FC Balkan Botevgrad (
Bulgarian: ФК Балкан Ботевград,
romanized: FK Balkan Botevgrad) is a
Bulgarian football club, playing in the city of
Botevgrad. The stadium of the club is "
Hristo Botev" in Botevgrad with capacity of 8,000 people.
History
The club was established in 1929 with the name "Stamen Panchev". In 1945, the club was renamed "Hristo Gurbov". Since 1947, the name is "Balkan". The main kit-colours of the team are green and white. Throughout its history, the club has participated in either the second or the third Bulgarian division. Currently the team is playing in the
Southwest Third League. From 2005, the chairman of the club is Tihomir Ninov. In the 2007/2008 season, Balkan finished 2nd in the
Bulgarian South-West V AFG, but won promotion, because of the changes from the 2008/2009 season in Bulgaria's West and East B Groups. From 2008, the chief executive is the famous Bulgarian footballer
Marian Hristov. The club qualified at the 1/8 finals of the
Bulgarian Cup 2008-09 after defeating
PFC Belite orli Pleven with 2:0 and beating
PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra with 1:0 to make it to the 1/8 finals of the competition. Unfortunately, "Balkan" was eliminated by
CSKA Sofia after a score of 5:0.