# 2002–03 PFC Cherno More Varna season

This page covers all relevant details regarding PFC Cherno More Varna for all official competitions inside the 2002–03 season. These are A Group and Bulgarian Cup.

## Transfers
### Summer transfer window

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | BUL | Zdravko Zdravkov (from İstanbulspor) |
| — | GK | BUL | Tihomir Todorov (from Spartak Pleven) |
| — | DF | BUL | Adalbert Zafirov (from Lokomotiv Sofia) |
| — | DF | BRA | Lúcio Wagner (on loan from Levski Sofia) |
| — | DF | BUL | Gosho Ginchev (from Antalyaspor) |
| — | DF | BUL | Yanek Kyuchukov (from Panserraikos) |
| — | DF | BUL | Stefan Goshev (from Spartak Pleven) |
| — | MF | BUL | Konstantin Mirchev (from CSKA Sofia) |
| — | MF | BUL | Marin Petrov (from Litex) |
| — | MF | BUL | Ivaylo Petev (from Litex) |
| — | MF | BUL | Asen Bukarev (from CSKA Sofia) |
| — | FW | BUL | Emil Todorov (from Spartak Pleven) |
| — | FW | BUL | Stefan Yurukov (from Litex) |
| — | FW | BRA | Ângelo da Silva (from Krylia Sovetov) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | BUL | Nedelcho Dobrev (to Dobrudzha) |
| — | GK | BUL | Todor Kyuchukov (to Sigma Olomouc) |
| — | DF | BUL | Svetoslav Georgiev (to Makedonska Slava) |
| — | DF | BUL | Steliyan Popchev (to Beroe) |
| — | DF | SCG | Mark Šekularac (released) |
| — | DF | BUL | Ventsislav Marinov (retired) |
| — | DF | BUL | Grigor Stoychovski (released) |
| — | MF | BUL | Plamen Petrov (to Marek) |
| — | MF | BUL | Daniel Atanasov (released) |
| — | MF | BUL | Yavor Georgiev (released) |
| — | MF | BUL | Lyudmil Kirov (to Dobrudzha) |
| — | FW | BUL | Spas Gigov (loan return to CSKA Sofia) |
| — | FW | BUL | Miroslav Mindev (to Sliven 2000) |
| — | FW | BUL | Evgeni Kurdov (to Rodopa Smolyan) |

### Winter transfer window

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BIH | Dalibor Dragić (from Levski Sofia) |
| — | DF | BUL | Diyan Donchev (on loan from Spartak Varna) |
| — | FW | BUL | Kostadin Bashov (on loan from Levski Sofia) |
| — | FW | MLT | Daniel Bogdanović (from Valletta) |
| — | FW | SCG | Darko Spalević (from Red Star Belgrade) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | BUL | Zdravko Zdravkov (to İstanbulspor) |
| — | DF | BUL | Yanek Kyuchukov (to Marek) |
| — | DF | BUL | Filip Ilkov (to Belasitsa) |
| — | DF | NGA | Emmanuel Baba (to Levski Sofia) |
| — | MF | BUL | Ivaylo Petev (to Litex) |
| — | MF | NGA | Richard Eromoigbe (loan return to Levski Sofia) |
| — | MF | NGA | Omonigho Temile (to Levski Sofia) |
| — | FW | BUL | Stefan Yurukov (to Liaoning Whowin) |
| — | FW | BRA | Ângelo da Silva (released) |

## Squad
### League Statistics

| Pos. | Name | App | Goals |
| GK | Ivaylo Petrov | ? | 0 |
| GK | Tihomir Todorov | ? | 0 |
| GK | Todor Todorov | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Gosho Ginchev | 23 | 1 |
| DF | Aleksey Dionisiev | 7 | 0 |
| DF | Adalbert Zafirov | 24 | 5 |
| DF | Miroslav Milošević | ? | 0 |
| DF | Lúcio Wagner | 20 | 0 |
| DF | Dalibor Dragić | 11 | 1 |
| DF | Stefan Goshev | ? | 0 |
| DF | Diyan Donchev | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Slavi Zhekov | ? | 3 |
| MF | Georgi Iliev | 18 | 3 |
| MF | Vladimir Gerasimov | 20 | 2 |
| MF | Ivo Mihaylov | ? | 2 |
| MF | Marin Petrov | 14 | 1 |
| MF | Asen Bukarev | 25 | 3 |
| MF | Kristiyan Dobrev | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Konstantin Mirchev | ? | 2 |
| MF | Stanislav Stoyanov | 8 | 0 |
| MF | Stanislav Rumenov | ? | 0 |
| FW | Emil Todorov | ? | 1 |
| FW | Daniel Bogdanović | 7 | 0 |
| FW | Darko Spalević | 13 | 7 |
| FW | Kostadin Bashov | 13 | 1 |

#### Players, who left the club during a season

| Pos. | Name | App | Goals |
| GK | Zdravko Zdravkov | 12 | 0 |
| DF | Yanek Kyuchukov | 8 | 0 |
| DF | Emmanuel Baba | ? | 0 |
| DF | Filip Ilkov | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ivaylo Petev | 10 | 1 |
| MF | Richard Eromoigbe | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Omonigho Temile | 12 | 1 |
| FW | Stefan Yurukov | 10 | 6 |
| FW | Ângelo da Silva | 6 | 0 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Litex Lovech | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 55 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Slavia Sofia | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 57 | 30 | +27 | 51 | |
| 5 | Cherno More | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 48 | |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 47 | |
| 7 | Spartak Varna | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 34 | |
* ↑ Lokomotiv Plovdiv were docked three points for failure to show in the round 17 match.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Goalscorers in A Group

| Rank | Scorer | Goals |
| 1 | Darko Spalević | 7 |
| 2 | Stefan Yurukov | 6 |
| 3 | Adalbert Zafirov | 5 |
| 4 | Georgi Iliev | 3 |
| 4 | Asen Bukarev | 3 |
| 4 | Slavi Zhekov | 3 |
| 7 | Ivo Mihaylov | 2 |
| 7 | Vladimir Gerasimov | 2 |
| 7 | Konstantin Mirchev | 2 |
| 10 | Omonigho Temile | 1 |
| 10 | Marin Petrov | 1 |
| 10 | Ivaylo Petev | 1 |
| 10 | Gosho Ginchev | 1 |
| 10 | Emil Todorov | 1 |
| 10 | Kostadin Bashov | 1 |
| 10 | Dalibor Dragić | 1 |