# PFC Bansko

Bansko Team (Bulgarian: Банско Тийм) is a Bulgarian professional association football club from the town of Bansko, currently playing in the South-West Third League, the third division of Bulgarian football. Its home matches take place at the Saint Petar Stadium.
The club was founded in 1951. Until the 2008–09 season, the team participated in either the amateurs Bulgarian divisions. After the union by the two clubs from Blagoevgrad – "Pirin" and "Pirin 1931", FC Bansko took licence of Pirin for participation in the West B Group.

## History

Bansko was founded in 1951. The team has largely played in regional leagues throughout its history. The team enjoyed more success in the 21st century. Bansko was promoted to the B PFG for the first time in 2009. A strong selection of players led to success in the second tier of Bulgarian football. In their debut season, Bansko finished third, very close to securing promotion to the top tier. During this season, 2009-10 season, Bansko managed to finish in third place, with 59 points, equal with Akademik Sofia on points. However, Akademik had a better goal difference and was placed second, thus being promoted to the first tier at the expense of Bansko.
On 15 June 2020 the team was transferred under a new operative company and at the start of season 2021–22 the team name was changed to FC Bansko Team.

## Honours

B Group:
* 3rd place (1): 2009–10
Bulgarian Cup:
* Third Round (2): 2007–08, 2012–13

## Current squad

As of 30 March 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 | BUL | Abdi Abdikov |
| 2 | DF | BUL | Yordan Lechov |
| 3 | DF | BUL | Kostadin Slaev (captain) |
| 4 | MF | BUL | Todor Palankov |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Iliya Munin |
| 7 | MF | BUL | Boris Eykov |
| 8 | MF | BUL | Kostadin Vasilev |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Vladislav Zlatinov |
| 10 | MF | BUL | Nikolay Hadzhinikolov |
| 11 | FW | BUL | Teodor Cholev |
| 14 | FW | BUL | Ibrahim Sheriff |
| 15 | DF | BUL | Dimitar Petkov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | BUL | Ivan Georgiev |
| 17 | MF | BUL | Asen Libyahovski |
| 18 | DF | BUL | Georgi Fikiyn |
| 19 | DF | BUL | Roman Rodopski |
| 20 | DF | BUL | Mario Dimitrov |
| 21 | MF | BUL | Lazar Erinin |
| 22 | DF | BUL | Georgi Tsekleov |
| 24 | MF | BUL | Denis Angelov |
| 25 | MF | BUL | Viktor Ergin |
| 33 | GK | BUL | Atanas Tapigyozov |
| 40 | FW | BUL | Dimitar Stoev |
| — | MF | BUL | Martin Taushanov |

### League positions
## Managers

| Dates | Name |
| 1951–2009 | unknown |
| 2009 | Boris Nikolov |
| 2009–2010 | Krasimir Manolov |
| 2010–2013 | Voyn Voynov |
| 2013–2015 | Aleksandar Tomash |
| 2016 | Ivan Atanasov |
| 2016–2017 | Petko Medvedski |
| 2017– | Dimitar Krushovski |

## Past seasons

| Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Bulgarian Cup |
| 2009–10 | B PFG (II) | 3 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 22 | 59 | First round |
| 2010–11 | B PFG | 4 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 35 | 48 | Second round |
| 2011–12 | B PFG | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 36 | 24 | 40 | Second round |
| 2012–13 | B PFG | 5 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 48 | 26 | 46 | Third round |
| 2013–14 | B PFG | 5 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 40 | 24 | 42 | First round |
| 2014–15 | B PFG | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 53 | Second round |
| 2015–16 | B PFG | 9 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 38 | 39 | Second round |
| 2016–17 | Second League (II) | 15 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 55 | 25 | First Round |
| Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. ||||||||||