FC Tsarsko Selo Sofia
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| Full name | Football Club Tsarsko Selo 2015 Sofia | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Царете (The Kings) | ||
| Founded | 1 July 2015 as FC Tsarsko Selo | ||
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Tsarsko Selo Stadium, Sofia | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Chairman | Stoyne Manolov | ||
| Manager | Nikola Spasov | ||
| League | Bulgarian Second League | ||
| 2015–16 | A RFG, 2nd /Promoted/ | ||
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FC Tsarsko Selo Sofia (Bulgarian: ФК Царско Село София) is a Bulgarian football club, currently competing in Bulgaria's 2nd division, the Second League. Home matches are played at the new Tsarsko Selo Sports Complex in Sofia.
History
2015–2016: Foundation
In the summer of 2015 the ex boss of CSKA Sofia Stoyne Manolov started new academy called Football Academy Tsarsko Selo with getting kids born from 2002 to 2010.[1] Team registered and a man's team in A RFG Sofia South with CSKA Sofia captain and legend Todor Yanchev as manager with the ambition team to promote to V Group in the first season.[2] On 12 November 2015 Manolov announced that the team will corraborate with the Spanish La Liga team Málaga CF.[3] In the end of December 2015 Todor Yanchev take over Sofia 2010, who was bough by Manolev. Sofia 2010 merged with Tsarsko Selo into Tsarsko Selo Sofia in 2016.[4][5]
2016–present: Professional leagues
On 28 July 2016 the team was accepted in the newly created Bulgarian Second Professional League.[6] They finished their first match against Botev Galabovo with a draw.[7] In their first match for the Bulgarian Cup they played against Levski Sofia. The match was played on 22 September 2016 at Lokomotiv Stadium won by Levski by 2:0.[8] After 2 big loses, Yanchev step down from the manager post and on 29 October 2016 Nikola Spasov was announced as the new manager of the team.[9]
Shirt and sponsor
Team main kit is red and white. Away kits are black and red. From 2016 main kit is all red and the reserve ones are all white.
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt partner |
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| 2015– |  Joma |
None |
Players
First-team squad
- As of 4 November 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2016.
Foreign players
Up to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the First League and Second League however only three can be used during a match day. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.
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EU Nationals |
EU Nationals (Dual citizenship) |
Non-EU Nationals |
Managers
| Dates | Name | Honours |
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| 2015 |  Todor Yanchev |
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| 2016 | Kemal Rashidov |
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| 2016 | Todor Yanchev |
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| 2016– | Nikola Spasov |
Past seasons
| Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Bulgarian Cup | ||
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| 2015–16 | A RFG (IV) | 2 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 92 | 21 | 61 | not qualified | ||
| 2016–17 | Second League (II) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | First Round | ||
| Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. | |||||||||||
References
- ↑ Академия "Царско село" набира деца
- ↑ Бивш капитан на ЦСКА поема академия "Царско село"
- ↑ Стойне Манолов: Царско село ще си партнира с Малага
- ↑ Тодор Янчев поема отбор от Югозападната В група
- ↑ "Стойне Манолов: Българският футбол няма бъдеще без ЦСКА". Focus-sport.net. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- ↑ "Царско село" и "Левски" (Карлово) допълниха състава на Втора лига
- ↑ Царско село с равенство в дебюта си във Втора лига
- ↑ Левски на осминафинал след феноменален гол
- ↑ Никола Спасов пое отбор от Втора лига