FC Kariana Erden

Kariana Erden
Full nameFootball Club Kariana Erden
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
GroundSport Complex Kariana, Erden
Capacity2,000
ChairmanKameliya Yosifova
LeagueA Regional League
2020–21Second League, 16th (relegated)

FC Kariana Erden (Bulgarian: ФК Кариана Ерден) is a Bulgarian football club based in Erden, that plays in A Regional League, the 4th level of Bulgarian football.

History

2014–2020: Milan Yosifov Era

They become champions in 2015, winning the Bulgarian A Regional Group and promoting to V Group.[1] For the 2015–16 season, the team got a new sport complex.[2] They finished 5th in their first season in V Group, later known as Third League from 2016.

On 2 May 2017, after the lose against Litex Lovech, manager Georgi Vladimirov and one of the top players Petar Dimitrov were released from the team.[3] A day later, Atanas Dzhambazki was announced as the new manager of the team.[4] On 8 May 2018, the team won their promotion to the Second League.

In their debut season in the second league, Kariana finished 12th, thus ensuring another season in the second tier of Bulgarian football.[5]

During the mid-season break of the 2020-21 season, the owners of Kariana announced that the club would be folding and will not take part after the season resumes in February. This controversial decision was made despite Kariana being at the top of the group at the time.[6] On 11 January 2021 the owner of the club, Milan Yosifov, died after short illness, which was also one of the reasons for the team dissolving.[7]

2021–present: Kameliya Yosifova took over and refoundation

On 27 April 2021, just few months after the club's dissolving, Milan's daughter, Kameliya Yosifova, announced that she would take over the club and refound it, joining the Bulgarian A Regional Group from 2021 to 2022 season.[8]

League positions

Regional Amateur Football Groups (Bulgaria)Bulgarian B Football GroupBulgarian V AFGRegional Amateur Football Groups (Bulgaria)

Honours

Shirt and sponsor

Kariana's main colors are black and red and since 2014 their kit supplier are Zeus.

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt partner
2014–2018 Bulgaria Zeus None
2018–2020 Spain Joma None

Players

Managers

Dates Name Honours
2014–2015 Bulgaria Aleksandar Aleksandrov 1 A RFG Title
2015–2017 Bulgaria Georgi Vladimirov
2017–2018 Bulgaria Atanas Dzhambazki 1 Third League Title
2018–2020 Bulgaria Veselin Velikov

Past seasons

Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts Bulgarian Cup
2014–15 A RFG (IV) 1 21 3 2 65 15 66 not qualified
2015–16 V AFG (III) 5 14 5 11 49 44 46 not qualified
2016–17 Third League (III) 2 21 4 3 90 18 67 not qualified
2017–18 Third League 1 25 5 0 100 19 80 not qualified
2018–19 Second League (II) 12 8 7 15 29 38 31 First Round
2019–20 Second League 8 9 5 6 30 24 32 Round of 16
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

References