FC Rilski Sportist Samokov
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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.
Full name | FC Rilski Sportist 2011 Samokov | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Skiers | ||
Founded | 1947; 77 years ago (1947) | ||
Ground | Iskar | ||
Capacity | 7 000 | ||
Chairman | Dimitar Dzhorgov | ||
Head coach | Nikolay Nikolov - Chezeto & Hristo Dzhodzhov | ||
League | South-West Third League | ||
2020–21 | South-West Third League, 13th | ||
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Throughout the majority of its history, Rilski Sportist has competed in the lower levels of Bulgarian football, usually the second, or third tiers. In 2002, however, the team managed to promote to the A Group for the first time. Their inexperience led to an immediate relegation. Three years later, Rilski Sportist returned to the A Group, only to be relegated again. Since then, the club has been competing mostly in the amateur levels of Bulgarian football.
The club's nickname is the ‘Skiers’, which originates from the fact that the town of Samokov and nearby Borovets are major resorts for winter sports in Bulgaria.