FC Chernomorets Balchik
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| Full name | FC Chernomorets Balchik | ||
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| Founded | 1918 | ||
| Ground | Balchik Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 3,200 | ||
| Manager | Georgi Ivanov | ||
| League | North-Eastern V Group | ||
| 2014–15 | North-Eastern V Group, 2nd | ||
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FC Chernomorets Balchik is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Balchik, currently playing in the North-Eastern V Group, the third division of Bulgarian football. The team plays its home games at the local Balchik Stadium with 3,200 seats.
History
Chernomorets were founded as Sport Club Strela in late 1918 by English and Italian soldiers after World War I. The team finally became known as Chernomorets in 1957.
In his history Chernomorets plays mainly in Bulgarian amateurs divisions. Until the 1976/77 season, the team participated in either the third Bulgarian division, but gained a promotion to the B Group for the 1977/78 season. The next season was not so successful and the team was relegated back to the third division (The club finishing on 17th place in the group).
Chernomorets qualified for second time in his history for the second division by finishing on 3rd place in North-Eastern V Group in the 2007-08 season. In this period in the club worked as an assistant coach former famous football player Iliyan Kiryakov.
The club has withdrawn from B PFG in February 2011 for a big finance debt.
Between 9 November 2014 and 27 March 2016, Chernomorets won 37 consecutive games in the third division.[1] In 2015–16 season, the team finished first and won promotion to the B Group after five years absence.
Honours
- Eighth place in the East "B" group: 2009/10
- 1\16 finalist 5 times in the tournament for the National Cup: once for the Cup of the Soviet Army - 1977/78 three times, and the Cup of Bulgaria - 2002/03, 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010 / '11
Current squad
As of 1 March 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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References
- ↑ "Балчик подава молба за влизане в Книгата на Гинес" (in Bulgarian). varnautre.bg. 5 April 2016.
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