2008–09 PFC Cherno More Varna season

Cherno More
2008–09 season
Chairman	Marin Marinov
Manager	Nikola Spasov
A Group	3rd
Bulgarian Cup	Second round; (knocked out by Minyor)
UEFA Cup	First round; (knocked out by Stuttgart)
Top goalscorer	Yordan Yurukov (11)
Biggest win	6–0 (vs Belasitsa, 1 May 2009)
Biggest defeat	3–0 (vs Levski, 11 Sep 2008)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

This page covers all relevant details regarding PFC Cherno More Varna for all official competitions inside the 2008-09 season. These are A PFG, Bulgarian Cup and UEFA Cup.

2008-09 Squad

As of 27 April 2009

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A PFG		Bulgarian Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	BUL	Karamfil Ilchev	26	0	20	0	1	0	5	0
2	DF	LVA	Stanislavs Pihockis	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	URU	Sebastián Flores	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	BUL	Radoslav Bachev	20	1	17	0	0	0	3	1
5	DF	BUL	Nikolay Domakinov	19	0	14	0	0	0	5	0
6	DF	BUL	Tanko Dyakov	32	1	25	0	1	0	6	1
7	MF	BUL	Stanislav Stoyanov	33	0	26	0	1	0	6	0
8	MF	BUL	Atanas Bornosuzov	12	2	12	2	0	0	0	0
10	MF	BUL	Alex	32	10	27	5	1	1	4	4
11	MF	BUL	Georgi Kakalov	13	4	13	4	0	0	0	0
12	GK	BUL	Ivaylo Marinov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW	BUL	Todor Kolev	8	2	8	2	0	0	0	0
15	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	26	2	20	2	1	0	5	0
16	FW	BUL	Teodor Atanasov	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF	BUL	Mihail Lazarov	24	1	22	1	1	0	1	0
21	MF	BUL	Georgi Iliev	26	4	20	3	1	0	5	1
22	MF	BUL	Milen Petkov	26	0	19	0	1	0	6	0
23	MF	BUL	Daniel Georgiev	27	3	21	3	1	0	5	0
26	GK	BUL	Ilko Pirgov	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	BUL	Daniel Dimov	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	BUL	Miroslav Manolov	28	11	22	9	1	0	5	2
33	GK	BUL	Krasimir Kolev	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
77	MF	BUL	Yordan Yurukov	36	14	29	11	1	0	6	3
84	MF	MLI	Mamoutou Coulibaly	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
--	GK	MDA	Evgheni Hmaruc	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
--	MF	BUL	Petar Kostadinov	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
--	FW	ARG	Adrián Fernández	17	4	12	4	1	0	4	0
--	FW	BUL	Georgi Andonov	7	1	5	0	0	0	2	1
--	DF	BRA	Peris	20	0	14	0	1	0	5	0
--	MF	POR	Ricardo André	20	1	13	0	1	0	6	1

Squad changes

Summer'2008

In

Georgi Iliev - Signed from CSKA Sofia
Yordan Yurukov - Signed from CSKA Sofia
Tanko Dyakov - Signed from Vihren
Milen Petkov - Signed from Ilisiakos F.C.
Evgheni Hmaruc - Signed from Persija Jakarta
Adrián Fernández - Signed from FC St. Gallen

Out

Aleksandar Tomash - Signed with FK Baku
Kiril Djorov - Signed with Vihren
Tigran Gharabaghtsyan - Signed with Pyunik Yerevan
Konstantin Mirchev - Signed with Omonia Aradippou
Masena Moke - Signed with Vihren

Winter'2009

In

Mamoutou Coulibaly - Signed from FC Brussels
Sebastián Flores - Signed from CD Cobenas
Georgi Kakalov - Signed from Dinamo Minsk
Atanas Bornosuzov - Signed from Al Salmiya
Ilko Pirgov - Signed from CS Otopeni
Stanislavs Pihockis - Signed from FK Riga

Out

Evgheni Hmaruc
Petar Kostadinov - Signed with Beroe
Vladimir Kostadinov - Loan to Chernomorets Balchik
Georgi Andonov - Loan to Botev Plovdiv
Adrián Fernández - Signed with Chernomorets Burgas
Peris - to Reserve squad
Ricardo André - to Reserve squad

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)

9 August 2008 Round 1	Pirin	1–2	Cherno More	Blagoevgrad
18:00	Peev 74'	(Report)	Manolov 70' Yurukov 90+4'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Asen Nikolov

17 August 2008 Round 2	Cherno More	2–0	Vihren	Varna
18:00	Alex 23' Manolov 48'	(Report)		Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

24 August 2008 Round 3	Botev	2–2	Cherno More	Plovdiv
18:00	Saidhodzha 23', 74'	(Report)	Manolov 33' Fernández 54'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Atanas Dimitrov

1 September 2008 Round 4	Cherno More	0–1	Chernomorets	Varna
17:00		(Report)	Petrov 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

11 September 2008 Round 5	Levski	3–0	Cherno More	Sofia
19:30	Hristov 15' (pen.) Joãzinho 34' (pen.) Tiberkanine 87'		Dyakov 34'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Cvetan Georgiev

21 September 2008 Round 6	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–0	Cherno More	Plovdiv
17:30	D.Iliev 7'	(Report)		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

30 September 2008 Round 7	Cherno More	1–0	Lokomotiv Sofia	Varna
19:30	Iliev 44'	(Report)		Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

7 October 2008 Round 8	Litex	1–0	Cherno More	Lovech
16:30	Popov 52'	(Report)		Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Anton Genov

19 October 2008 Round 9	Cherno More	2–0	Lokomotiv Mezdra	Varna
16:00	Yurukov 42' Yurukov 63'			Stadium: Ticha Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Cvetan Georgiev

26 October 2008 Round 10	Belasitsa	2–0	Cherno More	Sandanski
16:00	Beto 24', 36'			Stadium: Sandanski Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Cvetan Georgiev

1 November 2008 Round 11	Cherno More	3–0	OFC Sliven 2000	Varna
14:00	Yurukov 5' Aleksandrov 17' Fernández 87' (pen.)			Stadium: Ticha Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

8 November 2008 Round 12	CSKA Sofia	1–1	Cherno More	Sofia
14:00	Yanchev 66'	(Report)	Manolov 72'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

14 November 2008 Round 13	Cherno More	5–0	Spartak Varna	Varna
14:00	Manolov 51' Fernández 60', 75' Iliev 73' Kolev 80'			Stadium: Ticha Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Stefan Spasov

24 November 2008 Round 14	Slavia	0–2	Cherno More	Sofia
14:00			Lazarov 13' Manolov 21'	Stadium: Slavia Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

29 November 2008 Round 15	Cherno More	4–0	Minyor	Varna
14:30	Alex 13' (pen.), 33' Yurukov 38' Manolov 65'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Ahmed Ahmed

8 March 2009 Round 16	Cherno More	1–0	Pirin	Varna
15:30	Alex 26' (pen.)			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

15 March 2009 Round 17	Vihren	0–2	Cherno More	Sofia
13:00			Yurukov 17' Manolov 58'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 600 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

18 March 2009 Round 18	Cherno More	1–0	Botev	Varna
13:00	Iliev 88' Ilchev 10'		Popov 89' Manchev 90'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Anton Genov

25 March 2009 Round 19	Chernomorets	0–0	Cherno More	Burgas
19:00				Stadium: Naftex Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

4 April 2009 Round 20	Cherno More	0–0	Levski	Varna
15:30				Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

13 April 2009 Round 21	Cherno More	2–1	Loko Plovdiv	Varna
16:00	Bornosuzov 41' Alex 79'		Sechkov 86'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

18 April 2009 Round 22	Loko Sofia	3–2	Cherno More	Sofia
16:00	Savić 36' Špišić 58' Baldovaliev 72'		Alex 43' (pen.) Yurukov 85'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

22 April 2009 Round 23	Cherno More	0–0	Litex	Varna
17:00				Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

27 April 2009 Round 24	Loko Mezdra	1–3	Cherno More	Mezdra
17:00	Simonović 61'		Manolov 43' Yurukov 58', 65'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 500 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

1 May 2009 Round 25	Cherno More	6–0	Belasitsa	Varna
16:00	Georgiev 4', 5', 34' Yurukov 63' Kakalov 73', 90'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov

10 May 2009 Round 26	Sliven	0–1	Cherno More	Sliven
16:30			Kakalov 90+3'	Stadium: Hadzhi Dimitar Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Angel Angelov

16 May 2009 Round 27	Cherno More	1–0	CSKA	Varna
16:30	Yurukov 7'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

23 May 2009 Round 28	Spartak	0–1	Cherno More	Varna
18:00			Kakalov 62'	Stadium: Spartak Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

31 May 2009 Round 29	Cherno More	2–0	Slavia	Varna
17:00	Kavdanski 44' (o.g.) Bornosuzov 52'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

14 June 2009 Round 30	Minyor	2–2	Cherno More	Pernik
17:00	Dyulgerov 40' Valmir 52'		A.Georgiev 5' Kolev 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Minyor Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Vihren Manev

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	21	6	3	57	18	+39	69	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	21	5	4	54	22	+32	68	Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round
3	Cherno More	30	18	6	6	48	19	+29	60	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
4	Litex Lovech	30	17	7	6	53	26	+27	58	Qualification for Europa League play-off round^[a]
5	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	16	6	8	52	29	+23	54

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
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
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Litex Lovech won the 2008–09 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.

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	18	6	6	48	19	+29	60	12	2	1	30	2	+28	6	4	5	18	17	+1

Last updated: 13 June 2009.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D
Position	3	2	2	6	8	9	8	9	7	9	7	7	6	5	4	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Bulgarian Cup

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

4 December 2008 2nd round	Minyor	2–1	Cherno More	Pernik
14:00	Dichev 50' Gospodinov 102' (pen.)	(Report)	Alex 10'	Stadium: Minyor Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

UEFA Cup

Kick-off listed in local time

17 July 2008 1st qualifying round/1st leg	Cherno More	4 – 0	UE Sant Julià	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:30	Alex 84', 90+1' Manolov 87' Bachev 90+3'		Fontán 40'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Radek Příhoda (Czech Republic)

31 July 2008 1st qualifying round/2nd leg	UE Sant Julià	0 – 5 (0–9 agg.)	Cherno More	Aixovall, Andorra
21:30			Yurukov 22', 39' Manolov 41' Tremonti 50' (o.g.) Andonov 64' 67'	Stadium: Estadio Comunal Attendance: 220 Referee: Albanu Janku (Albania)

14 August 2008 2nd qualifying round/1st leg	Maccabi Netanya	1 – 1	Cherno More	Tel Aviv, Israel
21:00	Kioyo 27'		Alex 42'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Bernhard Bruger (Austria)

28 August 2008 2nd qualifying round/2nd leg	Cherno More	2 – 0 (3–1 agg.)	Maccabi Netanya	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00	Alex 8' Ricardo 78'			Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Andrej Hitaylo (Estonia)

18 September 2008 1st round/1st leg	Cherno More	1 – 2	VfB Stuttgart	Sofia, Bulgaria
18:00	Dyakov 42'		Gómez 67', 81'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Rodriguez Santyago (Spain)

2 October 2008 1st round/2nd leg	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 2 (4–3 agg.)	Cherno More	Stuttgart, Germany
19:20	Hitzlsperger 82' Gómez 90+4'		Yurukov 47' Iliev 80'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Rodriguez Santyago (Spain)

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v t e 2008–09 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Bulgarian Supercup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 8) Plamen Markov Stanimir Stoilov
Club seasons
A Group	Belasitsa Botev Plovdiv Cherno More Chernomorets CSKA Levski Litex Lokomotiv Mezdra Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Minyor Pirin Slavia Sliven Spartak Varna Vihren
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