1955 PFC Cherno More Varna season

The 1955 season was Cherno More's fourth successive season in the Republican Football Group A. The club competed as VMS Stalin after Varna was renamed after the Soviet dictator in December 1949.[1]

Cherno More Varna
1955 season
ManagerIvan Mokanov
Republican Football Group A12th

Overview

The season lives in infamy as Cherno More started with five successive wins against the traditionally strong Sofia teams but ended in relegation on goal difference. After the flying start there was great enthusiasm in the club and talk of becoming champions. According to Vasil Dossev, who scored the winning goal against Dinamo in Sofia, he tried to cool it down, insisting the team should focus on gaining enough points to avoid relegation. He was removed from his position as captain of the team for his defeatist attitude.[2]
With relegation looming in October, Cherno More recorded the club's joint-record win in the top flight by thrashing Cherveno Zname Pavlikeni 8-0 in the penultimate game of the season. This was followed by an away win against Spartak in Plovdiv, allowing the team to move four points clear of Zavod 12, who had two games in hand. Zavod 12 defeated Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2-0 and Spartak Plovdiv 2-1 in matches played long after Cherno More's season has ended. Both teams gained 25 points, with Zavod 12's goal difference 26-27 and Cherno More's 26-28, resulting in the relegation of the Varna team from the league.

Republican Football Group A
Main article: 1955 A Group

Matches
6 March 1955 Round 1VMS Stalin1–0CDNA SofiaVarna
12 March 1955 Round 2VMS Stalin2–0Lokomotiv SofiaVarna
20 March 1955 Round 3VMS Stalin2–1Zavod 12 SofiaVarna
26 March 1955 Round 4Dinamo Sofia1–2VMS StalinSofia
3 April 1955 Round 5VMS Stalin1–0Udarnik SofiaVarna
17 April 1955 Round 6VVS Sofia3–0VMS StalinSofia
24 April 1955 Round 11VMS Stalin0–2Minyor DimitrovoVarna
2 May 1955 Round 7VMS Stalin0–1DNA PlovdivVarna
8 May 1955 Round 8Spartak Stalin0–0VMS StalinVarna
15 May 1955 Round 9VMS Stalin1–0Lokomotiv PlovdivVarna
28 May 1955 Round 10Spartak Pleven1–0VMS StalinPleven
5 June 1955 Round 12Cherveno Zname Pavlikeni0–0VMS StalinPavlikeni
19 June 1955 Round 13VMS Stalin0–1Spartak PlovdivVarna
3 July 1955 Round 14CDNA Sofia3–0VMS StalinSofia
9 July 1955 Round 15Lokomotiv Sofia0–0VMS StalinSofia
11 August 1955 Round 16Zavod 12 Sofia0–1VMS StalinSofia
23 August 1955 Round 17VMS Stalin0–1Dinamo SofiaVarna
31 August 1955 Round 18Udarnik Sofia3–1VMS StalinSofia
4 September 1955 Round 19VMS Stalin1–1VVS SofiaVarna
9 September 1955 Round 24Minyor Dimitrovo4–1VMS StalinPernik
13 September 1955 Round 21VMS Stalin2–1Spartak StalinVarna
25 September 1955 Round 23VMS Stalin1–1Spartak PlevenVarna
9 October 1955 Round 20DNA Plovdiv2–0VMS StalinPlovdiv
13 October 1955 Round 22Lokomotiv Plovdiv2–1VMS StalinPlovdiv
20 October 1955 Round 25VMS Stalin8–0Cherveno Zname PavlikeniVarna
25 October 1955 Round 26Spartak Plovdiv0–1VMS StalinPlovdiv

[3]

  • Varna was renamed Stalin after Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin from 20 December 1949 to 20 October 1956;
  • Pernik was renamed Dimitrovo after Bulgarian Communist leader Georgi Dimitrov from 1949 to 1962;
  • CDNA Sofia is a former name of CSKA Sofia;
  • Dinamo Sofia is a former name of Levski Sofia;
  • Udarnik Sofia is a former name of Slavia Sofia;
  • DNA Plovdiv is a former name of Botev Plovdiv.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
10 Botev Plovdiv 26 9 8 9 27 31 −4 26
11 Zavod 12 Sofia 26 9 7 10 26 27 −1 25
12 Cherno More Varna (R) 26 10 5 11 26 28 −2 25 Relegation to 1956 B Group
13 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (R) 26 6 6 14 18 29 −11 18
14 Pavlikeni (R) 26 5 4 17 12 45 −33 14
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 10 5 11 26 28  −2 35 7 2 4 19 9  +10 3 3 7 7 19  −12

Soviet Army Cup
Main article: 1955 Bulgarian Cup
Round of 32VMS Stalin2–1Spartak Stalin
Round of 16DNA Plovdiv1–0VMS Stalin

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References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110518183425/http://varna.info.bg/english/name_of_varna_en.htm
  2. http://www.retro-football.bg/sites/default/files/books/futbolna_varna.pdf p.78-79
  3. https://bulgarian-football.com/archive/1955/a-grupa.html
  4. https://bulgarian-football.com/archive/1955/kupa-na-savetskata-armia.html

http://www.retro-football.bg/?q=bg/1954
https://bulgarian-football.com/archive/1955/a-grupa.html

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