FC Rakovski

Rakovski

Full name	FC Rakovski
Founded	2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Ground	G.S Rakovski, Rakovski
Capacity	3,000
Manager	Petyr Atanasov
League	A Regional - Plovdiv
2023-24	13th
Home colours Away colours

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 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.

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.

South-East V AFG

• Champions: 2011–12

As of 11 January 2019^[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 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

• Rakovski at Bulgarian Club Directory