FC Chernomorets Balchik
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.
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| Full name | Football Club Chernomorets Balchik | ||
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| Founded | 1918 | ||
| Ground | Balchik Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 2,618 | ||
| Owner | Balchik Municipality | ||
| Head coach | Martin Hristov | ||
| League | Second League | ||
| 2022–23 | North-East Third League, 1st (promoted) | ||
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History
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
- Second League
- 7th place: 2018–19
- Third League
- Bulgarian Cup
- Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League
Winners (1): 2016–17
Runners-up (1): 2015–16
Players
Current squad
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.
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For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2023.
Past seasons
League positions
| Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Bulgarian Cup | ||
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| 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
- "Балчик подава молба за влизане в Книгата на Гинес" (in Bulgarian). varnautre.bg. 5 April 2016.
- Първи отбор се отказа от участие в "Б" група