PFC Marek Dupnitsa
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Full name | PFC Marek Dupnitsa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Founded | 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ground | Bonchuk Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capacity | 16 050 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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League | TBI A Football Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006-07 | A Grupa, 14 place | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marek (Bulgarian: ПФК Марек Дупница) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Dupnitsa. It was founded in 1919after the unification of three other local clubs-Atletic, Slavia, and Levski.Its home matches take place at the Bonchuk Stadium.
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[edit] Address
- Sports complex Bonchuk
- Dupnitsa 8000 Bulgaria
- phone: +359 (701)320 07
- fax: +359 320 07
- e-mail: marek@satline.net
[edit] History
The name Marek is the nickname for Stanke Dimitrov, a local hero of the Communist party. Marek is an abbreviation which contains the first letters of St. Dimitrov' s nickname - Marxist, Antifascist, Revolutionary, Emigrant, Communist.
Old badges
Domestic successes: The biggest successes for Marek came in the late 1970s and the early 1980s when the team finished third in its domestic league(1977). The next year Marek won its National Cup (The Cup of the Soviet Army, as it was called at the time) by defeating the overwhelming favorites of CSKA Sofia by the score of 1:0 in front of 75.000 spectators at Vasil Levski Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Marek in Europe: The team also played in Europe: UEFA Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, and Intertoto Cup (as recently as 3 years ago). The most famous games are against mighty Bayern München (a 2:0 victory), against Ferenzvaros of Hungary (a 3:0 victory), and against Aberdeen of Scotland (a 3:2 victory). The Aberdeen squad was led by the now-legendary coach Sir Alex Ferguson. The return leg in Scotland was tied 0:0 until late in the game, when substitute Gordon Strachan scored a goal and led his team to a 3:0 victory. The club also competed in the 1980 Intertoto Cup against IFK Göteborg(2:3,1:4)-a team that won the UEFA Cup just a year later;B 93 Copenhagen(2:0,2:3), and Austria Salzburg (4:2, 2:2) to finish second in the group. The following season Marek once again competed in the Intertoto Cup-against Stuttgarter Kickers(0:1,0:2), Viking F.K.(1:2,0:3), and Willem II Tilburg(0:1,1:4)-and finished last in its group.
Stadium and fans:
The team is known for its loyal supporters and the local stadium "Bonchuk Stadium" is infamous for being a difficult place for visiting teams. "Bonchuk" has capacity for 16.050 people. The town of Dupnitsa was known as the "city on wheels", because thousands of loyal Marek fans would follow the team at away games to remote parts of Bulgaria.
Famous players: Among the most famous players of Marek are Kiril Milanov, Dimitar Isakov, Nikolai Krastev (Shultz), Sasho Pargov, Ivan and Ventzi Petrov, Stoyan Stoyanov (a goalkeeper), Asen Tomov, and Dimitre Dimitrov-Miki. The coach associated with the successes of Marek is Yanko Dinkov.
Marek today: In the late 1980s, the team dropped to second and then the third division in the local championship. Currently, the team is back in the premier division of Bulgarian football and has been playing very well there for the past 6 years. As a participant in the Intertoto Cup, Marek tied 1:1 the German Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg in 2003, but lost away from home the second leg(0:2). The team finished 7th at the conclusion of the 2003-2004 season, 9th at the end of the 2004-2005 season, and 11th during the most recent 2005-2006 football season of the Bulgarian premier division(out of 16 teams).
[edit] Marek in Intertoto cup
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Year Stage Match Results 1980 group Marek -
IFK Göteborg
2:3,1:4 1980 group Marek -
Austria Salzburg
4:2,2:2 1980 group Marek -
B 93 Copenhagen
2:0,2:3 1981 group Marek -
Stuttgarter Kickers
0:1,0:2 1981 group Marek -
Viking F.K.
1:2,0:3 1981 group Marek -
Willem II
0:1,1:4 2002 1/32 Marek -
Caersws FC
2:0,1:1 2002 1/16 FC Ashdod -
Marek
1:1,0:1 2002 1/8 Marek -
Slaven Belupo
0:3,1:3 2003 1/32 Videoton -
Marek
2:2,1:1 2003 1/16 Marek -
VfL Wolfsburg
1:1,0:2 2004 1/32 Marek -
FC Dila Gori
0:0,4:2 2004 1/16 K.R.C. Genk -
Marek
1:0,0:0
[edit] Current lineup
As of January 2007
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[edit] Notable players
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