FC Rilski Sportist Samokov
FC Rilski Sportist (ФК Рилски спортист Самоков) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Samokov founded in 1947 and currently playing in the South-West Third League. Their home stadium is Iskar Stadium.
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| Full name | FC Rilski Sportist 2011 Samokov | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The skiers | ||
| Founded | 1947 | ||
| Ground | Iskar | ||
| Capacity | 7 000 | ||
| Chairman | Dimitar Dzhorgov | ||
| Manager | Petar Adzhov | ||
| League | South-West Third League | ||
| 2018–19 | South-West Third League, 8th | ||
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History
PFC Rilski sportist was founded in 1947 after the union of a few smaller teams from Samokov.
They played in the A PFG, the first division of Bulgarian football, in 2002/03 for the first time in their history. Rilski Sportist managed to win only one game and finished last, thus being relegated.
Three seasons later, the team managed to win the 2005-06 B Group, which enabled them to play in the A PFG for a second time. In their second top-flight season, they won 10 games and earned 30 points. However, they were still 3 points behind 13th placed FC Spartak Varna, meaning that they were relegated again. The two top flight seasons remain their most important achievement overall. Since then, the team has drifted between the second and third tiers of Bulgarian football.
In the second division "The Skiers" have 23 participations - 664 matches in total, with 269 wins, 139 draws and 253 losses. Their best result in the Bulgarian Cup has been reaching the quarter-finals in 1950/51 and 2001/02.
"Rilski Sportist" means "Rila sportsman" in Bulgarian.
Crest history
1947–1960 
1978–1990 1990–present
League positions
Honours
A Group (now First League):
B Group (now Second League):
- Winners (2): 2001–02, 2005–06
A Regional - Sofia:
- Winners (2): 2010–11, 2013–14
Current squad
As of 1 August 2019 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Past seasons
| Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Bulgarian Cup | ||
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| 2010–11 | A RFG (IV) | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 6 | 52 | not qualified | ||
| 2011–12 | V Group (III) | 3 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 66 | 29 | 68 | not qualified | ||
| 2012–13 | B PFG | 15 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 28 | 71 | 22 | not qualified | ||
| 2013–14 | A RFG (IV) | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 12 | 60 | not qualified | ||
| 2014–15 | V Group (III) | 14 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 46 | 27 | not qualified | ||
| 2015–16 | V Group | 11 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 41 | 43 | 35 | not qualified | ||
| 2016–17 | Third League (III) | 9 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 53 | 61 | 43 | not qualified | ||
| 2017–18 | Third League | 15 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 40 | 51 | 36 | not qualified | ||
| Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. | |||||||||||
Stadium
Iskar stadium is situated in the southwestern part of Samokov near the biggest park of the city - "Gradski". Built in 1972, the stadium has around 7 000 seating places, most of which are covered. The field measures 105x68 meters. The best attendance was on 31.8.2002 in the match with PFC Levski Sofia - 6 000 spectators.