# FC Sekirovo

FC Sekirovo (Bulgarian: ФК Секирово) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Rakovski, which competes in the Third League, the third division of the Bulgarian football league system. Sekirovo's home ground is the Petar Parchevich Stadium, which has a capacity of 1,500 spectators.

## History

In 1954 year Sekirovo village formed their first football team. From 1955 to 1975 the club's football team played in the district groups and later in the Northern District Group. In 1966, General Nikolaevo, Sekirovo and Parchevich villages were merged in a new town called Rakovski and later team was dissolved.
On July 7, 1991, the players from Sekirovo quarter reformed FC Sekirovo. Over the years, the team's coaches have been Tobia Momin, Geno Daimov, Ivan Kostov, Gancho Peev, Rumen Dimitrov, Georgi Razlozhki, Trifon Panchev, Zheko Dimitrov and others. In the 2022/2023 season, the team competed in the Regional Group - Plovdiv, and after the first phase was the leader in the ranking with 46 points after 15 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, goal difference 82:17. Subsequently, matches from the Second Phase of the championship were played, in which the FC Rakovski (Sekirovo) team was again first in the final standings after 8 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss, goal difference 31:6 and 25 points. In the first round of the qualifiers, FC Sekirovo faced Lyubimets from Haskovo region and won with the minimum score of 1:0. The next opponent was Arda II. The match was on June 7, 2023, and FC Sekirovo won 3:1 which granted them their historic promotion to Third League.
In September 2023 the team took Nikolay Domakinov, ex Bulgaria national player, as the new manager of the team. On 30 September they recorded their first win in Third League.

## Honours

* A RFG Plovdiv:
** Winners (1): 2022–23

## Logo, shirt and sponsor

„Fratria" name comes from „Brotherhood", with the team having the sloagan „frater pro fratre", meaning „brother for brother", on their logo. Their main colors are red (bordo) and black and since 2021 their main sponsor is Berezka.
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt partner |
| 2023– | IZI Sport | Insaoil |

## Players
### Current squad

As of 16 January 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BUL | Yordan Kostadinov |
| 2 | DF | BUL | Yosif Tabakov |
| 3 | DF | BUL | Plamen Tabakov |
| 4 | DF | BUL | Georgi Yotovski |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Stanislav Vasilev |
| 6 | DF | BUL | Hristo Tsvetkov |
| 7 | FW | BUL | Nikola Lalev |
| 8 | MF | BUL | Zapryan Zapryanov |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Ivan Gendov |
| 10 | DF | BUL | Ventsislav Izevkov |
| 11 | MF | BUL | Yordan Madzharov |
| 12 | GK | BUL | Mario Belev |
| 13 | MF | BUL | Rangel Kordov |
| 15 | MF | BUL | Valentin Madzharski |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | BUL | Anton Marushkin |
| 17 | FW | BUL | Plamen Aylov |
| 18 | FW | BUL | Eray Karadayi |
| 20 | DF | BUL | Gabriel Zemyarski |
| — | DF | BUL | Avgustin Zanchev |
| — | DF | BUL | Plamen Koyurushki |
| — | MF | BUL | Iriney Aylov |
| — | MF | BUL | Martin Antonov |
| — | MF | BUL | Lyubomir Romanski |
| — | MF | BUL | Georgi Baldzhiyski |
| — | MF | BUL | Stefan Rabadzhiyski |
| — | FW | BUL | Petar Raykov |
| — | FW | BUL | Slavcho Shokolarov |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Past seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season :
| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Bulgarian Cup | Other competitions | Other competitions | Top goalscorer | Top goalscorer |
| Season | Division | Level | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | Bulgarian Cup | Other competitions | Other competitions | Top goalscorer | Top goalscorer |
| 2012–13 | A Regional Plovdiv | 4 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 49 | -8 | 37 | 11th | DNQ | | | | |
| 2013–14 | A Regional Plovdiv | 4 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 40 | 6th | DNQ | | | | |
| 2014–15 | A Regional Plovdiv | 4 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 51 | 5th | DNQ | | | | |
| 2015–16 | A Regional Plovdiv | 4 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 60 | 57 | +3 | 41 | 7th | DNQ | | | | |
| 2016–17 | A Regional Plovdiv | 4 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 53 | 64 | -11 | 41 | 10th | DNQ | | | | |
| 2017–18 | A Regional Plovdiv | 4 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 42 | 7th | DNQ | | | | |
| 2018–19 | A Regional Plovdiv | 4 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 43 | 8th | DNQ | | | | |
| 2019–20 | A Regional Plovdiv | 4 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 14 | +47 | 39 | 3rd | DNQ | | | | |
| 2020–21 | A Regional Plovdiv | 4 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 91 | 42 | +49 | 54 | 6th | DNQ | | | | |
| 2021–22 | A Regional Plovdiv | 4 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 83 | 37 | +46 | 63 | 2nd | DNQ | | | | |
| 2022–23 | A Regional Plovdiv | 4 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 17 | +65 | 46 | 1st ↑ | DNQ | Cup of AFL | R1 | | |
| 2023–24 | Third League | 3 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 59 | 75 | -16 | 40 | 14th | DNQ | Cup of AFL | R1 | Yosif Tabakov | 12 |
| 2024–25 | Third League | 3 | | | | | | | | | | TBA | Cup of AFL | | | |

### Key

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