OFC Nesebar

OFC Nesebar

Full name	Municipal Football Club Nesebar
Nickname(s)	The Dolphins
Founded	1946; 78 years ago (1946)
Ground	Stadion Nesebar, Nesebar
Capacity	10,000
Owner	Nesebar Municipality
Chairman	Georgi Marinov
Head coach	Vasil Banov
League	Third League
2022–23	Third League, 1st
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Nesebar (Bulgarian: Несебър) is a Bulgarian municipal (Bulgarian: общински, pronounced obshtinski) association football club based in Nesebar, Burgas Province, that competes in the Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football.

Nesebar have played in the second tier or below for most of the club’s history, up until 2004 when the team promoted to

for the first time. Their spell in the Bulgarian elite lasted only one season however, as they were relegated. Nesebar is yet to return to the first tier.

History

The club was established in 1946 under the name Chernomorets Nesebar. After 1949 team is divided to Dynamo and Cherveno Zname. In 1957 the company for physical culture and sport Chernomorets is refounded with the team. From 1979 to 2001 the team is called Slanchev Bryag. Еxception are the years from 1993 to 1996 when the team is called PFC Nesebar. From 2001 team is called Nesebar, as from 2012 team is OFC (Municipal football club).

Nesebar won promotion to the

they were relegated after only five wins.

In 2009–10 season, Nesebar finished second in the B Group and qualified for the promotion play-off, but were defeated by Akademik Sofia 2–1.^[1] Two years later, they slipped into the third division.

Nesebar managed to return to the Second League in 2016, after four years of absence. The team managed to stay in the second level three seasons, with a notable fifth place finish during the 2017–18 season. Relegation followed after the 2018–19 season, after which the club spent returned to the Third League. In 2023, Nesebar finished in first place in the Southeast Third League, but refused promotion to the Second League due to financial reasons.

Historical names

Years	Names
1946–1979	Chernomorets Nesebar
1979–1993	Slanchev Bryag
1993–1996	PFC Nesebar
1996–2001	Slanchev Bryag
2001–2012	PFC Nesebar
2012	ОFC Nesebar

Honours

• Third League:
  • Winners (5): 1989–90, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2015–16, 2022–23

• A Regional Group
  :
  • Winners (2): 1973–74, 1977–78

• Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League
  • Winners (1): 2016

Current squad

As of 1 September 2019

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 Mario Isakov 2 DF  BUL David Dosev 3 DF  BUL Ali Ahmed 5 DF  BUL Dimitar Popov (captain) 7 MF  BUL Daniel Benchev 8 MF  BUL Nikolay Damyanov 9 FW  BUL Yanek Kirilov 11 MF  BUL Ali Aliev 14 MF  BUL Nikolay Drosev

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  BUL Hristomir Zlatinov 18 MF  BUL Grozdan Ivanov 19 MF  BUL Stanimir Baev 20 DF  BUL Hristin Kolev 21 DF  BUL Kristiyan Beshev 22 MF  BUL Patrik Popov 23 DF  BUL Stanislav Zhekov 32 MF  BUL Simeon Baev 33 GK  BUL Pavel Kolev

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2023.

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries, held any club record, or had more than 100 league appearances. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries.

Season to season

Season Division Place Bulgarian Cup 1962-63 A RFG 12 DNQ - 1965-66 A RFG 9 DNQ - 1969-70 A RFG 11 DNQ 1970-71 A RFG 9 DNQ 1971-72 A RFG 3 DNQ 1972-73 A RFG 3 DNQ 1973-74 A RFG 1 DNQ 1974-75 B PFG 11 Preliminary round 1975-76 B PFG 4 Round of 32 1976-77 B PFG 18 Round of 32 1977-78 A RFG 1 DNQ 1978-79 B PFG 13 Round of 32 1979-80 B PFG 10 Round of 32 1980-81 B PFG 4 Second round 1981-82 B PFG 14 DNQ 1982-83 B PFG 18 DNQ

Season Division Place Bulgarian Cup 1983-84 V AFG 6 DNQ 1984-85 V AFG 5 40th 1985-86 V AFG 12 DNQ 1986-87 V AFG 5 DNQ 1987-88 V AFG 4 DNQ 1988-89 V AFG 6 DNQ 1989-90 V AFG 1 Unknown 1990-91 B PFG 16 Third round 1991-92 B PFG 15 Round of 16 1992-93 B PFG 16 Fourth round 1993-94 B PFG 9 First round 1994-95 B PFG 13 DNQ 1995-96 V AFG 2 DNQ 1996-97 V AFG 5 DNQ 1997-98 V AFG 14 DNQ 1998-99 V AFG 6 DNQ 1999–00 V AFG 1 Second round 2000–01 B PFG 6 Second round

Season Division Place Bulgarian Cup 2001–02 V AFG 4 Second round 2002–03 V AFG 1 Round of 16 2003–04 B PFG 3 First round 2004–05 A PFG 15 Second round 2005–06 B PFG 8 Second round 2006–07 B PFG 4 Second round 2007–08 B PFG 4 First round 2008-09 B PFG 6 Quarterfinals 2009-10 B PFG 2 First round 2010-11 B PFG 5 First round 2011-12 B PFG 9 Second round 2012–13 V AFG 6 DNQ 2013–14 V AFG 5 DNQ 2014–15 V AFG 10 DNQ 2015–16 V AFG 1 Second round 2016–17 Second League 9 First round 2017–18 Second League 5 First round 2018–19 Second League 15 First round

• Seasons in
  A Group
  : 1
• Seasons in
  Second League
  ): 25
• Seasons in
  V Group
  : 18
• Seasons in
  A Regional Group
  : 8

League positions

References

1. ^ "Несебър - Академик 1:2, баражът по минути" (in Bulgarian). blitz.bg. 23 May 2010.

External links

• Nesebar at bgclubs.eu