The most memorable and impressive game in 2016 was the tremendous 3–4 away win over Beroe Stara Zagora with spectacular goals by Todor Nedelev, João Paulo and Omar Kossoko.

[11][12][13] During the winter break Kirov brought several new key players to Botev Plovdiv: Antonio Vutov,[14] Victor Genev,[15] Ivan Čvorović[16] and Fernando Viana.

[20] Under the guidance of Kirov Botev Plovdiv eliminated Neftochimic Burgas,[21] Pirin Blagoevgrad[22] and FC Vereya[23] to reach the Bulgarian Cup final.

Kirov had to fill the gaps in his squad and during the summer and the autumn several new players joined on free transfers: Plamen Dimov, Álvaro Juliano, Daniel Kajzer, Steven Petkov, Daudet N'Dongala, and Gustavo Sauer.

The start of the season was very successful - on 9 August 2017, Nikolay Kirov and his team won the first Bulgarian Supercup in the history of Botev Plovdiv following a 1–1 draw and a victory through penalty shootout against Ludogorets.

[31] During the winter break Nikolay Kirov brought two ex-players back to Botev Plovdi: João Paulo[32] on a loan until the end of the season and the right-back Filip Filipov.

[35] Botev Plovdiv finished 5th in First League and was eliminated by Slavia Sofia at the semi-finals of the Bulgarian Cup after several controversial refereeing decisions.