2024–25 Botev Plovdiv season

Botev Plovdiv 2024–25 football season

Botev Plovdiv
2024–25 season
Chairman	Aleksey Kirichek
Manager	Dušan Kerkez
Stadium	Stadion Hristo Botev
First League	3rd
Bulgarian Cup	Pre-season
UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: All: Anthony Ujah (2)
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The 2024–25 season is the 113th season in the history of Botev Plovdiv, and the club's 13th consecutive season in the First League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Bulgarian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club will play during the season.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Anthony Ujah	Eintracht Braunschweig	Free	1 July 2024
MF	Vinni Triboulet	Unattached	Free	8 August 2024

Out

Friendlies

Pre-season

Botev Plovdiv v Beroe

22 June 2024 Friendly

Botev Plovdiv

1–0

Beroe

Cherno More v Botev Plovdiv

25 June 2024 Friendly

Cherno More

2–5

Botev Plovdiv

Botev Plovdiv v Botev Plovdiv II

2 July 2024 Friendly

Botev Plovdiv

2–3

Botev Plovdiv II

Botev Plovdiv v Krumovgrad

3 July 2024 Friendly

Botev Plovdiv

2–0

Krumovgrad

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
First League	21 July 2024	18 April 2025	Matchday 1	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	050.00
Bulgarian Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Europa League	11 July 2024			4	1	1	2	5	9	−4	025.00
Total				6	2	2	2	10	12	−2	033.33

Last updated: 1 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

First Professional Football League

Main article: 2024–25 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	19	17	2	0	43	6	+37	53	Qualification for the Championship group
2	Botev Plovdiv	19	13	1	5	22	14	+8	40
3	Cherno More	19	12	4	3	30	11	+19	40
4	Levski Sofia	19	13	1	5	35	14	+21	40
5	Arda	19	10	4	5	25	22	+3	34	Qualification for the Conference League group

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2024. Source: soccerway, Bulgarian Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw
Notes:

^ Head-to-head points: Botev Plovdiv 6; Cherno More 3; Levski Sofia 0.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	10	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	5	1	+4

Last updated: 21 July 2024.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	-
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2024. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 13 June 2024.

Botev Vratsa v Botev Plovdiv

21 July 2024 1	Botev Vratsa	1–3	Botev Plovdiv	Vratsa
19:00 UTC+3	Genov 60' Kondrakov 74'		Sekulić 54', 57' Karabelyov 77'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Referee: Volen Chinkov

Botev Plovdiv v Lokomotiv Plovdiv

28 July 2024 2	Botev Plovdiv	2–2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Plovdiv
21:15 UTC+3	Iliev 17' Ukaki 72' Conte 14'		Ntelo 56' Lamy 90+2' Ivanov 32' Iliev 41' Medved 90+7'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Referee: Georgi KAbakov

Krumovgrad v Botev Plovdiv

04 August 2024 3	Krumovgrad	0–1	Botev Plovdiv	Plovdiv
21:15 UTC+3	Yusein 45+2' Marin 47'		Etoo 52' Conte 44' Ukaki 85' Bernat 90+1'	Stadium: Nikola Shterev - Starika Sports Complex Referee: Vasimir EL-Khatib

Botev Plovdiv v Ludogorets

13.08.2024 4	Botev Plovdiv	Postponed	Ludogorets	Plovdiv
- UTC+3				Stadium: Stadium Hristo Botev

FC Hebar Pazardzhik v Botev Plovdiv

18.08.2024 5	FC Hebar Pazardzhik	0-1	Botev Plovdiv	Plovdiv
21.15 UTC+3	Tartov 36' Penchev 52' Nikolaev 90+5'		Nwachukwu 51' Perera 22' Videv 90+4'	Stadium: Stadium Hristo Botev Referee: Vasil Minev

Botev Plovdiv v FC Spartak Varna

25.08.2024 6	Botev Plovdiv	-	FC Spartak Varna	Plovdiv
21.15 UTC+3				Stadium: Stadium Hristo Botev

Bulgarian Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Bulgarian Cup

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

Botev Plovdiv

Maribor

11 July 2024 First leg	Botev Plovdiv	2–1	Maribor	Plovdiv
21:00 UTC+3	Ujah 9' Iliev 74'		Širvys 19'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Referee: David Dickinson (Scotland)

Maribor

Botev Plovdiv

18 July 2024 Second leg	Maribor	2–2 (3–4 agg.)	Botev Plovdiv	Maribor, Slovenia
20:15 UTC+2	Repas 13' Beugre 80'		Nwachukwu 47' Ujah 60'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 8,124 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Ukraine)

Second qualifying round

Panathinaikos

Botev Plovdiv

25 July 2024 First leg	Panathinaikos	2–1	Botev Plovdiv	Athens, Greece
21:00 UTC+3	Jeremejeff 8' Bakasetas 44' (pen.)		Korošec 70'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 11,236 Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)

Botev Plovdiv

Panathinaikos

1 August 2024 Second leg	Botev Plovdiv	0–4 (1–6 agg.)	Panathinaikos	Plovdiv
			Jeremejeff 6', 50' Ujah 34' (o.g.) Đuričić 45+2'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Attendance: 17,076 Referee: Daniel Schlager (Germany)

UEFA Conference League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League

Third qualifying round

Botev Plovdiv

Zrinjski Mostar

08 August 2024 First leg	Botev Plovdiv	2–1	Zrinjski Mostar	Plovdiv, Bulgeria
21:00 UTC+3	Akere 35' Maraš 79'		Ćuže 77'	Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Attendance: 9,515 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

Zrinjski Mostar

Botev Plovdiv

15 August 2024 Second leg	Zrinjski Mostar	2-0 (3-2 agg.)	Botev Plovdiv	Mostar
21.00 UTC+2	Mulahusejnovic 39' Kis 83' Mlinar 48'		Nwachukwu 28' Bernat 34' Conte 41' Tamm 51'	Stadium: Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom Referee: Rob Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)

References

"Veteran Super Eagles striker Anthony Ujah joins Europa League side". www.afrik-foot.com. June 21, 2024.
"Наредба за първенствата и турнирите по футбол в системата на БФС за сезон 2024/2025 година" (PDF) (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
"Програма efbet Лига сезон 2024/25". bpfl.bg.

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v t e 2024–25 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	First League Second League Third League Women's League
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Bulgarian Supercup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Conference League
Related to national team	2024–25 UEFA Nations League (League C) 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Ilian Iliev
Club seasons
First League	Arda Beroe Botev Plovdiv Botev Vratsa Cherno More CSKA CSKA 1948 Hebar Krumovgrad Levski Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Ludogorets Septemvri Slavia Spartak
Second League	Belasitsa Dobrudzha Dunav Etar Fratria Lovech Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Marek Minyor Montana Nesebar Pirin Blagoevgrad Spartak Pleven Sportist Svoge Strumska Slava Yantra Gabrovo
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