the club was founded in 2008, after a merger between two clubs from blagoevgrad, pirin 1922 and pfc pirin blagoevgrad. by an official court decision later that year, the club was announced as a historical successor of the club records of the former fc pirin, founded in 1922. in 2011, following the bankruptcy of the entity, which represented the football club, pirin's football department was merged once again with perun kresna, to eventually become ofc pirin.