2002–03 PFC Cherno More Varna season

Cherno More
2002–03 season
Chairman	Krasen Kralev
Manager	Velislav Vutsov
A Group	5th
Bulgarian Cup	Second round; (knocked out by Litex Lovech)
Top goalscorer	Darko Spalević (7)
Biggest win	4–0 (vs Rilski Sportist, 2 Nov 2002); 4–0 (vs Botev Plovdiv, 28 Feb 2003); 4–0 (vs Slavia Sofia, 31 May 2003)
Biggest defeat	4–1 (vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv, 5 Oct 2002)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

This page covers all relevant details regarding PFC Cherno More Varna for all official competitions inside the 2002–03 season. These are A Group and Bulgarian Cup.^[1]

Transfers

Summer transfer window

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BUL	Zdravko Zdravkov (from İstanbulspor)
—	GK	BUL	Tihomir Todorov (from Spartak Pleven)
—	DF	BUL	Adalbert Zafirov (from Lokomotiv Sofia)
—	DF	BRA	Lúcio Wagner (on loan from Levski Sofia)
—	DF	BUL	Gosho Ginchev (from Antalyaspor)
—	DF	BUL	Yanek Kyuchukov (from Panserraikos)
—	DF	BUL	Stefan Goshev (from Spartak Pleven)
—	MF	BUL	Konstantin Mirchev (from CSKA Sofia)
—	MF	BUL	Marin Petrov (from Litex)
—	MF	BUL	Ivaylo Petev (from Litex)
—	MF	BUL	Asen Bukarev (from CSKA Sofia)
—	FW	BUL	Emil Todorov (from Spartak Pleven)
—	FW	BUL	Stefan Yurukov (from Litex)
—	FW	BRA	Ângelo da Silva (from Krylia Sovetov)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BUL	Nedelcho Dobrev (to Dobrudzha)
—	GK	BUL	Todor Kyuchukov (to Sigma Olomouc)
—	DF	BUL	Svetoslav Georgiev (to Makedonska Slava)
—	DF	BUL	Steliyan Popchev (to Beroe)
—	DF	SCG	Mark Šekularac (released)
—	DF	BUL	Ventsislav Marinov (retired)
—	DF	BUL	Grigor Stoychovski (released)
—	MF	BUL	Plamen Petrov (to Marek)
—	MF	BUL	Daniel Atanasov (released)
—	MF	BUL	Yavor Georgiev (released)
—	MF	BUL	Lyudmil Kirov (to Dobrudzha)
—	FW	BUL	Spas Gigov (loan return to CSKA Sofia)
—	FW	BUL	Miroslav Mindev (to Sliven 2000)
—	FW	BUL	Evgeni Kurdov (to Rodopa Smolyan)

Winter transfer window

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	BIH	Dalibor Dragić (from Levski Sofia)
—	DF	BUL	Diyan Donchev (on loan from Spartak Varna)
—	FW	BUL	Kostadin Bashov (on loan from Levski Sofia)
—	FW	MLT	Daniel Bogdanović (from Valletta)
—	FW	SCG	Darko Spalević (from Red Star Belgrade)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BUL	Zdravko Zdravkov (to İstanbulspor)
—	DF	BUL	Yanek Kyuchukov (to Marek)
—	DF	BUL	Filip Ilkov (to Belasitsa)
—	DF	NGA	Emmanuel Baba (to Levski Sofia)
—	MF	BUL	Ivaylo Petev (to Litex)
—	MF	NGA	Richard Eromoigbe (loan return to Levski Sofia)
—	MF	NGA	Omonigho Temile (to Levski Sofia)
—	FW	BUL	Stefan Yurukov (to Liaoning Whowin)
—	FW	BRA	Ângelo da Silva (released)

Squad

League Statistics

Pos.	Name	App	Goals
GK	Ivaylo Petrov	?	0
GK	Tihomir Todorov	?	0
GK	Todor Todorov	0	0
DF	Gosho Ginchev	23	1
DF	Aleksey Dionisiev	7	0
DF	Adalbert Zafirov	24	5
DF	Miroslav Milošević	?	0
DF	Lúcio Wagner	20	0
DF	Dalibor Dragić	11	1
DF	Stefan Goshev	?	0
DF	Diyan Donchev	4	0
MF	Slavi Zhekov	?	3
MF	Georgi Iliev	18	3
MF	Vladimir Gerasimov	20	2
MF	Ivo Mihaylov	?	2
MF	Marin Petrov	14	1
MF	Asen Bukarev	25	3
MF	Kristiyan Dobrev	3	0
MF	Konstantin Mirchev	?	2
MF	Stanislav Stoyanov	8	0
MF	Stanislav Rumenov	?	0
FW	Emil Todorov	?	1
FW	Daniel Bogdanović	7	0
FW	Darko Spalević	13	7
FW	Kostadin Bashov	13	1

Players, who left the club during a season

Pos.	Name	App	Goals
GK	Zdravko Zdravkov	12	0
DF	Yanek Kyuchukov	8	0
DF	Emmanuel Baba	?	0
DF	Filip Ilkov	0	0
MF	Ivaylo Petev	10	1
MF	Richard Eromoigbe	3	0
MF	Omonigho Temile	12	1
FW	Stefan Yurukov	10	6
FW	Ângelo da Silva	6	0

Matches

A Group

10 August 2002 Round 1	Cherno More	0 – 0	Levski Sofia	Nesebar
18:00 EEST	Ginchev Gerasimov Gerasimov 70'		Golovskoy Stoilov Pantelić Bachkov Topuzakov 70'	Stadium: Nesebar Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kamen Aleksiev (Veliko Tarnovo)

17 August 2002 Round 2	Botev Plovdiv	0 – 1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
18:00 EEST			Temile 45+1'	Stadium: Hristo Botev

24 August 2002 Round 3	Cherno More	0 – 0	Litex Lovech	Varna
18:00 EEST				Stadium: Ticha

31 August 2002 Round 4	Naftex Burgas	2 – 1	Cherno More	Burgas
17:30 EEST	Krastev 14' Sakaliev 19'		M. Petrov 55'	Stadium: Lazur

15 September 2002 Round 5	Cherno More	2 – 1	Spartak Varna	Varna
17:00 EEST	G. Iliev 1' Zafirov 62'		M. Georgiev 3' Trenchev 78' N. Stanchev 81'	Stadium: Ticha

21 September 2002 Round 6	Lokomotiv Sofia	0 – 0	Cherno More	Sofia
17:00 EEST	Ashimov	report	Stoyanov	Stadium: Lokomotiv Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Galin Muskalev (Yambol)

28 September 2002 Round 7	Cherno More	0 – 1	CSKA Sofia	Varna
16:00 EEST	Mihaylov 73'	report	V. Dimitrov 71' Brito 90'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Anton Genov (Gabrovo)

5 October 2002 Round 8	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	4 – 1	Cherno More	Plovdiv
16:00 EEST	Stoynev 20' Donev 45+2' Stoyanov 65' (o.g.) M. Zafirov 90+1'		Yurukov 69'	Stadium: Lokomotiv

19 October 2002 Round 9	Cherno More	2 – 1	Dobrudzha Dobrich	Varna
16:00 EEST	Yurukov 19', 22' Kyuchukov	report	K. Todorov 69' A. Georgiev	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Kancho Dimitrov (Sofia)

26 October 2002 Round 10	Chernomorets Burgas	1 – 2	Cherno More	Burgas
16:00 EEST	P. Kolev 76' Hristiyanov	report	Yurukov 45' Bukarev 90' Rumenov Kyuchukov Ginchev Yurukov	Stadium: Chernomorets Attendance: 300 Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov (Sofia)

2 November 2002 Round 11	Cherno More	4 – 0	Rilski Sportist	Varna
14:30 EEST	Petev 16' Yurukov 18' Ginchev 27' Mihaylov 90'	report	Georgiev	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Georgi Videlov (Burgas)

9 November 2002 Round 12	Cherno More	2 – 0	Marek Dupnitsa	Varna
14:30 EEST	Yurukov 25' Bukarev 30' Petev	report	Koemdzhiev Lyubenov	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Georgi Narlev (Silistra)

23 November 2002 Round 13	Slavia Sofia	1 – 0	Cherno More	Sofia
14:30 EEST	Rangelov 57'		Milošević 25'	Stadium: Slavia

23 February 2003 Round 14	Levski Sofia	1 – 0	Cherno More	Sofia
14:30 EEST	Chilikov 9' Simonović Ibraimov Stoilov Genchev	report	T. Todorov Wagner Zhekov Mirchev Spalević	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov (Sofia)

28 February 2003 Round 15	Cherno More	4 – 0	Botev Plovdiv	Varna
14:30 EEST	Zafirov 7', 37' Spalević 39', 47'			Stadium: Ticha

14 March 2003 Round 16	Litex Lovech	0 – 2	Cherno More	Lovech
16:00 EEST			E. Todorov 41' Zhekov 89'	Stadium: Lovech

15 March 2003 Round 17	Cherno More	3 – 1	Naftex Burgas	Varna
15:30 EEST	Bukarev 18' Zhekov 47' Mirchev 76' Dionisiev Zafirov Wagner E. Todorov	report	Spasov 56' Gospodinov Orachev Krastev Morales Timnev Kiselichkov St. Dimitrov	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Yordan Ivanov (Sofia)

22 March 2003 Round 18	Spartak Varna	2 – 1	Cherno More	Varna
15:00 EEST	V. Stanchev 5' Nankov 41' Mechedzhiev An. Petrov Krizmanić Antunović	report	Spalević 51' Ginchev Gerasimov Bukarev Mirchev	Stadium: Spartak Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ivan Dobrinov (Sofia)

5 April 2003 Round 19	Cherno More	3 – 0	Lokomotiv Sofia	Varna
16:00 EEST	Spalević 7', 26', 46' Zafirov 78'	report	Y. Petkov 9' Uchikov 87'	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Georgi Narlev (Silistra)

12 April 2003 Round 20	CSKA Sofia	1 – 2	Cherno More	Sofia
17:45 EEST	Gargorov 29' (pen.) João Carlos	report	Sv. Petrov 45' (o.g.) G. Iliev 75' Wagner Dragić Zafirov Gerasimov Bukarev G. Iliev E. Todorov Spalević	Stadium: Balgarska Armia Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Georgi Videlov (Burgas)

19 April 2003 Round 21	Cherno More	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Varna
17:00 EEST	Neshadov 33' (o.g.) Mirchev Mihaylov Zhekov Milošević	report	Kotev P. Kolev Neshadov Paskov Kamburov	Stadium: Ticha Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov (Sofia)

26 April 2003 Round 22	Dobrudzha Dobrich	1 – 1	Cherno More	Dobrich
17:00 EEST	Genchev 72'		G. Iliev 53'	Stadium: Druzhba

11 May 2003 Round 23	Cherno More	2 – 2	Chernomorets Burgas	Kyustendil
18:00 EEST	Spalević 28' Mihaylov 78'		Martinov 51' P. Kolev 90+3'	Stadium: Osogovo Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Sofia)

17 May 2003 Round 24	Rilski Sportist	1 – 3	Cherno More	Samokov
17:00 EEST	Kirov 67' (pen.) Patnikov	report	Gerasimov 68' Zafirov 83' Zhekov 86' Zhekov Dragić Wagner	Stadium: Iskar Attendance: 150 Referee: Dimitar Kostov (Burgas)

24 May 2003 Round 25	Marek Dupnitsa	1 – 1	Cherno More	Dupnitsa
17:00 EEST	Bibishkov 82' Vazharov	report	Zafirov 38' Zafirov Bashov Spalević G. Iliev 75'	Stadium: Bonchuk Attendance: 500 Referee: Dimitar Dimitrov (Sofia)

31 May 2003 Round 26	Cherno More	4 – 0	Slavia Sofia	Varna
17:30 EEST	Gerasimov 9' Mirchev 26' Bashov 50' Dragić 59'			Stadium: Ticha

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Litex Lovech	26	17	4	5	49	22	+27	55	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Slavia Sofia	26	16	3	7	57	30	+27	51
5	Cherno More	26	14	6	6	42	21	+21	48
6	Lokomotiv Plovdiv^[a]	26	16	2	8	56	33	+23	47
7	Spartak Varna	26	10	4	12	25	34	−9	34

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
Notes:

^ Lokomotiv Plovdiv were docked three points for failure to show in the round 17 match.

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	14	6	6	42	21	+21	48	9	3	1	27	6	+21	5	3	5	15	15	0

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W
Position	8	6	8	9	7	8	8	10	7	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6

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

Goalscorers in A Group

Rank	Scorer	Goals
1	Darko Spalević	7
2	Stefan Yurukov	6
3	Adalbert Zafirov	5
4	Georgi Iliev	3
	Asen Bukarev
	Slavi Zhekov
7	Ivo Mihaylov	2
	Vladimir Gerasimov
	Konstantin Mirchev
10	Omonigho Temile	1
	Marin Petrov
	Ivaylo Petev
	Gosho Ginchev
	Emil Todorov
	Kostadin Bashov
	Dalibor Dragić

References

^ "A Group 2002-03 season" (in Bulgarian). a-pfg.com.

[table_note_LPL0.55278332510627-2] Lokomotiv Plovdiv were docked three points for failure to show in the round 17 match.

[1] "A Group 2002-03 season" (in Bulgarian). a-pfg.com.

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[a]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	14	6	6	42	21	+21	48	9	3	1	27	6	+21	5	3	5	15	15	0

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	14	6	6	42	21	+21	48	9	3	1	27	6	+21	5	3	5	15	15	0

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	14	6	6	42	21	+21	48	9	3	1	27	6	+21	5	3	5	15	15	0