Neftochimic 2010

Neftochimic 2010 (Bulgarian: Нефтохимик 2010), until 2006 known as Lukoil Neftochimic (Bulgarian: Лукойл Нефтохимик), is a professional men's volleyball team based in Burgas, Bulgaria. It plays in the Super League (four-time champion).

Neftochimic 2010 Burgas
Full nameVolleyball Club "Neftochimic 2010" Burgas
Short nameNeftochimic
FoundedSeptember 2006
GroundMladost, Sport Hall
Burgas, Bulgaria
(Capacity: 1,200)
ChairmanOgnyan Tomov
ManagerNikolay Jeliazkov
CaptainGeorgi Bratoev
LeagueBulgarian Volleyball Super League
2018/20191st
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History

The founding of the club is like a volleyball section at FTU Neftochimic. During this period, there were no major successes in the club. With the purchase of the club by Lukoil, the team became part of the Bulgarian volleyball elite. During this period the club's name was Lukoil Neftochimic. In 2006, the first big success of the team was,[1] when the team made a golden double, winning their first title and the Cup of Bulgaria. In the September 2011 year, the name of the club was changed to Neftochimic 2010.[2] The second title was won in the season 2016-17, defeating the Montana Volley in the final match and the third title was won in 2017-18 when Neftochimic defeated the final games against CSKA. In 2017 - 2018 the team was filled with a world class players such as the Bratoevi brothers (Georgi Bratoev and Valentin Bratoev) and Teodor Salparov. In this season the team won the championship, the Cup of Bulgaria and the Super Cup.[3]

In April 2018, Neftochimic recorded a historic golden treble,[4] which is the best achievement of the club since it was founded. In the beginning of 2019 the team achieved its best result in Europe. The team from Burgas play 1/4 finals in the second-highest European tournament CEV Cup, where they were defeated by Olympiakos after a 3-1 victory in Burgas, a loss of 0-3 in Athens and a lost golden game.[5]

Achievements
  • 4 times Champion in Bulgarian Super League (2006/07, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/2019)
  • 4 times Vice-Champion in Bulgarian Volleyball Super League (2004/05, 2005/06, 2009/10 and 2015/16)
  • 5 time bronze medalist in Bulgarian Volleyball Super League (2003/04, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2010/11 and 2011/12)
  • 4 times Winner of Bulgarian Volleyball Cup (2007, 2008, 2016 и 2018 г.)
  • 3 times Winner of Bulgarian Volleyball Super Cup (2016, 2017, and 2018)
  • 1-time winner of „Team of the year“ award in Burgas (2018 г.)
  • 1 time Winner of „Team of the month“ award in Bulgaria (2018 г.)[6]

Players

Updated on March 25, 2019

Setters
7 Georgi Bratoev
10 Lubomir Agontsev
Middle blockers
3 Stoyan Samunev
18 Teodor Todorov
9 Ilia Petkov
19 Nikolay Kartev
Wing spikers
17 Georgi Petrov
5 Alen Djordjevic
2 Denis Karyagin
7 Andrey Nikolov
Attackers
15 Nikolay Uchikov
14 Peter Hristov
Libero
13 Teodor Salparov
8 Martin Ivanov

Hall of Fame
Valentin Bratoev was a Neftochimic player in 2018.

Emblematic volleyball players played for Neftochimic 2010:

Managers and Coaches
Nikolay Jeliazkov is a coach since 2019.

Directors
  • Alexander Vezenkov – Director of Lukoil Sports Bulgaria
  • Ognyan Tomov – Chairman
  • Teodor Salparov – Sport Director

Coaches

References
  1. Lukoil-Neftochimic with golden double, sportal.bg
  2. Neftochimic 2010 is the new name of the team from Burgas, БГволейбол.com
  3. What happened this season in the Super League (overview), BGBallball.com
  4. Historical Gold Treble in Volleyball for " Neftochimic 2010 ", dariknews.bg
  5. Neftochimic Out of the CEV Cup after the "golden" game against Olympiakos, sportal.bg
  6. Neftochimic 2010 – Top won "Team of the Month" award, December 2018 , sportal.bg
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