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The 2018–19 season is Vitosha Bistritsa's second consecutive season in the Bulgarian First League after they won play-offs against Pirin Blagoevgrad (0:1 home loss and 2:1 away win with goals of Radko Mutafchiyski and Grigor Dolapchiev and Lokomotiv Sofia (2:2 after extra time with goals by Daniel Kutev and Stefan Hristov, and 4:2 after penalties).
| 2018–19 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Sergei Tashkov | ||
| Manager | Rosen Kirilov | ||
| Stadium | Bistritsa Stadium | ||
| First league | 13th | ||
| Bulgarian Cup | Second round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Grigor Dolapchiev (6) All: Grigor Dolapchiev (6) | ||
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Squad edit
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Age | EU | Since | Signed From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||
| 1 | Hristiyan Vasilev |  Bulgaria
|
GK | 27 | EU | 2016 | Slavia Sofiа |
| 12 | Nikolay Georgiev | Bulgaria
|
GK | 25 | EU | 2018 | Septemvri Sofia |
| Defenders | |||||||
| 2 | Todor Gochev | Bulgaria
|
LB/LWB | 31 | EU | 2017 | Botev Vratsa |
| 4 | Kristiyan Uzunov | Bulgaria
|
CB/DM | 35 | EU | 2015 | Oborishte Panagyurishte |
| 5 | Ventsislav Bonev | Bulgaria
|
CB/LB | 44 | EU | 2015 | Minyor Pernik |
| 6 | Rumen Gyonov | Bulgaria
|
RB/RWB | 32 | EU | 2014 | Germanea Sapareva Banya |
| 16 | Radko Mutafchiyski | Bulgaria
|
CB | 32 | EU | 2017 | Apollon Larissa |
| 18 | Petko Tsankov | Bulgaria
|
RWB/LWB/LW/RW | 28 | EU | 2017 | Chernomorets Balchik |
| 22 | Mihail Milchev | Bulgaria
|
CB | 35 | EU | 2018 | Botev Vratsa |
| 24 | Georgi Kupenov | Bulgaria
|
CB | 27 | EU | 2018 | Botev Plovdiv |
| 93 | Yulian Popev | Bulgaria
|
LB/RB | 37 | EU | 2019 | Pirin Blagoevgrad |
| Midfielders | |||||||
| 7 | Kristiyan Kochilov | Bulgaria
|
CM | 34 | EU | 2015 | Slivnishki Geroy |
| 9 | Angel Stoyanov | Bulgaria
|
AM/SS | 37 | EU | 2011 | Levski Dragalevtsi |
| 10 | Georgi Amzin (vice-captain) | Bulgaria
|
CM/AM | 32 | EU | 2014 | Slivnishki Geroy |
| 14 | Chetin Sadula (captain) | Bulgaria
|
LW/AM/RW | 36 | EU | 2013 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
| 17 | Mihail Petrov | Bulgaria
|
DM | 37 | EU | 2015 | Slivnishki Geroy |
| 23 | Emil Gargorov | Bulgaria
|
AM | 43 | EU | 2019 | CSKA 1948 |
| 77 | Ivan Valchanov | Bulgaria
|
AM/LW | 32 | EU | 2018 | Etar |
| 80 | Lachezar Kotev | Bulgaria
|
AM/RW | 26 | EU | 2016 | Septemvri Sofia |
| 88 | Ivaylo Lazarov | Bulgaria
|
DM/AM | 32 | EU | 2016 | Chernomorets Balchik |
| Forwards | |||||||
| 11 | Daniel Kutev | Bulgaria
|
LW | 33 | EU | 2017 | Nestos Chrysoupoli |
| 45 | Grigor Dolapchiev | Bulgaria
|
CF | 30 | EU | 2017 | Spartak Pleven |
| 96 | Nasko Milev | Bulgaria
|
CF | 27 | EU | 2018 | Slavia Sofia |
| 99 | Stefan Hristov | Bulgaria
|
LW/RW/CF | 34 | EU | 2017 | Spartak Pleven |
Fixtures edit
Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture
Regular season edit
| 20 July 2018 1 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 2 – 1 | Dunav | Bistritsa |
Petko Tsankov  21',  90+4' Nasko Milev  62' (pen.) Stefan Hristov 64' Andi Renja 88'  90+4' |
Report | Ahmed Ahmedov 4' Krasimir Stanoev 90+4' |
Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov - the Wedding |
| 29 July 2018 2 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 0 – 2 | CSKA Sofia | Sofia |
| Todor Gochev 33' |
Report | Tiago Rodrigues 10' Rúben Pinto 17' Nikolay Bodurov 31' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Stanislav Stavrov |
| 6 August 2018 3 | Slavia | 0 – 2 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Sofia |
| Galin Ivanov 48' Sasho Aleksandrov 64' Tsvetelin Chunchukov 70' Emil Martinov 74' Dimitar Velkovski 90+1' |
Report | Daniel Kutev 13', 43', 48' Petko Tsankov 63' Radko Mutafchiyski 72' Nasko Milev 77' Georgi Kupenov 90+2' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Georgi Dimitrov |
| 12 August 2018 4 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 0 – 2 | Ludogorets | Bistritsa |
| Todor Gochev 18' Lachezar Kotev 23' |
Report | Jacek Góralski 12' Virgil Misidjan 65' Claudiu Keșerü 75' Cosmin Moți 85' Jody Lukoki 90' |
Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov |
| 20 August 2018 5 | Vereya | 0 – 1 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Stara Zagora |
| Bilel Aït Malek 11' Theofilos Kouroupis 13' |
Report | Todor Gochev 49' Stefan Hristov 88', 89' |
Stadium: Trace Arena Referee: Stanislav Todorov |
| 25 August 2018 6 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 0 – 2 | Botev Plovdiv | Bistritsa |
| Lachezar Kotev 33' Stefan Hristov 71' |
Report | Todor Nedelev 33' Lachezar Baltanov 71' Steven Petkov 76' Gustavo Sauer 90+3' |
Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Georgi Davidov |
| 31 August 2018 7 | Cherno More | 1 – 0 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Varna |
| Nasko Milev 3' (o.g.) Petar Vitanov 61' |
Report | Nasko Milev 4' Todor Gochev 26' Ivaylo Todorov 33' Petko Tsankov 45' |
Stadium: Stadion Ticha Referee: Petar Kostadinov |
| 14 September 2018 8 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 1 – 1 | Botev Vratsa | Bistritsa |
| Ivaylo Mihaylov 18' Valeri Bojinov 27' Mariyan Ivanov 32' |
Report | Ivaylo Lazarov 37' Grigor Dolapchiev 40' Ivan Valchanov 90+2' |
Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Stanislav Stavrov |
| 21 September 2018 9 | Levski | 4 – 1 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Sofia |
| David Jablonský 3' Jerson Cabral 52' Paulinho  63' Stanislav Kostov 65', 74' |
Report | Radko Mutafchiyski 62' Grigor Dolapchiev 83' |
Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Nedelcho Gadzhalov |
| 28 September 2018 10 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 2 – 1 | Septemvri | Bistritsa |
| Todor Gochev 23' Ivaylo Lazarov 42', 89' Grigor Dolapchiev 45' Ivan Valchanov 75' |
Report | Boris Galchev 13' Alassane Diaby 37' 44' Yaya Meledje 42' Ivan Stoyanov 81' |
Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Stanislav Stavrov |
| 7 October 2018 11 | Etar | 1 – 0 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Veliko Tarnovo |
| Plamen Galabov 54' Daniel Mladenov 77' |
Report | Chetin Sadula 36' |
Stadium: Stadion Ivaylo Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov |
| 22 October 2018 12 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 1 – 2 | Beroe | Bistritsa |
| Chetin Sadula 18' Kristiyan Uzunov 22' |
Report | Martin Kamburov 37', 89' Aleksandar Vasilev 64' Vladimir Gadzhev 72' Rúben Brígido 90+1' |
Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Nikolay Yordanov |
| 27 October 2018 13 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2 – 1 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Plovdiv |
| Dimitar Iliev 19' (pen.) Alen Ožbolt 41' Vilim Posinković 79' |
Report | Lachezar Kotev 12' Grigor Dolapchiev 73', 77' |
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Referee: Dragomir Draganov |
| 3 November 2018 14 | Dunav | 3 – 0 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Ruse |
| Ahmed Ahmedov 6', 23' Svetoslav Kovachev 15', 17' Hristo Popadiyn 69' Preslav Petrov 71' |
Report | Todor Gochev 17' Ivaylo Lazarov 45' Stefan Hristov 50' |
Stadium: Gradski stadium Referee: Volen Chinkov |
| 9 November 2018 15 | CSKA Sofia | 3 – 0 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Sofia |
| Kristiyan Malinov 71' Maurides 79', 90+3' Kiril Despodov 90' |
Report | Ivaylo Lazarov 24' Todor Gochev 39' Hristiyan Vasilev 62' Georgi Kupenov 82' |
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Nikola Popov |
| 23 November 2018 16 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 1 – 0 | Slavia | Bistritsa |
| Daniel Kutev 72' Nasko Milev 74', 75' Nikolay Georgiev 87' |
Report | Slavcho Shokolarov 44' Georgi Yomov 79' Iliyan Mitsanski 86' |
Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Nedelcho Gadzhalov |
| 2 December 2018 17 | Ludogorets | 3 – 0 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Razgrad |
| Wanderson 13' Lucas Sasha 15' Anton Nedyalkov 53' Jakub Świerczok 81' |
Report | Mihail Milchev 28' Petko Tsankov 71' |
Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Referee: Vladimir Valkov |
| 6 December 2018 18 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 2 – 0 | Vereya | Bistritsa |
| Chetin Sadula 22', 83' |
Report | Alexander N'Doumbou 31' Ivo Ivanov 70' Emil Peter Jørgensen 83' |
Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Stanimir Trenchev |
| 10 December 2018 19 | Botev Plovdiv | 3 – 0 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Plovdiv |
| Todor Nedelev 24', 25', 42' Dimitar Pirgov 41' |
Report | Kristiyan Uzunov 12' Todor Gochev 44' Kristiyan Kochilov 69' |
Stadium: Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912 Referee: Georgi Todorov |
| 15 December 2018 20 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 1 – 1 | Cherno More | Bistritsa |
| Todor Gochev 33' Mihail Milchev 60' Ivaylo Lazarov 72' |
Report | Georgi Iliev 72' |
Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Nikolay Yordanov |
| 16 February 2019 21 | Botev Vratsa | 1 – 0 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Vratsa |
| Yordan Apostolov 44' Ivaylo Mihaylov 49' 88' Valeri Domovchiyski 58', 62' |
Report | Yulian Popev 25' |
Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov - the Wedding |
| 20 February 2019 22 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 0 – 2 | Levski | Sofia |
| Mihail Milchev 66' |
Report | Paulinho 22' Stanislav Kostov 42' Miloš Cvetković 81' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Petar Kostadinov |
| 25 February 2019 23 | Septemvri | 0 – 0 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Sofia |
| Georgi Stoichkov 42' Fabiano Alves 75' |
Report | Todor Gochev 36' Ivaylo Lazarov 37' Lachezar Kotev 69' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Volen Chinkov |
| 3 March 2019 24 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 1 – 1 | Etar | Bistritsa |
| Kristiyan Kochilov 25' (pen.) Petko Tsankov 33' Stefan Hristov 49' Rumen Gyonov 54' Hristiyan Vasilev 60' |
Report | Flo Bojaj 66' Milcho Angelov 72' Ivan Stoyanov 75' Ventsislav Vasilev 82' |
Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Nikolay Yordanov |
| 11 March 2019 25 | Beroe | 0 – 1 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Stara Zagora |
| Mesca 73' |
Report | Chetin Sadula 55' |
Stadium: Stadion Beroe Referee: Nedelcho Gadzhalov |
| 17 March 2019 26 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 0 – 3 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Bistritsa |
| Mihail Milchev 32' Todor Gochev 39' Georgi Kupenov 79' |
Report | Abdelhakim Bouhna 39' Edin Bahtić 66' Dimitar Iliev 83' Alen Ožbolt 90' |
Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov |
Relegation stage edit
| 1 April 2019 27 | Botev Vratsa | 3 – 0 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Vratsa |
| Simeon Mechev 32' Valeri Domovchiyski 43' Rumen Gyonov 50' (o.g.) Emil Stoev 54' Petar Atanasov 67' |
Report | Todor Gochev 9' 72' Rumen Gyonov 23' Georgi Kupenov 49' |
Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium Referee: Petar Kostadinov |
| 6 April 2019 28 | Vereya | 0 – 2 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Stara Zagora |
| Ivo Ivanov 14' Denislav Stanchev 42' Bedri Ryustemov 66' |
Report | Grigor Dolapchiev 12' Lachezar Kotev 17' Emil Gargorov 80' |
Stadium: Trace Arena Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov |
| 15 April 2019 29 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 3 – 0 | Etar | Bistritsa |
| Emil Gargorov 25' Grigor Dolapchiev 45+1' Ivan Valchanov 58' Stefan Hristov 88', 90+3' Yulian Popev 90+1' |
Report | Flo Bojaj 69' Nikola Kolev 81' |
Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Nedelcho Gadzalov |
| 22 April 2019 30 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 2 – 5 | Botev Vratsa | Bistritsa |
| Todor Gochev 9' Georgi Kupenov 30', 90+4' Grigor Dolapchiev 48' Mihail Milchev 54' Ivaylo Lazarov 75' Rumen Gyonov 84' Petko Tsankov 86' |
Report | Andreas Vasev 25' Emil Stoev 15', 25', 41' Valeri Domovchiyski 28' Yordan Apostolov 52' Ivaylo Mihaylov 89' Daniel Genov 90+4' |
Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov - the Wedding |
| 25 April 2019 31 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 2 – 0 | Vereya | Bistritsa |
| Stefan Hristov 12' (pen.) Grigor Dolapchiev 87' |
Report | Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Vladimir Valkov |
| 2 May 2019 32 | Etar | 2 – 0 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Veliko Tarnovo |
| Veljko Batrović 19' Milcho Angelov 29' Plamen Galabov 32' |
Report | Ventsislav Bonev 43' |
Stadium: Stadion Ivaylo Referee: Nikolay Yordanov |
Relegation play-offs edit
| 8 May 2019 First round 1st leg | Dunav | 0 – 0 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Ruse |
| Krasimir Stanoev 64' |
Report | Petko Tsankov 74' 80' Ivan Valchanov 78' Hristiyan Vasilev 90+2' |
Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Dragomir Draganov |
| 13 May 2019 First round 2nd leg | Vitosha Bistritsa | 0 – 1 (0 – 1 agg.) | Dunav | Bistritsa |
| Lachezar Kotev 74' Ventsislav Bonev 90+2' |
Report | Ismail Isa 16' Hristo Popadiyn 20' Svetoslav Kovachev 77', 90+2' |
Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium Referee: Nedelcho Gadzhalov |
| 19 May 2019 Second round 1st leg | Vereya | 0 – 3 (awarded) | Vitosha Bistritsa | Stara Zagora |
| Report | Stadium: Trace Arena |
| 22 May 2019 Second round 2nd leg | Vitosha Bistritsa | 3 – 0 (awarded) (6 – 0 agg.) | Vereya | Bistritsa |
| Report | Stadium: Bistritsa Stadium |
| 30 May 2019 Third round | Vitosha Bistritsa | 3 – 0 | Montana | Sofia |
| Grigor Dolapchiev 52' Lachezar Kotev 82' Stefan Hristov 87' Petko Ysankov 90' Emil Gargorov 90', 90+3' |
Report | Nikolay Tsvetkov 33' Vladimir Aytov 39' Galin Tashev 75' Daniel Georgiev 83' Yordan Yordanov 87' |
Stadium: Stadion Slavia Referee: Nikolay Yordanov |
Bulgarian Cup edit
| 25 September 2018 First round | Botev Galabovo | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (8 – 9 p) | Vitosha Bistritsa | Galabovo |
| Svilen Shterev 63' Isus Angelov 111' |
Report | Kristiyan Kochilov 49' Radko Mutafchiyski 78' Lachezar Kotev 88' 109' |
Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev Referee: Blagoy Manov | |
| Penalties | ||||
 Svilen Shterev Pavel Kolev |
Daniel Kutev Ivan Valchanov Georgi Kupenov Ivaylo Lazarov Petko Tsankov Radko Mutafchiyski Georgi Amzin Rumen Gyonov Nikolay Georgiev |
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| 30 October 2018 Second round | CSKA Sofia | 3 – 1 | Vitosha Bistritsa | Sofia |
| Rúben Pinto 15' Ali Sowe 74', 76' |
Report | Petko Tsankov 71' Kristiyan Kochilov 77' Mihail Milchev 90+1' |
Stadium: Stadion Balgarska Armia Referee: Petar Kirilov |
Squad statistics edit
- As of match played 30 May 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Parva Liga | Bulgarian Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | BUL
|
Hristiyan Vasilev | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BUL
|
Todor Gochev | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BUL
|
Kristiyan Uzunov | 13 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BUL
|
Ventsislav Bonev | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BUL
|
Rumen Gyonov | 26 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BUL
|
Kristiyan Kochilov | 22 | 1 | 8+12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | BUL
|
Angel Stoyanov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BUL
|
Georgi Amzin | 30 | 0 | 16+12 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BUL
|
Daniel Kutev | 19 | 2 | 12+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BUL
|
Chetin Sadula | 31 | 4 | 24+6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | BUL
|
Nikolay Georgiev | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | BUL
|
Radko Mutafchiyski | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BUL
|
Mihail Petrov | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BUL
|
Petko Tsankov | 26 | 0 | 21+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BUL
|
Mihail Milchev | 25 | 1 | 22+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | BUL
|
Emil Gargorov | 11 | 4 | 7+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | BUL
|
Georgi Kupenov | 30 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | BUL
|
Grigor Dolapchiev | 23 | 6 | 12+10 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BUL
|
Ivan Valchanov | 18 | 2 | 12+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | BUL
|
Lachezar Kotev | 34 | 0 | 32+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | BUL
|
Ivaylo Lazarov | 31 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | DF | BUL
|
Yulian Popev | 11 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | FW | BUL
|
Nasko Milev | 25 | 2 | 19+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BUL
|
Stefan Hristov | 31 | 4 | 25+5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Vitosha Bistritsa during the season: | |||||||||
| 3 | DF | BUL
|
Yordan Varbanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW |  ALB
|
Andi Renja | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | BUL
|
Nikolay Hristozov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BUL
|
Georgi Angelov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | BUL
|
Iliyan Popov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | BUL
|
Orlin Starokin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BUL
|
Daniel Peev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | DF | BUL
|
Ivaylo Todorov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |