2019–20 FC Vitosha Bistritsa season

Vitosha Bistritsa
2019–20 season
Chairman	Sergei Tashkov
Manager	Engibar Engibarov (until 26 December 2019); Asen Bukarev (since 27 December 2019)
Stadium	Bistritsa Stadium
Top goalscorer	League: Emil Gargorov (3); All: Emil Gargorov (3)
Biggest win	4–0 v. Chernomorets Balchik; (26 September 2019)
Biggest defeat	2–6 v. Etar; (2 March 2020)

The 2019–20 season is Vitosha Bistritsa's third consecutive season in the Bulgarian First League after they won 3-0 the play-off promotion/relegation match against Montana on May 3, 2019, on Slavia Stadium in Sofia with goals of Grigor Dolapchiev and Emil Gargorov (2).

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Age	EU	Since	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Hristiyan Vasilev	Bulgaria	GK	24	EU	2016	Slavia Sofiа
12	Nikolay Georgiev	Bulgaria	GK	23	EU	2018	Septemvri Sofia
33	Kristiyan Katsarev	Bulgaria	GK	26	EU	2019	Vereya
Defenders
2	Todor Gochev	Bulgaria	LB/LWB	29	EU	2017	Botev Vratsa
3	Evgeni Zyumbulev	Bulgaria	CB	33	EU	2019	Lokomotiv Sofia
4	Kristiyan Uzunov	Bulgaria	CB/DM	33	EU	2015	Oborishte Panagyurishte
5	Ventsislav Bonev	Bulgaria	CB/LB	41	EU	2015	Minyor Pernik
6	Rumen Gyonov	Bulgaria	RB/RWB	29	EU	2014	Germanea Sapareva Banya
18	Theofilos Kouroupis	Greece	LB	32	EU	2019	Vereya
22	Aleksandar Hristev	Bulgaria	CB	31	EU	2019	Atletik Kuklen
24	Georgi Kupenov	Bulgaria	CB	25	EU	2018	Botev Plovdiv
Midfielders
7	Kristiyan Kochilov	Bulgaria	CM/DM	32	EU	2015	Slivnishki Geroy
10	Georgi Amzin (vice-captain)	Bulgaria	CM/AM	30	EU	2014	Slivnishki Geroy
14	Chetin Sadula (captain)	Bulgaria	LW/AM	34	EU	2013	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
23	Emil Gargorov	Bulgaria	AM	41	EU	2019	CSKA 1948
80	Lachezar Kotev	Bulgaria	AM/RW	24	EU	2016	Septemvri Sofia
88	Martin Stankev	Bulgaria	AM	32	EU	2019	Dunav
93	Atanas Kabov	Bulgaria	AM/RW/LW	23	EU	2019	Levski Sofia
Forwards
9	Iliya Dimitrov	Bulgaria	CF	25	EU	2019	Levski Sofia
11	Daniel Kutev	Bulgaria	LW	31	EU	2017	Nestos Chrysoupoli
17	Zapro Dinev	Bulgaria	LW	22	EU	2019	Botev Plovdiv
45	Grigor Dolapchiev	Bulgaria	CF	28	EU	2017	Spartak Pleven

Fixtures

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Regular season

14 July 2019 1	Slavia	3 – 2	Vitosha Bistritsa	Sofia
	Yanis Karabelyov 15' Dimitar Velkovski 45' Darko Tasevski 60' Vladislav Uzunov 69' Kaloyan Krastev 88', 89'	Report	Georgi Amzin 11' Emil Gargorov 23' Kristiyan Uzunov 32' Rumen Gyonov 55'	Stadium: Slavia Stadium Referee: Georgi Davidov Man of the Match: Darko Tasevski

22 July 2019 2	Vitosha Bistritsa	0 – 2	Botev Vratsa	Bistritsa
	Grigor Dolapchiev 35' Georgi Amzin 42' Rumen Gyonov 44'	Report	Daniel Genov 17', 90' Iliya Milanov 54'	Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Daniel Genov

29 July 2019 3	Ludogorets	2 – 0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Razgrad
	Jakub Świerczok 79' Serkan Yusein 87' Jody Lukoki 90'	Report	Theofilos Kouroupis 18' Aleksandar Hristev 61' Rumen Gyonov 74'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Referee: Radoslav Gidzenov Man of the Match: Nikolay Georgiev

2 August 2019 4	Vitosha Bistritsa	1 – 3	Arda	Bistritsa
	Georgi Kupenov 23', 67' Martin Stankev 28' Aleksandar Hristev 88'	Report	Radoslav Vasilev 5' Deyan Lozev 22' Veselin Marchev 44' Ivan Kokonov 59' (pen.) Rumen Gyonov 69' (o.g.) Elisha Sam 84'	Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Ivan Kokonov

9 August 2019 5	Dunav	2 – 0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Ruse
	Fernando Henrique 31' Ahmed Ahmedov 39', 60', 59' Martin Kovachev 47'	Report	Todor Gochev 29'	Stadium: Gradski Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov Man of the Match: Ahmed Ahmedov

17 August 2019 6	Vitosha Bistritsa	0 – 4	Levski	Sofia
	Emil Gargorov 26' Todor Gochev 55'	Report	Paulinho 22', 50' Stanislav Ivanov 53' Filipe Nascimento 82' Nigel Robertha 89'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Radoslav Gidzenov Man of the Match: Paulinho

24 August 2019 7	Botev Plovdiv	2 – 1	Vitosha Bistritsa	Plovdiv
	Marko Pervan 22', 60' Lachezar Baltanov 90' Georgi Argilashki 90+2'	Report	Georgi Amzin 25' Iliya Dimitrov 33', 73'	Stadium: Futbolen Kompleks Botev 1912 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov Man of the Match: Marko Pervan

1 September 2019 8	Vitosha Bistritsa	3 – 2	Tsarsko Selo	Bistritsa
	Iliya Dimitrov 14' Chetin Sadula 39', 84' Emil Gargorov 51' (pen.) Evgeni Zyumbulev 67' Todor Gochev 74'	Report	Wesley Natã 31' 72', 64' Rumen Gyonov 37' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Emil Gargorov

16 September 2019 9	Beroe	1 – 0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Stara Zagora
	Yuliyan Nenov 45' Zoran Josipovic 84'	Report	Todor Gochev 5' Lachezar Kotev 20' Evgeni Zyumbulev 37'	Stadium: Beroe Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov Man of the Match: Zoran Josipovic

23 August 2019 10	Etar	1 – 0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Veliko Tarnovo
	Krasimir Stanoev 23' Ivan Ivanov 25' Yani Pehlivanov 42', 87' Krum Stoyanov 90+1'	Report	Emil Gargorov 23' 86', 26' Ventsislav Bonev 27' Iliya Dimitrov 84' Todor Gochev 86'	Stadium: Ivaylo Stadium Referee: Vladimir Valkov Man of the Match: Hristo Ivanov

30 September 2019 11	Vitosha Bistritsa	2 – 3	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Bistritsa
	Ventsislav Bonev 41', 90+3' Atanas Kabov 53' Evgeni Zyumbulev 55'	Report	Dinis Almeida 33' Georgi Iliev 52' Dimitar Iliev 66' (pen.) Martin Lukov 88'	Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Georgi Davidov Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev

5 October 2019 12	CSKA Sofia	4 – 0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Sofia
	Tony Watt 4' Raúl Albentosa 19' Kristiyan Malinov 39' Evandro 73'	Report	Todor Gochev 22'	Stadium: Balgarska Armia Stadium Referee: Georgi Ivanov Man of the Match: Kristiyan Malinov

18 October 2019 13	Vitosha Bistritsa	0 – 2	Cherno More	Bistritsa
	Todor Gochev 25' Kristiyan Kochilov 26' Rumen Gyonov 48'	Report	Tsvetomir Panov 22' Fahd Aktaou 42' Rodrigo Henrique 43' 54' Dani Kiki 65' Ismail Isa 90+2'	Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Dani Kiki

31 October 2019 14	Vitosha Bistritsa	0 – 1	Slavia	Bistritsa
	Martin Stankev 16' Grigor Dolapchiev 30' Georgi Kupenov 69' Kristiyan Kochilov 75'	Report	Slavcho Shokolarov 30' Georgi Yomov 52' Georgi Georgiev 80'	Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Stanislav Todorov Man of the Match: Georgi Yomov

5 November 2019 15	Botev Vratsa	1 – 1	Vitosha Bistritsa	Vratsa
	Daniel Gadzhev 35' Angel Lyaskov 38' Valeri Bozhinov 40' Valeri Domovchiyski 45+3' (pen.)	Report	Grigor Dolapchiev 29' Kristiyan Kochilov 36' Chetin Sadula 44' Hristiyan Vasilev 45+2' Zapro Dinev 72', 74'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium Referee: Stanimir Trenchev Man of the Match: Hristiyan Vasilev

10 November 2019 16	Vitosha Bistritsa	0 – 1	Ludogorets	Bistritsa
	Georgi Kupenov 46' Lachezar Kotev 56' Hristiyan Vasilev 86'	Report	Jordan Ikoko 38' Dimo Bakalov 90+1'	Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Georgi Dimitrov Man of the Match: Kristiyan Kochilov

22 November 2019 17	Arda	2 – 0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Plovdiv
	Radoslav Vasilev 22', 48', 38' Ilias Hassani 33' Atanas Krastev 64' Connor Randall 90+2'	Report	Georgi Amzin 17' Todor Gochev 57'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Referee: Nikolay Yordanov Man of the Match: Radoslav Vasilev

1 December 2019 18	Vitosha Bistritsa	1 – 1	Dunav	Bistritsa
	Rumen Gyonov 43' 77' Emil Gargorov 53' (pen.)	Report	Ivaylo Lazarov 22' Diyan Dimov 26' Svilen Shterev 27' Stefan Hristov 65'	Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Vladimir Valkov Man of the Match: Stefan Hristov

8 December 2019 19	Levski	2 – 0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Sofia
	Paulinho 24' Stanislav Ivanov 60'	Report	Aleksandar Hristev 75' Georgi Kupenov 82' Rumen Gyonov 87'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nikola Popov Man of the Match: Stanislav Ivanov

15 December 2019 20	Vitosha Bistritsa	0 – 2	Botev Plovdiv	Bistritsa
	Ventsislav Bonev 19' Evgeni Zyumbulev 71'	Report	Todor Nedelev 46' Fernando Viana 81'	Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Georgi Ivanov Man of the Match: Todor Nedelev

14 February 2020 21	Tsarsko Selo	1 – 0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Sofia
	Rumen Gyonov 19' Antonio Georgiev 70' Ivaylo Markov 88' Ivaylo Ivanov 90'	Report	Daniel Kutev 23' Yordan Minev 86' Georgi Sarmov 90+1'	Stadium: Tsarsko Selo Sports Complex Referee: Dragomir Draganov Man of the Match: Antonio Georgiev

23 February 2020 22	Vitosha Bistritsa	1 – 2	Beroe	Bistritsa
	Georgi Amzin 3' Veselin Minev 35'	Report	Alioune Fall 24' Gaius Makouta 54' 88' Teddy Mézague 75'	Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Petar Kostadinov Man of the Match: Gaius Makouta

2 March 2020 23	Vitosha Bistritsa	2 – 6	Etar	Bistritsa
	Kristiyan Kochilov 31' (pen.) Chetin Sadula 58' Iliya Dimitrov 59' Evgeni Zyumbulev 63' Lachezar Kotev 72'	Report	Aleksandar Dyulgerov 11' Veselin Minev 12' (o.g.) Yani Pehlivanov 15' Flo Bojaj 41' Ivan Stoyanov 65' Bozhidar Katsarov 71' Tonislav Yordanov 76'	Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Georgi Ivanov Man of the Match: Milcho Angelov

7 March 2020 24	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1 – 1	Vitosha Bistritsa	Plovdiv
	Ante Aralica 33' Josip Tomašević 37' Mirza Hasanbegović 84'	Report	Hristo Ivanov 27' Bogomil Dyakov 80' Apostol Popov 86' Iliya Dimitrov 90+2'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Referee: Georgi Dimitrov Man of the Match: Apostol Popov

6 June 2020 25	Vitosha Bistritsa	0 – 1	CSKA Sofia	Bistritsa
	Nikolay Krastev 24' Zapro Dinev 41' Georgi Amzin 56' Evgeni Zyumbulev 71' Bogomil Dyakov 76' Daniel Kutev 89'	Report	Ali Sowe 25' Rúben Pinto 63' Ahmed Ahmedov 73' Evandro 85'	Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov Man of the Match: Evandro

13 June 2020 26	Cherno More	2 – 0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Varna
	Chetin Sadula 45+1' (o.g.) Ismail Isa 48' Viktor Popov 70' Petar Vutsov 90+2'	Report	Atanas Kabov 71'	Stadium: Ticha Stadium Referee: Stanimir Trenchev Man of the Match: Ilian Iliev Jr.

Bulgarian Cup

26 September 2019 First round	Chernomorets Balchik	0 – 4	Vitosha Bistritsa	Balchik
	Miroslav Nachev 43'	Report	Daniel Kutev 1' Hristo Ivanov 14' Grigor Dolapchiev 30', 58', 90+1' Kristiyan Kochilov 70'	Stadium: Balchik Stadium Referee: Stanislav Stavrov

4 December 2019 Second round	Botev Galabovo	2 – 1	Vitosha Bistritsa	Stara Zagora
	Nikolay Yankov 31' Tsvetelin Radev 70' Eray Karadayi 79', 90+2' 90+3'	Report	Atanas Kabov 46' Vanyo Ivanov 75'	Stadium: Trace Arena Referee: Georgi Ginchev

Squad statistics

As of match played 1 December 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Parva Liga		Bulgarian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	BUL	Hristiyan Vasilev	11	0	11	0	0	0
2	DF	BUL	Todor Gochev	16	0	16	0	0	0
3	DF	BUL	Evgeni Zyumbulev	12	0	11+1	0	0	0
4	DF	BUL	Kristiyan Uzunov	6	0	2+3	0	0+1	0
5	DF	BUL	Ventsislav Bonev	18	1	18	1	0	0
6	DF	BUL	Rumen Gyonov	10	0	10	0	0	0
7	MF	BUL	Kristiyan Kochilov	11	0	8+2	0	1	0
9	FW	BUL	Iliya Dimitrov	6	2	6	2	0	0
10	MF	BUL	Georgi Amzin	16	1	15+1	1	0	0
11	FW	BUL	Daniel Kutev	6	1	2+3	0	1	1
12	GK	BUL	Nikolay Georgiev	2	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	BUL	Chetin Sadula	14	1	12+2	1	0	0
17	FW	BUL	Zapro Dinev	13	1	2+10	1	0+1	0
18	DF	GRE	Theofilos Kouroupis	10	0	4+5	0	1	0
22	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Hristev	4	0	2+1	0	1	0
23	MF	BUL	Emil Gargorov	10	3	8+2	3	0	0
24	DF	BUL	Georgi Kupenov	13	1	11+1	1	1	0
33	GK	BUL	Kristiyan Katsarev	7	0	5+1	0	1	0
45	FW	BUL	Grigor Dolapchiev	13	2	6+6	0	1	2
80	MF	BUL	Lachezar Kotev	19	0	18	0	1	0
88	MF	BUL	Martin Stankev	10	0	8+1	0	1	0
93	MF	BUL	Atanas Kabov	14	1	12+2	1	0	0
Players who left Vitosha Bistritsa during the season:
9	MF	BUL	Angel Stoyanov	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	BUL	Radko Mutafchiyski	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	BUL	Mihail Petrov	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	BUL	Petko Tsankov	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	BUL	Mihail Milchev	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	BUL	Ivan Valchanov	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	BUL	Ivaylo Lazarov	0	0	0	0	0	0
94	DF	BUL	Yulian Popev	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	FW	BUL	Nasko Milev	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	BUL	Stefan Hristov	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

Official website
Vitosha - Montana 3:0 (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg

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2019–20 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	First League Second League Third League
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Bulgarian Supercup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification (Group A) Krasimir Balakov Georgi Dermendzhiev
Club seasons
First League	Arda Beroe Botev Plovdiv Botev Vratsa Cherno More CSKA Dunav Etar Levski Lokomotiv Plovdiv Ludogorets Slavia Tsarsko Selo Vitosha
Summer transfers Winter transfers