 A football (initially called ритнитоп, "ritnitop", "kickball") match was first played in Varna's High School for Boys in 1894, where it was introduced by Georges de Regibus, and the game was brought to Sofia by Charles Champaud the following year.The rules of the game were published in Bulgarian by Swiss teachers in the "Uchilishten pregled" magazine in 1897, and football continued to gain popularity in the early 20th century.Among the founders of the Turkish team Galatasaray in 1905 was the Bulgarian Lycée de Galatasaray student Blagoy Balakchiev, and the first Bulgarian club, "Futbol Klub", was established in Sofia in 1909 on the initiative of Sava Kirov.