# 2015–16 PFC Cherno More Varna season

This page covers all relevant details regarding PFC Cherno More Varna for all official competitions inside the 2015–16 season. These are the Bulgarian Supercup, A Group, Bulgarian Cup and UEFA Europa League.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 15 June 2015 | MF | Mehdi Bourabia | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Free |
| 23 June 2015 | DF | Ginho | Aves | Free |
| 25 June 2015 | FW | Juan Varea | Željezničar Sarajevo | Free |
| 30 June 2015 | MF | Andreas Vasev | Dunav | Free |
| 8 July 2015 | DF | Trayan Trayanov | Lokomotiv Sofia | Free |
| 24 September 2015 | DF | Pedro Eugénio | Haskovo | Free |
| 16 December 2015 | MF | Georgi Iliev | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Free |
| 8 January 2016 | MF | Vladislav Romanov | Trikala | Free |
| 12 January 2016 | DF | Plamen Nikolov | Botev Plovdiv | Free |
| 3 February 2016 | MF | Ivan Valchanov | Slavia | Free |
| 3 February 2016 | MF | Ivan Marković | Levadiakos | Free |
| 25 February 2016 | DF | Borislav Stoychev | Atromitos | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 6 May 2015 | MF | Petar Zlatinov | Free agent | Released |
| 25 May 2015 | FW | Georgi Bozhilov | Beroe | Free |
| 25 May 2015 | MF | Ivan Kokonov | Beroe | Free |
| 26 May 2015 | DF | Kiril Kotev | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Free |
| 30 May 2015 | DF | Slavi Stalev | Dobrudzha | Free |
| 30 May 2015 | DF | Toni Stoichkov | Botev Ihtiman | Free |
| 3 July 2015 | DF | Zhivko Atanasov | Slavia | Free |
| 12 December 2015 | DF | Ginho | Free agent | Released |
| 12 December 2015 | MF | Marcin Burkhardt | Ullensaker/Kisa IL | Free |
| 12 December 2015 | FW | Juan Varea | Bylis Ballsh | Free |
| 12 December 2015 | FW | Villyan Bijev | Portland Timbers 2 | Free |
| 31 December 2015 | GK | Iliya Nikolov | Maritsa Plovdiv | Free |
| 11 January 2016 | MF | Mehdi Bourabia | Levski Sofia | €100,000 |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | End Date | Fee |
| 15 January 2016 | MF | Nikolay Minkov | Dobrudzha | End of season | Free |
| 1 February 2016 | MF | Emil Iliev | Kaliakra | End of season | Free |
| 1 February 2016 | DF | Georgi Gushlev | Kaliakra | End of season | Free |
| 1 February 2016 | GK | Zlati Zlatev | Dobrudzha | End of season | Free |
| 1 February 2016 | MF | Daniel Dimitrov | Inter Plachidol | End of season | Free |
| 5 February 2016 | DF | Stefan Ivanov | Dobrudzha | End of season | Free |

## Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Previous Club |
| 1 | GK | Iliya Nikolov | 29 | EU | 2014 | 6 | 0 | 2015 | Free | Rakovski |
| 3 | CM | Daniel Georgiev | 33 | EU | 2013 | 174 | 16 | 2016 | Free | Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
| 4 | LB | Mihail Venkov (captain) | 32 | EU | 2013 | 96 | 0 | 2016 | Free | CSKA |
| 5 | RB | Stefan Stanchev | 27 | EU | 2013 | 53 | 0 | 2016 | Free | Minyor Pernik |
| 6 | CB | Mamoutou Coulibaly | 32 | Non-EU | 2015 | 59 | 1 | 2016 | Free | Kaisar |
| 7 | AM | Bekir Rasim | 21 | EU | 2012 | 44 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 8 | DM | Sténio | 28 | EU | 2014 | 56 | 7 | 2016 | Free | Feirense |
| 9 | FW | Bacari | 28 | EU | 2013 | 58 | 15 | 2016 | Free | L'Hospitalet |
| 10 | CM | Marc Klok | 23 | EU | 2014 | 37 | 0 | 2016 | Free | Ross County |
| 11 | FW | Zhivko Petkov | 23 | EU | 2014 | 39 | 3 | 2016 | Free | Neftochimic |
| 13 | LW | Simeon Raykov | 26 | EU | 2014 | 83 | 18 | 2016 | Free | Chernomorets Burgas |
| 14 | AM | Juan Varea | 29 | Non-EU | 2015 | 6 | 2 | 2017 | Free | Željezničar Sarajevo |
| 15 | CB | Trayan Trayanov | 28 | EU | 2015 | 14 | 1 | 2016 | Free | Lokomotiv Sofia |
| 17 | RB | Martin Kostadinov | 20 | EU | 2014 | 4 | 0 | 2018 | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 18 | CM | Marcin Burkhardt | 32 | EU | 2014 | 28 | 3 | 2016 | Free | Miedź Legnica |
| 19 | RW | Mathias Coureur | 28 | EU | 2014 | 55 | 16 | 2016 | Free | Huracán Valencia |
| 20 | FW | Villyan Bijev | 22 | EU | 2015 | 23 | 3 | 2016 | Free | Slavia |
| 21 | CM | Mehdi Bourabia | 24 | EU | 2015 | 19 | 3 | 2017 | Free | Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
| 21 | CM | Georgi Iliev (captain) | 34 | EU | 2016 | 221 | 52 | 2017 | Free | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright |
| 22 | CB | Plamen Nikolov | 30 | EU | 2016 | 14 | 0 | 2017 | Free | Botev Plovdiv |
| 23 | CB | Ginho | 30 | EU | 2015 | 9 | 0 | 2017 | Free | Aves |
| 23 | CM | Ivan Valchanov | 24 | EU | 2016 | 4 | 0 | 2018 | Free | Slavia |
| 25 | GK | Ivan Dyulgerov | 16 | EU | 2016 | 0 | 0 | | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 27 | RW | Iliyan Nedelchev | 20 | EU | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2018 | Youth system | Spartak Varna |
| 28 | AM | Ivan Marković | 21 | Non-EU | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 2018 | Free | Levadiakos |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | 21 | EU | 2012 | 110 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 40 | GK | Aleksandar Čanović | 33 | Non-EU | 2015 | 11 | 0 | 2016 | Free | Free agent |
| 55 | CB | Borislav Stoychev | 29 | EU | 2016 | 8 | 0 | 2017 | Free | Atromitos |
| 70 | RB | Pedro Eugénio | 25 | EU | 2015 | 17 | 1 | 2017 | Free | Haskovo |
| 73 | LW | Vladislav Romanov | 28 | EU | 2016 | 13 | 0 | 2018 | Free | Trikala |
| 77 | LW | Andreas Vasev | 25 | EU | 2015 | 20 | 0 | 2017 | Free | Dunav |
| 84 | DM | Todor Palankov | 32 | EU | 2013 | 91 | 2 | 2016 | Free | Chernomorets Burgas |
| 98 | FW | Valentin Yoskov | 17 | EU | 2015 | 5 | 0 | | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
* Last updated: 22 May 2016
* Source:
* 1 2 3 4 5 Player left the club in December 2015.
* ↑ Georgiev made 101 appearances and scored 12 goals during his first spell at the club between 2007 and 2011.
* ↑ Coulibaly made 29 appearances during his first spell at the club between 2009 and 2010.
* ↑ Raykov made 35 appearances and scored 8 goals during his first spell at the club in 2013.
* ↑ Iliev made 207 appearances and scored 48 goals during his first two spells at the club between 2000–2003 and 2008–2013.
* ↑ Mihail Venkov was captain during the first half of the season.
* ↑ Palankov made 13 appearances during his first spell at the club in 2007.

## Competitions
### Overall
#### Competition record

| Competition | Started round | Current position/round | Final position/round | First match | Last match | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Started round | Current position/round | Final position/round | First match | Last match | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A Group | — | — | 6th | 19 July 2015 | 22 May 2016 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 031.25 |
| Bulgarian Cup | First round | — | Third round | 23 September 2015 | 9 December 2015 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | — | Second qualifying round | 16 July 2015 | 23 July 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Bulgarian Supercup | — | — | Winners | 12 August 2015 | 12 August 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 50 | 51 | −1 | 034.21 |
Updated to match played 22 May 2016 Source: Competitions

#### Summary

| Clean sheets | 12 (9 A Group, 2 Bulgarian Cup, 1 Bulgarian Supercup) |
| Yellow cards | 130 (111 A Group, 8 Bulgarian Cup, 4 Europa League, 7 Bulgarian Supercup) |
| Red cards | 8 (7 A Group, 1 Europa League) |
| Worst discipline | Marc Klok (13 , 1 ) |
| Biggest Win | 7–1 vs Pirin Razlog (A) (C) |
| Biggest Defeat | 1–5 vs Levski (A) |
| Most appearances | Mathias Coureur (40) |
| Top scorer | Mathias Coureur (12) |

### A Group
#### Matches
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Slavia Sofia | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 49 | |
| 6 | Cherno More | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 38 | |
| 7 | Botev Plovdiv | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 33 | |
| 8 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 32 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 26 | |
* 1 2 Slavia Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Plovdiv on head-to-head record; Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Slavia Sofia 2–0, Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Slavia Sofia 3–1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2016. 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | V | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | V | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | D | V | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | V |
| Position | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Score overview

| Opposition | Home score | Away score | Home score | Away score | Double | Treble | Quadruple |
| | First phase | First phase | Second phase | Second phase | | | |
| Beroe | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | No | No | No |
| Botev Plovdiv | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | No | No | No |
| Levski | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | No | No | No |
| Litex | 1–1 | 0–1 | | | No | No | No |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | Yes | No | No |
| Ludogorets | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | No | No | No |
| Montana | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | Yes | No | No |
| Pirin Blagoevgrad | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | No | No | No |
| Slavia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | Yes | Yes | No |

### Europa League
## 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 22 May 2016. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.
| No. | Pos | Name | P | G | P | G | P | G | P | G | P | G | | |
| No. | Pos | Name | League | League | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Iliya Nikolov † | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Daniel Georgiev | 21(5) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 24(7) | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Mihail Venkov (c) | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Stefan Stanchev | 12(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16(1) | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Mamoutou Coulibaly | 17(3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21(3) | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Bekir Rasim | 3(6) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(6) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Sténio | 25(3) | 2 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26(6) | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Bacari | 7(4) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(4) | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Marc Klok | 23(1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28(1) | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Zhivko Petkov | 7(14) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9(14) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Simeon Raykov | 20(5) | 4 | 2(1) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24(6) | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Juan Varea † | 3(3) | 2 | 1(1) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(5) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Trayan Trayanov | 13(1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16(1) | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Martin Kostadinov | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Marcin Burkhardt † | 3(6) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(7) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Mathias Coureur | 33(1) | 11 | 2(1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38(2) | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Villyan Bijev † | 5(7) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(7) | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Mehdi Bourabia † | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | Georgi Iliev (c) | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Plamen Nikolov | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Ginho † | 9 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 10(2) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Ivan Valchanov | 0(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Ivan Dyulgerov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Iliyan Nedelchev | 0(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Ivan Marković † | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Aleksandar Čanović | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Borislav Stoychev † | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | Pedro Eugénio | 13(4) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15(4) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | Vladislav Romanov | 8(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(5) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Andreas Vasev | 8(12) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11(15) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | Todor Palankov | 21(5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 25(6) | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 98 | FW | Valentin Yoskov | 0(5) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(5) | 1 | 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 | A Group | Bulgarian Cup | Europa League | Bulgarian Supercup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Iliya Nikolov | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 3 | CM | DM / CB / RB / RW / LB | Daniel Georgiev | 2057 | 310 | 49 | 18 | 2434 |
| 4 | LB | CB / LWB | Mihail Venkov | 3164 | 187 | 194 | 100 | 3645 |
| 5 | RB | CB | Stefan Stanchev | 995 | 84 | 194 | 100 | 1373 |
| 6 | CB | RB | Mamoutou Coulibaly | 1608 | 119 | 194 | 100 | 2021 |
| 7 | AM | CM | Bekir Rasim | 321 | 218 | 0 | 0 | 539 |
| 8 | DM | AM / CB / RB / CM | Sténio | 2313 | 50 | 76 | 100 | 2539 |
| 9 | FW | | Bacari | 684 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 684 |
| 10 | CM | DM | Marc Klok | 2116 | 168 | 145 | 82 | 2511 |
| 11 | FW | | Zhivko Petkov | 881 | 91 | 0 | 100 | 1072 |
| 13 | LW | RW / FW | Simeon Raykov | 1585 | 209 | 194 | 0 | 1988 |
| 14 | AM | FW | Juan Varea | 281 | 123 | 36 | 0 | 440 |
| 15 | CB | DM | Trayan Trayanov | 1305 | 219 | 0 | 26 | 1550 |
| 17 | RB | RW | Martin Kostadinov | 46 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| 18 | CM | AM | Marcin Burkhardt | 358 | 73 | 118 | 0 | 549 |
| 19 | RW | LW / CB / FW | Mathias Coureur | 3163 | 245 | 172 | 100 | 3680 |
| 20 | FW | AM | Villyan Bijev | 575 | 91 | 129 | 0 | 795 |
| 21 | CM | AM | Mehdi Bourabia | 1801 | 0 | 194 | 100 | 2095 |
| 21 | CM | AM | Georgi Iliev | 1310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1310 |
| 22 | CB | | Plamen Nikolov | 1282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1282 |
| 23 | CB | | Ginho | 714 | 123 | 0 | 74 | 911 |
| 23 | CM | | Ivan Valchanov | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| 25 | GK | | Ivan Dyulgerov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | RW | | Iliyan Nedelchev | 15 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| 28 | AM | | Ivan Marković | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 33 | GK | | Georgi Kitanov | 3130 | 127 | 0 | 100 | 3357 |
| 40 | GK | | Aleksandar Čanović | 95 | 183 | 194 | 0 | 472 |
| 55 | CB | | Borislav Stoychev | 707 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 707 |
| 70 | RB | RW / LW / RWB | Pedro Eugénio | 1203 | 219 | 0 | 0 | 1422 |
| 73 | LW | RW | Vladislav Romanov | 706 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 706 |
| 77 | LW | RW | Andreas Vasev | 907 | 225 | 51 | 84 | 1267 |
| 84 | DM | CB / CM / AM | Todor Palankov | 2113 | 187 | 144 | 16 | 2460 |
| 98 | FW | | Valentin Yoskov | 102 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 194 |
Correct as of match played on 22 May 2016.

### Débuts

Players making their first team Cherno More début in a competitive match.
| No. | Position | Player | Date | Opponents | Ground | Competition |
| 21 | MF | Mehdi Bourabia | 16 July 2015 | Dinamo Minsk | Ludogorets Arena | Europa League |
| 14 | FW | Juan Varea | 16 July 2015 | Dinamo Minsk | Ludogorets Arena | Europa League |
| 77 | MF | Andreas Vasev | 16 July 2015 | Dinamo Minsk | Ludogorets Arena | Europa League |
| 15 | DF | Trayan Trayanov | 26 July 2015 | Ludogorets | Ticha Stadium | A Group |
| 23 | DF | Ginho | 26 July 2015 | Ludogorets | Ticha Stadium | A Group |
| 70 | DF | Pedro Eugénio | 3 October 2015 | Ludogorets | Ludogorets Arena | A Group |
| 98 | FW | Valentin Yoskov | 23 October 2015 | Levski | Georgi Asparuhov Stadium | A Group |
| 22 | DF | Plamen Nikolov | 21 February 2016 | Slavia | Ovcha Kupel Stadium | A Group |
| 73 | MF | Vladislav Romanov | 21 February 2016 | Slavia | Ovcha Kupel Stadium | A Group |
| 23 | MF | Ivan Valchanov | 21 February 2016 | Slavia | Ovcha Kupel Stadium | A Group |
| 55 | DF | Borislav Stoychev | 27 February 2016 | Levski | Ticha Stadium | A Group |
| 28 | MF | Ivan Marković | 20 March 2016 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Ticha Stadium | A Group |

### Own goals

Own goals in favour :
| Date | Pos. | Player | Opponent | Competition |
| 22 Aug | DF | Asen Georgiev | Montana | A Group |
| 11 Sept | DF | Kiril Kotev | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | A Group |
Own goals conceded :
| Date | Pos. | Player | Opponent | Competition |
| 26 Jul | DF | Stefan Stanchev | Ludogorets | A Group |
| 6 Dec | MF | Daniel Georgiev | Pirin Blagoevgrad | A Group |

### Penalties

Penalties awarded :
| Date | Penalty Taker | Opponent | Scored? | Competition |
| 28 Nov | Mehdi Bourabia | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Y | A Group |
| 6 Mar | Georgi Iliev | Montana | N | A Group |
| 10 May | Mathias Coureur | Montana | Y | A Group |
Penalties conceded :
| Date | Penalty Taker | Goalkeeper | Opponent | Scored? | Competition |
| 29 Aug | Nico Varela | Iliya Nikolov | Botev Plovdiv | Y | A Group |
| 22 Nov | Lachezar Baltanov | Georgi Kitanov | Botev Plovdiv | Y | A Group |
| 13 Mar | Lachezar Baltanov | Georgi Kitanov | Botev Plovdiv | Y | A Group |
| 20 Mar | Martin Kamburov | Georgi Kitanov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Y | A Group |
| 15 Apr | Claudiu Keșerü | Georgi Kitanov | Ludogorets | Y | A Group |

### Disciplinary record

Correct as of 22 May 2016
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. | Pos | Name | A Group | A Group | A Group | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Bulgarian Supercup | Bulgarian Supercup | Bulgarian Supercup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | Marc Klok | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 84 | MF | Todor Palankov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | Sténio | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 21 | MF | Mehdi Bourabia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | MF | Daniel Georgiev | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | DF | Mamoutou Coulibaly | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | Bacari | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 13 | MF | Simeon Raykov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | DF | Stefan Stanchev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | 19 | MF | Mathias Coureur | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 20 | FW | Villyan Bijev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 55 | DF | Borislav Stoychev | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | DF | Mihail Venkov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | FW | Zhivko Petkov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 15 | DF | Trayan Trayanov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 18 | MF | Marcin Burkhardt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 21 | MF | Georgi Iliev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 23 | DF | Ginho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 70 | DF | Pedro Eugénio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 77 | MF | Andreas Vasev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 7 | MF | Bekir Rasim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | FW | Juan Varea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 22 | DF | Plamen Nikolov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 27 | MF | Iliyan Nedelchev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 40 | GK | Aleksandar Čanović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 73 | MF | Vladislav Romanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | TOTALS | 111 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 5 | 3 |

#### Suspensions served

| Date | Matches Missed | Player | Reason | Opponents Missed |
| 30 May 2015 | 1 | Sténio | vs Levski (previous season) | Pirin Blagoevgrad (A) |
| 2 August 2015 | 1 | Mehdi Bourabia | vs Slavia | Levski (H) |
| 11 September 2015 | 1 | Marc Klok | 5th vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Litex (A) |
| 18 September 2015 | 1 | Mehdi Bourabia | vs Litex | Pirin Razlog (A) (C) |
| 17 October 2015 | 1 | Daniel Georgiev | 5th vs Slavia | Levski (A) |
| 23 October 2015 | 1 | Villyan Bijev | 5th vs Levski | Vihar Stroevo (A) (C) |
| 23 October 2015 | 1 | Sténio | 5th vs Levski | Vihar Stroevo (A) (C) |
| 22 November 2015 | 1 | Mamoutou Coulibaly | 5th vs Botev Plovdiv | Lokomotiv Plovdiv (A) |
| 28 November 2015 | 1 | Stefan Stanchev | vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Litex (H) |
| 6 December 2015 | 1 | Mehdi Bourabia | 5th vs Pirin Blagoevgrad | Beroe (A) (C) |
| 9 December 2015 | 1 | Todor Palankov | 5th vs Beroe | Ludogorets (H) |
| 9 December 2015 | 1 | Trayan Trayanov | 5th vs Beroe | Ludogorets (H) |
| 12 December 2015 | 1 | Simeon Raykov | 5th vs Ludogorets | Slavia (A) |
| 21 February 2016 | 2 | Marc Klok | 9th vs Slavia | Levski (H), Beroe (A) |
| 21 February 2016 | 1 | Sténio | vs Slavia | Levski (H) |
| 3 March 2016 | 1 | Bacari | vs Beroe | Montana (H) |
| 20 March 2016 | 1 | Simeon Raykov | vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Pirin Blagoevgrad (H) |
| 20 March 2016 | 1 | Zhivko Petkov | 5th vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Pirin Blagoevgrad (H) |
| 9 April 2016 | 2 | Sténio | 9th vs Pirin Blagoevgrad | Ludogorets (A), Slavia (H) |
| 9 April 2016 | 1 | Marc Klok | vs Pirin Blagoevgrad | Ludogorets (A) |
| 15 April 2016 | 1 | Borislav Stoychev | 5th vs Ludogorets | Slavia (H) |
| 28 April 2016 | 2 | Daniel Georgiev | 9th vs Levski | Beroe (H), Montana (A) |
| 28 April 2016 | 1 | Bacari | 5th vs Levski | Beroe (H) |
| 10 May 2016 | 2 | Todor Palankov | 9th vs Montana | Botev Plovdiv (H), Lokomotiv Plovdiv (A) |
| 14 May 2016 | 1 | Mihail Venkov | 5th vs Botev Plovdiv | Lokomotiv Plovdiv (A) |

### 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 |
| 11 July 2015 | 9 | FW | Bacari | Ruptured ACL | Occurred during pre-season match against Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa. | 6 months | 26 |
| 25 July 2015 | 18 | MF | Marcin Burkhardt | Achilles tendon injury | Occurred during training. | Exact time unknown | 1 |
| 31 July 2015 | 7 | MF | Bekir Rasim | Pulled hamstring | Occurred during training. | Exact time unknown | 4 |
| 12 August 2015 | 15 | DF | Trayan Trayanov | Pulled hamstring | Occurred during match against Ludogorets. | Exact time unknown | 3 |
| 21 August 2015 | 13 | MF | Simeon Raykov | Achilles tendon injury | Occurred during training. | Exact time unknown | 3 |
| 9 September 2015 | 8 | MF | Sténio | Pulled hamstring | Occurred during training. | Exact time unknown | 3 |
| 11 September 2015 | 5 | DF | Stefan Stanchev | Tendon damage | Occurred during match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv. | Exact time unknown | 4 |
| 11 September 2015 | 15 | DF | Trayan Trayanov | Pulled hamstring | Occurred during match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv. | Exact time unknown | 5 |
| 18 September 2015 | 6 | DF | Mamoutou Coulibaly | Knee injury | Occurred during match against Litex. | Exact time unknown | 1 |
| 2 October 2015 | 23 | DF | Ginho | Unknown injury | Occurred during training. | Exact time unknown | 1 |
| 2 October 2015 | 18 | MF | Marcin Burkhardt | Unknown injury | Occurred during training. | Exact time unknown | 2 |
| 17 October 2015 | 11 | FW | Zhivko Petkov | Appendicitis | Appendectomy took place on 18 October. | 1 month | 4 |
| 30 October 2015 | 10 | MF | Marc Klok | Ankle ligament injury | Occurred during match against Pirin Blagoevgrad. | 1 week | 3 |
| 30 October 2015 | 18 | MF | Marcin Burkhardt | Ankle injury | Occurred during training. | 1 week | 5 |
| 6 November 2015 | 13 | MF | Simeon Raykov | Low back pain | Occurred during training. | Exact time unknown | 1 |
| 1 December 2015 | 23 | DF | Ginho | Thigh injury | Occurred during match against Litex. | Exact time unknown | 3 |
| 6 December 2015 | 5 | DF | Stefan Stanchev | Concussion | Occurred during match against Pirin Blagoevgrad. | Exact time unknown | 2 |
| 12 February 2016 | 5 | DF | Stefan Stanchev | Ruptured ACL | Occurred during pre-season. | 6 months | 14 |
| 12 February 2016 | 15 | DF | Trayan Trayanov | Pulled hamstring | Occurred during pre-season. | 2 weeks | 5 |
| 16 February 2016 | 9 | FW | Bacari | Pulled hamstring | Occurred during pre-season. | 2 weeks | 1 |
| 27 March 2016 | 23 | MF | Ivan Valchanov | Partially ruptured MCL | Occurred during friendly match against Solyaris Moscow. | Exact time unknown | 4 |
| 29 March 2016 | 7 | MF | Bekir Rasim | Chickenpox | Occurred while on international duty. | 2 weeks | 1 |
| 8 April 2016 | 28 | MF | Ivan Marković | Knee injury | Occurred during training. | Exact time unknown | 4 |
| 5 May 2016 | 98 | FW | Valentin Yoskov | Pulled hamstring | Occurred during training. | 2 weeks | 4 |
| 5 May 2016 | 10 | MF | Marc Klok | Foodborne illness | Occurred before the match with Beroe. | 1 week | 1 |
    As of 22 May 2016

### International call-ups

| No. | Position | Name | Squad | Competition | Opposition | Date | Cap | Goals |
| — | DF | Stefan Ivanov | Bulgaria U19 | Friendly | Italy U18 | 12 August 2015 | Y | 0 |
| — | MF | Emil Iliev | Bulgaria U19 | Friendly | Italy U18 | 12 August 2015 | Y | 0 |
| — | MF | Nikolay Minkov | Bulgaria U19 | Friendly | Italy U18 | 12 August 2015 | Y | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | Bulgaria U21 | UEFA Euro 2017 U21 Q | Romania U21 | 4 September 2015 | Y | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | Bulgaria U21 | UEFA Euro 2017 U21 Q | Luxembourg U21 | 8 September 2015 | Y | 0 |
| — | DF | Stefan Ivanov | Bulgaria U19 | Friendly | Scotland U19 | 2 September 2015 | Y | 0 |
| — | DF | Stefan Ivanov | Bulgaria U19 | Friendly | Scotland U19 | 4 September 2015 | | |
| — | MF | Emil Iliev | Bulgaria U19 | Friendly | Scotland U19 | 2 September 2015 | | |
| — | MF | Emil Iliev | Bulgaria U19 | Friendly | Scotland U19 | 4 September 2015 | | |
| 8 | MF | Sténio | Cape Verde | 2017 ACN Q | Libya | 6 September 2015 | Y | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | Bulgaria U21 | UEFA Euro 2017 U21 Q | Armenia U21 | 9 October 2015 | Y | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | Bulgaria U21 | UEFA Euro 2017 U21 Q | Denmark U21 | 13 October 2015 | Y | 0 |
| — | DF | Stefan Ivanov | Bulgaria U19 | Friendly | Turkey U19 | 10 October 2015 | Y | 0 |
| — | DF | Stefan Ivanov | Bulgaria U19 | UEFA Euro 2016 U19 Q | Poland U19 | 11 November 2015 | Y | 0 |
| — | DF | Stefan Ivanov | Bulgaria U19 | UEFA Euro 2016 U19 Q | Luxembourg U19 | 13 November 2015 | Y | 0 |
| — | DF | Stefan Ivanov | Bulgaria U19 | UEFA Euro 2016 U19 Q | Cyprus U19 | 16 November 2015 | Y | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Sténio | Cape Verde | 2018 World Cup Q | Kenya | 13 November 2015 | | |
| 8 | MF | Sténio | Cape Verde | 2018 World Cup Q | Kenya | 17 November 2015 | | |
| — | DF | Stefan Ivanov | Bulgaria U19 | Friendly | Georgia U19 | 24 January 2016 | Y | 0 |
| — | DF | Stefan Ivanov | Bulgaria U19 | Friendly | Georgia U19 | 26 January 2016 | | |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | Bulgaria U21 | UEFA Euro 2017 U21 Q | Wales U21 | 25 March 2016 | Y | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | Bulgaria U21 | UEFA Euro 2017 U21 Q | Luxembourg U21 | 29 March 2016 | Y | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Bekir Rasim | Bulgaria U21 | UEFA Euro 2017 U21 Q | Wales U21 | 25 March 2016 | | |
| 7 | MF | Bekir Rasim | Bulgaria U21 | UEFA Euro 2017 U21 Q | Luxembourg U21 | 29 March 2016 | | |
| 8 | MF | Sténio | Cape Verde | 2017 ACN Q | Morocco | 26 March 2016 | | |
| 8 | MF | Sténio | Cape Verde | 2017 ACN Q | Morocco | 29 March 2016 | Y | 0 |
| 98 | FW | Valentin Yoskov | Bulgaria U18 | Friendly | Macedonia U18 | 12 April 2016 | Y | 0 |
| 98 | FW | Valentin Yoskov | Bulgaria U18 | Friendly | Macedonia U18 | 14 April 2016 | | |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | Bulgaria U21 | Friendly | France U21 | 20 May 2016 | Y | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | Bulgaria U21 | Friendly | Czech Republic U21 | 22 May 2016 | Y | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | Bulgaria U21 | Friendly | Mexico U23 | 24 May 2016 | Y | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | Bulgaria U21 | Friendly | Mali U20 | 26 May 2016 | | |
| 7 | MF | Bekir Rasim | Bulgaria U21 | Friendly | France U21 | 20 May 2016 | | |
| 7 | MF | Bekir Rasim | Bulgaria U21 | Friendly | Czech Republic U21 | 22 May 2016 | | |
| 7 | MF | Bekir Rasim | Bulgaria U21 | Friendly | Mexico U23 | 24 May 2016 | | |
| 7 | MF | Bekir Rasim | Bulgaria U21 | Friendly | Mali U20 | 26 May 2016 | Y | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Bacari | Gambia | 2017 ACN Q | South Africa | 4 June 2016 | Y | 0 |

### Home attendances

Correct as of match played on 14 May 2016.  Win  Draw  Loss  Void
| Comp | Date | Score | Opponent | Attendance |
| Europa League | 16 July 2015 | 1–1 | Dinamo Minsk | 3,650 |
| A Group | 26 July 2015 | 2–3 | Ludogorets | 3,360 |
| A Group | 8 August 2015 | 0–1 | Levski | 4,320 |
| A Group | 22 August 2015 | 1–0 | Montana | 1,500 |
| A Group | 11 September 2015 | 2–1 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1,930 |
| A Group | 26 September 2015 | 1–0 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 1,300 |
| A Group | 17 October 2015 | 1–0 | Slavia | 1,760 |
| A Group | 3 November 2015 | 0–3 | Beroe | 1,370 |
| A Group | 22 November 2015 | 1–2 | Botev Plovdiv | 1,060 |
| A Group | 1 December 2015 | 1–1 | Litex | 1,040 |
| A Group | 12 December 2015 | 0–2 | Ludogorets | 1,790 |
| A Group | 27 February 2016 | 0–2 | Levski | 3,700 |
| A Group | 6 March 2016 | 1–1 | Montana | 940 |
| A Group | 20 March 2016 | 1–1 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 760 |
| A Group | 9 April 2016 | 1–1 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 780 |
| A Group | 23 April 2016 | 3–2 | Slavia | 840 |
| A Group | 6 May 2016 | 1–0 | Beroe | 580 |
| A Group | 14 May 2016 | 3–0 | Botev Plovdiv | 470 |
| | | | Total attendance | 31,150 |
| | | | Total league attendance | 27,500 |
| | | | Average attendance | 1,731 |
| | | | Average league attendance | 1,618 |
Source: Match reports in Competitions

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Nikola Spasov |
| Assistant First Team Coach | Emanuil Lukanov |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Stoyan Stavrev |
| First Team Fitness Coach | Veselin Markov |
| Individual Team Fitness Coach | Viktor Bumbalov |
| Medical Director | Dr. Petko Atev |
| Academy Manager | Hristina Dimitrova |
Last updated: 19 August 2014 Source: Cherno More

### Other information

| Owner/Chairman | Marin Mitev |
| Chief Executive | Marin Marinov |
| Sporting Director | Todor Velikov |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Ticha Stadium (12,500 / 103x67 metres) |
Updated to match played 1 August 2012 Source: Cherno More