Full name | Футболен Клуб Миньор Перник (Football Club Minyor Pernik) | ||
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Nickname(s) | Чуковете (The Hammers) | ||
Founded | 16 April 1919 as SC Krakra | ||
Ground | Stadion Minyor, Pernik | ||
Capacity | 8000 | ||
Manager | Hristo Gospodinov | ||
League | Second League | ||
2023–24 | Southwest Third League, 1st (promoted) | ||
Website | http://minyor-pernik.bg/ | ||
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FC Minyor (Bulgarian: ФК Миньор) is a football club in Pernik, Bulgaria, currently competing in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. Founded in 1919 as SC Krakra, the club's home ground since 1954 has been Stadion Minyor. The club's name comes from the fact that the area around the city of Pernik has had long traditions with mining and the mining industry.
The club's highest league finish in the top division is fourth, which was achieved in the 1955 and 1960–61 seasons. Minyor played in the Bulgarian Cup Final in 1958, finishing runners-up to Spartak Plovdiv.
Minyor has spent a total of 38 seasons in the top tier of Bulgarian football, most recently during the 2012–13 season.