FC Chernomorets Burgas ( bg, ФК Черноморец Бургас) or simply Chernomorets ( bg, Черноморец) was a
Bulgaria
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n
football club
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from the city of
Burgas
Burgas ( bg, Бургас, ), sometimes transliterated as ''Bourgas'', is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a popu ...
. Chernomorets played its home matches at the local
Chernomorets Stadium
Chernomorets Stadium ( bg, Стадион „Черноморец“) is a multi-purpose stadium in Burgas, Bulgaria
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. The team was a runner-up in the
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it.
The tournament ...
and
Bulgarian Supercup
The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match and ...
competitions.
Club colours
Kit history
History
1905–1958
In 1905, a group of Bulgarian students from the
Robert College of Istanbul
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created a new sports club in
Burgas
Burgas ( bg, Бургас, ), sometimes transliterated as ''Bourgas'', is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a popu ...
with the name SC Strela. Several years later, SC Strela was officially licensed as an association and in May, 1912, the local municipality chose the first staff and the first president of the club. In the period between 1918–1919, SC Strela had a roster of 200 members, slowly growing into an association with a big importance to the city. Тherefore some changes had to be made and on August 1, 1919, the first president of the club was chosen to be Stefan Ilic. By his suggestion, the club's name was chosen to be changed to SC Chernomorets and the same year, a football department was created to the sports society, named FC Chernomorets.
Between 1919 and 1944, the football club participated in the Bulgarian State Championship, regularly promoting and relegating from the different divisions of the league. In the following years several changes were made. In 1944, the club was bought by the Municipality of Burgas, its name was changed to FC Lyuboslav and a new manager was hired – the prominent Hungarian coach Kramer Lipot. However the results weren't good and soon he was sacked from his job. Years later, the bad results were the reason to bring FC Lyuboslav to a dissolve.
1958–2006
In 1958, the communist authorities in Burgas decided to reestablish a sports club, which is a successor of the achievements of the former FC Chernomorets. The sports club was named SC Botev in honour of the Bulgarian national hero –
Hristo Botev
Hristo Botev ( bg, Христо Ботев, ), born Hristo Botyov Petkov (Христо Ботьов Петков; – ), was a Bulgarian revolutionary and poet. Botev is considered by Bulgarians to be a symbolic historical figure and nationa ...
. Several years later, the authorities however decided to rename the club to its former name FC Chernomorets.
FC Chernomorets's best seasons in the
Bulgarian top division were in the 1981/82 and 1983/84 seasons, finishing in the 5th place. Since its establishment, the club had played a total of 31 seasons in the
Bulgarian top division. In 1989, Chernomorets surprisingly reached the final of the
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it.
The tournament ...
and played against
CSKA Sofia
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, but the result of the match was a 0:3 loss for Chernomorets. In spite of loss, the team led by
Dian Petkov
Diyan Petkov Dimov ( bg, Диян Петков Димов; born 4 August 1967) is a former Bulgarian footballer and currently manager of Neftochimic Burgas.
Career
He played for Naftex Burgas, Chernomorets Burgas, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Lokomotiv S ...
,
Zlatko Yankov
Zlatko Georgiev Yankov ( bg, Златко Георгиев Янков; born 7 June 1966) is a Bulgarian footballer manager and former player, who played as a midfielder.
Career
Yankov was capped 79 times and scored four goals for the Bulgaria n ...
, Lyubomir Sheytanov and Vlado Stoyanov, the Sharks managed to earn a position to participate in the
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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. The club's first participation in European club tournaments was not promising. The team faced
Dinamo Tirana
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Founded in 1950 during the communist ...
from
Albania
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. The first game in
Burgas
Burgas ( bg, Бургас, ), sometimes transliterated as ''Bourgas'', is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a popu ...
, in the presence of 17 000 spectators at the
Chernomorets Stadium
Chernomorets Stadium ( bg, Стадион „Черноморец“) is a multi-purpose stadium in Burgas, Bulgaria
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, ended with a 3–1 win. But the second game in
Tirana
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finished with a shameful 0–4 loss and Chernomorets were out of the European club tournament. A few years later, in 1994 Chernomorets were relegated to
Southern "B" Group and its return to
A PFG
The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...
in 1999 was with his new owner Ivaylo Drazhev, who had bought the club in 1997.
In 2004, the club with president Ivaylo Drazhev went bankrupt and in the following two seasons Chernomorets was relegated from the top divisions of the Bulgarian football. The future of the club was unknown and in late 2006 FC Chernomorets withdrew from the
South-East V AFG because of financial difficulties.
Historical names
Performance by seasons
:
European
Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup
Honours
Bulgarian A PFG:
* Fifth place (2):
1979
Events
January
* January 1
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,
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it.
The tournament ...
* Runner-up (1): 1989
Bulgarian Supercup
The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match and ...
* Runner-up (1):
1989
Notable players
*''For all players with a Wikipedia article see
:FC Chernomorets Burgas players.''
Notable coaches
* Kramer Lipot
*
Evgeni Yanchovski
* Totko Dremsizov – lead the sharks seven years in a row (record)
* Lyubomir Borisov
* Vasil Zelev – the most successful coach for the club
* Ivan Tsvetanov
* Miroslav Kralev
External links
Chernomorets Burgas at bgclubs.eu
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Association football clubs established in 1919
Association football clubs disestablished in 2006
Defunct football clubs in Bulgaria
Football clubs in Burgas
1919 establishments in Bulgaria
2006 disestablishments in Bulgaria