FC Kaliakra Kavarna

Kaliakra

Full name	Футболен клуб Калиакра Каварна (Football club Kaliakra Kavarna)
Nickname(s)	Каляри (Cagliari)
Founded	1922; 102 years ago (1922)
Ground	Kavarna Stadium, Kavarna
Capacity	5 000
Manager	Dimcho Filev
League	A RFG Dobrich
2022-23	A RFG Dobrich East, 5th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

FC Kaliakra Kavarna (Bulgarian: ФК Калиакра Каварна) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Kavarna, which currently competes in the A RFG Dobrich, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football.

Founded in 1922 as Kaliakra Sport Club, the club spent most of its history in amateur football before making a rapid ascent to the second-flight of Bulgarian football in 1980. In 2010, the team managed to promote to the A Group for the first time. Their spell in the top flight lasted two seasons, ending in relegation in 2012.

Kaliakra Kavarna's name is derived from the Kaliakra cape, which is located nearby the town. The team plays in all-blue home kits, in reference to the geographic proximity of the city of Kavarna and the Black Sea, similarly to other teams from the area. The lighthouse of Kavarna is also shown on the team logo.

Address and team information

• Address:

"Sava Ganchev" street, Stadium "Kavarna", Kavarna 9650, Bulgaria

Official sponsor

• Municipality Kavarna

Equipment

• Uhlsport

Currently the team's home kit is blue and away kit is white. A various combinations of blue and white can be seen through the years. But blue remains the basic colour of the team.

Staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Chairman	Ventsislav Vasilev
Director of Sport	Krasimir Todorov
Head coach	Radostin Trifonov
Assistant coach	Stefan Slavov
Assistant coach	Martin Zafirov
Goalkeeper coach	Dobrin Dobrev

History

Kaliakra was established in 1922, and has had its current name since 1957. The official colors were initially chosen as blue and white. During its history the club has also been named Venus Venera, Bizone, SC Dobrotich, SC Spartak and Cherveno zname.

The club spent most of its history in amateur football before winning promotion for the second-flight of Bulgarian football in 1980. In the first campaign in

during the 2004-05 season. They finished their first campaign in the 2005/06 B PFG in 10th place.

In 2007-08 season Kaliakra had their best

) in the play-off.

In 2009–10 Kaliakra reached the

.

The

on 7 October. Under Zdravkov, Kavarna improved somewhat, although the team was still in danger of relegation up until round 25. Good results in the last couple of rounds improved their position on the table, eventually leading Kaliakra to a 12th place finish, thus avoiding relegation. The team ended the season with eight wins, six draws, as well as 16 losses, earning them 30 points.

For the

Minyor Pernik

.

Kaliakra was relegated to the

B PFG

after two years in the top division. After two more years in B PFG Kaliakra was relegated back to the amateur divisions, ending nearly a decade of professional football.

In 2018, amid the serious financial problems of the club, a new club from Kavarna was founded, called FC Kaliakra 1, which enrolled in A RFG Dobrich, the regional fourth tier for clubs based in Dobrich region. In 2020, the original Kaliakra Kavarna was relegated from the Third League and subsequently dissolved due to insolvency. This resulted in Kaliakra 1 becoming the main club from the city. Kaliakra 1 is consented generally to be the legitimate successor of the original club. The club was subsequently renamed to Kaliakra 1923 and began playing in the fourth tier of Bulgarian football.

League positions

Honours

Domestic

Bulgarian A PFG

:

• 12th place: 2010–11

• Winners (1):
  2009–10
• Runners-up (1):
  2007-08

Bulgarian Cup:

• Semi-finals (2): 2007-08, 2009-10

Current squad

As of 1 September 2019^[update] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BUL Kalin Dyankov 2 DF  BUL Yavor Kolev 4 DF  BUL Nikola Georgiev-mangito 5 DF  BUL Nikolay Dimitrov-bradatiq 6 MF  BUL Ivelin Madzharov 8 MF  BUL Ventsislav Zhelev 9 FW  BUL Georgi Stanchev 10 MF  BUL Erhan Hayredin 11 MF  BUL Hristo Dimitrov 12 MF  BUL Tihomir Yanakiev-звездата на отбора

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  BUL Nikolay Nikolaev 17 MF  BUL Kiril Krastev-търговеца 19 MF  BUL Stefan Nikolov 21 FW  BUL Kaloyan Kalchev-върлата 22 DF  BUL Kaan Dervish-rezakaBG 23 MF  BUL Preslav Pasev 26 DF  BUL Kristiyan Velikov 30 MF  BUL Georgi Kolev 38 DF  BUL Kristiyan Stavrev-toresa

Foreign players

Up to one non-EU national can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the

. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.

EU Nationals

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)

Non-EU Nationals

Stadium

PFC Kaliakra currently plays its home matches at the

.

Managers

• Filip Filipov
  (July 2010–Oct 10)
• Antoni Zdravkov (Oct 2010–May 11)
• Radostin Trifonov (2011)
• Adalbert Zafirov (2011)
• Radostin Trifonov (2011–12)
• Vachko Vachev (March 2012–)

References