PFC Cherno More Varna
Full name | Професионален Футболен Клуб Черно море Варна (Professional Football Club Cherno More Varna) | |||
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Nickname(s) | Моряците (The Sailors) | |||
Short name | Черно море (Cherno More) | |||
Founded | 3 March 1913[1][2] | |||
Ground | Stadion Ticha | |||
Capacity | 10,000 | |||
Owner | Chimimport[3] | |||
Chairman | Plamen Andreev | |||
Head coach | Ilian Iliev | |||
League | First League | |||
2022–23 | First League, 6th of 16 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Cherno More (
Cherno More is named after the
The club has a long-standing rivalry with neighbouring Spartak Varna, with matches between the two being commonly referred to as The Derby of Varna.
History
Early years
On 3 March 1913, Galata Sports Association was established in the male first high school in Varna, with association football being one of its departments. Later in 1913, Karel Škorpil, one of the founding members of the sports society and a prominent Czech-Bulgarian archaeologist, who settled in Varna at that time, suggested the association to be renamed to Reka Ticha, in homage of the old name of the Kamchiya river. On May 24, 1914 Sportist Sports Club, which was formed by Stefan Tonchev and a group of boys in 1909, joined Reka Ticha.[5] Many Cherno More supporters today consider the officially acknowledged founding year 1913 to be historically incorrect, believing that SC Sportist's year of establishment in 1909 should be acknowledged as the year of establishment of Cherno More. Several years later, the first international friendly in Bulgarian club football history was played in 1915 between Reka Ticha and the 21st Pomeranian Regiment of Prussia, which ended in a 4–4 draw.[5] In 1919, Reka Ticha began playing matches against different teams from the capital Sofia, which ended in a success with scores of 3-0[6] and 1–0 against Slavia Sofia on a home-away basis and a 4–1 win against Levski Sofia in Varna. The away match with Levski in Sofia however did not take place. The subsequent growth of Bulgarian football required knowledge of the rules, and as such, in 1919, the football department of SC Reka Ticha published the first Bulgarian football rulebook titled "Football - Rules and Admonitions".[7][8] It was written by the sports functionary and Reka Ticha's member Stefan Tonchev.[5]
On January 21, 1919, SC Reka Ticha shortened its name to Sports Club Ticha, and the kit colours were chosen to be red and white. In the same year, the Bulgarian musician Nikola Nitsov wrote the official anthem of the club.
In 1921 Sports Club Granit left the collective membership with SK Ticha due to financial disputes, becoming
In 1925 SK Ticha won the București Cup, after two straight wins against Tricolor (to become later Unirea Tricolor) and Sportul Studentesc both from Bucharest.[5] This turned to be the first international football trophy won by a Bulgarian football club, making SK Ticha the most popular club in Varna at the time.
In 1935 and 1936 SK Ticha finished as runners-up in the knockout National competition. In 1938 the club became Bulgarian champions winning the first edition of the United National Football league. The members of the Championship winning team were: Ivan Sarajdarov, Onik Haripyan, Garabed Garabedov, Georgi Gochev, Atanas Kovachev, Georgi Radev, Willy Petkov, Panayot Rozov, Milyu Parushev, Iliya Donchev and Dobry Bajtchev.
In total, 18 SK Ticha and
Communist era (1944-1989)
With the establishment of
On 11 May 1947 SC Primoretz also joined the club, now to be known as TVP.[13] SC Primoretz practised basketball, tennis, athletics and swimming and did not have a football team. Chairman of the club was the long time SC Vladislav sportsman Aleksi Aleksiev who now became the chairman of TVP.
In
In 1953, VMS Stalin finished 3rd in the competition after the two leading Sofia clubs. The saddest season in the club's history is 1955. It started with 5 consecutive wins, all against Sofia teams. The hopes of title-dreaming supporters were dashed with only 1 point in the following 10 games. The team was relegated at the end of the season to be promoted back the next year under its previous name, Botev Varna.
In 1959, a small team from "B" RFG by the name of Cherno More, which resulted from the merger of two other Varna teams (Lokomotiv and Korabostroitel) one year earlier, joined Botev and from this year until now, the club will go by the name Cherno More. The club stayed in "A" RFG without interruption until 1976 but did not have any major achievements. Under the control of the Ministry of Defence over the years, a number of talented players left de club for the Central Army Club (CSKA) without Cherno More receiving adequate compensation. One of them, Bozhil Kolev, starred in the defence of the National team in the World Cup finals in BRD'74.
Cherno More had its moments of glory in a friendly against
The 90s struggle
The fall of socialism in Bulgaria in 1989 and the establishment of democracy brought new hardships for Bulgarian football clubs. The transition from state backed organisations to privately owned entities saw many traditional football clubs disappear entirely, while others were forced to declare bankruptcy, only to return later by obtaining licences from smaller clubs. Cherno More avoided any administrative changes and kept its name and history, but spent six consecutive seasons in the league's
New millennium
The new millennium saw the club establishing itself in the country's top flight. The Sailors spent the majority of the 90s in Bulgaria's second tier before securing promotion at the end of the 1999–2000 season, ending a six consecutive season spell in the
In the 2007–08 season, the Sailors finished 5th in
In the 2009–10 season, Cherno More started their
After finishing third in 2008–09, the club failed to impress in the domestic league in the follow-up years, but saw a successful run in the Bulgarian Cup during the 2014–15 season. The Sailors defeated
Honours
Domestic
- Winners (4):
- Bulgarian Cup:
- Winners (1): 2014–15
- Winners (1):
- Bulgarian Supercup:
- Winners (1): 2015
Chronology of the names
Year(s) | |
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1909 | Sport |
1909–1914 | Sportist |
1913 | Galata |
1913–1914 | Reka Ticha |
1914 | Kamtchia |
1914–1919 | Reka Ticha |
1919–1945 | Ticha |
1945–1947 | Ticha-Vladislav |
1948–1950 | Botev pri DNA |
1950–1955 | VMS |
1956–1957 | SCNA |
1957–1959 | ASC Botev |
1959–1969 | ASC Cherno More |
1969–1985 | FSVD Cherno More |
1985–present | Cherno More |
Recent seasons
League positions
Season | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup | Notes | |
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2000–01 | A Group | 10 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 49 | 26 | Round of 16 | |
2001–02 | A Group | 11 | 40 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 47 | 51 | 35* | Round of 16 | Relegation Group |
2002–03 | A Group | 6 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 21 | 48 | Round of 16 | |
2003–04 | A Group | 6 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 53 | 38 | Round of 16 | |
2004–05 | A Group | 8 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 38 | 35 | Round of 32 | |
2005–06 | A Group | 8 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 27 | 37 | Runner-up | |
2006–07 | A Group | 6 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 29 | 47 | Round of 16 | |
2007–08 | A Group | 5 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 26 | 48 | Runner-up
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2008–09 | A Group | 3 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 19 | 60 | Round of 32 | |
2009–10 | A Group | 7 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 28 | 48 | Quarter-finals | |
2010–11 | A Group | 6 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 28 | 51 | Quarter-finals | |
2011–12 | A Group | 7 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 25 | 52 | Round of 32 | |
2012–13 | A Group | 10 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 39 | 35 | Round of 16 | |
2013–14 | A Group | 6 | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 33 | 54 | Round of 16 | Championship Group |
2014–15 | A Group | 8 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 36 | 50 | Winner | Relegation Group |
2015–16 | A Group | 6 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 45 | 38 | Quarter-finals | |
2016–17 | First League | 6 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 45 | 47 | Quarter-finals | Championship Group |
2017–18 | First League | 7 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 35 | 40 | Round of 32 | Relegation Group |
2018–19 | First League | 5 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 51 | 52 | Quarter-finals | Championship Group |
*Points deducted from all teams after completing the first phase of campaign.
Championship/Relegation groups are constituted after all teams have played each other home and away.
European record
Matches
- As of 26 July 2019
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1982 | Intertoto Cup | |||||
Group Stage | Standard Liège | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3rd | ||
Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | 0–3 | ||||
Hvidovre IF | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||||
2007 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2Q | Makedonija | 4−0 | 3−0 | 7−0 |
3Q | Sampdoria
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0−1 | 0−1 | 0−2 | ||
2008–09 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | Sant Julià | 4−0 | 5−0 | 9−0 |
2Q | Maccabi Netanya | 2−0 | 1−1 | 3−1 | ||
PO | Stuttgart | 1−2 | 2−2 | 3−4 | ||
2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | Iskra-Stal | 1−0 | 3−0 | 4−0 |
3Q | PSV Eindhoven | 0−1 | 0−1 | 0−2 | ||
2015–16 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | Dinamo Minsk | 1−1 | 0−4 | 1−5 |
- Notes
- 1Q: First qualifying round
- 2Q: Second qualifying round
- 3Q: Third qualifying round
- PO: Play-off round
Stadium
Ticha Stadium was constructed and completed in 1935 with the help of volunteers and fans by an initiative held by the then-president of the club Vladimir Chakarov. In 1968, the stadium was renovated and stands were built. The stadium currently has a capacity of 6,250 seating places, spread in two opposite stands. The main south stand has a roof cover and holds 3,250 spectators, while the opposite north stand has a seating capacity of 3,000 spectators. The north stand is commonly used by the Cherno More ultras and the away fans. The current stadium was built entirely with the help of volunteers and sports fans of the club on the place of the old Reka Ticha playground.
In 2007, the local municipality governors and the owners of the club announced in an official statement, that the club would move to a
Following several delays over the next years, majorly due to the global
Statistics and records
Cherno More's all-time leading scorer is
Cherno More's biggest victories in
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Players
First-team squad
As of 31 March 2024[update][27]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2023 and Transfers winter 2023–24.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Second-team squad
Foreign players
Up to twenty foreign nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the Bulgarian First League, however only five non-EU nationals can be used during a match day. 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
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Notable players
- For all players with a Wikipedia article see Category:PFC Cherno More Varna 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.
- Bulgaria
- Aleksandar Y. Aleksandrov
- Aleksandar D. Aleksandrov
- Sasho Aleksandrov
- Todor Atanasov
- Zhivko Atanasov
- Danail Bachkov
- Stefan Bogomilov
- Dimitar Bosnov
- Georgi Bozhilov
- Veselin Branimirov
- Asen Bukarev
- Tsvetelin Chunchukov
- Georgi Dimitrov
- Daniel Dimov
- Nikolay Domakinov
- Valeri Domovchiyski
- Diyan Donchev
- Vasil Dragolov
- Ivan Dyulgerov
- Engibar Engibarov
- Yordan Filipov
- Stanislav Genchev
- Damyan Georgiev
- Daniel Georgiev
- Georgi Georgiev
- Plamen Getov
- Gosho Ginchev
- Zhivko Gospodinov
- Atanas Iliev
- Georgi Iliev
- Ilian Iliev
- Ilian Iliev Jr.
- Ismail Isa
- Ivan Ivanov
- Georgi Kakalov
- Boyko Kamenov
- Georgi Kitanov
- Krasimir Koev
- Bozhil Kolev
- Petar Kostadinov
- Lyuben Kostov
- Kiril Kotev
- Zdravko Lazarov
- Miroslav Manolov
- Dimitar Marashliev
- Todor Marev
- Iliya Milanov
- Martin Minchev
- Konstantin Mirchev
- Zdravko Mitev
- Daniel Mladenov
- Ivan Mokanov
- Stefan Naydenov
- Nedko Nedev
- Plamen Nikolov
- Mariyan Ognyanov
- Todor Palankov
- Vasil Panayotov
- Tsvetomir Panov
- Milen Petkov
- Viktor Popov
- Nikola Spasov
- Stefan Stanchev
- Valentin Stanchev
- Stanislav Stoyanov
- Plamen Timnev
- Aleksandar Tomash
- Aleksandar Tsvetkov
- Radoslav Vasilev
- Stefan Velev
- Georgi Velinov
- Mihail Venkov
- Petar Vitanov
- Georgi Vladimirov
- Lúcio Wagner
- Kosta Yanev
- Stefan Yanev
- Dimitar Yordanov
- Stoyan Yordanov
- Stefan Yurukov
- Adalbert Zafirov
- Krasimir Zafirov
- Zdravko Zdravkov
- Atanas Zehirov
- Europe
- Tigran Gharabaghtsyan
- Emin Quliyev
- Daniel Bogdanović
- Evgheni Hmaruc
- Miroslav Milošević
- Marcin Burkhardt
- Ionuț Neagu
- Africa
- Zakaria Benchaâ
- Ilias Hassani
- Leandro Andrade
- Patrick Andrade
- Sténio
- Hugo Konongo
- Aristote N'Dongala
- Bacari
- Adilson
- Mimito Biai
- Lino
- Madi Queta
- Mamoutou Coulibaly
- Mehdi Bourabia
- Richard Eromoigbe
- Stanley Okoro
- Asia
- South America
- North America
UEFA ranking
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
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285 | Arka Gdynia | 3.825 | |
286 | Domžale | 3.825 | |
287 | Cherno More | 3.825 | |
288 | CSKA Sofia | 3.825 | |
289 | Víkingur | 3.750 |
Source: UEFA Club Coefficients
Last updated: 21 July 2017
Club officials
Board of directors
Position | Name | Nationality |
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Owner | Marin Mitev | |
Technical director | Plamen Andreev | |
Director of Communications | Ivaylo Borisov | |
Director of Recruitment | Todor Velikov |
Current technical body
Position | Name | Nationality |
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Manager | Ilian Iliev | |
Assistant Manager | Petar Kostadinov | |
Assistant Manager | Veselin Branimirov | |
Goalkeeping Coach | Boyan Peykov | |
Fitness coach | Veselin Markov | |
Coaches history
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External links
- Official websites
- Official website
- Cherno More Varna - History and Statistics
- UEFA Profile
- The official website for European football
- The official website for European football
- PFC Cherno More AD | National Associations
- Cherno More | History | UEFA Europa League
- Cherno More | History | UEFA Europa League
- Cherno More | History | UEFA Europa League
- Aleksandrov bolsters Ludogorets defence | UEFA Europa League
- Cherno More - Ajax 3 - 1 (8-6-1966)
- БФС - Първите ръководители
- Supporters websites