1955 PFC Cherno More Varna season

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Cherno More Varna
1955 season
Manager Ivan Mokanov
Republican Football Group A 12th
  1954
1956  

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]

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Overview

The season 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 among players in the club and talk of becoming champions. According to Vasil Dossev, who scored the winning goal against Dinamo in Sofia, he insisted the team focus on gaining enough points to avoid relegation. He was removed from his position as captain for his statements and 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 had 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 Cherno More Varna from the league.

Republican Football Group A

Matches

6 March 1955Round 1 VMS Stalin 1–0 CDNA Sofia Varna
26 March 1955Round 4 Dinamo Sofia 1–2 VMS Stalin Sofia
3 April 1955Round 5 VMS Stalin 1–0 Udarnik Sofia Varna
17 April 1955Round 6 VVS Sofia 3–0 VMS Stalin Sofia
2 May 1955Round 7 VMS Stalin 0–1 DNA Plovdiv Varna
3 July 1955Round 14 CDNA Sofia 3–0 VMS Stalin Sofia
11 August 1955Round 16 Zavod 12 Sofia 0–1 VMS Stalin Sofia
23 August 1955Round 17 VMS Stalin 0–1 Dinamo Sofia Varna
31 August 1955Round 18 Udarnik Sofia 3–1 VMS Stalin Sofia
4 September 1955Round 19 VMS Stalin 1–1 VVS Sofia Varna
9 September 1955Round 24 Minyor Dimitrovo 4–1 VMS Stalin Pernik
13 September 1955Round 21 VMS Stalin 2–1 Spartak Stalin Varna
25 September 1955Round 23 VMS Stalin 1–1 Spartak Pleven Varna
9 October 1955Round 20 DNA Plovdiv 2–0 VMS Stalin Plovdiv
25 October 1955Round 26 Spartak Plovdiv 0–1 VMS Stalin Plovdiv

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League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
10 Botev Plovdiv 269892731426
11 Zavod 12 Sofia 2697102627125
12 Cherno More Varna (R)26105112628225Relegation to 1956 B Group
13 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (R)26661418291118
14 Pavlikeni (R)26541712453314
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26105112628 −235724199 +10337719 −12

Soviet Army Cup

Round of 32 VMS Stalin 2–1 Spartak Stalin
Round of 16 DNA Plovdiv 1–0 VMS Stalin

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