Betway Premiership club unveil new Bulgarian coach to change their fortunes

[p]The 50-year-old joins after spells in Tanzania and Botswana, and replaced Ronnie Gabriel, who resigned last week.[/p][p][b]"Richards Bay Football Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Dimitar Nokolaev Pantev as the Head Coach. He has signed for one season with an option to renew,” [/b]Richards Bay said in a statement on Monday.[/p][p][b]“Coach Dimitar brings wealth of experience having coached clubs like [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/simba/C2SQy01d/"]Simba SC[/a] from Tanzania, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jwaneng-galaxy/zXtPs5Kp/"]Jwaneng Galaxy[/a] from Botswana and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gaborone-utd/vuNkSFZt/"]Gaborone United[/a] from Botswana.[/b][/p][image alt="Betway Premiership standings" id="671e0d64-b495-4ed1-a354-6d86c2829274" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="49fc988b-17ae-455e-a58d-96db548cbf85" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b]“The 50-year-old holds a UEFA A License and played a key role in guiding Simba SC into the CAF Champions League Group stages in 2025, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/orapa-united/xzhtHejD/"]ORAPA United FC[/a] into the CAF Confederation League Group stages in 2024, winning the National Cup 2025-26 with Jwaneng Galaxy FC and winning the Botswana League with Gaborone United 2024-25.[/b][/p][p][b]“The club is delighted to welcome the coach to Richards Bay Football Club and wishes him all the best.”[/b][/p][p]Richards Bay are winless in their opening seven games of the new Betway Premiership season with three draws and four defeats. [/p][image alt="Richards Bay fixtures" id="a9bedd33-5fd6-4d7a-a3fd-529003ee24ed" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="3a32d4d4-7da5-4197-b06b-376c17056eb4" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]They lie in 14th place in the 16-team league and are next in action on October 13 when they host leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mamelodi-sundowns/lxZ6Bzh6/"]Mamelodi Sundowns[/a].[/p][p]The long international break gives Pantev the opportunity to work with his players over the next three weeks.  [/p]