Businessmen from Sofia and Blagoevgrad want to take over the power in “Pirin”

A joint-stock company proposes to take over the management of FC “Pirin” – Blagoevgrad, and the mayor Metodi Baikushev submits the proposal for discussion in the municipal council.

Blagoevgrad resident Georgi Spasov and Sofia businessman Milen Stefanov submitted to the mayor of Blagoevgrad municipality a proposal for managerial participation in the development of the football club “Pirin” EOOD Blagoevgrad.

Spasov develops a successful business in the field of renewable energy sources and is known for helping many sports clubs and noble causes in Blagoevgrad for years. Milen Stefanov is the owner of an outsourcing telecommunications company operating in several markets in Europe.

The proposal is from “PFK PIRIN 22” AD, whose majority shareholders are the two businessmen. They have a serious credit for getting the club out of the difficult financial situation in which it was left at the end of 2023.

Spasov and Stefanov propose to take over the right for OFK “Pirin” EOOD to participate in the BFS championships and tournaments from next season through a management company. According to the proposal, the municipal football club will become a shareholder in the private joint-stock company, acquiring 10% free of charge (20,000 shares) and broadcast a representative on the board of directors.

Mayor Metodi Baikushev submitted the proposal for consideration in the Municipal Council. In his letter to the councilors, Mayor Baikushev reminds that OFK “Pirin” Blagoevgrad was established in 2012. Over the years, the municipality of Blagoevgrad has been the main benefactor and guarantor of the existence of football. However, maintaining a professional football club in the first echelon is not within the power of only In the period 2019 – 2023, based on an approved business plan, a successful cooperation with Paul Belogur, who invested a lot in football in Blagoevgrad, was carried out according to the same model that Spasov and Stefanov are offering now contract with a management company in which the municipality of Blagoevgrad has a stake.

After the termination of the cooperation with Paul Belogur, it is impossible for the Municipality of Blagoevgrad to provide the overall maintenance of the company. At the moment, the representative men’s team of the company competes in the First Professional League, fighting to stay in the league in the next sports competition year. At the same time, the company has to overcome the heavy financial legacy and accumulated liabilities in 2023.

The representatives of AD have declared their readiness to present their business plan for the development of FC “Pirin” Blagoevgrad to the municipal council, which must decide on their proposal at the meeting on 04/26/2024.