FC Spartak Varna
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| Full name | Football Club Spartak Varna | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Соколите (The Falcons) | ||
| Founded | 17 June 2015 | ||
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Lokomotiv Stadium, Varna | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Manager | Dimitar Pantev | ||
| League | A RFG Varna | ||
| 2015–16 | 2nd (Season in progress) | ||
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FC Spartak Varna (Bulgarian: ФК Спартак Варна) is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's 4th football league, the A Regional Group. Spartak plays its home matches at the local Lokomotiv Stadium.
History
Foundation
The team was founded on 17 May 2015 by founding board leaded by Spartak's legends Atanas Atanasov, Lyudmil Goranov, Dimitar Trendafilov, Ilko Stanchev and Trayan Dyankov,[1] after the original club PFC Spartak Varna had bad leadership in the last years. The team wanted to use Spartak Stadium in order to start from the 3rd league - the Bulgarian V AFG, but this hasn't happened since the stadium was given to Spartak 1918, which withdrew from V Group and was dissolved. Some of the players who joined the team played also for the local futsal club Grand Pro Varna.
2015–present: Amateur Leagues
On 11 October 2015 the team signed a sponsorship with Ultra Gas, which would guarantee them enough money to prepare a new strong team in the future.[2]
On 6 May 2016 team applied to gain rights to play and operate with Spartak Stadium due the fact that they can't play on Lokomotiv Stadium in V Group in 2016–17 season if they get promotion. Atanas Atanasov had a talk with the sports minister Krasen Kralev who promised to give these right to Spartak, if the stadium become municipal property, due the fact that Spartak 1918 is the current operator of the stadium, even after the condition of the stadium is critical. Atanasov also said, that the team is looking for sponsors and eventualy a club owner. [3]
Shirt and sponsors
Spartak Varna main colors are blue and white
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt partner |
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| 2015– |  Krasiko |
Ultra Gas |
Players
- As of 20 February 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Foreign players
Up to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team, however only three 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.
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EU Nationals |
EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)
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Non-EU Nationals
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Managers
| Dates | Name | Honours |
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| 2015– | Dimitar Pantev |
Past seasons
| Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Bulgarian Cup | ||
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| 2015–16 | A RFG (IV) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | not qualified | ||
| Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. | |||||||||||
References
- ↑ Новият Спартак е учреден
- ↑ ФК Спартак Варна представи спонсор
- ↑ Спартак (Варна) със стратегия за развитие на базите (видео)