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
O clube foi fundado em 1945 como Septemvri Samokov. Em 1949, o clube foi renomeado para Botev Samokov. Em 1957, o clube foi renomeado para Rilski Sportist.
O Rilski Sportist conquistou o Campeonato Búlgaro da Segunda Divisão em 1960 e 1973. O clube também conquistou a Copa da Bulgária em 1960.
O Rilski Sportist competiu em competições europeias em três ocasiões. O clube participou da Copa dos Clubes Vencedores de Taças em 1960-61, da Copa da UEFA em 1973-74 e da Copa Intertoto da UEFA em 1998.
O Rilski Sportist é um dos clubes de futebol mais populares da Bulgária. O clube tem uma grande torcida e é conhecido por seu estilo de jogo ofensivo.
O Rilski Sportist é um clube com uma rica história e tradição. O clube conquistou vários títulos importantes e competiu em competições europeias. O Rilski Sportist é um dos clubes mais populares da Bulgária e tem uma grande torcida.