FC Chernomorets Burgas
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| Full name | FC Chernomorets Burgas | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Sharks | ||
| Founded | 1 August 1919 | ||
| Dissolved | 2006 | ||
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Chernomorets Stadium, Burgas | ||
| Capacity | 22,000 | ||
| Chairman | Ivaylo Drazhev | ||
| League | V AFG | ||
| 2006–07 | 18th | ||
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FC Chernomorets Burgas (Bulgarian: ФК Черноморец Бургас) or simply Chernomorets (Bulgarian: Черноморец) was a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas. Chernomorets plays its home matches at the local Chernomorets Stadium. The team was a runner-up in the Bulgarian Cup and Bulgarian Supercup competitions.
Club colours
| Light blue | White |
Kit history
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History
1905–1958
In 1905, a group of Bulgarian students from the Robert College of Istanbul created a new sports club in Burgas 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. 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 and played against CSKA Sofia, but the result of the match was a 0:3 loss for Chernomorets. In spite of loss, the team led by Dian Petkov, Zlatko Yankov, Lyubomir Sheytanov and Vlado Stoyanov, the Sharks managed to earn a position to participate in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The club's first participation in European club tournaments was not promising. The team faced Dinamo Tirana from Albania. The first game in Burgas, in the presence of 17 000 spectators at the Chernomorets Stadium, ended with a 3–1 win. But the second game in Tirana 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 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
| Years | Names |
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| 1919–28 | FC Chernomorets |
| 1929–31 | FC Chernomorets-29 |
| 1931–44 | FC Chernomorets |
| 1944–58 | FC Lyuboslav |
| 1958–68 | FC Botev |
| 1968-06 | FC Chernomorets |
Performance by seasons
Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes 1938 BSFC 8 18 4 4 10 30 40 12 N/A 1939 BSFC 10 18 0 4 14 17 61 4 N/A Relegated 1948–49 RFD 10 18 2 3 13 15 38 7 1/4 Relegated 1957 Southern B RFG 8 30 10 10 10 42 50 30 N/A 1958 Southern B RFG 10 15 5 4 6 17 18 14 N/A 1958–59 Southern B RFG 10 30 13 5 11 45 42 31 1/4 Relegated 1961–62 B RFG 10 30 9 8 13 41 49 26 N/A 1962–63 Southern B RFG 11 38 15 6 17 61 55 36 N/A 1963–64 Southern B RFG 6 34 13 13 8 53 42 39 N/A 1964–65 Southern B RFG 1 34 19 6 9 57 29 44 N/A Promoted 1965–66 A RFG 14 30 8 9 13 34 48 25 1/8 1966–67 A RFG 9 30 10 10 10 38 35 30 2nd in Group 1 1967–68 A RFG 13 30 9 7 14 35 53 25 1/2 1968–69 A RFG 7 30 10 8 12 51 56 28 3rd in Group 1 1969–70 A RFG 8 30 10 9 11 33 41 29 1/8 1970–71 A RFG 15 30 6 7 17 33 66 19 3rd in Group 3 1971–72 A RFG 14 34 11 8 15 47 49 28 1/16 1972–73 A RFG 12 34 12 7 15 35 44 31 1/4 drawn 1973–74 Southern B RFG 2 36 23 6 7 81 34 52 1/4 1974–75 Southern B RFG 2 38 18 8 12 52 40 44 N/A 1975–76 Southern B RFG 7 38 16 8 14 61 47 40 1/32 1976–77 Southern B RFG 1 38 20 10 8 60 30 50 1/32 Promoted 1977–78 A RFG 10 30 11 5 14 45 43 27 1/16 1978–79 A RFG 5 30 13 8 9 45 43 34 1/8 1979–80 A RFG 9 30 12 3 15 39 42 27 1/4 1980–81 A RFG 11 30 9 10 11 42 49 28 1st leg 1981–82 A RFG 6 30 14 4 12 48 44 32 N/A 1982–83 A RFG 13 30 12 4 14 41 47 28 N/A 1983–84 A RFG 5 30 12 7 11 43 47 31 N/A 1984–85 A RFG 16 30 8 5 17 35 57 21 N/A Relegated 1985–86 B RFG 1 38 21 7 10 81 42 48 N/A Promoted 1986–87 A RFG 12 30 10 4 16 48 76 24 N/A 1987–88 A RFG 15 30 9 3 18 27 50 21 1/4 Relegated 1988–89 B RFG 2 38 20 10 8 63 32 50 Final Promoted 1989–90 A RFG 11 30 11 7 12 36 41 29 N/A 1990–91 A FG 7 30 11 8 11 41 50 30 2nd in Group 1 1991–92 A RFG 12 30 8 9 13 28 43 25 1/16 1992–93 A RFG 8 30 11 8 11 33 31 30 1/8 1993–94 A FG 13 28 8 6 14 30 36 30 1/16 Relegated 1994–95 Southern B RFG 9 30 13 7 10 43 35 46 N/A Relegated 1995–96 South East V Group - - - - - - - - 3rd leg Promoted 1996–97 B RFG 7 34 16 4 14 51 39 52 1/8 1997–98 B RFG 4 30 18 5 7 50 17 59 1/16 1998–99 B RFG 1 30 21 3 6 62 20 66 2nd leg Promoted 1999-00 A FG 10 30 10 7 13 31 40 37 1/2 2000–01 Premier football league 11 26 6 4 16 22 48 22 1/16 2001–02 Premier football league 10 40 13 9 18 41 69 35 1/16 2002–03 Premier football league 11 26 7 3 16 32 56 24 1/4 2003–04 A FG 16 30 4 6 20 30 68 18 1/8 Relegated 2004–05 B PFG 15 30 5 4 21 29 64 19 1st leg Relegated 2005–06 South East V Group 14 30 6 5 19 26 56 23 N/A 2006–07 South East V Group 18 34 0 0 34 8 161 0 N/A Withdrawn
European
Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1982 | Intertoto Cup | Group 9 |  |
Baník Ostrava | 5–2 | 1–3 | N/A |
| 1982 | Intertoto Cup | Group 9 |  |
IFK Göteborg | 2–4 | 4–4 | N/A |
| 1982 | Intertoto Cup | Group 9 |  |
Næstved | 4–0 | 1–2 | N/A |
| 1985 | Intertoto Cup | Group 11 |  |
Start | 2–0 | 0–1 | N/A |
| 1985 | Intertoto Cup | Group 11 |  |
Aarau | 4–1 | 3–3 | N/A |
| 1985 | Intertoto Cup | Group 11 |  |
MTK | 1–2 | 1–5 | N/A |
| 1989–90 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | QR | .svg.png){kind=small} |
KS Dinamo Tirana | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–5 |
Honours
- Runner-up (1): 1989
- Runner-up (1): 1989
Notable players
- For all players with a Wikipedia article see Category: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
