Velbazhd Kyustendil
Velbazhd Kyustendil (Bulgarian: Велбъжд Кюстендил) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Kyustendil. The club currently competes in the A RFG Kyustendil, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football.
| Full name | Футболен клуб „Велбъжд“ Кюстендил (English: Velbazhd Kyustendil Football Club) | ||
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| Founded | 1919 | ||
| Ground | Osogovo Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 13,000 | ||
| Chairman | Iliyan Hadzhiyski | ||
| Manager | Ivan Marinov - Maslara | ||
| League | A RFG Kyustendil | ||
| 2020-21 | 18th (relegated) | ||
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The club was founded in 1919. Velbazhd have spent most of their playing history between the second and third tiers of the Bulgarian football league system. They won first promotion to the A Group in 1954, and have played a total of 7 seasons in the top flight, with a longest continuous spell of six seasons (1995–2001). This is generally seen as the club's most successful period. Velbazhd finished third in A Group in 1999, 2000 and 2001, competed in the Intertoto Cup in the 2000–01 season, and reached the Bulgarian Cup final in 2001.