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With a group of 23 football players, Pirin held the first training session for 2023 year. Before the start of the activity at the "Hristo Botev" stadium, the traditional water ceremony for the health and success of the team was performed, the club and the supporters.
Head coach Hristo Yanev led a group of 23 players. Winger Boris Tyutyukov from Minyor (Pernik), striker Krastyo Banev from CSKA 1948, who is Pirin’s junior and Ukrainian outside midfielder Dmytro Seminyv, passed through the teams of Chernomorets (Odesa), Liepaja (Latvia) and FC Lviv will have a trial period.

To the already well-known juniors of the club, Martin Bachev, Vasil Hristov, Lubomir Todorov, Marcel Bibishkov and Ilian Kostov were joined by right defender Martin Georgiev, who also started training with Pirin.

"There are no personnel changes at this stage, except these, which were carried out before the New Year. We are talking to a lot of football players, we want to see how some of them will fit into the team. We need quality, we need people in certain positions. Based on that, with which we have funds, we will try to make the best possible selection. I expect the battle to stay in the elite to be very tough. I don’t expect everything to be smooth sailing, but i’m here, to work, to deal with these difficulties and based on these difficulties to make decisions, which are good for the club", said Pirin’s mentor Hristo Yanev to the media.

During the preparation period “eaglets” they will play five controls. The first of them will be on 14.01 against Athlete (Yours), matches with Botev are also certain (Vratsa) on 28.01 and CSKA (Sofia) on 05.02. Friendly meetings will also be held on 21.01 and 25.01, with opponents to be announced further.

The representative team began preparations for the resumption of the Premier League championship on Thursday, 05.01, stadium “Hristo Botev”.

The first activity of the year will start at 11:00 h., and the traditional water world for the health and success of football players, employees and supporters is planned for 10:30 no.

More details about the preparation period and news about the team will be announced at the first training session.

Radoslav Tsonev will no longer wear the Pirin team. The Blagoevgrad-born midfielder activated a clause in his contract, according to which he can be released from the club upon the fulfillment of certain financial conditions.
27-year-old Tsonev came to our team before the start of the current season.
He played 12 match in the First League, noting 2 goals.

FC Pirin becomes an official partner of the charity amateur football tournament "Let’s help Stoycho".

The tournament aims to help raise funds for the treatment of our fellow citizen, which is also part of the large Pirin family – Stoycho Krastev, diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

The tournament is on Sunday, 11.12.2022 city, in "Arena Park", and the winners will be awarded by the club’s general manager Petar Zanev.

You can see more about the tournament here

Funds are the operation you can donate with a PayPal card, ApplePay, GooglePay, Revolut
https://pavelandreev.bg/campaign/da-pomognem-na-stoicho

Bank:Allianz Bank Bulgaria

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Holder: PAVEL ANDREEV ANDREEV FOUNDATION

Reason: Donation for Stoycho

The representative team of Pirin went on vacation and will resume training on January 5th.

During his preparations for the renewal of the championship in the First League, The Eagles will play at least five controls, with a camp abroad planned, including at least three friendlies.

The sports and technical management continues its work on the winter selection.

Expect news from the team on the club’s official channels.

The defender of Pirin Petar Zanev decided to end his active football career.

In the last two seasons, the 37-year-old football player led the team of Pirin, being one of the three captains and also a key figure in the team’s defense.

He is also a former captain of the Bulgarian national team, and in his rich career he played for CSKA-Sofia teams, Litex (Lovech), the Spanish Racing (Ferol) and Celta (Viggo), Ukrainian Volyn, Russian Amkar (Perm) and Yenisei (Krasnoyarsk).

Petar Zanev will continue to be part of our club, holding the position of general manager. The relationship between the club management and the team, selection work and some basic sports-technical issues, will be part of his responsibilities and tasks from now on.

FC Pirin thanks Petar Zanev for his dedication in the green shirt and wishes him success in his new challenge!

The management of FC Pirin defines the overall performance of the team up to this point as extremely unsatisfactory.

This is the reason why the club has taken a series of measures to achieve the main goal, placed before the team this season – preserving its elite status. As part of these measures, the attraction of new football players is accepted, but also the release from the previous composition of some of them.

In this regard, FC Pirin reports, that he will no longer rely on Nikolay Bodurov, Stanislav Kostov, Kitan Vasilev, Julian Popev and Emil Yanchev. We sincerely thank each of them and wish them health and future success!

The club expresses special thanks to captain Bodurov for his overall contribution and above all for this, that he was one of the pillars of the team, returned to the First League, as well as to Julian Popev and Stanislav Kostov, who with their hearts played over the years, left a lasting mark in the history of our team.

In the end, but not least, thank you for the support of our supporters.

We hope, that this support will continue in the future, and that together we will have more reasons for "green" joy.

Pirin won with 3:1 his household of Spartacus (Varna) in a match of the 18th round of the First League, which was also the last for 2022 year. Radoslav Tsonev scored two goals in the 13th and 34th minutes, but Rodney Antwy scored and put it back “the falcons” in the match (38′). In the second half, however, Martin Smolenski put an end to the dispute (55′), shaping the final result as well. Thus, Pirin recorded his second success since the beginning of the season and the first under the leadership of Hristo Yanev.

Pirin started the match a little more aggressively and already in the 36th second Preslav Yordanov sent a weak shot at Dichevski’s goal. However, the bad news for Hristo Yanev came in the 3rd minute, when Andrey Yordanov collided badly with a Spartak football player and experienced pain in the lower back.

In the 8th minute, Zdravko Dimitrov and Rodney Antui combined well, and the Bulgarian attempted a shot from the edge of the penalty area, who, however, went out.

In the 13th minute, Pirin got the right to execute a direct free kick from a rather comfortable position, after Preslav Yordanov was tripped in front of the penalty area a little earlier. Radoslav Tsonev took pride in the performance, who made a wonderful shot and left Ivan Dichevski helpless – 1:0.

In the next ten minutes, the match was equal. However, in the 24th minute, the guests could have equalized with one of their best chances. Mehmed Sabri crosses well from the right towards the box, and then the ball was deflected. So it came in handy for Zdravko Dimitrov, who, from the edge of the goalkeeper’s field, sent the ball straight into the body of Pirin’s goalkeeper.

In the 34th minute, substitute Vyacheslav Velev crossed from the right, Dichevski jumped, to kill, but the ball hit Radi Tsonev, who took on well and slotted the ball under the keeper’s dive for 2:0.

In the 38th minute, Spartak returned to the match. A long pass from allowed Rodney Antwi to develop his speed from a tight angle to finish with a tight shot.

The second half started with Spartak pressing, which, however, did not lead to anything dangerous at Pirin’s door. That’s how it got to the 55th minute, when Vyacheslav Velev crossed on the ground from the right, Dichevski reached out and shot, but this time too, as with the second goal, the ball hit the feet of a Pirin player. Martin Smolenski was the player, who was in the right place at the right time and scored effortlessly on the empty goal – 3:1.

In the 60th minute, Bodurov headed in a cross from a corner, but unfortunately for him he sent the ball into the crossbar.

In the 68th minute, Pirin scored another goal, work of Preslav Yordanov, which was however canceled due to an ambush. 4 minutes later, Spartak also scored, but the goal was disallowed due to an ambush by Rodney Antwy.
With this win, Pirin moves up one place and overtakes Heber in 14th position due to a better goal difference. Both teams have an asset of 12 score, and the team from Pazardzhik has not yet played its match.

COMPOSE
Pirin: 12. Maxim Kovalev, 38. Alexander Dyulgerov, 5. Nikolai Bodurov, 20. Chebrails Makreckis, 45. Christopher Hubchev, 73. Ventsislav Bengyuzov, 10. Slavcho Shokolarov (90+1-15.Lubomir Todorov), 17. Radoslav Tsonev, 18. Martin Smolensky (90+1 – 6. Julian Popev), 11. Andrey Yordanov (6-19.Vyacheslav Velev), 9. Preslav Yordanov (78-29.Stanislav Kostov).

Spartak: 21. Ivan Dichevski, 9. Mehmed Sabri, 19. Nikola Borisov, 25. Plamen Dimov, 6. Emmanuel Moura, 11. Victor Mitev, 30. Bozhidar Vasev, 77. Rumen Rumenov, 8. Ivaylo Klimentov, 47. Rodney Antoine, 33. Zdravko Dimitrov.

Dear supporters, FC Pirin is pleased to announce, that the tickets for the home match against Spartak (Varna) are for sale.

Come and support the Eagles in this extremely important match!

The game is on Friday, 11.11, from 17:30 no. at the "Hristo Botev" stadium. For your convenience, tickets for pensioners and children will be sold only at a specially designated box office at the stadium.

As this is the last home for our team in the First League for 2022 year, standard tickets for the match will be at the promotional price of 6 Levs. The price of tickets for pensioners and children remains 5 Levs. The price of the VIP ticket is 50 Levs. Away supporters will enter the stadium against 6 Levs.

Tickets for the meeting are on sale in our Fan Shop on Treti March Street, as well as online here:

Take a standard ticket here

Get a VIP ticket here

Tickets for the guest sector here

We are waiting for you at the stadium!

only Pirin!