2018–19 PFC Cherno More Varna season

Cherno More

2018–19 season

Chairman

Marin Marinov

Manager

Ilian Iliev

Top goalscorer

League: Georgi Iliev (8)
All: Georgi Iliev (8)

Highest home attendance

6,000 (vs. CSKA Sofia, 16 February 2019)

Lowest home attendance

380 (vs. Etar, 30 November 2018)

Average home league attendance

1,807

Biggest win

4–2 (vs. Vereya, 5 October 2018)

Biggest defeat

1–5 (vs. Septemvri Sofia, 4 August 2018
vs. Ludogorets Razgrad, 29 September 2018
vs. Levski Sofia, 12 May 2019)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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All statistics correct as of 7 April 2019.

This page covers all relevant details regarding Cherno More for all official competitions inside the 2018–19 season. These are the First Professional Football League and the Bulgarian Cup.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
14 June 2018	DF	Ivaylo Markov	Dunav Ruse	Free^[1]
14 June 2018	DF	Plamen Dimov	Botev Plovdiv	Free^[1]
26 June 2018	MF	Patrick Andrade	Moreirense	Free^[2]
26 June 2018	FW	Jorginho	Farense	Free^[2]
7 August 2018	MF	Vasil Panayotov	Levski Sofia	Free^[3]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
8 May 2018	MF	Aleksandar Tsvetkov	Beroe	Free^[4]^[5]
24 May 2018	DF	Vitinha	Unirea Alba Iulia	Free^[6]^[7]
29 May 2018	FW	Marek Kuzma	Puszcza Niepołomice	Free^[8]^[9]
29 May 2018	MF	Fábinho	Free agent	End of contract^[8]
4 June 2018	MF	Nikolay Minkov	CSKA 1948	Free^[10]^[11]
7 August 2018	DF	Daniel Dimov	Boluspor	Free^[12]^[13]
15 August 2018	MF	Mariyan Ognyanov	CSKA 1948	Free^[14]^[15]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	End Date	Fee
3 September 2018	GK	Georgi Kitanov	CSKA Sofia	31 December 2018	Free^[16]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	End Date	Fee
14 June 2018	MF	Rumen Kasabov	Chernomorets Balchik	End of season	Free^[17]
25 July 2018	DF	Ivaylo Markov	Tsarsko Selo	End of season	Free^[18]
20 August 2018	FW	Valentin Yoskov	Chernomorets Balchik	31 December 2018	Free^[19]

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Previous Club	Notes
3	RB	Ertan Tombak	24	EU	2017	4	0	2019	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
5	RB	Stefan Stanchev	35	EU	2013	103	1	2019	Free	Minyor Pernik
7	CM	Patrick Andrade	31	EU	2018	4	2	2020	Free	Moreirense
8	CM	Emil Yanchev	25	EU	2017	12	0	2019	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
9	LW	Mehdi Fennouche	31	EU	2018	19	4	2019	Free	Vereya
10	FW	Radoslav Vasilev	33	EU	2018	21	7	2019	Free	Alki Oroklini
11	FW	Jorginho	35	EU	2018	4	0	2020	Free	Farense
14	FW	Georgi Bozhilov	37	EU	2017	166	24	2019	Free	Beroe	^[nb 1]
16	DM	Petar Vitanov	29	EU	2018	22	0	2019	Free	Vereya
17	RB	Martin Kostadinov	27	EU	2014	37	1	2020	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
18	RW	Atanas Zehirov	35	EU	2017	37	2	2019	Free	Beroe
21	CM	Georgi Iliev (captain)	42	EU	2016	295	62	2019	Free	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	^[nb 2]
22	AM	~~Mariyan Ognyanov~~	30	EU	2017	26	6	2019	Free	Neftochimic	^[nb 3]
23	CB	Ilias Hassani	28	EU	2017	38	1	2019	Free	Vereya
25	GK	Ivan Dyulgerov	24	EU	2016	4	0	2019	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
26	GK	Ivan Dichevski	23	EU	2017	0	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy
27	CB	~~Daniel Dimov~~	29	EU	2018	73	4	2018	Free	Manisaspor	^[nb 4]^[nb 3]
31	RW	Lachezar Yordanov	23	EU	2018	1	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy
33	CB	Miroslav Enchev	32	EU	2018	11	0	2019	Undisclosed	Vereya
36	AM	Rumen Kasabov	24	EU	2017	1	1		Youth system	Cherno More Academy	^[nb 5]
36	GK	Georgi Kitanov	29	EU	2018	110	0	2018	Free	CSKA Sofia (loan)	^[nb 6]
38	LW	Aristote N'Dongala	30	EU	2018	16	0	2019	Free	Lokomotiv GO
41	LB	Hugo Konongo	32	EU	2018	21	0	2019	Free	Paulhan-Pézenas
44	CB	Ivaylo Markov	26	EU	2018	0	0	2020	Free	Dunav Ruse	^[nb 7]
70	CB	Plamen Dimov	33	EU	2018	6	1	2020	Free	Botev Plovdiv
71	CM	Vasil Panayotov	33	EU	2018	4	0	2020	Free	Levski Sofia
88	GK	Blagoy Makendzhiev	35	EU	2018	23	0	2020	Free	Pirin Blagoevgrad
90	FW	Martin Minchev	23	EU	2017	31	2	2020	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
98	FW	Valentin Yoskov	25	EU	2015	22	0	2019	Youth system	Cherno More Academy	^[nb 8]
99	AM	Dani Kiki	36	EU	2018	14	1	2019	Free	Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Last updated: 15 September 2018
Source: ^[20]

^ Bozhilov made 139 appearances and scored 19 goals during his first spell at the club between 2010 and 2015.
^ Iliev made 207 appearances and scored 48 goals during his first two spells at the club between 2000–2003 and 2008–2013.
^ ^a ^b Player left the club in August 2018.
^ D. Dimov made 54 appearances and scored 3 goals during his first spell at the club between 2006 and 2010.
^ On loan at Chernomorets Balchik for the entire season.
^ Kitanov made 110 appearances during his first spell at the club between 2012 and 2016.
^ On loan at Tsarsko Selo for the entire season.
^ On loan at Chernomorets Balchik until 31 December 2018.

Competitions

Overall

Competition record

Competition	Started round	Current position/round	Final position/round	First match	Last match	Record
Competition	Started round	Current position/round	Final position/round	First match	Last match	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
First League	—	6th		20 July 2018	May 2019	30	13	6	11	38	38	+0	043.33
Bulgarian Cup	First round	—	Quarter-finals	26 September 2018	4 April 2019	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	033.33
Total						33	14	8	11	42	41	+1	042.42

Updated to match played 21 April 2019
Source: Competitions

Summary

Clean sheets	12 (11 First League, 1 Bulgarian Cup)
Yellow cards	82 (68 First League, 14 Bulgarian Cup)
Red cards	4 (2 First League, 2 Bulgarian Cup)
Worst discipline	Plamen Dimov (9 )
Biggest Win	4–2 vs Vereya (H)
Biggest Defeat	1–5 vs Septemvri Sofia (H), vs Ludogorets Razgrad (A)
Most appearances	Georgi Iliev (26)
Top scorer	Georgi Iliev (8)

Correct as of match played on 7 April 2019.

Pre-season and friendlies

The team started pre-season training on June 14.^[21] The club has announced 7 friendlies in the summer; one opponent to be confirmed at later stage.^[22] On 25 June 2018, the club revealed that the second friendly will be against Gandzasar, the Armenian Cup winners.^[23] On 29 August, another friendly with Chernomorets Balchik was announced during the first international break.^[24]

22 June 2018 Friendly	Cherno More	4–2	Chernomorets Balchik	Varna
10:30 EEST	Bozhilov 23' P. Dimov 31' Yoskov 46' Yordanov 67'	Report	Iliev 9' Aleksandrov 26'	Stadium: Mladost

27 June 2018 Friendly	Gandzasar	1–2	Cherno More	Bansko
17:00 EEST	56'	Report	Andrade 27' Yordanov 45'	Stadium: St. Petar

29 June 2018 Friendly	Oleksandriya	1–1	Cherno More	Bansko
17:00 EEST	Protasov 20'	Report	Jorginho 57'	Stadium: Evima Football Fields

4 July 2018 Friendly	Septemvri Sofia	2–2	Cherno More	Bansko
17:00 EEST	49' (pen.) Galchev 110'	Report	Yordanov 13' Bozhilov 102' (pen.)	Stadium: Evima Football Fields

11 July 2018 Friendly	Cherno More	2–0	Ludogorets Razgrad II	Varna
16:00 EEST	Yoskov 70' N'Dongala 77' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Mladost

11 July 2018 Friendly	Cherno More	3–0	Nesebar	Varna
18:30 EEST	Jorginho 22' Zehirov 42' Tombak 74'	Report		Stadium: Mladost

14 July 2018 Friendly	Cherno More	6–1	Pomorie	Varna
19:30 EEST	N'Dongala 25', 39' D. Dimov 30' Ognyanov 47' Vitanov 66' Yoskov 86'	Report	Petkov 43'	Stadium: Ticha

8 September 2018 Friendly	Cherno More	3–1	Chernomorets Balchik	Varna
11:00 EEST	Fennouche 4', 21' G. Iliev 88'	Report	Yoskov 85'	Stadium: Ticha

First Professional League

Regular season

Matches

20 July 2018 1	Cherno More	2–1	Botev Vratsa	Varna
20:45 EEST	Ivanov 41' (o.g.) Minchev 45+1' Bozhilov 87' Hassani 90'	Report	Atanasov 5' Mihaylov 53' Ivanov	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Georgi Bozhilov

30 July 2018 2	Levski Sofia	2–2	Cherno More	Sofia
20:30 EEST	Belaïd 9' Kostov 60' Mariani 89'	Report	Iliev 22' N'Dongala 43' Fennouche 53' Ognyanov 66' Bozhilov 88' P. Dimov 90' Konongo	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev

4 August 2018 3	Cherno More	1–5	Septemvri Sofia	Varna
18:30 EEST	Vitanov 24' P. Dimov 53' 69'	Report	Gadi 5', 58', 83' 20' A. Georgiev 26' Fabiano 41' Z. Dimitrov 41' 87' Galchev 71' Chandarov 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Chris Gadi

10 August 2018 4	Etar	1–1	Cherno More	Veliko Tarnovo
18:15 EEST	K. Stoyanov 3' Mladenov 9' Petkov 90+3'	Report	Enchev 7' Andrade 45' Andrade 51' Konongo 59'	Stadium: Ivaylo Attendance: 850 Referee: Nedelcho Gadzhalov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev

17 August 2018 5	Cherno More	0–0	Beroe	Varna
20:45 EEST	Hassani 5' Fennouche 63' Andrade 71'	Report	Tsonev 51' Alkan 78' Bandalovski 80'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,580 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Blagoy Makendzhiev

24 August 2018 6	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–2	Cherno More	Plovdiv
21:00 EEST	Eze 39' Banović 45+1' 86' Eliton 57' Raykov 90+1'	Report	Andrade 23' Vasilev 29' Konongo 31'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Radoslav Vasilev

31 August 2018 7	Cherno More	1–0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Varna
21:00 EEST	Milev 3' (o.g.) Vitanov 61'	Report	Milev 4' Gochev 26' Todorov 33' Tsankov 45'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 820 Referee: Petar Kirilov (Dobrich) Man of the Match: Radoslav Vasilev

15 September 2018 8	CSKA Sofia	3–1	Cherno More	Sofia
20:00 EEST	Gyasi 1' Sekulić 25' Despodov 39' Pinto 58' Lyaskov 88' Manolev 90+4'	Report	Černiauskas 14' (o.g.) Panayotov 43' Hassani 90+4' Makendzhiev 90+4'	Stadium: Balgarska Armia Attendance: 3,480 Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli) Man of the Match: Kiril Despodov

23 September 2018 9	Cherno More	1–2	Slavia Sofia	Varna
17:30 EEST	Vasilev 31' 73' Minchev 38' Vitanov 58' Hassani 63'	Report	Chunchukov 13' Gamakov 14' G. Ivanov 46' 60' Hristov 53' Tsvetanov 78'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Galin Ivanov

29 September 2018 10	Ludogorets Razgrad	5–1	Cherno More	Razgrad
20:00 EEST	Wanderson 12' Keșerü 47', 71' Bakalov 48' Marcelinho 62'	Report	N'Dongala 55'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 700 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Dimo Bakalov

5 October 2018 11	Cherno More	4–2	Vereya	Varna
20:00 EEST	Iliev 24' Bozhilov 27', 71' Minchev 46' Vasilev 48' Enchev 69'	Report	Malek 33' Vušurović 80' Malamov 89' Jørgensen 90+1'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Georgi Ivanov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev

20 October 2018 12	Botev Plovdiv	2–1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
17:15 EEST	Vutov 22' Petkov 52'	Report	Andrade 30' Hassani 54' Minchev 72'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Attendance: 900 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Antonio Vutov

26 October 2018 13	Cherno More	3–2	Dunav Ruse	Varna
17:30 EET	Iliev 9', 82' Enchev 32' Konongo 59' Panayotov 88'	Report	Hassani 2' (o.g.) A. Aleksandrov 67' Petrov 76' Isa 78' Popadiyn 85' Kovachev 90'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 700 Referee: Petar Kirilov (Dobrich) Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev

4 November 2018 14	Botev Vratsa	2–1	Cherno More	Montana
12:30 EET	Gadzhalov 27' Nenov 60' Bojinov 64'	Report	P. Dimov 45' Stanchev 50' Panayotov 52' Jorginho 71' Andrade 76'	Stadium: Ogosta Attendance: 340 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen) Man of the Match: Valeri Bojinov

10 November 2018 15	Cherno More	1–0	Levski Sofia	Varna
15:00 EET	Jorginho 22' Vitanov 41' Fennouche 49' M. Kostadinov 66' Andrade 81'	Report	Paulinho 33' Reis 47' Cabral 68' 69' Jablonský 78'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Jorginho

24 November 2018 16	Septemvri Sofia	2–1	Cherno More	Sofia
12:30 EET	Stoyanov 31' Galchev 65' Baidoo 81'	Report	Genev 45' Jorginho 54' 69' Enchev 64' Konongo 82'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 50 Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Boris Galchev

30 November 2018 17	Cherno More	1–0	Etar	Varna
17:30 EET	Vasilev 63'	Report	K. Stoyanov 45'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 380 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen) Man of the Match: Radoslav Vasilev

4 December 2018 18	Beroe	0–1	Cherno More	Stara Zagora
15:00 EET		Report	Konongo 14' Genev 34' Andrade 56' Kitanov 83'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 350 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Viktor Genev

8 December 2018 19	Cherno More	2–0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Varna
12:30 EET	Iliev 6' (pen.) P. Dimov 36' Kiki 42' Vasilev 86'	Report	Vezalov 39' Bouhna 74'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 950 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev

15 December 2018 20	Vitosha Bistritsa	1–1	Cherno More	Bistritsa
12:30 EET	Gochev 33' Milchev 60' Lazarov 72'	Report	Iliev 20'	Stadium: Bistritsa Attendance: 170 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Ivaylo Lazarov

16 February 2019 21	Cherno More	2–0	CSKA Sofia	Varna
15:00 EET	N'Dongala 8' 9' Panayotov 21' 80' Panov 30' Genev 39' Vasilev 62' Vitanov 63' P. Dimov 89'	Report	Pinto 27' Chorbadzhiyski 57' Evandro 66' Malinov 85' Bikel 90'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli) Man of the Match: Martin Minchev

19 February 2019 22	Slavia Sofia	3–2	Cherno More	Sofia
12:30 EET	Chunchukov 9' Uzunov 59' Kirilov 81', 90+2'	Report	Panov 33' 76' Kiki 44'	Stadium: Slavia Attendance: 330 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas) Man of the Match: Radoslav Kirilov

23 February 2019 23	Cherno More	1–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	Varna
15:00 EET	Genev 13' Enchev 24' P. Dimov 52' Vitanov 59' Panov 90+2' Kiki 90+3'	Report	Grigore 12' Bakalov 40' Keșerü 90'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 850 Referee: Nikola Popov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Viktor Genev

1 March 2019 24	Vereya	0–2	Cherno More	Stara Zagora
17:30 EET	Dobrovolskyi 32' Ryustemov 62' I. Ivanov 86'	Report	Iliev 28' Vasilev 45+1' 63' Kiki 71'	Stadium: Trace Arena Attendance: 120 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Radoslav Vasilev

10 March 2019 25	Cherno More	0–0	Botev Plovdiv	Varna
15:00 EET	P. Dimov 89'	Report	Baltanov 25' Doré 65' Karachanakov 72' Zehirov 83' Terziev 85'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Valentin Zhelezov (Burgas) Man of the Match: Daniel Kajzer

17 March 2019 26	Dunav Ruse	1–1	Cherno More	Ruse
15:00 EET	Vasev 20' (pen.) M. Kovachev 27' S. Kovachev 49' Isaevski 77' Inkoom 90+3'	Report	Iliev 28' (pen.) 35'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Petar Kirilov (Dobrich) Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Levski Sofia	26	17	3	6	51	24	+27	54	Qualification for the Championship round
4	Botev Plovdiv	26	13	6	7	39	21	+18	45
5	Cherno More	26	12	6	8	36	34	+2	42
6	Beroe	26	12	6	8	32	23	+9	42
7	Etar	26	12	4	10	30	27	+3	40	Qualification for the Relegation round

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw.^[25]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	12	6	8	36	34	+2	42	9	2	2	19	12	+7	3	4	6	17	22	−5

Last updated: 1 March 2019.
Source: bulgarian-football.com

League performance

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	D
Position	2	2	9	8	8	5	5	6	7	9	7	8	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5

Source: bulgarian-football.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Championship stage

Matches

30 March 2019 27	CSKA Sofia	1–0	Cherno More	Sofia
19:30 EET	Atanasov 22' Bikel 48' Sowe 83' (pen.)	Report	Stanchev 19' Fennouche 22' P. Dimov 82' Vasilev 85' Genev 87'	Stadium: Balgarska Armia Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Simitli) Man of the Match: Henrique

7 April 2019 28	Cherno More	0–1	Levski Sofia	Varna
16:30 EET	Andrade 60' Vasilev 87'	Report	Kostov 16' Reis 18' Thiam 41' Nganioni 70' 83' Milanov 90+3'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

13 April 2019 29	Botev Plovdiv	0–2	Cherno More	Plovdiv
17:30 EET		Report	Andrade 83', 88'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Patrick Andrade

21 April 2019 30	Beroe	2–0	Cherno More	Stara Zagora
20:00 EET	Eugénio 6' Bandalovski 28' Tsvetkov 43' A. Vasilev 57' 62'	Report	Enchev 53' 87'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Petar Kirilov (Dobrich) Man of the Match: Ivan Bandalovski

26 April 2019 31	Cherno More	2–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Varna
18:15 EET	G. Iliev 20', 52' Andrade 23' Stanchev 80'	Report	Grigore 34' Cicinho 47' Świerczok 87'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Georgi Iliev

4 May 2019 32	Cherno More	1–3	CSKA Sofia	Varna
17:30 EET	Konongo 17' Panayotov 67' Stanchev 90+2'	Report	Bodurov 21' Geferson 31' Tiago 33' 87' Gyasi 52' Sowe 75'	Stadium: Ticha Referee: Vladimir Valkov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Tiago Rodrigues

12 May 2019 33	Levski Sofia	5–1	Cherno More	Sofia
19:00 EET	Kostov 16', 46' Paulinho 19' Mariani 31' S. Ivanov 83'	Report	P. Dimov 44' Vitanov 64' Kiki 86' Stanchev 88'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich) Man of the Match: Stanislav Kostov

18 May 2019 34	Cherno More	1–0	Botev Plovdiv	Varna
15:30 EET	Kiki 2' Andrade 85'	Report	Vutov 53'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 750 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Veliko Tarnovo) Man of the Match: Dani Kiki

21 May 2019 35	Cherno More	0–0	Beroe	Varna
21:00 EET	Panayotov 82' Enchev 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 320 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Plovdiv) Man of the Match: Dušan Perniš

24 May 2019 36	Ludogorets Razgrad	4–1	Cherno More	Razgrad
20:00 EET	Bakalov 10' Świerczok 33', 58', 71' 49' Nedyalkov 80' Cicinho 88'	Report	Jorginho 23' Andrade 55' Stanchev 60'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Volen Chinkov (Sofia) Man of the Match: Jakub Świerczok

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LUD	CSK	LEV	BSZ	CHM	BOT
1	Ludogorets Razgrad (C)	36	23	10	3	67	19	+48	79	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round	—	0–0	1–1	0–0	4–1	3–0
2	CSKA Sofia	36	24	6	6	57	17	+40	78	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round	0–0	—	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
3	Levski Sofia (O)	36	20	6	10	64	37	+27	66	Qualification for the European play-off final	0–2	0–2	—	1–2	5–1	1–1
4	Beroe	36	16	10	10	42	30	+12	58		1–1	0–1	3–1	—	2–0	1–1
5	Cherno More	36	15	7	14	44	51	−7	52		2–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	—	1–0
6	Botev Plovdiv	36	14	8	14	44	36	+8	50		0–2	2–0	1–3	0–1	0–2	—

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	3	1	6	8	17	−9	10	2	1	2	4	5	−1	1	0	4	4	12	−8

Last updated: 24 May 2019.
Source: bulgarian-football.com

League performance

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L
Position	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2019. Source: bulgarian-football.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Bulgarian Cup

26 September 2018 1st round	Arda	0–1	Cherno More	Kardzhali
16:00 EEST	Bengyuzov 34' Hristov 70'	Report	Hassani 5' Iliev 16' Bozhilov 34' Fennouche 51' 54' 78' Kitanov 56'	Stadium: Druzhba Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Ryustem Karagaren (Asenovgrad)

31 October 2018 2nd round	Cherno More	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5−4 p)	Levski Sofia	Varna
16:00 EEST	Zehirov 12' 36' Iliev 31' Vasilev 74' Enchev 83' Bozhilov 90+1' Minchev 91' Hassani after FT'	Report	Cabral 10' Reis 17' Cvetković 33' Jablonský 58' Thiam 78' Obertan 85' Naydenov 107' Rivaldinho after FT'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Petrich)
	Penalties
	G. Iliev Bozhilov Panayotov Vasilev Andrade P. Dimov		Cabral Jablonský Cvetković Thiam Nascimento Reis

4 April 2019 Quarter-finals	Botev Plovdiv	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3−1 p)	Cherno More	Plovdiv
17:30 EET	Doré 52'	Report	P. Dimov 66' Minchev 79' 118' Kitanov 97' Andrade 97'	Stadium: Botev 1912 Football Complex Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Shumen)
	Penalties
	Nedelev Pirgov Vutov		Andrade P. Dimov Panayotov Kiki

Statistics

Player appearances

Key:
‡ On loan from another club * First appearance(s) for the club

# = Squad number
Pos = Playing position
P = Number of games played 10
G = Number of goals scored
GK = Goalkeeper
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward
= Yellow cards
= Red cards
† Permanent player left club during the season
¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of 15 August 2018. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

No.	Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G			Notes
No.	Pos	Name	League		Bulgarian Cup		Total		Discipline		Notes
3	DF	Ertan Tombak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Stefan Stanchev	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF	Patrick Andrade	4	2	0	0	4	2	2	0
8	MF	Emil Yanchev	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
9	MF	Mehdi Fennouche	6	0	0	0	6	0	2	0
10	FW	Radoslav Vasilev	3(2)	1	0	0	3(2)	1	0	0
11	FW	Jorginho	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
14	FW	Georgi Bozhilov	1(6)	2	0	0	1(6)	2	0	0
16	MF	Petar Vitanov	8	0	0	0	8	0	1	0
17	DF	Martin Kostadinov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
18	MF	Atanas Zehirov	1(4)	0	0	0	1(4)	0	0	0
21	MF	Georgi Iliev (c)	6(2)	1	0	0	6(2)	1	0	0
22	MF	Mariyan Ognyanov †	0(2)	0	0	0	0(2)	0	1	0
23	DF	Ilias Hassani	6	0	0	0	6	0	3	0
25	GK	Ivan Dyulgerov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	Ivan Dichevski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Daniel Dimov †	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
31	MF	Lachezar Yordanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Miroslav Enchev	5	0	0	0	5	0	1	0
36	MF	Rumen Kasabov ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK	Georgi Kitanov ‡	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	Aristote N'Dongala	8	0	0	0	8	0	1	0
41	DF	Hugo Konongo	8	0	0	0	8	0	3	0
44	DF	Ivaylo Markov ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	DF	Plamen Dimov	6	1	0	0	6	1	2	0
71	MF	Vasil Panayotov	2(2)	0	0	0	2(2)	0	1	0
88	GK	Blagoy Makendzhiev	8	0	0	0	8	0	1	0
90	FW	Martin Minchev	2(3)	0	0	0	2(3)	0	1	0
98	FW	Valentin Yoskov ¤	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
99	MF	Dani Kiki	4(1)	0	0	0	4(1)	0	0	0

Minutes on the pitch

Includes injury time. Positions indicate the most natural position of the particular player, followed by alternative positions where he actually started games during the course of the season.

No.	Position	Alternative Position(s)	Player	First League	Total
3	RB		Ertan Tombak	0	0
5	RB		Stefan Stanchev	173	173
7	CM		Patrick Andrade	250	250
8	CM		Emil Yanchev	22	22
9	LW		Mehdi Fennouche	519	519
10	FW		Radoslav Vasilev	362	362
11	FW		Jorginho	269	269
14	FW	AM	Georgi Bozhilov	197	197
16	DM		Petar Vitanov	661	661
17	RB		Martin Kostadinov	94	94
18	RW	RB	Atanas Zehirov	200	200
21	CM	AM	Georgi Iliev	576	576
22	AM		Mariyan Ognyanov	79	79
23	CB		Ilias Hassani	568	568
25	GK		Ivan Dyulgerov	0	0
26	GK		Ivan Dichevski	0	0
27	CB		Daniel Dimov	285	285
31	RW		Lachezar Yordanov	0	0
33	CB	RB	Miroslav Enchev	474	474
36	AM		Rumen Kasabov	0	0
36	GK		Georgi Kitanov	0	0
38	LW	RW	Aristote N'Dongala	750	750
41	LB		Hugo Konongo	759	759
44	CB		Ivaylo Markov	0	0
70	CB		Plamen Dimov	571	571
71	CM		Vasil Panayotov	264	264
88	GK		Blagoy Makendzhiev	759	759
90	FW	LW	Martin Minchev	232	232
98	FW		Valentin Yoskov	17	17
99	AM	LW	Dani Kiki	268	268

Correct as of match played on 15 September 2018.

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	Player	L	Total
1	FW	Georgi Bozhilov	2	2
1	MF	Patrick Andrade	2	2
2	MF	Georgi Iliev	1	1
	DF	Plamen Dimov	1	1
	FW	Radoslav Vasilev	1	1
Own goals			3	3
Totals			10	10

Last updated: 15 September 2018

Clean sheets

R	No.	Nat	Goalkeeper	L	C	Total
1	88		Blagoy Makendzhiev	3	–	3
			Totals	3	0	3

Last updated: 31 August 2018

Own goals

Own goals in favour
Date	Pos.	Player	Opponent	Competition
20 Jul	DF	Mariyan Ivanov	Botev Vratsa	First League
31 Aug	FW	Nasko Milev	Vitosha Bistritsa	First League
15 Sept	GK	Vytautas Černiauskas	CSKA Sofia	First League

Own goals conceded
Date	Pos.	Player	Opponent	Competition

Man of the Match performances

Ranking	Squad Number	Position	Player	Round	Opponent	Total
1	21	MF	Georgi Iliev	2	Levski Sofia (A)	2
	21	MF	Georgi Iliev	4	Etar (A)	2
	10	FW	Radoslav Vasilev	6	Lokomotiv Plovdiv (A)	2
	10	FW	Radoslav Vasilev	7	Vitosha Bistritsa (H)	2
2	14	FW	Georgi Bozhilov	1	Botev Vratsa (H)	1
2	88	GK	Blagoy Makendzhiev	5	Beroe (H)	1

Last updated: 31 August 2018
Source: Match reports in Competitions, Gong.bg Man of the Match Awards

Disciplinary record

Correct as of 15 September 2018
Players are listed in descending order of
Players with the same amount of cards are listed by their position on the club's official website

R.	No.	Nat	Pos	Name
R.	No.	Nat	Pos	Name	First League			Bulgarian Cup			Total
1	23		DF	Ilias Hassani	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
1	41		DF	Hugo Konongo	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
2	7		MF	Patrick Andrade	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	9		MF	Mehdi Fennouche	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	70		DF	Plamen Dimov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3	16		MF	Petar Vitanov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	22		MF	Mariyan Ognyanov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	33		DF	Miroslav Enchev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	38		MF	Aristote N'Dongala	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	71		MF	Vasil Panayotov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	88		GK	Blagoy Makendzhiev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	90		FW	Martin Minchev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
				TOTALS	19	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0

Suspensions served

Date	Matches Missed	Player	Reason	Opponents Missed

Injuries

Players in bold are still out from their injuries.
Players listed will/have miss(ed) at least one competitive game (missing from whole match day squad).

Date	No.	Pos.	Name	Injury	Note	Recovery time	Games missed	Source
24 May	10	FW	Radoslav Vasilev	Ankle injury	Occurred during match against Levski Sofia (previous season).	Exact time unknown	3	^[27]
29 June	17	DF	Martin Kostadinov	ARS complex	Occurred during pre-season friendly against Oleksandriya.	Exact time unknown	3	^[28]
20 July	23	DF	Ilias Hassani	Ankle injury	Occurred during match against Botev Vratsa.	1 week	1	^[29]
28 July	98	FW	Valentin Yoskov	Unspecified injury	Occurred during training.	Exact time unknown	2	^[30]
28 July	3	DF	Ertan Tombak	Unspecified injury	Occurred during training.	Exact time unknown	2	^[30]
30 July	5	DF	Stefan Stanchev	Strain	Occurred during match against Levski Sofia.	1 month	5	^[31]
16 August	17	DF	Martin Kostadinov	Thigh injury	Occurred during training.	1 week	1	^[32]
24 August	7	MF	Patrick Andrade	Knee injury	Occurred during match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.	2 weeks	2	^[33]
13 September	8	MF	Emil Yanchev	Virus	Occurred during training.	1 week	1	^[34]

Home attendances

Correct as of match played on 31 August 2018.
Win Draw Loss Void

Comp	Date	Score	Opponent	Attendance
First League	20 July 2018	2–1	Botev Vratsa	1,700
First League	4 August 2018	1–5	Septemvri Sofia	1,600
First League	17 August 2018	0–0	Beroe	1,580
First League	31 August 2018	1–0	Vitosha Bistritsa	820
			Total attendance	5,700
			Total league attendance	5,700
			Average attendance	1,425
			Average league attendance	1,425

Source: Match reports in Competitions

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Ilian Iliev
Assistant First-team coach	Petar Kostadinov
Goalkeeper coach	Boyan Peykov
Club doctor	Dr. Stefan Petrov
Kinesiotherapist	Viktor Bumbalov
Masseur	Marin Dimov
Host	Nikolay Pachkov

Last updated: 1 June 2018
Source: Cherno More

Other information

Chief Executive Officer	Marin Marinov
Chief Technical Officer	Todor Velikov
Technical Assistant	Nikolay Kirchev
Press Officer	Ivaylo Borisov
Security Director	Boris Kostadinov
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Ticha Stadium (12,500 / 103x67 metres)

Updated to match played 1 June 2018
Source: Cherno More

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