Women Football Club Paldin Plovdiv (Bulgarian: Женски Футболен Клуб Пълдин Пловдив), or simple WFC Paldin (Bulgarian: ЖФК Пълдин) is a Bulgarian women's football club from the city of Plovdiv that competes in the Bulgarian Women's League, the top tier of Women's football in Bulgaria.
In 2015 in Plovdiv, Paldin Academy was established. In 2016 they started their women's team and joined Bulgarian Women's League. On 4 March 2019, Atanaska Kumanova debuted for the team at the age of 12, to become one of yongest players to play for Bulgarian women's team in the league.[1] In 2019 the U15 team become a record cup champions for 4th time without considering a goal in the tournament.[2] In the end of 2019, Lokomotiv Plovdiv took over the team and finished the 2019–20 season under Lokomotiv colors, securing their highest league position as runner-ups.[3] However, for the next season, Paldin returned as a new team in the league, with all the players and staff from the previous team stayed with Lokomotiv. In 2021 few players and the manager, Angel Slavov, returned in Paldin, after WFC Lokomotiv had financial problems and despite finishing as runner-ups in 2020–21, the team was dissolved.[4]
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Angel Slavov