FC Maritsa Plovdiv

Maritsa FC (Bulgarian: Марица ФК) is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv. Established in 1921 after the merger of Karshiaka's teams Vampir and Trite Konski Sili.

They play their home matches at their 8,000-seat Stadium in the quarter of Karshiaka. They played in Bulgarian A Professional Football Group seasons of 1967-68, 1969–70, 1970–71 and 1996-97.

Youth program

The club is particularly famous for its renowned youth program that has produced many Bulgarian talents over the years – Hristo Stoichkov, Dinko Dermendzhiev, Aleksandar Aleksandrov. Bulgarian national first-team players Georgi Georgiev, Kostadin Vidolov, Krassimir Chomakov, Valeri Domovchiyski, Yordan Todorov, Asen Nikolov had also came through the ranks at Maritsa.

Honours

• Fourteenth place in the "A" group: 1969/70 and 1996/97.
• Semifinalist in the National Cup tournament: 1996/97.

Current squad

As of February 20, 2016 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Iliya Nikolov 2 DF Borislav Nikiforov 3 MF Krasimir Ivanov (captain) 4 DF Miroslav Pushkarov 6 DF Yordan Vlashki 7 DF Petyo Dimitrov 8 MF Yalmaz Syuleyman 9 FW Ventsislav Gyuzelev 10 MF Dimitar Yurukov 11 FW Georgi Arabadzhiev 12 GK Goran Grablev

No. Position Player 14 FW Georgi Georgiev 16 DF Alil Kardashev 17 MF Dimitar Michkov 18 MF Daniel Spasov 19 MF Konstantin Atanasov 21 MF Angel Semerdzhiev 22 MF Aleksandar Aleksandrov DF Svetlozar Barashki MF Todor Ivanov MF Andrey Atanasov FW Samer Alhusein

Famous players

• Hristo Stoichkov
• Valeri Domovchiyski
• Krassimir Chomakov
• Kostadin Vidolov
• Aleksandar Aleksandrov
• Yordan Todorov
• Dinko Dermendzhiev
• Petar Kurdov
• Zapryan Rakov
• Georgi Georgiev
• Asen Nikolov
• Georgi Georgiev Hristov

Note: For a complete list of Maritsa players, see Category:FC Maritsa Plovdiv players.

External links

• Official Facebook Profile