PFC Botev Plovdiv (Bulgarian: „Ботев“ Пловдив), commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv or simply Botev, is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that currently competes in the Bulgarian Parva Liga, the top flight of Bulgarian football. Founded on 11 March 1912, it is the country's oldest active football club.

This is a list of Botev Plovdiv's achievements in major competitions in Bulgarian and European football. It covers all seasons from 1924 (the beginning of competitive football in Bulgaria), to the most recent completed season.

The club has won 2 Bulgarian Championships, 6 Plovdiv City Championships, 4 Bulgarian Cups, 1 Bulgarian Supercup and 1 Balkans Cup.

Seasons 1924 – 1948 *In this period, apart from three seasons between 1937 and 1940, there was no national league in Bulgaria. Instead, there was a national knockout competition called the State Football Championship, which determined the champion of Bulgaria. The qualification rules for this championship were constantly changing, with Botev sometimes being able to qualify directly through the Plovdiv City Championship, while at other times having to compete for the Regional Championship against a team from the region. For most of this period, there was also no separate competition for the Bulgarian Cup. SeasonLeague PRC SFC National Cup Division Pos Pl W D L GF GA GD Pts1924The Plovdiv City Championship was established in 1924, along with the Bulgarian State Championship. By format, the winner of the Plovdiv City Championship plays a final match against the best team in the region that does not reside in the city of Plovdiv itself. This match determines the champion of the Trakiya (later Plovdiv) Region that then plays in a knockout competition (The Bulgarian State Championship) against teams from the other regions of Bulgaria. This competition determines the Bulgarian Football Champion PCC (I) 2nd 7 4 0 3 15 12 +3 8 1924 – 25 PCC 2nd 14 8 2 4 42 26 +16 18 1925 – 26 PCC 1st 108 0 2 30 12 +18 16 RU Lost Regional Championship Final vs. Botev Pazardzhik 1926 – 27 PCC 3rd 10 4 2 4 21 18 +3 10 1927 – 28 PCC There isn't any information on the standings for this season, as it was abandoned halfway through RU Official Loss in Regional Championship Final vs. Levski Plovdiv. Reason is unknown 1928 – 29 PCC 1st 109 1 0 25 8 +17 19 WWon Regional Championship Final vs. Botev PazardzhikWTC – WIn the periods 1924 – 1937 and 1943 – 1945 the Cup is given to the winner of State Championship 1929 – 30 PCC 1st 109 0 1 32 9 +23 18 WWon Regional Championship Final vs. Botev PazardzhikSF 1930 – 31 PCC 1st 108 1 1 35 9 +26 17 R11931 – 32 PCC 2nd 10 7 2 1 24 6 +18 16 1932 – 33 PCC 2nd 10 7 1 2 25 10 +15 15 1933 – 34 PCC 3rd 10 5 2 3 19 20 -1 12 1934 – 35 PCC 2nd 14 11 1 2 38 15 +23 23 1935 – 36 PCC 3rd 16 6 3 7 28 27 +1 15 1936 – 37 PCC (I)1st 1412 0 2 35 12 +23 24 WWon Regional Championship Final vs. Botev PazardzhikSF 1937 – 38A nation-wide top-level football league is formed for the first time NFD (I) 9th 18 5 2 11 28 44 -16 12 TC – RRWith the establishment of a nation-wide football league, the Bulgarian Champion no longer receives the Tsar's Cup. A new knockout competition is established to determine the winner of the CupLost against Sportklub Plovdiv1938 – 39 PCC (II) 2nd 12 8 2 2 29 11 +18 18 TC – R161939 – 40 PCC (II)1st108 0 2 24 12 +12 16 WWon Regional Championship Final vs. Levski Pazardzhik TC – RRLost against Sportklub Plovdiv1940 – 41The nation-wide National Division was disbanded, and instead two regional top-level leagues were established SBFD (I) 4th 14 5 6 3 33 22 +11 16 TC – RRLost against Parchevich Plovdiv 1941 – 42The South Bulgarian Football Division is disbanded as well and the format switches more or less to the one prior to the establishment of a national league, though the Plovdiv Region now has the right to have two representatives PCC (I) 2nd 12 5 4 3 26 16 +10 14 R1 TC – RRLost against Shipka1942 – 43 PCC 2nd 12 5 5 2 15 17 -2 15 SF The Tsar's Cup is again given to the winner of the State Championship1943 – 44 PCC 2nd 14 9 1 4 29 14 +15 19 R1 1944 – 45 PCC 2nd 4 3 0 1 19 4 +15 6 QF 1945 – 46 PCC 2nd 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 9 W Won Regional Championship Final vs. Levski Asenovgrad R16 CSA – RRWith the new communist government in power, a new competition called "Cup of the Soviet Army" is established as the new National Cup competition of Bulgaria.1946 – 47 PCC 4th 6 2 2 2 8 11 -3 6 CSA – F1947 – 48 PRC (I) 2nd 14 9 4 1 36 8 +28 22 R16 CSA – RR

1948 – 1980 *A national league was established again, this time for good.

SeasonLeague CSAThe National Cup of the Bulgaria during this period is called the "Cup of the Soviet Army" EuropeTop goalscorer Division Pos Pl W D L GF GA GD PtsNameGoals 1948 – 49 Southern Division (II) 1st 10 7 2 1 28 9 +19 16 RR QT 3rd 12 4 5 3 23 17 +6 131949 – 50 The 1949 – 50 season starts normally, but after just two rounds played, it is abandoned so a reorganisation can take place. Qualification tournaments are set up, with Botev winning qualification through the Plovdiv one. This means the club should remain a member of the top division. However, as CSKA Sofia could not qualify for the division through the Sofiq qualifiers, the football union decides that CSKA should take Botev's place instead. Botev, on the other hand, is sent to the Plovdiv Regional Championship. A Group (I) 6th 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 2 RR 1950 PRC (III) 2nd 14 11 1 2 63 15 +48 23 RR 1951After one season in the Plovdiv Regional Championship, in 1950 the football authorities decide to compensate Botev for what they did to it an year earlier and grant the club a place in the top division for the 1951 season. A Group (I) 10th 22 6 5 11 26 32 -6 17 R16 1952 A Group 9th 22 9 1 12 17 25 -8 19 SF 1953 A Group (I) 11th 28 8 8 12 29 31 -2 24 R1 1954 B Group (II) 1st 22 14 8 0 47 9 +38 36 RR 1955 A Group (I) 10th 26 9 8 9 27 31 -4 26 SF 1956 A Group 3rd 22 9 7 6 27 20 +7 25 RU 1957 A Group 8th 22 6 7 9 22 33 -11 19 R16 1958Season 1958 is a transition season so everyone plays only one time against one another A Group 9th 11 3 3 5 14 18 -4 9 R16 1958 – 59 A Group 8th 22 8 6 8 28 41 -13 22 QF 1959 – 60 A Group 7th 22 8 5 9 30 31 -1 21 R16 1960 – 61 A Group 3rd 26 10 9 7 50 41 +9 29 SF Ivan Sotirov 20 1961 – 62 A Group 4th 26 8 11 7 43 38 +5 27 W 1962 – 63 A Group 2nd 30 17 6 7 55 26 +29 40 RU CWC – QF Georgi Asparuhov 20 1963 – 64 A Group 7th 30 13 4 13 43 54 -11 30 RU 1964 – 65 A Group 12th 30 9 9 12 40 49 -9 27 R32 1965 – 66 A Group 10th 30 9 9 12 41 39 +2 27 R16 Dobrin Nenov 14 1966 – 67 A Group 1st 3013 12 5 39 24 +15 38 GP Dinko Dermendzhiev 14 1967 – 68 A Group 6th 30 10 10 10 52 49 +3 30 GP EC – R32 Dinko Dermendzhiev 14 1968 – 69 A Group 6th 30 11 6 13 51 48 +3 28 SF ICFC – R1 Dinko Dermendzhiev 21 1969 – 70 A Group 4th 30 15 4 11 48 34 +14 34 QF Dinko Dermendzhiev 18 1970 – 71 A Group 5th 30 13 6 11 53 50 +3 32 QF ICFC – R1 1971 – 72 A Group 6th 34 14 7 13 54 37 +7 35 QF BC – W Dinko Dermendzhiev 16 1972 – 73 A Group 9th 34 12 8 14 44 44 0 32 QF 1973 – 74 A Group 10th 30 7 13 10 36 42 -6 27 R32 Dinko Dermendzhiev 13 1974 – 75 A Group 10th 30 12 4 14 41 55 -14 28 QF Ivan Pritargov 20 1975 – 76 A Group 6th 30 10 12 8 24 26 -2 32 R32 1976 – 77 A Group 11th 30 7 13 10 36 40 -4 27 R32 1977 – 78 A Group 4th 30 13 6 11 39 36 +3 32 QF Anton Milkov 14 1978 – 79 A Group 8th 30 9 11 10 45 45 0 29 R32 UC – R1 Georgi Slavkov 12 1979 – 80 A Group 5th 30 14 5 11 39 38 +1 33 R16 Krasimir Manolov 11

1980 – 1990 *The tournament for the Bulgarian Cup was established. At first, it was a secondary tournament, but from the 1982–83 season, it became the National Cup, with the Cup of the Soviet Army becoming the secondary tournament instead.

SeasonLeague BG Cup SA Cup* EuropeTop goalscorer Avg.Attend. Division Pos Pl W D L GF GA GD PtsNameGoals1980 – 81 A Group 3rd 30 15 5 10 64 40 +24 35 3rd W BC – RU Georgi Slavkov 31 1981 – 82 A Group 7th 30 13 4 13 46 42 +4 30 3rd R32 CWC – R32 Kostadin Kostadinov / Mitko Argirov 11 1982 – 83 A Group 3rd 30 16 6 8 62 40 +22 38 R16 R64 Antim Pehlivanov 20 13,7331983 – 84 A Group 9th 30 11 7 12 64 58 +6 29 RU R32Knocked out by Chirpan IC-GP Kostadin Kostadinov 15 14,2331984 – 85 A Group 3rd 30 15 5 10 68 32 +36 33 3rd R16 CWC – R16 Atanas Pashev 17 13,1001985 – 86 A Group 2nd 30 18 6 6 82 38 +44 41 R4 SF EC – R32Due to a fight among the footballers of CSKA and Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian Cup final of 1985, the title for 1985 was (temporarily) given to the team in third place for that year, Botev Plovdiv, which is why Botev played in the European Cup of 1985 – 86 Atanas Pashev 30 12,8001986 – 87 A Group 3rd 30 16 7 7 57 30 +27 39 R16 R16Knocked out by Dobrudzha Dobrich UC – R3 9,7331987 – 88 A Group 3rd 30 15 9 6 52 31 +21 39 QF R16 UC – R1 Atanas Pashev 17 12,6001988 – 89 A Group 4th 30 12 9 9 49 36 +13 33 SF R16 UC – R1 Antim Pehlivanov 11 8,5381989 – 90 A Group 7th 30 15 3 12 43 39 +4 33 R1 RU Antim Pehlivanov 13 11,133

1990 – *The Cup of the Soviet Army folds after the fall of communism in Bulgaria. In its place the BFU creates the Cup of the BFU, but it also folds after just one season. A few years later, the football authorities again try to establish a secondary cup competition through the creation of the Cup of the PFL (Professional Football League), but it survives just three seasons, as it was not taken seriously by the top clubs in Bulgaria. From the 2003 – 04 season, there is an annual match between the league champion and the Bulgarian Cup holder, which determines the winner of the Bulgarian Supercup.