FC Chernomorets Burgas (Bulgarian: ФК Черноморец Бургас) or simply Chernomorets (Bulgarian: Черноморец) was a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas. Chernomorets played its home matches at the local Chernomorets Stadium. The team was a runner-up in the Bulgarian Cup and Bulgarian Supercup competitions.

Chernomorets

Full name	FC Chernomorets Burgas
Nickname(s)	Akulite (The Sharks)
Founded	1 August 1919 (103 years ago) (1919-08-01)
Dissolved	2006 (16 years ago) (2006)
Ground	Chernomorets Stadium, Burgas
Capacity	22,000
Chairman	Ivaylo Drazhev
League	V AFG
2006–07	18th
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Club colours

Kit history

History

1905–1958

In 1905, a group of Bulgarian students from the Robert College of Istanbul created a new sports club in Burgas with the name SC Strela. Several years later, SC Strela was officially licensed as an association and in May, 1912, the local municipality chose the first staff and the first president of the club. In the period between 1918–1919, SC Strela had a roster of 200 members, slowly growing into an association with a big importance to the city. Тherefore some changes had to be made and on August 1, 1919, the first president of the club was chosen to be Stefan Ilic. By his suggestion, the club's name was chosen to be changed to SC Chernomorets and the same year, a football department was created to the sports society, named FC Chernomorets.

Between 1919 and 1944, the football club participated in the Bulgarian State Championship, regularly promoting and relegating from the different divisions of the league. In the following years several changes were made. In 1944, the club was bought by the Municipality of Burgas, its name was changed to FC Lyuboslav and a new manager was hired – the prominent Hungarian coach Kramer Lipot. However the results weren't good and soon he was sacked from his job. Years later, the bad results were the reason to bring FC Lyuboslav to a dissolve.

1958–2006

In 1958, the communist authorities in Burgas decided to reestablish a sports club, which is a successor of the achievements of the former FC Chernomorets. The sports club was named SC Botev in honour of the Bulgarian national hero – Hristo Botev. Several years later, the authorities however decided to rename the club to its former name FC Chernomorets.

FC Chernomorets's best seasons in the Bulgarian top division were in the 1981/82 and 1983/84 seasons, finishing in the 5th place. Since its establishment, the club had played a total of 31 seasons in the Bulgarian top division. In 1989, Chernomorets surprisingly reached the final of the Bulgarian Cup and played against CSKA Sofia, but the result of the match was a 0:3 loss for Chernomorets. In spite of loss, the team led by Dian Petkov, Zlatko Yankov, Lyubomir Sheytanov and Vlado Stoyanov, the Sharks managed to earn a position to participate in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The club's first participation in European club tournaments was not promising. The team faced Dinamo Tirana from Albania. The first game in Burgas, in the presence of 17 000 spectators at the Chernomorets Stadium, ended with a 3–1 win. But the second game in Tirana finished with a shameful 0–4 loss and Chernomorets were out of the European club tournament. A few years later, in 1994 Chernomorets were relegated to Southern "B" Group and its return to A PFG in 1999 was with his new owner Ivaylo Drazhev, who had bought the club in 1997.

In 2004, the club with president Ivaylo Drazhev went bankrupt and in the following two seasons Chernomorets was relegated from the top divisions of the Bulgarian football. The future of the club was unknown and in late 2006 FC Chernomorets withdrew from the South-East V AFG because of financial difficulties.

Historical names

Performance by seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
1938	BSFC	8	18	4	4	10	30	40	12	N/A
1939	BSFC	10	18	0	4	14	17	61	4	N/A	Relegated
1948–49	RFD	10	18	2	3	13	15	38	7	1/4	Relegated
1957	Southern B RFG	8	30	10	10	10	42	50	30	N/A
1958	Southern B RFG	10	15	5	4	6	17	18	14	N/A
1958–59	Southern B RFG	10	30	13	5	11	45	42	31	1/4	Relegated
1961–62	B RFG	10	30	9	8	13	41	49	26	N/A
1962–63	Southern B RFG	11	38	15	6	17	61	55	36	N/A
1963–64	Southern B RFG	6	34	13	13	8	53	42	39	N/A
1964–65	Southern B RFG	1	34	19	6	9	57	29	44	N/A	Promoted
1965–66	A RFG	14	30	8	9	13	34	48	25	1/8
1966–67	A RFG	9	30	10	10	10	38	35	30	2nd in Group 1
1967–68	A RFG	13	30	9	7	14	35	53	25	1/2
1968–69	A RFG	7	30	10	8	12	51	56	28	3rd in Group 1
1969–70	A RFG	8	30	10	9	11	33	41	29	1/8
1970–71	A RFG	15	30	6	7	17	33	66	19	3rd in Group 3
1971–72	A RFG	14	34	11	8	15	47	49	28	1/16
1972–73	A RFG	12	34	12	7	15	35	44	31	1/4	drawn
1973–74	Southern B RFG	2	36	23	6	7	81	34	52	1/4
1974–75	Southern B RFG	2	38	18	8	12	52	40	44	N/A
1975–76	Southern B RFG	7	38	16	8	14	61	47	40	1/32
1976–77	Southern B RFG	1	38	20	10	8	60	30	50	1/32	Promoted
1977–78	A RFG	10	30	11	5	14	45	43	27	1/16
1978–79	A RFG	5	30	13	8	9	45	43	34	1/8
1979–80	A RFG	9	30	12	3	15	39	42	27	1/4
1980–81	A RFG	11	30	9	10	11	42	49	28	1st leg
1981–82	A RFG	6	30	14	4	12	48	44	32	N/A
1982–83	A RFG	13	30	12	4	14	41	47	28	N/A
1983–84	A RFG	5	30	12	7	11	43	47	31	N/A
1984–85	A RFG	16	30	8	5	17	35	57	21	N/A	Relegated
1985–86	B RFG	1	38	21	7	10	81	42	48	N/A	Promoted
1986–87	A RFG	12	30	10	4	16	48	76	24	N/A
1987–88	A RFG	15	30	9	3	18	27	50	21	1/4	Relegated
1988–89	B RFG	2	38	20	10	8	63	32	50	Final	Promoted
1989–90	A RFG	11	30	11	7	12	36	41	29	N/A
1990–91	A FG	7	30	11	8	11	41	50	30	2nd in Group 1
1991–92	A RFG	12	30	8	9	13	28	43	25	1/16
1992–93	A RFG	8	30	11	8	11	33	31	30	1/8
1993–94	A FG	13	28	8	6	14	30	36	30	1/16	Relegated
1994–95	Southern B RFG	9	30	13	7	10	43	35	46	N/A	Relegated
1995–96	South East V Group	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3rd leg	Promoted
1996–97	B RFG	7	34	16	4	14	51	39	52	1/8
1997–98	B RFG	4	30	18	5	7	50	17	59	1/16
1998–99	B RFG	1	30	21	3	6	62	20	66	2nd leg	Promoted
1999-00	A FG	10	30	10	7	13	31	40	37	1/2
2000–01	Premier football league	11	26	6	4	16	22	48	22	1/16
2001–02	Premier football league	10	40	13	9	18	41	69	35	1/16
2002–03	Premier football league	11	26	7	3	16	32	56	24	1/4
2003–04	A FG	16	30	4	6	20	30	68	18	1/8	Relegated
2004–05	B PFG	15	30	5	4	21	29	64	19	1st leg	Relegated
2005–06	South East V Group	14	30	6	5	19	26	56	23	N/A
2006–07	South East V Group	18	34	0	0	34	8	161	0	N/A	Withdrawn

European

Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1982	Intertoto Cup	Group 9		Baník Ostrava	5–2	1–3	N/A
				IFK Göteborg	2–4	4–4	N/A
				Næstved	4–0	1–2	N/A
1985	Intertoto Cup	Group 11		Start	2–0	0–1	N/A
				Aarau	4–1	3–3	N/A
				MTK	1–2	1–5	N/A
1989–90	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QR		Dinamo Tirana	3–1	0–4	3–5

Honours

Bulgarian A PFG:

• Fifth place (2): 1979, 1984

Bulgarian Cup

• Runner-up (1): 1989

Bulgarian Supercup

• Runner-up (1): 1989

Notable players

• For all players with a Wikipedia article see Category:FC Chernomorets Burgas players.

Notable coaches

• Kramer Lipot
• Evgeni Yanchovski
• Totko Dremsizov – lead the sharks seven years in a row (record)
• Lyubomir Borisov
• Vasil Zelev – the most successful coach for the club
• Ivan Tsvetanov
• Miroslav Kralev

External links

• Chernomorets Burgas at bgclubs.eu