# 2017–18 FC Vitosha Bistritsa season

The 2017–18 season is Vitosha Bistritsa's first season in the Bulgarian First League after they won 1-0 the play-off promotion/relegation match against Neftochimic Burgas on June 3, 2017, on Trace Arena in Stara Zagora. Paul Otofe scored the most important goal in the club's history.

## Squad

| No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Age | EU | Since | Signed From |
| 97 | Hristiyan Vasilev | Bulgaria | GK | 27 | EU | 2016 | Slavia Sofiа |
| 12 | Nikolay Georgiev | Bulgaria | GK | 26 | EU | 2018 | Septemvri Sofia (Youth team) |
| 2 | Todor Gochev | Bulgaria | LB/LWB | 31 | EU | 2017 | Botev Vratsa |
| 3 | Yordan Varbanov | Bulgaria | CB | 44 | EU | 2013 | Lokomotiv Sofia |
| 4 | Kristiyan Uzunov | Bulgaria | CB | 35 | EU | 2015 | Oborishte Panagyurishte |
| 5 | Ventsislav Bonev | Bulgaria | CB/LB | 44 | EU | 2015 | Minyor Pernik |
| 6 | Rumen Gyonov | Bulgaria | RB/RWB | 32 | EU | 2014 | Germanea Sapareva Banya |
| 7 | Kristiyan Kochilov | Bulgaria | CM | 34 | EU | 2015 | Slivnishki Geroy |
| 9 | Angel Stoyanov | Bulgaria | AM/SS | 37 | EU | 2011 | Levski Dragalevtsi |
| 10 | Georgi Amzin | Bulgaria | CM/AM | 32 | EU | 2014 | Slivnishki Geroy |
| 11 | Daniel Kutev | Bulgaria | LW/SS | 33 | EU | 2017 | Nestos Chrysoupoli |
| 14 | Chetin Sadula (captain) | Bulgaria | CM/RM/AM | 37 | EU | 2013 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
| 15 | Radko Mutafchiyski | Bulgaria | CB | 32 | EU | 2017 | Apollon Larissa |
| 17 | Mihail Petrov | Bulgaria | DM | 38 | EU | 2015 | Slivnishki Geroy |
| 18 | Petko Tsankov | Bulgaria | RW/RWB/LWB | 28 | EU | 2017 | Chernomorets Balchik |
| 19 | Dimitar Atanasov | Bulgaria | LB/LW | 25 | EU | 2017 | Vitosha Bistritsa (Youth team) |
| 24 | Nikolay Hristozov | Bulgaria | CB | 42 | EU | 2016 | Lokomotiv Mezdra |
| 25 | Georgi Angelov | Bulgaria | CB/DM | 33 | EU | 2018 | Levski Sofia |
| 30 | Iliyan Popov | Bulgaria | LB/CB | 26 | EU | 2017 | Levski Sofia (Youth team) |
| 45 | Grigor Dolapchiev | Bulgaria | CF | 30 | EU | 2017 | Spartak Pleven |
| 66 | Orlin Starokin | Bulgaria | DM/LWB/LB | 37 | EU | 2018 | Cherno More |
| 77 | Daniel Peev (vice-captain) | Bulgaria | AM/LW | 40 | EU | 2017 | Lokomotiv Sofia |
| 80 | Lachezar Kotev | Bulgaria | AM/RW | 26 | EU | 2016 | Septemvri Sofia |
| 88 | Ivaylo Lazarov | Bulgaria | CM/AM | 32 | EU | 2016 | Chernomorets Balchik |
| 99 | Stefan Hristov | Bulgaria | CF | 35 | EU | 2017 | Spartak Pleven |

## Fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Regular season
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 10 | Cherno More | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Dunav Ruse | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 38 | −21 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 13 | Etar | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 14 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 26 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 51 | −39 | 8 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
* 1 2 Dunav Ruse ahead of Etar on head-to-head record; Dunav Ruse–Etar 0–0, Etar–Dunav Ruse 0–2.

### Relegation stage
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Slavia Sofia | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Cherno More | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 40 | Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals |
| 3 | Pirin Blagoevgrad (R) | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 30 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 4 | Vitosha Bistritsa (O) | 32 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 60 | −43 | 13 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
* ↑ Slavia Sofia qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Bulgarian Cup.

### Bulgarian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 25 May 2018
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Parva Liga | Parva Liga | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 97 | GK | BUL | Hristiyan Vasilev | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Georgiev | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BUL | Todor Gochev | 23 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BUL | Yordan Varbanov | 16 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BUL | Kristiyan Uzunov | 17 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Ventsislav Bonev | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BUL | Rumen Gyonov | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BUL | Kristiyan Kochilov | 26 | 0 | 21+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | BUL | Angel Stoyanov | 16 | 1 | 8+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BUL | Georgi Amzin | 17 | 0 | 3+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BUL | Daniel Kutev | 17 | 1 | 10+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BUL | Chetin Sadula | 25 | 0 | 13+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BUL | Radko Mutafchiyski | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BUL | Mihail Petrov | 17 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BUL | Petko Tsankov | 30 | 1 | 27+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BUL | Dimitar Atanasov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | BUL | Nikolay Hristozov | 27 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BUL | Georgi Angelov | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | BUL | Iliyan Popov | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | BUL | Grigor Dolapchiev | 22 | 5 | 17+5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | BUL | Orlin Starokin | 13 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BUL | Daniel Peev | 34 | 4 | 23+10 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | BUL | Lachezar Kotev | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | BUL | Ivaylo Lazarov | 26 | 3 | 24+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BUL | Stefan Hristov | 30 | 5 | 22+8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 33 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Radev | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BUL | Dimitar Pantaleev | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Vitosha Bistritsa during the season: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BUL | Mihail Ivanov | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | NGA | Paul Otofe | 12 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | BUL | Kitan Vasilev | 8 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |