Botev Lukovit
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FC Botev Lukovit is a Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n football club, playing in the city of Lukovit
Lukovit
Lukovit is a town in northern Bulgaria, part of Lovech Province. It is situated on both banks of the Zlatna Panega between the Danubian Plain and the foot of Stara Planina. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 9,630 inhabitants....

. The stadium of the club is The City Stadium in Lukovit with capacity of 3,000 people.

History


Botev Lukovit Football Club was founded in 1960, but in 1991 due to lack of funds the club wound up.

Is restored again on 1 September 1999 and included in the Lovech
Lovech
Lovech is a town in north-central Bulgaria with a population of 36,296 as of February 2011. It is the administrative centre of the Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech Municipality. The town is located about 150 km northeast from the capital city of Sofia...

 Regional championship or the Fourth level of the Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n football.

Management Board decided to direct their activities to the generation of adolescents and directs its activities to work with children. In the club are recorded 50 children divided into two groups: training group - (from 9 to 11 years), children (12–14 years) and adolescents aged senior (15-19) in the Regional Championship.

Children's age group for the season 2000-2001 finished in the first place in their league. One of the big successes achieved in children participating was in the International tournament "Danone", when the children of Botev Lukovit reached the final in Sofia. By the way they eliminated teams like Litex Lovech, Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa and Etar Veliko Tarnovo.

Four of the children - Rosen Banov, Vladislav Simeonov, Milen Tonev and Plamen Stanev were included in the national team "Danone" - 2000, for the international finals of the tournament on stadium "Park de Prince" in Paris
Paris
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For this season the team won the right to play a playoff for entry in the Bulgarian North-West V AFG
Bulgarian North-West V AFG
Bulgarian V AFG is the third division of the Bulgarian football. While first and second are professional third division is on an amateur level. It is divided into:*Bulgarian North-West V AFG*Bulgarian North-East V AFG*Bulgarian South-West V AFG...

.

Successes

  • 2nd in Central "V" Group in 1982
  • 1st in "A" RFG Lovech
    Lovech
    Lovech is a town in north-central Bulgaria with a population of 36,296 as of February 2011. It is the administrative centre of the Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech Municipality. The town is located about 150 km northeast from the capital city of Sofia...

     in 1987, 1988, 2004
  • 1st in the Christmas football tournament for children in Lovech
    Lovech
    Lovech is a town in north-central Bulgaria with a population of 36,296 as of February 2011. It is the administrative centre of the Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech Municipality. The town is located about 150 km northeast from the capital city of Sofia...

     - 2007, 2008
  • 1/32 Final of the Bulgarian Cup
    Bulgarian Cup
    The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....

     - 1978
  • Botev Lukovit - Litex Lovech 3:0 - 1999

Current squad

As of September 2008

Notable players

  • Vasil Petrov
  • Borislav Grigorov
  • Petar Zlatkov
    Petar Zlatkov
    Petar Zlatkov is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing for PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra as a forward.-External links:...

  • Romeo Gekov
  • Valentin Marinov
  • Solidar Kisyov
  • Aliman Alimanov
  • Georgi Stefanov - Izaurata
  • Hristiyan Nikolov
  • Pavlin Nedkov - Palavrata
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