FC Aksakovo

FC Aksakovo
Full nameФутболен Клуб Аксаково
Football Club Aksakovo
Founded1948; 76 years ago (1948)
GroundAksakovo Stadium, Aksakovo
Capacity320
ManagerKaloyan Mihalev
LeagueThird League
20223–24A Regional Varna, 1st (promoted)
Websitehttps://fcaksakovo.com/

FC Aksakovo (Bulgarian: ФК Аксаково) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Aksakovo, Bulgaria, which competes in the Third League, the third division of the Bulgarian football league system. Aksakovo's home ground is the Aksakovo Stadium, which has a capacity of 320 spectators.

History

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Aksakovo have a football club since 1948 playing mainly in the regional leagues. In 1994, the team was bought by Vahan Angutyan, changing the name of the club from Primorets Aksakovo to Avtotrade Aksakovo, taking the name of his business. The team promoted to Bulgarian B Football Group in 1996 and finished 10th in 1996–97 B Group season, leaded by the ex Bulgaria international Kevork Tahmisyan.[1] Before the start of the season, the team was merged with FC Port Varna into Avtotrade-Port Varna.[2]

In November 2022, the team stadium was rebuilt into a modern mini training complex.[3] In 2023, Kaloyan Mihalev and Nikolay Georgiev become managers of the team, coming together with some players from Septemvri Tervel. In 2024 mid season, the team had same points with FC Fratria II and expressed desire to return to Third League.[4] On 24 April 2024 they secured their first place in the league. On 5 June 2024 it was officially announced that Aksakovo joined Third league.[5]

Honours

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Logo, shirt and sponsor

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Period Kit manufacturer Shirt partner
2022–2024 Bulgaria Misho Sport Plastchim-T
2024– Germany Jako

Players

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Current squad

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As of 12 August 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Bulgaria BUL Georgi Nenov
3 DF Bulgaria BUL Slavi Stalev
4 DF Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Yonkov
5 DF Bulgaria BUL Valentin Georgiev
6 MF Bulgaria BUL Yordan Atanasov
7 MF Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Dimitrov
8 MF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Markov
9 FW Bulgaria BUL Lyubomir Mihalev
10 FW Bulgaria BUL Rumen Nikolov
11 MF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Iliev
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Daniel Dobrev
13 DF Bulgaria BUL Mihail Paskalev
14 DF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Markov
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Radev
16 DF Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Vasilev
17 FW Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Simeonov
18 MF Bulgaria BUL Radoslav Petrov
19 MF Bulgaria BUL Martin Stelyanov
20 DF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Momchilov
21 FW Bulgaria BUL Desislav Dyakov
22 DF Bulgaria BUL Georgi Donchev
23 MF Bulgaria BUL Damyan Petrov
25 DF Bulgaria BUL Deniz Hadzhiev
MF Bulgaria BUL Hristo Penev
MF Bulgaria BUL Pavel Angelov
FW Bulgaria BUL Alex Corso

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Personnel

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Club officials

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Position Name Nationality
Coaching staff
Head coach Kaloyan Mihalev Bulgaria
Assistant coach Nikolay Georgiev Bulgaria
Assistant coach Ilia Iliev Bulgaria
Goalkeepers coach Plamen Roev Bulgaria

Seasons

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Past seasons

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Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season League Bulgarian Cup Other competitions Top goalscorer
Division Level P W D L F A GD Pts Pos
1994–95 North-East V Group 3 54 26 +28 48 6th DNQ
1995–96 3 29 23 4 2 69 14 +55 73 1st DNQ Bulgaria Zhivko Kelepov 21
1996–97 B Group 2 34 13 10 11 36 39 -3 49 10th Preliminary Bulgaria Zhivko Kelepov 10
1997–98 2 30 3 5 22 18 73 -55 14 14th Second Round
1998–04 Did not participate in league from 1998 to 2004
2004–05 North-East V Group 3 + 7th First round
2005–06 3 30 15 8 7 56 23 +33 53 5th DNQ
2006–07 3 32 14 8 10 43 34 +9 50 7th DNQ
2007–08 3 34 18 7 9 50 32 +18 61 4th DNQ
2008–09 3 36 18 4 14 62 55 +7 58 7th DNQ
2009–10 3 34 11 0 23 35 86 -51 33 17th DNQ
2010–14 Did not participate in league from 2010 to 2014
2014–15 A Regional Varna 4 20 1 2 17 11 52 -41 5 11th DNQ
2015–16 4 22 7 5 10 32 44 -12 26 7th DNQ
2016–17 4 18 4 6 8 14 27 -13 18 7th DNQ
2017–18 4 24 11 7 6 43 33 +10 40 4th DNQ
2018–19 4 22 6 8 8 19 35 -16 26 7th DNQ
2019–20 4 11 2 4 6 13 20 -7 10 9th DNQ
2020–21 4 24 7 8 9 32 33 -1 29 9th DNQ
2021–22 4 20 8 4 8 32 27 +5 28 6th DNQ
2022–23 4 18 9 4 5 28 24 +4 31 4th DNQ
2023–24 4 20 17 2 1 69 15 +54 53 1st ↑ DNQ
2024–25 Third League 3 Preliminary round

Key

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  • GS = Group stage
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

References

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