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Sirmani
Location:

Sirmani is a neighborhood of Gabrovo town in Bulgaria. And it is located over one of the Gabrovo town’s hills. The neighborhood is divided into its old area, and into its contemporary area. The greatest part of it consists of a great deal of woodlands that are mixed with many meadows.

History:

Today it is supposed that the beginning of Sirmani as a living area is since the years when Bulgaria has been under Ottoman Slavery. Then Sirmani has been an old traditional Bulgarian cottage. And today that old cottage of Sirmani is saved and it is united with the contemporary area of the new neighborhood of Sirmani into a whole Gabrovo’s neighborhood.

Origin:

The name “Sirmani” derived by the local people that had lived in that old cottage many years ago, maybe in the 15th century. Sirman means species of fish that is by the family of Neogobius syrman. And that old cottage was very famous with its good fishing of syrmans caught from the nearest dam. So that was the reason the cottage to bring the name of – “The Sirmani”. And that name is saved by nowadays when there come many new settlers. Gradually the cottage has expanded its territory and population and it has already become a neighborhood of Gabrovo.

Landmarks:

Today in Sirmani, there are located two of the most popular places of Gabrovo and they are the “Regional Gabrovo’s Hospital” and “The Technical University of Gabrovo” that is one of the most famous Bulgarian Universities.

Sport:

But Sirmani is popular with some another else, and that is its local Football team – Sirmani Football Club. Sirmani play its host matches at its local “Sirmani Stadium” which is located near by the old area of Sirmani on the top of the hill. Sirmani Football Club was found on October 3rd, 2007 and it is a successor of the old well-known football club of Sirmani – “Academic-Gabrovo Football Club”.

Just only a few days after “Sirmani F.C.” was officially founded they started their participation in the 5th Division of the Bulgarian Football League. In that division the new team play some very dramatic and historical games against the teams: “Dyado Dyanko F.C.”, “Bakoytzi F.C.”, “Yurta F.C.”, “Tchekovo F.C.”, “Bambovo F.C.”, “Kosmatka F.C.”, “Tchukili F.C.”, “Gornova Mogila F.C.”, “Genovtzi F.C.”, “Boynovtzi F.C.”, “Partevtzi F.C.”, “Metchkovitza F.C.”, “Borovo F.C.”, “Bazhdar F.C.” and “Yan Kula F.C.”. In the end of their first season as a new football team they make a tremendous furore and win categorically the 5th Division of the Bulgarian Football League. “Sirmani Football Club” is the Bulgarian Football Champion in the 5th Division for Season 2007/2008. And that Title gives the team a promotion to start their participation in the 4th Division from the next season – 2008/2009. There they will meet the teams: “Yunak F.C. – Kormyansko”, “Orlovetz-Gabrovo F.C.”, “Dan Koloff F.C.”, “Era-Elite F.C.”, “Rositza F.C. – Stokite”, “Pobeda F.C. – Gradnitza”, “Rahovtzite F.C.”, “Dushevo F.C.”, “Spirtist – Captain Petko Voivoda F.C.”, “Strela F.C. – Shumata” and “Republican F.C. – Tzareva Livada”. And it is expected that “Sirmani Football Club” will have no problems to qualify for the 3rd Bulgarian football division (V group) after the end of the current season.

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