2007–08 PFC Cherno More Varna season

Cherno More
2007–08 season
Chairman	Marin Marinov
Manager	Nikola Spasov
A Group	5th
Bulgarian Cup	Runners-up; (knocked out by Litex)
Top goalscorer	Alex (10)
Biggest win	7–0 (vs Vidima-Rakovski, 12 Dec 2007)
Biggest defeat	4–0 (vs Levski, 24 Sep 2007)
Home colours	Away colours

This page covers all relevant details regarding PFC Cherno More Varna for all official competitions inside the 2007-08 season. These are A PFG, Bulgarian Cup and Intertoto Cup.

Transfers

Summer transfer window

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BUL	Ivaylo Marinov (from Chernomorets Byala)
—	DF	BUL	Mihail Lazarov (from Rodopa)
—	DF	BRA	Peris (from Americano)
—	DF	BUL	Nikolay Domakinov (from Botev Plovdiv)
—	MF	BRA	Djalma (from Central SC)
—	MF	POR	Ricardo André (from Gondomar)
—	MF	BUL	Alex (from MKE Ankaragücü)
—	FW	BRA	Fabinho (from Vera Cruz)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BUL	Yordan Linkov (to Naftex Burgas)
—	DF	BUL	Veselin Vachev (to Kaliakra)
—	DF	SRB	Miroslav Milošević (to Alki Larnaca)
—	MF	BUL	Diyan Genchev (to Astana-1964)
—	MF	BUL	Slavi Zhekov (to Lokomotiv Stara Zagora)
—	MF	POR	Paulo Dias (released)
—	MF	BUL	Todor Palankov (loan return to Litex)
—	MF	BUL	Martin Hristov (to Slavia Sofia)
—	FW	BUL	Georgi Vladimirov (to Inter Baku)

Winter transfer window

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Kristian Sprećaković (from SV Elversberg)
—	FW	ARM	Tigran Gharabaghtsyan (from Pyunik)
—	FW	BUL	Teodor Atanasov (from Würzburger Kickers)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

2007-08 Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A Group		Bulgarian Cup		Intertoto Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Karamfil Ilchev	33	0	26	0	3	0	4	0
2	MF		Daniel Dimov	11	1	6	0	1	0	4	1
3	DF		Peris	29	1	23	0	5	1	1	0
4	DF		Kiril Djorov	25	0	16	0	5	0	4	0
5	DF		Nikolay Domakinov	29	1	22	1	3	0	4	0
6	MF		Kristian Sprećaković	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Stanislav Stoyanov	30	3	25	1	3	1	2	1
8	MF		Ricardo André	35	3	28	3	3	0	4	0
9	FW		Masena Moke	17	4	14	3	3	1	0	0
10	MF		Konstantin Mirchev	9	0	6	0	1	0	2	0
11	FW		Georgi Andonov	24	2	19	2	2	0	3	0
12	GK		Ivaylo Marinov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW		Todor Kolev	10	2	8	2	2	0	0	0
14	FW		Tigran Gharabaghtsyan	10	0	8	0	2	0	0	0
15	DF		Aleksandar Aleksandrov	33	1	28	1	4	0	1	0
16	FW		Teodor Atanasov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Petar Kostadinov	13	0	10	0	1	0	2	0
20	MF		Mihail Lazarov	14	1	10	1	4	0	0	0
21	MF		Djalma	12	0	9	0	1	0	2	0
22	FW		Fabinho	17	1	14	1	1	0	2	0
23	MF		Daniel Georgiev	29	7	20	4	5	2	4	1
24	DF		Radoslav Bachev	23	1	18	0	1	0	4	1
26	DF		Aleksandar Tomash	29	0	22	0	3	0	4	0
28	FW		Markos Da Silva	17	3	12	0	2	1	3	2
30	MF		Alex	32	13	27	10	5	3	0	0
31	FW		Miroslav Manolov	31	11	22	9	5	1	4	1
33	GK		Krasimir Kolev	8	0	5	0	3	0	0	0

Management

Manager: Nikola Spasov
Assistant Managers: Velizar Popov
Goalkeeping Coach: Krasimir Kolev
Fitness Coach: Veselin Markov
Medic: Metin Mutlu

Administration

President: Marin Mitev
Vicepresident: Nikolay Nikolaev
General Manager: Marin Marinov
Marketing Director: Mihail Statev
Press Officer: Krasimir Nikolov

Matches

A PFG

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

13 August 2007 Round 1	Pirin	1–0	Cherno More	Blagoevgrad
18:00	Dyakov 13'			Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

22 August 2007 Round 2	Cherno More	1–1	Lokomotiv Sofia	Varna
18:00	Moke 67'		Baldovaliev 62'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

28 August 2007 Round 3	Slavia	3–1	Cherno More	Sofia
18:00	Simonović 10' Ortega 47' Ortega 58'		Ricardo 59'	Stadium: Slavia Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov

4 September 2007 Round 4	Cherno More	1–0	Beroe	Varna
18:00	Alex 48'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Asen Nikolov

21 September 2007 Round 5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
17:00	Kamburov 4' Dakson 6'		Ricardo 73' Moke 78'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

24 September 2007 Round 6	Levski	4–0	Cherno More	Sofia
19:00	Dimitrov 10' Telkiyski 18' Domovchiyski 28' Domovchiyski 88' (pen.)			Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ahmed Ahmed

1 October 2007 Round 7	Cherno More	0–0	Marek	Varna
16:30				Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Cvetan Georgiev

10 October 2007 Round 8	Botev	1–1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
16:00	Hristov 9'		Fabinho 37'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

23 October 2007 Round 9	Cherno More	2–1	Chernomorets	Varna
16:00	Aleksandrov 48' Alex 82'		Krumov 45'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Stoyan Aleksiev

29 October 2007 Round 10	CSKA	1–0	Cherno More	Sofia
18:30	Amuneke 20'			Stadium: Balgraska armia Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Anton Genov

6 November 2007 Round 11	Cherno More	1–0	Vihren	Varna
15:00	Georgiev 2'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Ahmed Ahmed

12 November 2007 Round 12	Litex	1–1	Cherno More	Lovech
17:00	Bibishkov 38'		Ricardo 14'	Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

28 November 2007 Round 13	Cherno More	1–1	Belasitsa	Varna
15:00	Stoyanov 47'		Lichkov 36' Joel Kiki 72'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

3 December 2007 Round 14	Spartak	0–1	Cherno More	Varna
14:30			Manolov 60'	Stadium: Spartak Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

12 December 2007 Round 15	Cherno More	7–0	Vidima-Rakovski	Varna
14:30	Manolov 4' Georgiev 18' Alex 28' Georgiev 44' Alex 55' (pen.) Kolev 76' (pen.) Domakinov 89'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ahmed Ahmed

1 March 2008 Round 16	Cherno More	1–0	Pirin	Varna
15:00	Manolov 77'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Asen Nikolov

8 March 2008 Round 17	Lokomotiv Sofia	4–3	Cherno More	Sofia
15:00	Baldovaliev 2' Dafchev 45' (pen.) Dafchev 59' Baldovaliev 82'		Ricardo 14' Alex 22' Alex 66'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Ahmed Ahmed

15 March 2008 Round 18	Cherno More	1–0	Slavia	Varna
15:00	K.Kolev 62' T.Kolev 90+3'			Stadium: Ticha, Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Anton Genov

18 March 2008 Round 19	Beroe	0–0	Cherno More	Stara Zagora
15:00				Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

23 March 2008 Round 20	Cherno More	2–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Varna
15:30	Moke 74' Manolov 82'		Dani Kiki 34'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Cvetan Georgiev

30 March 2008 Round 21	Cherno More	0–1	Levski	Varna
15:30			Ivanov 70'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Anton Genov

5 April 2008 Round 22	Marek	1–4	Cherno More	Dupnitsa
16:00	Taskovic 84'		Stoyanov 9' Manolov 12' Manolov 36' Manolov 49'	Stadium: Bonchuk Attendance: 450 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

9 April 2008 Round 23	Cherno More	2–0	Botev	Varna
16:30	Alex 69' (pen.) Alex 90+2'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ionel Ivan

12 April 2008 Round 24	Chernomorets	0–1	Cherno More	Burgas
19:00			Manolov 28'	Stadium: Naftex Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

20 April 2008 Round 25	Cherno More	0–2	CSKA	Varna
16:30			Nei 10' Nei 14'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Lucian Dan

25 April 2008 Round 26	Vihren	0–1	Cherno More	Sandanski
17:00	Sukardinha 26'		Lazarov 72'	Stadium: Gradski stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

30 April 2008 Round 27	Cherno More	2–1	Litex	Varna
17:30	Andonov 45' Alex 84'		Sandrinho 30'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Aleksandar Kostadinov

4 May 2008 Round 28	Belasitsa	1–1	Cherno More	Petrich
18:00	Kabranov 48'		Georgiev 70'	Stadium: Tsar Samuil Attendance: 700 Referee: Anton Genov

10 May 2008 Round 29	Cherno More	0–0	Spartak	Varna
18:00				Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

17 May 2008 Round 30	Vidima-Rakovski	0–3	Cherno More	Sevlievo
18:00			Andonov 7' Manolov 18' Alex 31' (pen.)	Stadium: Gradski stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	16	9	5	47	28	+19	57	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4	Litex Lovech	30	16	8	6	51	26	+25	56
5	Cherno More	30	13	9	8	39	28	+11	48	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
6	Chernomorets Burgas	30	13	8	9	39	32	+7	47	Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round
7	Slavia Sofia	30	13	8	9	38	28	+10	47

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
Notes:

Litex qualify via 2007–08 Bulgarian Cup

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	9	8	39	28	+11	48	9	4	2	21	8	+13	4	5	6	18	20	−2

Last updated: 17 May 2008.
Source:

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W
Position	13	13	13	9	12	14	16	15	11	14	10	9	10	9	9	7	8	7	9	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	5

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Bulgarian Cup

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

1 November 2007 2nd Round	Svetkavitsa	0–1	Cherno More	Targovishte
16:00			Alex 108'	Stadium: Dimitar Burkov Attendance: 800 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

12 December 2007 3rd Round	FC Bansko	2–6	Cherno More	Bansko
14:30	Kyosov 35' Toshev 76'		Georgiev 23' Manolov 47' Alex 58' Peris 66' Moke 74' Alex 82'	Stadium: Saint Petar Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Ivaylo Angelov

12 March 2008 Quarter-final	Cherno More	1–0	Pirin	Varna
16:00			Stoyanov 68'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

16 April 2008 Semi-final	Kaliakra	1–3	Cherno More	Kavarna
17:00	Kiskinov 51' Petkov 62'		Dimitrov 6' (o.g.) Da Silva 67' Georgiev 74'	Stadium: Gradski stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Angel Bekyarov

14 May 2008 Final	Cherno More	0–1	Litex	Sofia
18:00			Manolev 55'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

Intertoto Cup

Kick-off listed in local time

10 July 2007 2nd round/1st leg	Makedonija GP	0–4	Cherno More	Skopje, Macedonia
18:00			Bachev 48' Da Silva 72' Da Silva 73' Stoyanov 82'	Stadium: Skopje City Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Alfonso Peres Burul (Spain)

16 July 2007 2nd round/2nd leg	Cherno More	3–0	Makedonija GP	Burgas, Bulgaria
18:30	Georgiev 12' Manolov 49' Dimov 80'			Stadium: Naftex Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jori Van Der Velde (Belgium)

22 July 2007 3rd round/1st leg	Cherno More	0–1	Sampdoria	Burgas, Bulgaria
19:00			Dimov 45+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Naftex Stadium Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Brage Sandmoen (Norway)

29 July 2007 3rd round/2nd leg	Sampdoria	1–0	Cherno More	Genoa, Italy
20:30	Maggio 90+3'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,811 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Footnotes

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2007–08 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Bulgarian Supercup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification (Group G) Dimitar Penev
Club seasons
A Group	Belasitsa Beroe Botev Plovdiv Cherno More Chernomorets CSKA Levski Litex Lokomotiv Plovdiv Lokomotiv Sofia Marek Pirin Slavia Spartak Varna Vidima-Rakovski Vihren
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