OFC Pomorie

Pomorie

Full name	Municipal football club Pomorie
Nickname(s)	The Pomorians
Founded	1934 (1934)
Ground	Pomorie Stadium, Pomorie
Ground Capacity	2,000
Owner	Pomorie Municipality
Chairman	Hristo Burgazliev
Head coach	Malin Orachev
League	Bulgarian Second League
2015–16	B Group, 2nd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

OFC Pomorie (Bulgarian: ОФК Поморие) is a Bulgarian football club based in Pomorie, that competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. The club plays its home matches at the Pomorie Stadium, which has an overall capacity of 2,000 seats.

Honours

Bulgarian Cup

• Runners-up: 2010

Bulgarian B Professional Football Group:

• 2nd place (2): 2010-11, 2015-16

South-East V Group:

• Winner (1): 2002/03 (as PFC Pomorie)

Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League

• Winner (2): 2002/03, 2008/09 (as PFC Pomorie)

History

First years

The football club in Pomorie was established in 1934. In 1944 became Nikolay Luskov in honour of the famous Bulgarian communist politic with the same name, who died in the town. Since then, the club changed its name twice, as Cherveno Zname and FC Pomorie, without making some important achievements.

2002–2009

However, in 2002, the club managed to earn a promotion to the Bulgarian V AFG. The next season, the club was bought by the Bulgarian oil company Petrol AD, and the same 2003-04 season the team achieved a double by winning the South-East V AFG and the Bulgarian Amateur Cup, again under the name FC Pomorie.

The following two seasons Pomorie competed in the Bulgarian B PFG, but in 2006, were once again relegated to the V AFG. In the next years, the club stayed in the South-East V AFG, without achieving any significant results. In 2009, however, PFC Pomorie finished in the third position of their division and were able to play a play-off match for a promotion to the Bulgarian B PFG.

Union with Naftex Burgas

On July 3, 2009, PFC Pomorie merged with Naftex Burgas from the nearby city Burgas, by demands from the Petrol AD owner Mitko Sabev. However, the old club was folded and a new club was established by the fans as a successor of the old team. Therefore, only part of the Naftex players were moved to the Pomorie team. The newly created club was named Chernomorets Pomorie and several days later the club obtained a license from the BFU in order to participate in the East B PFG. As of 2009 Chernomorets Pomorie is used as a satellite team for Chernomorets Burgas and has a goal to train and develop players, seeking promotion to the first squad in the main club. At the end of the 2010/2011 B PFG season, Chernomorets Pomorie finished in 2nd place, securing the right to challenge Vidima Rakovski for a spot in the A PFG, the top echelon in Bulgaria. However, they were ultimately denied a professional license by the Bulgarian Football Union and FC Sportist Svoge will face the team from Sevlievo. Since season 2014/2015 OFC Pomorie has participated in the South-Eastern 3rd football division.

Final of Bulgarian Cup

On April 28, 2010, Chernomorets Pomorie surprisingly managed to secure a place in the final of the Bulgarian Cup after securing some prestigious wins against Minyor Pernik (2:0) and Kaliakra Kavarna (4:1 after penalties) at the Pomorie Stadium. Chernomorets's players are the second ones from a B PFG team in the Bulgarian Cup history, that have reached the final of the competition since Chernomorets Burgas's similar achievement in 1989. The final of the cup was held on May 5, 2010, against Beroe Stara Zagora at the Lovech Stadium, but it was lost by the Pomorie with 0:1.

Difficult Years

On 23 May 2012 was the last game of team. In June 2012 Chernomorets Pomorie and Akademik Sofia did not receive a professional license from the BFU and were relegated to the third division.^[1] The team denied to compete in V Grupa and any other division due to financial problems. On 15 September 2012 its changes the name to OFC Pomorie. The youth academy of the club currently competes in youth divisions.

New beginning

On 22 July 2013 the main team made its first training and during 2013-14 season competed in the regional divisions.^[2]

Historical names

Past seasons

Stadium and Sports Complex

Chernomorets Pomorie currently play their home matches at the Pomorie Stadium in Pomorie. The stadium has an overall capacity of 3,000 spectators and it's part of a major training sports complex located in the range of a 5-star luxury hotel complex, which is also used by the needs of the football club. The venue has one main stand with roof covers, a 1400 lux floodlight system, a frame scoreboard and a synthetic grass pitch surface. It was built in 2006, along with the Pomorie Sports Complex at a total cost of € 3,25 million.^[3]

Current squad

As of 1 August 2016 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Dimitar Iliev 2 DF Anton Ivanov 3 DF Martin Vasilev 4 DF Rostislav Petrov 5 DF Georgi Petkov (captain) 6 MF Daniel Stamatov 7 DF Daniel Stoyanov 8 MF Zhivko Iliev 9 FW Ahmed Ahmedov 10 MF Kiril Georgiev 11 MF Deyan Lozev 12 GK Dimitar Todorov 13 DF Miroslav Koev

No. Position Player 14 MF Stefan Stamatov 15 MF Martin Ivanov 17 DF Stanislav Ganev 18 DF Aleksandar Ivanov 19 MF Michael Tawiah 20 MF Iliyan Sherdenov 21 MF Bekir Rasim 22 DF Hristo Lemperov 23 DF Stanislav Zhekov 24 MF Hristiyan Kazakov 25 DF Slavi Shopov 26 FW Ivan Kolev (on loan from Lokomotiv Plovdiv) 27 MF Milen Tanev

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2016.

Staff

Position	Name
Chairman	Hristo Burgazliev
Managing director	Ognyan Ralev
Sport-technical director	Stoyan Dzhisov
Coach	Lazar Tonozliev
Coach	Lachezar Danev
Coach	Boris Tomov

References

External links

• Official website
• Unofficial website