1957 PFC Cherno More Varna season

The 1957 season marked the immediate return of Cherno More to the top flight of Bulgarian football after the club was dramatically relegated in 1955. The club started the season as SCNA Varna (Bulgarian: СКНА Варна), Sport Club of the People's Army, but was renamed to Botev Varna in June 1957.[1]

Cherno More Varna
1957 season
ManagerIvan Mokanov
Republican Football Group A9th
Bulgarian CupQuarterfinals

Overview

Background

Cherno More was relegated from A Group at the end of 1955, despite starting the season with 5 consecutive wins and finishing only three point off third place. The following year the team won the regional B group and booked a place for an end-of-the-season qualifying tournament played in Sofia in November 1956 to determine the last two teams to join A group in 1957.[2] Competing were the five winners of the regional B groups and 11th-placed in A Group Zavod 12. Cherno More, competing as SCNA Varna, won a deciding match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 20 November 1956 to finish second.

Winless Streak

The team lost seven of the first 8 games, only drawing against Levski Sofia in Varna on 24 March 1957. Form improved somewhat in the following fixtures, but the Sailors remained winless after 15 matches of the 22 rounds season. With only six points gained and seven matches remaining, the club was bottom of the table and facing relegation for the second time in three years.

The Great Escape

The team, recently renamed Botev Varna midseason, achieved first win of the campaign in round 16 by defeating Botev Plovdiv 1-0 on 1 September 1957, giving supporters hope before a fixture break until mid-October. League football returned on October 13 with the 4-0 thrashing of Marek Stanke Dimitrov, followed by two more wins against city rivals Spartak and eventual runners-up Lokomotiv Sofia, denting their title hopes in the process. Botev Varna then drew against the dominant force of Bulgarian football and eventual league winners CDNA in Sofia, before securing survival with a game to spare by comfortably defeating Spartak Plovdiv 3-0 at home.

Republican Football Group A
Main article: 1957 A Group

Matches
17 March 1957 Round 1Minyor Dimitrovo2–0Botev VarnaPernik
24 March 1957 Round 2Botev Varna1–1Levski SofiaVarna
31 March 1957 Round 3Spartak Pleven3–1Botev VarnaPleven
7 April 1957 Round 4Botev Varna1–2Slavia SofiaVarna
14 April 1957 Round 5Botev Plovdiv1–0Botev VarnaPlovdiv
21 April 1957 Round 6Marek Stanke Dimitrov1–0Botev VarnaDupnitsa
26 April 1957 Round 11Botev Varna0–3Spartak VarnaVarna
11 May 1957 Round 8Lokomotiv Sofia1–0Botev VarnaSofia
2 June 1957 Round 9Botev Varna1–1CDNAVarna
9 June 1957 Round 10Spartak Plovdiv0–0Botev VarnaPlovdiv
30 June 1957 Round 7Botev Varna1–1Spartak SofiaVarna
7 July 1957 Round 12Botev Varna0–0Minyor DimitrovoVarna
12 July 1957 Round 13Levski Sofia3–2Botev VarnaSofia
18 August 1957 Round 14Botev Varna0–0Spartak PlevenVarna
24 August 1957 Round 15Slavia Sofia2–2Botev VarnaSofia
1 September 1957 Round 16Botev Varna1–0Botev PlovdivVarna
13 October 1957 Round 17Botev Varna4–0Marek Stanke DimitrovVarna
20 October 1957 Round 22Spartak Varna0–1Botev VarnaVarna
10 November 1957 Round 19Botev Varna1–0Lokomotiv SofiaVarna
17 November 1957 Round 20CDNA0–0Botev VarnaSofia
24 November 1957 Round 21Botev Varna3–0Spartak PlovdivVarna
29 November 1957 Round 18Spartak Sofia3–0Botev VarnaSofia

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Spartak Plovdiv 22 7 5 10 33 41 −8 19
8 Botev Plovdiv 22 6 7 9 22 33 −11 19
9 Cherno More Varna 22 5 8 9 19 24 −5 18
10 Spartak Varna 22 6 6 10 23 31 −8 18
11 Spartak Sofia (R) 22 4 8 10 22 35 −13 16 Relegation to 1958 B Group
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
22 5 8 9 19 24  −5 23 4 5 2 13 8  +5 1 3 7 6 16  −10

Bulgarian Cup
Main article: 1957 Bulgarian Cup
Round of 32Tundzha Yambol0–2Botev VarnaYambol
Round of 16Zavod Stalin Dimitrovo0–5Botev VarnaPernik
QuarterfinalsBotev Varna0–1CDNAVarna

References
  1. https://bulgarian-football.com/archive/1957/a-grupa.html
  2. https://bulgarian-football.com/archive/1956/a-grupa.html

http://www.retro-football.bg/?q=bg/1957
https://bulgarian-football.com/archive/1957/a-grupa.html
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