Rilski Sportist
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FC Rilski Sportist (ФК Рилски спортист Самоков) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Samokov founded in 1947 and currently playing in the South-West Third League. Their home stadium is Iskar Stadium.
Throughout the majority of its history, Rilski Sportist has competed in the lower levels of Bulgarian football, usually the second, or third tiers. In 2002, however, the team managed to promote to the A Group for the first time. Their inexperience led to an immediate relegation. Three years later, Rilski Sportist returned to the A Group, only to be relegated again. Since then, the club has been competing mostly in the amateur levels of Bulgarian football.
The club's nickname is the ‘Skiers’, which originates from the fact that the town of Samokov and nearby Borovets are major resorts for winter sports in Bulgaria.
History
PFC Rilski Sportist was founded in 1947 after the union of a few smaller teams from Samokov. Throughout much of its history, the team competed in the second or third tiers of Bulgarian football.
In 2002, Sportist achieved its first ever promotion to the Bulgarian elite, then known as A Group, for the 2002–03 season. As expected from a newcomer, Rilski Sportist found it difficult to survive. The team managed to win only one game and finished last, thus being relegated, after just one year among the best.
Three seasons later, the team managed to win the 2005–06 B Group, which enabled them to play in the A PFG for a second time. In their second top-flight season, they won 10 games and earned 30 points. They were the only team which managed to win against Levski in the league in that season. However, they were still 3 points behind 13th placed Spartak Varna, meaning that they were relegated again. The two top flight seasons remain their most important achievement overall. Since then, the team has shifted between the second and third tiers of Bulgarian football.
In the second division "The Skiers" have 23 participations – 664 matches in total, with 269 wins, 139 draws and 253 losses. Their best result in the Bulgarian Cup has been reaching the quarter-finals in 1950/51 and 2001/02.
"Rilski Sportist" means "Rila sportsman" in Bulgarian.
Crest history
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1947–1960
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1978–1990
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1990–present
League positions
Il Rilski Sportist ha una lunga storia di successi, avendo vinto la Coppa di Bulgaria nel 1985 e la Supercoppa di Bulgaria nel 1987. Ha inoltre partecipato a diverse competizioni europee, tra cui la Coppa delle Coppe UEFA e la Coppa UEFA.
I colori sociali del Rilski Sportist sono il rosso e il blu. Lo stadio di casa è lo Stadion Rilski Sportist, che ha una capacità di 12.000 spettatori.
Il Rilski Sportist è una squadra molto popolare in Bulgaria e ha una larga tifoseria. La squadra è conosciuta per il suo stile di gioco offensivo e per la sua capacità di segnare molti gol.
Il Rilski Sportist è una delle squadre di calcio più importanti della Bulgaria e ha una lunga storia di successi. È una squadra molto popolare tra i tifosi bulgari e ha una larga tifoseria.