As a teacher in his native town of Tatar Pazardzhik, he has been practicing football since 1916 on the field of the military unit called Lagera (now the Swimming Pool Health Zone), the southern bank of the Maritsa River and the meadows and the main promenade of island.
Engineer Lazar Vassilev, a student at that time in Prague, brought the first football ball in the city.
The fans of football quickly grew, mainly among younger people, and on May 31, 1918, a group of 10 students from the local high school, led by Georgi Serbezov, laid the foundations of the first football club "Hristo Botev", renamed afterwards -port tourist company "Hristo Botev".
His first director was Georgi Serzhevov, as he wrote in the first official bulletin of the "Tatar Pazardzhik Sports Club Hristo Botev 1918!
The prints of the first players of Botev Pazardzhik from left to right are also printed: Georgi Serbezov, Stefan Kovachev, Krum Nenov, G. Tsarichkov, Stefan Stefanov, Kiril Stavrev, Georgi Kolarov, Nikola Krivosiev, Atanas Kyoturov, Yordan Snegarov and Vasil Dengubov.
Its mainly revised and amended statute was approved on 11 June 1921 by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Public Health with Order No.
The administration of Botev, assisted by the Municipality, casts a lot of power, mostly with personal participation, for the construction of its second main playground used until 1956.
SC "Botev" was the organizer of a special masquerade ball, the so-called "Ball-maske", held every year in the salons of the "Videlina" Chitalishte.
Two years later, the teams from Tatar Pazardzhik were included in the Southern Bulgarian Sports League to the Plovdiv District.
In the games for the State Championship and the Royal Cup, the team from Pazardzhik eliminated in the first round the champion of Stara Zagora district Beroe with 4: 0.
In the second round, Botev's team defeated the leader of the Orel (Vratza) Vratsa region by 5: 1 and lost to Slavia (Sofia) by 2: 6!
More popular coaches were the national competitor of SK Levski Sofia Kiril Yovovich, Nikola Shterev (Starika), Lyuben Manev, Ivan Radoev, Gabrovski and others.
The matches in Pazardjik were referred to by Lyuben Manev, Vasil Koev, Vassil Yurtov, Zareh Mesubyan.
In 1970 at a general meeting of the club it was decided that he would be renamed Botev to Maritsa - the name of the river that runs through the city.
During this period Pazardzhik team changed three names and played successfully in the South BFRG and in the Zone Thrace.
In 1989, Hebar Pazardzhik achieved its first-ever participation in the highest stage of football in Bulgaria - "A" RFG.
In 2000, the team joined with FC Iskar (Sofia) and for the third time in its history, after winning a playoff, qualified for "A" RFG.
Hebar was then forced to start from the lowest step in its history: "A" Pazardzhik FRF, where previous reserve teams have been rebuilt before.
In 2016, the club was rebuilt under the name Heber 1918, united with FC Chiko (Byaga) and played in the renamed Southwest Third League.
The new Hebar finished sixth in the final standings with 58 points from 34 games - 18 wins, 4 draws and 12 losses, with a goal difference of 68:41.
In the summer of 2022, it was announced that Italian Fulvio Pea was hired as the new coach for the upcoming season, replacing Nikolay Mitov at the helm.
Hebar began the new season in the elite with a shocking win over Europa League participants Botev Plovdiv, 0–1 away in Komatevo.
On March 21, 2023, the legend of Bulgarian and European football, Luboslav Penev, was appointed coach of the team.
The avoiding of finishing in the relegation spots meant this would be the first time Hebar would play two consecutive seasons in the top flight.
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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the team's biggest boom, the fans are constantly on the stadiums and help the players with their powerful support.
At the Hebrew debut in the elite, at the People's Army stadium there are about 4,000 fans from Pazardjik, who do not give in to the voice of one of the biggest guitars in Bulgaria.
The barrage takes place at the "Georgi Asparuhov" stadium in the capital and from Pazardjik dozens of buses and cars arrive for the decisive game.
The Pazardzhik fans are no exception, and for the last team participation in the "A" group (under the name "Premier League") the average attendance of the domestic games is about 5 000 spectators.
Hebar's most extreme fans of the past are called "gravediggers"; In many places in the cities in Bulgaria can still be seen the green graffiti "Grobari Pz" 2.