FC Chernomorets Balchik

Bulgarian football club

Football club

FC Chernomorets Balchik

Full name| Football Club Chernomorets Balchik
Founded| 1918; 106 years ago (1918)
Ground| Balchik Stadium
Capacity| 2,618
Owner| Balchik Municipality
Head coach| Eli Marques
League| Second League
2022–23| North-East Third League, 1st (promoted)

Home colours

Away colours

|

Chernomorets (Bulgarian: Черноморец) is a Bulgarian football club based in Balchik, that competes in the Second League, the 2nd tier of Bulgarian football. The team plays its home games at the local Balchik Stadium with 2,618 seats.

## History[edit]

Balchik Stadium

Chernomorets were founded as Sport Club Strela in late 1918 by English and Italian soldiers after World War I. The team finally became known as Chernomorets in 1957.

In its history, Chernomorets has played mainly in the Bulgarian amateurs divisions. Until the 1976/77 season, the team participated at most in the third Bulgarian division, but gained a promotion to the B Group for the 1977/78 season. The next season was not so successful and the team was relegated back to the third division (The club finishing in 17th place in the group).

Chernomorets qualified for the second time in its history for the second division by finishing in 3rd place in North-Eastern V Group in the 2007-08 season. In this period, in the club worked as an assistant coach former famous football player Iliyan Kiryakov.

Chernomorets withdrew from B PFG in February 2011 due to suffering from finance debts.

Between 9 November 2014 and 27 March 2016, Chernomorets won 37 consecutive games in the third division. The club sent a letter to the Guinness Book of World Records as a jest for its achievement.[1]

In the 2015–16 season, the team finished first and won promotion to the B Group after five years of absence, but on 12 June 2016, they announced that will stay in V Group and won't compete in the professional tier due to financial reasons.[2] Next season, Chernomorets finished first once more, but this time the team accepted participation in the Second League. Chernomorets managed to remain three seasons in the Second League, but the team was eventually plagued by financial problems in 2020, and was disqualified during the 2019–20 season and demoted back to the Third League. After three years in the third level, Chernomorets again managed to gain promotion to the second level, for season 2023–24.

## Honours[edit]

* Second League:
* 7th place: 2018–19
* Third League:
* Winners (3): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2022–23
* Bulgarian Cup:
* Round of 16 (2): 2018–19, 2020–21
* Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League:
* Winners (1): 2016–17

## Players[edit]

### Current squad[edit]

As of 23 June 2023

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

|
|
|

1  | GK |  BUL | Dimitar Iliev
2  | DF |  BUL | Yordan Radev
3  | MF |  BUL | Daniel Georgiev (captain)
4  | DF |  BUL | Kristiyan Beshev
5  | DF |  BUL | Kristian Kolev
6  | DF |  BUL | Viliyan Denchev
7  | FW |  UKR | Mykyta Khodakovskyi
8  | MF |  BUL | Tsvetan Iliev
9  | FW |  BUL | Marin Petkov
10  | MF |  BUL | Dani Bonev
11  | MF |  BUL | Radoslav Zlatev
12  | FW |  BEL | William Fonkeu
15  | DF |  BUL | Georgi Radev
| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

|
|
|

17  | MF |  BUL | Teodor Totev
18  | DF |  BUL | Nasko Yankov
19  | MF |  BUL | Ivan Tomov
20  | FW |  BUL | Ivan Tsachev
21  | DF |  BUL | Miroslav Nachev
23  | MF |  BUL | Aleks Nakov
24  | FW |  BRA | Gabriel Vulcano
27  | GK |  BUL | Kristiyan Nedelchev
33  | GK |  BUL | Galin Grigorov
-- | FW |  FRA | Jonathan N'Sondé
-- | FW |  BRA | Cassiano Bouzon

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2023 and Transfers winter 2023–24.

## Past seasons[edit]

### League positions[edit]

Season  | League  | Place  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | Pts  | Bulgarian Cup

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

2011–12 | V AFG (III) | 10 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 34 | 36 | not qualified
2012–13 | V AFG | 7 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 41 | not qualified
2013–14 | V AFG | 13 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 39 | 63 | 26 | not qualified
2014–15 | V AFG | 2 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 85 | 14 | 76 | not qualified
2015–16 | V AFG | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 14 | 73 | First round
2016–17 | Third League | 1 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 9 | 76 | First round
2017–18 | Second League (II) | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 39 | First round
2018–19 | Second League | 7 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 37 | Second round
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Балчик подава молба за влизане в Книгата на Гинес" (in Bulgarian). varnautre.bg. 5 April 2016.
2. ^ Първи отбор се отказа от участие в "Б" група

## External links[edit]

* Chernomorets Balchik at bgclubs.eu

* v
* t
* e

Second League * 2023–24

* Bdin
* Belasitsa
* Chernomorets Balchik
* Chernomorets Burgas
* CSKA 1948 II
* Dobrudzha
* Dunav Ruse
* Litex
* Ludogorets II
* Marek
* Maritsa
* Montana
* Septemvri Sofia
* Spartak Pleven
* Spartak Varna
* Sportist Svoge
* Strumska Slava
* Yantra Gabrovo

*[No.]: Number
*[Pos.]: Position
*[GK]: Goalkeeper
*[DF]: Defender
*[MF]: Midfielder
*[FW]: Forward
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template