2014–15 PFC Cherno More Varna season

Cherno More
2014–15 season
Chairman	Marin Mitev
Manager	Aleksandar Stankov (until 18 August 2014); Nikola Spasov (from 19 August 2014)
A PFG	8th
Bulgarian Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Ivan Kokonov (7); All: Mathias Coureur (9)
Highest home attendance	4,710 (vs Levski, 9 May 2015)
Lowest home attendance	220 (vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv, 26 May 2015)
Average home league attendance	1,712
Biggest win	5–0 (vs Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa, 5 March 2015)
Biggest defeat	2–5 (vs Levski, 3 April 2015)
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →
	All statistics correct as of 31 May 2015.

This page covers all relevant details regarding PFC Cherno More Varna for all official competitions inside the 2014–15 season. These are A PFG and Bulgarian Cup.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
15 June 2014	GK	Kiril Akalski	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free^[3]
16 June 2014	MF	Mathias Coureur	Huracán Valencia	Free^[4]
18 June 2014	FW	Zhivko Petkov	Neftochimic	Free^[5]
23 June 2014	MF	Simeon Raykov	Chernomorets Burgas	Free^[6]
27 June 2014	GK	Iliya Nikolov	Rakovski	Free^[7]
1 July 2014	MF	Sténio	Feirense	Free^[8]
17 July 2014	FW	Miroslav Manolov	Litex	Free^[9]
1 September 2014	GK	Ilko Pirgov	Litex	Free^[10]
8 September 2014	MF	Marcin Burkhardt	Miedź Legnica	Free^[11]
13 October 2014	MF	Marc Klok	Ross County	Free^[12]
21 December 2014	MF	Petar Zlatinov	Litex	Free^[13]
29 December 2014	GK	Aleksandar Čanović	Free agent	Free^[14]
12 January 2015	FW	Villyan Bijev	Slavia	Free^[15]
3 February 2015	DF	Mamoutou Coulibaly	Kaisar	Free^[16]
19 February 2015	DF	Toni Stoichkov	CSKA	Free^[17]

Out[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
9 May 2014	MF	Edenilson Bergonsi	CSKA	Free^[18]
19 May 2014	FW	Valeri Domovchiyski	Levski Sofia	Free^[19]
28 May 2014	GK	Nik Dashev	Free agent	Released^[20]
16 July 2014	MF	Petko Tsankov	Kaliakra	Free^[21]
17 July 2014	FW	Atanas Iliev	Dobrudzha	Free^[22]
2 August 2014	GK	Kiril Akalski	Rakovski	Free^[23]
15 December 2014	DF	Sasho Aleksandrov	Levski Sofia	Free^[24]^[25]
15 December 2014	MF	Dimo Atanasov	Marek	Free^[24]^[26]
22 December 2014	FW	Miroslav Manolov	Târgu Mureș	Free^[27]^[28]
22 December 2014	GK	Ilko Pirgov	Beroe	Free^[27]^[29]
8 January 2015	GK	Hristiyan Hristov	Free agent	Released^[30]

Loans in[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	From	End Date	Fee
23 February 2015	MF	Sebastián Hernández	Ludogorets Razgrad	End of season^[31]	Free

Squad information[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Previous Club	Notes
1	GK	Iliya Nikolov	28	EU	2014	5	0	2015	Free	Rakovski
3	CM	Daniel Georgiev	32	EU	2013	148	15	2015	Free	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	^{[nb 1]}
4	LB	Mihail Venkov (y)	31	EU	2013	63	0	2015	Free	CSKA
4	DM	Aleksandar Yovchev	18	EU	2014	1	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy	^{[nb 2]}
5	RB	Stefan Stanchev	26	EU	2013	40	0	2015	Free	Minyor Pernik
6	CB	Kiril Kotev (captain)	33	EU	2013	60	3	2015	Free	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
7	AM	Bekir Rasim	20	EU	2012	35	0	2016	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
7	RB	Martin Kostadinov	19	EU	2014	3	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy	^{[nb 2]}
8	DM	Sténio	27	EU	2014	28	5	2016	Free	Feirense
8	CM	Aleksandar Popov	18	EU	2014	3	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy
9	FW	Bacari	27	EU	2013	47	12	2015	Free	L'Hospitalet
10	CM	Marc Klok	22	EU	2014	13	0	2016	Free	Ross County
10	AM	Nikolay Minkov	17	EU	2014	1	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy
11	FW	Zhivko Petkov	22	EU	2014	18	2	2016	Free	Neftochimic
11	RW	Iliyan Nedelchev	19	EU	2015	1	0		Youth system	Spartak Varna
12	GK	~~Hristiyan Hristov~~	19	EU	2013	1	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy	^{[nb 3]}
13	LW	Simeon Raykov	25	EU	2014	58	14	2016	Free	Chernomorets Burgas	^{[nb 4]}
14	FW	Georgi Bozhilov	28	EU	2010	139	19	2015	€100,000	Chernomorets Burgas
15	CM	~~Petar Zlatinov~~	34	EU	2015	16	2	2015	Free	Litex	^{[nb 5]}^{[nb 6]}
17	LW	Ivan Kokonov	23	EU	2013	57	8	2015	Free	Slavia
18	CM	Marcin Burkhardt	31	EU	2014	19	3	2015	Free	Miedź Legnica
19	RW	Mathias Coureur	27	EU	2014	21	5	2016	Free	Huracán Valencia
20	FW	Villyan Bijev	22	EU	2015	11	2	2017	Free	Slavia
21	DM	Emil Iliev	18	EU	2015	1	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy
22	AM	Sebastián Hernández	28	Non-EU	2015	11	3	2015	Free	Ludogorets Razgrad (loan)
22	AM	Karen Madoyan	19	EU	2015	1	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy
23	GK	~~Kiril Akalski~~	28	EU	2014	0	0	2016	Free	Rakovski	^{[nb 7]}
23	CB	Mamoutou Coulibaly	31	Non-EU	2015	39	0	2016	Free	Kaisar	^{[nb 8]}
24	CB	Slavi Stalev	21	EU	2012	14	0	2015	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
25	RB	~~Sasho Aleksandrov~~	28	EU	2010	135	2	2014	€30,000	Beroe	^{[nb 9]}
26	GK	~~Ilko Pirgov~~	28	EU	2014	83	0	2014	Free	Litex	^{[nb 10]}^{[nb 9]}
30	LW	~~Dimo Atanasov~~	29	EU	2014	20	1	2016	Free	Slavia	^{[nb 9]}
31	FW	~~Miroslav Manolov~~	29	EU	2014	136	34	2014	Free	Litex	^{[nb 11]}^{[nb 12]}^{[nb 9]}
31	CB	Toni Stoichkov	19	EU	2015	1	0	2016	Free	CSKA	^{[nb 2]}
33	GK	Georgi Kitanov	20	EU	2012	77	0	2016	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
40	GK	Aleksandar Čanović	32	Non-EU	2015	10	0	2015	Free	Free agent
45	AM	Kristian Peshkov	19	EU	2014	2	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy
84	DM	Todor Palankov	31	EU	2013	65	2	2015	Free	Chernomorets Burgas	^{[nb 13]}
91	CB	Zhivko Atanasov	24	EU	2012	73	2	2015	Free	Levski Sofia

Last updated: 30 May 2015
Source: [1]

^ Georgiev made 101 appearances and scored 12 goals during his first spell at the club between 2007 and 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kostadinov and Yovchev wore shirt No.28 in their solitary Bulgarian Cup appearance. Stoichkov was initially assigned No.28 but actually used No.31.
^ Player left the club in January 2015.
^ Raykov made 35 appearances and scored 8 goals during his first spell at the club in 2013.
^ Zlatinov made 11 appearances during his first spell at the club in 2001.
^ Player left the club in May 2015.
^ Player left the club in August 2014.
^ Coulibaly made 29 appearances during his first spell at the club between 2009 and 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Player left the club in December 2014.
^ Pirgov made 76 appearances during his first spell at the club between 2009 and 2011.
^ Manolov made 119 appearances and scored 32 goals during his first spell at the club between 2007 and 2013.
^ Manolov was wearing No.20 shirt until 24 September 2014.
^ Palankov made 13 appearances during his first spell at the club in 2007.

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 %
A PFG	—	—	8th	20 July 2014	26 May 2015	32	15	5	12	42	36	+6	046.88
Bulgarian Cup	First Round	—	Winners	24 September 2014	30 May 2015	8	7	1	0	22	6	+16	087.50
Total						40	22	6	12	64	42	+22	055.00

Updated to match played 30 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Summary[edit]

Clean sheets	15 (11 A PFG, 4 Bulgarian Cup)
Yellow cards	92 (75 A PFG, 17 Bulgarian Cup)
Red cards	5 (4 A PFG, 1 Bulgarian Cup)
Worst discipline	Todor Palankov (11 )
Biggest Win	5–0 vs Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa (A)
Biggest Defeat	2–5 vs Levski Sofia (A)
Most appearances	Mihail Venkov, Sténio (35)
Top scorer	Mathias Coureur (9)

Pre-season and Friendlies[edit]

22 June 2014	Shkëndija	2 – 0	Cherno More	Bansko
18:00 EEST	22' 69'	Report		Stadium: Piri Complex

25 June 2014	Horizont Turnovo	0 – 1	Cherno More	Bansko
18:00 EEST		Report	Stalev 52'	Stadium: Saint Petar Referee: Tsanko Mindalov

27 June 2014	Mosta	2 – 2	Cherno More	Bansko
18:00 EEST	Mohamed 18' Kaljević 51'	Report	Kokonov 4' Palankov 49'	Stadium: Piri Complex

2 July 2014	Marek	1 – 1	Cherno More	Bansko
17:30 EEST	K. Petkov 52'	Report	Coureur 29'	Stadium: Piri Complex Referee: Tasko Taskov

5 July 2014	Bansko	0 – 4	Cherno More	Bansko
11:00 EEST		Report	Bozhilov 45' Bacari 53' Kotev 56' Petkov 81'	Stadium: Saint Petar

7 July 2014	Haskovo	2 – 3	Cherno More	Bansko
18:30 EEST	Kyamil 61' Hubenov 74' (pen.)	Report	Bozhilov 30', 46' Kokonov 38'	Stadium: Saint Petar Referee: Georgi Kabakov

9 July 2014	Bregalnica Štip	0 – 0	Cherno More	Bansko
18:15 EEST		Report		Stadium: Saint Petar Referee: Dragan Stoykov

31 January 2015	Kolkheti	0 – 5	Cherno More	Antalya, Turkey
17:30 EET		Report	Venkov 27' Petkov 62' Bijev 78', 89' Raykov 80'	Stadium: Miracle Complex

3 February 2015	Pandurii	2 – 2	Cherno More	Antalya, Turkey
19:00 EET	Predescu 33' Eric 90'	Report	Bijev 24', 44'	Stadium: Miracle Complex

6 February 2015	Domžale	3 – 3	Cherno More	Antalya, Turkey
15:00 EET	Vuk 39' Grvala 59' Vancaš 72'	Report	Bijev 26', 53' Zlatinov 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Kundu Complex

11 February 2015	Cherno More	0 – 2	Dunav	Varna
14:15 EET		Report	Budinov 16' Kolev 62'	Stadium: Mladost

14 February 2015	Cherno More	1 – 1	Dobrudzha	Varna
13:00 EET	Zlatinov 43'	Report	Iliev 53'	Stadium: Mladost

A PFG[edit]

20 July 2014 1	Beroe	1 – 1	Cherno More	Stara Zagora
20:00 EEST	Stanchev 60' (o.g.) Kostadinov 68'	Report	Sténio 56' Kotev 43' Nikolov 88'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

26 July 2014 2	Cherno More	0 – 0	Ludogorets	Varna
18:00 EEST	Sténio 37' Palankov 68' Stalev 90+5'	Report	M. Aleksandrov 50' Marcelinho 61' Vitinha 72'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,790 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

3 August 2014 3	Botev Plovdiv	2 – 1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
18:00 EEST	Jirsák 18' Younés 84' Chunchukov 27'	Report	Sténio 44' Manolov 86' Bacari 90+2'	Stadium: Komatevo Attendance: 0 Referee: Angel Angelov

9 August 2014 4	Cherno More	0 – 1	Marek	Varna
18:00 EEST	Raykov 45+2'	Report	Petkov 4' Mihaylov 35' Andonov 61'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 800 Referee: Vihren Manev

15 August 2014 5	Litex	3 – 0	Cherno More	Lovech
20:00 EEST	Jordán 33', 80' Galabov 84' Jordán 80'	Report	Kotev 2' Aleksandrov 55' Stalev 75' 82'	Stadium: Lovech Attendance: 450 Referee: Stefan Apostolov

23 August 2014 6	Cherno More	3 – 0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Varna
18:00 EEST	Bozhilov 42' Raykov 56', 63' Petkov 82'	Report		Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 750 Referee: Stefan Pavlov

29 August 2014 7	Levski	1 – 0	Cherno More	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Bojinov 90+5' (pen.) Krumov 52' Sarmov 78'	Report	Aleksandrov 24' Palankov 32' D. Atanasov 70' Z. Atanasov 90+4' Kotev 90+5'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

13 September 2014 8	Cherno More	1 – 1	CSKA	Varna
17:00 EEST	Petkov 85' Venkov 68'	Report	Juan Felipe 32' Silva 49' Iliev 57' Platini 83' Edenilson 90+5'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Nikola Popov

19 September 2014 9	Slavia	1 – 3	Cherno More	Sofia
17:00 EEST	Platini 56' Platini 89' Manzorro 90+3'	Report	Petkov 9' Kokonov 52' Raykov 90+4' Petkov 65' Sténio 88' Rasim 90+1'	Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Attendance: 150 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

28 September 2014 10	Cherno More	0 – 1	Lokomotiv Sofia	Varna
17:00 EEST	Kotev 73'	Report	Branekov 9' Ranđelović 53'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,460 Referee: Tasko Taskov

3 October 2014 11	Haskovo	0 – 1	Cherno More	Haskovo
16:00 EEST	Krumov 27'	Report	Kokonov 66' Z. Atanasov 14' Palankov 86'	Stadium: Haskovo Attendance: 1,330 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

19 October 2014 12	Cherno More	4 – 0	Beroe	Varna
16:00 EEST	Manolov 22' (pen.) Coureur 36' Kotev 64' Raykov 86' Palankov 69' Manolov 82'	Report	Gadi 90+3'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,440 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov

25 October 2014 13	Ludogorets	2 – 0	Cherno More	Razgrad
19:00 EEST	Wanderson 52' Misidjan 75' A. Aleksandrov 22' Misidjan 60'	Report	Coureur 45' Rasim 69' Kotev 86'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 820 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

2 November 2014 14	Cherno More	2 – 1	Botev Plovdiv	Varna
14:30 EET	Coureur 21' Palankov 23' Palankov 24' Manolov 79'	Report	Ognyanov 62' Baltanov 46'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,430 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

8 November 2014 15	Marek	1 – 3	Cherno More	Dupnitsa
14:30 EET	K. Petkov 49' Bliznakov 35' Yoshev 62'	Report	Sténio 12' Kokonov 45+1' Manolov 60' Rasim 29' Aleksandrov 35' Burkhardt 74'	Stadium: Bonchuk Attendance: 580 Referee: Martin Aleksandrov

22 November 2014 16	Cherno More	0 – 3	Litex	Varna
13:15 EET	Aleksandrov 55' Klok 72'	Report	Jordán 29' Asprilla 90' Despodov 90+2' Nedyalkov 35' Mendy 56' Jordán 56'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,190 Referee: Nikola Popov

29 November 2014 17	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1 – 1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
14:00 EET	Kamburov 38' Karagaren 86' Moldovanov	Report	Coureur 80' Sténio 45+5'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 900 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov

6 December 2014 18	Cherno More	1 – 0	Levski	Varna
12:30 EET	Coureur 43' Burkhardt 47' 90' Manolov 48' Kotev 54' Stanchev 70' Pirgov 90+3'	Report	Pedro 28' Krumov 35' Bedoya 54' Dimov 57' Orachev 82' Añete 87' 90+4' Ognyanov 88' Stoychev 90+2'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

13 December 2014 19	CSKA	3 – 1	Cherno More	Sofia
16:00 EET	Oršulić 5' Joachim 64', 68' Milisavljević 78'	Report	Sténio 14' Bozhilov 25' Palankov 29' Venkov 52' Sténio 66'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 1,710 Referee: Nikola Popov

27 February 2015 20	Cherno More	2 – 0	Slavia	Varna
14:30 EET	Zlatinov 43' (pen.) Hernández 69' Klok 33' Bijev 42' Venkov 73' Bacari 78'	Report	Panov 41' Fonseca 64'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 970 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

9 March 2015 21	Lokomotiv Sofia	2 – 1	Cherno More	Sofia
15:30 EET	Yordanov 17' Genov 76' Tom 33' Helton 62'	Report	Kokonov 43' Coulibaly 57' Sténio 65' Coureur 75'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 100 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

13 March 2015 22	Cherno More	1 – 0	Haskovo	Varna
14:30 EET	Sténio 45+4' (pen.) Klok 36' Sténio 57' Coureur 90+3'	Report	Marem 41' Krumov 45+2' Skerlev 45+4' Lozev 66' Chanev 86'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 440 Referee: Martin Stoimenov

20 March 2015 23	Cherno More	1 – 0	Marek	Varna
15:30 EET	Burkhardt 45' Raykov 19' Kokonov 29' Coulibaly 30' Palankov 66' Venkov 87'	Report	Kolev 5' Viyachki 51'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 380 Referee: Angel Angelov

3 April 2015 24	Levski	5 – 2	Cherno More	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Abdi 4' Kraev 17' Domovchiyski 23' Coulibaly 76' (o.g.) B. Tsonev 90+2' Bedoya 84'	Report	Zlatinov 9' Raykov 73'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 550 Referee: Vladimir Valkov

10 April 2015 25	Cherno More	2 – 0	Haskovo	Varna
17:00 EEST	Hernández 71' Raykov 77' Zlatinov 27' Georgiev 42' Palankov 61' Z. Atanasov 90+3'	Report	Lozev 28' Malamov 41' Marem 70' Aleksiev 89'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 430 Referee: Volen Chinkov

19 April 2015 26	Cherno More	1 – 1	Slavia	Varna
15:15 EEST	Burkhardt 57'	Report	Dimitrov 53' Manzorro 7' Petkov 82' Semerdzhiev 90'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,280 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

24 April 2015 27	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0 – 1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
20:00 EEST	Sandanski 17' Trajanov 25'	Report	Kokonov 68' Petkov 17' Bozhilov 30' Z. Atanasov 80' Bacari 90+2' Nikolov 90+3'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 900 Referee: Angel Angelov

2 May 2015 28	Marek	0 – 2	Cherno More	Dupnitsa
17:30 EEST	Manolov 18' Garov 30'	Report	Kokonov 27' Bijev 88' Georgiev 45+1' Bijev 82'	Stadium: Bonchuk Attendance: 280 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov

9 May 2015 29	Cherno More	0 – 2	Levski	Varna
17:30 EEST	Hernández 38'	Report	Domovchiyski 72' Bedoya 90+2' Kraev 21' B. Tsonev 35' Ninu 55' Velev 75'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,710 Referee: Martin Stoimenov

18 May 2015 30	Haskovo	1 – 3	Cherno More	Haskovo
17:30 EEST	Uzunov 72' Raynov 71'	Report	Hernández 33' Bijev 39' Burkhardt 62' Z. Atanasov 72'	Stadium: Haskovo Attendance: 120 Referee: Dragan Stoykov

22 May 2015 31	Slavia	1 – 3	Cherno More	Sofia
17:30 EEST	Manzorro 89' Stoyanov 47' Kirev 56'	Report	Bacari 6' Kokonov 14' Coureur 90+1' Klok 29' Palankov 40' Rasim 68' Petkov 86'	Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Attendance: 80 Referee: Stefan Apostolov

26 May 2015 32	Cherno More	1 – 2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Varna
17:30 EEST	Georgiev 52' Yovchev 19'	Report	De Vriese 28' Karagaren 75' Valchev 31'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 220 Referee: Angel Bayaltsaliev

League table[edit]

First phase[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	Botev Plovdiv	22	11	3	8	32	26	+6	36	Qualification for championship group
7	Levski Sofia	22	10	4	8	36	25	+11	34	Qualification for relegation group
8	Cherno More Varna	22	9	4	9	26	24	+2	31
9	Slavia Sofia	22	6	5	11	24	30	−6	23
10	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	22	5	5	12	13	36	−23	20

Source: bulgarian-football.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw

Relegation group[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Levski Sofia	32	17	5	10	66	33	+33	56
8	Cherno More	32	15	5	12	42	36	+6	50	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
9	Slavia Sofia	32	12	7	13	40	38	+2	43
10	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	32	9	5	18	28	52	−24	32
11	Marek (R)	32	5	5	22	14	71	−57	20	Relegation to 2015-16 V Group
12	Haskovo (R)	32	4	3	25	18	71	−53	15	Relegation to 2015-16 V Group

Source: bulgarian-football.com, UEFA.com (in English)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Cherno More Varna qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2014–15 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
32	15	5	12	42	36	+6	50	8	3	5	19	12	+7	7	2	7	23	24	−1

Last updated: 26 May 2015.
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	27	28	29	30	31	32
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L
Position	9	8	11	12	12	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Score overview[edit]

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Home score	Away score	Double	Treble	Quadruple
	First phase		Second phase
Beroe	4–0	1–1			No	—	—
Botev Plovdiv	2–1	1–2			No	—	—
CSKA	1–1	1–3			No	—	—
Haskovo	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	Yes	Yes	Yes
Levski	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–5	No	No	No
Litex	0–3	0–3			No	—	—
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	Yes	No	No
Lokomotiv Sofia	0–1	1–2			No	—	—
Ludogorets	0–0	0–2			No	—	—
Marek	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	Yes	Yes	No
Slavia	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	Yes	Yes	No

Bulgarian Cup[edit]

24 September 2014 1st Round	Sozopol	0 – 2	Cherno More	Sozopol
16:00 EEST	Mitev	Report	Petkov 42' Manolov 82'	Stadium: Arena Sozopol Attendance: 590 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

28 October 2014 2nd Round/1st Leg	Cherno More	2 – 0	Slavia	Varna
14:30 EET	Sténio 45+4' Rasim 62' Klok 44' Sténio 75'	Report	Burgzorg 48' Yankov 90'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 380 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

3 December 2014 2nd Round/2nd Leg	Slavia	2 – 2 (2 – 4 agg.)	Cherno More	Sofia
13:00 EET	Manzorro 42' Fonseca 72' Vasilev 28'	Report	Manolov 33' Petkov 45' Stanchev 23' Petkov 28'	Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Attendance: 50 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

21 February 2015 3rd Round/1st Leg	Cherno More	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	Varna
13:00 EET	Rasim 90+2' Klok 59' Venkov 75' Stanchev 79' Rasim 90+3'	Report	M. Ivanov 14' Smirnov 20' Balakov 81'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,340 Referee: Martin Aleksandrov

5 March 2015 3rd Round/2nd Leg	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	0 – 5 (0 – 6 agg.)	Cherno More	Gorna Oryahovitsa
14:00 EET	Harizanov 21'	Report	Burkhardt 2' Kotev 23' Coulibaly 25' Bijev 38' Sténio 44' Coulibaly 18' Bacari 71'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 2,190 Referee: Vladimir Valkov

7 April 2015 Semifinal/1st Leg	Cherno More	5 – 1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Varna
17:00 EEST	Raykov 2' Bijev 44' Venkov 48' Coureur 59' Bacari 76' Burkhardt 90+3'	Report	Bourabia 69' Bourabia 54' Trajanov 58' Dimitrov 62'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Tasko Taskov

28 April 2015 Semifinal/2nd Leg	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2 – 3 (3 – 8 agg.)	Cherno More	Plovdiv
19:00 EEST	Delev 39' Coulibaly 67' (o.g.) Bourabia 76' Osmanov 81'	Report	Z. Atanasov 4' Coureur 89', 90+1' Bacari 70' Palankov 86'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 380 Referee: Stefan Pavlov

30 May 2015 Final	Levski	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Cherno More	Burgas
20:00 EEST	Añete 72' Stoychev 20' Belaïd 24' Añete 105+1' Minev 120+4'	Report	Bacari 90+2' Coureur 119' Sténio 34' 38' Klok 82' Venkov 98' Palankov 99' Hernández 106'	Stadium: Lazur Attendance: 13,910 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

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 30 May 2015. 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
1	GK	Iliya Nikolov	3(2)	0	1	0	4(2)	0	2	0
3	MF	Daniel Georgiev	7(4)	1	0(1)	0	7(5)	1	2	0
4	DF	Mihail Venkov	28	0	7	1	35	1	6	0
4	MF	Aleksandar Yovchev	1	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	1	0	^[32]
5	DF	Stefan Stanchev	13(2)	0	5	0	18(2)	0	3	0
6	DF	Kiril Kotev (c)	25(1)	1	4	1	29(1)	2	6	0
7	MF	Bekir Rasim	3(10)	0	2(2)	2	5(12)	2	5	0
7	DF	Martin Kostadinov	1	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	^[32]
8	MF	Sténio	27(1)	5	7	2	34(1)	7	7	1
8	MF	Aleksandar Popov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW	Bacari	5(7)	1	0(5)	2	5(12)	3	5	0
10	MF	Marc Klok	11(2)	0	6	0	17(2)	0	7	0
10	MF	Nikolay Minkov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
11	FW	Zhivko Petkov	8(10)	2	4	2	12(10)	4	5	0
11	MF	Iliyan Nedelchev	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
12	GK	Hristiyan Hristov †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Simeon Raykov	19(4)	6	5	1	24(4)	7	2	0
14	FW	Georgi Bozhilov	16(4)	1	0(1)	0	16(5)	1	2	0
15	MF	Petar Zlatinov †	4(1)	2	1(1)	0	5(2)	2	1	0
17	MF	Ivan Kokonov	23(6)	7	1(3)	0	24(9)	7	1	0
18	MF	Marcin Burkhardt	15(4)	3	7	1	22(4)	4	2	1
19	MF	Mathias Coureur	16(5)	5	8	4	24(5)	9	3	0
20	FW	Villyan Bijev	6(5)	2	4	2	10(5)	4	2	0
21	MF	Emil Iliev	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	MF	Sebastián Hernández ‡	7(4)	3	3	0	10(4)	3	2	0
22	MF	Karen Madoyan	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	GK	Kiril Akalski †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Mamoutou Coulibaly	10	0	2(1)	1	11(2)	1	3	0
24	DF	Slavi Stalev	5(2)	0	0(2)	0	5(4)	0	1	1
25	DF	Sasho Aleksandrov †	16(1)	0	2	0	18(1)	0	3	1
26	GK	Ilko Pirgov †	7	0	3	0	10	0	1	0
30	MF	Dimo Atanasov †	1(5)	0	2(1)	0	3(6)	0	1	0
31	FW	Miroslav Manolov †	12(5)	2	2(1)	2	14(6)	4	4	0	^[33]
31	DF	Toni Stoichkov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	^[32]
33	GK	Georgi Kitanov	12	0	0	0	12	0	0	0
40	GK	Aleksandar Čanović	10	0	4	0	14	0	0	0
45	MF	Kristian Peshkov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
84	MF	Todor Palankov	23	1	3(2)	0	26(2)	1	11	0
91	DF	Zhivko Atanasov	13(8)	0	5(2)	1	18(10)	1	4	1

Start formations[edit]

Accounts for all competitions. Numbers constitute according game of the competition in which the formation was used, NOT number of occurrences.

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
17	3–4–3 diamond	All other matches
16	4–2–3–1	1–11, 27, 29 A PFG; 4, 5 Bulgarian Cup
4	3–5–2	13, 25 A PFG; 1, 2/2 Bulgarian Cup
3	4–1–4–1	30–32 A PFG

Last updated: 30 May 2015
Source: Match reports in Competitions
Only competitive matches.

Most used starting XI.

Hernández /
Rasim /
Bozhilov

Manolov

Minutes On The Pitch[edit]

Includes injury time. Positions indicate the most natural position of the particular player, followed by alternative position(s) where he actually started at least one game during the course of the season.

No.	Position	Alternative Position(s)	Player	A PFG	Bulgarian Cup	Total
1	GK		Iliya Nikolov	356	95	451
3	CM	DM / RW	Daniel Georgiev	594	16	610
4	LB	CB	Mihail Venkov	2678	671	3349
4	DM	LB	Aleksandar Yovchev	93	48	141
5	RB	CB / DM	Stefan Stanchev	1178	445	1623
6	CB		Kiril Kotev	2289	278	2567
7	AM		Bekir Rasim	394	247	641
7	RB	RW	Martin Kostadinov	93	5	98
8	DM	CM / AM / RB	Sténio	2612	515	3127
8	CM		Aleksandar Popov	93	0	93
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[32] Georgiev made 101 appearances and scored 12 goals during his first spell at the club between 2007 and 2011.

[shirt_28-33] Kostadinov and Yovchev wore shirt No.28 in their solitary Bulgarian Cup appearance. Stoichkov was initially assigned No.28 but actually used No.31.

[34] Player left the club in January 2015.

[35] Raykov made 35 appearances and scored 8 goals during his first spell at the club in 2013.

[36] Zlatinov made 11 appearances during his first spell at the club in 2001.

[37] Player left the club in May 2015.

[38] Player left the club in August 2014.

[39] Coulibaly made 29 appearances during his first spell at the club between 2009 and 2010.

[Left_Dec-40] Player left the club in December 2014.

[41] Pirgov made 76 appearances during his first spell at the club between 2009 and 2011.

[42] Manolov made 119 appearances and scored 32 goals during his first spell at the club between 2007 and 2013.

[43] Manolov was wearing No.20 shirt until 24 September 2014.

[44] Palankov made 13 appearances during his first spell at the club in 2007.

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.54636556866875-45] Cherno More Varna qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2014–15 Bulgarian Cup.

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