Spartak II ( bg, Спартак II) or Spartak 2 is a Bulgarian football team based in Varna. Founded in 2021, it is the reserve team of Spartak Varna, and currently plays in Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football. Obliged to play one level below their main side, Spartak II is ineligible for promotion to First League and also can not compete in the Bulgarian Cup.

History

Since 2015, the

Bulgarian Football Union The Bulgarian Football Union ( bg, Български футболен съюз, Bǎlgarski futbolen sǎyuz; BFS) is a football association based in Bulgaria and a member of UEFA. It organizes a football league, Bulgarian Parva Liga, and field ...

allowed Bulgarian teams to have reserve sides in the lower regional divisions. In 2021 Spartak started a reserve squad in Third League. In 2023 the team expressed desire to take the first place and promote to Second League. In 2023,

Vasil Petrov Vasil Petrov ( bg, Васил Петров; born 5 October 1986) is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player who played as a defender. He currently work as Sporting Director at Fratria. In 2007, aged 17, Petrov started his own ...

was promoted to lead the first team, returning in charge of Spartak after he once managed the team to promote to First League, with Ivelin Petkov becoming the new manager of Spartak II. On 10 January 2024 Kyriakos Georgiou was announced as the new director of Spartak Academy and Spartak II manager. Day later, after a meeting between fans and the team owner, he decided to not take Georgiou, because of the huge dissaproval of the fans.Привържениците на Спартак (Варна) се заканиха да съблекат треньор
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Players

Foreign players

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

Bulgarian First Professional League 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 ...

however only three can be used in 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) * Dakarai Truvillion Non-EU Nationals * Pavel Bachuriyski

Personnel

Manager history

Seasons

Key

* GS = Group stage * QF = Quarter-finals * SF = Semi-finals

References

External links

Official websitebgclubs.eu
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spartak Football clubs in Varna, Bulgaria Association football clubs established in 2021 2021 establishments in Bulgaria

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