Spartak II (Bulgarian: Спартак II) or Spartak 2 is a Bulgarian football team based in Varna. Founded in 2021, it is the reserve team of Spartak Varna, and currently plays in Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football.
| Full name | Spartak 1918 Varna II Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Соколите (The Falcons) | ||
| Founded | 1 July 2021 | ||
| Ground | Lokomotiv Stadium, Varna | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Chairman | Asen Milanov / Pavlin Nikolov | ||
| Manager | Vacant | ||
| League | Third League | ||
| 2023–24 | Third League, 6th | ||
| Website | http://www.spartakvarna.bg/ | ||
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Obliged to play one level below their main side, Spartak II is ineligible for promotion to First League and also can not compete in the Bulgarian Cup.
History
editSince 2015, the Bulgarian Football Union allowed Bulgarian teams to have reserve sides in the lower regional divisions. In 2021 Spartak started a reserve squad in Third League.[1] In 2023 the team expressed desire to take the first place and promote to Second League.[2] In 2023, Vasil Petrov was promoted to lead the first team, returning in charge of Spartak after he once managed the team to promote to First League, with Ivelin Petkov becoming the new manager of Spartak II.[3] On 10 January 2024 Kyriakos Georgiou was announced as the new director of Spartak Academy and Spartak II manager.[4] Day later, after a meeting between fans and the team owner, he decided to not take Georgiou, because of the huge dissaproval of the fans.[5]
Players
edit- As of 30 October 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Foreign players
editUp to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the Bulgarian First Professional League however only three can be used in a match day. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.
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Personnel
editManager history
edit| Dates | Name | Honours |
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| 2021–2022 |  Dimitar Trendafilov
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| 2022–2023 | Vasil Petrov
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| 2023 | Ivelin Petkov (interim)
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Seasons
edit| Season | League | Top goalscorer | |||||||||||
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| Division | Level | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | |||
| 2021–22 | Third League | 3 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 33 | 7th | Yanaki Smirnov
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| 2022–23 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 44 | 8th | Daniel Halachev
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| 2023–24 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 50 | 6th | Daniel Halachev
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| 2024–25 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Key
edit- GS = Group stage
- QF = Quarter-finals
- SF = Semi-finals
| Promoted | Relegated |
References
edit- ^ "Изграждането на играчи за първия отбор е приоритетът на Спартак (Варна) II". Sportal.bg.
- ^ "На Североизток, трио влиза в битка за изкачване в професионалния футбол". Sportal.bg.
- ^ "Треньорът на Спартак (Варна) II: Амбицирани сме да се преборим за първото място". Sportal.bg.
- ^ Кириякос Георгиу поема школата и втория отбор на Спартак (Варна)
- ^ Привържениците на Спартак (Варна) се заканиха да съблекат треньор