First home win for OFK Tryavna, 2-1 over Akademik Svishtov, in the last round of the first half of the season

Thursday, the 31st of October 2019, 14:30 local time (12:30 UTC), Angel Kanchev Stadium, Tryavna, Bulgaria, the 13th round of the Bulgarian Third League - North-West Group (Severozapadna Treta Liga).

OFK Tryavna finally won a game at home, 2-1 over Akademik Svishtov, and will have a more peaceful winter break as they increased to 4 points their gap to Bdin 1923 Vidin, the first team below the relegation line. This result comes naturally as the team performed better by each round, winning their first game this season two weeks ago, 2-0 away at their direct relegation rivals, Bdin 1923 Vidin.

However, they needed also to improve their results at home and to make their home fans happy, after a series of rather disappointing draws and defeats throughout the season.

 Vasil Andreev (in white and green), OFK Tryavna's top goalscorer, in action. Source:sport-gabrovo.com

Most of the other teams in the lower half of the table lost, so OFK Tryavna succeeded even to get to the 11th position in the classification and to get closer to the teams in the middle part of the table.

The next round will only be played at the end of February or in March 2020. OFK Tryavna will play then again at home, against second classified FK Sevlievo, probably the most difficult game at home in the second half of the season.

The team needs to make the necessary preparations and adjustments throughout winter, to make sure they will not end up in the relegation area. There is need for several players to come in, to cover some of the key positions which have not functioned so well in the first half of the season. 

Full results, table at half-season (except for one game, Lokomotiv Dryanovo - Juventus Malchika, postponed in round 12) and fixtures (for spring 2020):

Round 13 (31 October 2019)

Yantra 2019 Gabrovo – Kom Berkovitsa 2-1

Juventus 95 Malchika – FK Drenovets 2-2

Vihar Slavyanovo – Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo 4-0

Partizan Cherven Bryag – OFK Lokomotiv Mezdra 5-1

Parva Atomna Kozloduy – OFK Pavlikeni 0-2

Bdin 1923 Vidin – FK Sevlievo 0-3

OFK Tryavna – Akademik Svishtov 2-1

Table at half-season

1	Yantra 2019 Gabrovo	13	11	0	2	33-8	33	Promotion to Vtora Liga
2	FK Sevlievo	13	9	2	2	33-13	29
3	Vihar Slavyanovo	13	8	4	1	28-15	28
4	Partizan Cherven Bryag	13	7	4	2	34-13	25
5	OFK Pavlikeni	13	5	7	1	22-16	22
6	FK Drenovets	13	6	2	5	19-22	20
7	Akademik Svishtov	13	4	4	5	29-23	16
8	OFK Lokomotiv Mezdra	13	4	3	6	15-20	15
9	Lokomotiv Dryanovo	12	3	5	4	16-18	14
10	Kom Berkovitsa	13	3	4	6	25-26	13
11	OFK Tryavna	13	2	5	6	16-24	11
12	Parva Atomna Kozloduy	13	3	2	8	13-28	11
13	Bdin 1923 Vidin	13	2	1	10	9-37	7	Relegation to regional leagues
14	Juventus 95 Malchika	12	0	3	9	13-42	3	Relegation to regional leagues

Round 14 (February or March 2020)

Kom Berkovitsa – Akademik Svishtov

OFK Tryavna – FK Sevlievo

Bdin 1923 Vidin – OFK Pavlikeni

Parva Atomna Kozloduy – OFK Lokomotiv Mezdra

Partizan Cherven Bryag – Lokomotiv 1927 Dryanovo

Vihar Slavyanovo – FK Drenovets

Juventus 95 Malchika – Yantra 2019 Gabrovo