2015–16 PFC Cherno More Varna season

Cherno More
2015–16 season
Chairman	Marin Mitev
Manager	Nikola Spasov
A Group	6th
Bulgarian Cup	Quarterfinals; (knocked out by Beroe)
Bulgarian Supercup	Winners
UEFA Europa League	2nd qualifying round; (knocked out by Dinamo Minsk)
Top goalscorer	League: Mathias Coureur (11); All: Mathias Coureur (12)
Highest home attendance	4,320 (vs Levski, 8 August 2015)
Lowest home attendance	470 (vs Botev Plovdiv, 14 May 2016)
Average home league attendance	1,618
Biggest win	7–1 (vs Pirin Razlog, 23 September 2015)
Biggest defeat	1–5 (vs Levski, 28 April 2016)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →
	All statistics correct as of 22 May 2016.

This page covers all relevant details regarding PFC Cherno More Varna for all official competitions inside the 2015–16 season. These are the Bulgarian Supercup, A Group, Bulgarian Cup and UEFA Europa League.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
15 June 2015	MF	Mehdi Bourabia	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free^[1]
23 June 2015	DF	Ginho	Aves	Free^[2]
25 June 2015	FW	Juan Varea	Željezničar Sarajevo	Free^[3]
30 June 2015	MF	Andreas Vasev	Dunav	Free^[4]
8 July 2015	DF	Trayan Trayanov	Lokomotiv Sofia	Free^[5]
24 September 2015	DF	Pedro Eugénio	Haskovo	Free^[6]
16 December 2015	MF	Georgi Iliev	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	Free^[7]
8 January 2016	MF	Vladislav Romanov	Trikala	Free^[8]
12 January 2016	DF	Plamen Nikolov	Botev Plovdiv	Free^[9]
3 February 2016	MF	Ivan Valchanov	Slavia	Free^[10]
3 February 2016	MF	Ivan Marković	Levadiakos	Free^[10]
25 February 2016	DF	Borislav Stoychev	Atromitos	Free^[11]

Out[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
6 May 2015	MF	Petar Zlatinov	Free agent	Released^[12]
25 May 2015	FW	Georgi Bozhilov	Beroe	Free^[13]^[14]
25 May 2015	MF	Ivan Kokonov	Beroe	Free^[13]^[14]
26 May 2015	DF	Kiril Kotev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free^[15]^[16]
30 May 2015	DF	Slavi Stalev	Dobrudzha	Free^[17]
30 May 2015	DF	Toni Stoichkov	Botev Ihtiman	Free^[17]
3 July 2015	DF	Zhivko Atanasov	Slavia	Free^[18]^[19]
12 December 2015	DF	Ginho	Free agent	Released^[20]
12 December 2015	MF	Marcin Burkhardt	Ullensaker/Kisa IL	Free^[20]^[21]
12 December 2015	FW	Juan Varea	Bylis Ballsh	Free^[20]^[22]
12 December 2015	FW	Villyan Bijev	Portland Timbers 2	Free^[20]^[23]
31 December 2015	GK	Iliya Nikolov	Maritsa Plovdiv	Free^[24]^[25]
11 January 2016	MF	Mehdi Bourabia	Levski Sofia	€100,000^[26]

Loans out[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	To	End Date	Fee
15 January 2016	MF	Nikolay Minkov	Dobrudzha	End of season^[27]	Free
1 February 2016	MF	Emil Iliev	Kaliakra	End of season^[28]	Free
1 February 2016	DF	Georgi Gushlev	Kaliakra	End of season^[28]	Free
1 February 2016	GK	Zlati Zlatev	Dobrudzha	End of season^[28]	Free
1 February 2016	MF	Daniel Dimitrov	Inter Plachidol	End of season^[28]	Free
5 February 2016	DF	Stefan Ivanov	Dobrudzha	End of season^[29]	Free

Squad information[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Previous Club	Notes
1	GK	~~Iliya Nikolov~~	29	EU	2014	6	0	2015	Free	Rakovski	^{[nb 1]}
3	CM	Daniel Georgiev	33	EU	2013	174	16	2016	Free	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	^{[nb 2]}
4	LB	Mihail Venkov (captain)	32	EU	2013	96	0	2016	Free	CSKA
5	RB	Stefan Stanchev	27	EU	2013	53	0	2016	Free	Minyor Pernik
6	CB	Mamoutou Coulibaly	32	Non-EU	2015	59	1	2016	Free	Kaisar	^{[nb 3]}
7	AM	Bekir Rasim	21	EU	2012	44	0	2016	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
8	DM	Sténio	28	EU	2014	56	7	2016	Free	Feirense
9	FW	Bacari	28	EU	2013	58	15	2016	Free	L'Hospitalet
10	CM	Marc Klok	23	EU	2014	37	0	2016	Free	Ross County
11	FW	Zhivko Petkov	23	EU	2014	39	3	2016	Free	Neftochimic
13	LW	Simeon Raykov	26	EU	2014	83	18	2016	Free	Chernomorets Burgas	^{[nb 4]}
14	AM	~~Juan Varea~~	29	Non-EU	2015	6	2	2017	Free	Željezničar Sarajevo	^{[nb 1]}
15	CB	Trayan Trayanov	28	EU	2015	14	1	2016	Free	Lokomotiv Sofia
17	RB	Martin Kostadinov	20	EU	2014	4	0	2018	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
18	CM	~~Marcin Burkhardt~~	32	EU	2014	28	3	2016	Free	Miedź Legnica	^{[nb 1]}
19	RW	Mathias Coureur	28	EU	2014	55	16	2016	Free	Huracán Valencia
20	FW	~~Villyan Bijev~~	22	EU	2015	23	3	2016	Free	Slavia	^{[nb 1]}
21	CM	~~Mehdi Bourabia~~	24	EU	2015	19	3	2017	Free	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
21	CM	Georgi Iliev (captain)	34	EU	2016	221	52	2017	Free	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	^{[nb 5]}^{[nb 6]}
22	CB	Plamen Nikolov	30	EU	2016	14	0	2017	Free	Botev Plovdiv
23	CB	~~Ginho~~	30	EU	2015	9	0	2017	Free	Aves	^{[nb 1]}
23	CM	Ivan Valchanov	24	EU	2016	4	0	2018	Free	Slavia
25	GK	Ivan Dyulgerov	16	EU	2016	0	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy
27	RW	Iliyan Nedelchev	20	EU	2015	2	0	2018	Youth system	Spartak Varna
28	AM	~~Ivan Marković~~	21	Non-EU	2016	1	0	2018	Free	Levadiakos
33	GK	Georgi Kitanov	21	EU	2012	110	0	2016	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
40	GK	Aleksandar Čanović	33	Non-EU	2015	11	0	2016	Free	Free agent
55	CB	~~Borislav Stoychev~~	29	EU	2016	8	0	2017	Free	Atromitos
70	RB	Pedro Eugénio	25	EU	2015	17	1	2017	Free	Haskovo
73	LW	Vladislav Romanov	28	EU	2016	13	0	2018	Free	Trikala
77	LW	Andreas Vasev	25	EU	2015	20	0	2017	Free	Dunav
84	DM	Todor Palankov	32	EU	2013	91	2	2016	Free	Chernomorets Burgas	^{[nb 7]}
98	FW	Valentin Yoskov	17	EU	2015	5	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy

Last updated: 22 May 2016
Source: [1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Player left the club in December 2015.
^ Georgiev made 101 appearances and scored 12 goals during his first spell at the club between 2007 and 2011.
^ Coulibaly made 29 appearances during his first spell at the club between 2009 and 2010.
^ Raykov made 35 appearances and scored 8 goals during his first spell at the club in 2013.
^ Iliev made 207 appearances and scored 48 goals during his first two spells at the club between 2000–2003 and 2008–2013.
^ Mihail Venkov was captain during the first half of the season.
^ 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 Group	—	—	6th	19 July 2015	22 May 2016	32	10	8	14	36	45	−9	031.25
Bulgarian Cup	First round	—	Third round	23 September 2015	9 December 2015	3	2	0	1	12	1	+11	066.67
UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	—	Second qualifying round	16 July 2015	23 July 2015	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	000.00
Bulgarian Supercup	—	—	Winners	12 August 2015		1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Total						38	13	9	16	50	51	−1	034.21

Updated to match played 22 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Summary[edit]

Clean sheets	12 (9 A Group, 2 Bulgarian Cup, 1 Bulgarian Supercup)
Yellow cards	130 (111 A Group, 8 Bulgarian Cup, 4 Europa League, 7 Bulgarian Supercup)
Red cards	8 (7 A Group, 1 Europa League)
Worst discipline	Marc Klok (13 , 1 )
Biggest Win	7–1 vs Pirin Razlog (A) (C)
Biggest Defeat	1–5 vs Levski (A)
Most appearances	Mathias Coureur (40)
Top scorer	Mathias Coureur (12)

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

27 June 2015	Cherno More	4 – 2	Dunav	Varna
17:30 EEST	Raykov 10', 12' Bourabia 20' Petkov 64'	Report	Atanasov 42' Lozev 89'	Stadium: Mladost Attendance: 500 Referee: Tsvetan Krastev

1 July 2015	Cherno More	3 – 0	Chernomorets Balchik	Varna
17:30 EEST	Raykov 20' Burkhardt 63' B. Atanasov 76'	Report		Stadium: Mladost Attendance: 200 Referee: Dragomir Draganov

11 July 2015	Cherno More	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	Varna
17:30 EEST	Raykov 12'	Report		Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 500 Referee: Radoslav Stanev
Note: The game was cancelled after 33 minutes due to pitch invasion by the home fans.

4 September 2015	Viitorul	0 – 2	Cherno More	Ovidiu, Romania
19:00 EEST		Report	Varea 43' Atanasov 89'	Stadium: Orășenesc Attendance: 150

10 October 2015	Dunav	3 – 3	Cherno More	Ruse
16:00 EEST	Budinov 19' Dimitrov 64' Dimov 74'	Report	Yoskov 76', 90' Eugénio 86'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 600 Referee: Ivelin Zanev

14 November 2015	Cherno More	1 – 2	Viitorul	Balchik
14:00 EET	Eugénio 39'	Report	Cernat 63' Tănase 81'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 200 Referee: Dragomir Draganov

23 January 2016	Cherno More	2 – 1	Sozopol	Golden Sands
14:00 EET	Eugénio 64' Yoskov 78'	Report	Sherdenov 20'	Stadium: Sport Palace Attendance: 200

27 January 2016	Cherno More	1 – 0	Dobrudzha	Golden Sands
14:00 EET	Eugénio 54'	Report		Stadium: Sport Palace Referee: Dimitar Mihaylov

30 January 2016	Pomorie	1 – 0	Cherno More	Burgas
14:00 EET	Iliev 57'	Report		Stadium: Sharks' Nest Referee: Zhivko Nedyalkov

6 February 2016 Balchik Cup	Cherno More	2 – 1	Dunav	Balchik
14:30 EET	Iliev 14' (pen.) Yoskov 25'	Report	Kostadinov 2'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 100 Referee: Dragomir Draganov

9 February 2016 Balchik Cup	Cherno More	1 – 0	Balkan Botevgrad	Albena
14:00 EET	Raykov 33'	Report		Stadium: Ground 2 Referee: Petar Kirilov

10 February 2016	Cherno More	3 – 0	Dobrudzha	Varna
14:30 EET	Bacari 3', 8' Coureur 78'	Report		Stadium: Mladost Attendance: 300 Referee: Krasen Georgiev

12 February 2016 Balchik Cup	Inter Plachidol	0 – 4	Cherno More	Albena
14:00 EET		Report	Marković 31' Palankov 62' Coureur 67', 69'	Attendance: 100 Referee: Miroslav Markov

25 March 2016	Viitorul	0 – 0	Cherno More	Ovidiu, Romania
17:00 EET		Report		Stadium: Orășenesc

27 March 2016	Cherno More	2 – 3	Solyaris Moscow	Albena
16:00 EEST	Nedelchev 47' Rodin 64' (o.g.)	Report	Rodin 55' Gorbunov 78' Povarnitsyn 87'	Stadium: Ground 1 Referee: Tsvetan Krastev

30 March 2016	Chernomorets Balchik	0 – 3	Cherno More	Balchik
17:00 EEST		Report	Marković 45', 56' Coureur 64'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 100 Referee: Dimitar Mihaylov

Bulgarian Supercup[edit]

12 August 2015	Ludogorets	0 – 1	Cherno More	Burgas
20:00 EEST	Dyakov 28' Quixadá 40' Sasha 45+4' Marcelinho 64' Cafu 90+2'	Report	Bourabia 15' Coulibaly 42' Coureur 51' Klok 54' Stanchev 58' Čanović 63' Bourabia 65' Palankov 90+3'	Stadium: Lazur Attendance: 1,810 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

A Group[edit]

Matches[edit]

19 July 2015 1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	1 – 1	Cherno More	Blagoevgrad
18:30 EEST	Toshev 55' Viyachki 80'	Report	Coureur 90+2' Varea 17' Klok 44'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 4,050 Referee: Nikola Popov

26 July 2015 2	Cherno More	2 – 3	Ludogorets	Varna
18:30 EEST	Sténio 75' Coureur 90+5' Georgiev 26' Ginho 44' Stanchev 54' Sténio 56' Bourabia 58'	Report	Marcelinho 6' Wanderson 63' Stanchev 89' (o.g.) Sasha 46' Minev 56' Wanderson 82'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,360 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

2 August 2015 3	Slavia	0 – 1	Cherno More	Sofia
18:30 EEST	Pirgov 47' Martinov 66'	Report	Bijev 17' Coureur 27' Raykov 41' Trayanov 42' Klok 45' Bijev 72' Georgiev 80' Bourabia 85'	Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Attendance: 230 Referee: Vladimir Valkov

8 August 2015 4	Cherno More	0 – 1	Levski	Varna
17:30 EEST	Bijev 39' Burkhardt 41'	Report	B. Tsonev 45+1' de Nooijer 20' Kraev 75' Kostadinov 84' Ivanov 90+4'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,320 Referee: Vihren Manev

17 August 2015 5	Beroe	1 – 1	Cherno More	Stara Zagora
20:00 EEST	Zehirov 42' Dinkov 42' Zehirov 57' Djoman 86'	Report	Petkov 61' Raykov 34' Klok 42' Petkov 74' Burkhardt 84' Palankov 90'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 3,030 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

22 August 2015 6	Cherno More	1 – 0	Montana	Varna
17:30 EEST	A. Georgiev 51' (o.g.) Klok 54' Kitanov 66' Nedelchev 85' Palankov 90'	Report	G. Angelov 47' Poplatnik 71' Pashov 83'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Angel Angelov

29 August 2015 7	Botev Plovdiv	2 – 1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
17:30 EEST	Vasev 71' Varela 81' (pen.) Baltanov 35' 51' Hristov 38'	Report	Coureur 86' Stanchev 41' Sténio 72'	Stadium: Komatevo Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Martin Stoimenov

11 September 2015 8	Cherno More	2 – 1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Varna
16:15 EEST	Varea 22' Kotev 57' (o.g.) Vasev 53' Klok 69' Coulibaly 73'	Report	Karagaren 67' Bakalov 63' Kiki 88'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,930 Referee: Nikola Popov

18 September 2015 9	Litex	1 – 0	Cherno More	Lovech
20:00 EEST	Johnsen 73' Boumal 55'	Report	Palankov 20' Georgiev 35' Bourabia 60' 83' Burkahrdt 70' Petkov 89'	Stadium: Lovech Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

26 September 2015 10	Cherno More	1 – 0	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Varna
16:15 EEST	Raykov 13' Coureur 37' Bijev 61' Bourabia 70' Sténio 76'	Report	Dyulgerov 22' Sandanski 24'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Adrian Petrov

3 October 2015 11	Ludogorets	1 – 1	Cherno More	Razgrad
20:00 EEST	Keșerü 55' Marcelinho 12' Minev 58' Terziev 90+4'	Report	Coureur 46' Petkov 13' Coulibaly 27' Georgiev 68' Bijev 82' Klok 88'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 1,580 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

17 October 2015 12	Cherno More	1 – 0	Slavia	Varna
16:15 EEST	Coulibaly 76' Sténio 22' Georgiev 39' Coulibaly 58' Bourabia 64' Vasev 73'	Report	Dyakov 23' Ferraresso 28' Manzorro 37'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,760 Referee: Stefan Apostolov

23 October 2015 13	Levski	1 – 0	Cherno More	Sofia
19:45 EEST	Karner 44' Bedoya 41' Diaby 50' Procházka 90+2'	Report	Bijev 28' Coureur 36' Klok 37' Coulibaly 76' Sténio 82'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

3 November 2015 14	Cherno More	0 – 3	Beroe	Varna
14:30 EET	Stanchev 34' Venkov 66' Sténio 73' Bourabia 90+5'	Report	Milisavljević 28' Tom 59' Isa 90+3' Dinkov 60'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,370 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

7 November 2015 15	Montana	0 – 4	Cherno More	Montana
14:00 EET	S. Genchev 44' Mihov 57'	Report	Bourabia 63' Coureur 65' Eugénio 67' Varea 77' Palankov 39'	Stadium: Ogosta Attendance: 900 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

22 November 2015 16	Cherno More	1 – 2	Botev Plovdiv	Varna
14:00 EET	Coureur 59' Coulibaly 42' Ginho 87'	Report	Baltanov 43' (pen.) Varela 72' Nelson 66'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,060 Referee: Angel Bayaltsaliev

28 November 2015 17	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1 – 3	Cherno More	Plovdiv
14:00 EET	Baldovaliev 57' Kiki 29'	Report	Coureur 7' Bourabia 39', 90+3' (pen.) Trayanov 29' Ginho 48' Venkov 57' Stanchev 71' 76'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 700 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

1 December 2015 18	Cherno More	1 – 1	Litex	Varna
14:00 EET	Raykov 25' Raykov 26' Trayanov 43' Coulibaly 73'	Report	Johnsen 42' Goranov 36' Galabov 66' Kolev 70'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,040 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov

6 December 2015 19	Pirin Blagoevgrad	4 – 0	Cherno More	Blagoevgrad
14:00 EET	Sandanski 32' Trayanov 45+1' Georgiev 47' (o.g.) Toshev 74' Tasev 89'	Report	Petkov 54' Bourabia 64' Trayanov 90+2'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Vladimir Valkov

12 December 2015 20	Cherno More	0 – 2	Ludogorets	Varna
14:00 EET	Coulibaly 28' Raykov 44' Venkov 55'	Report	Cafu 49' Keșerü 62' Vitinha 55'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,790 Referee: Nikola Popov

21 February 2016 21	Slavia	0 – 0	Cherno More	Sofia
13:00 EET		Report	Palankov 21' Klok 64' Sténio 90+3'	Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Attendance: 270 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

27 February 2016 22	Cherno More	0 – 2	Levski	Varna
13:00 EET	Palankov 8' Romanov 13' Georgiev 25' Stoychev 35' Iliev 45+3' Bacari 69' Eugénio 71'	Report	Kostadinov 53' Bedoya 65' S. Aleksandrov 19' Bedoya 33' Minev 90+2'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

3 March 2016 23	Beroe	0 – 0	Cherno More	Stara Zagora
16:30 EET	Penev 29' Vasilev 64' Djoman 85' Zafirov 86' Morel 90+1'	Report	Stoychev 11' Bacari 25' 33' Coureur 51' Kitanov 80'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 2,730 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

6 March 2016 24	Cherno More	1 – 1	Montana	Varna
14:00 EET	Sténio 54' Iliev 39' Sténio 90+5'	Report	A. Georgiev 50' Iliev 17' Pashov 17' Muradov 55' Ivanov 70' Todorov 80' A. Georgiev 90+5'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 940 Referee: Martin Stoimenov

13 March 2016 25	Botev Plovdiv	3 – 1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
14:00 EET	Gamakov 30' Baltanov 63' (pen.), 68' Starokin 32' Milev 72' Nelson 87'	Report	Raykov 33' Bacari 52' Stoychev 62' Eugénio 66' Sténio 77'	Stadium: Komatevo Attendance: 1,210 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov

20 March 2016 26	Cherno More	1 – 1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Varna
14:00 EET	Coureur 55' Raykov 9' Petkov 90+1'	Report	Kamburov 10' (pen.) Velkovski 21' El Kharroubi 90+1' Stoyanov 90+3'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 760 Referee: Tasko Taskov

27	Litex	v	Cherno More	Lovech
				Stadium: Lovech

9 April 2016 28	Cherno More	1 – 1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Varna
17:15 EEST	Coureur 90+3' Stoychev 60' Sténio 72' Klok 76' 84'	Report	Blagov 86' Popev 44'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 780 Referee: Georgi Davidov

15 April 2016 29	Ludogorets	2 – 1	Cherno More	Razgrad
20:15 EEST	Wanderson 9' Keșerü 72' (pen.) Natanael 90+2'	Report	Iliev 31' Iliev 21' Bacari 29' Stoychev 52' Georgiev 63' P. Nikolov 71' Venkov 87'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 2,680 Referee: Vladimir Valkov

23 April 2016 30	Cherno More	3 – 2	Slavia	Varna
17:15 EEST	Trayanov 6' Bacari 56', 82' Iliev 43' Palankov 59' Raykov 67' Bacari 83'	Report	Baldzhiyski 15' Pirgov 37' Karabelyov 39' Stoev 55'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 840 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

28 April 2016 31	Levski	5 – 1	Cherno More	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Kraev 8' Hristov 34', 68', 74' Bedoya 86' Karner 90+2'	Report	Georgiev 12' Stoychev 39' Georgiev 70' Bacari 90+3'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,940 Referee: Nikola Popov

6 May 2016 32	Cherno More	1 – 0	Beroe	Varna
15:30 EEST	Iliev 21'	Report	Vasilev 44' Tom 52' Delev 53' Penev 76'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 580 Referee: Stefan Pavlov

10 May 2016 33	Montana	3 – 2	Cherno More	Montana
18:00 EEST	Kokonov 28' Stoyanov 54' Iliev 90+1' Michev 71' Angelov 75' Atanasov 88' S. Georgiev 90+2'	Report	Raykov 30' Coureur 82' (pen.) Palankov 45+1' Klok 77' Bacari 79'	Stadium: Ogosta Attendance: 450 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

14 May 2016 34	Cherno More	3 – 0	Botev Plovdiv	Varna
18:00 EEST	Bacari 25' Iliev 59' Coureur 88' Venkov 45+1'	Report	Yusein 60'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 470 Referee: Martin Stoimenov

22 May 2016 35	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2 – 1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
18:00 EEST	Kamburov 12' Kiki 59' Trajanov 37'	Report	Iliev 55' Klok 31' Bacari 63'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 1,180 Referee: Angel Angelov

36	Cherno More	v	Litex	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Slavia Sofia	32	14	7	11	36	29	+7	49^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	32	15	4	13	40	45	−5	49^[a]
6	Cherno More	32	10	8	14	36	45	−9	38
7	Botev Plovdiv	32	8	9	15	27	44	−17	33
8	Pirin Blagoevgrad	32	5	11	16	27	45	−18	26

Source: Bulgarian Football Association, 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.^[30]
Notes:

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

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	10	8	14	36	45	−9	38	7	3	6	18	19	−1	3	5	8	18	26	−8

Last updated: 22 May 2016.
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	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	V	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	V	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	V	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	V
Position	4	7	6	8	7	6	7	6	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

Score overview[edit]

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Home score	Away score	Double	Treble	Quadruple
	First phase		Second phase
Beroe	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–0	No	No	No
Botev Plovdiv	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–3	No	No	No
Levski	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–5	No	No	No
Litex	1–1	0–1			No	No	No
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	Yes	No	No
Ludogorets	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–2	No	No	No
Montana	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–3	Yes	No	No
Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	No	No	No
Slavia	1–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	Yes	Yes	No

Bulgarian Cup[edit]

23 September 2015 1st round	Pirin Razlog	1 – 7	Cherno More	Razlog
16:00 EEST	D. Dimitrov 53'	Report	Bijev 23', 54', 74' Rasim 34' Raykov 38', 90' Klok 58' Raykov	Stadium: Gradski Referee: Angel Angelov

27 October 2015 2nd round	Vihar Stroevo	0 – 5	Cherno More	Plovdiv
13:30 EET		Report	Raykov 39', 47' Varea 43' Yoskov 54' Kostadinov 85' Stanchev 28'	Stadium: Komatevo Attendance: 450 Referee: Stoyan Denev

9 December 2015 3rd round	Beroe	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5 – 3 p)	Cherno More	Stara Zagora
17:30 EET	Isa 39' Delev 70' 118'	Report	Palankov 33' Georgiev 37' Klok 39' Rasim 79' Trayanov 97' Burkhardt 116'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Georgi Kabakov
	Penalties
	Dinkov Ivanov Kostov Isa Elias		Sténio Burkhardt Rasim Eugénio

Europa League[edit]

16 July 2015 2nd qualifying round/1st leg	Cherno More	1 – 1	Dinamo Minsk	Razgrad^[A], Bulgaria
20:00 EEST	Coureur 11' Klok 70'	Report	Palitsevich 72' Vitus 27' Palitsevich 46' Bangura 49'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena^[A] Attendance: 3,650 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

23 July 2015 2nd qualifying round/2nd leg	Dinamo Minsk	4 – 0 (5 – 1 agg.)	Cherno More	Minsk, Belarus
18:00 FET	Karytska 41' Adamović 58' Bećiraj 86', 90+2' Bećiraj 28' Begunov 39' Karytska 45+1' Korzun 54'	Report	Bijev 28' Palankov 40' 45+1' Coureur 49' Coulibaly 66'	Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Anatolii Zhabchenko (Ukraine)

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 22 May 2016. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

No.	Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G			Notes
No.	Pos	Name	League		Bulgarian Cup		Europe		Other		Total		Discipline		Notes
1	GK	Iliya Nikolov †	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
3	MF	Daniel Georgiev	21(5)	1	3	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	24(7)	1	9	0
4	DF	Mihail Venkov (c)	33	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	38	0	5	0
5	DF	Stefan Stanchev	12(1)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	16(1)	0	5	1
6	DF	Mamoutou Coulibaly	17(3)	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	21(3)	1	9	0
7	MF	Bekir Rasim	3(6)	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	5(6)	1	1	0
8	MF	Sténio	25(3)	2	0(1)	0	0(2)	0	1	0	26(6)	2	9	1
9	FW	Bacari	7(4)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7(4)	3	7	1
10	MF	Marc Klok	23(1)	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	28(1)	1	13	1
11	FW	Zhivko Petkov	7(14)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	9(14)	1	5	0
13	MF	Simeon Raykov	20(5)	4	2(1)	4	2	0	0	0	24(6)	8	6	1
14	FW

[Left_Dec-30] Player left the club in December 2015.

[31] Georgiev made 101 appearances and scored 12 goals during his first spell at the club between 2007 and 2011.

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

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

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

[35] Mihail Venkov was captain during the first half of the season.

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

[table_hth_SLA0.90426080064115-37] Slavia Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Plovdiv on head-to-head record; Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Slavia Sofia 2–0, Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Slavia Sofia 3–1.

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