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Ground Capacity
  
8,000

Manager
  
Stoyan Dimitrov

Founded
  
21 September 1921

Chairman
  
Hristo Nikolov

League
  
South-East V Group

Grounds
  
Stadium Maritsa, Plovdiv

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Full name
  
Football Club Maritsa Plovdiv

2014–15
  
South-East V Group, 11th

Maritsa FC (Bulgarian: Марица ФК) is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv. It was established in 1921, after the merger of Karshiaka's teams Vampir and Trite Konski Sili.

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They play their home matches at their 8,000-seat stadium in the quarter of Karshiaka. They played in Bulgarian A Professional Football Group seasons of 1967-68, 1969–70, 1970–71 and 1996-97.

Youth program

The club is particularly famous for its renowned youth program that has produced many Bulgarian talents over the years – Hristo Stoichkov, Dinko Dermendzhiev, Aleksandar Aleksandrov. Bulgarian national first-team players Georgi Georgiev, Kostadin Vidolov, Krassimir Chomakov, Valeri Domovchiyski, Yordan Todorov, Asen Nikolov had also came through the ranks at Maritsa.

Honours

  • Fourteenth place in the "A" group: 1969/70 and 1996/97.
  • Semifinalist in the National Cup tournament: 1996/97.
  • Current squad

    As of February 22, 2017 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

    Famous players

  • Hristo Stoichkov
  • Valeri Domovchiyski
  • Krassimir Chomakov
  • Kostadin Vidolov
  • Aleksandar Aleksandrov
  • Yordan Todorov
  • Dinko Dermendzhiev
  • Petar Kurdov
  • Zapryan Rakov
  • Georgi Georgiev
  • Asen Nikolov
  • Georgi Georgiev Hristov
  • Note: For a complete list of Maritsa players, see Category:FC Maritsa Plovdiv players.

    References

    FC Maritsa Plovdiv Wikipedia