The Botev Plovdiv Chronicle
Match8 Aug 2026
Botev Plovdiv run riot against Beroe
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Mauro Rodrigues
Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Samuel Kalu signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Samuel Kalu commits to Botev Plovdiv for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Botev Plovdiv
Samuel Kalu 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Samuel Kalu in the eights
A performance of 8.28 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
One of those days for Mascote
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.24, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Bryan Hein
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bryan Hein, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Botev Plovdiv sign Angel Tonev, one for the future
Angel Tonev is 16, and Botev Plovdiv have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Botev Plovdiv on Yasen Malinov
He is 16, and nobody at Botev Plovdiv signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Botev Plovdiv on Dragomir Yankov
- Market A long bet from Botev Plovdiv on Ivo Tsvetanov
- Squad Daniel Naumov knocks on the manager’s door