Viktor Dobrev

Central Midfielder - Septemvri U20
16 May 2029
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Viktor Dobrev

142 Edition

The Septemvri Chronicle

16 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Georgi Varbanov says Septemvri went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Robin Schouten in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Septemvri this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Andrey Mendel

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andrey Mendel, and the manager let it.

In brief

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138 Edition

The Septemvri Chronicle

19 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Joacim Holtan in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Septemvri this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Septemvri count the cost of losing Viktor Dobrev

44 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad

Stoyan Stoichkov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

56 Edition

The Septemvri Chronicle

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The wait goes on for Septemvri

10 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Match

Septemvri out of the cup

Slavia Sofia ended it 1‑3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Player ratings

Faiz Mattoir runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 29 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Squad

Tempers go at Septemvri

Joel Sacks was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Bertrand Fourrier gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Septemvri come up short against CSKA Sofia

CSKA Sofia left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Ali Aruna

Marked 8.04 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

One of those days for Stoyan Stoichkov

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.01, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

In brief