FC Dobrudzha Dobrich

FC Dobrudzha () is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Dobrich, that competes in the First League, the first tier of Bulgarian football.

It plays its home matches at Stadion Druzhba with a capacity of 12,500 seats, and its team colours are green and yellow. The team is named after the Dobruja region, a prominent agricultural area in Northeast Bulgaria.

Honours

• Bulgarian Cup
• Semi-finalists: 1946, 1947, 1979–80
• Second League
• Winners (2): 1965–66, 2024–25

History

Dobrudzha was founded as a union of three clubs, Vihar, Orlov and Slavia, in 1916. The club assumed the names Cherveno zname, Spartak and Septemvri between 1949 and 1957, when it was renamed Dobrudzha after a few other local sport associations joined.

In 1962, Dobrudzha managed to gain promotion to the A Group for the first time in the club's history. The maiden season in the top level proved to be a challenge, however, and Dobrudzha was relegated, finishing 15th. Back into the B Group, Dobrudzha barely missed on promotion back to the A Group in 1964, finishing second. In 1966, however, Dobrudzha won the B Group and promoted back to A Group, after three years away. Two consecutive 12th-place finishes during the 1966–67 and 1967-68 seasons in the elite followed, where Dobrudzha narrowly avoided relegation twice. The fairytale ended in 1968–69, however, as Dobrudzha finished 15th and was relegated, ending a three-year stay in the A Group.

After the relegation in 1969, Dobrudzha spend the next two decades in the B Group, with a second-place finish in 1975 being the closest the team could get in terms of returning to the A Group. After 22 years in the B Group, Dobrudzha finished second during the 1990–91 season, and the long-awaited return to the top tier finally ended. Season 1991–92 marked what would be the golden era for Dobrudzha. After narrowly avoiding relegation and finishing 14th that season, Dobrudzha managed to stabilize in the top level and gradually improved its ranking the following years, with a 13th-place finish in 1993, followed by two 12th-place finishes the following years. Season 1995–96 is considered the most successful for the club in its entire history, as that is when a 7th-place finish was achieved. The next three seasons produced mid-table results, and in 2000, Dobrudzha was relegated back to the B Group, ending the club's nine consecutive years in the elite.

Dobrudzha managed to finish fifth the following season in the B Group, which was followed by a second-place finish in the 2001–02 season, marking a return to the A Group after two years. However, the team was relegated back after only one season. Season 2002–03 remains the last appearance for Dobrudzha in the top tier, as of 2023.

In 2018, Dobrudzha returned to the second tier by winning the 2017–18 Northeast Third League. The team, however, struggled in the second tier, finishing last. In the 2019–20 season, Dobrudzha once more finished first in the third tier, being promoted again to the second tier after the season was finished early in March, due to the COVID-19 epidemic in Bulgaria.

Dobrudzha had an impressive 2024–25 season in the Second League, almost consistently staying in the top two places throughout the season. On May 11, 2025, Dobrudzha mathematically secured a top two spot, meaning promotion to the First League. This ended the team’s twenty-two year absence from top-tier football.

Players

First-team squad

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EU Nationals

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)

Non-EU Nationals

Had international caps for their respective countries, held any club record, or had more than 100 league appearances. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries.

• Sasho Angelov
• Diyan Bozhilov
• Simeon Chilibonov
• Ivaylo Dimitrov
• Iliya Dyakov
• Ivo Georgiev
• Daniel Gramatikov
• Rumen Hristov
• Atanas Iliev
• Georgi Kichukov
• Nikolay Kostov
• Ivaylo Lazarov
• Kristiyan Malinov
• Georgi Pashov
• Milen Petkov
• Milen Gamakov
• Svetoslav Petrov
• Dimitar Pirgov
• Simeon Simeonov
• Svilen Simeonov
• Stoycho Stoilov
• Stanislav Stoyanov
• Nikolay Todorov
• Svetoslav Todorov
• Iliya Valov
• Mihail Venkov
• Preslav Yordanov
• Ventsislav Kerchev
• Georgi Argilashki
• Aykut Ramadan
• Ivaylo Mihaylov
• Kolyo Stanev
• Plamen Pepelyashev
• Ventsislav Zhelev

• Justin Haber
• Risto Milosavov
• Tomás Silva
• Vasco Oliveira
• Boubacar Hanne

• Paulo Soares
• Montassar Triki
• Valdu Té
• Serge Yoffou

• Tom
• Lucas Cardoso
• Matheus Leoni

15 seasons in First League:

Best wins:

Players Players with most matches played for the team in A PFG: