1953 PFC Cherno More Varna season

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Cherno More Varna
1953 season
ManagerIvan Mokanov
Republican Football Group A3rd
Bulgarian CupQuarterfinals
Top goalscorer (7)[1]

The 1953 season was Cherno More's second consecutive season in Republican Football Group A after being administratively relegated in 1949 and returning to the top flight in 1952.[2] The club competed as VMS Stalin after Varna was renamed after the Soviet dictator in December 1949.[3] Cherno more finished in 3rd place which was the club's highest post-war league finish until it was matched in 2008-2009.

Republican Football Group A[]

Main article: 1953 A Group

Matches[]

15 March 1953 Round 1 VMS Stalin 0–1 Varna
22 March 1953 Round 2 Minyor Dimitrovo 3–2 VMS Stalin Pernik
28 March 1953 Round 3 VMS Stalin 2–1 Lokomotiv Sofia Varna
1 April 1953 Round 4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0–0 VMS Stalin Plovdiv
12 April 1953 Round 5 VMS Stalin 3–2 Varna
25 April 1953 Round 7 VMS Stalin 3–2 Cherveno Zname Stanke Dimitrov Varna
5 May 1953 Round 8 Spartak Sofia 1–0 VMS Stalin Sofia
11 May 1953 Round 9 VMS Stalin 0–0 Spartak Plovdiv Varna
17 May 1953 Round 10 Spartak Pleven 1–0 VMS Stalin Pleven
23 May 1953 Round 11 VMS Stalin 1–0 Varna
31 May 1953 Round 12 VMS Stalin 2–0 DNA Plovdiv Varna
7 July 1953 Round 13 Udarnik Sofia 0–2 VMS Stalin Sofia
10 July 1953 Round 15 Dinamo Sofia 1–0 VMS Stalin Sofia
19 July 1953 Round 14 VMS Stalin 1–0 Sofiyski Garnizon Varna
29 July 1953 Round 16 1–0 VMS Stalin Varna
10 August 1953 Round 29 Sofiyski Garnizon 0–0 VMS Stalin Sofia
15 August 1953 Round 20 2–1 VMS Stalin Sofia
18 August 1953 Round 21 Cherveno Zname Stanke Dimitrov 0–0 VMS Stalin Dupnitsa
22 August 1953 Round 24 Spartak Plovdiv 0–3 VMS Stalin Plovdiv
26 August 1953 Round 27 DNA Plovdiv 1–1 VMS Stalin Plovdiv
7 September 1953 Round 23 VMS Stalin 1–2 Spartak Sofia Varna
11 September 1953 Round 28 VMS Stalin 3–0 Udarnik Sofia Varna
17 September 1953 Round 26 0–1 VMS Stalin Sofia
23 September 1953 Round 25 VMS Stalin 2–0 Spartak Pleven Varna
27 September 1953 Round 19 VMS Stalin 0–0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Varna
6 October 1953 Round 17 VMS Stalin 1–0 Minyor Dimitrovo Varna
13 October 1953 Round 18 Lokomotiv Sofia 2–0 VMS Stalin Sofia
20 October 1953 Round 30 VMS Stalin 0–0 Dinamo Sofia Varna
  • Varna was renamed Stalin after Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin from 20 December 1949 to 20 October 1956;
  • Pernik was renamed Dimitrovo after Bulgarian Communist leader Georgi Dimitrov from 1949 to 1962;
  • Dupnitsa was renamed Stanke Dimitrov in 1950 after the Communist party activist. Cherveno zname is a former name of Marek;
  • CSKA Sofia participated as Sofiyski Garnizon (Sofia Garrison);
  • Dinamo Sofia is a former name of Levski Sofia;
  • Udarnik Sofia is a former name of Slavia Sofia;
  • DNA Plovdiv is a former name of Botev Plovdiv.
  • A unified team composed of players from various teams took part in the league until July 1953 in order to help the national team prepare for the 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. The idea was abandoned after the national team's defeat against Romania on 28 June 1953. The team's participation meant the fixtures were subject to heavy rescheduling, which was later recognized as a mistake by the Football Union.[4]

League standings[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Levski Sofia (C) 28 19 5 4 48 22 +26 43
2 CSKA Sofia 28 18 6 4 64 23 +41 42
3 Cherno More Varna 28 12 7 9 29 20 +9 31
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 28 9 13 6 30 29 +1 31
5 Slavia Sofia 28 9 12 7 42 33 +9 30
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

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 12 7 9 29 20  +9 43 9 3 2 19 8  +11 3 4 7 10 12  −2

Bulgarian Cup[]

Main article: 1953 Bulgarian Cup
Round 1 VMS Stalin 2–1 Varna
Round 2 VMS Stalin 1–1 (a.e.t.) Etar Veliko Tarnovo
Round 2 Replay VMS Stalin 3–0 Etar Veliko Tarnovo
Quarterfinals VMS Stalin 0–1 Spartak Plovdiv

Squad[]

Pos. Nat. Name
GK  BUL Ivan Derventski
GK  BUL Lyuben Tashev
DF  BUL Dimitar Stefanov
DF  BUL Gocho Rusev
DF  BUL Todor Nikolov
MF  BUL Nikola Aleksandrov
MF  BUL Ivan Shulev
MF  BUL Blagoy Filipov
MF  BUL Ivan Pirgov
FW  BUL Spas Kirov
FW  BUL Vasil Dosev
FW  BUL Borislav Kovachev
FW  BUL Kiril Bogdanov
FW  BUL Nikola Aleksiev
FW  BUL Dimitar Yovchev
FW  BUL Todor Terzistoev
FW  BUL Dimitar Samsarov
FW  BUL Georgi Dimitrov

[5]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.retro-football.bg/sites/default/files/books/almanah_1954.pdf pp.50
  2. ^ http://www.retro-football.bg/sites/default/files/books/almanah_1954.pdf pp.41-44
  3. ^ "The names of Varna". Archived from the original on 2011-05-18.
  4. ^ http://www.retro-football.bg/sites/default/files/books/almanah_1954.pdf pp.65-66
  5. ^ http://www.retro-football.bg/sites/default/files/books/almanah_1954.pdf p.44

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