2008–09 PFC Cherno More Varna season

Cherno More
2008–09 season
Chairman	Marin Marinov
Manager	Nikola Spasov
A Group	3rd
Bulgarian Cup	Second round; (knocked out by Minyor)
UEFA Cup	First round; (knocked out by Stuttgart)
Top goalscorer	Yordan Yurukov (11)
Biggest win	6–0 (vs Belasitsa, 1 May 2009)
Biggest defeat	3–0 (vs Levski, 11 Sep 2008)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Last updated September 28, 2025

This page covers all relevant details regarding PFC Cherno More Varna for all official competitions inside the 2008-09 season. These are A PFG, Bulgarian Cup and UEFA Cup.

2008-09 Squad

As of 27 April 2009

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A PFG		Bulgarian Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	BUL	Karamfil Ilchev	26	0	20	0	1	0	5	0
2	DF	LVA	Stanislavs Pihockis	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	URU	Sebastián Flores	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	BUL	Radoslav Bachev	20	1	17	0	0	0	3	1
5	DF	BUL	Nikolay Domakinov	19	0	14	0	0	0	5	0
6	DF	BUL	Tanko Dyakov	32	1	25	0	1	0	6	1
7	MF	BUL	Stanislav Stoyanov	33	0	26	0	1	0	6	0
8	MF	BUL	Atanas Bornosuzov	12	2	12	2	0	0	0	0
10	MF	BUL	Alex	32	10	27	5	1	1	4	4
11	MF	BUL	Georgi Kakalov	13	4	13	4	0	0	0	0
12	GK	BUL	Ivaylo Marinov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW	BUL	Todor Kolev	8	2	8	2	0	0	0	0
15	DF	BUL	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	26	2	20	2	1	0	5	0
16	FW	BUL	Teodor Atanasov	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF	BUL	Mihail Lazarov	24	1	22	1	1	0	1	0
21	MF	BUL	Georgi Iliev	26	4	20	3	1	0	5	1
22	MF	BUL	Milen Petkov	26	0	19	0	1	0	6	0
23	MF	BUL	Daniel Georgiev	27	3	21	3	1	0	5	0
26	GK	BUL	Ilko Pirgov	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	BUL	Daniel Dimov	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	BUL	Miroslav Manolov	28	11	22	9	1	0	5	2
33	GK	BUL	Krasimir Kolev	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
77	MF	BUL	Yordan Yurukov	36	14	29	11	1	0	6	3
84	MF	MLI	Mamoutou Coulibaly	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
--	GK	MDA	Evgheni Hmaruc	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
--	MF	BUL	Petar Kostadinov	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
--	FW	ARG	Adrián Fernández	17	4	12	4	1	0	4	0
--	FW	BUL	Georgi Andonov	7	1	5	0	0	0	2	1
--	DF	BRA	Peris	20	0	14	0	1	0	5	0
--	MF	POR	Ricardo André	20	1	13	0	1	0	6	1

Squad changes

Summer'2008

In

Georgi Iliev - Signed from CSKA Sofia
Yordan Yurukov - Signed from CSKA Sofia
Tanko Dyakov - Signed from Vihren
Milen Petkov - Signed from Ilisiakos F.C.
Evgheni Hmaruc - Signed from Persija Jakarta
Adrián Fernández - Signed from FC St. Gallen

Out

Aleksandar Tomash - Signed with FK Baku
Kiril Djorov - Signed with Vihren
Tigran Gharabaghtsyan - Signed with Pyunik Yerevan
Konstantin Mirchev - Signed with Omonia Aradippou
Masena Moke - Signed with Vihren

Winter'2009

In

Mamoutou Coulibaly - Signed from FC Brussels
Sebastián Flores - Signed from CD Cobenas
Georgi Kakalov - Signed from Dinamo Minsk
Atanas Bornosuzov - Signed from Al Salmiya
Ilko Pirgov - Signed from CS Otopeni
Stanislavs Pihockis - Signed from FK Riga

Out

Evgheni Hmaruc
Petar Kostadinov - Signed with Beroe
Vladimir Kostadinov - Loan to Chernomorets Balchik
Georgi Andonov - Loan to Botev Plovdiv
Adrián Fernández - Signed with Chernomorets Burgas
Peris - to Reserve squad
Ricardo André - to Reserve squad

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)

9 August 2008Round 1	Pirin	1–2	Cherno More	Blagoevgrad
18:00	Peev 74'	(Report)	Manolov 70' Yurukov 90+4'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Asen Nikolov

17 August 2008Round 2	Cherno More	2–0	Vihren	Varna
18:00	Alex 23' Manolov 48'	(Report)		Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

24 August 2008Round 3	Botev	2–2	Cherno More	Plovdiv
18:00	Saidhodzha 23', 74'	(Report)	Manolov 33' Fernández 54'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Atanas Dimitrov

1 September 2008Round 4	Cherno More	0–1	Chernomorets	Varna
17:00		(Report)	Petrov 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

11 September 2008Round 5	Levski	3–0	Cherno More	Sofia
19:30	Hristov 15' (pen.) Joãzinho 34' (pen.) Tiberkanine 87'		Dyakov 34'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Cvetan Georgiev

21 September 2008Round 6	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–0	Cherno More	Plovdiv
17:30	D.Iliev 7'	(Report)		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

30 September 2008Round 7	Cherno More	1–0	Lokomotiv Sofia	Varna
19:30	Iliev 44'	(Report)		Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

7 October 2008Round 8	Litex	1–0	Cherno More	Lovech
16:30	Popov 52'	(Report)		Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Anton Genov

19 October 2008Round 9	Cherno More	2–0	Lokomotiv Mezdra	Varna
16:00	Yurukov 42' Yurukov 63'			Stadium: Ticha Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Cvetan Georgiev

26 October 2008Round 10	Belasitsa	2–0	Cherno More	Sandanski
16:00	Beto 24', 36'			Stadium: Sandanski Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Cvetan Georgiev

1 November 2008Round 11	Cherno More	3–0	OFC Sliven 2000	Varna
14:00	Yurukov 5' Aleksandrov 17' Fernández 87' (pen.)			Stadium: Ticha Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

8 November 2008Round 12	CSKA Sofia	1–1	Cherno More	Sofia
14:00	Yanchev 66'	(Report)	Manolov 72'	Stadium: Balgarska Armiya Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

14 November 2008Round 13	Cherno More	5–0	Spartak Varna	Varna
14:00	Manolov 51' Fernández 60', 75' Iliev 73' Kolev 80'			Stadium: Ticha Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Stefan Spasov

24 November 2008Round 14	Slavia	0–2	Cherno More	Sofia
14:00			Lazarov 13' Manolov 21'	Stadium: Slavia Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

29 November 2008Round 15	Cherno More	4–0	Minyor	Varna
14:30	Alex 13' (pen.), 33' Yurukov 38' Manolov 65'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Ahmed Ahmed

8 March 2009Round 16	Cherno More	1–0	Pirin	Varna
15:30	Alex 26' (pen.)			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

15 March 2009Round 17	Vihren	0–2	Cherno More	Sofia
13:00			Yurukov 17' Manolov 58'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 600 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

18 March 2009Round 18	Cherno More	1–0	Botev	Varna
13:00	Iliev 88' Ilchev 10'		Popov 89' Manchev 90'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Anton Genov

25 March 2009Round 19	Chernomorets	0–0	Cherno More	Burgas
19:00				Stadium: Naftex Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

4 April 2009Round 20	Cherno More	0–0	Levski	Varna
15:30				Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

13 April 2009Round 21	Cherno More	2–1	Loko Plovdiv	Varna
16:00	Bornosuzov 41' Alex 79'		Sechkov 86'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

18 April 2009Round 22	Loko Sofia	3–2	Cherno More	Sofia
16:00	Savić 36' Špišić 58' Baldovaliev 72'		Alex 43' (pen.) Yurukov 85'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

22 April 2009Round 23	Cherno More	0–0	Litex	Varna
17:00				Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Georgi Ignatov

27 April 2009Round 24	Loko Mezdra	1–3	Cherno More	Mezdra
17:00	Simonović 61'		Manolov 43' Yurukov 58', 65'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 500 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

1 May 2009Round 25	Cherno More	6–0	Belasitsa	Varna
16:00	Georgiev 4', 5', 34' Yurukov 63' Kakalov 73', 90'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov

10 May 2009Round 26	Sliven	0–1	Cherno More	Sliven
16:30			Kakalov 90+3'	Stadium: Hadzhi Dimitar Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Angel Angelov

16 May 2009Round 27	Cherno More	1–0	CSKA	Varna
16:30	Yurukov 7'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov

23 May 2009Round 28	Spartak	0–1	Cherno More	Varna
18:00			Kakalov 62'	Stadium: Spartak Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

31 May 2009Round 29	Cherno More	2–0	Slavia	Varna
17:00	Kavdanski 44' (o.g.) Bornosuzov 52'			Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

14 June 2009Round 30	Minyor	2–2	Cherno More	Pernik
17:00	Dyulgerov 40' Valmir 52'		A.Georgiev 5' Kolev 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Minyor Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Vihren Manev

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	21	6	3	57	18	+39	69	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	21	5	4	54	22	+32	68	Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round
3	Cherno More	30	18	6	6	48	19	+29	60	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
4	Litex Lovech	30	17	7	6	53	26	+27	58	Qualification for Europa League play-off round ^[a]
5	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	16	6	8	52	29	+23	54

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
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
(C) Champions
Notes:

↑ Litex Lovech won the 2008–09 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.

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	18	6	6	48	19	+29	60	12	2	1	30	2	+28	6	4	5	18	17	+1

Last updated: 13 June 2009.
Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D
Position	3	2	2	6	8	9	8	9	7	9	7	7	6	5	4	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Bulgarian Cup