Hristo Botev Stadium (Plovdiv) Hristo Botev Stadium (Plovdiv) Hristo Botev Stadium () is a football stadium in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It is the home ground of Botev Ploviv. It was originally named The College and is still known by this name among the fans, because in the early 20th century the pitch was owned by the Catholic College of Saint Augustine. The stadium hosted the 2000 Bulgarian Cup Final. In the past it has also been used as a home ground by other football teams from the city; Lokomotiv Plovdiv played their home matches on the venue during the second half of the 1979–80 season,
Plovdiv in Silistra Eyalet between 1593 and 1826, the sanjak centre in Eyalet of Adrianople between 1826 and1867 and the sanjak centre of Edirne Vilayet between 1867 and 1878. During that period Plovdiv was a major economic center along with Constantinople, Edirne, and Thessaloniki. The richer citizens constructed beautiful houses many of which can still be seen in the Architectural reserve Old Plovdiv. Under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, Filibe (as the city was known at that time) was a focal point for the Bulgarian national movement and survived as one of the major cultural centers for Bulgarian culture and