Botev Plovdiv
| Full name | Професионален Футболен Клуб Ботев АД Professional Football Club Botev AD (Botev Professional Football Club) | |||
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| Nicknames | Канарчетата (The Canaries) Жълто-черните (The Yellow-Blacks) | |||
| Founded | 11 March 1912 (as Hristo Botev – Football Association) | |||
| Ground | Stadion Hristo Botev | |||
| Capacity | 18,777 | |||
| Owner | Club 1912 (99%) Association PFK Botev (1%) | |||
| Chairman | Iliyan Filipov | |||
| Head coach | Lachezar Baltanov (caretaker) | |||
| League | First League | |||
| 2024–25 | First League, 6th of 16 | |||
| Website | botevplovdiv | |||
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Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (Bulgarian: Ботев Пловдив, pronounced [ˈbɔtɛf ˈpɫɔvdif]), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. It competes in the Bulgarian Parva Liga, the top flight of Bulgarian football. Founded on 11 March 1912, it is the country's oldest active football club.
PFC Botev is named after the Bulgarian poet, revolutionary and national hero – Hristo Botyov Petkov. The club plays its home games at Stadion Botev.
Throughout its history, the club has won 2 national titles, 4 national cups, 1 supercup and 1 Balkans Cup. Botev has also reached the Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals once. In addition, the club has been a runner-up in the domestic league twice and has reached the Bulgarian Cup final thirteen times. In the years before the Bulgarian championship was created, the team regularly participated in the local Plovdiv championship, claiming it six times. It is one of the most popular clubs in Bulgaria.