# FC Chernomorets 1919 Burgas

FC Chernomorets 1919 (Bulgarian: ФК Черноморец 1919) is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas, which currently competes in the Southeast Third League, third level of Bulgarian football. Chernomorets plays its home matches at the local Stadion Lazur temporary, until they complete the construction of their planned 5,000 seats Ivan Pritargov Stadium.
The club was founded in 2015, following the financial struggles of the former Burgas-based team, PSFC Chernomorets Burgas. Unlike PSFC Chernomorets, however, Chernomorets 1919 is considered to be the official reincarnation of the original club, founded in 1919. The Bulgarian Football Union considers it to be a legitimate successor to the original Chernomorets Burgas, thus it carries all records from the original club. PSFC Chernomorets’ records are kept separate.

## History

Following the relegate to V group of PSFC Chernomorets Burgas and the discoveries that Mitko Sabev drained the club, association "Future for Chernomorets Burgas" wanted a new team to represent the original team FC Chernomorets Burgas who was dissolved in 2006. On 4 August 2015 they officially founded Chernomorets 1919. Zlatko Yankov, who played on 2 world cups with Bulgaria and Stoyko Sakaliev returned to football and were the first players to join the team.
In 2018, the team entered the Third Amateur Football League for the first time. In their first season in the third tier, Chernomorets finished 4th. Chernomorets ended the 2022–23 season in 2nd place but showed a desire to join the Second League, since the group winner, Nesebar, struggled financially. On 19 June 2023 Nesebar announced they will stay in Third League and Bulgarian Football Union announced that Chernomorets will be promoted to Second League, instead.
In November 2023, Chernomorets announced their reconstruction of Cherveno Zname Stadium in Dolno Ezerovo neighborhood, with the plan to make the stadium with 5,000 seats, build additional 2 training fields, and rename it after their striker Ivan Pritargov.
Chernomorets did not manage to survive in the second tier, suffering immediate relegation to the Third League after the 2023–24 season.

## Shirt and sponsors

Chernomorets 1919 main colors are blue and white.
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt partner |
| 2015–2017 | Tomy Sport | None |
| 2017–2018 | Tomy Sport | Efbet |
| 2018–2021 | Tomy Sport | None |
| 2021– | Tomy Sport | WINBET |

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 15 May 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BUL | Dimitar Todorov |
| 2 | DF | BUL | Mariyan Dimitrov |
| 4 | DF | BUL | Stoyan Kizhev |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Petar Genchev |
| 6 | MF | BUL | Pavel Georgiev |
| 8 | MF | BUL | Dimo Bakalov |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Zhivko Petkov |
| 10 | DF | BUL | Emanuil Manev |
| 11 | MF | BUL | Hidayet Hyusein |
| 12 | GK | RUS | Roman Vasenev |
| 15 | DF | BUL | Ramis Ismailov |
| 17 | FW | BUL | Denis Kyoseosman |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | BUL | Mihail Mihov |
| 19 | DF | BUL | Dimitar Zhekov |
| 22 | DF | BUL | Petar Patev (captain) |
| 23 | FW | BUL | Anton Atanasov |
| 24 | MF | UKR | Oleksiy Helovani |
| 27 | DF | BUL | Hristo Penev |
| 30 | MF | BUL | Stanislav Malamov |
| 33 | MF | BUL | Georgi Gospodinov |
| 77 | MF | BUL | Georgi Madzharov |
| 88 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Klymenko |
| 99 | FW | BUL | Todor Chavorski |
For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2023 and Transfers winter 2023–24.

### Foreign players

Up to twenty foreign nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the Bulgarian First League, however only five non-EU nationals can be used during a match day. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.

## Managers

| Name | From | To |
| Angel Stoykov | June 2015 | July 2016 |
| Neno Nenov | July 2016 | December 2016 |
| Slavi Kostenski | January 2017 | July 2018 |
| Radostin Kishishev | July 2018 | November 2019 |
| Slavi Kostenski | November 2019 | January 2021 |
| Malin Orachev | January 2021 | 3 May 2021 |
| Vladimir Valchev | 11 August 2021 | 30 May 2022 |
| Georgi Chilikov | 14 July 2022 | 24 September 2022 |
| Vladimir Valchev (interim) | 26 September 2022 | 11 October 2022 |
| Veselin Velikov | 11 October 2022 | 23 June 2023 |
| Angel Stoykov | 1 July 2023 | |

## Seasons
### Season statistics

Results of league and cup competitions by season :
| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Bulgarian Cup | Other competitions | Other competitions | Top goalscorer | Top goalscorer |
| Season | Division | Level | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | Bulgarian Cup | Other competitions | Other competitions | Top goalscorer | Top goalscorer |
| 2015–16 | B Regional Burgas | 5 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 9 | +70 | 43 | 1st ↑ | DNE | | |
| 2016–17 | A Regional Burgas | 4 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 75 | 26 | +49 | 51 | 3rd | DNQ | Cup of AFL | Q1 |
| 2017–18 | A Regional Burgas | 4 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 16 | +109 | 51 | 1st ↑ | DNQ | | |
| 2018–19 | Third League | 3 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 76 | 35 | +41 | 68 | 4th | DNQ | Cup of AFL | Q1 | Zhulien Parushev | 16 |
| 2019–20 | Third League | 3 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 36 | 4th | DNQ | Cup of AFL | QF | Trayo Grozev | 7 |
| 2020–21 | Third League | 3 | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 78 | 22 | +56 | 81 | 3rd | DNQ | Cup of AFL | Q2 | | |
| 2021–22 | Third League | 3 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 67 | 4th | DNQ | Cup of AFL | Q2 | Milen Tanev | 16 |
| 2022–23 | Third League | 3 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 82 | 26 | +56 | 80 | 2nd ↑ | DNQ | Cup of AFL | Q2 | Grigor Dolapchiev | 19 |
| 2023–24 | Second League | 2 | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 41 | -8 | 38 | 15th ↓ | Round of 32 | | | Zhivko Petkov | 9 |
| 2024–25 | Third League | 3 | | | | | | | | | | Round of 32 | Cup of AFL | Q3 | | |

#### Key

* GS = Group stage
* QF = Quarter-finals
* SF = Semi-finals
| Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |