PSFC Chernomorets Burgas

This article is about the football club formed in 2005. For the original club from Burgas which existed from 1919 until 2006, see FC Chernomorets Burgas.

Chernomorets Burgas

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Full name

Професионален спортен футболен клуб Черноморец Бургас
(Professional sports football club Chernomorets Burgas)

Nickname(s)

Акулите (The Sharks)

Founded

6 July 2005 (9 years ago)

Ground

Lazur Stadium,
Burgas

Capacity

18,037

Owner

Petrol AD

Chairman

Mitko Sabev

Manager

Dimitar Dimitrov

League

A PFG

2012–13

A PFG, 6th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

PSFC Chernomorets Burgas (Bulgarian: ПСФК Черноморец Бургас) or simply Chernomorets (Bulgarian: Черноморец) is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas, which currently competes in Bulgaria's top football league, the A PFG. Chernomorets plays its home matches at the local Lazur Stadium, but the club planned to move to a new modern venue. To date the club hasn't won any major competitions, although the team was a runner-up in the UEFA Intertoto Cup competition.

Club colours

Blue

White

Kit history

Period	Shirt sponsor
2005–2006	none
2006–2007	Petrol AD
2007–2009	none
2009–2011	Quarto
2011–2013	none
2013–	Masterhaus

Period	Kit manufacturer
2005–2006	Tomy Sport
2006–2007	Sportika
2007–2009	Nike
2009–2011	Puma
2011–2012	Macron
2012–2013	Legea
2013–	Sportika

Honours

Domestic

Bulgarian A PFG:

Fourth place (1): 2011–12 (as PSFC Chernomorets)

Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League:

Winner (1): 2006 (as OFC Chernomorets)

International

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

Runners-up (1): 2008

History

Founding

In the summer of 2005, the club was founded by the mayor of Burgas. Despite the protests of the owner of FC Chernomorets Ivaylo Drazhev, the new club was named OFC Chernomorets 919 and was named as a successor of the current then FC Chernomorets. At the same time, Drazhev formed another club in the capital Sofia under the name PFC Chernomorets Burgas Sofia which only lasted one season and reached many anti-records.

After a one season stay in the amateur division, the club easily won the Bulgarian South-East V AFG with Dian Petkov as a head coach, finishing in the 1st place. In June, 2006, OFC Chernomorets 919 won the Bulgarian Amateur Cup. In the final at the Vasil Levski National Stadium, Chernomorets won with 4-0 against FC Benkovski Kostinbrod.

Mitko Sabev era, 2006-present

The same summer, Mitko Sabev, a famous Bulgarian oil magnate and owner of the rival football club in the city Naftex Burgas, bought the club from the municipality and renamed it to PSFC Chernomorets Burgas. (the club is registered in the Bulgarian Football Union as PFC Chernomorets Burgas and is known by that name to the people.) The football club was used as a reserve team for Naftex Burgas. And the owner appointed for manager the famous Bulgarian manager Dimitar Dimitrov.

In 2007, the Sharks won the East B PFG and were promoted to the A PFG. The next season Chernomorets finished 6th and qualified for the Intertoto Cup. In the second round, the Sharks defeated ND Gorica from Slovenia with 3-1 on aggregate to set up a third round clash with Swiss Grasshopper Zurich, but were eliminated with a 0-4 on aggregate. In December, 2008, Chernomorets's owner appointed for manager of the football club the notable Bulgarian player Krassimir Balakov, after being sacked from FC St. Gallen.^[1]^[2] At the end of that season, Mitko Sabev dissolved Naftex Burgas and bought PFC Chernomorets Pomorie from Pomorie, making the new club from the nearby town a reserve team for the main football club.

On January 14, 2010, Chernomorets Burgas was named as the most progressive club in 2009 in Bulgaria.^[3] In July 2010, after differences between the owners of Petrol AD the clubs budget has been severely reduced and many employees from the staff has been released. However on 6 December 2010, Krassimir Balakov was released from Chernomorets Burgas after mutual consent. Second half of the 2010-11 A PFG season is a nightmare for Chernomorets Burgas and the collapses in eighth place by change two more coaches Anton Velkov and Georgi Vasilev.

On 30 May 2011, Mitko Sabev has appointed for manager for second time Dimitar Dimitrov - Hero. He founded very quality players for free like Jugurtha Hamroun, Lourival Assis, Aatif Chahechouche and Yannick Boli and Chernomorets Burgas doing his best season in club history in Bulgarian A PFG - 4th place with real chances for Europa League. However little was not enough and the club doesn't qualify.

Historical achievements

Historical names

2005-06	OFC Chernomorets 919
2006	PSFC Chernomorets Burgas

Performance by seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2005-06	V AFG	1	30	29	1	0	122	9	88	1/16	Promoted
2006-07	B PFG	1	26	19	6	1	57	20	60	1/8	Promoted
2007-08	A PFG	6	30	13	8	9	39	32	47	1/8
2008-09	A PFG	7	30	11	10	9	41	37	43	1/8
2009-10	A PFG	5	30	15	6	9	44	29	51	1/8
2010-11	A PFG	8	30	9	10	11	19	28	37	1/4
2011-12	A PFG	4	30	17	9	4	57	23	60	1/8
2012-13	A PFG	6	30	14	5	11	32	28	47	1/8

European

Intertoto Cup

2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2nd Round		ND Gorica	1-1	2-0	3-1
2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	3rd Round		Grasshopper	0-1	0-3	0-4

Stadium and Sports Complex

Main article: Lazur Stadium

Main article: Chernomorets Arena

Main article: Chernomorets Stadium

Chernomorets plays its home games at the Lazur Stadium. Lazur Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Burgas, Bulgaria. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 18,037 people and it is 3 star rated by UEFA. The stadium was opened in 1967 and was renovated in 1997 and 2009.

Chernomorets Arena^[4] is a future modern stadium in Burgas, which is going to be the new home ground of Chernomorets Burgas. The new venue will be built in the place of the old home ground of FC Chernomorets, the Chernomorets Stadium, and will have a capacity of 30,000 spectators and a possible expansion to 55,000. It is scheduled to be opened in 2017. The construction will start in the summer of 2013, because of the current demolishing process of the old stadium and the global financial crisis, and will cost 500 million euros, making it one of the most expensive stadiums in Europe. The stadium will be probably rated with an elite ranking by UEFA and will host Champions League and Europa League matches in Burgas and Eastern Bulgaria.

In July 2009, the owner of the club announced an ambitious plan to build a modern sports complex for the club in the Sarafovo neighborhood of Burgas. The sports complex will be named Sharks Nest and will include two training pitches and one training pitch with artificial turf, an administrative building for the team and one building for the management of the football club. The construction of the sports complex started the same month and was finished in July, 2010 at a cost of € 20 million.^[5]

Current squad

As of 30 October 2013^[update]^[6] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Nik Dashev
3	DF	Trayan Trayanov
7	FW	Milcho Angelov
8	MF	Milen Gamakov
9	FW	Preslav Yordanov
10	MF	Marquinho
12	GK	Yanko Georgiev
13	MF	Najib Ammari
14	MF	Jérémy Manzorro
15	MF	Vančo Trajanov (captain)
19	MF	Stanislav Dryanov

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Yani Pehlivanov
23	DF	Chico
24	DF	Martin Kavdanski
25	DF	Krum Stoyanov
26	MF	Nikolay Pavlov
30	MF	Lachezar Baltanov (vice-captain)
44	DF	Venelin Filipov
87	MF	Carlos Fonseca
88	GK	Svilen Notev
90	FW	Petar Atanasov

For recent transfers, see List of Bulgarian football transfers summer 2013.

Foreign players

Up to three non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the A PFG. 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

Jérémy Manzorro
Carlos Fonseca
Chico
Marquinho

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)

Najib Ammari
Vančo Trajanov

Non-EU Nationals

Staff

Position	Name
Chairman	Mitko Sabev
Managing director	Plamen Kiryakov
Director	Miroslav Yordanov
Director	Ivan Tsanev
Director	Georgi Mitsov
Director of Football	Radostin Kishishev
Director of Youth Academy	Aleksi Zhelyazkov
Manager	Dimitar Dimitrov
Assistant Coach	Georgi Chilikov
Assistant Coach	Petar Kolev
Conditioning Coach	Detelin Maslov
Goalkeeper Coach	Lyubomir Sheytanov

Notable players

For all players with a World Heritage Encyclopedia article see Category:PFC Chernomorets Burgas players.

Managers

Diyan Petkov (2005–06)
Dimitar Dimitrov (July 1, 2007–Dec 17, 2008)
Krassimir Balakov (Dec 17, 2008–Dec 7, 2010)
Anton Velkov (Jan 5, 2011–March 23, 2011)
Georgi Vasilev (March 23, 2011–May 30, 2011)
Dimitar Dimitrov (May 30, 2011–)

References

External links

(Bulgarian)(English) Official website
(English) UEFA Profile

v t e Chernomorets Burgas

Teams	Chernomorets Pomorie

General information	Players

Stadiums	Lazur Stadium Chernomorets Stadium Chernomorets Arena Pomorie Stadium

v t e Bulgarian A Professional Football Group

2013–14 clubs	Beroe Botev Plovdiv Cherno More Chernomorets Burgas CSKA Levski Litex Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Ludogorets Lyubimets 2007 Neftochimic Pirin GD Slavia

Stadiums	Beroe Hristo Botev Ticha Lazur Balgarska Armia Hadzhi Dimitar Georgi Asparuhov Lovech Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) Lokomotiv (Sofia) Ludogorets Arena Lyubimets Gotse Delchev Ovcha Kupel

Former clubs	Akademik Sofia Akademik Svishtov Belasitsa Botev Vratsa Chernomorets Chernomorets Burgas Sofia Dimitrovgrad Dobrudzha Dunav Etar Etar 1924 Haskovo Kaliakra Lokomotiv GO Lokomotiv Mezdra Marek Maritsa Metalurg Minyor Montana Naftex Nesebar Pirin Pirin Blagoevgrad Rilski Sportist Rodopa Rozova Dolina Septemvri Sliven Spartak Pleven Spartak Plovdiv Spartak Sofia Spartak Varna Sportist Svetkavitsa Velbazhd Vidima-Rakovski Vihren Yantra

Former clubs (from Macedonia & Thrace)	Belomorets Kavala Bitola Gotse Delchev Prilep Makedonija Bitola Makedonija Skopje Vardar Skopje ZhSK Skopje

Competition	Champions Players (foreign)

Associated competitions	Second Division Third Division Bulgarian Cup Bulgarian Supercup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League

Seasons	1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

v t e Football in Bulgaria

League competitions	A PFG B PFG (2 divisions) V AFG (4 divisions) Regional Football Groups Bulgarian women's football championship

Cup competitions	Bulgarian Cup Bulgarian Supercup Cup of AFL Bulgarian Women's Cup

Defunct competitions	State Championship (1924–1936, 1941–1945) Tsar's Cup (1924–44) National Football Division (1937–1940) Republic Championship (1945–1948) Soviet Army Cup (1946–90) BFU's Cup (1990–91) PFL's Cup (1994–97) Premier League (2000–2003) Doubles Group (2008–2010)

National teams	Men Women Olympic team (U-23) Under-21 Under-19 Under-17

Lists	Clubs Stadiums Foreign players

Awards	Footballers' Footballer of the Year

BFU PFL

v t e Bulgarian football championship seasons

State Championship (National Football Division)	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944

Republic Championship	1945 1946 1947 1948

A Professional Football Group	1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

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