FC Sevlievo

The club was founded on 29 December 1922 as SC Rakovski by a group of football enthusiasts of the Association for Tourism in Rositsa. Upon its formation, Ivan Tsochev, Boris Popivanov, and Serafim Ganushev became the president, secretary, and steward respectively. Brothers Sokurov, who played on the team, chose to name it Rakovski in honor of the Bulgarian national hero Georgi Sava Rakovski. They played their first game against Viktoria F.C. from Veliko Tarnovo, ending in a 1:1 draw.

After the reorganization of some of the sports associations in Bulgaria, some voluntary sports organizations arose in Sevlievo. The most popular was DSO Red Flag (Bulgarian: ДСО Червено знаме). In 1957, every voluntary sports organizations union in VSO Rakovski.^{[clarification needed]} Two years later Rakovski was admitted into the Bulgarian Third Division. In 1968 the club was promoted for the first time to B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football.

 

In 1980, the club was renamed F.C. Rositsa.

The team became known as PFC Vidima-Rakovski in 1997, after the union between F.C. Rakovski and F.C. Vidima, a little club of the Vidima Standart Ideal works. In the next 1998–99 season, the team won the Cup of Amateur Bulgarian league.

In the 2002–03 season, with Plamen Markov as head coach, Vidima won promotion to the A Group for the first time ever. Gerasim Zakov scored the club's first top league goal in a 3–3 draw against Lokomotiv Sofia. The 2003-04 campaign, remembered as the first A PFG season in the club's history, ended in a good 12th place. In the same season, Vidima-Rakovski had their best Bulgarian Cup run, beating Kameno and Belasitsa Petrich before losing to Lokomotiv Sofia in the quarter-finals. In the next campaign, Vidima won just nine games and was relegated back to the second level after two years among the best.

After the 2006-07 season, Vidima-Rakovski finished 2nd in B PFG, and managed to participate in the play-off for promotion to the A PFG. On June 2, 2007, Vidima won the play-off against PFC Naftex Burgas with a result of 1-0 and qualified for the first division for the second time in the club's history. However, Vidima largely struggled during the 2007-08 season, at the end not managing to avoid relegation once more.

In 2010, Vidima won a third promotion to the top division by winning the Western B PFG. They finished at 14th place in A PFG in the next season and secured their top division status after winning a relegation play-off against Sportist Svoge, which Vidima won after a penalty shoot-out.

In the 2011-12 season, the team finished 14th in the league, winning only 3 out of 30 matches. As a result, Vidima was relegated once more and competed in B PFG in the 2012–2013 season. The team began experiencing financial problems at the time and was relegated from the B Group in 2013.

The club re-formed as FC Sevlievo on 4 June 2015, after Vidima Rakovski declared bankruptcy.^[1]

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt partner
2015–2017	ASICS	none
2017–2022	Krasiko	Libra
2022–		ELITBET

• First League:
  • 12th place (1): 2003–04
• Bulgarian Cup:
  • Quarter-finals: - 2003–04
• Second League:
  • Winners (1): 2009–10
  • 2nd place (1): 2006–07
  • 3rd place (1): 2002–03
• Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League
  • Winners (1): 1998/99

As of 1 August 2020

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 Iliya Kanchev 2 DF   BUL Aleks Georgiev 3 DF   BUL Tihomir Trifonov 5 DF   BUL Georgi Pavlov 6 DF   BUL Atanas Fidanin (captain) 7 MF   BUL Hristiyan Vasilev 8 MF   BUL Nikolay Nikolaev 9 MF   BUL Stiviyan Makaveev 10 FW   BUL Tihomir Kanev 11 FW   BUL Galin Stoyanov 12 GK   BUL Krasi Uzunov

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF   BUL Nikolay Banov 14 MF   BUL Iliyan Trifonov 15 MF   BUL Stefan Ivanov 16 GK   BUL Dimitar Pantev 22 MF   BUL Kristiyan Kolev 23 DF   BUL Nikolay Ragin 37 DF   BUL Ivaylo Iliev 83 DF   BUL Ivan Penev 92 DF   BUL Pavlin Ivanov 93 MF   BUL Dobrin Petrov

The football club also has a women's sports department named FC Sevlievo Ladies, currently playing in the top tier of Bulgarian Bulgarian Women's League football, Bulgarian Women's League.

As of 26 August 2023

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 DF   BUL Bilyana Ivanova 2 DF   BUL Aysu Bezhkova 5 DF   BUL Yoana Tomova 6 DF   BUL Viyara Peliteva 7 MF   BUL Antoniya Angelova 8 MF   BUL Desislava Dimitrova 9 FW   BUL Aneliya Kukunova 10 FW   BUL Elena Petkova 11 MF   BUL Mihaela Marinova 12 GK   BUL Eleonora Kolesnikova

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF   BUL Hristiyana Kovacheva 14 MF   BUL Zara Georgieva 15 DF   BUL Monika Simonova 17 MF   BUL Elena Lukanova 19 FW   BUL Vesela Petkova 20 MF   GEO Ana Makharadze 21 FW   BUL Ivayla Kieva 22 DF   BUL Vili Karadakova (captain) 23 GK   BUL Victoria Ivanova 77 MF   BUL Silviya Naydenova

• Official website
• bgclubs.eu
• Ladies bgclubs.eu
• Sellievo Ladies Facebook