PFC Chernomorets Burgas

Football club infobox
clubname = Chernomorets Burgas


fullname = PFC Chernomorets Burgas
nickname = The sharks
founded = 1919 /"restored 2005"/
ground = Naftex Stadium
capacity = 18,037
chairman = Mitko Sabev
director = Todor Hankov
manager = Dimitar Dimitrov
league = TBI A Football Group
season = 2007-08
position = A Grupa, 6th
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PFC Chernomorets ( _bg. ПФК Черноморец) is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas. This club is the historical successor of the original and traditional PFC Chernomorets Burgas, founded in 1919. After bankruptcy in former owner Ivaylo Drazhev's time, the club was restored in 2005. Sporting figures include the chairman Mitko Sabev and the manager Dimitar Dimitrov. During the 2005/2006 season, the club competed in the amateur Bulgarian South-East V AFG and qualified for the Bulgarian B Professional Football Group by finishing first. From the 2007/08 season the club will be competing in the highest level of Bulgarian football, A PFG

Address and team information

*Address:Sports komplex "Lazur" Burgas,Bulgaria
*Tel: [phone]
*Fax: [phone]
*e-mail: [e-mail]

Official sponsor

*Petrol holding

Equipment

*NikeCurrently the team's home kit is blue and the away kit is white. Various combinations of blue and white have been seen through the years, but blue remains the basic colour of the team.

History

Chernomorets was founded in 1919. In 2004 the team with chairman Ivaylo Drazhev (former owner) went bankrupt. One year later Chernomorets was restored by Mitko Sabev and started from Bulgarian amateur football division. After three years "the new Chernomorets" qualified again for the Bulgarian first division. In the 2007/2008 season the Sharks qualified for the Intertoto Cup after taking 6th place in the Bulgarian "A" proffesional football group. There, they defeated ND Gorica of Slovenia in the second round 3-1 on aggregate to set up a third round meeting with Grasshopper Zurich.

Performance by season after restored

*2005/2006 — 1st place in the V AFG (all matches-win, except one draw)
*2006/2007 — 1st place in the B PFG
*2007/2008 — 6th place in the A PFG

The amateur cup

In June 2006 Chernomorets Burgas won the Bulgarian amateur cup. In the final at the Vasil Levski national stadium, in the presence of 6 000 spectators, Chernomorets won with 3-1 against FC Benkovski Kostinbrod.

Intertoto cup

Current squad

"As of July 2008"

Chernomorets Burgas'2008

Squad changes for 2008/09 season

In:
*flagicon|Bulgaria Martin Kovachev - from Dunav Rousse
*flagicon|Bulgaria Lyubomir Bozhinov - from Naftex Burgas
*flagicon|Brazil Dudu - from Clube do Remo
*flagicon|Brazil Leandro - from São Bento
*flagicon|Brazil Michel - from Araguaína
*flagicon|Bulgaria Marin Petrov - from Ethnikos Piraeus
*flagicon|Bulgaria Borislav Stoychev - from PFC Levski Sofia
*flagicon|Nigeria Ekundayo Jayeoba - from PFC Levski Sofia

Out:
*flagicon|Serbia Nikica Košutić - to FK Bežanija
*flagicon|Bulgaria Plamen Krumov - to PFC Naftex Burgas

Notable players

External links

* [http://chernomoretz-bs.com/ Official website] bg icon
* [http://www.bluesharksbs.org/ Unofficial website] bg icon
* [http://www.chernomoretz-bs.hit.bg/ Unofficial website] bg icon
* [http://clubs.bul-foot.org/html/a/a/ChernomorecBurgas(Burgas).htm Bulgarian clubs - Chernomorets Burgas (Burgas)]