2001–02 PFC Cherno More Varna season

Cherno More
2001–02 season
Chairman	Krasen Kralev
Manager	Aleksandar Stankov
A Group	11th
Bulgarian Cup	Fourth round; (knocked out by CSKA Sofia)
Top goalscorer	Kristiyan Dobrev (10)
Biggest win	4–0 (vs Litex, 26 August 2001)
Biggest defeat	3–0 (vs Neftochimic, 15 Sep 2001)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

This page covers all relevant details regarding PFC Cherno More Varna for all official competitions inside the 2000–01 season. These are A Group and Bulgarian Cup.^[1]

Transfers[]

Summer transfer window[]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BUL	(from Velbazhd)
—	GK	BUL	Ivaylo Petrov (from Beroe)
—	DF	BUL	Aleksey Dionisiev (on loan from Levski Sofia)
—	DF	BUL	(from Balkan)
—	MF	BUL	Ivan Mekikov (on loan from CSKA Sofia)
—	MF	BUL	Petar Zlatinov (on loan from CSKA Sofia)
—	MF	RUS	Vladimir Gerasimov (from Krylia Sovetov)
—	MF	BUL	(on loan from CSKA Sofia)
—	MF	BUL	(from Velbazhd)
—	MF	BUL	(from CSKA Sofia)
—	FW	BUL	Stanimir Georgiev (on loan from CSKA Sofia)
—	FW	BUL	(on loan from CSKA Sofia)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BUL	Tihomir Todorov (to Spartak Pleven)
—	GK	BUL	(to Dijon FCO)
—	DF	BUL	(released)
—	DF	BUL	Zdravko Stankov (released)
—	DF	BUL	Boyko Kamenov (released)
—	DF	BUL	Borislav Pavlov (to Velbazhd)
—	MF	BUL	(released)
—	MF	BUL	(released)
—	FW	ROU	(released)
—	FW	BUL	Mario Metushev (to Chernomorets Burgas)
—	FW	BUL	(to Botev Plovdiv)

Winter transfer window[]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BUL	Todor Kyuchukov (from CSKA Sofia)
—	DF	BUL	Svetoslav Georgiev (from CSKA Sofia)
—	DF	NGA	Emmanuel Baba (from Jigawa Golden Stars)
—	DF	BUL	Steliyan Popchev (from Beroe)
—	MF	BUL	Slavi Zhekov (from Beroe)
—	MF	NGA	Richard Eromoigbe (on from Levski Sofia)
—	MF	NGA	Omonigho Temile (from Delta United)
—	FW	BUL	(from Botev Plovdiv)
—	FW	BUL	Miroslav Mindev (from Olimpik Teteven)
—	FW	BUL	Stanislav Rumenov (from CSKA Sofia)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BUL	(released)
—	DF	BUL	(to Dobrudzha)
—	MF	BUL	Ivan Mekikov (loan return to CSKA Sofia)
—	MF	BUL	(to Botev Vratsa)
—	MF	BUL	(loan return to CSKA Sofia)
—	MF	BUL	Petar Zlatinov (loan return to CSKA Sofia)
—	FW	BUL	Stanimir Georgiev (loan return to CSKA Sofia)

Squad[]

League Statistics[]

Pos.	Name	App	Goals
GK	Ivaylo Petrov	?	0
GK	Todor Kyuchukov	?	0
GK		?	0
DF		?	0
DF		?	0
DF	Aleksey Dionisiev	30	1
DF	Miroslav Milošević	?	0
DF	Svetoslav Georgiev	11	0
DF	Emmanuel Baba	?	0
DF		?	0
DF		?	0
DF	Steliyan Popchev	?	2
MF		?	2
MF	Georgi Iliev	36	8
MF	Vladimir Gerasimov	31	1
MF		?	1
MF		?	0
MF	Lyudmil Kirov	?	1
MF	Richard Eromoigbe	5	0
MF	Kristiyan Dobrev	33	10
MF	Slavi Zhekov	?	2
MF	Omonigho Temile	19	2
MF	Stanislav Stoyanov	21	2
MF		?	0
FW	Stanislav Rumenov	?	4
FW		?	2
FW	Miroslav Mindev	15	1
FW		?	3

Players, who left the club during a season

Pos.	Name	App	Goals
GK		8	0
DF		?	0
MF	Ivan Mekikov	2	0
MF		?	0
MF		?	?
MF	Petar Zlatinov	11	0
MF	Stanimir Georgiev	?	3

Matches[]

A Group[]

Regular season[]

4 August 2001 Round 1	Cherno More	0 – 1	Slavia Sofia	showVarna
18:00 EEST			Kushev 19' (pen.)	Stadium: Ticha

11 August 2001 Round 2	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Cherno More	showSofia
19:00 EEST	Pantelić 26'	report	Milošević	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Svetoslav Stefanov (Veliko Tarnovo)

18 August 2001 Round 3	Cherno More	2 – 0	Beroe Stara Zagora	showVarna
18:00 EEST	Dragov 22' (o.g.) Dobrev 89'	report		Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Asen Nikolov

26 August 2001 Round 4	Cherno More	4 – 0	Litex Lovech	showVarna
18:00 EEST	Zhelev 58' (o.g.) Dobrev 72' (pen.) Kirov 83' 87'			Stadium: Ticha

8 September 2001 Round 5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2 – 1	Cherno More	showPlovdiv
17:00 EEST	Pavlov 63' Stoynev 72'		Stoyanov 41'	Stadium: Lokomotiv

15 September 2001 Round 6	Cherno More	0 – 3	Neftochimic Burgas	showVarna
17:30 EEST			Timnev 35' Sakaliev 78', 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Ticha

22 September 2001 Round 7	Lokomotiv Sofia	1 – 2	Cherno More	showSofia
17:00 EEST	Karl 49' (pen.) Genchev Donev Hristov	report	St. Georgiev 10' G. Iliev 44' Dobrev	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov (Sofia)

29 September 2001 Round 8	Cherno More	2 – 1	Belasitsa Petrich	showVarna
17:00 EEST	G. Iliev 43', 90' (pen.) G. Iliev Gerasimov St. Georgiev	report	65' A. Dimitrov Dinei	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Sofia)

9 October 2001 Round 9	CSKA Sofia	1 – 0	Cherno More	showSofia
17:30 EEST	Sv. Petrov 88' (pen.)	report	Gerasimov Kirov	Stadium: Balgarska Armia Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Yordan Stalev (Plovdiv)

14 October 2001 Round 10	Cherno More	1 – 1	Spartak Varna	showVarna
14:00 EEST	Dionisiev 48' Dionisiev	report	V. Stanchev 45' Stoykov Karakanov Varbanov An. Petrov N. Stanchev	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Momchil Vraykov (Pleven)

20 October 2001 Round 11	Marek Dupnitsa	2 – 0	Cherno More	showDupnitsa
16:00 EEST	Paparkov 7' (pen.) V. Dimitrov 55' Paparkov	report	Zlatinov G. Iliev Dobrev Dionisiev	Stadium: Bonchuk Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Anton Getsov (Veliko Tarnovo)

27 October 2001 Round 12	Cherno More	2 – 2	Spartak Pleven	showVarna
16:00 EEST	Dobrev 8' St. Georgiev 32' G. Iliev	report	E. Todorov 59' T. Kolev 69' G. Ivanov	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov (Sofia)

3 November 2001 Round 13	Chernomorets Burgas	1 – 0	Cherno More	showBurgas
14:30 EEST	65'			Stadium: Chernomorets

10 November 2001 Round 14	Slavia Sofia	0 – 0	Cherno More	showSofia
14:30 EEST	Y. Petkov Đukić Dzhorov 62' Vachev 70'	report	Dobrev Gerasimov Dionisiev 40'	Stadium: Slavia Attendance: 500 Referee: Anton Genov (Gabrovo)

16 November 2001 Round 15	Cherno More	1 – 2	Levski Sofia	showLovech
14:30 EEST	G. Iliev 20' Dobrev	report	Chilikov 6' B. Ivanov 78' Angelov	Stadium: Lovech Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Svetozar Marinov (Ruse)

23 November 2001 Round 16	Beroe Stara Zagora	3 – 1	Cherno More	showStara Zagora
14:30 EEST	Bibishkov 39', 83' Shishkov 55' Popchev Penev Zhekov	report	G. Iliev 65'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Kamen Aleksiev (Veliko Tarnovo)

1 December 2001 Round 17	Litex Lovech	3 – 2	Cherno More	showLovech
14:00 EEST	Janković 14', 60' Yurukov 19' Henrique	report	83' St. Georgiev 87' Dobrev Gerasimov	Stadium: Lovech Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Sofia)

13 March 2002 Round 18	Cherno More	1 – 3	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	showVarna
14:30 EEST	Temile 23'		Paskov 8' Stoynev 83' Trajanov 90'	Stadium: Ticha

16 February 2002 Round 19	Neftochimic Burgas	1 – 0	Cherno More	showBurgas
17:30 EEST	Viciknez 4'			Stadium: Lazur

23 February 2002 Round 20	Cherno More	1 – 1	Lokomotiv Sofia	showVarna
14:30 EEST	Popchev 5' Sv. Georgiev Zhekov	report	Donev 84'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ivan Dobrinov (Sofia)

2 March 2002 Round 21	Belasitsa Petrich	1 – 1	Cherno More	showPetrich
14:00 EEST	Y. Minev 45' Aldev	report	Rumenov 42' Popchev Gerasimov Temile	Stadium: Tsar Samuil Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Momchil Vraykov (Pleven)

6 March 2002 Round 22	Cherno More	0 – 1	CSKA Sofia	showVarna
15:30 EEST	Popchev	report	Manchev 76' Gueye G. Ivanov Manchev	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Stefan Gospodinov (Stara Zagora)

10 March 2002 Round 23	Spartak Varna	0 – 0	Cherno More	showVarna
15:30 EEST	St. Donchev Karakanov Krastev	report	Dionisiev Popchev G. Iliev	Stadium: Spartak Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ivan Dobrinov (Sofia)

16 March 2002 Round 24	Cherno More	3 – 1	Marek Dupnitsa	showVarna
15:30 EEST	Dobrev 11' Zhekov 38' 75' Temile	report	Kirilov 8' Arangelov Velikov Yonkov	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dimitar Kostov (Burgas)

23 March 2002 Round 25	Spartak Pleven	3 – 1	Cherno More	showPleven
15:30 EEST	G. Georgiev 10' T. Kolev 43', 48' Peykov	report	Mindev 79' I. Petrov Baba Temile	Stadium: Belite Orli Attendance: 200 Referee: Anton Getsov (Veliko Tarnovo)

1 April 2002 Round 26	Cherno More	3 – 1	Chernomorets Burgas	showVarna
15:30 EEST	G. Iliev 39' Rumenov 60', 66'		Dzhambazov 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Ticha

Table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
10	Chernomorets Burgas	26	7	5	14	24	54	−30	26	Qualification for relegation group
11	Marek	26	6	6	14	22	42	−20	24
12	Cherno More	26	6	6	14	28	36	−8	24
13	Belasitsa Petrich	26	6	5	15	21	35	−14	23
14	Beroe	26	3	5	18	13	46	−33	14

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 season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw.

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
26	6	6	14	28	36	−8	24	5	3	5	20	17	+3	1	3	9	8	19	−11

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
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	W
Position	14	14	11	7	8	10	9	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12

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

Relegation round[]

6 April 2002 Round 27	Spartak Varna	1 – 2	Cherno More	showVarna
17:00 EEST	Krumov 50' Lazarov N. Stanchev I. Iliev Karakanov Donchev Krumov	report	Gerasimov 30' 56' (pen.) Sv. Georgiev	Stadium: Spartak Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov (Sofia)

13 April 2002 Round 28	Cherno More	1 – 1	Chernomorets Burgas	showVarna
17:00 EEST	Dobrev 83' (pen.)	report	Y. Todorov 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov (Sandanski)

17 April 2002 Round 29	Marek Dupnitsa	1 – 1	Cherno More	showDupnitsa
17:00 EEST	Arangelov 63'		Dobrev 14' (pen.)	Stadium: Bonchuk Attendance: 2,000

20 April 2002 Round 30	Beroe Stara Zagora	1 – 1	Cherno More	showStara Zagora
17:00 EEST	Gospodinov 43' Gospodinov Bibishkov Yonov	report	Dobrev 62' Popchev Temile 45'	Stadium: Beroe Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Yordan Stalev (Plovdiv)

24 April 2002 Round 31	Cherno More	1 – 1	Belasitsa Petrich	showVarna
17:00 EEST	Rumenov 65'		Tunchev 73'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 200 Referee: Yordan Ivanov (Sofia)

28 April 2002 Round 32	Spartak Pleven	2 – 1	Cherno More	show
17:00 EEST	Sirakov 25' E. Todorov 60' (pen.)		70'	Stadium: Pleven Attendance: 1,200

4 May 2002 Round 33	Cherno More	3 – 2	Lokomotiv Sofia	showVarna
18:00 EEST	Dobrev 20' Zhekov 47' 63'		R. Hristov 74' Velichkov 77'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,000

8 May 2002 Round 34	Cherno More	1 – 1	Spartak Varna	showVarna
17:00 EEST	Dobrev 89' (pen.)		Kremenliev 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ivan Dobrinov (Sofia)

12 May 2002 Round 35	Chernomorets Burgas	2 – 0	Cherno More	showBurgas
18:00 EEST	Metushev 12' 82'			Stadium: Chernomorets Attendance: 4,000

16 May 2002 Round 36	Cherno More	2 – 0	Marek Dupnitsa	showSevlievo
18:00 EEST	Popchev 40' 47'			Stadium: Rakovski Attendance: 300

19 May 2002 Round 37	Cherno More	2 – 1	Beroe Stara Zagora	showNesebar
17:00 EEST	G. Iliev 51', 53'		Penev 45'	Stadium: Nesebar Attendance: 1,000

22 May 2002 Round 38	Belasitsa Petrich	1 – 0	Cherno More	showPetrich
18:00 EEST	Vava 29'		30'	Stadium: Tsar Samuil Attendance: 700

25 May 2002 Round 39	Cherno More	2 – 0	Spartak Pleven	showTargovishte
18:00 EEST	45' Temile 79'			Stadium: Dimitar Burkov Attendance: 2,500

29 May 2002 Round 40	Lokomotiv Sofia	1 – 2	Cherno More	showSofia
18:00 EEST	19' Manolkov 22'		Dobrev 48' Stoyanov 63'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 200

Table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Spartak Varna	40	12	13	15	50	51	−1	36
10	Chernomorets Burgas	40	13	9	18	41	69	−28	35
11	Cherno More	40	12	11	17	47	51	−4	35
12	Spartak Pleven (R)	40	15	4	21	58	66	−8	33	Relegation to 2002–03 B Group
13	Belasitsa Petrich (R)	40	12	7	21	34	50	−16	32	Relegation to 2002–03 B Group

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 season goal difference; 7th season goals scored; 8th "sportsmanship" (R & Y cards); 9th draw.
(R) Relegated

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
14	6	5	3	19	15	+4	23	4	3	0	12	6	+6	2	2	3	7	9	−2

League performance[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W
Position	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	13	12	10	13	12	11

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

Goalscorers in A Group[]

Rank	Scorer	Goals
1	Kristiyan Dobrev	10
2	Georgi Iliev	8
3	Stanislav Rumenov	4
4		3
4	Stanimir Georgiev	3
6	Stanislav Stoyanov	2
	Omonigho Temile
	Steliyan Popchev
	Slavi Zhekov


12	Lyudmil Kirov	1
	Aleksey Dionisiev
	Miroslav Mindev
	Vladimir Gerasimov

Bulgarian Cup[]

23 October 2001 3rd Round	Cherno More	5 – 0	Botev Vratsa	showVarna
	3' Dionisiev 23' Zlatinov 37', 41' 70'			Stadium: Ticha

28 November 2001 4th Round	CSKA Sofia	3 – 2	Cherno More	showSofia
	Manchev 54' Yanev 56' Penev 89'	report	Dobrev 43' 90'	Stadium: Balgarska Armia

References[]

^ "A Group 2001-02 season" (in Bulgarian). a-pfg.com.

[1] "A Group 2001-02 season" (in Bulgarian). a-pfg.com.

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