A brief glimpse into the past

Team, Place & City Details

FC Rilski Sportist Samokov

FC Rilski Sportist is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Samokov founded in 1947 and currently playing in the South-West Third League. Their home stadium is Iskar Stadium.

FC Velbazhd Kyustendil

F.C. Velbazhd is a Bulgarian association football club based in Kyustendil. The club currently competes in the A RFG Kyustendil, following relegation from the South-West Third League at the end of the 2018–19 season.

Battle of Velbazhd

The Battle of Velbazhd is a battle which took place between Bulgarian and Serbian armies on 28 July 1330, near the town of Velbazhd (present day Kyustendil).The growing power of the Serbian Kingdom from the late 13th century raised serious concerns in the traditional Balkan powers Bulgaria and Byzantine Empire which agreed for joint military actions against Serbia in 1327. Three years later the bulk of the Bulgarian and Serbian armies clashed at Velbazhd and the Bulgarians were caught by surprise.

Kyustendil
Kyustendil

Kyustendil is a town in the far west of Bulgaria, the capital of the Kyustendil Province, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see. The town is situated in the southern part of the Kyustendil Valley, near the borders of Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia; 90 km southwest of Sofia, 130 km northeast of Skopje and 243 km north of Thessaloniki.

Dejanović noble family
Dejanović noble family

The Dejanović or Dragaš (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгаш, pl.