# 2017–18 PFC Cherno More Varna season

This page covers all relevant details regarding Cherno More for all official competitions inside the 2017–18 season. These are the First Professional Football League and the Bulgarian Cup.
Due to the ongoing repair works at Ticha Stadium, the team played its first home league game at Kavarna Stadium in Kavarna.
On 21 September 2017, following a streak of poor results and Bulgarian Cup elimination by Montana, manager Georgi Ivanov resigned. Assistant coach Emanuel Lukanov was immediately appointed as caretaker manager. As results didn't improve, on 28 December he was replaced with Ilian Iliev, his second tenure as Cherno More manager.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 14 June 2017 | MF | Atanas Zehirov | Beroe | Free |
| 14 June 2017 | MF | Orlin Starokin | Pirin Blagoevgrad | Free |
| 14 June 2017 | MF | Mariyan Ognyanov | Neftochimic | Free |
| 14 June 2017 | FW | Georgi Bozhilov | Beroe | Free |
| 15 June 2017 | DF | Ilias Hassani | Vereya | Free |
| 16 June 2017 | DF | Vitinha | Ludogorets Razgrad | Free |
| 18 June 2017 | DF | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Levski Sofia | Free |
| 19 June 2017 | FW | Tsvetelin Chunchukov | Ludogorets Razgrad | Free |
| 15 August 2017 | GK | Yevhen Borovyk | Karpaty Lviv | Free |
| 12 September 2017 | DF | Iliya Milanov | Neftochimic | Free |
| 12 September 2017 | FW | Amadou Soukouna | Levski Sofia | Free |
| 12 October 2017 | MF | Anton Ognyanov | Levski Sofia | Free |
| 18 December 2017 | GK | Blagoy Makendzhiev | Pirin Blagoevgrad | Free |
| 8 January 2018 | MF | Mehdi Fennouche | Vereya | Free |
| 8 January 2018 | MF | Aristote N'Dongala | Lokomotiv GO | Free |
| 12 January 2018 | MF | Petar Vitanov | Vereya | Free |
| 16 January 2018 | MF | Dani Kiki | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Free |
| 16 January 2018 | DF | Miroslav Enchev | Vereya | Undisclosed |
| 5 February 2018 | FW | Radoslav Vasilev | Alki Oroklini | Free |
| 5 February 2018 | DF | Hugo Konongo | Paulhan-Pézenas | Free |
| 13 February 2018 | DF | Daniel Dimov | Manisaspor | Free |
| 19 April 2018 | MF | Fábinho | Sporting B | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 12 May 2017 | DF | Trayan Trayanov | Septemvri Sofia | Free |
| 29 May 2017 | GK | Vojtěch Šrom | Opava | Free |
| 29 May 2017 | DF | Mihail Venkov | Slavia Sofia | Free |
| 29 May 2017 | DF | Plamen Nikolov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Free |
| 29 May 2017 | MF | Daniel Georgiev | Septemvri Sofia | Free |
| 29 May 2017 | MF | Todor Palankov | Pirin Blagoevgrad | Free |
| 29 May 2017 | MF | Filip Hlúpik | Mariehamn | Free |
| 29 May 2017 | MF | Pirulo | Free agent | Released |
| 29 May 2017 | FW | Bacari | Free agent | Released |
| 31 July 2017 | MF | Ilian Iliev | Académica de Coimbra U19 | Free |
| 22 August 2017 | MF | Borislav Baldzhiyski | Montana | Free |
| 6 September 2017 | MF | Ivan Kokonov | Montana | Free |
| 6 December 2017 | GK | Yevhen Borovyk | Akzhayik | Free |
| 9 December 2017 | FW | Amadou Soukouna | Free agent | Released |
| 12 December 2017 | MF | Anton Ognyanov | Vereya | Free |
| 14 December 2017 | FW | Tsvetelin Chunchukov | Slavia Sofia | Free |
| 14 December 2017 | DF | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Free agent | Released |
| 15 December 2017 | GK | Emil Mihaylov | CSKA 1948 | Free |
| 8 January 2018 | MF | Orlin Starokin | Vitosha Bistritsa | Free |
| 8 January 2018 | DF | Ondřej Sukup | Zbrojovka Brno | Free |
| 27 January 2018 | DF | Iliya Milanov | Free agent | End of contract |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | End Date | Fee |
| 17 June 2017 | FW | Valentin Yoskov | Nesebar | End of season | Free |

## Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Previous Club |
| 3 | RB | Ertan Tombak | 18 | EU | 2017 | 4 | 0 | 2019 | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 5 | RB | Stefan Stanchev | 29 | EU | 2013 | 101 | 1 | 2018 | Free | Minyor Pernik |
| 6 | CM | Aleksandar Tsvetkov | 27 | EU | 2016 | 57 | 2 | 2018 | Free | Litex |
| 7 | LB | Vitinha | 32 | EU | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 2019 | Free | Ludogorets Razgrad |
| 8 | CM | Emil Yanchev | 19 | EU | 2017 | 11 | 0 | 2019 | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 9 | FW | Tsvetelin Chunchukov | 22 | EU | 2017 | 9 | 1 | 2019 | Free | Ludogorets Razgrad |
| 9 | LW | Mehdi Fennouche | 25 | EU | 2018 | 13 | 4 | 2019 | Free | Vereya |
| 10 | AM | Ilian Iliev | 17 | EU | 2016 | 3 | 0 | | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 10 | FW | Radoslav Vasilev | 27 | EU | 2018 | 16 | 6 | 2019 | Free | Alki Oroklini |
| 11 | FW | Amadou Soukouna | 25 | EU | 2017 | 8 | 0 | 2019 | Free | Levski Sofia |
| 13 | LW | Ivan Kokonov | 26 | EU | 2016 | 93 | 11 | 2019 | Free | Montana |
| 14 | FW | Georgi Bozhilov | 31 | EU | 2017 | 159 | 22 | 2019 | Free | Beroe |
| 15 | CB | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | 31 | EU | 2017 | 231 | 5 | 2019 | Free | Levski Sofia |
| 16 | DM | Petar Vitanov | 23 | EU | 2018 | 14 | 0 | 2019 | Free | Vereya |
| 17 | RB | Martin Kostadinov | 22 | EU | 2014 | 36 | 1 | 2020 | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 18 | RW | Atanas Zehirov | 29 | EU | 2017 | 32 | 2 | 2019 | Free | Beroe |
| 19 | CB | Iliya Milanov | 25 | EU | 2017 | 7 | 0 | 2019 | Free | Neftochimic |
| 21 | CM | Georgi Iliev (captain) | 36 | EU | 2016 | 287 | 61 | 2018 | Free | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright |
| 22 | AM | Mariyan Ognyanov | 29 | EU | 2017 | 24 | 6 | 2019 | Free | Neftochimic |
| 23 | CB | Ilias Hassani | 22 | EU | 2017 | 32 | 1 | 2019 | Free | Vereya |
| 25 | GK | Ivan Dyulgerov | 18 | EU | 2016 | 4 | 0 | 2019 | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 26 | GK | Ivan Dichevski | 17 | EU | 2017 | 0 | 0 | | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 27 | CB | Daniel Dimov | 29 | EU | 2018 | 70 | 4 | 2018 | Free | Manisaspor |
| 29 | FW | Marek Kuzma | 29 | EU | 2016 | 63 | 13 | 2018 | Free | Zlaté Moravce |
| 33 | GK | Emil Mihaylov | 29 | EU | 2016 | 32 | 0 | 2018 | Free | Etar |
| 33 | CB | Miroslav Enchev | 26 | EU | 2018 | 6 | 0 | 2019 | Undisclosed | Vereya |
| 36 | AM | Rumen Kasabov | 18 | EU | 2017 | 1 | 1 | | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 37 | CM | Lachezar Yordanov | 17 | EU | 2018 | 1 | 0 | | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 38 | LW | Aristote N'Dongala | 24 | EU | 2018 | 8 | 0 | 2019 | Free | Lokomotiv GO |
| 41 | LB | Hugo Konongo | 26 | EU | 2018 | 13 | 0 | 2019 | Free | Paulhan-Pézenas |
| 45 | CM | Fábinho | 22 | EU | 2018 | 6 | 0 | 2018 | Free | Sporting B |
| 66 | DM | Orlin Starokin | 31 | EU | 2017 | 16 | 2 | 2019 | Free | Pirin Blagoevgrad |
| 70 | AM | Borislav Baldzhiyski | 26 | EU | 2017 | 18 | 1 | 2018 | Free | Slavia Sofia |
| 73 | RB | Ondřej Sukup | 29 | EU | 2016 | 54 | 1 | 2019 | Free | Baník Ostrava |
| 77 | GK | Yevhen Borovyk | 32 | Non-EU | 2017 | 3 | 0 | 2019 | Free | Karpaty Lviv |
| 81 | LW | Anton Ognyanov | 29 | EU | 2017 | 8 | 1 | 2018 | Free | Levski Sofia |
| 88 | GK | Blagoy Makendzhiev | 29 | EU | 2018 | 15 | 0 | 2020 | Free | Pirin Blagoevgrad |
| 90 | FW | Martin Minchev | 17 | EU | 2017 | 26 | 2 | 2020 | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 97 | RW | Nikolay Minkov | 20 | EU | 2016 | 25 | 1 | 2018 | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 98 | FW | Valentin Yoskov | 19 | EU | 2015 | 21 | 0 | 2018 | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 99 | AM | Dani Kiki | 30 | EU | 2018 | 9 | 1 | 2019 | Free | Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
* Last updated: 24 May 2018
* Source:
* ↑ Player left the club in May 2018.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Player left the club in December 2017.
* ↑ Player left the club in July 2017.
* ↑ Kokonov made 56 appearances and scored 8 goals during his first spell at the club between 2013 and 2015.
* ↑ Player left the club in September 2017.
* ↑ Bozhilov made 139 appearances and scored 19 goals during his first spell at the club between 2010 and 2015.
* ↑ Aleksandrov made 217 appearances and scored 5 goals during his first spell at the club between 2005 and 2013.
* 1 2 3 Player left the club in January 2018.
* ↑ G. Iliev made 207 appearances and scored 48 goals during his first two spells at the club between 2000–2003 and 2008–2013.
* ↑ Dimov made 54 appearances and scored 3 goals during his first spell at the club between 2006 and 2010.
* ↑ E. Mihaylov made 3 appearances during his first spell at the club in 2013.
* ↑ Player left the club in August 2017.
* ↑ On loan at Nesebar for the entire season.

## 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 % |
| First League | — | — | 7th | 15 July 2017 | 24 May 2018 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 037.84 |
| Bulgarian Cup | First round | — | First round | 20 September 2017 | 20 September 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 036.84 |
Updated to match played 24 May 2018 Source: Competitions

#### Summary

| Clean sheets | 11 (11 First League) |
| Yellow cards | 89 (86 First League, 3 Bulgarian Cup) |
| Red cards | 2 (2 First League) |
| Worst discipline | Ilias Hassani (12 , 1 ) |
| Biggest Win | 4–0 vs Vereya (A) |
| Biggest Defeat | 1–4 vs Septemvri Sofia (H), Beroe (H), Levski Sofia (A) |
| Most appearances | Georgi Iliev (36) |
| Top scorer | Mariyan Ognyanov, Radoslav Vasilev, Georgi Iliev (6) |
Correct as of match played on 24 May 2018.

### Pre-season and friendlies

As of 16 June 2017, Cherno More have announced 5 pre-season friendlies against Levski Sofia, Beroe, Septemvri Sofia, Bnei Yehuda and Dunărea Călărași. The Israeli club replaced the initially announced Sozopol. The final summer pre-season friendly was supposed to be against Dobrudzha Dobrich but they refused to participate due to organizational issues and were replaced by the Romanian club. On 14 December 2017, the club announced the final two friendlies for the winter pre-season, against Ludogorets Razgrad II and Pomorie. The first winter pre-season match was announced a week later. On 7 January 2018, the full schedule of the winter pre-season was announced, with 5 friendlies on Turkish soil: against Krylia Sovetov on 24 January, Lokomotiv Tashkent on 29 January, and Pyunik on 31 January. Two more friendlies remained to be arranged. They were announced on 17 January, encounters with Tirana on 23 January and Dunărea Călărași on 31 January. Subsequently, the friendly against the Armenian club was rearranged with Tosno. On 21 March, another friendly was arranged during the international break, against Chernomorets Balchik.

### First Professional League
#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Septemvri Sofia | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 37 | −15 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Cherno More | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Dunav Ruse | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 38 | −21 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
* 1 2 Septemvri Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Plovdiv on head-to-head record; Septemvri Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3-1, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Septemvri Sofia 1-0.
* ↑ Dunav Ruse ahead of Etar on head-to-head record; Dunav Ruse–Etar 0–0, Etar–Dunav Ruse 0–2.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 March 2018. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |

#### Relegation round
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Slavia Sofia | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Cherno More | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 40 | Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals |
| 3 | Pirin Blagoevgrad (R) | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 30 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 4 | Vitosha Bistritsa (O) | 32 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 60 | −43 | 13 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
* ↑ Slavia Sofia qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Bulgarian Cup.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 April 2018. Source: bulgarian-football.com

##### League performance

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### European play-offs
### Bulgarian Cup
## 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 24 May 2018. 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 |
| 3 | DF | Ertan Tombak | 1(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Stefan Stanchev | 17(6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18(6) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Aleksandar Tsvetkov † | 25(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 25(2) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Vitinha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Emil Yanchev | 2(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Tsvetelin Chunchukov † | 8(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8(1) | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Mehdi Fennouche | 12(1) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12(1) | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Ilian Iliev † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Radoslav Vasilev | 14(2) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14(2) | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Amadou Soukouna † | 6(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Ivan Kokonov † | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Georgi Bozhilov | 13(7) | 3 | 0(1) | 0 | 13(8) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Aleksandar Aleksandrov † | 10(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Petar Vitanov | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Martin Kostadinov | 14(4) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 14(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Atanas Zehirov | 29(3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30(3) | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Iliya Milanov † | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Georgi Iliev (c) | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Mariyan Ognyanov | 22(2) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23(2) | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Ilias Hassani | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | Ivan Dyulgerov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | Ivan Dichevski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Daniel Dimov | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Marek Kuzma | 11(16) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12(16) | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Emil Mihaylov † | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Miroslav Enchev | 3(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Rumen Kasabov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Lachezar Yordanov | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Aristote N'Dongala | 6(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | Hugo Konongo | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Fábinho | 1(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Orlin Starokin † | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | Borislav Baldzhiyski † | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | DF | Ondřej Sukup † | 19(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19(1) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | Yevhen Borovyk † | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | Anton Ognyanov † | 5(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5(3) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | Blagoy Makendzhiev | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | Martin Minchev | 6(16) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6(16) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | Nikolay Minkov | 5(9) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6(9) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | Valentin Yoskov ¤ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | Dani Kiki | 5(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5(4) | 1 | 2 | 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 | First League | Bulgarian Cup | Total |
| 3 | RB | | Ertan Tombak | 106 | 53 | 159 |
| 5 | RB | CB / LB | Stefan Stanchev | 1789 | 96 | 1885 |
| 6 | CM | CB / AM / LW / RW / DM | Aleksandar Tsvetkov | 2385 | 43 | 2428 |
| 7 | LB | | Vitinha | 51 | 0 | 51 |
| 8 | CM | CB / DM | Emil Yanchev | 218 | 0 | 218 |
| 9 | FW | | Tsvetelin Chunchukov | 604 | 0 | 604 |
| 9 | LW | RW / FW | Mehdi Fennouche | 1044 | 0 | 1044 |
| 10 | AM | | Ilian Iliev | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | AM | Radoslav Vasilev | 1311 | 0 | 1311 |
| 11 | FW | AM | Amadou Soukouna | 563 | 96 | 659 |
| 13 | LW | | Ivan Kokonov | 111 | 0 | 111 |
| 14 | FW | AM | Georgi Bozhilov | 1206 | 49 | 1255 |
| 15 | CB | | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | 1076 | 0 | 1076 |
| 16 | DM | | Petar Vitanov | 1258 | 0 | 1258 |
| 17 | RB | LB / LWB / RW | Martin Kostadinov | 1354 | 26 | 1380 |
| 18 | RW | RWB / RB / LW | Atanas Zehirov | 2652 | 96 | 2748 |
| 19 | CB | | Iliya Milanov | 660 | 70 | 730 |
| 21 | CM | DM / AM | Georgi Iliev | 3329 | 0 | 3329 |
| 22 | AM | CM / LW | Mariyan Ognyanov | 1950 | 96 | 2046 |
| 23 | CB | LB / RB / DM | Ilias Hassani | 2992 | 96 | 3088 |
| 25 | GK | | Ivan Dyulgerov | 281 | 0 | 281 |
| 26 | GK | | Ivan Dichevski | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | CB | | Daniel Dimov | 1536 | 0 | 1536 |
| 29 | FW | LW | Marek Kuzma | 1330 | 96 | 1426 |
| 33 | GK | | Emil Mihaylov | 1517 | 0 | 1517 |
| 33 | CB | | Miroslav Enchev | 315 | 0 | 315 |
| 36 | AM | | Rumen Kasabov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | CM | | Lachezar Yordanov | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 38 | LW | RW | Aristote N'Dongala | 668 | 0 | 668 |
| 41 | LB | | Hugo Konongo | 1139 | 0 | 1139 |
| 45 | CM | | Fábinho | 158 | 0 | 158 |
| 66 | DM | CM / LW / LB | Orlin Starokin | 1365 | 96 | 1461 |
| 70 | AM | | Borislav Baldzhiyski | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| 73 | RB | LB / CB | Ondřej Sukup | 1829 | 0 | 1829 |
| 77 | GK | | Yevhen Borovyk | 288 | 96 | 384 |
| 81 | LW | | Anton Ognyanov | 445 | 0 | 445 |
| 88 | GK | | Blagoy Makendzhiev | 1447 | 0 | 1447 |
| 90 | FW | LW / RW | Martin Minchev | 723 | 0 | 723 |
| 97 | RW | LW | Nikolay Minkov | 513 | 47 | 560 |
| 98 | FW | | Valentin Yoskov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | AM | RW | Dani Kiki | 526 | 0 | 526 |
Correct as of match played on 24 May 2018.

### Own goals

Own goals in favour :
| Date | Pos. | Player | Opponent | Competition |
| 19 Nov | MF | Bircent Karagaren | Dunav Ruse | First League |
| 17 Apr | GK | Georgi Georgiev | Pirin Blagoevgrad | First League |
Own goals conceded :
| Date | Pos. | Player | Opponent | Competition |

### Man of the Match performances

| Ranking | Squad Number | Position | Player | Round | Opponent | Total |
| 1 | 22 | MF | Mariyan Ognyanov | 2 | Vereya (A) | 4 |
| 1 | 22 | MF | Mariyan Ognyanov | 14 | Vitosha Bistritsa (A) | 4 |
| 1 | 22 | MF | Mariyan Ognyanov | 16 | Dunav Ruse (A) | 4 |
| 1 | 22 | MF | Mariyan Ognyanov | 23 | Etar (A) | 4 |
| 1 | 21 | MF | Georgi Iliev | 13 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv (A) | 4 |
| 1 | 21 | MF | Georgi Iliev | 15 | Vereya (H) | 4 |
| 1 | 21 | MF | Georgi Iliev | 27 | Pirin Blagoevgrad (H) | 4 |
| 1 | 21 | MF | Georgi Iliev | EP 1/4 | Septemvri Sofia (H) | 4 |
| 2 | 18 | MF | Atanas Zehirov | 5 | Slavia Sofia (H) | 3 |
| 2 | 18 | MF | Atanas Zehirov | 6 | Botev Plovdiv (A) | 3 |
| 2 | 18 | MF | Atanas Zehirov | EP 1/2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv (H) | 3 |
| 3 | 17 | DF | Martin Kostadinov | 3 | Dunav Ruse (H) | 2 |
| 3 | 17 | DF | Martin Kostadinov | 4 | Pirin Blagoevgrad (A) | 2 |
| 3 | 14 | FW | Georgi Bozhilov | 1 | Vitosha Bistritsa (H) | 2 |
| 3 | 14 | FW | Georgi Bozhilov | 31 | Slavia Sofia (H) | 2 |
| 4 | 15 | DF | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | 19 | Botev Plovdiv (H) | 1 |
| 4 | 88 | GK | Blagoy Makendzhiev | 22 | CSKA Sofia (A) | 1 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | Radoslav Vasilev | 29 | Vitosha Bistritsa (H) | 1 |
| 4 | 90 | FW | Martin Minchev | 30 | Pirin Blagoevgrad (A) | 1 |
| 4 | 9 | MF | Mehdi Fennouche | EP 1/4 | Septemvri Sofia (A) | 1 |
| 4 | 27 | DF | Daniel Dimov | EP 1/2 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv (A) | 1 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018 Source: Match reports in Competitions, Gong.bg Man of the Match Awards

### Disciplinary record

Correct as of 24 May 2018 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 | First League | First League | First League | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 23 | DF | Ilias Hassani | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 21 | MF | Georgi Iliev | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 | DF | Stefan Stanchev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | MF | Aleksandar Tsvetkov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | Tsvetelin Chunchukov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 16 | MF | Petar Vitanov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 18 | MF | Atanas Zehirov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 22 | MF | Mariyan Ognyanov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 19 | DF | Iliya Milanov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 27 | DF | Daniel Dimov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 29 | FW | Marek Kuzma | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 9 | MF | Mehdi Fennouche | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | Radoslav Vasilev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 73 | DF | Ondřej Sukup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 14 | FW | Georgi Bozhilov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 33 | GK | Emil Mihaylov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 41 | DF | Hugo Konongo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 66 | MF | Orlin Starokin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 99 | MF | Dani Kiki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | Ertan Tombak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 11 | FW | Amadou Soukouna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 15 | DF | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 33 | DF | Miroslav Enchev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 70 | MF | Borislav Baldzhiyski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 77 | GK | Yevhen Borovyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 81 | MF | Anton Ognyanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 88 | GK | Blagoy Makendzhiev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 90 | FW | Martin Minchev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 97 | MF | Nikolay Minkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | TOTALS | 86 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 1 | 1 |

#### Suspensions served

| Date | Matches Missed | Player | Reason | Opponents Missed |
| 16 May 2017 | 1 | Orlin Starokin | 5th vs Vereya (previous season as Pirin Blagoevgrad player) | Vitosha Bistritsa (H) |
| 31 May 2017 | 1 | Aleksandar Tsvetkov | vs Levski Sofia (previous season) | Vitosha Bistritsa (H) |
| 4 June 2017 | 1 | Ertan Tombak | 5th vs Slavia Sofia U19 (previous season as U19 player) | Vitosha Bistritsa (H) |
| 27 August 2017 | 1 | Ilias Hassani | vs Septemvri Sofia | Beroe (A) |
| 16 September 2017 | 1 | Tsvetelin Chunchukov | vs CSKA Sofia | Montana (A) (C) |
| 21 October 2017 | 1 | Ilias Hassani | 5th vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Vitosha Bistritsa (A) |
| 8 December 2017 | 2 | Ilias Hassani | 9th vs Septemvri Sofia | Beroe (H), CSKA Sofia (A) |
| 7 March 2018 | 1 | Mariyan Ognyanov | 5th vs Levski Sofia | Ludogorets Razgrad (A) |
| 7 March 2018 | 1 | Georgi Iliev | 5th vs Levski Sofia | Ludogorets Razgrad (A) |
| 18 March 2018 | 1 | Aleksandar Tsvetkov | 5th vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Pirin Blagoevgrad (H) |
| 1 April 2018 | 3 | Emil Yanchev | vs Septemvri Sofia U19 (as U19 player) | Slavia Sofia (A), Vitosha Bistritsa (H), Pirin Blagoevgrad (A) |
| 17 April 2018 | 1 | Petar Vitanov | 5th vs Pirin Blagoevgrad (including 2 as Vereya player) | Slavia Sofia (H) |
| 20 April 2018 | 1 | Atanas Zehirov | 5th vs Slavia Sofia | Vitosha Bistritsa (A) |
| 20 April 2018 | 1 | Dani Kiki | 5th vs Slavia Sofia (including 3 as Lokomotiv Plovdiv player) | Vitosha Bistritsa (A) |
| 20 April 2018 | 1 | Mehdi Fennouche | 5th vs Slavia Sofia (including 3 as Vereya player) | Vitosha Bistritsa (A) |
| 19 May 2018 | 1 | Stefan Stanchev | 5th vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Levski Sofia (A) (EP) |

### 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 |
| 27 June | 7 | DF | Vitinha | Achilles tendon injury | Occurred during pre-season friendly against Septemvri Sofia. | Exact time unknown | 4 |
| 8 July | 15 | DF | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Foot injury | Occurred during pre-season friendly against Dunărea Călărași. | Exact time unknown | 2 |
| 4 August | 14 | FW | Georgi Bozhilov | Sprained ankle | Occurred during match against Pirin Blagoevgrad. | 2 weeks | 2 |
| 4 August | 17 | DF | Martin Kostadinov | Pulled hamstring | Occurred during match against Pirin Blagoevgrad. | Exact time unknown | 2 |
| 11 August | 9 | FW | Tsvetelin Chunchukov | Pulled hamstring | Occurred during match against Slavia Sofia. | Exact time unknown | 2 |
| 11 August | 7 | DF | Vitinha | Achilles tendon rupture | Occurred during match against Slavia Sofia. | 6 months | 33 |
| 30 September | 15 | DF | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Common cold | Occurred during training. | 1 week | 1 |
| 7 October | 77 | GK | Yevhen Borovyk | Ankle fracture | Occurred during training. | 3 months | 8 |
| 17 October | 9 | FW | Tsvetelin Chunchukov | PCL injury | Occurred during training. | 3 months | 8 |
| 19 October | 14 | FW | Georgi Bozhilov | Ankle injury | Occurred during training. | Exact time unknown | 14 |
| 20 October | 17 | DF | Martin Kostadinov | Common cold | Occurred during training. | 1 week | 1 |
| 21 October | 5 | DF | Stefan Stanchev | Unspecified injury | Occurred during match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv. | 1 week | 1 |
| 27 October | 17 | DF | Martin Kostadinov | PCL injury | Occurred during match against Vitosha Bistritsa. | 3 months | 6 |
| 13 November | 29 | FW | Marek Kuzma | Knee injury | Occurred during training. | Exact time unknown | 2 |
| 19 November | 33 | GK | Emil Mihaylov | Pulled hamstring | Occurred during match against Dunav Ruse. | Exact time unknown | 1 |
| 24 November | 66 | MF | Orlin Starokin | Thigh injury | Occurred during match against Pirin Blagoevgrad. | Exact time unknown | 2 |
| 28 November | 18 | MF | Atanas Zehirov | Ankle injury | Occurred during match against Slavia Sofia. | Exact time unknown | 1 |
| 5 December | 97 | MF | Nikolay Minkov | Ankle injury | Occurred during training. | 1 week | 1 |
| 16 January | 5 | DF | Stefan Stanchev | PCL injury | Occurred during pre-season training. | 3 months | 6 |
| 23 January | 99 | MF | Dani Kiki | Pulled hamstring | Occurred during pre-season friendly against Tirana. | Exact time unknown | 2 |
| 17 February | 33 | DF | Miroslav Enchev | Ankle injury | Occurred during match against Beroe. | 1 week | 1 |
| 21 February | 9 | MF | Mehdi Fennouche | Thigh injury | Occurred during training. | Exact time unknown | 1 |
| 3 March | 17 | DF | Martin Kostadinov | Unspecified injury | Occurred during match against Etar. | Exact time unknown | 2 |
| 9 March | 33 | DF | Miroslav Enchev | Ankle injury | Reoccurrence of the injury from 17 February. | 1 week | 2 |
| 18 March | 22 | MF | Mariyan Ognyanov | PCL injury | Occurred during match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv. | 2 months | 11 |
| 29 March | 38 | MF | Aristote N'Dongala | Pulled hamstring | Occurred during training. | 2 weeks | 3 |
| 9 April | 3 | DF | Ertan Tombak | Ankle injury | Occurred during training. | Exact time unknown | 2 |
| 10 April | 33 | DF | Miroslav Enchev | Ankle injury | Reoccurrence of the injury from 17 February. | 1 week | 1 |
| 13 April | 97 | MF | Nikolay Minkov | Thigh injury | Occurred during match against Vitosha Bistritsa. | Exact time unknown | 2 |
| 14 April | 17 | DF | Martin Kostadinov | Pulled hamstring | Occurred during training. | 3 weeks | 5 |
| 17 April | 5 | DF | Stefan Stanchev | Thigh injury | Occurred during warm-up for the match against Pirin Blagoevgrad. | 1 week | 2 |
| 19 April | 6 | MF | Aleksandar Tsvetkov | Unspecified injury | Occurred during training. | Exact time unknown | 1 |
| 5 May | 99 | MF | Dani Kiki | Pulled hamstring | Occurred during match against Septemvri Sofia. | 3 weeks | 4 |
| 16 May | 9 | MF | Mehdi Fennouche | Pulled hamstring | Occurred during match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv. | 2 weeks | 1 |
| 17 May | 3 | DF | Ertan Tombak | Unspecified injury | Occurred during training. | Exact time unknown | 2 |

### Home attendances

Correct as of match played on 16 May 2018.  Win  Draw  Loss  Void
| Competition | Date | Score | Opponent | Attendance |
| First League | 15 July 2017 | 1–0 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 250 |
| First League | 28 July 2017 | 1–0 | Dunav Ruse | 2,480 |
| First League | 11 August 2017 | 1–1 | Slavia Sofia | 1,830 |
| First League | 27 August 2017 | 1–4 | Septemvri Sofia | 1,630 |
| First League | 16 September 2017 | 0–1 | CSKA Sofia | 6,500 |
| First League | 23 September 2017 | 0–0 | Etar | 1,650 |
| First League | 14 October 2017 | 0–1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 3,980 |
| First League | 5 November 2017 | 1–2 | Vereya | 780 |
| First League | 24 November 2017 | 0–1 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 610 |
| First League | 2 December 2017 | 0–0 | Botev Plovdiv | 780 |
| First League | 17 February 2018 | 1–4 | Beroe | 1,380 |
| First League | 7 March 2018 | 2–3 | Levski Sofia | 3,080 |
| First League | 18 March 2018 | 0–1 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 780 |
| First League | 30 March 2018 | 2–1 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 1,300 |
| First League | 13 April 2018 | 2–0 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 740 |
| First League | 20 April 2018 | 2–0 | Slavia Sofia | 660 |
| European play-off quarter-finals | 5 May 2018 | 2–1 | Septemvri Sofia | 770 |
| European play-off semi-finals | 16 May 2018 | 2–1 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1,250 |
| | | | Total attendance | 30,450 |
| | | | Total league attendance | 30,450 |
| | | | Average attendance | 1,692 |
| | | | Average league attendance | 1,692 |
Source: Match reports in Competitions

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Georgi Ivanov (until 21 September) Emanuel Lukanov (21 September–28 December) Ilian Iliev (from 28 December) |
| Assistant First Team Coach | Ivaylo Petrov (until 21 September) Petar Kostadinov (from 28 December) |
| Assistant First Team Coach | Emanuel Lukanov (until 21 September) |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Stoyan Stavrev (until 28 December) Boyan Peykov (from 28 December) |
| First Team Fitness Coach | Veselin Markov |
| Individual Team Fitness Coach | Viktor Bumbalov |
| Medical Director | Dr. Petko Atev |
Last updated: 1 July 2016 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