in december 2008, pirin, which competed in the western b pfg, was merged with pfc pirin blagoevgrad, (former fc makedonska slava), which played in the a pfg after a significant pressure from the supporters in the town. the new club was named fc pirin blagoevgrad and was soon proclaimed as a holder of the club records of the former fc pirin, which competed for more than 20 seasons in the top flight. fc pirin's west b pfg place was taken by fc bansko. then, nikolay galchev appointed petar mihtarski as a manager of the club. a few months later, under naci şensoy's management, the successes followed-up and pirin qualified for the final of the bulgarian cup, eliminating subsequently on their way cska sofia and levski sofia. in the final match played at the georgi asparuhov stadium in sofia, pirin were eliminated after a 3–0 defeat against litex lovech.