2017–18 PFC Cherno More Varna season

Cherno More
2017–18 season
Chairman	Marin Marinov
Manager	Georgi Ivanov; (until 21 September); Emanuel Lukanov (caretaker); (21 September – 28 December); Ilian Iliev; (from 28 December)
First League	7th
Bulgarian Cup	First round; (knocked out by Montana)
Top goalscorer	League: Mariyan Ognyanov, Radoslav Vasilev & Georgi Iliev (6); All: Mariyan Ognyanov, Radoslav Vasilev & Georgi Iliev (6)
Highest home attendance	6,500 (vs. CSKA Sofia, 16 September 2017)
Lowest home attendance	250 (vs. Vitosha Bistritsa, 15 July 2017)
Average home league attendance	1,692
Biggest win	4–0 (vs Vereya, 21 July 2017)
Biggest defeat	1–4 (vs Septemvri Sofia, 27 August 2017); 1–4 (vs Beroe, 17 February 2018); 1–4 (vs Levski Sofia, 24 May 2018)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →
	All statistics correct as of 24 May 2018.

This page covers all relevant details regarding Cherno More for all official competitions inside the 2017–18 season. These are the First Professional Football League and the Bulgarian Cup.

Due to the ongoing repair works at Ticha Stadium, the team played its first home league game at Kavarna Stadium in Kavarna.^[1]

On 21 September 2017, following a streak of poor results and Bulgarian Cup elimination by Montana, manager Georgi Ivanov resigned.^[2] Assistant coach Emanuel Lukanov was immediately appointed as caretaker manager. As results didn't improve, on 28 December he was replaced with Ilian Iliev, his second tenure as Cherno More manager.^[3]

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
14 June 2017	MF	Atanas Zehirov	Beroe	Free^[4]
14 June 2017	MF	Orlin Starokin	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Free^[4]
14 June 2017	MF	Mariyan Ognyanov	Neftochimic	Free^[4]
14 June 2017	FW	Georgi Bozhilov	Beroe	Free^[4]
15 June 2017	DF	Ilias Hassani	Vereya	Free^[5]
16 June 2017	DF	Vitinha	Ludogorets Razgrad	Free^[6]
18 June 2017	DF	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Levski Sofia	Free^[7]
19 June 2017	FW	Tsvetelin Chunchukov	Ludogorets Razgrad	Free^[8]
15 August 2017	GK	Yevhen Borovyk	Karpaty Lviv	Free^[9]
12 September 2017	DF	Iliya Milanov	Neftochimic	Free^[10]
12 September 2017	FW	Amadou Soukouna	Levski Sofia	Free^[10]
12 October 2017	MF	Anton Ognyanov	Levski Sofia	Free^[11]
18 December 2017	GK	Blagoy Makendzhiev	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Free^[12]
8 January 2018	MF	Mehdi Fennouche	Vereya	Free^[13]
8 January 2018	MF	Aristote N'Dongala	Lokomotiv GO	Free^[13]
12 January 2018	MF	Petar Vitanov	Vereya	Free^[14]
16 January 2018	MF	Dani Kiki	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free^[15]
16 January 2018	DF	Miroslav Enchev	Vereya	Undisclosed^[15]
5 February 2018	FW	Radoslav Vasilev	Alki Oroklini	Free^[16]
5 February 2018	DF	Hugo Konongo	Paulhan-Pézenas	Free^[16]
13 February 2018	DF	Daniel Dimov	Manisaspor	Free^[17]
19 April 2018	MF	Fábinho	Sporting B	Free^[18]

Out[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
12 May 2017	DF	Trayan Trayanov	Septemvri Sofia	Free^[19]^[20]
29 May 2017	GK	Vojtěch Šrom	Opava	Free^[21]^[22]
29 May 2017	DF	Mihail Venkov	Slavia Sofia	Free^[21]^[23]
29 May 2017	DF	Plamen Nikolov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free^[21]^[24]
29 May 2017	MF	Daniel Georgiev	Septemvri Sofia	Free^[21]^[20]
29 May 2017	MF	Todor Palankov	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Free^[21]^[25]
29 May 2017	MF	Filip Hlúpik	Mariehamn	Free^[21]^[26]
29 May 2017	MF	Pirulo	Free agent	Released^[21]
29 May 2017	FW	Bacari	Free agent	Released^[21]
31 July 2017	MF	Ilian Iliev	Académica de Coimbra U19	Free^[27]
22 August 2017	MF	Borislav Baldzhiyski	Montana	Free^[28]^[29]
6 September 2017	MF	Ivan Kokonov	Montana	Free^[30]^[31]
6 December 2017	GK	Yevhen Borovyk	Akzhayik	Free^[32]^[33]
9 December 2017	FW	Amadou Soukouna	Free agent	Released^[34]
12 December 2017	MF	Anton Ognyanov	Vereya	Free^[35]^[36]
14 December 2017	FW	Tsvetelin Chunchukov	Slavia Sofia	Free^[37]^[38]
14 December 2017	DF	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Free agent	Released^[39]
15 December 2017	GK	Emil Mihaylov	CSKA 1948	Free^[40]^[41]
8 January 2018	MF	Orlin Starokin	Vitosha Bistritsa	Free^[42]^[43]
8 January 2018	DF	Ondřej Sukup	Zbrojovka Brno	Free^[42]^[44]
27 January 2018	DF	Iliya Milanov	Free agent	End of contract^[45]

Loans out[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	To	End Date	Fee
17 June 2017	FW	Valentin Yoskov	Nesebar	End of season	Free^[46]

Squad information[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Previous Club	Notes
3	RB	Ertan Tombak	18	EU	2017	4	0	2019	Youth system	Cherno More Academy	^[47]
5	RB	Stefan Stanchev	29	EU	2013	101	1	2018	Free	Minyor Pernik
6	CM	~~Aleksandar Tsvetkov~~	27	EU	2016	57	2	2018	Free	Litex	^{[nb 1]}
7	LB	Vitinha	32	EU	2017	1	0	2019	Free	Ludogorets Razgrad
8	CM	Emil Yanchev	19	EU	2017	11	0	2019	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
9	FW	~~Tsvetelin Chunchukov~~	22	EU	2017	9	1	2019	Free	Ludogorets Razgrad	^{[nb 2]}
9	LW	Mehdi Fennouche	25	EU	2018	13	4	2019	Free	Vereya
10	AM	~~Ilian Iliev~~	17	EU	2016	3	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy	^{[nb 3]}
10	FW	Radoslav Vasilev	27	EU	2018	16	6	2019	Free	Alki Oroklini
11	FW	~~Amadou Soukouna~~	25	EU	2017	8	0	2019	Free	Levski Sofia	^{[nb 2]}
13	LW	~~Ivan Kokonov~~	26	EU	2016	93	11	2019	Free	Montana	^{[nb 4]}^{[nb 5]}
14	FW	Georgi Bozhilov	31	EU	2017	159	22	2019	Free	Beroe	^{[nb 6]}
15	CB	~~Aleksandar Aleksandrov~~	31	EU	2017	231	5	2019	Free	Levski Sofia	^{[nb 7]}^{[nb 2]}
16	DM	Petar Vitanov	23	EU	2018	14	0	2019	Free	Vereya
17	RB	Martin Kostadinov	22	EU	2014	36	1	2020	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
18	RW	Atanas Zehirov	29	EU	2017	32	2	2019	Free	Beroe
19	CB	~~Iliya Milanov~~	25	EU	2017	7	0	2019	Free	Neftochimic	^{[nb 8]}
21	CM	Georgi Iliev (captain)	36	EU	2016	287	61	2018	Free	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	^{[nb 9]}
22	AM	Mariyan Ognyanov	29	EU	2017	24	6	2019	Free	Neftochimic
23	CB	Ilias Hassani	22	EU	2017	32	1	2019	Free	Vereya
25	GK	Ivan Dyulgerov	18	EU	2016	4	0	2019	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
26	GK	Ivan Dichevski	17	EU	2017	0	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy
27	CB	Daniel Dimov	29	EU	2018	70	4	2018	Free	Manisaspor	^{[nb 10]}
29	FW	Marek Kuzma	29	EU	2016	63	13	2018	Free	Zlaté Moravce
33	GK	~~Emil Mihaylov~~	29	EU	2016	32	0	2018	Free	Etar	^{[nb 11]}^{[nb 2]}
33	CB	Miroslav Enchev	26	EU	2018	6	0	2019	Undisclosed	Vereya
36	AM	Rumen Kasabov	18	EU	2017	1	1		Youth system	Cherno More Academy
37	CM	Lachezar Yordanov	17	EU	2018	1	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy
38	LW	Aristote N'Dongala	24	EU	2018	8	0	2019	Free	Lokomotiv GO
41	LB	Hugo Konongo	26	EU	2018	13	0	2019	Free	Paulhan-Pézenas
45	CM	Fábinho	22	EU	2018	6	0	2018	Free	Sporting B	^[48]
66	DM	~~Orlin Starokin~~	31	EU	2017	16	2	2019	Free	Pirin Blagoevgrad	^{[nb 8]}
70	AM	~~Borislav Baldzhiyski~~	26	EU	2017	18	1	2018	Free	Slavia Sofia	^{[nb 12]}
73	RB	~~Ondřej Sukup~~	29	EU	2016	54	1	2019	Free	Baník Ostrava	^{[nb 8]}
77	GK	~~Yevhen Borovyk~~	32	Non-EU	2017	3	0	2019	Free	Karpaty Lviv	^{[nb 2]}
81	LW	~~Anton Ognyanov~~	29	EU	2017	8	1	2018	Free	Levski Sofia	^{[nb 2]}
88	GK	Blagoy Makendzhiev	29	EU	2018	15	0	2020	Free	Pirin Blagoevgrad
90	FW	Martin Minchev	17	EU	2017	26	2	2020	Youth system	Cherno More Academy	^[49]
97	RW	Nikolay Minkov	20	EU	2016	25	1	2018	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
98	FW	Valentin Yoskov	19	EU	2015	21	0	2018	Youth system	Cherno More Academy	^{[nb 13]}
99	AM	Dani Kiki	30	EU	2018	9	1	2019	Free	Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Last updated: 24 May 2018
Source: [1]

^ Player left the club in May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Player left the club in December 2017.
^ Player left the club in July 2017.
^ Kokonov made 56 appearances and scored 8 goals during his first spell at the club between 2013 and 2015.
^ Player left the club in September 2017.
^ Bozhilov made 139 appearances and scored 19 goals during his first spell at the club between 2010 and 2015.
^ Aleksandrov made 217 appearances and scored 5 goals during his first spell at the club between 2005 and 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Player left the club in January 2018.
^ G. Iliev made 207 appearances and scored 48 goals during his first two spells at the club between 2000–2003 and 2008–2013.
^ Dimov made 54 appearances and scored 3 goals during his first spell at the club between 2006 and 2010.
^ E. Mihaylov made 3 appearances during his first spell at the club in 2013.
^ Player left the club in August 2017.
^ On loan at Nesebar for the entire season.

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition record[edit]

Competition	Started round	Current position/round	Final position/round	First match	Last match	Record
Competition	Started round	Current position/round	Final position/round	First match	Last match	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
First League	—	—	7th	15 July 2017	24 May 2018	37	14	8	15	42	44	−2	037.84
Bulgarian Cup	First round	—	First round	20 September 2017		1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total						38	14	8	16	43	46	−3	036.84

Updated to match played 24 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Summary[edit]

Clean sheets	11 (11 First League)
Yellow cards	89 (86 First League, 3 Bulgarian Cup)
Red cards	2 (2 First League)
Worst discipline	Ilias Hassani (12 , 1 )
Biggest Win	4–0 vs Vereya (A)
Biggest Defeat	1–4 vs Septemvri Sofia (H), Beroe (H), Levski Sofia (A)
Most appearances	Georgi Iliev (36)
Top scorer	Mariyan Ognyanov, Radoslav Vasilev, Georgi Iliev (6)

Correct as of match played on 24 May 2018.

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

As of 16 June 2017, Cherno More have announced 5 pre-season friendlies against Levski Sofia, Beroe, Septemvri Sofia,^[50] Bnei Yehuda and Dunărea Călărași.^[51] The Israeli club replaced the initially announced Sozopol. The final summer pre-season friendly was supposed to be against Dobrudzha Dobrich but they refused to participate due to organizational issues and were replaced by the Romanian club.^[52] On 14 December 2017, the club announced the final two friendlies for the winter pre-season, against Ludogorets Razgrad II and Pomorie.^[53] The first winter pre-season match was announced a week later.^[54] On 7 January 2018, the full schedule of the winter pre-season was announced, with 5 friendlies on Turkish soil: against Krylia Sovetov on 24 January, Lokomotiv Tashkent on 29 January, and Pyunik on 31 January.^[55] Two more friendlies remained to be arranged. They were announced on 17 January, encounters with Tirana on 23 January and Dunărea Călărași on 31 January.^[56] Subsequently, the friendly against the Armenian club was rearranged with Tosno.^[57] On 21 March, another friendly was arranged during the international break, against Chernomorets Balchik.^[58]

20 June 2017 Friendly	Levski Sofia	0–1	Cherno More	Pravets
17:00 EEST		Report	Kokonov 53'	Stadium: Gradski

23 June 2017 Friendly	Beroe	2–2	Cherno More	Razlog
18:30 EEST	Raynov 52' (pen.) Tsonev 70'	Report	Chunchukov 23' (pen.) G. Iliev 39'	Stadium: Gradski

27 June 2017 Friendly	Septemvri Sofia	0–2	Cherno More	Razlog
18:30 EEST		Report	Chunchukov 67' Minkov 80'	Stadium: Gradski

30 June 2017 Friendly	Bnei Yehuda	3–2	Cherno More	Sofia
18:00 EEST	56' 67' 83'	Report	Kuzma 70' Kokonov 87'	Stadium: Boyana National Football Complex

8 July 2017 Friendly	Cherno More	3–1	Dunărea Călărași	Varna
18:30 EEST	Chunchukov 30', 54' Zehirov 56'	Report	Draghiceanu 83'	Stadium: Mladost

17 January 2018 Friendly	Cherno More	2–0	Chernomorets Balchik	Varna
11:30 EET	Yordanov 36' N'Dongala 71'	Report		Stadium: Mladost

23 January 2018 Friendly	Tirana	0–0	Cherno More	Belek, Turkey
15:30 FET		Report		Stadium: Susesi Complex

24 January 2018 Friendly	Krylia Sovetov	4–0	Cherno More	Belek, Turkey
17:00 FET	Chochiyev 6' Tkachuk 18', 20' Samodin 42'	Report		Stadium: Susesi Complex

29 January 2018 Friendly	Lokomotiv Tashkent	0–0	Cherno More	Antalya, Turkey
16:30 FET		Report

31 January 2018 Friendly	Dunărea Călărași	3–2	Cherno More	Belek, Turkey
11:00 FET	Drăghiceanu 38' Alexandru 43' (pen.), 48'	Report	Kuzma 6' Kasabov 79'	Stadium: Sisesi Complex

31 January 2018 Friendly	Tosno	0–1	Cherno More	Belek, Turkey
17:00 FET		Report	Fennouche 34'	Stadium: Sisesi Complex

7 February 2018 Friendly	Cherno More	1–4	Ludogorets Razgrad II	Varna
15:00 EET	Fennouche 28'	Report	Ts. Petrov 4' Tsvyatkov 20', 22' (pen.) Milkov 63'	Stadium: Mladost

10 February 2018 Friendly	Cherno More	2–0	Pomorie	Varna
16:30 EET	M. Ognyanov 29' Minchev 80'	Report		Stadium: Ticha

23 March 2018 Friendly	Cherno More	4–0	Chernomorets Balchik	Varna
11:30 EET	Zehirov 73' Minchev 78', 85' Vutsov 90'	Report		Stadium: Mladost

First Professional League[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Matches[edit]

15 July 2017 1	Cherno More	1–0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Kavarna
18:45 EEST	G. Iliev 59' Bozhilov 63' Mihaylov 90+1' Minkov 90+2'	Report	Gyonov 54'	Stadium: Kavarna Attendance: 250 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen) Man of the Match: Georgi Bozhilov

21 July 2017 2	Vereya	0–4	Cherno More	Stara Zagora
18:45 EEST	Bengyuzov 62'	Report	Sukup 4' Sukup 8' M. Ognyanov 28', 77' Hassani 47' Chunchukov 76' Chunchukov 82'	Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 370 Referee: Angel Bayaltsaliev (Sofia) Man of the Match: Mariyan Ognyanov

28 July 2017 3	Cherno More	1–0	Dunav Ruse	Varna
18:15 EEST	Hassani 65' Mihaylov 89' Sukup 90' Zehirov 90+2'	Report	Milchev 44' Karagaren 59'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,480 Referee: Angel Angelov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Martin Kostadinov

4 August 2017 4	Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–1	Cherno More	Blagoevgrad
21:00 EEST	Nichev 33' Blagov 40' S. Kostov 45+2' Popev 78' Popev 81' Palankov 84'	Report	Chunchukov 27' Bozhilov 35' Hassani 64'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 950 Referee: Petar Dorovski (Sofia) Man of the Match: Martin Kostadinov

11 August 2017 5	Cherno More	1–1	Slavia Sofia	Varna
18:15 EEST	Hassani 27' Zehirov 38' Baldzhiyski 78'	Report	Velev 16' Yomov 72' Yomov 86' Petkov 88'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,830 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Atanas Zehirov

18 August 2017 6	Botev Plovdiv	1–2	Cherno More	Plovdiv
18:45 EEST	Dimov 25' Stoyanov 38' Petkov 69' Baltanov 77'	Report	Kuzma 10' Kuzma 22' Starokin 35'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov - the Wedding (Petrich) Man of the Match: Atanas Zehirov

27 August 2017 7	Cherno More	1–4	Septemvri Sofia	Varna
18:45 EEST	G. Iliev 31' Hassani 54' G. Iliev 65' Starokin 74'	Report	Toshev 6', 81' Gadi 43' Galchev 56' Galchev 78' Ivanov 90+2' Y. Georgiev 90+3' Gadi 90+3'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,630 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas) Man of the Match: Boris Galchev

8 September 2017 8	Beroe	2–0	Cherno More	Stara Zagora
17:30 EEST	Eugénio 3' Kamburov 45'	Report	Kuzma 67' Chunchukov 87'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 810 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Pedro Eugénio

16 September 2017 9	Cherno More	0–1	CSKA Sofia	Varna
20:00 EEST	Chunchukov 83' 84' Borovyk 89'	Report	Karanga 6' Bodurov 44' Karanga 90+6'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli) Man of the Match: Fernando Karanga

23 September 2017 10	Cherno More	0–0	Etar	Varna
20:00 EEST		Report		Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,650 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Veselin Minev

1 October 2017 11	Levski Sofia	1–0	Cherno More	Sofia
17:30 EEST	Jablonský 12'	Report	Tsvetkov 32' Hassani 50' Milanov 55'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen) Man of the Match: David Jablonský

14 October 2017 12	Cherno More	0–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Varna
20:00 EEST	Zehirov 27' Milanov 52' G. Iliev 60' M. Ognyanov 87'	Report	Marcelinho 7' João Paulo 38' Wanderson 60'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,980 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov - the Wedding (Petrich) Man of the Match: Marcelinho

21 October 2017 13	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–3	Cherno More	Plovdiv
20:15 EEST	Muhammed 61' Frikeche 68'	Report	M. Ognyanov 4' M. Ognyanov 54' Hassani 55' Starokin 60' Tsvetkov 68' A. Ognyanov 87'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 900 Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli) Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev

27 October 2017 14	Vitosha Bistritsa	1–2	Cherno More	Bistritsa
16:30 EEST	Peev 45+1'	Report	M. Ognyanov 33', 55' A. Ognyanov 60' M. Ognyanov 81'	Stadium: Bistritsa Attendance: 250 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Mariyan Ognyanov

5 November 2017 15	Cherno More	1–2	Vereya	Varna
15:30 EET	G. Iliev 21' Milanov 74' Hassani 84' Sukup 84'	Report	Enchev 30' Bengyuzov 71' Domovchiyski 75' Kolev 82' Yordanov 84'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 780 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev

19 November 2017 16	Dunav Ruse	0–1	Cherno More	Ruse
12:30 EET	Dimov 62' Marem 68'	Report	Karagaren 13' (o.g.) Aleksandrov 16' Hassani 43'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 880 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen) Man of the Match: Mariyan Ognyanov

24 November 2017 17	Cherno More	0–1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Varna
17:30 EET		Report	Nikolov 26' Palankov 58' Kostadinov 89' Henderson 90+4'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 610 Referee: Nedelcho Gadzhalov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Stilyan Nikolov

28 November 2017 18	Slavia Sofia	2–0	Cherno More	Sofia
15:00 EET	Burov 17' Hristov 32' Martinov 35' Minchev 45' Ivanov 83'	Report	Zehirov 30' G. Iliev 72'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 40 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Ivan Minchev

2 December 2017 19	Cherno More	0–0	Botev Plovdiv	Varna
15:00 EET	Hassani 4' Milanov 67' Kuzma 74' Stanchev 77' Tombak 90+3'	Report	N'Dongala 29' Baltanov 34' Dimov 45+1' Gustavo 70' Čvorović 74' Tasev 80'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 780 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Aleksandar Aleksandrov

8 December 2017 20	Septemvri Sofia	2–1	Cherno More	Sofia
17:30 EET	Toshev 35', 67' Dyakov 66' Sandanski 74' Genchev 76'	Report	Hassani 37' G. Iliev 52' Zehirov 75'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 30 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen) Man of the Match: Martin Toshev

17 February 2018 21	Cherno More	1–4	Beroe	Varna
17:30 EET	Vasilev 5' Vitanov 59' Fennouche 69'	Report	Leoni 11' Eugénio 26', 38', 44' Hadzhiev 35' Bandalovski 76' Kamburov 90+1'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,380 Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli) Man of the Match: Pedro Eugénio

23 February 2018 22	CSKA Sofia	0–0	Cherno More	Sofia
17:30 EET	Tiago 63'	Report	Dimov 29' Kuzma 62' Makendzhiev 90+3'	Stadium: Balgarska Armia Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Angel Angelov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Blagoy Makendzhiev

3 March 2018 23	Etar	1–1	Cherno More	Veliko Tarnovo
12:30 EET	Badará 1' Galabov 40' Pashov 68' Badará 69'	Report	M. Ognyanov 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Ivaylo Attendance: 550 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas) Man of the Match: Mariyan Ognyanov

7 March 2018 24	Cherno More	2–3	Levski Sofia	Varna
17:30 EET	Vasilev 22', 76' M. Ognyanov 27' Hassani 27' Dimov 58' Tsvetkov 64' G. Iliev 69' Vasilev 82'	Report	Vutov 21' Gómez 32' Paulinho 38' Vutov 54' Jablonský 65' Belaïd 69' Cvetković 74' Krastev 85'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,080 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen) Man of the Match: David Jablonský

10 March 2018 25	Ludogorets Razgrad	3–1	Cherno More	Razgrad
17:30 EET	Wanderson 8' Marcelinho 14' Dyakov 35' Misidjan 41' Moți 48' Góralski 88'	Report	Kiki 32' Tsvetkov 78' Konongo 87' Vasilev 90'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 900 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Wanderson

18 March 2018 26	Cherno More	0–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Varna
16:00 EET	Vasilev 21' G. Iliev 24' Tsvetkov 85'	Report	Musa 19' Bouhna 29' Aralica 43' Bouhna 54' Bakalov 87' 87' Mihaljević 89' Buljat 90+1'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 780 Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli) Man of the Match: Dimitar Velkovski

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	Septemvri Sofia	26	9	4	13	25	42	−17	31^[a]	Qualification for the Relegation round
9	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26	8	7	11	22	37	−15	31^[a]
10	Cherno More	26	7	6	13	24	32	−8	27
11	Pirin Blagoevgrad	26	6	8	12	20	28	−8	26
12	Dunav Ruse	26	5	6	15	17	38	−21	21^[b]

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[59]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Septemvri Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Plovdiv on head-to-head record; Septemvri Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3-1, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Septemvri Sofia 1-0.
^ Dunav Ruse ahead of Etar on head-to-head record; Dunav Ruse–Etar 0–0, Etar–Dunav Ruse 0–2.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	7	6	13	24	32	−8	27	2	3	8	8	18	−10	5	3	5	16	14	+2

Last updated: 18 March 2018.
Source: bulgarian-football.com

League performance[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	L
Position	3	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	6	6	6	9	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	10

Source: bulgarian-football.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Relegation round[edit]

Matches[edit]

30 March 2018 27	Cherno More	2–1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Varna
20:00 EEST	Minchev 6' G. Iliev 45+1'	Report	Yordanov 10' Popev 56' Yordanov 76' Sandev 90+1'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas) Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev

5 April 2018 28	Slavia Sofia	1–1	Cherno More	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Uzunov 38' G. Ivanov 61'	Report	Vasilev 22' Stanchev 37' G. Iliev 41' Kiki 61' Vitanov 75'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 90 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Galin Ivanov

13 April 2018 29	Cherno More	2–0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Varna
17:30 EEST	Vasilev 19', 32' Stanchev 26'	Report		Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 740 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Radoslav Vasilev

17 April 2018 30	Pirin Blagoevgrad	0–2	Cherno More	Blagoevgrad
17:30 EEST	Nichev 77' Topuzov 86'	Report	Vitanov 22' Georgiev 39' (o.g.) Minchev 45+1'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 300 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich) Man of the Match: Martin Minchev

20 April 2018 31	Cherno More	2–0	Slavia Sofia	Varna
20:00 EEST	Kuzma 38' Zehirov 42' Bozhilov 51' Kiki 70' Fennouche 85'	Report	Mbah 36'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 660 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen) Man of the Match: Georgi Bozhilov

28 April 2018 32	Vitosha Bistritsa	1–0	Cherno More	Bistritsa
17:30 EEST	Peev 36' (pen.) Kochilov 52' Tsankov 69'	Report		Stadium: Bistritsa Attendance: 80 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Daniel Peev

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slavia Sofia	32	11	10	11	44	44	0	43	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
2	Cherno More	32	11	7	14	33	35	−2	40	Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals
3	Pirin Blagoevgrad (R)	32	7	9	16	29	42	−13	30	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
4	Vitosha Bistritsa (O)	32	1	10	21	17	60	−43	13	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[60]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Slavia Sofia qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Bulgarian Cup.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	4	1	1	9	3	+6	13	3	0	0	6	1	+5	1	1	1	3	2	+1

Last updated: 28 April 2018.
Source: bulgarian-football.com

League performance[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	L
Position	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: bulgarian-football.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

European play-offs[edit]

5 May 2018 Quarter-finals	Cherno More	2–1	Septemvri Sofia	Varna
17:00 EEST	G. Iliev 45+1', 77' (pen.) Bozhilov 65' Stanchev 84'	Report	Gadi 32' Fabiano 52' 76' Toshev 57' Meledje 71' Stoyanov 72'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 770 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev

11 May 2018 Quarter-finals	Septemvri Sofia	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Cherno More	Sofia
17:30 EEST	Galchev 67' Toshev 85'	Report	Fennouche 39', 43' Hassani 45'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 200 Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli) Man of the Match: Mehdi Fennouche

16 May 2018 Semi-finals	Cherno More	2–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Varna
19:00 EEST	Zehirov 61' Fennouche 64' Fennouche 79'	Report	Banović 9' Mihaljević 40' Mihaljević 84' Aralica 90+3'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Atanas Zehirov

19 May 2018 Semi-finals	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 agg.)	Cherno More	Plovdiv
19:45 EEST	Mihaljević 12', 42' Eze 24' Velkovski 62' Raykov 110' Umarbayev 114'	Report	Minchev 39' Kuzma 69' Dimov 79' Stanchev 80' Vitanov 90+4' Dimov 103'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 970 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Daniel Dimov

24 May 2018 Final	Levski Sofia	4–1	Cherno More	Sofia
20:30 EEST	Obertan 24' Buș 39' Buș 68' Gómez 70' Panayotov 73' Jablonský 77' Goranov 83' (pen.)	Report	Konongo 5' Bozhilov 17' Dimov 27' Enchev 29' Fennouche 55' G. Iliev 76' Vitanov 81' Hassani 87'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,030 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Vasil Panayotov

Bulgarian Cup[edit]

20 September 2017 1st round	Montana	2–1	Cherno More	Chiprovtsi
16:00 EEST	A. Iliev 23' A. Iliev 29' Vasev 88' Atanasov 90+2'	Report	M. Ognyanov 54' Soukouna 83' Starokin 86' Kuzma 89'	Stadium: Kiprovets Attendance: 500 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia)

Statistics[edit]

Player appearances[edit]

Key:
‡ On loan from another club * First appearance(s) for the club

# = Squad number
Pos = Playing position
P = Number of games played 10
G = Number of goals scored
GK = Goalkeeper
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward
= Yellow cards
= Red cards
† Permanent player left club during the season
¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of 24 May 2018. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

No.	Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G			Notes
No.	Pos	Name	League		Bulgarian Cup		Total		Discipline		Notes
3	DF	Ertan Tombak	1(2)	0	1	0	2(2)	0	1	0	^[47]
5	DF	Stefan Stanchev	17(6)	0	1	0	18(6)	0	5	0
6	MF	Aleksandar Tsvetkov †	25(1)	0	0(1)	0	25(2)	0	5	0
7	DF	Vitinha	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
8	MF	Emil Yanchev	2(6)	0	0	0	2(6)	0	0	0
9	FW	Tsvetelin Chunchukov †	8(1)	1	0	0	8(1)	1	3	1
9	MF	Mehdi Fennouche	12(1)	4	0	0	12(1)	4	3	0
10	MF	Ilian Iliev †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Radoslav Vasilev	14(2)	6	0	0	14(2)	6	3	0
11	FW	Amadou Soukouna †	6(2)	0	1	0	7(2)	0	1	0
13	MF	Ivan Kokonov †	1(4)	0	0	0	1(4)	0	0	0
14	FW	Georgi Bozhilov	13(7)	3	0(1)	0	13(8)	3	2	0
15	DF	Aleksandar Aleksandrov †	10(4)	0	0	0	10(4)	0	1	0
16	MF	Petar Vitanov	14	0	0	0	14	0	5	0
17	DF	Martin Kostadinov	14(4)	0	0(1)	0	14(5)	0	0	0
18	MF	Atanas Zehirov	29(3)	2	1	0	30(3)	2	5	0
19	DF	Iliya Milanov †	7	0	1	0	8	0	4	0
21	MF	Georgi Iliev (c)	36	6	0	0	36	6	8	0
22	MF	Mariyan Ognyanov	22(2)	6	1	0	23(2)	6	5	0
23	DF	Ilias Hassani	32	1	1	0	33	1	12	1
25	GK	Ivan Dyulgerov	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
26	GK	Ivan Dichevski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Daniel Dimov	16	1	0	0	16	1	4	0
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[48] Player left the club in May 2018.

[Left_Dec-49] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Player left the club in December 2017.

[50] Player left the club in July 2017.

[51] Kokonov made 56 appearances and scored 8 goals during his first spell at the club between 2013 and 2015.

[52] Player left the club in September 2017.

[53] Bozhilov made 139 appearances and scored 19 goals during his first spell at the club between 2010 and 2015.

[54] Aleksandrov made 217 appearances and scored 5 goals during his first spell at the club between 2005 and 2013.

[Left_Jan-55] Player left the club in January 2018.

[56] G. Iliev made 207 appearances and scored 48 goals during his first two spells at the club between 2000–2003 and 2008–2013.

[57] Dimov made 54 appearances and scored 3 goals during his first spell at the club between 2006 and 2010.

[58] E. Mihaylov made 3 appearances during his first spell at the club in 2013.

[60] Player left the club in August 2017.

[62] On loan at Nesebar for the entire season.

[table_hth_SEP0.35881361428593-72] Septemvri Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Plovdiv on head-to-head record; Septemvri Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3-1, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Septemvri Sofia 1-0.

[table_hth_DUN0.35881361428593-73] Dunav Ruse ahead of Etar on head-to-head record; Dunav Ruse–Etar 0–0, Etar–Dunav Ruse 0–2.

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.47300978306355-75] Slavia Sofia qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Bulgarian Cup.

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2017–18 PFC Cherno More Varna season

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