FC Tsarsko Selo Sofia
Full name | Football Club Tsarsko Selo 2015 Sofia | ||
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Nickname(s) | Царете (The Kings) | ||
Founded | 1 July 2015 as FC Tsarsko Selo | ||
Ground |
Tsarsko Selo Stadium, Sofia | ||
Capacity | 2,000 | ||
Chairman | Stoyne Manolov | ||
Manager | Nikola Spasov | ||
League | Bulgarian Second League | ||
2015–16 | A RFG, 2nd /Promoted/ | ||
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FC Tsarsko Selo Sofia (Bulgarian: ФК Царско Село София) is a Bulgarian football club, currently competing in Bulgaria's 2nd division, the Second League. Home matches are played at the new Tsarsko Selo Sports Complex in Sofia.
History
2015–2016: Foundation
In the summer of 2015 the ex boss of CSKA Sofia Stoyne Manolov started new academy called Football Academy Tsarsko Selo with getting kids born from 2002 to 2010.[1] Team registered and a man's team in A RFG Sofia South with CSKA Sofia captain and legend Todor Yanchev as manager with the ambition team to promote to V Group in the first season.[2] On 12 November 2015 Manolov announced that the team will corraborate with the Spanish La Liga team Málaga CF.[3] In the end of December 2015 Todor Yanchev take over Sofia 2010, who was bough by Manolev. Sofia 2010 merged with Tsarsko Selo into Tsarsko Selo Sofia in 2016.[4][5]
2016–present: Professional leagues
On 28 July 2016 the team was accepted in the newly created Bulgarian Second Professional League.[6] They finished their first match against Botev Galabovo with a draw.[7] In their first match for the Bulgarian Cup they played against Levski Sofia. The match was played on 22 September 2016 at Lokomotiv Stadium won by Levski by 2:0.[8] After 2 big loses, Yanchev step down from the manager post and on 29 October 2016 Nikola Spasov was announced as the new manager of the team.[9]
Shirt and sponsor
Team main kit is red and white. Away kits are black and red. From 2016 main kit is all red and the reserve ones are all white.
Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt partner |
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2015– | Joma | None |
Players
First-team squad
- As of 4 November 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2016.
Foreign players
Up to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the First League and Second League however only three can be used during a match day. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.
EU Nationals |
EU Nationals (Dual citizenship) |
Non-EU Nationals |
Managers
Dates | Name | Honours |
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2015 | Todor Yanchev | |
2016 | Kemal Rashidov | |
2016 | Todor Yanchev | |
2016– | Nikola Spasov |
Past seasons
Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Bulgarian Cup | ||
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2015–16 | A RFG (IV) | 2 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 92 | 21 | 61 | not qualified | ||
2016–17 | Second League (II) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | First Round | ||
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. |
References
- ↑ Академия "Царско село" набира деца
- ↑ Бивш капитан на ЦСКА поема академия "Царско село"
- ↑ Стойне Манолов: Царско село ще си партнира с Малага
- ↑ Тодор Янчев поема отбор от Югозападната В група
- ↑ "Стойне Манолов: Българският футбол няма бъдеще без ЦСКА". Focus-sport.net. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- ↑ "Царско село" и "Левски" (Карлово) допълниха състава на Втора лига
- ↑ Царско село с равенство в дебюта си във Втора лига
- ↑ Левски на осминафинал след феноменален гол
- ↑ Никола Спасов пое отбор от Втора лига