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| Full name | Professional Football Club Spartak Plovdiv 1947 | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Гладиаторите (The Gladiators) | |||
| Founded | 15 November 1947 | |||
| Ground | Stadion Todor Diev Plovdiv, Bulgaria | |||
| Capacity | 3,500 | |||
| Chairman | Dinko Milenchev | |||
| Manager | Ivan Kochev | |||
| League | Southeast Third League | |||
| 2023-24 | Southeast Third League, 3rd | |||
| Website | https://spartakplovdiv.bg/ | |||
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PFC Spartak Plovdiv (Bulgarian: ПФК Спартак Пловдив) is a Bulgarian football club based in Plovdiv, which plays in the third tier of Bulgarian football, the Third League. The club was established in 1947 and folded its senior team in 2016, before being 'refounded' in 2017. Spartak currently plays its home matches at the 3,000-seat Todor Diev Stadium in the Kichuk Parizh district of Plovdiv. The stadium is named after the club's all-time greatest player Todor Diev.
Established in 1947, following the communist takeover in Bulgaria, Spartak was first enrolled in the second tier in 1952, before achieving promotion to the A Group a year later. Spartak has won two major honors, the Bulgarian Cup in 1958 and the league title in 1963. Spartak also participated in the Balkans Cup, where the team has finished as runner-up. The club has played a total of 17 seasons in the top tier A Group, most recently in 1997.