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| Full name | Професионален Общински Футболен Клуб Ботев Враца Professional Municipal Football Club Botev Vratsa | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Зелените Лъвове (The Green Lions) | |||
| Founded | 1921 | |||
| Ground | Stadion Hristo Botev | |||
| Capacity | 25,000 (8,935 seated) | |||
| Owner | Vratsa Municipality | |||
| Chairman | Hristo Iliev | |||
| Head coach | Hristo Yanev | |||
| League | First League | |||
| 2023–24 | First League, 14th of 16 | |||
| Website | http://www.botev-vratsa.com/ | |||
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Botev (Bulgarian: Ботев) is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Vratsa, that competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football.
The club was founded in 1921. Since 1948, Botev have played their home games at Stadion Hristo Botev. It is situated in the Hristo Botev sport complex, in the east part of Vratsa. The stadium originally had 25,000 seats. After a recent reconstruction, which took place in 2008, 2009, 2015 and in 2022, the stadium has 9 reconstructed seated sectors with a total of 8 935 seats.
Botev's longest continuous period in the top tier was 26 consecutive seasons between 1964 and 1990. The club's highest ever league finish came in 1970–71 when it finished third in the top flight.