2024–25 PFC Cherno More Varna season

PFC Cherno More Varna
2024–25 season
ManagerIlian Iliev
StadiumStadion Ticha
First Professional Football League3rd
Bulgarian CupSemi-Finals
UEFA Conference LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Mazire Soula (7)
All: Mazire Soula (7)
Highest home attendance8,000 v. CSKA Sofia
(28 October 2024)
Lowest home attendance520 v. Ludogorets Razgraad
(22 February 2024)
Average home league attendance2,295

The 2024–25 season is the 112th season[1] in the history of PFC Cherno More Varna as a football club, and the club's 25th consecutive season in the First Professional Football League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Bulgarian Cup and the UEFA Conference League.

Transfers

Transfers In

Date Pos. No. Player From Fee Ref.
Summer Transfers In
12 June 2024 GK 33 Bulgaria Plamen Iliev Romania Universitatea Cluj Free [2]
18 June 2024 CM 5 Argentina Nacho Pais Spain Antequera Free [3]
19 June 2024 RW 11 Brazil Dudu Rodrigues Brazil Aparecidense Free [4]
19 July 2024 RB 8 Bulgaria Asen Donchev Bulgaria CSKA Sofia Free [5]
8 August 2024 CF 13 Romania Claudiu Keșerü Retirement Free [6]
Winter Transfers In
22 December 2024 AM 12 Bulgaria Dimitar Tonev Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv Free [7]
28 February 2025 CF 98 France Derick Osei Free Agent Free [8]
Total €0

Transfers Out/Released

Date Pos. No. Player Next club Join Date Fee Ref.
Summer Transfers Out
30 May 2024 LB 32 Bulgaria Martin Dichev Bulgaria Botev Vratsa 27 June 2024 Free [9][10]
21 June 2024 RB Bulgaria Petar Ivanov Bulgaria Etar Veliko Tarnovo 21 June 2024 Free [11]
21 June 2024 RW 33 Brazil Michael Alves Bulgaria Dobrudzha Dobrich 21 June 2024 Free [12]
30 June 2024 CM 5 Spain Pablo Alvarez Ukraine Karpaty Lviv 1 July 2024 Free [13][14]
GK 25 Bulgaria Ivan Dyulgerov Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 2 July 2024 Free [13][15]
CF 9 Bulgaria Atanas Iliev Cyprus Anorthosis 9 September 2024 Free [16][17]
Winter Transfers Out
31 December 2024 CF 13 Romania Claudiu Keșerü Retirement 1 January 2025 Free [18]
30 January 2025 RW 11 Brazil Dudu Rodrigues Greece Aris Thessaloniki 30 January 2025 €1.5M [19]
1 February 2025 LW 23 Portugal Edgar Pacheco Luxembourg Differdange 03 24 June 2025 Free [20]
19 February 2025 RW 91 Bulgaria Velislav Vasilev Bulgaria Yantra Gabrovo 19 February 2025 Free [21]
Total €1.5M

Loans in

Date Pos. No. Player Loaned from On loan until Ref.
Summer Loans In
29 August 2024 DM 88 Brazil Renan Areias Bulgaria Krumovgrad 24 December 2024 [22][23]
Winter Loans In
29 January 2025 RW 11 Guinea Thierno Barry Cyprus EN Paralimniou End of the season [24]

Loans out

Date Pos. No. Player Loaned to On loan until Ref.
Summer Loans Out
28 August 2024 RW 39 Bulgaria Nikolay Zlatev Slovenia NK Tabor Sežana 31 December 2024 [25]

New contracts

Date Pos. No. Player Contract until Ref.
15 April 2025 RB 2 Bulgaria Tsvetomir Panov 30 June 2026 [26]
16 April 2025 DM 71 Bulgaria Vasil Panayotov 30 June 2026 [27]

First team

First-team coaching staff

Position Name Date of birth (age) Appointed on Last club
Manager Bulgaria Ilian Iliev 2 July 1968 (aged 56) 28 December 2017 Bulgaria Vereya
Asisstant Coach Bulgaria Petar Kostadinov 1 April 1978 (aged 47) 28 December 2017 Bulgaria Vereya
Bulgaria Veselin Branimirov 25 August 1975 (aged 49) 1 November 2023 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk
Goalkeeping coach Bulgaria Boyan Peykov 1 May 1984 (aged 41) 28 December 2017 Bulgaria Vereya

First-team squad

No. Player Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signing date Fee Contract

ends

Goalkeepers
33 Bulgaria Plamen Iliev GK 30 November 1991 (aged 33) Romania Universitatea Cluj 12 June 2024 Free 2026
84 Bulgaria Hristiyan Slavkov GK 26 February 2003 (aged 22) Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv 4 July 2023 Free 2025
Defenders
2 Bulgaria Tsvetomir Panov RB/LB 17 April 1989 (aged 36) Bulgaria Ludogorets 10 January 2019 Free 2026
3 Bulgaria Zhivko Atanasov CB (VC) 3 February 1991 (aged 34) Bulgaria Levski Sofia 16 June 2021 Free 2025
4 Bulgaria Rosen Stefanov CB 10 October 2002 (aged 22) Bulgaria Cherno More U19 1 July 2021 YS 2026
6 Bulgaria Viktor Popov RB/LB 5 March 2000 (aged 25) Bulgaria Cherno More U19 28 May 2019 YS 2025
8 Bulgaria Asen Donchev RB/LB/

RW/LW

22 October 2001 (aged 23) Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 19 July 2024 Free 2027
15 Spain Dani Martin LB/LW 31 May 1997 (aged 28) Spain Melilla 9 February 2024 Free 2026
27 Bulgaria Daniel Dimov CB/DM (C) 21 January 1989 (aged 36) Turkey Boluspor 27 August 2019 Free 2025
28 North Macedonia Vlatko Drobarov CB/DM 2 November 1992 (aged 32) Free Agent 8 March 2023 Free 2026
Midfielders
5 Argentina Nacho Pais CM 30 May 2000 (aged 25) Spain Antequera 18 June 2024 Free 2027
10 France Mazire Soula AM/LW 6 June 1998 (aged 26) Free Agent 13 December 2021 Free 2025
17 Bulgaria Martin Milushev AM/RW 30 March 2002 (aged 23) Bulgaria Cherno More U19 21 July 2021 YS 2026
22 Bulgaria Nikolay Kostadinov AM 28 July 2005 (aged 19) Bulgaria Cherno More II 17 July 2024 YS 2027
23 Bulgaria Dimitar Tonev AM/LW 15 October 2001 (aged 23) Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv 22 December 2024 Free 2028
29 Bulgaria Berk Beyhan DM/CM 29 October 2004 (aged 20) Bulgaria Cherno More II 15 June 2023 YS 2026
71 Bulgaria Vasil Panayotov DM/CM/

AM (VC)

16 July 1990 (aged 34) Bulgaria Levski Sofia 7 August 2018 Free 2026
88 Brazil Renan Areias DM/CM 18 January 1998 (aged 27) Bulgaria Krumovgrad 29 August 2024 Loan 2024
Attackers
7 Brazil Breno Teixeira LW/CF 7 May 2002 (aged 23) Brazil Cruzeiro 6 September 2023 Free 2026
9 Bulgaria Ismail Isa CF 26 June 1989 (aged 35) Free Agent 2 September 2022 Free 2025
11 Brazil Dudu Rodrigues RW 17 July 2002 (aged 22) Brazil Aparecidense 19 June 2024 Free 2027
11 Guinea Thierno Barry RW 12 January 2000 (aged 25) CyprusEN Paralimniou 29 January 2025 Loan 2025
13 Romania Claudiu Keșerü CF 2 December 1986 (aged 38) Retirement 8 August 2024 Free 2024
16 Romania Andreias Calcan LW 9 April 1994 (aged 31) Romania Universitatea Cluj 14 February 2024 Free 2026
23 Portugal Edgar Pacheco LW 23 June 2000 (aged 24) Portugal B-SAD 28 February 2023 Free 2026
39 Bulgaria Nikolay Zlatev RW/LW 12 December 2004 (aged 20) Bulgaria Cherno More U19 9 June 2022 YS 2025
91 Bulgaria Velislav Vasilev RW 27 March 2001 (aged 24) Bulgaria Cherno More U19 1 February 2020 YS 2026
98 France Derick Osei CF 10 September 1998 (aged 26) France Nimes 28 February 2025 Free 2026
99 Brazil Weslen Júnior RW/LW/CF 12 November 1999 (aged 25) Bahrain Manama 16 January 2024 Free 2026

Notes:

Players crossed out left the club before the end of the season.

Contracts, squad numbers and ages of the players are last updated in 1 June 2025

Friendlies

Pre-season

21 July 2024 Friendly Farul Constanța Romania 0-1 Bulgaria Cherno More Varna Ovidiu, Romania
18:00 UTC+3
  • Isa 37'
 Stadium: Central Stadium
25 July 2024 Friendly Cherno More Varna Bulgaria 2-5 Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv Pravets, Bulgaria
18:00 UTC+3
Stadium: Pravets Sports Complex
Note: The match had 4 halfs of 30 minutes
3 July 2024 Friendly Levski Sofia Bulgaria 0-0 Bulgaria Cherno More Varna Pravets, Bulgaria
18:00 UTC+3 Stadium: Pravets Sports Complex
10 July 2024 Friendly Cherno More Varna Bulgaria 0–1 Bulgaria Fratria Varna, Bulgaria
17:45 UTC+3 Andoni 90' Stadium: Mladost Stadium
10 July 2024 Friendly Cherno More Varna Bulgaria 4–0 Bulgaria Dunav Ruse Varna, Bulgaria
20:15 UTC+3
Stadium: Stadion Ticha
13 July 2024 Friendly Cherno More Varna Bulgaria 2–0 Bulgaria Dobrudzha Dobrich Varna, Bulgaria
18:30 UTC+3
Stadium: Stadion Ticha

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
First Professional Football League 19 July 2024 Matchday 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
Bulgarian Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Conference League 25 July 2024 Second qualifying round 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
Total 2 0 2 0 0 0 +0 000.00

Last updated: 25 July 2024
Source: Soccerway

First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

Main article: 2024–25 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Levski Sofia 30 19 5 6 55 25 +30 62 Qualification for the Championship group
3 Arda 30 15 8 7 49 33 +16 53[a]
4 Cherno More 30 14 11 5 41 25 +16 53[a]
5 Botev Plovdiv 30 14 7 9 32 31 +1 49 Qualification for the Conference League group
6 Spartak Varna 30 14 6 10 39 38 +1 48
Source: soccerway, Bulgarian Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw[28]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Arda 4; Cherno More 1.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LUD LEV CHM ARD
1 Ludogorets Razgrad (C) 36 25 8 3 70 22 +48 83 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round — 1–1 2–0 2–2
2 Levski Sofia 36 21 9 6 64 29 +35 72 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a] 2–2 — 2–0 1–1
3 Cherno More 36 15 14 7 44 30 +14 59 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round 2–0 0–0 — 1–1
4 Arda (O) 36 15 13 8 54 41 +13 58 Qualification for the Conference League play-off 1–1 0–3 0–0 —
Source: soccerway, Bulgarian Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw[28]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ As Ludogorets Razgrad won the 2024–25 Bulgarian Cup, the cup's Europa League first qualifying round berth was passed to the second-placed team in the First League.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CSS BPD SPV BER
1 CSKA Sofia 36 19 8 9 58 28 +30 65 Qualification for the Conference League play-off — 3–0 5–0 2–1
2 Botev Plovdiv 36 16 8 12 43 43 0 56 0–4 — 3–2 1–1
3 Spartak Varna 36 15 6 15 45 53 −8 51 0–1 2–1 — 1–2
4 Beroe 36 14 7 15 41 43 −2 49 0–3 0–6 3–1 —
Source: soccerway, Bulgarian Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw[28]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation SLA LSO CSK SEP LPD BVR KRU HEB
1 Slavia Sofia 37 14 7 16 50 52 −2 49 — 0–0 0–1 — 1–2 — — 3–2
2 Lokomotiv Sofia 37 13 8 16 43 51 −8 47[a] — — 2–1 — — 3–0 3–0 3–0
3 CSKA 1948 37 12 11 14 45 47 −2 47[a] — — — 2–0 — 0–1 2–0 0–0
4 Septemvri Sofia 37 14 3 20 42 56 −14 45 3–1 0–2 — — 2–0 — — 1–0
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (O) 37 10 8 19 37 49 −12 38 Qualification for the relegation play-off — 1–1 0–1 — — 1–3 — —
6 Botev Vratsa (O) 37 10 6 21 34 65 −31 36 2–1 — — 3–2 — — 1–0 —
7 Krumovgrad (R) 37 8 9 20 20 45 −25 33 Relegation to the Second League 0–1 — — 1–2 0–4 — — —
8 Hebar (R) 37 4 9 24 28 64 −36 21 — — — — 1–2 1–0 1–3 —
Source: Soccerway, Bulgarian Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points (only in regular season); 3) Head-to-head goal difference (only in regular season); 4) Head-to-head goals scored (only in regular season); 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams and only in regular season); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw[28]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Lokomotiv Sofia 4; CSKA 1948 1.

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
28 13 10 5 38 23  +15 49 6 7 1 20 9  +11 7 3 4 18 14  +4

Last updated: 5 April 2025.
Source: soccerway

Results by round

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GroundHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultDWLWWWDWWDLDLWWWWWWLDDWDDDLD
Position8564433333445544443433333334
Updated to match(es) played on 5 April 2025. Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 13 June 2024.[29]

19 July 2024 1 Cherno More Varna Bulgaria 0–0 Bulgaria CSKA 1948 Varna, Bulgaria
18:45 UTC+3
Stadium: Stadion Ticha
Attendance: 2,544
Referee: Bulgaria Georgi Ginchev
29 July 2024 2 Cherno More Varna Bulgaria 2–0 Bulgaria Septemvri Sofia Varna, Bulgaria
21:15 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Stadion Ticha
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Bulgaria Vladimir Valkov
4 August 2024 3 Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria 2–1 Bulgaria Cherno More Varna Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv
Attendance: 390
Referee: Bulgaria Stanimir Trenchev
12 August 2024 4 Cherno More Varna Bulgaria 2–1 Bulgaria Botev Vratsa Varna, Bulgaria
21:15 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Stadion Ticha
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov
19 August 2024 5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria 1–2 Bulgaria Cherno More Varna Plovdiv, Bulgaria
21:15 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Bulgaria Vasimir El Khatib
26 August 2024 6 Cherno More Varna Bulgaria 3–0 Bulgaria Krumovgrad Varna, Bulgaria
21:15 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Stadion Ticha
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Bulgaria Valentin Zhelezov
1 September 2024 7 Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 0-0 Bulgaria Cherno More Varna Razgrad, Bulgaria
21:30 UTC+3 Kamara Red card 76'
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Bulgaria Nikola Popov
15 September 2024 12 Cherno More Varna Bulgaria 1-1 Bulgaria [[Arda Kardzhali|]] Varna, Bulgaria
18:00 UTC+3
Stadium: Stadion Ticha
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov

Bulgarian Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Bulgarian Cup

UEFA Conference League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 19 June 2024.

25 July 2024 First leg Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 0–0 Bulgaria Cherno More Lovech, Bulgaria
19:00 Report Stadium: Gradski stadion
Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)
1 August 2024 Second leg Cherno More Bulgaria 1–2
(1–2 agg.)		 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva Razgrad
20:30 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Huvepharma Arena
Attendance: 3,243
Referee: Serbia Danilo Nikolić

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