FC Fratria

Fratria was established in 2021 by businessman Viktor Bakurevich, owner of Berezka supermarkets, after his son started to play football. Bakurevich decided to start an academy that is free from taxes, making the club base in Benkovski, Varna Province.[1] Later that year, the team started a partnership with MFC Ticha Academy.[2]

They won their first season in B Regional Group and in 2022 were promoted to A Regional Group with Oleksandr Babych taking the manager position.[3] Since Bakurevich having Russian and Ukrainian roots, a few players from Russia and Ukraine, living in Bulgaria, joined the main team and the academies.[4] The team won the league and on 29 May 2023 they secured their promote to Third League, being called the fastest developing team, not only because their quick promote to the third league, but because the development of their base and academy.[5] In June 2023 the team started to prepare for their first season in Third League with the intentions to win the group and also established a second team that joined A Regional League.[1] Later same month it was announced they will move to Stadium Albena 1 in Albena resort.[6] In their first cup appearance, they drew against local team Spartak Varna, but lost the match with a 1:3 result, played on 8 September 2023.[7] On 5 October 2023 the team announced that they are introducing sporting director with Emanuel Lukanov taking the position.[8]

As of 2 September 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 Valentin Dimitrov 2 DF  BUL Ivaylo Popov 3 DF  BUL Simeon Nikolov 5 DF  BUL Vasil Dobrev 7 FW  UKR Andriy Lysak 8 MF  BUL Preslav Zhekov 9 MF  BUL Denis Kadir 10 FW  UKR Danylo Polonskyi 11 MF  SYR Akel Ftayeh 16 DF  BUL Dimitar Vasilev 17 DF  BUL Martin Kostadinov 19 DF  BUL Yasen Minchev 20 MF  BUL Ivelin Kuzmanov 21 DF  RUS Sasha Fylonchuk

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 GK  BUL Martin Hristov 39 FW  UKR Denys Vasin 45 DF  ARM David Shakaryan 47 MF  BUL Radoslav Kovachev 66 FW  MDA Vasil Andoni (captain) 67 GK  BUL Hristiyan Hristov 69 MF  BUL Viktor Varbanov 71 DF  BUL Ibryam Ibryam 74 FW  RUS Мikhail Gashchuk 77 MF  BUL Artur Avetisyan 81 FW  UKR Oleksiy Mazhynskyi 88 MF  BUL Todor Kulev 99 MF  BUL Emil Savov

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  USA Daniel Ghidewon Habtom (to FC 4188 until 31 December 2023)

As of 31 July 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 Valentin Dimitrov 13 DF  UKR Serghi Chyzhyk 23 MF  BUL Emil Haralanov — GK  UKR Vladyslav Ukrainskyi — GK  BUL Emir Nedret — DF  COL Julio Rodriguez

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  BUL Nikola Radushev — DF  BUL Lachezar Voykov — MF  BUL Alishen Alish — MF  BUL Erik Georgiev — FW  BUL Tsvetan Tinev

Up to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the Bulgarian First Professional League however only three can be used in a match day. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.