Đorđe Jovičić

Central Defender - Botev Vratsa
6 Nov 2026
Friday
Process

Marked for Đorđe Jovičić

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The Botev Vratsa Post

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Marin Orlinov keeps Botev Vratsa in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Botev Vratsa out of the cup

Ludogorets ended it 1‑2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Match

The wait goes on for Botev Vratsa

7 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.

The terraces

Botev Vratsa are taken apart by Ludogorets — and the town wants answers

It finished 0-4. A cup exit is a disappointment; this was a public dismantling, and the difference between the two is the number of people who will still be talking about it in August.

The dugout

Đorđe Jovičić: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Botev Vratsa have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

Botev Vratsa are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 6 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

Squad

Jackson stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jackson and Botev Vratsa agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

A falling-out at Botev Vratsa

Iliya Yurukov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at Botev Vratsa

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jackson was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief

Back issues
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The Botev Vratsa Post

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

An unwelcome headline for Vladimir Gogov

He will be fined, he will apologise, and he will play on Saturday. The order of those three tells you everything about what a football club actually values.

Squad

Words at Botev Vratsa training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Martin Petkov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match

A bad afternoon for Botev Vratsa against Levski

1‑2 to Levski, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

Iliya Yurukov 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.

Squad

Voices raised on the Botev Vratsa training ground

Two players, one bad tackle and a session that had to be stopped. It was over in a minute; it was outside the gates in an hour.

The dugout

Ventsi Tsvetanov: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Player ratings

Kassim Hadji beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 15. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad

Đorđe Jovičić is no longer first choice

The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Đorđe Jovičić has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.

The dugout

Sainey Sanyang gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Sainey Sanyang is on it.

In brief