FC National Sofia
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| Full name | Football Club National Sofia | ||
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| Founded | 1 June 2003 | ||
| Ground | NSA Stadium, Sofia | ||
| Capacity | 2,500 | ||
| Chairman | Blagomir Mutin | ||
| Manager | Stanislav Katrankov | ||
| League | A RFG Sofia | ||
| 2024–25 | 2nd | ||
| Website | https://www.fcnational.com/ | ||
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National Sofia (Bulgarian: Национал София) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the A RFG Sofia, the fourth division of the Bulgarian football league system. National's home ground is the NSA Stadium which has a capacity of 2,500 spectators.
2003-2023: Establishment as academy
National was establimished in 2003 as youth academy by Blagomir Mutin, who studied for football coach, but could not find a job, so decided to start his own academy.[1] By 2015, the academy become the largest in Bulgaria.[2] In 2017 the academy started a partnership with Dinamo Zagreb.[3]
2023-present: Joining the regional leagues
Having the success of being part of almost every youth league in Bulgaria, National finally decided to start a first team in 2023 and joined B Regional Group - Sofia.[4] The team won the league and got promoted to A RFG Sofia in 2024, starting with 12 consecutive wins.[5] The team begome popular with joining charity initiatives.[6] In August 2024 the team got involved in an accident with Levski Academy, when a fight was started between managers and parrents of both clubs.[7] In 2024 the team was eliminated by Rilski Sportist in the preliminary round for Bulgarian Cup.[8] In September 2024, National's head coach, Rosen Ilkov was signed by Saudi Arabian women's team United Eagles and his place was taken by Stanislav Katrankov.[9] In 2024–25 season they missed the chance to qualify for Third League, but at the start of 2025–26 season they were one of few team to have team in every Elite Youth leagues (U18, U17, U16, U15).[10]
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Players
Current squad
As of 19 September 2024[update]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Personnel
Managerial history
| Dates | Name | Honours |
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| 2023–2024 |  Rosen Ilkov |
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| 2024– | Stanislav Katrankov |