# 2013–14 PFC Cherno More Varna season

This page covers all relevant details regarding PFC Cherno More Varna for all official competitions inside the 2013–14 season. These are A PFG and Bulgarian Cup.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 5 June 2013 | MF | Todor Palankov | Chernomorets Burgas | Free |
| 5 June 2013 | MF | Daniel Mladenov | Montana | Free |
| 5 June 2013 | DF | Kiril Kotev | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Free |
| 5 June 2013 | DF | Stefan Stanchev | Minyor Pernik | Free |
| 14 June 2013 | MF | Ivan Kokonov | Slavia | Free |
| 8 July 2013 | DF | Mihail Venkov | CSKA | Free |
| 9 July 2013 | FW | Bacari | L'Hospitalet | Free |
| 13 July 2013 | MF | Daniel Georgiev | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Free |
| 12 January 2014 | GK | Nik Dashev | Chernomorets Burgas | Free |
| 26 February 2014 | MF | Dimo Atanasov | Slavia | Free |
| 3 March 2014 | FW | Valeri Domovchiyski | Botev Plovdiv | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 25 May 2013 | FW | Hermes Palomino | Atlético Venezuela | Free |
| 27 May 2013 | MF | Todor Kolev | Lyubimets | Free |
| 27 May 2013 | MF | Simeon Simeonov | Dobrudzha | Free |
| 27 May 2013 | MF | Samuel Camazzola | Free agent | Released |
| 27 May 2013 | DF | Sebastjan Komel | Free agent | Released |
| 27 May 2013 | DF | Detelin Dimitrov | Dobrudzha | Free |
| 5 June 2013 | FW | Bruce Inkango | Denizlispor | Free |
| 5 June 2013 | MF | Cristian Hidalgo | Bnei Sakhnin | Free |
| 7 June 2013 | FW | Miroslav Manolov | Litex | Free |
| 14 June 2013 | MF | Ilian Kapitanov | Free agent | End of contract |
| 26 June 2013 | DF | Georgi Radev | Dobrudzha | Free |
| 4 August 2013 | GK | Georgi Stavrev | Ludogorets Razgrad | Undisclosed |
| 7 December 2013 | DF | Rosen Kolev | Lyubimets | Free |
| 30 December 2013 | GK | Emil Mihaylov | Marek | Free |
| 30 December 2013 | DF | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Ludogorets Razgrad | Free |
| 3 January 2014 | MF | Daniel Mladenov | Marek | Free |
| 4 January 2014 | MF | Simeon Raykov | Chernomorets Burgas | Free |
| 6 January 2014 | MF | Georgi Iliev | Shijiazhuang Yongchang | €100,000 |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | End Date | Fee |
| 16 July 2013 | MF | Stanley Okoro | Almería B | End of season | Free |

## Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Previous Club |
| 1 | GK | Emil Mihaylov | 25 | EU | 2013 | 3 | 0 | 2014 | Free | Lokomotiv Sofia |
| 1 | GK | Nik Dashev | 22 | EU | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 2015 | Free | Chernomorets Burgas |
| 2 | RW | Nikolay Minkov | 16 | EU | 2014 | 0 | 0 | | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 3 | CM | Daniel Georgiev | 31 | EU | 2013 | 137 | 14 | 2015 | Free | Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
| 4 | LB | Mihail Venkov | 30 | EU | 2013 | 35 | 0 | 2015 | Free | CSKA |
| 5 | RB | Stefan Stanchev | 25 | EU | 2013 | 25 | 0 | 2015 | Free | Minyor Pernik |
| 6 | CB | Kiril Kotev (captain) | 32 | EU | 2013 | 34 | 2 | 2015 | Free | Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
| 7 | AM | Bekir Rasim | 19 | EU | 2012 | 22 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 8 | DM | Edenilson Bergonsi | 26 | EU | 2012 | 59 | 7 | 2015 | Free | Standard Liège |
| 9 | FW | Bacari | 26 | EU | 2013 | 35 | 11 | 2015 | Free | L'Hospitalet |
| 10 | DM | Todor Palankov | 30 | EU | 2013 | 42 | 1 | 2015 | Free | Chernomorets Burgas |
| 11 | LW | Simeon Raykov | 24 | EU | 2013 | 35 | 8 | 2015 | Undisclosed | Levski Sofia |
| 11 | FW | Valeri Domovchiyski | 27 | EU | 2014 | 11 | 3 | 2014 | Free | Botev Plovdiv |
| 12 | GK | Hristiyan Hristov | 19 | EU | 2013 | 1 | 0 | | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 14 | FW | Georgi Bozhilov | 27 | EU | 2010 | 119 | 18 | 2014 | €100,000 | Chernomorets Burgas |
| 15 | CB | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | 27 | EU | 2005 | 217 | 5 | 2014 | €30,000 | Chernomorets Burgas |
| 16 | DM | Aleksandar Yovchev | 17 | EU | 2014 | 0 | 0 | | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 17 | LW | Ivan Kokonov | 22 | EU | 2013 | 28 | 1 | 2015 | Free | Slavia |
| 19 | RB | Martin Kostadinov | 18 | EU | 2014 | 2 | 0 | | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 20 | RW | Stanley Okoro | 21 | Non-EU | 2013 | 19 | 2 | 2014 | Free | Almería B (loan) |
| 21 | CM | Georgi Iliev (captain) | 32 | EU | 2008 | 207 | 48 | 2014 | €100,000 | CSKA |
| 23 | RW | Daniel Mladenov | 26 | EU | 2013 | 9 | 1 | 2015 | Free | Montana |
| 24 | CB | Slavi Stalev | 20 | EU | 2012 | 7 | 0 | 2015 | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 25 | RB | Sasho Aleksandrov | 27 | EU | 2010 | 118 | 2 | 2014 | €30,000 | Beroe |
| 28 | CM | Aleksandar Popov | 17 | EU | 2014 | 2 | 0 | | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 30 | LW | Dimo Atanasov | 28 | EU | 2014 | 14 | 1 | 2014 | Free | Slavia |
| 31 | AM | Kristian Peshkov | 18 | EU | 2014 | 1 | 0 | | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 32 | RW | Petko Tsankov | 18 | EU | 2013 | 1 | 0 | | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | 19 | EU | 2012 | 65 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 37 | GK | Georgi Stavrev | 17 | EU | 2013 | 0 | 0 | | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
| 55 | CB | Rosen Kolev | 23 | EU | 2011 | 64 | 4 | 2013 | Free | Kom-Minyor |
| 91 | CB | Zhivko Atanasov | 23 | EU | 2012 | 52 | 2 | 2014 | Free | Levski Sofia |
| 99 | FW | Atanas Iliev | 19 | EU | 2012 | 15 | 2 | 2016 | Youth system | Cherno More Academy |
* Last updated: 18 May 2014
* Source:
* 1 2 3 Player left the club in December 2013.
* ↑ Georgiev made 101 appearances and scored 12 goals during his first spell at the club between 2007 and 2011.
* ↑ Georgi Iliev was captain during the first half of the season.
* ↑ Palankov made 13 appearances during his first spell at the club in 2007.
* 1 2 3 Player left the club in January 2014.
* ↑ G. Iliev made 72 appearances and scored 13 goals during his first spell at the club between 2000 and 2003.
* ↑ Player left the club in August 2013.

## 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 PFG | — | — | 6th/40 | 19 July 2013 | 18 May 2014 | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 036.84 |
| Bulgarian Cup | First Round | — | Second Round | 18 September 2013 | 17 November 2013 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 035.71 |
Updated to match played 18 May 2014 Source: Competitions

#### Summary

| Clean sheets | 17 (14 A PFG, 3 Bulgarian Cup) |
| Yellow cards | 107 (101 A PFG, 6 Bulgarian Cup) |
| Red cards | 4 (4 A PFG) |
| Worst discipline | Bacari (13 ) |
| Biggest Win | 4–0 vs Lyibimets (A) |
| Biggest Defeat | 1–3 vs Ludogorets (A) |
| Most appearances | Daniel Georgiev (39) |
| Top scorer | Bacari (11) |

### A PFG
#### League table
##### First phase

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 45 | Qualification for championship group |
| 6 | Levski Sofia | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 44 | Qualification for championship group |
| 7 | Cherno More | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 43 | Qualification for championship group |
| 8 | Beroe | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 39 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 9 | Slavia Sofia | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 31 | Qualification for relegation group |
* ↑ Slavia Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Sofia on head-to-head record; Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Sofia 3–1, Lokomotiv Sofia–Slavia Sofia 0–1.

##### Championship group

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Litex Lovech | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 74 | 37 | +37 | 72 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Botev Plovdiv | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 65 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Levski Sofia | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 62 | |
| 6 | Cherno More | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 54 | |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 50 | |
* ↑ CSKA Sofia ahead of Litex Lovech on head-to-head points; CSKA Sofia: 10 pts, Litex Lovech: 1 pts.

#### 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 May 2014. 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 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | | H | H | A | H | A | H | | A |
| Result | L | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | B | D | D | L | L | W | L | B | L |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

### 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 18 May 2014. 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 | Emil Mihaylov † | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Nik Dashev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Nikolay Minkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Daniel Georgiev | 33(3) | 2 | 1(2) | 1 | 34(5) | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Mihail Venkov | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Stefan Stanchev | 22(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23(3) | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Kiril Kotev (c) | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Bekir Rasim | 6(15) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7(15) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Edenilson Bergonsi | 33(2) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 36(2) | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Bacari | 35 | 11 | 2(1) | 0 | 37(1) | 11 | 13 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Todor Palankov | 19(10) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 23(10) | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Simeon Raykov † | 15(6) | 6 | 1(2) | 0 | 16(8) | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Valeri Domovchiyski | 9(2) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9(2) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Hristiyan Hristov | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Georgi Bozhilov | 24(3) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24(3) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Aleksandar Aleksandrov † | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Aleksandar Yovchev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Ivan Kokonov | 17(11) | 1 | 3(1) | 1 | 20(12) | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Martin Kostadinov | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Stanley Okoro ‡ | 15(4) | 2 | 2(1) | 0 | 17(5) | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Georgi Iliev (c) † | 14(2) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16(2) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Daniel Mladenov † | 3(6) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6(6) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Slavi Stalev | 1(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Sasho Aleksandrov | 27(3) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31(3) | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | Aleksandar Popov | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Dimo Atanasov | 4(10) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4(10) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Kristian Peshkov | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Petko Tsankov | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Georgi Kitanov | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 37 | GK | Georgi Stavrev † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Rosen Kolev † | 4(6) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6(6) | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 91 | DF | Zhivko Atanasov | 11(8) | 1 | 2(1) | 0 | 13(9) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Atanas Iliev | 0(9) | 1 | 1(2) | 0 | 1(11) | 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) |
| 42 | 4–2–3–1 | All other matches |

### Penalties

Penalties Awarded :
| Date | Penalty Taker | Opponent | Scored? | Competition |
| 27 Jul | Georgi Iliev | Slavia | N | A PFG |
| 14 Sept | Georgi Iliev | Neftochimic | N | A PFG |
| 25 Sept | Simeon Raykov | Botev Plovdiv | N | A PFG |
| 29 Sept | Bacari | Pirin Gotse Delchev | Y | A PFG |
| 3 Nov | Bacari | CSKA | Y | A PFG |
| 23 Mar | Bacari | CSKA | N | A PFG |
| 30 Mar | Bacari | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | N | A PFG |
Penalties Conceded :
| Date | Penalty Taker | Goalkeeper | Opponent | Scored? | Competition |
| 25 Aug | Garry Rodrigues | Georgi Kitanov | Levski | Y | A PFG |
| 1 Mar | Jürgen Gjasula | Georgi Kitanov | Litex | Y | A PFG |
| 13 Apr | Hristo Zlatinski | Georgi Kitanov | Ludogorets | Y | A PFG |
| 7 May | Vladimir Gadzhev | Georgi Kitanov | Levski | Y | A PFG |

### Suspensions served

| Date | Matches Missed | Player | Reason | Opponents Missed |
| 25 August 2013 | 1 | Stefan Stanchev | vs Levski | Ludogorets (H) |
| 14 September 2013 | 1 | Simeon Raykov | 5th vs Neftochimic | Marek (A) (C) |
| 30 October 2013 | 1 | Georgi Kitanov | 5th vs Slavia | CSKA (H) |
| 30 October 2013 | 1 | Rosen Kolev | vs Slavia | CSKA (H) |
| 11 November 2013 | 1 | Daniel Georgiev | 5th vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Botev Plovdiv (A) (C) |
| 11 November 2013 | 1 | Bacari | 5th vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Botev Plovdiv (A) (C) |
| 23 November 2013 | 2 | Stanley Okoro | vs Beroe | Levski (H), Ludogorets (A) |
| 30 November 2013 | 1 | Sasho Aleksandrov | vs Levski | Ludogorets (A) |
| 4 December 2013 | 1 | Mihail Venkov | 5th vs Ludogorets | Neftochimic (H) |
| 4 December 2013 | 1 | Edenilson Bergonsi | 5th vs Ludogorets | Neftochimic (H) |
| 11 December 2013 | 1 | Todor Palankov | 5th vs Lokomotiv Sofia | Botev Plovdiv (H) |
| 1 March 2014 | 1 | Stefan Stanchev | 5th vs Litex | Lyubimets (A) |
| 1 March 2014 | 2 | Bacari | 9th vs Litex | Lyubimets (A), Litex (A) |
| 13 March 2014 | 2 | Daniel Georgiev | 9th vs Litex | CSKA (H), Botev Plovdiv (A) |
| 13 April 2014 | 1 | Sasho Aleksandrov | 5th vs Ludogorets | Litex (H) |
| 7 May 2014 | 2 | Georgi Kitanov | 9th vs Levski | Ludogorets (A), first game of next season |
| 7 May 2014 | 2 | Edenilson Bergonsi | 9th vs Levski | Ludogorets (A), first game of next season |
| 7 May 2014 | 3 | Bacari | 13th vs Levski | Ludogorets (A), first two games of next season |
| 7 May 2014 | 1 | Ivan Kokonov | 5th vs Levski | Ludogorets (A) |
| 18 May 2014 | 2 | Dimo Atanasov | 9th vs Ludogorets | first two games of next season |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Georgi Ivanov |
| Assistant First Team Coach | Ivaylo Petrov |
| 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: 17 December 2012 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