# 2011–12 PFC Cherno More Varna season

This page covers all relevant details regarding PFC Cherno More Varna for all official competitions inside the 2011–12 season. These are A PFG and Bulgarian Cup.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 5 July 2011 | DF | Tsvetan Yotov | Spartak Plovdiv | Free |
| 5 July 2011 | MF | Hristian Popov | Sliven | Free |
| 5 July 2011 | MF | Simeon Simeonov | Dobrudzha | Free |
| 5 July 2011 | MF | Veselin Marchev | Sliven | Free |
| 6 July 2011 | DF | Ivelin Yanev | Etar | Free |
| 6 July 2011 | FW | Hermes Palomino | Aragua | Free |
| 27 December 2011 | GK | Plamen Kolev | Vidima-Rakovski | Free |
| 16 February 2012 | DF | Zhivko Atanasov | Levski Sofia | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 June 2011 | FW | Miroslav Budinov | Sportist Svoge | Free |
| 1 June 2011 | FW | Vladimir Kaptiev | Botev Kozloduy | Free |
| 1 June 2011 | DF | Radoslav Bachev | Montana | Free |
| 1 June 2011 | MF | Daniel Georgiev | Orduspor | Free |
| 1 June 2011 | DF | Tanko Dyakov | Lokomotiv Sofia | Free |
| 1 June 2011 | DF | Ademar Júnior | CSKA Sofia | Free |
| 5 July 2011 | DF | Marco Tiago | Portimonense | Free |
| 2 August 2011 | FW | Vasil Tachev | Dobrudzha | Free |
| 24 November 2011 | MF | Daniil Ratnikov | Tallinna Kalev | Free |
| 30 November 2011 | MF | Veselin Marchev | Flota Świnoujście | Free |
| 30 November 2011 | MF | Todor Kolev | Vidima-Rakovski | Free |
| 30 November 2011 | MF | Dimitar Petkov | Bdin | Free |
| 7 December 2011 | GK | Ilko Pirgov | Litex | €50,000 |
| 12 January 2012 | MF | Stanislav Stoyanov | Retired | N/A |
| 28 February 2012 | MF | Lyubomir Mihalev | Dobrudzha | Free |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | End Date | Fee |
| 3 January 2012 | MF | Marlon Fernández | Deportivo Lara | End of season | Free |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | End Date | Fee |
| 29 July 2011 | MF | Lyubomir Mihalev | Dobrudzha | 31 December 2011 | Free |

## Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Petar Denchev | 23 | EU | 2010 | 18 | 0 | 2013 | Free |
| 3 | CB | Tsvetan Yotov | 22 | EU | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 2014 | Free |
| 5 | DM | Samuel Camazzola | 29 | EU | 2011 | 42 | 2 | 2012 | Free |
| 7 | DM | Stanislav Stoyanov | 35 | EU | 1999 | 240 | 10 | 2011 | Free |
| 7 | AM | Bekir Rasim | 17 | EU | 2012 | 1 | 0 | | Youth system |
| 8 | LW | Doncho Atanasov | 29 | EU | 2010 | 46 | 6 | 2012 | Free |
| 9 | FW | Hermes Palomino | 24 | Non-EU | 2011 | 17 | 4 | 2013 | Free |
| 10 | FW | Miroslav Manolov | 27 | EU | 2007 | 94 | 31 | 2014 | Free |
| 11 | LW | Todor Kolev | 22 | EU | 2006 | 46 | 5 | 2012 | Youth system |
| 11 | FW | Atanas Iliev | 17 | EU | 2012 | 2 | 1 | | Youth system |
| 12 | GK | Nikolay Kirchev | 20 | EU | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 2013 | Youth system |
| 14 | FW | Georgi Bozhilov | 25 | EU | 2010 | 65 | 10 | 2013 | €100,000 |
| 15 | CB | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | 26 | EU | 2005 | 171 | 5 | 2013 | €30,000 |
| 16 | DM | Dimitar Petkov | 24 | EU | 2010 | 31 | 1 | 2012 | Free |
| 17 | RB | Yancho Andreev | 21 | EU | 2009 | 11 | 1 | 2012 | Youth system |
| 18 | LB | Ivelin Yanev | 30 | EU | 2011 | 25 | 0 | 2013 | Free |
| 19 | DM | Hristian Popov | 22 | EU | 2011 | 15 | 1 | 2014 | Free |
| 20 | RB | Mihail Lazarov | 31 | EU | 2007 | 57 | 3 | 2012 | Free |
| 21 | CM | Georgi Iliev (captain) | 30 | EU | 2008 | 162 | 39 | 2014 | €100,000 |
| 22 | GK | Plamen Kolev | 24 | EU | 2012 | 4 | 0 | 2014 | Free |
| 23 | CM | Simeon Simeonov | 28 | EU | 2011 | 15 | 0 | 2013 | Free |
| 24 | RW | Veselin Marchev | 21 | EU | 2011 | 8 | 0 | 2014 | Free |
| 24 | CB | Slavi Stalev | 18 | EU | 2012 | 1 | 0 | | Youth system |
| 25 | RB | Sasho Aleksandrov | 25 | EU | 2010 | 62 | 2 | 2012 | €30,000 |
| 26 | GK | Ilko Pirgov | 25 | EU | 2009 | 76 | 0 | 2013 | Free |
| 27 | AM | Daniil Ratnikov | 23 | EU | 2010 | 26 | 3 | 2012 | Free |
| 30 | RW | Ilian Kapitanov | 19 | EU | 2010 | 19 | 4 | 2013 | Youth system |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | 17 | EU | 2012 | 2 | 0 | | Youth system |
| 55 | CB | Rosen Kolev | 21 | EU | 2011 | 29 | 2 | 2014 | Free |
| 77 | LW | Viktor Mitev | 19 | EU | 2011 | 6 | 0 | 2013 | Youth system |
| 86 | AM | Marlon Fernández | 26 | Non-EU | 2012 | 10 | 1 | 2012 | Free |
| 90 | FW | Rumen Nikolov | 22 | EU | 2010 | 45 | 8 | 2012 | Youth system |
| 91 | CB | Zhivko Atanasov | 21 | EU | 2012 | 15 | 1 | 2014 | Free |
* Last updated: May 31, 2012
* Source:
* ↑ Stoyanov retired in January 2012.
* 1 2 3 4 Player left the club in November 2011.
* ↑ Iliev made 72 appearances and scored 13 goals during his first spell at the club between 2000 and 2003.
* ↑ Player left the club in December 2011.

## Competitions
### A PFG

* ↑ The 16th round was postponed by the Bulgarian Football Union due to adverse weather conditions.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Litex Lovech | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 59 | |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 57 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Cherno More | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 52 | |
| 8 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 51 | |
| 9 | Minyor Pernik | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 36 | |
* ↑ Ludogorets Razgrad won the 2011–12 Bulgarian Cup competition but were qualified for 2012–13 UEFA Champions League via winning the league, hence their Europa League berth was awarded to the cup runners-up, Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 May 2012. 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 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |

### Bulgarian Cup
## Squad statistics

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 31 May 2012. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.
| No. | Pos | Name | P | G | P | G | P | G | | |
| No. | Pos | Name | League | League | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Petar Denchev | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Tsvetan Yotov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Samuel Camazzola | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Stanislav Stoyanov † | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Bekir Rasim | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Doncho Atanasov | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Hermes Palomino | 14(3) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15(3) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Miroslav Manolov | 17(7) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17(7) | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Todor Kolev † | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Atanas Iliev | 0(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Nikolay Kirchev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Georgi Bozhilov | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Dimitar Petkov † | 4(7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4(7) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Yancho Andreev | 4(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 4(4) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | Ivelin Yanev | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Hristian Popov | 11(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11(4) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Mihail Lazarov | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Georgi Iliev (c) | 27(1) | 10 | 1 | 0 | 28(1) | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Plamen Kolev | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Simeon Simeonov | 6(9) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7(9) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Veselin Marchev † | 1(7) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(7) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Slavi Stalev | 0(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Sasho Aleksandrov | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| 26 | GK | Ilko Pirgov † | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Daniil Ratnikov † | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Ilian Kapitanov | 11(4) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11(4) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Rosen Kolev | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 77 | MF | Viktor Mitev | 0(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | MF | Marlon Fernández ‡ | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | Rumen Nikolov | 7(12) | 4 | 0(1) | 0 | 7(13) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | DF | Zhivko Atanasov | 6(9) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6(9) | 1 | 1 | 0 |

### Start formations

    Accounts for all competitions. Numbers constitute according game of the competition in which the formation was used, NOT number of occurrences.
| Qnt | Formation | Match(es) |
| 29 | 4–2–3–1 | All other matches |
| 2 | 4–4–2 diamond | 20, 24 A PFG |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Stefan Genov |
| Assistant First Team Coach | Emanuil Lukanov |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Krasimir Kolev |
| First Team Fitness Coach | Veselin Markov |
| Individual Team Fitness Coach | Viktor Bumbalov |
| Medical Director | Dr. Petko Atev |
| Academy Manager | Hristina Dimitrova |
Last updated: 7 July 2011 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 7 July 2011 Source: Cherno More