FC Dobrudzha Dobrich

Dobrudzha
	File:FC Dobrudzha Dobrich 2018 emblem.png
Full name	Football club Dobrudzha Dobrich
Founded	1919; 105 years ago
Ground	Stadion Druzhba, Dobrich
Capacity	12,500
Chairman	Yordan Yordanov
Manager	Sasho Angelov
League	Second League
2021–22	Second League, 11th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

FC Dobrudzha (Bulgarian: ФК Добруджа) is a Bulgarian football club based in Dobrich, that competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football.

It plays its home matches at Stadion Druzhba with a capacity of 12,500 seats, and its team colours are green and yellow. The team is named after the Dobruja region, a prominent agricultural area in Northeast Bulgaria.

Honours

A PFG

7th place: 1995–96

B PFG

Winners (1): 1965–66
Runners-up (2): 1990–91, 2001–02

Bulgarian Cup

Semi-finalists: 1946, 1947, 1980

History

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Previous crest used until 2018.

Dobrudzha was founded as a union of three clubs, Vihar, Orlov and Slavia, in 1916. The club assumed the names Cherveno zname, Spartak and Septemvri between 1949 and 1957, when it was renamed Dobrudzha after a few other local sport associations joined, and qualified for the A PFG in 1962, where it has remained a total of 14 non-continuous seasons, with the 7th place in 1995–96 being the best achievement. Dobrudja has also spent a total of 45 seasons in B PFG, which the team won in 1966.

In 2001, the team managed to return to the top-flight. However, the team was relegated back after only one season. Since then, the team has been bouncing between the second and third tiers of Bulgarian football.

In 2018, Dobrudzha returned to the second tier by winning the 2017–18 Northeast Third League. The team, however, struggled in the second tier, finishing last. In the 2019–20 season, Dobrudzha once more finished first in the third tier, promoting again to the second tier after the season was finished early in March, due to the COVID-19 epidemic in Bulgaria.

Current squad

As of October 2022^[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	Dimitar Iliev (captain)
4	DF	BUL	Ivan Jechkov Ivanov
5	DF	BUL	Ivaylo Minchev
6	MF	BUL	Pavel Georgiev (on loan from PFC Cherno More Varna)
7	MF	BUL	Bozhidar Chukanov
8	MF	BUL	Martin Maksimov
9	FW	BUL	Denislav Angelov
10	MF	BUL	Ivaylo Lazarov
11	MF	BUL	Stefan Mitev
18	DF	BUL	Petko Tsankov
21	DF	BUL	Miroslav Nachev
31	FW	BUL	Andrian Dimitrov-Jivotnoto


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
67	DF	BUL	Ahmed Ademov
72	DF	BUL	Daniel Stoyanov
77	MF	BUL	Martin Milushev (on loan from PFC Cherno More Varna)
87	FW	BUL	Stefan Statev
88	MF	BUL	Ivan Trenchev
99	DF	FRA	Yoahnn Tia
88	MF	BRA	Wellington Brito da Silva
—	GK	BUL	Denislav Zhekov
—	DF	FRA	Jami Djegherif
—	MF	BUL	Simeon Enev
—	MF	BUL	Aleksandar Stefanov

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2022.

Statistics

League positions

Seasons

14 seasons in A PFG:

Season	Place
1962/63	15th
1966/67	12th
1967/68	12th
1968/69	15th
1991/92	14th
1992/93	13th
1993/94	12th
1994/95	12th
1995/96	7th
1996/97	12th
1997/98	11th
1998/99	9th
1999/00	12th
2002/03	13th

Best wins:

Home Team	Away Team	Result	Competition	Season
PFC Dobrudja (Dobrich)	FC Haskovo (Haskovo)	10:0	Bulgarian Cup	2000/01
PFC Rakovski (Ruse)	PFC Dobrudja (Dobrich)	1:7	A PFG	1996/97
PFC Dobrudja (Dobrich)	PFC Beroe (Stara Zagora)	5:1	A PFG	1994/95
PFC Dobrudja (Dobrich)	PFC Septemvri (Sofia)	5:1	A PFG	1998/99

Notable persons

Players Players with most matches played for the team in A PFG:

Nationality	Player	Number of matches
	Rumen Boev	212
	Diyan Bozhilov	200
	Rumen Slavov	over 180
	Svetoslav Krastev	over 160
	Atanas Georgiev	over 140

Players with most goals, scored in A PFG:

Nationality	Player	Goals
	Diyan Bozhilov	25
	Georgi Manolov	23
	Rumen Boev	18
	Serge Yoffou	15
	Risto Milosavov	14

Former managers

External links