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PFC Beroe is a Bulgarian football club from Stara Zagora, that currently plays in the country's top division A PFG. The club was founded on March 19, 1916. The home ground of Beroe is the Beroe Stadium with 25,000 seating capacity. Beroe were the 1986 champions of the top division.
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[edit] HistoryBeroe was founded on 19 March 1916 as FC Verea. Football club characterized by a green and white check jersey. The team finally became known as PFC Beroe Stara Zagora in 2000-01. To 2009-10 season the club has played a total of 37 seasons in the Bulgarian first division. In season 1971-72 in the domestic league was very successful for the team, which finished 3rd, and qualified for the UEFA Cup. The club's first participation in UEFA Cup was also promising, with Beroe eliminating the Austrian Austria Salzburg (7:0 and 3:1) and the Hungarian Honvéd FC (3:0 and 0:1) and reaching the 1/8 final (but being knocked out by Serbian OFK Beograd).  Beroe's most glorious moment came in 1986, when the team lead by Kancho Kasherov, Ivko Ganchev, Tenyo Minchev, Stoyan Bonchev, Yordan Mitev and Venelin Sivriev won the Bulgarian title[1]. Beroe did however represent Bulgaria in the 1986-87 UEFA European Champions Cup where they lost in the first round to Dinamo Kyiv of Ukraine after 1:1 on Beroe Stadium and 0-2 loss in Kyiv[2]. But Beroe have had some success in Europe, such as the 1:0 win over Juventus in a Cup Winners' Cup first-leg in 1979 and a 3:0 win over Athletic Bilbao in 1973. Moreover, Beroe is the only Bulgarian football club that has a positive record of the matches played in European club competitions. The club won the Balkans Cup four times in 1968, 1969, 1982 and 1984 (the tournament's most successful team in this respect). The team's most famous players are Petko Petkov, Petar Zhekov, Tenyo Minchev, Kancho Kasherov and many others. Evgeni Yanchovski holds Beroe's overall appearance record—he played 341 matches over the course of 14 seasons from 1960 to 1974. This is and the record for League appearances. Beroe's all-time leading scorer is Petko Petkov, who scored 144 goals while at the club from 1966 to 1977. Beroe's biggest victory is 8–0 in A PFG against Minyor Pernik in 1973-74 and Chernomorets Burgas Sofia in 2006-07. Beroe's 7–0 defeat of Austria Salzburg in 1972 was its largest Europe win. Beroe's heaviest defeat, 2–10, came against CSKA Sofia in 1991-92. [edit] Historical results
[edit] Stadium Beroe Stadium is situated in the northwestern part of Stara Zagora near the biggest park of the city - Ayazmoto. That's the biggest sport facility of the team. The team has also three training grounds, the Beroe stadium base includes also tennis facilities and covered training hall. Built in 1962, the stadium is currently being renovated and has around 18 000 seating places, most of which are covered. The stadium has its own gymnastics, acrobatics and boxing hall. There is also a table-tennis facility. The stadium's overall capacity is about 25 000. The Beroe stadium has the fastest athletics lane and was often used for such competitions. The biggest attendace was in 1986 when the team won the championship title and more than 25 000 spectators were celebrating together with the players. [edit] Current squadAs of September 8, 2009
For recent transfers, see List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2009. [edit] Former foreign players
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