Topic: Bitcoin Club Botev Plovdid (Read 949 times)

@notblox1, I cannot say with certainty, but it seems to me that both clubs have a motive to play in any european league, even if it is a Conference League - which still brings some kind of income for the clubs. Perhaps the better question is which of those two clubs is more motivated to go to that competition.

I don't know about Botev Plovdid, but for every club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, playing even in the Conference League is a big deal.

Than he knows the club Botev is playing against very well, and I think they will have advantage to win in two matches.
But I am not sure how motivated both teams are to play Conference League, maybe they consider it more as a friendly match to warm up for domestic league.

Yeah, it is like killing two birds with one stone. This is a win-win situation as well because aside from their brand, we can see that Bitcoin is also being highlighted there. IDK if this club is new or unfamous because I haven't heard of this before but if it is, then I don't think what you said there is going to happen that users around the world are buying this shirt because if we are into this, we will usually check our favourite club first if they are also selling a merch and if yes, we are going to prioritize them but if they don't sell, then we may still not consider the others or until we get familiarize ourselves on them.

About the colour of the shirt, I think this is only common in a jersey shirt. No offense but even many of their design, type of shirt, etc.. are not that great in quality. IDK why but I guess it's because they are not like a typical shirt that we will wear when we visit the mall, hehe.

@notblox1, BP is coming to my neighborhood, and it seems that it won't be easy for them (again) considering that they are playing with Zrinjski from Mostar, who lost in the first game against Slovenian NK Bravo at home, but then won away from home, which shows that they have a strong character.

The interesting thing is that the current coach of BP is a former Zrinjski player with whom he won the championship in 2005 - he will surely be glad to return to Mostar after so long. Otherwise, on the official website of the club from Mostar, they made an effort to introduce their fans to the club they will play against, but Bitcoin was not even mentioned as an interesting fact.

For those who want to know more ->

https://hskzrinjski.ba/pfk-botev-plovdiv-upoznajmo-naseg-sljedeceg-protivnika/

This season in Europe League for Botev Plovdid is finished but they still have a chance to stay in Conference League.
This is not my favorite competition in Europe but it would be good to see how Botev Plovdid can do against Zrinjski in few days.
Another day to promote Bitcoin after one of the biggest crashes 

Panathinaikos stopped playing after they had 2-0 in the first game and probably underestimated them a bit which then gave more space for Botev and this might made them looked better than they actually are, while PAO took it way more seriously (+ Botev having some bad luck) in the 2nd game and result is what we saw.


Heh, will be interesting to see whether bitcoin performance may actually help them in the long run. Either way, gonna keep an eye on them. 

I expected much more from them, but obviously the first match misled us that they have a chance against a club that is at a much higher level (when they want to play, of course). There were still some "unexpected" results, so my bet wouldn't have passed even if BP played a draw - and maybe their game will improve when they can buy some better players, and the next BTC bull run could help them in that.

I knew it was a long shot, therefore those odds.



Its was obvious from the start of the game that Panathinaikos took it way more seriously than the first game and that's the result. [/quote] The only real chance Botev had was when I was hey hit the bar at 0-1 but then after that they scored own goal. If that went in, we might have watched a different game.

This is a nice way to do marketing while increase the income, for sure users around the World are buying a shirt with their names on it. Personal y I dont like the colores combination, the yellow and Black looks like a Bee team, lol, but is a nice step from them to allow bitcoin payments.

Sorry for losing your bet, they conceded 4 goals in this match, but this was very risky
Botev Plovdiv dream in Europa League is finished for this season, I expected more resistance from them at home, but this is a big experience for the next season.

Sportsbet is giving 7.0 odds on Botev qualifying for the next round, so I decided to go for it. I know it's a long shot (and I didn't bet much), but PAO didn't look so convincing, and Botev is definitely not without its chances on their home ground.

Having said that, I would still like PAO to advance to the next round so I can watch some good games live. Then again, whoever wins this round won't have an easy job against Ajax.  



edit: feeling kinda stupid now, Botev is loosing 0-3. 

Tonight is the return match and as far as I can see, the odds on BP are around 5.00, which looks very tempting. Even a double chance doesn't look bad, and in any case, I will try to choose few of today's matches so that I can cheer for the BTC team tonight.

Various ways to express a community about what they like, and this time the football club carries a concept that has never been thought of by most people out there. This club is not only interesting but very unique and can present a bitcoin payment method with a product, be it a shirt or other type with the Bitcoin logo. Botev Plovdiv sounds strange because this club is not famous even though by carrying bitcoin it has become our attention.

and the most interesting thing about this club is its president, Anton Zingarevich, based on my search, he is the figure behind the brilliant idea of ​​adopting bitcoin for his payment method in collaboration with BTCPay Server.

Additional information besides Botev Plovdiv FC, previously there was the Real Bedford FC based in England also adopted Bitcoin.


reading resources: 1, 2, 3, 4

Yep, they were actually pretty solid and better than I expected so PAO won't have an easy job defending that 2-1 lead from the first game.


Many Athenians usually leave the city in the mid July and only come back in the late August so that's one of the reasons for the low attendance but the main one was that Gate 13 (their ultras group) are in the fight with the club leadership and were boycotting the game. So something like BBB did for many years when Mamic was at the helm of Dinamo.

This made me think that this club is heavily invested in Bitcoin.  Probably they are doing this stunt for marketing and to expose Bitcoin more to sports people in order to have these people engaged in Bitcoin.  This club won't be doing this kind of advertisement if they won't profit from the marketing.  Despite that possible intention, I still think it is cool  .


But still, the possibility of the club being heavily invested in Bitcoin is high.  They had been influenced by the Bulgarian government and the way they do the marketing and how they enthusiastically wave the logo of Bitcoin on their social media platform somehow speak for it, IMO.

I was able to watch only the first half and Pao was expectedly better and they scored the first goal very early, but after a doubtful situation in which Botev Plovdiv was not awarded a penalty kick, Pao received a penalty kick due to an evidently sharp start and scored the second goal.

I looked at the most interesting details from the second half and Botev Plovdiv was much better and more dangerous and they managed to score a goal from a very nice action, and they had another VAR check for a possible penalty kick that was not awarded.

After all, I can conclude that Botev Plovdiv has a good chance in the return match in front of their fans. As you can see in the video, the stadium in Athens was half empty, but in the middle of summer and high temperatures, people are not really interested in football.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik7hv6ewPII

Can you send me PM with more details?

If you are on the stadium today it would be fantastic if you could send few pictures from the match

Today is another day for Botev Plovid in Europa League and they are visiting Greece to play against Panathinaikos.
Home team is a huge favorite but I think Botev has a chance to make positive result here, that is a draw or losing with one goal difference.
Odds are amazing on Botev, but asian handicap is safer and pays nice.


https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/international-clubs/uefa-europa-league/panathinaikos-athens-v-botev-plovdiv-669cbaf326cfeb0001aad98e

Yeah I know that all those can have an effect, but the last IPTV I tested gave me the same problem across several different platforms (SmartTV, PC and media player) while I have fiber internet, meaning problem was on their side.


Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.


Yes please, I am willing to give it another try.


My pleasure.

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Regarding the PAO vs Plovdiv tonight, temperature finally dropped a little bit in Athens ("only" 31 atm  ) today which will make it a little bit easier on players to actually perform.  

Lol, maybe I was trying to make things difficult for them. I know that in practice, adopting a decentralized system in an organisation is not feasible, especially as it concerns decision making and finance control.
Thanks Rikafip for reminding me that here is not decentralized, I had thought I am in a decentralized forum for about 3yrs now

@rdbase, as far as I know, Bulgaria really came into possession of a certain amount of BTC, which it then sold. This was confirmed by their finance minister.



In fact, I have something that turned out to be a very good service that can be paid for with BTC - definitely one of the best IPTV services I've had. However, what I have concluded is that apart from the speed of the internet, the device you are watching on and the software you are watching through play a big role in the whole thing.

In any case, you can get a test so you can check the quality - I'll send you a link via PM.

If you are still looking for an IPTV subscription, I can PM you a service that I use. It's very cheap and good for that price. You can pay either with fiat or crypto. It's a guy from the Balkans. He has 24-hour test lines, so you can check the quality before buying a subscription. Let me know if you want to try.

Well, this is amazing what the Bulgarian club Botev Plovdid has taken as a step to advance along with the bitcoin technology because, it's a reality that bitcoin just like the internet is gradually taking over the world as preferred option for business transactions by institutions and individuals. What interest me more is that they are also educating their fans, sponsors and the players on how they can use bitcoin and they didn't just stop there but going as far as  giving some Sats back for every transaction. Bulgaria is one country in the world I know where bitcoin adoption is thriving and the government is officially not for or against it with their policies.

Why would they need to implement bitcoin principles  like decentralization in every part of their club, including how they function? Them being so involved in bitcoin is already a great thing, let's not overdo it and have holier than thou attitude. 

After all, bitcointalk as a forum that is made for the purpose of discussing about bitcoin is not decentralized at all and majority (if not all) power is in the hands of one man.

This is a great move and a welcome development for bitcoin and I’m sure it will give more visibility to bitcoin within that region and the sporting and football industry.
The coins move was a very smart one and this will not just give bitcoin more visibility in their country but will draw the attention of investor and bitcoin enthusiasts to the club and this is a sign that the club is already advancing and making great improvements

What do you mean by them behaving like bitcoin because they already made it obvious that they accept bitcoin and as such, I don’t think it will possible for them for them to hide their identity.

This is cool. I love it.

No one fights for bitcoin without bitcoin having their back. Even if they adopted bitcoin to build their image,  it is not a wrong decision. In as much as they are promoting bitcoin, bitcoin should also have a way to reciprocate the promotion.

Meanwhile, do they also adopt decentralization in decision making and the rest of it. It doesn't just end in bitcoin as an icon or currency, they they behave the bitcoin way?

Exactly! I didn't want to push it too hard as there will be some other (more important) ocassions when I gonna need approval (for example Dinamo qualification game for CL which is sometimes on 20th/21st August). Gotta choose the battles.  


Meh, I kinda gave up on IPTV. Few months ago I tried one service here from bitcointalk and it worked so bad that I ended up watching games via free streams that were more stable and less buffering than IPTV. Luckily it was only 24 hour trial so I didn't waste my precious bitcoin on a bad service.

Do you have something that is reliable, and that can be paid with BTC?

They are putting it everywhere in front of their faces.
Bitcoin flags, logos and advertisement is everywhere on stadium and some people dont like that ans they are protesting against that.
I am not against Bitcoin but I can understand why they are doing that.

Botev Plovdid is a club in private ownership, it has nothing to do with Bulgarian government.

Yep, At least hardware wallets, some kind of ticket terminal with BTC payments.
It is much easier to the small club to include such innovations. They have small bookkeeping, small salaries. The don`t need to change hundreds of regulations to include BTC. And the result differs. EPL club willn`t attract much money with using BTC. And Botev Plovdiv - can do it. So big clubs has no reasons to work a lot without increasing profit.

Remembered something I had posted about several years ago with Bulgaria holding a vast amount of bitcoin.
And now they have a football club embracing it as a shoulder badge.


But then seen this posted about it on a news reel from exactly a year ago:
Bulgaria Government Does Not Own $6 Billion Worth of Bitcoin

Additional equipment? I guess you mean BTC wallets, maybe hardware wallets - or maybe the club uses some local CEX where it "stores" coins, and its players use accounts on the same and can convert BTC to fiat at the moment the club pays it. Be that as it may, the club has obviously found a solution - and if a "small" club can do it, then it shouldn't be a problem for bigger and richer clubs.

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A man has to adapt to everything if he wants to have peace in the house, and maybe some other time the wife will show a little more grace for watching the game live

I plan to watch the match on IPTV, so I hope to find a program on which the stream will work without problems.

The cool thing is that they didn't just adopt bitcoin to boost their image or anything because with a club like that that go far back as World War 1. Their adoption of bitcoin is in my estimation their own small contribution to the advancing bitcoin adoption amongst their fan base and Bulgaria at large. This is a visionary club with visionary leaders. They even have a role called Director of Bitcoin integration and Outreach.  Anyone is a bitcoin enthusiasts will then be easily drawn to them not even because they want them to win any league but because bitcoin.

Even if there are no problems with the law, there are problems with BTC. You have to but additional equipment to use BTC, you have to tech employees how to use it. If you pay some bonuses to players - you have to make changes in their contracts. And i don`t know how it can work - you pay $65.000 and today it means that you transfer 1 BTC, but tomorrow the player see that he has $63.000 and has questions. And there are huge quantity of questions, you have to solve before BTC use. In the small club it is much easier.

It's not like Botev is forcing bitcoin down the throat of those who don't want it. No fan or player is forced to receive, pay, or engage with bitcoin if they don't want to. I wouldn't pay attention to what certain hooligans who call themselves fans are doing, and what justifications they find for their actions. Just add "they were bitcoiners" to the list of "they were different nationality, religion, skin colour, height, gender, spoke weird, walked funny", etc., so we had to attack them to defend our way of life. 

I think Bitcoin helped Botev Plovdid to sign better players for this season and they wanted to go in European competition to get more attention.
But not all fans like Bitcoin, I saw video report when some ultra fans got in fight with some reporters because they are very anti-bitcoin.

If you go to stadium try to get a shirt from them  
Panathinaikos vs Botev Plovdiv is played on Thursday July 25, and I think it should be hot atmosphere when Greek team plays against Bulgarian team.

Well, in a previous round these guys kicked out Maribor who are not a bad team at all, so they can certainly be dangerous and will have their chances against PAO. Having said that,even though I appreciate what Botev is doing with bitcoin, as a Dinamo Zagreb fan (which are traditionally close to PAO) and someone who travel to Athens on the regular basis and have friends there, I hope for greeks to win (but won't be sad if Botev goes further either).


Wife informed me that she a;ready has some plans for Thursday so no live football for me (big disappointment as I was hoping to experience the famous "horto magiko" chant once again), but I'll watch it in a bar for sure.


Yep, on paper tokenization makes sense with clubs that have socios model, but its entirely different thing to actually make it work in practice.

I absolutely agree there, because I have never been a fan of any tokens, regardless of the fact that they make some sense when it comes to football clubs - but on the example of one club that you probably know about, we can see that things don't look very promising. Maybe it's different with clubs that have a much larger fan base, but Botev Plovdiv is definitely doing something completely different.

However, I didn't know about it until a few days ago when I happened to see a post in WO, and then someone bumped this topic. In a few days there is a match in Athens, and I am sure that after that many more people will support Botev Plovdiv.

Yes, but that tokenization isn't real adoption, plus they aren't using bitcoin. Like you said, they came up with their own fan tokens that they sell to fans and allow them to influence certain club aspects and changes of small significance. The only goal there is to add more revenue to the club.

Botev works with bitcoin. Individuals can pay with it and the club pays its players with BTC. That, to me, is more significant than fan tokens and shirt sponsorships of exchanges and other crypto services. 

even if they are a small club in a relatively small country they have access to major league in their country and they have access to EUROPEAN competitions!
this could provide a lot of visibility in terms of audience/sponsor exposure and so on. I am not surprised that big club are trying their fortune with "fans token". Leave them to handle such sh*t...
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/list-t-shirtssoccer-teams-sponsored-by-blockchain-companies-5363220 here a full list of all teams that have sponsors related bitcoin/blockchain world.

It depends on what you consider a small country, because if we look at the size, there are at least 100+ countries that are smaller in area than Bulgaria, and also about 100 countries that have fewer inhabitants.


If we exclude China, those few countries where BTC is banned are in much bigger problems anyway than having such a ban - and the rest of the world has no problem with BTC as an alternative currency. Big clubs are always looking for a way to make as much money as possible, but that doesn't mean that their managements are intelligent enough to understand that Bitcoin could help them in this.

It is small club in small country. They use all opportunities to attract attention. Big clubs don`t need it. I think they can have problems with tax services. In some countries BTC is prohibited. They don`t want any problems for using BTC. May be several years later.
But the same time, i see that some clubs(even EPL) have some BTC advertising on their shirts.

I often read about the Botev Plovdiv shop, for me it is an extraordinary thing for sports and Bitcoin fans or for those who are fanatics of Nakamoto and the creator of Bitcoin, This is interesting and I am also interested in ordering a t-shirt that says the first three Bitcoin names and Nakamoto's last name. On the front right it says my name personally.

I have seen special things done by the Botev Plovdiv club by embracing new partners and sports fans to introduce them more about Bitcoin, so that they understand Bitcoin properly, Not only seen as a gambling transaction, Botev Plovdiv will prove the best things for Bitcoin fans in the future.

Thank you notblox1 for sharing this information, I hope to do something from Botev Plovdiv.

How cool is that!
It’s interesting how football have often taken the league at getting head starts at these and that innovation and you could really get massive campaigns from football. This one is overly campaigned and it’s nice. Watford FC in the EPL before they got relegated to the championship had their moment but, it wasn’t as massive as this one. I wish it were though, it would have lead to most teams trying to copy from what they would have seen to boost the club's finance due to fans acceptance of the innovation and what good it would have meant for Bitcoin.

This is yet another good one from the Bulgarian club and with them making such a promotion of it, I could imagine what it means for the fans over there and such awareness that it’s created.

There are a lot of clubs that somehow got into crypto waters, but only through tokenization, which they obviously think can bring them profit. As in all other aspects of life, Bitcoin has a very negative connotation for many, because they only listen to official channels, and what people in power say is still the most important for the majority.

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They couldn't have sent a better message - because someone can say that it's bad if you don't invest in BTC, but I say that it's even worse if you invested in something you don't understand. For most, investing in BTC is just an attempt to make a short-term profit, but then they panic and sell as soon as their investment loses 5% in value.

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Honestly, I don't follow club football that much, so I don't know what the chances of these clubs are - but from some past times, the Greek football league always seemed to me to be of better quality than the Bulgarian one. However, times are changing and everyone knows how to play football today - so I hope that we will see two good matches and that the guys who promote BTC will win in the end.

Have a good time in Athens and at the match

I am in Athens at the moment and will be for the next 10 days and was thinking about going to watch the first game live (I try to watch few PAO games per year when they play on Olympic Stadium as atmosphere is insane) and now I have even bigger reason to actually see the game since Botev is so deeply involved in bitcoin. Just have to check with my boss (read wife) first.


To be fair, PAO is a clear favorite here but anything can happen in two games. Either way, even if they get kicked out of EL they won't be kicked out of Europe alltogether and will continue in Conference League meaning more games to spread the word.  

It's fascinating to see the Ultras of the club writing such a message on a tifo: "If you understand Bitcoin, you buy it." This shows that even the fans of this club fully support Bitcoin and are actively promoting it. Beside that, I have noticed that this club is rolling many events for fans and those who purchase their merchandise. Giving back rewards to fans is a great initiative that not only supports the football team but also helps promote Bitcoin, building trust among other people and football fans.

Honestly, when I first read about this topic, I never realized that this team has such a long history and competes in the first professional league. It seems to be a unique move, as most teams involved in such initiatives (promoting Bitcoin or Crypto) are typically newer or play in lower leagues.

Regarding gambling, it's clear that many fans have moved to crypto casinos for their gambling activities. We also can see that the club even has a casino as a sponsor on their shirts, likely accepting Bitcoin as a payment method.

The club is doing several interesting things that involves bitcoin, both for fans and its players. For example, you can buy tickets and merchandise at their fan store with BTC. Fans get cashback in BTC. Botev has partnered with BTCPayServer to make all that possible. Also, players receive bonuses and can request a part of their salary in bitcoin. I am surprised that more clubs haven't done the same.

A few days ago I saw a picture in WO from a match of this club - and I must admit that it is the first time I have heard that they are so connected to Bitcoin. I have no doubt that they benefit from it and I hope that they will manage to get as far as possible in the Europa League, although Pao does not seem like an easy opponent at all.

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I will certainly make an effort to watch their match, at least the one they will play in front of their fans

Botev Plovdiv is an excellent advertisement for Bitcoin. According to their recent tweet, over 1 million people watched their game against Maribor. Considering the popularity of Panathinaikos, it's fair to say that even more potential bitcoiners will watch their next two matches. 

Botev Plovdid is going in next stage of Europa League after they played 2:2 draw in second match against Maribor!
This was enough for them to qualify to next stage after winning the first match in Bulgaria.
In next round Botev Plovdid is playing against Panathinaikos from Greece.
https://botevplovdiv.bg/botev-otstrani-maribor

I don`t sure, but as i remember - Watford wanted to make print BTC and sell shirts in 18-19 season. Today they have Stake.com as a sponsor
Benfica sold souvenirs for cryptocurrencies the same time, Miami Dolphins accepted LTC for payment, West Ham and some more teams created their fan tokens, etc.
So it is not new idea to get some more money from cryptocurrency users.

I don't feel surprised at all about this information because football clubs have already started adopting cryptocurrencies for a very long time now. As of 2019, when I fully gave my time to learning about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, there were some football fan altcoins I knew about. The first fan token I know about was AC Milan, etc. I am really impressed that Botev Plovdid have to take this action even before some of the other big clubs like Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal, etc. Although I still believe that Bitcoin has a lot more good news to spark, as time goes on, many other big firms will continue to adopt and use it, which will bring about more popularity and adoption for Bitcoin. 

Why not surprising? Has any football club done this before? I think the ones that I saw are only being sponsored by a crypto gambling or crypto exchange. Also the one here can sell their shirt and other items using BTC as payment method, and yeah it's so cool. Don't worry about the funds because like I and OP said, they are having a business and then they might also accept donations.

For sure, a lot of BTC/crypto enthusiast are going to donate at them as they love their initiative, and what if one day they can also get a sponsorship? But I think, fame is not enough to get one but they also need to play better, if in case they don't yet.

Of course i don`t see something bad in it. We live in the real world and everybody needs money. So if they have an opportunity to get money using BTC - i can only applaud it. At least several fans will teach how to use BTC, somebody will like it, etc. Anyway we don`t pay for such kind of marketing, so it is just promotion for free. I`ve just matched that the club don`t cares about BTC.

That is pretty cool! My new favourite club in Bulgaria!

Btw the name is Plovdiv, not Plovdid....maybe the topic name can be edited?

This is interesting. Anyway, I would like to have one of this but sadly I can't for some reason which I won't disclose except my identity being known to them and also the address to receive the product but I think €50 is okay for me if that includes the payment for shipment since there's a fee for shipping products and as I explained that my address and name will be shown to them which I don't want and also many people doesn't want to publicize their identity especially their home address.

I also believe that this is the main reason why this is posted in this board and also there's no other board that suited the best for this kind of topic. If this is not in gambling then gambling discussion would also be fine.

I don't think there is any conflict of interest for posting it on Gambling board. After all the club is promoting Bitcoin and a club means there will be sports and sports means gambling.

You are correct. We all know everyone organisation and individual wants more money so I would not be surprised if that is their intentions and if that is a strategy for them to get more money it is left for them as I have no idea what they are up to but I only see it as a good publicity and awareness campaign they have put up for their fans to know more about Bitcoin which is very much encouraging and applaudable.

This information made me to do a quick search which I just find out that Botev Plovdiv is one of the oldest football club in Bulgaria and it is also the first football club to adopt Bitcoin payment for their services. This is a welcoming development for the football industry and if every other football club adopts same methods, this will make so many other footballers and football lovers to invest into Bitcoin if they were not yet aware about the Bitcoin technology. What made it possible for that football club to adopt Bitcoin is because Bitcoin and other digital asset is freely allowed to be traded in Bulgaria.

Are Russians still allowed to own clubs in Europe? That's interesting in itself. I thought owning assets in EU as a Russian, especially after the Special Military Operation by Russians was either frozen or confiscated. That being said, it is interesting that a top flight team in Bulgaria is completely relying on Bitcoin for their merchandising. Their website is very slow for me and I'm unable to view their "why Bitcoin?" page. With recent upswing in BTC price, they might be in decent profits for this year at least.

A jersey for more than 50 euro? I know that Botev is one of the two popular football clubs in the city of Plovdiv, but I don't think that many Botev fans are willing to spend more than 50 euro for a football jersey.
The owner of Botev Plovdiv is Russian. His name is Anton Zingarevich and he was the owner of an English football club(Reading if I remember the name correctly). I don't know if this Russian multimillionaire is actually pro-Bitcoin. Maybe the operative directors of Botev Plovdiv has decided to bring more awareness about Bitcoin and use it as some sort of marketing move.
Why is this forum thread posted in the Gambling forum? This has nothing to do with crypto gambling or sports betting.

I am not surprised about this, it all depends on the management of the establishment we are talking about. If the people behind the management can be such that follow and reason positively about Bitcoin then a thing like this can't be surprising.

I expect more to follow suit because Bitcoin has entered the mainstream of the financial market and payment system already, there is no hiding or fear about it anymore, so more companies will join soon.

Not to mention the investment around Bitcoin, though the Bulgaria football club may still have a partnership with some companies dealing with Bitcoins for easy exchange, notwithstanding, it's a very good development. I wish the club well and had it been it was such that I follow, this would have prompted me to purchase one jersey to support them.

Yes, I welcome all this kind of news, in that it seems to be good publicity for the team and also for bitcoin, but limited. The biggest teams in Europe don't seem to be carrying the bitcoin logo on their jerseys in the near future because they have too many sponsors available. It would be a dream to see teams like Real Madrid wear a bitcoin logo on their jersey.

Thats cool but also not really surprising. these sport teams need funds and money to keep the team alive. sports are expensive and when you are professionally competing it would be even more expensive.
i think this gives proper exposure to both the team and bitcoin so its definitely a win-win situation here.
this reminds me of a f1 team, alpine, being sponsored by binance and is offering fan tokens
this shows how relevant crypto is and how it is being used widely by influential people in the world.

That's so cool, when it comes to seniority, the first thing that I almost always think about when it comes to bitcoin adoption is that the oldest one is going to be the one that's going to adopt bitcoin the last but Botev seems to be a norm breaker for me because they're the oldest and they've already adopted bitcoin for awhile now, if I recall that block height isn't any of the recent years right? If so then that means that they've been a believer to what bitcoin is, it's also really good for the FC's finance too right? Less taxes for them to declare on their earnings or do they still have to declare their earnings with bitcoin paid merchandise?

It's great to see how Bitcoin is adopted in various sectors, including sports. This is a bold move that might attract crypto enthusiasts and fans alike. I watched the video report, and it's great to see how the club is actively promoting this initiative. It's a clever way to engage the community and encourage more people to explore this new payment option. The video also mentioned the embrace of Bitcoin by El Salvador and MicroStrategy. Director George also translated the book "The Bitcoin Standard" into their language, and I also have an original copy. Many still misunderstand the essence of Bitcoin, so there's a need to educate and raise awareness.

This act shows so much love for money. Don`t be foolish. For such club it doesn`t matter what logo they will wear if it brings them money. When you talk about top teams - they can choose sponsor and if you see BTC on the Real or MC club - it is serious. But when you see BTC on the form of the noname club - it means only one thing - they wants more money.

This is interesting. Bulgaria is a nation that is trying their best to see how they could adopt Bitcoin irrespective of the fact that their haven't made any statement as to their adoption of Bitcoin neither have they placed any restriction on Bitcoin adoption in their country but however, her citizens are very much enthusiastic about Bitcoin and are really doing the needful for themselves by accepting Bitcoin as a means of exchange for goods and services as the cases may be.
This singular act by the football club shows so much love for Bitcoin and I wish other big clubs all round the world in Crypto friendly nations could follow their steps to accepting Bitcoin for tickets and other activities which involves payment in the club be done in bitcoin. It would trigger a spike in bitcoin usage in their various countries and likewise their fan support base globally would also pick interest in it.

Oh great, I am loving this! Football is the biggest sport in the world, and if they advertise Bitcoin, that would be a really good thing for worldwide Bitcoin adoption! Good on Bulgaria for this idea!

The question now is how to get major football teams or celebrity football players to follow in the footsteps of the Botev Plovdid football club? Imagine someone like Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo advertising Bitcoin?

Also, the fact that the mentioned football club even educates people on how Bitcoin works and why it is a good thing, is amazing!

I think that maybe in lack of a better sponsor, they chose this creative way to fund their team for this year.

It's likely that local sponsor market isn't that ambitious especially when it comes for a team that's 8th in the standings. Surely with better funding they could do better things because transfers and better coaches really can uplift a team a lot.

The issue is that when it comes to doing something like this, unless they attract a more reliable sponsor like a big crypto-based casino (which is likely what they're hoping for in the long run for sponsorships), probably they won't get that much money from crypto users.  That's because oddly enough people don't like spending their crypto that much. If I told you to pay for a jersey in company stock from one of your investments, would you go in that trouble? Probably not. I think of it like in this analogy.

This is not recent news, they adopted bitcoin in the 3rd quarter of last year and have stuck at it since then up until now. I hope they got some bitcoins in their stockpile and are benefiting from the current increase in price.

- Jay -

It is easy to understand. The club is small enough and they need any money they can get it they want to compete with other teams.
The same time you can see, that Tezos is an official sponsor of the Manchester United. https://tezos.com/manutd
For us it is just one more step to populate cryptocurrencies, for Botev Plovdiv - a chance to get some more money.

Botev is one of the few professional football clubs that have bitcoin logo on their shirt, so I think this could be interesting gift to someone and it is not that expensive.
Winning VIP tickets is fine bonus if you are living in Bulgaria or if you plan to visit their stadium and watch few matches.

the fact that this team accepts bitcoin as a payment method, just shows how bitcoin is evolving in that country, I hope that this team is not breaking the country's laws, because there are many countries in which no matter how much the government of that country accepts bitcoin, it allows that people buy, sell and trade bitcoin, but when they are in front of a popular company, or in this case a popular football team, that has a lot of fans, then the government starts to prohibit these large companies in the country from publicizing that accept bitcoin. I hope that's not the case with this team. Since the US SEC approved bitcoin, even my country's central bank encouraged people in my country to invest in bitcoin

So, as I don't know the laws of this country, I hope that we are also faced with a case in which the government does not create problems in accepting bitcoin. I'm also wondering how many fans of this team will buy tickets using bitcoin mainly because bitcoin is increasing in price a lot and with that people will tend to do hodl and not spend bitcoin to make payments. people will no doubt think why they would take 50 euros in bitcoin to buy a shirt from that team knowing that if they hodl 50 euros in bitcoin, in the future that money could be a decent amount of money

whereas people can pay using fiat. By this I mean that the idea of adding bitcoin as a payment method is a very good idea, but in practice few people will be using bitcoin for payments at the moment and the price of bitcoin is increasing a lot, it makes more sense to use fiat at this moment to pay for everything and use bitcoin to hodl and reap the profits in a few years. If this team probably receives any payment in bitcoin, it would be good if they kept the bitcoin for some time until they sold it for a very high price and that way they would make more profit

Interesting! They are a pro club from Bulgarian First League, the top of Bulgarian football league system.
I checked their twiter acc and they offer a raffle with prize 2 VIP tickets to anyone who buy the jersey on their store.
Also they wrote "Oldest football club in Bulgaria ⚽️ Established in 𝟣𝟫𝟣𝟤 ⚡️ Adopted #Bitcoin at block height 814670 " on their twitter information.
Thats cool lol!

Did you hear about football club from Bulgaria called Botev Plovdid?

They officially adopted Bitcoin payments and added Bitcoin logo on their jersey.
You can order the jersey for 50€ to 60€, add your name and number, pay everything with Bitcoin and they are accepting international shipping.
In their stadium shop you can also buy anything with Bitcoin.

Why Bitcoin?
https://botevplovdiv.bg/en/why-bitcoin


https://botevplovdiv.bg/store/

One guy made interesting video report about Botev Plovdid and Bitcoin: https://youtu.be/AfBU4k3CRMw