2019–20 PFC Cherno More Varna season

Cherno More
2019–20 season
Chairman	Marin Marinov
Manager	Ilian Iliev
Stadium	Ticha
	← 2018–19

The 2019-20 season is Cherno More's 56th season in the top flight since the establishment of the league in 1948 and the 19th consecutive one. On 13 March, the league was suspended for a month due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Bulgaria.^[1]

First Professional Football League edit

Regular season edit

14 July 2019 Round 1	Cherno More	3–1	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Varna
	Ndongala 30' Enchev 50' Isa 53' Rodrigo 61' Andrade 66' D. Iliev 70' (o.g.)	Report	Aralica 16' 50' Tsvetanov 62' Eliton Junior 69'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Nikola Popov

20 July 2019 Round 2	CSKA Sofia	1–3	Cherno More	Sofia
	Evandro 27' Atanasov 40' Tiago Rodrigues 67' Watt 77' 77'	Report	Isa 24' Rodrigo 37' (pen.), 60' 19' Popov 33' 88' Andrade 41' Panayotov 61' Panov 77' Ndongala 77'	Stadium: Balgarska Armia Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

27 July 2019 Round 3	Cherno More	1–1	Etar	Varna
	Chantakias 24'	Report	Stanoev 17' Z. Iliev 22' Bojaj 66' Mladenov 79' Stoyanov 87' Apostolov 90+3'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Volen Chinkov

2 August 2019 Round 4	Cherno More	0–0	Slavia Sofia	Varna
	Panayotov 32' Andrade 34' Isa 63' Minchev 63' Dyulgerov 82'	Report	Karabelyov 36' Georgiev 41' Gamakov 49' Ivanov 56' Velkovski 64' 81' Shokolarov 71' Hristov 79' Popadiyn 84'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Vladimir Vulkov

9 August 2019 Round 5	Botev Vratsa	1–1	Cherno More	Vratsa
	Kerchev 70' Valchev 89' Zlatinski 90+4'	Report	Chantakias 21' Isa 45+1' 90' Enchev 72'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium Attendance: 840 Referee: Petar Kostadinov

18 August 2019 Round 6	Cherno More	1–2	Ludogorets	Varna
	Rodrigo 28' Chantakias 58' Neagu 61' Panov 65'	Report	Góralski 16' Biton 32' Dyakov 48' Iliev 62' Keșerü 75' Marcelinho 80' 85' Tchibota 86' Świerczok 90+2'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

23 August 2019 Round 7	Arda	0–0	Cherno More	Plovdiv
	Hovsepyan 5' 38' Lozev 20' Gajić 37'	Report	Kiki 13' Enchev 15' Jorginho 39' Chantakias 50' Andrade 82' Minchev 88' Popov 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 240 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

30 August 2019 Round 8	Cherno More	1–1	Dunav Ruse	Varna
	Iliev 48' Chantakias 90+1'	Report	Nikolov 20' Ahmedov 45+1' Isaevski 85'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Dragomir Draganov

15 September 2019 Round 9	Levski Sofia	3–0	Cherno More	Sofia
	S. Ivanov 21' Paulinho 31' Thiam 33' Robertha 35'	Report	Andrade 25' Jorginho 64'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 4,307 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov

20 September 2019 Round 10	Cherno More	2–0	Botev Plovdiv	Varna
	Isa 49' Rodrigo 65' Minchev 67' (pen.) Jordão 71'	Report	Viana 23' Argilashki 66' Ebert 86'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 950 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

27 September 2019 Round 11	Tsarsko Selo	1–1	Cherno More	Sofia
	Kavdanski 21' Karachanakov 29' Wesley 50' G. Minchev 52' Anderson 90+3'	Report	Stanchev 3' Popov 7' Enchev 56' 77' Dimov 70'	Stadium: Tsarsko Selo Sports Complex Attendance: 450 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

4 October 2019 Round 12	Cherno More	2–0	Beroe	Varna
	Dimov 27' Isa 38' Andrade 43' Panayotov 70' Minchev 86' (pen.)	Report	Tsvetkov 31' Minchev 71' Vasilev 85'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 700 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

18 October 2019 Round 13	Vitosha Bistritsa	0–2	Cherno More	Bistritsa
	Gochev 25' Kochilov 26' Gyonov 48'	Report	Panov 22' Aktaou 42' Rodrigo 43' 54' Kiki 65' Isa 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Bistritsa Attendance: 300 Referee: Nikola Popov

29 October 2019 Round 14	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–0	Cherno More	Plovdiv
	D. Iliev 14' Petrović 28' 62' Umarbayev 44' Lukov 90+4'	Report	Panov 40' Isa 42' Dimov 75' I. Iliev 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Volen Chinkov

5 November 2019 Round 15	Cherno More	0–2	CSKA Sofia	Varna
	Andrade 16' Kiki 45' Popov 61' Yanchev 76' Panayotov 81'	Report	Evandro 13' Sowe 30' 90+2' Mazikou 67' Geferson 81' Pinto 82' Malinov 88'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

9 November 2019 Round 16	Etar	1–0	Cherno More	Veliko Tarnovo
	Kovachev 17' Rumenov 45+1' (pen.) 88' Bojaj 58' Kolev 68' Z. Iliev 70'	Report	Enchev 45' Minchev 70'	Stadium: Stadion Ivaylo Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Nikola Popov

23 November 2019 Round 17	Slavia Sofia	0–1	Cherno More	Sofia
	Ivanov 37' Dyulgerov 61' 69'	Report	Andrade 15' Jordão 60' Yordanov 88' Isa 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Slavia Attendance: 230 Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov

30 November 2019 Round 18	Cherno More	4–1	Botev Vratsa	Varna
	Minchev 28', 31' Isa 51', 74'	Report	Gadzhev 27' Atanasov 72'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 650 Referee: Nedelcho Gadzhalov

7 December 2019 Round 19	Ludogorets	1–1	Cherno More	Razgrad
	Świerczok 84' Cicinho 90+3'	Report	Boukassi 14' Aktaou 43' Chantakias 69' Popov 75' Dimov 87'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

14 December 2019 Round 20	Cherno More	1–1	Arda	Varna
	Panayotov 39' Minchev 52' 89'	Report	Vasilev 11' Hovsepyan 28' Matheus Leoni 51' Martinov 76'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Georgi Davidov

16 February 2020 Round 21	Dunav Ruse	0–2	Cherno More	Ruse
	Dimov 30' Mitkov 38'	Report	Andrade 5' Stanchev 37' Coureur 53'	Stadium: Gradski Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

22 February 2020 Round 22	Cherno More	2–2	Levski Sofia	Varna
	Coureur 14' 59' Andrade 16' Chantakias 31' Panayotov 34' Isa 38' 39' Popov 61' Minchev 90+4'	Report	Kargas 15' Spierings 19' Paulinho 43' Thiam 60' Goranov 62' 75' Eyjólfsson 87' Alar 90+3'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov

29 February 2020 Round 23	Botev Plovdiv	1–1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
	Nichev 54' Filipov 58' Pirgov 63'	Report	Chantakias 22' Angelov 72' Rodrigo 79' 80' Jordão 88'	Stadium: Futbolen kompleks Botev 1912 Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Petar Kostadinov

6 March 2020 Round 24	Cherno More	1–0	Tsarsko Selo	Varna
	Dimov 32' Panayotov 45' Stanchev 61'	Report	Placide 32' Julio 60' Kavdanski 78'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Vladimir Valkov

7 June 2020 Round 25	Beroe	3–0	Cherno More	Stara Zagora
	Kamburov 29' (pen.) Fall 44' 67' Josipovic 86' Octávio 88'	Report	Stanchev 21' 37' Andrade 82'	Stadium: Stadion Beroe Attendance: 900 Referee: Stanislav Todorov

13 June 2020 Round 26	Cherno More	2–0	Vitosha Bistritsa	Varna
	Sadula 45+1' (o.g.) Isa 48' Popov 70' Vutsov 90+2'	Report	Kabov 71'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 400 Referee: Stanimir Trenchev

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Slavia Sofia	26	13	6	7	36	28	+8	45	Qualification for the Championship round
6	Beroe	26	14	1	11	44	34	+10	43	Qualification for the Championship round
7	Cherno More	26	10	10	6	32	24	+8	40	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Arda	26	7	10	9	27	33	−6	31
9	Botev Plovdiv	26	8	6	12	26	30	−4	30

Source: 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.^[2]

Results summary edit


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	10	10	6	32	24	+8	40	6	5	2	20	11	+9	4	5	4	12	13	−1

Last updated: 13 June 2020.
Source: flashscore.com

League performance edit

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	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	W
Position	2	2	3	3	4	6	6	7	7	7	7	5	5	6	6	7	6	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	7	7

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

Bulgarian Cup edit

24 September 2019 Round of 32	Botev Ihtiman	0–3	Cherno More	Ihtiman
	Tsenev 73'	Report	Minchev 49' Rodrigo 78' Yordanov 90'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Referee: Valentin Stanchev

4 December 2019 Round of 16	Levski Sofia	1–0	Cherno More	Sofia
	Raynov 24' Kargas 33' Thiam 52' Paulinho 59' S. Ivanov 79'	Report	Panayotov 35' Panov 51' Minchev 72'	Stadium: Vivacom Arena - Georgi Asparuhov Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

Player statistics edit

As of match played 7 December 2019

Key

No. = Squad number

Pos = Playing position

Nat. = Nationality

Apps = Appearances

GK = Goalkeeper

DF = Defender

MF = Midfielder

FW = Forward

= Yellow cards

= Red cards

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	First Professional Football League		Bulgarian Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	BUL	Tsvetomir Panov	18	0	2	0	20	0	5	0
5	DF	BUL	Stefan Stanchev	9(1)	0	2	0	11(1)	0	0	0
6	MF	BUL	Viktor Popov	17	0	1	0	18	0	5	1
7	MF	BUL	Patrick Andrade	15(1)	0	2	0	17(1)	0	8	0
8	MF	BUL	Emil Yanchev	1(5)	0	1	0	2(5)	0	0	0
9	FW	BUL	Ismail Isa	15	8	1	0	16	8	4	0
10	MF	BUL	Ilian Iliev	4(8)	1	0(1)	0	4(9)	1	1	0
11	FW	BRA	Jorginho	3(2)	0	0	0	3(2)	0	1	0
11	FW	ALG	Mehdi Boukassi	1(1)	0	1	0	2(1)	0	1	0
18	GK	SUI	Miodrag Mitrović	11	0	2	0	13	0	0	0
19	MF	BUL	Velislav Vasilev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	BRA	Jordão Cardoso	2(11)	0	1	0	3(11)	0	2	0
23	DF	ROM	Ionuț Neagu	0(4)	0	0	0	0(4)	0	0	0
25	GK	BUL	Ivan Dyulgerov	8	0	0	0	8	0	1	0
26	GK	BUL	Ivan Dichevski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	BUL	Daniel Dimov	11(1)	0	1	0	12(1)	0	4	0
31	MF	BUL	Lachezar Yordanov	0(3)	0	0(1)	1	0(4)	1	1	0
33	DF	BUL	Miroslav Enchev	11	1	0	0	11	1	4	1
38	MF	DRC	Aristote N'Dongala	10(7)	1	1(1)	0	11(8)	1	1	0
44	DF	GRE	Dimitrios Chantakias	13(2)	1	1	0	14(2)	1	5	0
45	FW	BUL	Denislav Angelov	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0(2)	0	0	0
71	MF	BUL	Vasil Panayotov	18	0	1(1)	0	19(1)	0	5	0
72	MF	BRA	Rodrigo Henrique	17	4	2	1	19	5	3	0
90	FW	BUL	Martin Minchev	17(1)	4	2	1	19(1)	5	3	0
93	DF	NED	Fahd Aktaou	2(1)	1	1(1)	0	3(2)	1	1	0
99	FW	BUL	Dani Kiki	6(4)	1	0	0	6(4)	1	2	0