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Football Club Pirin (Bulgarian: Футболен клуб Пирин) is a Bulgarian football club, based in Gotse Delchev. The club currently plays in the South-West Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football league system.

Pirin Gotse Delchev

Full name	Football Club Pirin Gotse Delchev
Nickname(s)	Nevrokopchani
Founded	1925; 97 years ago (1925)
Ground	Gradski, Gotse Delchev
Capacity	5,000
Manager	Dimitar Krushovski
League	South-West Third League
2021-22	South-West Third League, 8th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

The team's biggest success came in 2012, when they managed to promote to the A PFG for the first time. Their spell in the top-flight lasted two years. Pirin play home games at the Gradski stadium, with a capacity of 5,000. They play in green and white stripped kits. The club logo represents the Pirin mountain range in Southwestern Bulgaria.

History

Pirin Gotse Delchev were founded in 1925 as Pirin Nevrokop[1] (Nevrokop being the former name of Gotse Delchev),[2] and their traditional colours are green and white. In 1981–82 Pirin were promoted for the first time to B PFG. The club spent three years in second division, before being relegated in 1985 to third division.

After 8 years in the lowers divisions of Bulgarian football, in 1993 Pirin returned to B PFG. In their first season back in second division Pirin finished in eight place in the league. In the following 1994–95 season was a poor one for the club, ending with the team in second lowest place and relegated back to the third division.

In 2005 they won the third promotion to the B PFG in its history.[3] In December 2005, Yordan Bozdanski was appointed as manager.[4] Pirin finished the 2006–07 season in third place in the West B PFG, their highest finish in the league since their еstablishment.

On 27 June 2011, Yakov Paparkov was officially announced as the club's new manager.[5] In the 2011–12 season, Pirin won the West B PFG with a 62 points, scoring 41 goals and losing only three times. Pirin were promoted to Bulgarian football's top division for the first time in their history.

Their first season in the top level of Bulgarian football was successful. The team managed to win 10 games and draw 4, earning them 34 points. These results placed them in 11th position, three points above the relegation zone. At home, Pirin managed to win 6 games, as well as draw 3, including a 1-1 draw against Levski Sofia, the eventual runners-up of the 2012-13 season. Away results were also good, considering that this was the debut season for Pirin in the elite. They managed to win 4 games and draw once. Manager for the season was Tencho Tenev, who was appointed at the beginning of the season.

For the upcoming season, the format of the Bulgarian league was changed, with the bottom seven teams qualifying for the relegation group. Pirin did not manage to repeat the same results from last season, as the team spent the majority of the season in the relegation group. They started the season with a draw against Lokomotiv Sofia. This was followed by eight defeats in a row, which placed them at the bottom of the table. They eventually finished 13th in the regular season, thus being placed in the relegation zone. The team did not improve its results there, losing four out of their six home games, as well as losing five out of six away games. At the end of the season, Pirin were 32 points below the relegation line, thus being relegated. This ended Pirin's two year stay in the A PFG.

Although they were supposed to play in the B PFG next season (2014-15), Pirin Gotse Delchev did not obtain a license, and were demoted to the third tier.

At the end of the 2017-18 season, Pirin were relegated to the fourth amateur league.

After two seasons in the fourth tier, Pirin returned to the Third League in 2020. On June 6th, Pirin signed an agreement with Pirin Blagoevgrad, at the time playing in the second tier. The agreement will allow Pirin Blagoevgrad players to be loaned out to Pirin GD, thus making Pirin Gotse Delchev a satellite team of the other Pirin.

Honours

League

West B PFG

• Champions: 2011–12

League positions

Current squad

As of 1 August 2020^[update]

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 Abdi Abdikov (captain) 3 DF  BUL Boris Ivanov 4 DF  BUL Ivan Makriev 5 DF  BUL Lyubomir Gutsev 6 MF  BUL Marin Dzhugdanov 7 MF  BUL Boyko Sarandev 8 MF  BUL Petar Lazarov 9 FW  BUL Lachezar Dafkov 10 FW  BUL Sezgin Karaemin 11 MF  BUL Pavel Golovodov

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  BUL Angel Yusev 14 MF  BUL Yanislav Tusondzhiev 16 MF  BUL Ibrahim Alim 17 DF  BUL Iliya Tafrov 18 MF  BUL Nikolay Chaushev 19 DF  BUL Angel Madzhirov 20 DF  BUL Ivan Grancharov 21 MF  BUL Zhivko Grozdanov 22 MF  BUL Martin Kochanov 32 MF  BUL Aleksandar Georgiev

Managers

Managers in the 21st century
Year	Trainers
2004–05	Ventsislav Davidkov
2005	Valentin Lazarov
2005–07	Yordan Bozdanski
2007	Petar Zehtinski
2008–10	Yordan Bozdanski
2010	Krasimir Traykov
2010–11	Dimitar Sokolov
2011	Ivan Atanasov
2011–12	Yakov Paparkov
Aug 1, 2012–Aug 27, 2013	Tencho Tenev
Aug 27, 2013–Jan 1, 2014	Kostadin Angelov
Jan 16, 2014–Sep 11, 2017	Yordan Bozdanski
Sep 11, 2017–	Rumil Zhotev

References

External links

• Official site^{[permanent dead link]}
• Pirin Gotse Delchev at Bulgarian Club Directory.
• Pirin Gotse Delchev at Soccerway.

На других языках

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[de] FC Pirin Goze Deltschew

Der PFC Pirin Goze Deltschew (bulgarisch Професионален футболен клуб Пирин, dt. Professioneller Sport-Fußballclub Pirin) ist ein bulgarischer Fußballverein aus Goze Deltschew. Der Verein spielt seit der Saison 2012/13 in der obersten Liga des Landes, der A Grupa. Die Vereinsfarben sind grün und weiß.

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- [en] FC Pirin Gotse Delchev

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[ru] Пирин (футбольный клуб, Гоце-Делчев)

«Пирин» — болгарский футбольный клуб из города Гоце-Делчев, выступающий в группе «А» чемпионата Болгарии. Домашние матчи проводит на стадионе «Градски», вмещающем 5 000 зрителей.

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