International children’s football tournament in Panagyurishte

12 Bulgarian and Macedonian football teams of the 2008 age group competed for the “Thracian Hoteliers” cup in the children’s football tournament of the same name, which lasted two days, from 20 to 21 May, and was held in Panagyurishte. The foreign teams competing for the cup were FC Vardar - Skopje, Pandev Academy from Strumica, Macedonia, “Shooters” - Thessaloniki, and the Romanian “Universitatea” - Craiova. They competed against our FC “Lokomotiv” - Sofia, FC “Lokomotiv” - Plovdiv, FC Minyor - Pernik, FC Chernomorets - Burgas, “Lyon” - Plovdiv, FC Levski Rakovski, the local “Oborishte” - Panagyurishte, FC National - Sofia and FC Levski - Sofia.

After a hard-fought final against FC Levski Sofia, the young footballers of “Vardar” - Skopje took the “Thracian Hoteliers” title in Panagyurishte for children’s football teams of the 2008 age group. Levski Sofia finished second; third place went to the newcomers FC “Septemvri” - Simitli, and Pandev Academy - Strumica finished fourth.

The “blue pride” Georgi Ivanov - Gonzo presented the cups for first and second place and congratulated the young football hopefuls.