Arda Kardzhali

FC Arda 1924 Kardzhali is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Kardzhali, named after the Arda river, and it was founded on 13 October 1924, with the club reestablished in 2015 after its former entity was dissolved. Its home ground is the Arena Arda, which has a capacity of 15,000 spectators. For most of its existence the club played in the Second League, with its highest-ever ranking a second-place finish in the 1955–56 Bulgarian Second League, and it won promotion to the top tier, the First League, after beating Septemvri Sofia in the 2018–19 play-off. The club's most notable achievement came in the 2020–21 season, when it reached the Bulgarian Cup final, losing 1–0 to CSKA Sofia.

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