This page covers all relevant details regarding Cherno More for all official competitions inside the 2017–18 season. These are the First Professional Football League and the Bulgarian Cup.
Due to the ongoing repair works at Ticha Stadium, the team played its first home league game at Kavarna Stadium in Kavarna.
On 21 September 2017, following a streak of poor results and Bulgarian Cup elimination by Montana, manager Georgi Ivanov resigned. Assistant coach Emanuel Lukanov was immediately appointed as caretaker manager. As results didn't improve, on 28 December he was replaced with Ilian Iliev, his second tenure as Cherno More manager.
Transfers In Date Pos. Name From Fee 14 June 2017 MF Atanas Zehirov Beroe Free 14 June 2017 MF Orlin Starokin Pirin Blagoevgrad Free 14 June 2017 MF Mariyan Ognyanov Neftochimic Free 14 June 2017 FW Georgi Bozhilov Beroe Free 15 June 2017 DF Ilias Hassani Vereya Free 16 June 2017 DF Vitinha Ludogorets Razgrad Free 18 June 2017 DF Aleksandar Aleksandrov Levski Sofia Free 19 June 2017 FW Tsvetelin Chunchukov Ludogorets Razgrad Free 15 August 2017 GK Yevhen Borovyk Karpaty Lviv Free 12 September 2017 DF Iliya Milanov Neftochimic Free 12 September 2017 FW Amadou Soukouna Levski Sofia Free 12 October 2017 MF Anton Ognyanov Levski Sofia Free 18 December 2017 GK Blagoy Makendzhiev Pirin Blagoevgrad Free 8 January 2018 MF Mehdi Fennouche Vereya Free 8 January 2018 MF Aristote N'Dongala Lokomotiv GO Free 12 January 2018 MF Petar Vitanov Vereya Free 16 January 2018 MF Dani Kiki Lokomotiv Plovdiv Free 16 January 2018 DF Miroslav Enchev Vereya Undisclosed 5 February 2018 FW Radoslav Vasilev Alki Oroklini Free 5 February 2018 DF Hugo Konongo Paulhan-Pézenas Free 13 February 2018 DF Daniel Dimov Manisaspor Free 19 April 2018 MF Fábinho Sporting B Free
Out Date Pos. Name To Fee 12 May 2017 DF Trayan Trayanov Septemvri Sofia Free 29 May 2017 GK Vojtěch Šrom Opava Free 29 May 2017 DF Mihail Venkov Slavia Sofia Free 29 May 2017 DF Plamen Nikolov Lokomotiv Plovdiv Free 29 May 2017 MF Daniel Georgiev Septemvri Sofia Free 29 May 2017 MF Todor Palankov Pirin Blagoevgrad Free 29 May 2017 MF Filip Hlúpik Mariehamn Free 29 May 2017 MF Pirulo Free agent Released 29 May 2017 FW Bacari Free agent Released 31 July 2017 MF Ilian Iliev Académica de Coimbra U19 Free 22 August 2017 MF Borislav Baldzhiyski Montana Free 6 September 2017 MF Ivan Kokonov Montana Free 6 December 2017 GK Yevhen Borovyk Akzhayik Free 9 December 2017 FW Amadou Soukouna Free agent Released 12 December 2017 MF Anton Ognyanov Vereya Free 14 December 2017 FW Tsvetelin Chunchukov Slavia Sofia Free 14 December 2017 DF Aleksandar Aleksandrov Free agent Released 15 December 2017 GK Emil Mihaylov CSKA 1948 Free 8 January 2018 MF Orlin Starokin Vitosha Bistritsa Free 8 January 2018 DF Ondřej Sukup Zbrojovka Brno Free 27 January 2018 DF Iliya Milanov Free agent End of contract
Loans out Date Pos. Name To End date Fee 17 June 2017 FW Valentin Yoskov Nesebar End of season Free
Squad information
Competitions
Overall
Competition record Competition Started round Current position/round Final position/round First match Last match Record P W D L GF GA GD Win % TotalSummary Clean sheets 11 (11 First League) Yellow cards 89 (86 First League, 3 Bulgarian Cup) Red cards 2 (2 First League) Worst discipline Ilias Hassani (12 , 1 ) Biggest Win 4–0 vs Vereya (A) Biggest Defeat 1–4 vs Septemvri Sofia (H), Beroe (H), Levski Sofia (A) Most appearances Georgi Iliev (36) Top scorer Mariyan Ognyanov, Radoslav Vasilev, Georgi Iliev (6)
Correct as of match played on 24 May 2018.
Pre-season and friendlies As of 16 June 2017, Cherno More have announced 5 pre-season friendlies against Levski Sofia, Beroe, Septemvri Sofia, Bnei Yehuda and Dunărea Călărași. The Israeli club replaced the initially announced Sozopol. The final summer pre-season friendly was supposed to be against Dobrudzha Dobrich but they refused to participate due to organizational issues and were replaced by the Romanian club. On 14 December 2017, the club announced the final two friendlies for the winter pre-season, against Ludogorets Razgrad II and Pomorie. The first winter pre-season match was announced a week later. On 7 January 2018, the full schedule of the winter pre-season was announced, with 5 friendlies on Turkish soil: against Krylia Sovetov on 24 January, Lokomotiv Tashkent on 29 January, and Pyunik on 31 January. Two more friendlies remained to be arranged. They were announced on 17 January, encounters with Tirana on 23 January and Dunărea Călărași on 31 January. Subsequently, the friendly against the Armenian club was rearranged with Tosno. On 21 March, another friendly was arranged during the international break, against Chernomorets Balchik.
First Professional League
Regular season Matches
League table
Results summary
League performance
Relegation round Matches
League table
Results summary
League performance
European play-offs
Bulgarian Cup
Statistics Player appearances 00010Ertan Tombak used jersey No.16 for the match against Beroe on 8 September 2017. 00050 †00050 000000 000000FW †100131 40043010 †0000000010FW 60063011FW †0001013 †00000014FW 3032015 †00001016 140001405017 0000018 2025019 †0004021 (c)366003668022 6065023 321033112125 00000026 0000000027 161001614029FW 3144033 †160001602033 00001036 0000000037 00000038 00000041 130001302045 000000Fabinho used jersey No.39 for the match against Slavia Sofia on 20 April 2018.66 †16201722070 †00001073 †10013077 †0001081 †10011088 150001501090FW 200210Martin Minchev used jersey No.34 until 30 September, No.35 from 1 October until 19 November 2017, No.9 for the match against Pirin Blagoevgrad on 24 November 2017 and No.90 from the match against Septemvri Sofia on 8 December 2017 onwards.97 0001098FW ¤0000000099 100120
Minutes on the pitch Includes injury time. Positions indicate the most natural position of the particular player, followed by alternative positions where he actually started games during the course of the season. No. Position Alternative Position(s) Player First League Bulgarian Cup Total3 Ertan Tombak106531595 / Stefan Stanchev17899618856 / / / / Aleksandar Tsvetkov23854324287 Vitinha510518 / Emil Yanchev21802189 Tsvetelin Chunchukov60406049 / Mehdi Fennouche10440104410 Ilian Iliev00010 Radoslav Vasilev13110131111 Amadou Soukouna5639665913 Ivan Kokonov111011114 Georgi Bozhilov120649125515 Aleksandar Aleksandrov10760107616 Petar Vitanov12580125817 / / Martin Kostadinov135426138018 / / Atanas Zehirov265296274819 Iliya Milanov6607073021 / Georgi Iliev33290332922 / Mariyan Ognyanov195096204623 / / Ilias Hassani299296308825 Ivan Dyulgerov281028126 Ivan Dichevski00027 Daniel Dimov15360153629 Marek Kuzma133096142633 Emil Mihaylov15170151733 Miroslav Enchev315031536 Rumen Kasabov00037 Lachezar Yordanov1801838 Aristote N'Dongala668066841 Hugo Konongo11390113945 Fábinho158015866 / / Orlin Starokin136596146170 Borislav Baldzhiyski5005073 / Ondřej Sukup18290182977 Yevhen Borovyk2889638481 Anton Ognyanov445044588 Blagoy Makendzhiev14470144790 / Martin Minchev723072397 Nikolay Minkov5134756098 Valentin Yoskov00099 Dani Kiki5260526
Correct as of match played on 24 May 2018.
Goalscorers Rank Player Total 1 MF Mariyan Ognyanov 6 0 6 FW Radoslav Vasilev 6 0 6 MF Georgi Iliev 6 0 6 2 MF Mehdi Fennouche 4 0 4 FW Marek Kuzma 3 1 4 3 FW Georgi Bozhilov 3 0 3 4 MF Orlin Starokin 2 0 2 FW Martin Minchev 2 0 2 MF Atanas Zehirov 2 0 2 5 DF Ondřej Sukup 1 0 1 FW Tsvetelin Chunchukov 1 0 1 DF Ilias Hassani 1 0 1 MF Anton Ognyanov 1 0 1 MF Dani Kiki 1 0 1 DF Daniel Dimov 1 0 1 Own goals 2 0 2Totals 42 1 43
Last updated: 24 May 2018
Clean sheets GoalkeeperTotal133Emil Mihaylov6–6288Blagoy Makendzhiev3–3377Yevhen Borovyk10125Ivan Dyulgerov1–1Totals11011
Last updated: 20 April 2018
Own goals
Own goals in favour Date Player Opponent Competition 19 Nov MF Bircent Karagaren Dunav Ruse First League 17 Apr GK Georgi Georgiev Pirin Blagoevgrad First League
Own goals conceded Date Player Opponent Competition
Man of the Match performances Ranking Squad Number Position Player Round Opponent Total 1 22 MF Mariyan Ognyanov 2 Vereya (A) 4 14 Vitosha Bistritsa (A) 16 Dunav Ruse (A) 23 Etar (A) 21 MF Georgi Iliev 13 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (A) 4 15 Vereya (H) 27 Pirin Blagoevgrad (H) EP 1/4 Septemvri Sofia (H) 2 18 MF Atanas Zehirov 5 Slavia Sofia (H) 3 6 Botev Plovdiv (A) EP 1/2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (H) 3 17 DF Martin Kostadinov 3 Dunav Ruse (H) 2 4 Pirin Blagoevgrad (A) 14 FW Georgi Bozhilov 1 Vitosha Bistritsa (H) 2 31 Slavia Sofia (H) 4 15 DF Aleksandar Aleksandrov 19 Botev Plovdiv (H) 1 88 GK Blagoy Makendzhiev 22 CSKA Sofia (A) 1 10 FW Radoslav Vasilev 29 Vitosha Bistritsa (H) 1 90 FW Martin Minchev 30 Pirin Blagoevgrad (A) 1 9 MF Mehdi Fennouche EP 1/4 Septemvri Sofia (A) 1 27 DF Daniel Dimov EP 1/2 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (A) 1
Last updated: 19 May 2018 Source: Match reports in Competitions, Gong.bg Man of the Match Awards
Disciplinary record Correct as of 24 May 2018 Players are listed in descending order of Players with the same amount of cards are listed by their position on the club's official website NameFirst LeagueBulgarian CupTotal 1 23 DF Ilias Hassani 12 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 1 2 21 MF Georgi Iliev 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 3 5 DF Stefan Stanchev 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 MF Aleksandar Tsvetkov 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 9 FW Tsvetelin Chunchukov 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 16 MF Petar Vitanov 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 18 MF Atanas Zehirov 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 22 MF Mariyan Ognyanov 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 19 DF Iliya Milanov 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 27 DF Daniel Dimov 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 29 FW Marek Kuzma 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 9 MF Mehdi Fennouche 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 FW Radoslav Vasilev 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 73 DF Ondřej Sukup 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 14 FW Georgi Bozhilov 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 33 GK Emil Mihaylov 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 41 DF Hugo Konongo 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 66 MF Orlin Starokin 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 99 MF Dani Kiki 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 3 DF Ertan Tombak 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 FW Amadou Soukouna 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 DF Aleksandar Aleksandrov 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 33 DF Miroslav Enchev 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 70 MF Borislav Baldzhiyski 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 77 GK Yevhen Borovyk 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 81 MF Anton Ognyanov 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 88 GK Blagoy Makendzhiev 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 90 FW Martin Minchev 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 97 MF Nikolay Minkov 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0TOTALS86113008911
Suspensions served Date Matches Missed Player Reason Opponents Missed16 May 20171 Orlin Starokin5th vs Vereya (previous season as Pirin Blagoevgrad player)Vitosha Bistritsa (H)31 May 20171 Aleksandar Tsvetkov vs Levski Sofia (previous season)Vitosha Bistritsa (H)4 June 20171 Ertan Tombak5th vs Slavia Sofia U19 (previous season as U19 player)Vitosha Bistritsa (H)27 August 20171 Ilias Hassani vs Septemvri SofiaBeroe (A)1 vs CSKA SofiaMontana (A) (C)21 October 20171 Ilias Hassani5th vs Lokomotiv PlovdivVitosha Bistritsa (A)8 December 20172 Ilias Hassani9th vs Septemvri SofiaBeroe (H), CSKA Sofia (A)7 March 20181 Mariyan Ognyanov5th vs Levski SofiaLudogorets Razgrad (A)7 March 20181 Georgi Iliev5th vs Levski SofiaLudogorets Razgrad (A)18 March 20181 Aleksandar Tsvetkov5th vs Lokomotiv PlovdivPirin Blagoevgrad (H)1 April 20183 Emil Yanchev vs Septemvri Sofia U19 (as U19 player)Slavia Sofia (A), Vitosha Bistritsa (H), 17 April 20181 Petar Vitanov5th vs Pirin Blagoevgrad (including 2 as Vereya player)Slavia Sofia (H)20 April 20181 Atanas Zehirov5th vs Slavia SofiaVitosha Bistritsa (A)20 April 20181 Dani Kiki5th vs Slavia Sofia (including 3 as Lokomotiv Plovdiv player)Vitosha Bistritsa (A)20 April 20181 Mehdi Fennouche5th vs Slavia Sofia (including 3 as Vereya player)Vitosha Bistritsa (A)19 May 20181 Stefan Stanchev5th vs Lokomotiv PlovdivLevski Sofia (A) (EP)
Injuries Players in bold are still out from their injuries. Players listed will/have miss(ed) at least one competitive game (missing from whole match day squad).