FC Rodopa Smolyan

FC Rodopa (ФК Родопа) is a Bulgarian football club based in Smolyan, which currently plays in the South-East Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football league system. The team was named after the Rhodope Mountains and plays its home matches at the local Stadion Septemvri. Rodopa’s traditional home kit consists of green and white.

Rodopa
Full nameFootball Club Rodopa Smolyan
Founded1927 (1927)
GroundStadion Septemvri
Capacity6 000
Chairman Petar Mandzhukov
Manager Yuliyan Syurdzhiev
LeagueSouth-East Third League
2021–22South-East Third League, 8th

Rodopa was founded in 1927. The club spent the majority of its history playing between the second and third tiers of Bulgarian football. In 2003, Rodopa managed to promote to the A Group for the first time in its history. The team managed to remain four seasons in the top division, before suffering relegation at the end of the 2006–07 season. Since then, the club has returned to lower leagues.

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