov ?

External links

• Official website

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