Minyor Pernik

Description:

Based in the western Bulgarian city of Pernik, Minyor (sometimes transliterated as Minior or Minjor) make their return to the A Group after seven years in the wilderness. This will be Minyor's 34th season in the first division but despite all those years at the top they've yet to win a major trophy - a pair of 4th place finishes and a losing cup final appearance being the best they've done. The club's name translates as Miner, reflecting the history of mining which has long driven the economy in the region.

Minyor's official foundation date is typically ambiguous, ranging from 1919 to 1952 although 1944 seems the most logical. That year a club named Rudnichar was formed by the merger of several local Pernik clubs - Krakra, who competed in the first Bulgarian championship in 1924 (founded 1919), Svetkavitsa (1932), Benkovski (1936) and ZhSK (1941). Two years later, to celebrate the formation of the Republic of Bulgaria, Rudnichar was renamed to Republicanets-46. Another name change two years later to Torpedo then in 1952 to Minyor. These last two names reflect the name of one of the major industrial organizations in the company. In 1969 the Minyor organization merged with Minyor, another important industrial organization in Pernik, under the name Krakra Pernishki. The two football clubs of the same names completed the same merger. A year later the name was changed to Pernik and three years after that the name changed for the final time (so far) to Minyor. In 2001 Minyor again absorbed Metalurg (who had been relaunched in the years after their 1969 merger).

Both of the club's main nicknames - The Miners and the Hammers - unsurprisingly reflect the club and region's long relationship with mining.

Stadion Minyor:

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