2015–16 PFC Cherno More Varna season

Cherno More
2015–16 season
Chairman	Marin Mitev
Manager	Nikola Spasov
A Group	6th
Bulgarian Cup	Quarterfinals; (knocked out by Beroe)
Bulgarian Supercup	Winners
UEFA Europa League	2nd qualifying round; (knocked out by Dinamo Minsk)
Top goalscorer	League: Mathias Coureur (11); All: Mathias Coureur (12)
Highest home attendance	4,320 (vs Levski, 8 August 2015)
Lowest home attendance	470 (vs Botev Plovdiv, 14 May 2016)
Average home league attendance	1,618
Biggest win	7–1 (vs Pirin Razlog, 23 September 2015)
Biggest defeat	1–5 (vs Levski, 28 April 2016)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →
	All statistics correct as of 22 May 2016.

This page covers all relevant details regarding PFC Cherno More Varna for all official competitions inside the 2015–16 season. These are the Bulgarian Supercup, A Group, Bulgarian Cup and UEFA Europa League.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
15 June 2015	MF	Mehdi Bourabia	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free^[1]
23 June 2015	DF	Ginho	Aves	Free^[2]
25 June 2015	FW	Juan Varea	Željezničar Sarajevo	Free^[3]
30 June 2015	MF	Andreas Vasev	Dunav	Free^[4]
8 July 2015	DF	Trayan Trayanov	Lokomotiv Sofia	Free^[5]
24 September 2015	DF	Pedro Eugénio	Haskovo	Free^[6]
16 December 2015	MF	Georgi Iliev	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	Free^[7]
8 January 2016	MF	Vladislav Romanov	Trikala	Free^[8]
12 January 2016	DF	Plamen Nikolov	Botev Plovdiv	Free^[9]
3 February 2016	MF	Ivan Valchanov	Slavia	Free^[10]
3 February 2016	MF	Ivan Marković	Levadiakos	Free^[10]
25 February 2016	DF	Borislav Stoychev	Atromitos	Free^[11]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
6 May 2015	MF	Petar Zlatinov	Free agent	Released^[12]
25 May 2015	FW	Georgi Bozhilov	Beroe	Free^[13]^[14]
25 May 2015	MF	Ivan Kokonov	Beroe	Free^[13]^[14]
26 May 2015	DF	Kiril Kotev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free^[15]^[16]
30 May 2015	DF	Slavi Stalev	Dobrudzha	Free^[17]
30 May 2015	DF	Toni Stoichkov	Botev Ihtiman	Free^[17]
3 July 2015	DF	Zhivko Atanasov	Slavia	Free^[18]^[19]
12 December 2015	DF	Ginho	Free agent	Released^[20]
12 December 2015	MF	Marcin Burkhardt	Ullensaker/Kisa IL	Free^[20]^[21]
12 December 2015	FW	Juan Varea	Bylis Ballsh	Free^[20]^[22]
12 December 2015	FW	Villyan Bijev	Portland Timbers 2	Free^[20]^[23]
31 December 2015	GK	Iliya Nikolov	Maritsa Plovdiv	Free^[24]^[25]
11 January 2016	MF	Mehdi Bourabia	Levski Sofia	€100,000^[26]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	End Date	Fee
15 January 2016	MF	Nikolay Minkov	Dobrudzha	End of season^[27]	Free
1 February 2016	MF	Emil Iliev	Kaliakra	End of season^[28]	Free
1 February 2016	DF	Georgi Gushlev	Kaliakra	End of season^[28]	Free
1 February 2016	GK	Zlati Zlatev	Dobrudzha	End of season^[28]	Free
1 February 2016	MF	Daniel Dimitrov	Inter Plachidol	End of season^[28]	Free
5 February 2016	DF	Stefan Ivanov	Dobrudzha	End of season^[29]	Free

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Previous Club	Notes
1	GK	~~Iliya Nikolov~~	29	EU	2014	6	0	2015	Free	Rakovski	^{[nb 1]}
3	CM	Daniel Georgiev	33	EU	2013	174	16	2016	Free	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	^{[nb 2]}
4	LB	Mihail Venkov (captain)	32	EU	2013	96	0	2016	Free	CSKA
5	RB	Stefan Stanchev	27	EU	2013	53	0	2016	Free	Minyor Pernik
6	CB	Mamoutou Coulibaly	32	Non-EU	2015	59	1	2016	Free	Kaisar	^{[nb 3]}
7	AM	Bekir Rasim	21	EU	2012	44	0	2016	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
8	DM	Sténio	28	EU	2014	56	7	2016	Free	Feirense
9	FW	Bacari	28	EU	2013	58	15	2016	Free	L'Hospitalet
10	CM	Marc Klok	23	EU	2014	37	0	2016	Free	Ross County
11	FW	Zhivko Petkov	23	EU	2014	39	3	2016	Free	Neftochimic
13	LW	Simeon Raykov	26	EU	2014	83	18	2016	Free	Chernomorets Burgas	^{[nb 4]}
14	AM	~~Juan Varea~~	29	Non-EU	2015	6	2	2017	Free	Željezničar Sarajevo	^{[nb 1]}
15	CB	Trayan Trayanov	28	EU	2015	14	1	2016	Free	Lokomotiv Sofia
17	RB	Martin Kostadinov	20	EU	2014	4	0	2018	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
18	CM	~~Marcin Burkhardt~~	32	EU	2014	28	3	2016	Free	Miedź Legnica	^{[nb 1]}
19	RW	Mathias Coureur	28	EU	2014	55	16	2016	Free	Huracán Valencia
20	FW	~~Villyan Bijev~~	22	EU	2015	23	3	2016	Free	Slavia	^{[nb 1]}
21	CM	~~Mehdi Bourabia~~	24	EU	2015	19	3	2017	Free	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
21	CM	Georgi Iliev (captain)	34	EU	2016	221	52	2017	Free	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	^{[nb 5]}^{[nb 6]}
22	CB	Plamen Nikolov	30	EU	2016	14	0	2017	Free	Botev Plovdiv
23	CB	~~Ginho~~	30	EU	2015	9	0	2017	Free	Aves	^{[nb 1]}
23	CM	Ivan Valchanov	24	EU	2016	4	0	2018	Free	Slavia
25	GK	Ivan Dyulgerov	16	EU	2016	0	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy
27	RW	Iliyan Nedelchev	20	EU	2015	2	0	2018	Youth system	Spartak Varna
28	AM	~~Ivan Marković~~	21	Non-EU	2016	1	0	2018	Free	Levadiakos
33	GK	Georgi Kitanov	21	EU	2012	110	0	2016	Youth system	Cherno More Academy
40	GK	Aleksandar Čanović	33	Non-EU	2015	11	0	2016	Free	Free agent
55	CB	~~Borislav Stoychev~~	29	EU	2016	8	0	2017	Free	Atromitos
70	RB	Pedro Eugénio	25	EU	2015	17	1	2017	Free	Haskovo
73	LW	Vladislav Romanov	28	EU	2016	13	0	2018	Free	Trikala
77	LW	Andreas Vasev	25	EU	2015	20	0	2017	Free	Dunav
84	DM	Todor Palankov	32	EU	2013	91	2	2016	Free	Chernomorets Burgas	^{[nb 7]}
98	FW	Valentin Yoskov	17	EU	2015	5	0		Youth system	Cherno More Academy

Last updated: 22 May 2016
Source: [1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Player left the club in December 2015.
^ Georgiev made 101 appearances and scored 12 goals during his first spell at the club between 2007 and 2011.
^ Coulibaly made 29 appearances during his first spell at the club between 2009 and 2010.
^ Raykov made 35 appearances and scored 8 goals during his first spell at the club in 2013.
^ Iliev made 207 appearances and scored 48 goals during his first two spells at the club between 2000–2003 and 2008–2013.
^ Mihail Venkov was captain during the first half of the season.
^ Palankov made 13 appearances during his first spell at the club in 2007.

Competitions

Overall

Competition record

Competition	Started round	Current position/round	Final position/round	First match	Last match	Record
Competition	Started round	Current position/round	Final position/round	First match	Last match	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A Group	—	—	6th	19 July 2015	22 May 2016	32	10	8	14	36	45	−9	031.25
Bulgarian Cup	First round	—	Third round	23 September 2015	9 December 2015	3	2	0	1	12	1	+11	066.67
UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	—	Second qualifying round	16 July 2015	23 July 2015	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	000.00
Bulgarian Supercup	—	—	Winners	12 August 2015		1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Total						38	13	9	16	50	51	−1	034.21

Updated to match played 22 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Summary

Clean sheets	12 (9 A Group, 2 Bulgarian Cup, 1 Bulgarian Supercup)
Yellow cards	130 (111 A Group, 8 Bulgarian Cup, 4 Europa League, 7 Bulgarian Supercup)
Red cards	8 (7 A Group, 1 Europa League)
Worst discipline	Marc Klok (13 , 1 )
Biggest Win	7–1 vs Pirin Razlog (A) (C)
Biggest Defeat	1–5 vs Levski (A)
Most appearances	Mathias Coureur (40)
Top scorer	Mathias Coureur (12)

Pre-season and friendlies

27 June 2015	Cherno More	4 – 2	Dunav	Varna
17:30 EEST	Raykov 10', 12' Bourabia 20' Petkov 64'	Report	Atanasov 42' Lozev 89'	Stadium: Mladost Attendance: 500 Referee: Tsvetan Krastev

1 July 2015	Cherno More	3 – 0	Chernomorets Balchik	Varna
17:30 EEST	Raykov 20' Burkhardt 63' B. Atanasov 76'	Report		Stadium: Mladost Attendance: 200 Referee: Dragomir Draganov

11 July 2015	Cherno More	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	Varna
17:30 EEST	Raykov 12'	Report		Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 500 Referee: Radoslav Stanev
Note: The game was cancelled after 33 minutes due to pitch invasion by the home fans.

4 September 2015	Viitorul	0 – 2	Cherno More	Ovidiu, Romania
19:00 EEST		Report	Varea 43' Atanasov 89'	Stadium: Orășenesc Attendance: 150

10 October 2015	Dunav	3 – 3	Cherno More	Ruse
16:00 EEST	Budinov 19' Dimitrov 64' Dimov 74'	Report	Yoskov 76', 90' Eugénio 86'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 600 Referee: Ivelin Zanev

14 November 2015	Cherno More	1 – 2	Viitorul	Balchik
14:00 EET	Eugénio 39'	Report	Cernat 63' Tănase 81'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 200 Referee: Dragomir Draganov

23 January 2016	Cherno More	2 – 1	Sozopol	Golden Sands
14:00 EET	Eugénio 64' Yoskov 78'	Report	Sherdenov 20'	Stadium: Sport Palace Attendance: 200

27 January 2016	Cherno More	1 – 0	Dobrudzha	Golden Sands
14:00 EET	Eugénio 54'	Report		Stadium: Sport Palace Referee: Dimitar Mihaylov

30 January 2016	Pomorie	1 – 0	Cherno More	Burgas
14:00 EET	Iliev 57'	Report		Stadium: Sharks' Nest Referee: Zhivko Nedyalkov

6 February 2016 Balchik Cup	Cherno More	2 – 1	Dunav	Balchik
14:30 EET	Iliev 14' (pen.) Yoskov 25'	Report	Kostadinov 2'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 100 Referee: Dragomir Draganov

9 February 2016 Balchik Cup	Cherno More	1 – 0	Balkan Botevgrad	Albena
14:00 EET	Raykov 33'	Report		Stadium: Ground 2 Referee: Petar Kirilov

10 February 2016	Cherno More	3 – 0	Dobrudzha	Varna
14:30 EET	Bacari 3', 8' Coureur 78'	Report		Stadium: Mladost Attendance: 300 Referee: Krasen Georgiev

12 February 2016 Balchik Cup	Inter Plachidol	0 – 4	Cherno More	Albena
14:00 EET		Report	Marković 31' Palankov 62' Coureur 67', 69'	Attendance: 100 Referee: Miroslav Markov

25 March 2016	Viitorul	0 – 0	Cherno More	Ovidiu, Romania
17:00 EET		Report		Stadium: Orășenesc

27 March 2016	Cherno More	2 – 3	Solyaris Moscow	Albena
16:00 EEST	Nedelchev 47' Rodin 64' (o.g.)	Report	Rodin 55' Gorbunov 78' Povarnitsyn 87'	Stadium: Ground 1 Referee: Tsvetan Krastev

30 March 2016	Chernomorets Balchik	0 – 3	Cherno More	Balchik
17:00 EEST		Report	Marković 45', 56' Coureur 64'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 100 Referee: Dimitar Mihaylov

Bulgarian Supercup

12 August 2015	Ludogorets	0 – 1	Cherno More	Burgas
20:00 EEST	Dyakov 28' Quixadá 40' Sasha 45+4' Marcelinho 64' Cafu 90+2'	Report	Bourabia 15' Coulibaly 42' Coureur 51' Klok 54' Stanchev 58' Čanović 63' Bourabia 65' Palankov 90+3'	Stadium: Lazur Attendance: 1,810 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

A Group

Matches

19 July 2015 1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	1 – 1	Cherno More	Blagoevgrad
18:30 EEST	Toshev 55' Viyachki 80'	Report	Coureur 90+2' Varea 17' Klok 44'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 4,050 Referee: Nikola Popov

26 July 2015 2	Cherno More	2 – 3	Ludogorets	Varna
18:30 EEST	Sténio 75' Coureur 90+5' Georgiev 26' Ginho 44' Stanchev 54' Sténio 56' Bourabia 58'	Report	Marcelinho 6' Wanderson 63' Stanchev 89' (o.g.) Sasha 46' Minev 56' Wanderson 82'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,360 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

2 August 2015 3	Slavia	0 – 1	Cherno More	Sofia
18:30 EEST	Pirgov 47' Martinov 66'	Report	Bijev 17' Coureur 27' Raykov 41' Trayanov 42' Klok 45' Bijev 72' Georgiev 80' Bourabia 85'	Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Attendance: 230 Referee: Vladimir Valkov

8 August 2015 4	Cherno More	0 – 1	Levski	Varna
17:30 EEST	Bijev 39' Burkhardt 41'	Report	B. Tsonev 45+1' de Nooijer 20' Kraev 75' Kostadinov 84' Ivanov 90+4'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,320 Referee: Vihren Manev

17 August 2015 5	Beroe	1 – 1	Cherno More	Stara Zagora
20:00 EEST	Zehirov 42' Dinkov 42' Zehirov 57' Djoman 86'	Report	Petkov 61' Raykov 34' Klok 42' Petkov 74' Burkhardt 84' Palankov 90'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 3,030 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

22 August 2015 6	Cherno More	1 – 0	Montana	Varna
17:30 EEST	A. Georgiev 51' (o.g.) Klok 54' Kitanov 66' Nedelchev 85' Palankov 90'	Report	G. Angelov 47' Poplatnik 71' Pashov 83'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Angel Angelov

29 August 2015 7	Botev Plovdiv	2 – 1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
17:30 EEST	Vasev 71' Varela 81' (pen.) Baltanov 35' 51' Hristov 38'	Report	Coureur 86' Stanchev 41' Sténio 72'	Stadium: Komatevo Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Martin Stoimenov

11 September 2015 8	Cherno More	2 – 1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Varna
16:15 EEST	Varea 22' Kotev 57' (o.g.) Vasev 53' Klok 69' Coulibaly 73'	Report	Karagaren 67' Bakalov 63' Kiki 88'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,930 Referee: Nikola Popov

18 September 2015 9	Litex	1 – 0	Cherno More	Lovech
20:00 EEST	Johnsen 73' Boumal 55'	Report	Palankov 20' Georgiev 35' Bourabia 60' 83' Burkahrdt 70' Petkov 89'	Stadium: Lovech Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

26 September 2015 10	Cherno More	1 – 0	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Varna
16:15 EEST	Raykov 13' Coureur 37' Bijev 61' Bourabia 70' Sténio 76'	Report	Dyulgerov 22' Sandanski 24'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Adrian Petrov

3 October 2015 11	Ludogorets	1 – 1	Cherno More	Razgrad
20:00 EEST	Keșerü 55' Marcelinho 12' Minev 58' Terziev 90+4'	Report	Coureur 46' Petkov 13' Coulibaly 27' Georgiev 68' Bijev 82' Klok 88'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 1,580 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

17 October 2015 12	Cherno More	1 – 0	Slavia	Varna
16:15 EEST	Coulibaly 76' Sténio 22' Georgiev 39' Coulibaly 58' Bourabia 64' Vasev 73'	Report	Dyakov 23' Ferraresso 28' Manzorro 37'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,760 Referee: Stefan Apostolov

23 October 2015 13	Levski	1 – 0	Cherno More	Sofia
19:45 EEST	Karner 44' Bedoya 41' Diaby 50' Procházka 90+2'	Report	Bijev 28' Coureur 36' Klok 37' Coulibaly 76' Sténio 82'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Georgi Yordanov

3 November 2015 14	Cherno More	0 – 3	Beroe	Varna
14:30 EET	Stanchev 34' Venkov 66' Sténio 73' Bourabia 90+5'	Report	Milisavljević 28' Tom 59' Isa 90+3' Dinkov 60'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,370 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

7 November 2015 15	Montana	0 – 4	Cherno More	Montana
14:00 EET	S. Genchev 44' Mihov 57'	Report	Bourabia 63' Coureur 65' Eugénio 67' Varea 77' Palankov 39'	Stadium: Ogosta Attendance: 900 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

22 November 2015 16	Cherno More	1 – 2	Botev Plovdiv	Varna
14:00 EET	Coureur 59' Coulibaly 42' Ginho 87'	Report	Baltanov 43' (pen.) Varela 72' Nelson 66'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,060 Referee: Angel Bayaltsaliev

28 November 2015 17	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1 – 3	Cherno More	Plovdiv
14:00 EET	Baldovaliev 57' Kiki 29'	Report	Coureur 7' Bourabia 39', 90+3' (pen.) Trayanov 29' Ginho 48' Venkov 57' Stanchev 71' 76'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 700 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

1 December 2015 18	Cherno More	1 – 1	Litex	Varna
14:00 EET	Raykov 25' Raykov 26' Trayanov 43' Coulibaly 73'	Report	Johnsen 42' Goranov 36' Galabov 66' Kolev 70'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,040 Referee: Stanislav Stavrov

6 December 2015 19	Pirin Blagoevgrad	4 – 0	Cherno More	Blagoevgrad
14:00 EET	Sandanski 32' Trayanov 45+1' Georgiev 47' (o.g.) Toshev 74' Tasev 89'	Report	Petkov 54' Bourabia 64' Trayanov 90+2'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Vladimir Valkov

12 December 2015 20	Cherno More	0 – 2	Ludogorets	Varna
14:00 EET	Coulibaly 28' Raykov 44' Venkov 55'	Report	Cafu 49' Keșerü 62' Vitinha 55'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,790 Referee: Nikola Popov

21 February 2016 21	Slavia	0 – 0	Cherno More	Sofia
13:00 EET		Report	Palankov 21' Klok 64' Sténio 90+3'	Stadium: Ovcha Kupel Attendance: 270 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

27 February 2016 22	Cherno More	0 – 2	Levski	Varna
13:00 EET	Palankov 8' Romanov 13' Georgiev 25' Stoychev 35' Iliev 45+3' Bacari 69' Eugénio 71'	Report	Kostadinov 53' Bedoya 65' S. Aleksandrov 19' Bedoya 33' Minev 90+2'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

3 March 2016 23	Beroe	0 – 0	Cherno More	Stara Zagora
16:30 EET	Penev 29' Vasilev 64' Djoman 85' Zafirov 86' Morel 90+1'	Report	Stoychev 11' Bacari 25' 33' Coureur 51' Kitanov 80'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 2,730 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

6 March 2016 24	Cherno More	1 – 1	Montana	Varna
14:00 EET	Sténio 54' Iliev 39' Sténio 90+5'	Report	A. Georgiev 50' Iliev 17' Pashov 17' Muradov 55' Ivanov 70' Todorov 80' A. Georgiev 90+5'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 940 Referee: Martin Stoimenov

13 March 2016 25	Botev Plovdiv	3 – 1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
14:00 EET	Gamakov 30' Baltanov 63' (pen.), 68' Starokin 32' Milev 72' Nelson 87'	Report	Raykov 33' Bacari 52' Stoychev 62' Eugénio 66' Sténio 77'	Stadium: Komatevo Attendance: 1,210 Referee: Georgi Dimitrov

20 March 2016 26	Cherno More	1 – 1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Varna
14:00 EET	Coureur 55' Raykov 9' Petkov 90+1'	Report	Kamburov 10' (pen.) Velkovski 21' El Kharroubi 90+1' Stoyanov 90+3'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 760 Referee: Tasko Taskov

27	Litex	v	Cherno More	Lovech
				Stadium: Lovech

9 April 2016 28	Cherno More	1 – 1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Varna
17:15 EEST	Coureur 90+3' Stoychev 60' Sténio 72' Klok 76' 84'	Report	Blagov 86' Popev 44'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 780 Referee: Georgi Davidov

15 April 2016 29	Ludogorets	2 – 1	Cherno More	Razgrad
20:15 EEST	Wanderson 9' Keșerü 72' (pen.) Natanael 90+2'	Report	Iliev 31' Iliev 21' Bacari 29' Stoychev 52' Georgiev 63' P. Nikolov 71' Venkov 87'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 2,680 Referee: Vladimir Valkov

23 April 2016 30	Cherno More	3 – 2	Slavia	Varna
17:15 EEST	Trayanov 6' Bacari 56', 82' Iliev 43' Palankov 59' Raykov 67' Bacari 83'	Report	Baldzhiyski 15' Pirgov 37' Karabelyov 39' Stoev 55'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 840 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

28 April 2016 31	Levski	5 – 1	Cherno More	Sofia
19:30 EEST	Kraev 8' Hristov 34', 68', 74' Bedoya 86' Karner 90+2'	Report	Georgiev 12' Stoychev 39' Georgiev 70' Bacari 90+3'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 1,940 Referee: Nikola Popov

6 May 2016 32	Cherno More	1 – 0	Beroe	Varna
15:30 EEST	Iliev 21'	Report	Vasilev 44' Tom 52' Delev 53' Penev 76'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 580 Referee: Stefan Pavlov

10 May 2016 33	Montana	3 – 2	Cherno More	Montana
18:00 EEST	Kokonov 28' Stoyanov 54' Iliev 90+1' Michev 71' Angelov 75' Atanasov 88' S. Georgiev 90+2'	Report	Raykov 30' Coureur 82' (pen.) Palankov 45+1' Klok 77' Bacari 79'	Stadium: Ogosta Attendance: 450 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

14 May 2016 34	Cherno More	3 – 0	Botev Plovdiv	Varna
18:00 EEST	Bacari 25' Iliev 59' Coureur 88' Venkov 45+1'	Report	Yusein 60'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 470 Referee: Martin Stoimenov

22 May 2016 35	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2 – 1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
18:00 EEST	Kamburov 12' Kiki 59' Trajanov 37'	Report	Iliev 55' Klok 31' Bacari 63'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 1,180 Referee: Angel Angelov

36	Cherno More	v	Litex	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Slavia Sofia	32	14	7	11	36	29	+7	49^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	32	15	4	13	40	45	−5	49^[a]
6	Cherno More	32	10	8	14	36	45	−9	38
7	Botev Plovdiv	32	8	9	15	27	44	−17	33
8	Pirin Blagoevgrad	32	5	11	16	27	45	−18	26

Source: Bulgarian Football Association, Soccerway
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.^[30]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Slavia Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Plovdiv on head-to-head record; Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Slavia Sofia 2–0, Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Slavia Sofia 3–1.

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
32	10	8	14	36	45	−9	38	7	3	6	18	19	−1	3	5	8	18	26	−8

Last updated: 22 May 2016.
Source: bulgarian-football.com

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	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	V	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	V	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	V	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	V
Position	4	7	6	8	7	6	7	6	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Source: bulgarian-football.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; V = Annulled

Score overview

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Home score	Away score	Double	Treble	Quadruple
	First phase		Second phase
Beroe	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–0	No	No	No
Botev Plovdiv	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–3	No	No	No
Levski	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–5	No	No	No
Litex	1–1	0–1			No	No	No
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	Yes	No	No
Ludogorets	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–2	No	No	No
Montana	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–3	Yes	No	No
Pirin Blagoevgrad	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	No	No	No
Slavia	1–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	Yes	Yes	No

Bulgarian Cup

23 September 2015 1st round	Pirin Razlog	1 – 7	Cherno More	Razlog
16:00 EEST	D. Dimitrov 53'	Report	Bijev 23', 54', 74' Rasim 34' Raykov 38', 90' Klok 58' Raykov	Stadium: Gradski Referee: Angel Angelov

27 October 2015 2nd round	Vihar Stroevo	0 – 5	Cherno More	Plovdiv
13:30 EET		Report	Raykov 39', 47' Varea 43' Yoskov 54' Kostadinov 85' Stanchev 28'	Stadium: Komatevo Attendance: 450 Referee: Stoyan Denev

9 December 2015 3rd round	Beroe	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5 – 3 p)	Cherno More	Stara Zagora
17:30 EET	Isa 39' Delev 70' 118'	Report	Palankov 33' Georgiev 37' Klok 39' Rasim 79' Trayanov 97' Burkhardt 116'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Georgi Kabakov
	Penalties
	Dinkov Ivanov Kostov Isa Elias		Sténio Burkhardt Rasim Eugénio

Europa League

16 July 2015 2nd qualifying round/1st leg	Cherno More	1 – 1	Dinamo Minsk	Razgrad^[A], Bulgaria
20:00 EEST	Coureur 11' Klok 70'	Report	Palitsevich 72' Vitus 27' Palitsevich 46' Bangura 49'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena^[A] Attendance: 3,650 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

23 July 2015 2nd qualifying round/2nd leg	Dinamo Minsk	4 – 0 (5 – 1 agg.)	Cherno More	Minsk, Belarus
18:00 FET	Karytska 41' Adamović 58' Bećiraj 86', 90+2' Bećiraj 28' Begunov 39' Karytska 45+1' Korzun 54'	Report	Bijev 28' Palankov 40' 45+1' Coureur 49' Coulibaly 66'	Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Anatolii Zhabchenko (Ukraine)

Statistics

Player appearances

Key:
‡ On loan from another club * First appearance(s) for the club

# = Squad number
Pos = Playing position
P = Number of games played 10
G = Number of goals scored
GK = Goalkeeper
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward
= Yellow cards
= Red cards
† Permanent player left club during the season
¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of 22 May 2016. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

No.	Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G			Notes
No.	Pos	Name	League		Bulgarian Cup		Europe		Other		Total		Discipline		Notes
1	GK	Iliya Nikolov †	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
3	MF	Daniel Georgiev	21(5)	1	3	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	24(7)	1	9	0
4	DF	Mihail Venkov (c)	33	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	38	0	5	0
5	DF	Stefan Stanchev	12(1)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	16(1)	0	5	1
6	DF	Mamoutou Coulibaly	17(3)	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	21(3)	1	9	0
7	MF	Bekir Rasim	3(6)	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	5(6)	1	1	0
8	MF	Sténio	25(3)	2	0(1)	0	0(2)	0	1	0	26(6)	2	9	1
9	FW	Bacari	7(4)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7(4)	3	7	1
10	MF	Marc Klok	23(1)	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	28(1)	1	13	1
11	FW	Zhivko Petkov	7(14)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	9(14)	1	5	0
13	MF	Simeon Raykov	20(5)	4	2(1)	4	2	0	0	0	24(6)	8	6	1
14	FW	Juan Varea †	3(3)	2	1(1)	1	0(1)	0	0	0	4(5)	3	1	0
15	DF	Trayan Trayanov	13(1)	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	16(1)	1	5	0
17	DF	Martin Kostadinov	1	0	0(1)	1	0	0	0	0	1(1)	1	0	0
18	MF	Marcin Burkhardt †	3(6)	0	1(1)	0	2	0	0	0	6(7)	0	4	0
19	MF	Mathias Coureur	33(1)	11	2(1)	0	2	1	1	0	38(2)	12	6	0
20	FW	Villyan Bijev †	5(7)	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	8(7)	4	6	0
21	MF	Mehdi Bourabia †	19	3	0	0	2	0	1	1	22	4	6	2
21	MF	Georgi Iliev (c)	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	4	4	0	^[31]
22	DF	Plamen Nikolov	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	0
23	DF	Ginho †	9	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	10(2)	0	3	0
23	MF	Ivan Valchanov	0(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(4)	0	0	0
25	GK	Ivan Dyulgerov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Iliyan Nedelchev	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0	1	0
28	MF	Ivan Marković †	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
33	GK	Georgi Kitanov	33	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	35	0	2	0
40	GK	Aleksandar Čanović	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	0
55	DF	Borislav Stoychev †	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	5	0
70	DF	Pedro Eugénio	13(4)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	15(4)	1	2	0
73	MF	Vladislav Romanov	8(5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8(5)	0	1	0
77	MF	Andreas Vasev	8(12)	0	2(1)	0	0(2)	0	1	0	11(15)	0	2	0
84	MF	Todor Palankov	21(5)	0	2	0	2	0	0(1)	0	25(6)	0	10	1
98	FW	Valentin Yoskov	0(5)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1(5)	1	0	0

Start formations

Accounts for all competitions. Numbers constitute according game of the competition in which the formation was used, NOT number of occurrences.

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
21	4–1–4–1	All other matches
11	4–2–3–1	8, 12, 14, 18, 20, 23, 32–35 A Group, 3 Bulgarian Cup
3	3–4–3	3, 4, 6 A Group
2	3–4–3 diamond	10 A Group, 1 Bulgarian Cup
2	4–4–2 diamond	29, 30 A Group
1	5–4–1 diamond	31 A Group

Last updated: 22 May 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitions
Only competitive matches.

Most used starting XI.

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	A Group	Bulgarian Cup	Europa League	Bulgarian Supercup	Total
1	GK		Iliya Nikolov	34	0	0	0	34
3	CM	DM / CB / RB / RW / LB	Daniel Georgiev	2057	310	49	18	2434
4	LB	CB / LWB	Mihail Venkov	3164	187	194	100	3645
5	RB	CB	Stefan Stanchev	995	84	194	100	1373
6	CB	RB	Mamoutou Coulibaly	1608	119	194	100	2021
7	AM	CM	Bekir Rasim	321	218	0	0	539
8	DM	AM / CB / RB / CM	Sténio	2313	50	76	100	2539
9	FW		Bacari	684	0	0	0	684
10	CM	DM	Marc Klok	2116	168	145	82	2511
11	FW		Zhivko Petkov	881	91	0	100	1072
13	LW	RW / FW	Simeon Raykov	1585	209	194	0	1988
14	AM	FW	Juan Varea	281	123	36	0	440
15	CB	DM	Trayan Trayanov	1305	219	0	26	1550
17	RB	RW	Martin Kostadinov	46	8	0	0	54
18	CM	AM	Marcin Burkhardt	358	73	118	0	549
19	RW	LW / CB / FW	Mathias Coureur	3163	245	172	100	3680
20	FW	AM	Villyan Bijev	575	91	129	0	795
21	CM	AM	Mehdi Bourabia	1801	0	194	100	2095
21	CM	AM	Georgi Iliev	1310	0	0	0	1310
22	CB		Plamen Nikolov	1282	0	0	0	1282
23	CB		Ginho	714	123	0	74	911
23	CM		Ivan Valchanov	57	0	0	0	57
25	GK		Ivan Dyulgerov	0	0	0	0	0
27	RW		Iliyan Nedelchev	15	59	0	0	74
28	AM		Ivan Marković	22	0	0	0	22
33	GK		Georgi Kitanov	3130	127	0	100	3357
40	GK		Aleksandar Čanović	95	183	194	0	472
55	CB		Borislav Stoychev	707	0	0	0	707
70	RB	RW / LW / RWB	Pedro Eugénio	1203	219	0	0	1422
73	LW	RW	Vladislav Romanov	706	0	0	0	706
77	LW	RW	Andreas Vasev	907	225	51	84	1267
84	DM	CB / CM / AM	Todor Palankov	2113	187	144	16	2460
98	FW		Valentin Yoskov	102	92	0	0	194

Correct as of match played on 22 May 2016.

Débuts

Players making their first team Cherno More début in a competitive match.

No.	Position	Player	Date	Opponents	Ground	Competition
21	MF	Mehdi Bourabia	16 July 2015	Dinamo Minsk	Ludogorets Arena	Europa League
14	FW	Juan Varea	16 July 2015	Dinamo Minsk	Ludogorets Arena	Europa League
77	MF	Andreas Vasev	16 July 2015	Dinamo Minsk	Ludogorets Arena	Europa League
15	DF	Trayan Trayanov	26 July 2015	Ludogorets	Ticha Stadium	A Group
23	DF	Ginho	26 July 2015	Ludogorets	Ticha Stadium	A Group
70	DF	Pedro Eugénio	3 October 2015	Ludogorets	Ludogorets Arena	A Group
98	FW	Valentin Yoskov	23 October 2015	Levski	Georgi Asparuhov Stadium	A Group
22	DF	Plamen Nikolov	21 February 2016	Slavia	Ovcha Kupel Stadium	A Group
73	MF	Vladislav Romanov	21 February 2016	Slavia	Ovcha Kupel Stadium	A Group
23	MF	Ivan Valchanov	21 February 2016	Slavia	Ovcha Kupel Stadium	A Group
55	DF	Borislav Stoychev	27 February 2016	Levski	Ticha Stadium	A Group
28	MF	Ivan Marković	20 March 2016	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Ticha Stadium	A Group

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	Player	L	C	EL	SC	Total
1	MF	Mathias Coureur	11	0	1	0	12
2	MF	Simeon Raykov	4	4	0	0	8
3	MF	Georgi Iliev	4	0	0	0	4
	MF	Mehdi Bourabia	3	0	0	1	4
	FW	Villyan Bijev	1	3	0	0	4
4	FW	Bacari	3	0	0	0	3
4	FW	Juan Varea	2	1	0	0	3
5	MF	Sténio	2	0	0	0	2
6	FW	Zhivko Petkov	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Mamoutou Coulibaly	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Pedro Eugénio	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Trayan Trayanov	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Daniel Georgiev	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Bekir Rasim	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	Marc Klok	0	1	0	0	1
	FW	Valentin Yoskov	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	Martin Kostadinov	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals			2	0	0	0	2
Totals			37	12	1	1	51

Last updated: 22 May 2016

Assists

Rank	Pos.	Player	L	C	SC	Total
1	MF	Mathias Coureur	6	0	0	6
2	MF	Andreas Vasev	3	1	0	4
2	MF	Simeon Raykov	2	2	0	4
3	MF	Mehdi Bourabia	3	0	0	3
	MF	Daniel Georgiev	3	0	0	3
	MF	Todor Palankov	3	0	0	3
	MF	Georgi Iliev	3	0	0	3
	MF	Marc Klok	2	1	0	3
	DF	Stefan Stanchev	2	0	1	3
4	FW	Juan Varea	0	2	0	2
5	DF	Pedro Eugénio	1	0	0	1
	MF	Bekir Rasim	0	1	0	1
	FW	Valentin Yoskov	0	1	0	1
Totals			28	8	1	37

Last updated: 22 May 2016

Goalscorers' effectiveness

Goals per game

Includes games in all official competitions. Substitute appearances count as a game played.

Rank	Player	Position	GPG Ratio
1	Martin Kostadinov	RB	0.500
2	Juan Varea	FW	0.333
3	Mathias Coureur	RW	0.300
4	Georgi Iliev	CM	0.286
5	Bacari	FW	0.273
6	Simeon Raykov	LW	0.267
6	Villyan Bijev	FW	0.267
7	Mehdi Bourabia	CM	0.182
8	Valentin Yoskov	FW	0.167
9	Bekir Rasim	AM	0.091
10	Sténio	DM	0.063
11	Trayan Trayanov	CB	0.059
12	Pedro Eugénio	RB	0.053
13	Zhivko Petkov	FW	0.043
14	Mamoutou Coulibaly	CB	0.042
15	Marc Klok	CM	0.034
16	Daniel Georgiev	CM	0.032

Correct as of match played on 22 May 2016.

Minutes per goal

Takes into account the actual time spent on the pitch (including injury time) in all official competitions.

Rank	Player	Position	MPG Ratio
1	Martin Kostadinov	RB	54
2	Juan Varea	FW	146.7
3	Valentin Yoskov	FW	194
4	Villyan Bijev	FW	198.8
5	Bacari	FW	228
6	Simeon Raykov	LW	248.5
7	Mathias Coureur	RW	306.7
8	Georgi Iliev	CM	327.5
9	Mehdi Bourabia	CM	523.8
10	Bekir Rasim	AM	539
11	Zhivko Petkov	FW	1072
12	Sténio	DM	1269.5
13	Pedro Eugénio	RB	1422
14	Trayan Trayanov	CB	1550
15	Mamoutou Coulibaly	CB	2021
16	Daniel Georgiev	CM	2434
17	Marc Klok	CM	2511

Correct as of match played on 22 May 2016.

Own goals

Own goals in favour
Date	Pos.	Player	Opponent	Competition
22 Aug	DF	Asen Georgiev	Montana	A Group
11 Sept	DF	Kiril Kotev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	A Group

Own goals conceded
Date	Pos.	Player	Opponent	Competition
26 Jul	DF	Stefan Stanchev	Ludogorets	A Group
6 Dec	MF	Daniel Georgiev	Pirin Blagoevgrad	A Group

Penalties

Penalties awarded
Date	Penalty Taker	Opponent	Scored?	Competition
28 Nov	Mehdi Bourabia	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Y	A Group
6 Mar	Georgi Iliev	Montana	N	A Group
10 May	Mathias Coureur	Montana	Y	A Group

Penalties conceded
Date	Penalty Taker	Goalkeeper	Opponent	Scored?	Competition
29 Aug	Nico Varela	Iliya Nikolov	Botev Plovdiv	Y	A Group
22 Nov	Lachezar Baltanov	Georgi Kitanov	Botev Plovdiv	Y	A Group
13 Mar	Lachezar Baltanov	Georgi Kitanov	Botev Plovdiv	Y	A Group
20 Mar	Martin Kamburov	Georgi Kitanov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Y	A Group
15 Apr	Claudiu Keșerü	Georgi Kitanov	Ludogorets	Y	A Group

Captains

R	No.	Pos.	Player	L	C	EL	SC	Total
1	4	DF	Mihail Venkov	20	2	2	1	25
2	21	MF	Georgi Iliev	14	0	0	0	14
3	3	MF	Daniel Georgiev	0	1	0	0	1

Correct as of match played on 22 May 2016.

Clean sheets

R	No.	Goalkeeper	L	C	EL	SC	Total
1	33	Georgi Kitanov	9	1	–	1	11
2	40	Aleksandar Čanović	0	1	0	–	1
		Totals	9	2	0	1	12

Last updated: 22 May 2016

Disciplinary record

Correct as of 22 May 2016
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

R.	No.	Nat	Pos	Name
R.	No.	Nat	Pos	Name	A Group			Bulgarian Cup			Europa League			Bulgarian Supercup			Total
1	10		MF	Marc Klok	10	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	13	1	0
2	84		MF	Todor Palankov	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	10	1	0
3	8		MF	Sténio	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1
4	21		MF	Mehdi Bourabia	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	1
5	3		MF	Daniel Georgiev	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
	6		DF	Mamoutou Coulibaly	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
	9		FW	Bacari	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0
6	13		MF	Simeon Raykov	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1
7	5		DF	Stefan Stanchev	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0
8	19		MF	Mathias Coureur	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
	20		FW	Villyan Bijev	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	55		DF	Borislav Stoychev	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
9	4		DF	Mihail Venkov	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	11		FW	Zhivko Petkov	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	15		DF	Trayan Trayanov	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
10	18		MF	Marcin Burkhardt	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	21		MF	Georgi Iliev	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
11	23		DF	Ginho	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	33		GK	Georgi Kitanov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	70		DF	Pedro Eugénio	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	77		MF	Andreas Vasev	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
13	7		MF	Bekir Rasim	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14		FW	Juan Varea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	22		DF	Plamen Nikolov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	27		MF	Iliyan Nedelchev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	40		GK	Aleksandar Čanović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	73		MF	Vladislav Romanov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
				TOTALS	111	4	3	8	0	0	4	1	0	7	0	0	130	5	3

Suspensions served

Date	Matches Missed	Player	Reason	Opponents Missed
30 May 2015	1	Sténio	vs Levski (previous season)	Pirin Blagoevgrad (A)
2 August 2015	1	Mehdi Bourabia	vs Slavia	Levski (H)
11 September 2015	1	Marc Klok	5th vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Litex (A)
18 September 2015	1	Mehdi Bourabia	vs Litex	Pirin Razlog (A) (C)
17 October 2015	1	Daniel Georgiev	5th vs Slavia	Levski (A)
23 October 2015	1	Villyan Bijev	5th vs Levski	Vihar Stroevo (A) (C)
23 October 2015	1	Sténio	5th vs Levski	Vihar Stroevo (A) (C)
22 November 2015	1	Mamoutou Coulibaly	5th vs Botev Plovdiv	Lokomotiv Plovdiv (A)
28 November 2015	1	Stefan Stanchev	vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Litex (H)
6 December 2015	1	Mehdi Bourabia	5th vs Pirin Blagoevgrad	Beroe (A) (C)
9 December 2015	1	Todor Palankov	5th vs Beroe	Ludogorets (H)
9 December 2015	1	Trayan Trayanov	5th vs Beroe	Ludogorets (H)
12 December 2015	1	Simeon Raykov	5th vs Ludogorets	Slavia (A)
21 February 2016	2	Marc Klok	9th vs Slavia	Levski (H), Beroe (A)
21 February 2016	1	Sténio	vs Slavia	Levski (H)
3 March 2016	1	Bacari	vs Beroe	Montana (H)
20 March 2016	1	Simeon Raykov	vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Pirin Blagoevgrad (H)
20 March 2016	1	Zhivko Petkov	5th vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Pirin Blagoevgrad (H)
9 April 2016	2	Sténio	9th vs Pirin Blagoevgrad	Ludogorets (A), Slavia (H)
9 April 2016	1	Marc Klok	vs Pirin Blagoevgrad	Ludogorets (A)
15 April 2016	1	Borislav Stoychev	5th vs Ludogorets	Slavia (H)
28 April 2016	2	Daniel Georgiev	9th vs Levski	Beroe (H), Montana (A)
28 April 2016	1	Bacari	5th vs Levski	Beroe (H)
10 May 2016	2	Todor Palankov	9th vs Montana	Botev Plovdiv (H), Lokomotiv Plovdiv (A)
14 May 2016	1	Mihail Venkov	5th vs Botev Plovdiv	Lokomotiv Plovdiv (A)

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).

Date	No.	Pos.	Name	Injury	Note	Recovery time	Games missed	Source
11 July 2015	9	FW	Bacari	Ruptured ACL	Occurred during pre-season match against Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa.	6 months	26	^[32]
25 July 2015	18	MF	Marcin Burkhardt	Achilles tendon injury	Occurred during training.	Exact time unknown	1	^[33]
31 July 2015	7	MF	Bekir Rasim	Pulled hamstring	Occurred during training.	Exact time unknown	4	^[34]
12 August 2015	15	DF	Trayan Trayanov	Pulled hamstring	Occurred during match against Ludogorets.	Exact time unknown	3	^[35]
21 August 2015	13	MF	Simeon Raykov	Achilles tendon injury	Occurred during training.	Exact time unknown	3	^[36]
9 September 2015	8	MF	Sténio	Pulled hamstring	Occurred during training.	Exact time unknown	3	^[37]
11 September 2015	5	DF	Stefan Stanchev	Tendon damage	Occurred during match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.	Exact time unknown	4	^[38]
11 September 2015	15	DF	Trayan Trayanov	Pulled hamstring	Occurred during match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.	Exact time unknown	5	^[39]
18 September 2015	6	DF	Mamoutou Coulibaly	Knee injury	Occurred during match against Litex.	Exact time unknown	1	^[40]
2 October 2015	23	DF	Ginho	Unknown injury	Occurred during training.	Exact time unknown	1	^[41]
2 October 2015	18	MF	Marcin Burkhardt	Unknown injury	Occurred during training.	Exact time unknown	2	^[41]
17 October 2015	11	FW	Zhivko Petkov	Appendicitis	Appendectomy took place on 18 October.	1 month	4	^[42]
30 October 2015	10	MF	Marc Klok	Ankle ligament injury	Occurred during match against Pirin Blagoevgrad.	1 week	3	^[43]
30 October 2015	18	MF	Marcin Burkhardt	Ankle injury	Occurred during training.	1 week	5	^[44]
6 November 2015	13	MF	Simeon Raykov	Low back pain	Occurred during training.	Exact time unknown	1	^[45]
1 December 2015	23	DF	Ginho	Thigh injury	Occurred during match against Litex.	Exact time unknown	3	^[46]
6 December 2015	5	DF	Stefan Stanchev	Concussion	Occurred during match against Pirin Blagoevgrad.	Exact time unknown	2	^[47]
12 February 2016	5	DF	Stefan Stanchev	Ruptured ACL	Occurred during pre-season.	6 months	14	^[48]
12 February 2016	15	DF	Trayan Trayanov	Pulled hamstring	Occurred during pre-season.	2 weeks	5	^[49]
16 February 2016	9	FW	Bacari	Pulled hamstring	Occurred during pre-season.	2 weeks	1	^[50]
27 March 2016	23	MF	Ivan Valchanov	Partially ruptured MCL	Occurred during friendly match against Solyaris Moscow.	Exact time unknown	4	^[51]
29 March 2016	7	MF	Bekir Rasim	Chickenpox	Occurred while on international duty.	2 weeks	1	^[52]
8 April 2016	28	MF	Ivan Marković	Knee injury	Occurred during training.	Exact time unknown	4	^[53]
5 May 2016	98	FW	Valentin Yoskov	Pulled hamstring	Occurred during training.	2 weeks	4	^[54]
5 May 2016	10	MF	Marc Klok	Foodborne illness	Occurred before the match with Beroe.	1 week	1	^[54]

As of 22 May 2016

International call-ups

No.	Position	Name	Squad	Competition	Opposition	Date	Cap	Goals	Notes
—	DF	Stefan Ivanov	Bulgaria U19	Friendly	Italy U18	12 August 2015	Y	0	^[55]
—	MF	Emil Iliev					Y	0
—	MF	Nikolay Minkov					Y	0
33	GK	Georgi Kitanov	Bulgaria U21	UEFA Euro 2017 U21 Q	Romania U21	4 September 2015	Y	0	^[56]
33	GK	Georgi Kitanov	Bulgaria U21	UEFA Euro 2017 U21 Q	Luxembourg U21	8 September 2015	Y	0	^[56]
—	DF	Stefan Ivanov	Bulgaria U19	Friendly	Scotland U19	2 September 2015	Y	0	^[57]
—	DF	Stefan Ivanov				4 September 2015
—	MF	Emil Iliev				2 September 2015
—	MF	Emil Iliev				4 September 2015
8	MF	Sténio	Cape Verde	2017 ACN Q	Libya	6 September 2015	Y	0	^[58]
33	GK	Georgi Kitanov	Bulgaria U21	UEFA Euro 2017 U21 Q	Armenia U21	9 October 2015	Y	0	^[59]
33	GK	Georgi Kitanov	Bulgaria U21	UEFA Euro 2017 U21 Q	Denmark U21	13 October 2015	Y	0	^[59]
—	DF	Stefan Ivanov	Bulgaria U19	Friendly	Turkey U19	10 October 2015	Y	0	^[60]
—	DF	Stefan Ivanov	Bulgaria U19	UEFA Euro 2016 U19 Q	Poland U19	11 November 2015	Y	0	^[61]^[62]
					Luxembourg U19	13 November 2015	Y	0
					Cyprus U19	16 November 2015	Y	0
8	MF	Sténio	Cape Verde	2018 World Cup Q	Kenya	13 November 2015			^[63]
8	MF	Sténio	Cape Verde	2018 World Cup Q	Kenya	17 November 2015			^[63]
—	DF	Stefan Ivanov	Bulgaria U19	Friendly	Georgia U19	24 January 2016	Y	0	^[64]
—	DF	Stefan Ivanov	Bulgaria U19	Friendly	Georgia U19	26 January 2016			^[64]
33	GK	Georgi Kitanov	Bulgaria U21	UEFA Euro 2017 U21 Q	Wales U21	25 March 2016	Y	0	^[65]
33	GK	Georgi Kitanov			Luxembourg U21	29 March 2016	Y	0	^[65]
7	MF	Bekir Rasim			Wales U21	25 March 2016			^[66]
7	MF	Bekir Rasim			Luxembourg U21	29 March 2016			^[66]
8	MF	Sténio	Cape Verde	2017 ACN Q	Morocco	26 March 2016			^[66]
8	MF	Sténio	Cape Verde	2017 ACN Q	Morocco	29 March 2016	Y	0	^[66]
98	FW	Valentin Yoskov	Bulgaria U18	Friendly	Macedonia U18	12 April 2016	Y	0	^[67]
98	FW	Valentin Yoskov	Bulgaria U18	Friendly	Macedonia U18	14 April 2016			^[67]
33	GK	Georgi Kitanov	Bulgaria U21	Friendly	France U21	20 May 2016	Y	0	^[68]
					Czech Republic U21	22 May 2016	Y	0
					Mexico U23	24 May 2016	Y	0
					Mali U20	26 May 2016
7	MF	Bekir Rasim			France U21	20 May 2016
					Czech Republic U21	22 May 2016
					Mexico U23	24 May 2016
					Mali U20	26 May 2016	Y	0
9	FW	Bacari	Gambia	2017 ACN Q	South Africa	4 June 2016	Y	0	^[69]

Home attendances

Correct as of match played on 14 May 2016.
Win Draw Loss Void

Comp	Date	Score	Opponent	Attendance
Europa League	16 July 2015	1–1	Dinamo Minsk	3,650
A Group	26 July 2015	2–3	Ludogorets	3,360
A Group	8 August 2015	0–1	Levski	4,320
A Group	22 August 2015	1–0	Montana	1,500
A Group	11 September 2015	2–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1,930
A Group	26 September 2015	1–0	Pirin Blagoevgrad	1,300
A Group	17 October 2015	1–0	Slavia	1,760
A Group	3 November 2015	0–3	Beroe	1,370
A Group	22 November 2015	1–2	Botev Plovdiv	1,060
A Group	1 December 2015	1–1	Litex	1,040
A Group	12 December 2015	0–2	Ludogorets	1,790
A Group	27 February 2016	0–2	Levski	3,700
A Group	6 March 2016	1–1	Montana	940
A Group	20 March 2016	1–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	760
A Group	9 April 2016	1–1	Pirin Blagoevgrad	780
A Group	23 April 2016	3–2	Slavia	840
A Group	6 May 2016	1–0	Beroe	580
A Group	14 May 2016	3–0	Botev Plovdiv	470
			Total attendance	31,150
			Total league attendance	27,500
			Average attendance	1,731
			Average league attendance	1,618

Source: Match reports in Competitions

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Nikola Spasov
Assistant First Team Coach	Emanuil Lukanov
Goalkeeper Coach	Stoyan Stavrev
First Team Fitness Coach	Veselin Markov
Individual Team Fitness Coach	Viktor Bumbalov
Medical Director	Dr. Petko Atev
Academy Manager	Hristina Dimitrova

Last updated: 19 August 2014
Source: Cherno More

Other information

Owner/Chairman	Marin Mitev
Chief Executive	Marin Marinov
Sporting Director	Todor Velikov
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Ticha Stadium (12,500 / 103x67 metres)

Updated to match played 1 August 2012
Source: Cherno More

Notes

^ ^{a b c}
Cherno More play their home matches in the Europa League at Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad instead of their regular stadium, Ticha, Varna since the latter does not possess a UEFA license.

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^ "Argentine signed a contract with the Sailors" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 25 June 2015.
^ "Andreas Vasev signed with Cherno More" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 30 June 2015.
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^ "Cherno More loaned a youth player to Dobrudzha" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 15 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Cherno More loaned talents to V Group" (in Bulgarian). varna.utre.bg. 1 February 2016.
^ "Dobrudzha took a youth international from Cherno More" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 5 February 2016.
^ "A PFG 2015/2016 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
^ Mihail Venkov was captain during the first half of the season.
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^ "Bekir Rasim out for the visit at Slavia" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 31 July 2015.
^ "Trayan Trayanov has pulled a hamstring" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 13 August 2015.
^ "Raykov out for the game with Botev Plovdiv" (in Bulgarian). varna.utre.bg. 26 August 2015.
^ "Sténio out for the Loko Plovdiv game today" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 11 September 2015.
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^ "More personnel problems for the Sailors" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 15 September 2015.
^ "Cherno More left with 17 footballers for Bansko" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 21 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b "The Sailors set course to Razgrad loaded with optimism" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 2 October 2015.
^ "Cherno more's striker Zhivko Petkov was operated urgently. He is out until New Year" (in Bulgarian). petel.bg. 19 October 2015.
^ "Cherno More with personnel problems before the match with Beroe" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 30 October 2015.
^ "Cherno More definitely without Marc Klok against Beroe" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 30 October 2015.
^ "Cherno More without Raykov at Montana" (in Bulgarian). petel.bg. 6 November 2015.
^ "The Sailors with recovering training session at Ticha" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 2 December 2015.
^ "Stefan Stanchev has only commotio cerebri" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 7 December 2015.
^ "Stefan Stanchev goes under the knife! Out for the spring season" (in Bulgarian). petel.bg. 12 February 2016.
^ "Trayanov misses the game with Slavia" (in Bulgarian). varna.utre.bg. 12 February 2016.
^ "Bacari goes out on injections against Slavia" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 17 February 2016.
^ "Cherno More midfielder with severe injury! His leg was immobilized by a splint" (in Bulgarian). petel.bg. 29 March 2016.
^ "A virus stopped Bekir Resim from European match of the national team" (in Bulgarian). petel.bg. 29 March 2016.
^ "The Sailors with personnel problems before the match with Ludogorets" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 1 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Nikola Spasov determined the group for the match with Beroe" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 5 May 2016.
^ "Three sailors in the national under-19 team" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 10 August 2015.
^ "Kitanov called-up for the euroqualifier with Romania" (in Bulgarian). varna.utre.bg. 25 August 2015.
^ "Cherno More has two more youth international players" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 30 August 2015.
^ "Cherno More gave an international player to Cape Verde, missess the friendly with Viitorul" (in Bulgarian). varna.utre.bg. 31 August 2015.
^ "The Sailors prepare for the clash with champions" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 1 October 2015.
^ "Croatian defender arrived on trial at "The Sea"" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 7 October 2015.
^ "Cherno More will play a friendly with Viitorul during the break" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 4 November 2015.
^ "Yoskov out from the national team due to adductor pain" (in Bulgarian). varna.utre.bg. 5 November 2015.
^ "Cherno More trains without five international players" (in Bulgarian). petel.bg. 9 November 2015.
^ "Cherno More gave an international player" (in Bulgarian). varna.utre.bg. 22 January 2016.
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^ "Valentin Yoskov called up for the national team" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 6 April 2016.
^ "Bulgaria U21 squad for the international tournament "Toulon"" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 13 May 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Bafana Bafana thump Gambia in Bakau". SuperSport.com. 4 June 2016.

[Left_Dec-30] Player left the club in December 2015.

[31] Georgiev made 101 appearances and scored 12 goals during his first spell at the club between 2007 and 2011.

[32] Coulibaly made 29 appearances during his first spell at the club between 2009 and 2010.

[33] Raykov made 35 appearances and scored 8 goals during his first spell at the club in 2013.

[34] Iliev made 207 appearances and scored 48 goals during his first two spells at the club between 2000–2003 and 2008–2013.

[35] Mihail Venkov was captain during the first half of the season.

[36] Palankov made 13 appearances during his first spell at the club in 2007.

[table_hth_SLA0.59241397287343-37] Slavia Sofia ahead of Lokomotiv Plovdiv on head-to-head record; Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Slavia Sofia 2–0, Slavia Sofia–Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0, Lokomotiv Plovdiv–Slavia Sofia 3–1.

[cnote_A] ^{a b c}
Cherno More play their home matches in the Europa League at Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad instead of their regular stadium, Ticha, Varna since the latter does not possess a UEFA license.

[1] "Mehdi Bourabia with first training session for the Sailors" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 15 June 2015.

[2] "At Cherno More are waiting for a striker and defender" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 23 June 2015.

[3] "Argentine signed a contract with the Sailors" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 25 June 2015.

[4] "Andreas Vasev signed with Cherno More" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 30 June 2015.

[5] "Trayan Trayanov signed with Cherno More today" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 8 July 2015.

[6] "Cherno More attracted Pedro Eugénio" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 24 September 2015.

[7] "Zhoro Iliev returned at Ticha" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 16 December 2015.

[8] "Vladi Romanov is Cherno More's second new signing" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 8 January 2016.

[9] "Plamen Nikolov started training with Cherno More" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 12 January 2016.

[Valchanov-10] "Valchanov and Marković signed contracts with Cherno More" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 3 February 2016.

[11] "Stoychev arranged for the match with Levski, he chose No.55" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 25 February 2016.

[12] "Cherno More parted with Petar Zlatinov" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 6 May 2015.

[First_batch_released-13] "Čanović, Bozhilov and Kokonov are set to leave Ticha" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 25 May 2015.

[Beroe_sailors-14] "5 new at Beroe" (in Bulgarian). PFC Beroe. 10 June 2015.

[15] "Cherno More parts with Kotev; Bacari signs today" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 26 May 2015.

[16] "Kotev and Bakalov are already part of Lokomotiv Plovdiv" (in Bulgarian). PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv. 24 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2015.

[Slavi_released-17] "Cherno More releases Slavi Stalev and Toni Stoichkov" (in Bulgarian). varna24.bg. 30 May 2015.

[18] "Cherno More parted with Zhivko Atanasov" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 3 July 2015.

[19] "Slavia presented four new players, another three continue trial period" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 11 July 2015.

[4_left-20] "Cherno More will part with four players" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 11 December 2015.

[21] "Марчин Буркхардт готов за Ул/Киса" (in Norwegian). ullkisafootball.no. 29 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-03-07.

[22] "Bylis completed the transfers of two quality players" (in Albanian). minuta90.com. 31 January 2016.

[23] "T2 sign four players ahead of second USL season". Portland Timbers. 18 March 2016.

[24] "Five officially left Ticha" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 12 December 2015.

[25] "Maritsa signed two former Botev players" (in Bulgarian). sportenplovdiv.com. 17 February 2016.

[26] "Bourabia officially moved to Levski" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 11 January 2016.

[27] "Cherno More loaned a youth player to Dobrudzha" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 15 January 2016.

[youth_loans-28] "Cherno More loaned talents to V Group" (in Bulgarian). varna.utre.bg. 1 February 2016.

[29] "Dobrudzha took a youth international from Cherno More" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 5 February 2016.

[38] "A PFG 2015/2016 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2015.

[39] Mihail Venkov was captain during the first half of the season.

[40] "Bacari's surgery will take place within days" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 13 July 2015.

[41] "Marcin out from Cherno More for the Ludogorets game" (in Bulgarian). petel.bg. 25 July 2015.

[42] "Bekir Rasim out for the visit at Slavia" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 31 July 2015.

[43] "Trayan Trayanov has pulled a hamstring" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 13 August 2015.

[44] "Raykov out for the game with Botev Plovdiv" (in Bulgarian). varna.utre.bg. 26 August 2015.

[45] "Sténio out for the Loko Plovdiv game today" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 11 September 2015.

[46] "Cherno More with personnel problems for the Lilacs" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 14 September 2015.

[47] "More personnel problems for the Sailors" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 15 September 2015.

[48] "Cherno More left with 17 footballers for Bansko" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 21 September 2015.

[Marcin_and_Ginho_injured-49] "The Sailors set course to Razgrad loaded with optimism" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 2 October 2015.

[50] "Cherno more's striker Zhivko Petkov was operated urgently. He is out until New Year" (in Bulgarian). petel.bg. 19 October 2015.

[51] "Cherno More with personnel problems before the match with Beroe" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 30 October 2015.

[52] "Cherno More definitely without Marc Klok against Beroe" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 30 October 2015.

[53] "Cherno More without Raykov at Montana" (in Bulgarian). petel.bg. 6 November 2015.

[54] "The Sailors with recovering training session at Ticha" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 2 December 2015.

[55] "Stefan Stanchev has only commotio cerebri" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 7 December 2015.

[56] "Stefan Stanchev goes under the knife! Out for the spring season" (in Bulgarian). petel.bg. 12 February 2016.

[57] "Trayanov misses the game with Slavia" (in Bulgarian). varna.utre.bg. 12 February 2016.

[58] "Bacari goes out on injections against Slavia" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 17 February 2016.

[59] "Cherno More midfielder with severe injury! His leg was immobilized by a splint" (in Bulgarian). petel.bg. 29 March 2016.

[60] "A virus stopped Bekir Resim from European match of the national team" (in Bulgarian). petel.bg. 29 March 2016.

[61] "The Sailors with personnel problems before the match with Ludogorets" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 1 April 2016.

[Yoskov_and_Klok_out-62] "Nikola Spasov determined the group for the match with Beroe" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 5 May 2016.

[63] "Three sailors in the national under-19 team" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 10 August 2015.

[64] "Kitanov called-up for the euroqualifier with Romania" (in Bulgarian). varna.utre.bg. 25 August 2015.

[65] "Cherno More has two more youth international players" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 30 August 2015.

[66] "Cherno More gave an international player to Cape Verde, missess the friendly with Viitorul" (in Bulgarian). varna.utre.bg. 31 August 2015.

[67] "The Sailors prepare for the clash with champions" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 1 October 2015.

[68] "Croatian defender arrived on trial at "The Sea"" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 7 October 2015.

[69] "Cherno More will play a friendly with Viitorul during the break" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 4 November 2015.

[70] "Yoskov out from the national team due to adductor pain" (in Bulgarian). varna.utre.bg. 5 November 2015.

[71] "Cherno More trains without five international players" (in Bulgarian). petel.bg. 9 November 2015.

[72] "Cherno More gave an international player" (in Bulgarian). varna.utre.bg. 22 January 2016.

[73] "Kitanov got another call-up from Antoni Zdravkov" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 9 March 2016.

[2_int-74] "Two more international players at Cherno More" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 18 March 2016.

[75] "Valentin Yoskov called up for the national team" (in Bulgarian). PFC Cherno More. 6 April 2016.

[76] "Bulgaria U21 squad for the international tournament "Toulon"" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 13 May 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[77] "Bafana Bafana thump Gambia in Bakau". SuperSport.com. 4 June 2016.

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