Battle for Thrace or Thracian derby (Bulgarian: Битката за Тракия) is the name of the local derby football match between PFC Botev Plovdiv and PFC Beroe Stara Zagora.

Battle for Thrace
Other namesThracian derby
Botev Plovdiv vs Beroe Stara Zagora
TeamsPFC Botev Plovdiv
PFC Beroe Stara Zagora
First meetingBeroe 3–2 Botev
(1958; 66 years ago (1958))
Latest meeting26 February 2022, Beroe 1–1 Botev
Next meeting28 May 2022 Botev Plovdiv Beroe
Stadiums
Hristo Botev Stadium Botev
Botev 1912 Football Complex Botev
Beroe Stadium Beroe
Statistics
Meetings total105
Most winsBotev (40)
All-time seriesBotev: 40
Drawn: 27
Beroe: 38
Largest victoryBotev - Beroe 8-1
(22 December 1986)

Parva Liga match statistics

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As of 13 October 2019
Games played Botev wins Draws Beroe wins Botev goals Beroe goals
Botev in Parva Liga at home 52 34 13 9 111 48
Beroe in Parva Liga at home 53 11 17 30 70 99
Parva Liga 105 45 30 39 181 147

Head-to-head ranking in First League (1948–2022)

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P. 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
1 1 1
2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
11 11 11 11 11 11
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
14 14 14 14 14 14
15 15 15
16 16 16 16
17
18

Total: Beroe Stara Zagora with 19 higher finishes, Botev Plovdiv with 32 higher finishes (as of the end of the 2021–22 season).

Trophies

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National Competition Botev Plovdiv Beroe Stara Zagora
Bulgarian Championship 2 1
Bulgarian Cup 4 2
Bulgarian Supercup 1 1
Balkans Cup 1 4
Total 8 8


Botev Plovdiv and Beroe Stara Zagora are the only Bulgarian clubs, which managed to win at least once all major Bulgarian club tournaments (Bulgarian Championship, Bulgarian Cup, Bulgarian Supercup) and Balkans Cup

Statistics

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Biggest wins

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Botev wins

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8:1 - 22 December 1986[1]
6:0 - 17 November 1968[2]
4:1 - 1 December 2018[3]
4:1 - 12 December 1984[4]

Beroe wins

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5:2 - 7 August 1999[5]
3:0 - 21 September 1986[6]
3:0 - 26 April 2010[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Botev biggest win". a-pfg.com (in Bulgarian).
  2. ^ "Botev second biggest win". a-pfg.com (in Bulgarian).
  3. ^ "Botev third biggest win". a-pfg.com (in Bulgarian).
  4. ^ "Botev third biggest win". a-pfg.com (in Bulgarian).
  5. ^ "Beroe biggest win". a-pfg.com (in Bulgarian).
  6. ^ "Beroe second biggest win". a-pfg.com (in Bulgarian).
  7. ^ "Beroe second biggest win". a-pfg.com (in Bulgarian).


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