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| 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 | ||
| 2023–24 | A RFG Kyustendil (Osogovo subgroup), 1st | ||
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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.
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. The club first won promotion to the A Group in 1954, and have played a total of 7 seasons in the top flight, with the longest continuous spell being 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.