FC Dobrudzha Dobrich

Dobrudzha
Full name	Football club Dobrudzha Dobrich
Founded	1919; 105 years ago
Ground	Stadion Druzhba, Dobrich
Capacity	12,500
Chairman	Spiridon Spiridonov / Sergey Serafimov
Manager	Atanas Atanasov-Orela
League	Second League
2023–24	Second League, 6th
Website	https://fcdobrudzha.com
Home colours	Away colours

FC Dobrudzha (Bulgarian: ФК Добруджа) is a Bulgarian football club based in Dobrich, that competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football.

It plays its home matches at Stadion Druzhba with a capacity of 12,500 seats, and its team colours are green and yellow. The team is named after the Dobruja region, a prominent agricultural area in Northeast Bulgaria.

Honours

Bulgarian Cup
- Semi-finalists: 1946, 1947, 1980
Second League
- Winners (1): 1965–66

History

Dobrudzha was founded as a union of three clubs, Vihar, Orlov and Slavia, in 1916. The club assumed the names Cherveno zname, Spartak and Septemvri between 1949 and 1957, when it was renamed Dobrudzha after a few other local sport associations joined.

In 1962, Dobrudzha managed to gain promotion to the A Group for the first time in the club's history. The maiden season in the top level proved to be a challenge, however, and Dobrudzha was relegated, finishing 15th. Back into the B Group, Dobrudzha barely missed on promotion back to the A Group in 1964, finishing second. In 1966, however, Dobrudzha won the B Group and promoted back to A Group, after three years away. Two consecutive 12th-place finishes during the 1966–67 and 1967-68 seasons in the elite followed, where Dobrudzha narrowly avoided relegation twice. The fairytale ended in 1968–69, however, as Dobrudzha finished 15th and was relegated, ending a three-year stay in the A Group.

After the relegation in 1969, Dobrudzha spend the next two decades in the B Group, with a second-place finish in 1975 being the closest the team could get in terms of returning to the A Group. After 22 years in the B Group, Dobrudzha finished second during the 1990–91 season, and the long-awaited return to the top tier finally ended. Season 1991–92 marked what would be the golden era for Dobrudzha. After narrowly avoiding relegation and finishing 14th that season, Dobrudzha managed to stabilize in the top level and gradually improved its ranking the following years, with a 13th-place finish in 1993, followed by two 12th-place finishes the following years. Season 1995–96 is considered the most successful for the club in its entire history, as that is when a 7th-place finish was achieved. The next three seasons produced mid-table results, and in 2000, Dobrudzha was relegated back to the B Group, ending the club's nine consecutive years in the elite.

Dobrudzha managed to finish fifth the following season in the B Group, which was followed by a second-place finish in the 2001–02 season, marking a return to the A Group after two years. However, the team was relegated back after only one season. Season 2002–03 remains the last appearance for Dobrudzha in the top tier, as of 2023.

In 2018, Dobrudzha returned to the second tier by winning the 2017–18 Northeast Third League. The team, however, struggled in the second tier, finishing last. In the 2019–20 season, Dobrudzha once more finished first in the third tier, being promoted again to the second tier after the season was finished early in March, due to the COVID-19 epidemic in Bulgaria.

Current squad

As of 15 December 2024^[update]

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	Georgi Argilashki (captain)
2	DF	BUL	Velislav Boev
3	DF	BUL	Dimitar Pirgov
4	DF	BUL	Petko Ganev
5	DF	BUL	Ivailo Minchev
6	MF	BUL	Ivaylo Klimentov
7	FW	BUL	Anton Ivanov
8	MF	BRA	Lucas Cardoso
9	FW	BUL	Georgi Dimitrov
10	MF	BUL	Rumen Rumenov
11	FW	BUL	Kitan Vasilev
13	GK	BUL	Galin Grigorov
15	DF	BUL	Bogdan Kostov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	BUL	Simeon Mechev
21	DF	BUL	Nikolay Zhelyazkov
22	DF	COL	Jhonatan Cuero
23	MF	BRA	Jose Neto
25	GK	BUL	Aleksey Andreev
26	DF	BUL	Ivan Ivanov
27	FW	BUL	Angel Angelov
28	DF	BUL	Zdravko Serafimov
31	FW	BUL	Adrian Dimitrov
33	FW	BRA	Michael
75	MF	BUL	Petar Georgiev
87	FW	BUL	Stefan Traykov
89	FW	BUL	Ivaylo Mihaylov

For recent transfers, see Transfers winter 2023–24 and Transfers summer 2024.

Notable players

For all players with a Wikipedia article see Category:FC Dobrudzha Dobrich players.

Had international caps for their respective countries, held any club record, or had more than 100 league appearances. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries.

Bulgaria

Europe

Justin Haber
Risto Milosavov

Africa

Paulo Soares
Serge Yoffou

Statistics

League positions

Seasons

14 seasons in First League:

Season	Place
1962/63	15th
1966/67	12th
1967/68	12th
1968/69	15th
1991/92	14th
1992/93	13th
1993/94	12th
1994/95	12th
1995/96	7th
1996/97	12th
1997/98	11th
1998/99	9th
1999/00	12th
2002/03	13th

Best wins:

Home team	Away team	Result	Competition	Season
PFC Dobrudja (Dobrich)	FC Haskovo (Haskovo)	10:0	Bulgarian Cup	2000/01
PFC Rakovski (Ruse)	PFC Dobrudja (Dobrich)	1:7	A PFG	1996/97
PFC Dobrudja (Dobrich)	PFC Beroe (Stara Zagora)	5:1	A PFG	1994/95
PFC Dobrudja (Dobrich)	PFC Septemvri (Sofia)	5:1	A PFG	1998/99

Notable persons

Players Players with most matches played for the team in A PFG:

Nationality	Player	Number of matches
	Rumen Boev	212
	Diyan Bozhilov	200
	Rumen Slavov	over 180
	Svetoslav Krastev	over 160
	Atanas Georgiev	over 140

Players with most goals, scored in A PFG:

Nationality	Player	Goals
	Diyan Bozhilov	25
	Georgi Manolov	23
	Rumen Boev	18
	Serge Yoffou	15
	Risto Milosavov	14

Former managers

External links

Official website (archived 7 October 2014)
DOBRUDJA1919.COM – Fansite (archived 20 March 2007)
Dobrudja1919.com/Gallery – Photo Gallery (archived 2 February 2015)
Facebook Fanpage
DDFC1919 YouTube Channel