2007–08 PFC Cherno More Varna season

This page covers all relevant details regarding PFC Cherno More Varna for all official competitions inside the 2007-08 season. These are A PFG, Bulgarian Cup and Intertoto Cup.

Cherno More

2007–08 season
Chairman	Marin Marinov
Manager	Nikola Spasov
A Group	5th
Bulgarian Cup	Runners-up (knocked out by Litex)
Top goalscorer	Alex (10)
Biggest win	7–0 (vs Vidima-Rakovski, 12 Dec 2007)
Biggest defeat	4–0 (vs Levski, 24 Sep 2007)
Home colours Away colours

Transfers

Summer transfer window

In: No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BUL Ivaylo Marinov (from Chernomorets Byala) — DF  BUL Mihail Lazarov (from Rodopa) — DF  BRA Peris (from Americano) — DF  BUL Nikolay Domakinov (from Botev Plovdiv) — MF  BRA Djalma (from Central SC) — MF  POR Ricardo André (from Gondomar) — MF  BUL Alex (from MKE Ankaragücü) — FW  BRA Fabinho (from Vera Cruz)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BUL Yordan Linkov (to Naftex Burgas) — DF  BUL Veselin Vachev (to Kaliakra) — DF  SRB Miroslav Milošević (to Alki Larnaca) — MF  BUL Diyan Genchev (to Astana-1964) — MF  BUL Slavi Zhekov (to Lokomotiv Stara Zagora) — MF  POR Paulo Dias (released) — MF  BUL Todor Palankov (loan return to Litex) — MF  BUL Martin Hristov (to Slavia Sofia) — FW  BUL Georgi Vladimirov (to Inter Baku)

Winter transfer window

In: No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Kristian Sprećaković (from SV Elversberg) — FW  ARM Tigran Gharabaghtsyan (from Pyunik) — FW  BUL Teodor Atanasov (from Würzburger Kickers)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player

2007-08 Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A Group		Bulgarian Cup		Intertoto Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Karamfil Ilchev	33	0	26	0	3	0	4	0
2	MF		Daniel Dimov	11	1	6	0	1	0	4	1
3	DF		Peris	29	1	23	0	5	1	1	0
4	DF		Kiril Djorov	25	0	16	0	5	0	4	0
5	DF		Nikolay Domakinov	29	1	22	1	3	0	4	0
6	MF		Kristian Sprećaković	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Stanislav Stoyanov	30	3	25	1	3	1	2	1
8	MF		Ricardo André	35	3	28	3	3	0	4	0
9	FW		Masena Moke	17	4	14	3	3	1	0	0
10	MF		Konstantin Mirchev	9	0	6	0	1	0	2	0
11	FW		Georgi Andonov	24	2	19	2	2	0	3	0
12	GK		Ivaylo Marinov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW		Todor Kolev	10	2	8	2	2	0	0	0
14	FW		Tigran Gharabaghtsyan	10	0	8	0	2	0	0	0
15	DF		Aleksandar Aleksandrov	33	1	28	1	4	0	1	0
16	FW		Teodor Atanasov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Petar Kostadinov	13	0	10	0	1	0	2	0
20	MF		Mihail Lazarov	14	1	10	1	4	0	0	0
21	MF		Djalma	12	0	9	0	1	0	2	0
22	FW		Fabinho	17	1	14	1	1	0	2	0
23	MF		Daniel Georgiev	29	7	20	4	5	2	4	1
24	DF		Radoslav Bachev	23	1	18	0	1	0	4	1
26	DF		Aleksandar Tomash	29	0	22	0	3	0	4	0
28	FW		Markos Da Silva	17	3	12	0	2	1	3	2
30	MF		Alex	32	13	27	10	5	3	0	0
31	FW		Miroslav Manolov	31	11	22	9	5	1	4	1
33	GK		Krasimir Kolev	8	0	5	0	3	0	0	0

Management

• Manager: Nikola Spasov
• Assistant Managers: Velizar Popov
• Goalkeeping Coach: Krasimir Kolev
• Fitness Coach: Veselin Markov
• Medic: Metin Mutlu

Administration

• President: Marin Mitev
• Vicepresident: Nikolay Nikolaev
• General Manager: Marin Marinov
• Marketing Director: Mihail Statev
• Press Officer: Krasimir Nikolov

Matches

A PFG

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

13 August 2007 Round 1	Pirin	1–0	Cherno More	Blagoevgrad
18:00	Dyakov  13'			Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

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22 August 2007 Round 2	Cherno More	1–1	Lokomotiv Sofia	Varna
18:00	Moke  67'		Baldovaliev  62'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

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28 August 2007 Round 3	Slavia	3–1	Cherno More	Sofia
18:00	Simonović  10' Ortega  47' Ortega  58'		Ricardo  59'	Stadium: Slavia Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov

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4 September 2007 Round 4	Cherno More	1–0	Beroe	Varna
18:00	Alex  48'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Asen Nikolov

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21 September 2007 Round 5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
17:00	Kamburov  4' Dakson  6'		Ricardo  73' Moke  78'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

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24 September 2007 Round 6	Levski	4–0	Cherno More	Sofia
19:00	Dimitrov  10' Telkiyski  18' Domovchiyski  28' Domovchiyski  88' (pen.)			Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ahmed Ahmed

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1 October 2007 Round 7	Cherno More	0–0	Marek	Varna
16:30				Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Cvetan Georgiev

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10 October 2007 Round 8	Botev	1–1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
16:00	Hristov  9'		Fabinho  37'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

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23 October 2007 Round 9	Cherno More	2–1	Chernomorets	Varna
16:00	Aleksandrov  48' Alex  82'		Krumov  45'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Stoyan Aleksiev

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29 October 2007 Round 10	CSKA	1–0	Cherno More	Sofia
18:30	Amuneke  20'			Stadium: Balgraska armia Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Anton Genov

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6 November 2007 Round 11	Cherno More	1–0	Vihren	Varna
15:00	Georgiev  2'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Ahmed Ahmed

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12 November 2007 Round 12	Litex	1–1	Cherno More	Lovech
17:00	Bibishkov  38'		Ricardo  14'	Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

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28 November 2007 Round 13	Cherno More	1–1	Belasitsa	Varna
15:00	Stoyanov  47'		Lichkov  36' Joel Kiki  72'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

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3 December 2007 Round 14	Spartak	0–1	Cherno More	Varna
14:30			Manolov  60'	Stadium: Spartak Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

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12 December 2007 Round 15	Cherno More	7–0	Vidima-Rakovski	Varna
14:30	Manolov  4' Georgiev  18' Alex  28' Georgiev  44' Alex  55' (pen.) Kolev  76' (pen.) Domakinov  89'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ahmed Ahmed

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1 March 2008 Round 16	Cherno More	1–0	Pirin	Varna
15:00	Manolov  77'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Asen Nikolov

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8 March 2008 Round 17	Lokomotiv Sofia	4–3	Cherno More	Sofia
15:00	Baldovaliev  2' Dafchev  45' (pen.) Dafchev  59' Baldovaliev  82'		Ricardo  14' Alex  22' Alex  66'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Ahmed Ahmed

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15 March 2008 Round 18	Cherno More	1–0	Slavia	Varna
15:00	K.Kolev  62' T.Kolev  90+3'			Stadium: Ticha, Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Anton Genov

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18 March 2008 Round 19	Beroe	0–0	Cherno More	Stara Zagora
15:00				Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

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23 March 2008 Round 20	Cherno More	2–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Varna
15:30	Moke  74' Manolov  82'		Dani Kiki  34'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Cvetan Georgiev

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30 March 2008 Round 21	Cherno More	0–1	Levski	Varna
15:30			Ivanov  70'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Anton Genov

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5 April 2008 Round 22	Marek	1–4	Cherno More	Dupnitsa
16:00	Taskovic  84'		Stoyanov  9' Manolov  12' Manolov  36' Manolov  49'	Stadium: Bonchuk Attendance: 450 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

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9 April 2008 Round 23	Cherno More	2–0	Botev	Varna
16:30	Alex  69' (pen.) Alex  90+2'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ionel Ivan

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12 April 2008 Round 24	Chernomorets	0–1	Cherno More	Burgas
19:00			Manolov  28'	Stadium: Naftex Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

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20 April 2008 Round 25	Cherno More	0–2	CSKA	Varna
16:30			Nei  10' Nei  14'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Lucian Dan

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25 April 2008 Round 26	Vihren	0–1	Cherno More	Sandanski
17:00	Sukardinha  26'		Lazarov  72'	Stadium: Gradski stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

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30 April 2008 Round 27	Cherno More	2–1	Litex	Varna
17:30	Andonov  45' Alex  84'		Sandrinho  30'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov

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4 May 2008 Round 28	Belasitsa	1–1	Cherno More	Petrich
18:00	Kabranov  48'		Georgiev  70'	Stadium: Tsar Samuil Attendance: 700 Referee: Anton Genov

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10 May 2008 Round 29	Cherno More	0–0	Spartak	Varna
18:00				Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

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17 May 2008 Round 30	Vidima-Rakovski	0–3	Cherno More	Sevlievo
18:00			Andonov  7' Manolov  18' Alex  31' (pen.)	Stadium: Gradski stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov

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League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	16	9	5	47	28	+19	57	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4	Litex Lovech	30	16	8	6	51	26	+25	56
5	Cherno More	30	13	9	8	39	28	+11	48	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
6	Chernomorets Burgas	30	13	8	9	39	32	+7	47	Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round
7	Slavia Sofia	30	13	8	9	38	28	+10	47

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
Notes:

1. Litex qualify via 2007–08 Bulgarian Cup

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
30	13	9	8	39	28	+11	48	9	4	2	21	8	+13	4	5	6	18	20	−2

Last updated: 17 May 2008.
Source:

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	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W
Position	13	13	13	9	12	14	16	15	11	14	10	9	10	9	9	7	8	7	9	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	5

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Bulgarian Cup

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

1 November 2007 2nd Round	Svetkavitsa	0–1	Cherno More	Targovishte
16:00			Alex  108'	Stadium: Dimitar Burkov Attendance: 800 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

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12 December 2007 3rd Round	FC Bansko	2–6	Cherno More	Bansko
14:30	Kyosov  35' Toshev  76'		Georgiev  23' Manolov  47' Alex  58' Peris  66' Moke  74' Alex  82'	Stadium: Saint Petar Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Ivaylo Angelov

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12 March 2008 Quarter-final	Cherno More	1–0	Pirin	Varna
16:00			Stoyanov  68'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

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16 April 2008 Semi-final	Kaliakra	1–3	Cherno More	Kavarna
17:00	Kiskinov  51' Petkov  62'		Dimitrov  6' (o.g.) Da Silva  67' Georgiev  74'	Stadium: Gradski stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Angel Bekyarov

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14 May 2008 Final	Cherno More	0–1	Litex	Sofia
18:00			Manolev  55'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

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Intertoto Cup

Kick-off listed in local time

10 July 2007 2nd round/1st leg	Makedonija GP	0–4	Cherno More	Skopje, Macedonia
18:00			Bachev  48' Da Silva  72' Da Silva  73' Stoyanov  82'	Stadium: Skopje City Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Alfonso Peres Burul (Spain)

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16 July 2007 2nd round/2nd leg	Cherno More	3–0	Makedonija GP	Burgas, Bulgaria
18:30	Georgiev  12' Manolov  49' Dimov  80'			Stadium: Naftex Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jori Van Der Velde (Belgium)

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22 July 2007 3rd round/1st leg	Cherno More	0–1	Sampdoria	Burgas, Bulgaria
19:00			Dimov  45+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Naftex Stadium Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Brage Sandmoen (Norway)

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29 July 2007 3rd round/2nd leg	Sampdoria	1–0	Cherno More	Genoa, Italy
20:30	Maggio  90+3'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,811 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

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Footnotes

See also