FC Spartak Varna

This article is about the football club formed in 2015. For the original club from Varna which was refounded in 2016, see PFC Spartak 1918.
Spartak Varna
Full name Football Club Spartak Varna
Nickname(s) Соколите (The Falcons)
Founded 17 June 2015 (2015-06-17)
Ground Lokomotiv Stadium,
Varna
Ground Capacity 1,000
Manager Atanas Atanasov /interim/
League Bulgarian Third League
2015–16 A RFG, 1st /Promoted/

FC Spartak Varna (Bulgarian: ФК Спартак Варна) is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Varna, which currently competes in the Bulgarian Third League. Spartak plays its home matches at the local Lokomotiv Stadium.

History

Foundation

The team was founded on 17 May 2015 by founding board leaded by Spartak's legends Atanas Atanasov, Lyudmil Goranov, Dimitar Trendafilov, Ilko Stanchev and Trayan Dyankov,[1] after the original club PFC Spartak Varna had bad leadership in the last years. The team wanted to use Spartak Stadium in order to start from the 3rd league - the Bulgarian V AFG, but this hasn't happened since the stadium was given to Spartak 1918, which withdrew from V Group and was dissolved. Some of the players who joined the team played also for the local futsal club Grand Pro Varna.

2015–present: Amateur Leagues

On 11 October 2015 the team signed a sponsorship with UltraGas, which would guarantee them enough money to prepare a new strong team in the future.[2]

On 6 May 2016 team applied to gain rights to play and operate with Spartak Stadium due the fact that they can't play on Lokomotiv Stadium in V Group in 2016–17 season if they get promotion. Atanas Atanasov had a talk with the sports minister Krasen Kralev who promised to give these right to Spartak, if the stadium become municipal property, due the fact that Spartak 1918 is the current operator of the stadium, even after the condition of the stadium is critical. Atanasov also said, that the team is looking for sponsors and eventually a club owner.[3] On 11 May 2016 the club gain the rights on Lokomotiv Stadium, which would give them the chance to start a complete youth academy from the 2016/17 season.[4]

On 3 July 2016 Trayan Dyankov was appointed as the new manager of the team and would lead the team in Third Amateur League.[5] On 1 August 2016 Dyankov died from a heart attack during training at Lokomotiv Stadium.[6] Atanas Atanasov become the manager of the team for the beginning of the season.[7]

Honours

Shirt and sponsors

Spartak Varna adopted blue, white and red, the main colours of the original Spartak Varna. On 11 October 2015 the team signed a sponsorship with UltraGas.[2]

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt partner
2015– Bulgaria Krasiko Ultra Gas

Players

As of 27 September 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Bulgaria DF Ivan Ivanov
3 Bulgaria DF Mihael Mihalev
4 Bulgaria DF Mikael Assad
5 Bulgaria DF Kaloyan Ivanov
6 Bulgaria DF Svilen Ivanov
8 Bulgaria MF Dian Kateliev (captain)
9 Bulgaria FW Marin Rusev
10 Bulgaria FW Ivaylo Rusev
11 Bulgaria MF Petar Georgiev
12 Bulgaria GK Mitko Nedev
13 Bulgaria MF Dimitar Petev
14 Bulgaria FW Ivaylo Dimitrov
No. Position Player
15 Bulgaria DF Valentin Kolev
16 Bulgaria MF Plamen Ivanov
17 Bulgaria MF Martin Rusev
20 Bulgaria DF Lorenzo Dimitrov
21 Bulgaria FW Denislav Draganov
18 Bulgaria DF Yordan Yanev
19 Bulgaria DF Plamen Tsvetkov
23 Bulgaria MF Desislav Dyakov
26 Bulgaria MF Milen Bobadzhanov
28 Bulgaria MF Ivan Dobrev
29 Bulgaria DF Viliyan Denchev

Foreign players

Up to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team, however only three can be used during 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.

EU Nationals

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)

Non-EU Nationals

Managers

Dates Name Honours
2015–2016 Bulgaria Dimitar Pantev 1 A RFG Title
2016 Bulgaria Trayan Dyankov †
2016– Bulgaria Atanas Atanasov (interim)

Past seasons

Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts Bulgarian Cup
2015–16A RFG (IV) 1st 19 0 3 90 20 57 not qualified
2016–17Third League (III) – – – – – – – not qualified
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

References

  1. ↑ Новият Спартак е учреден
  2. 1 2 ФК Спартак Варна представи спонсор
  3. ↑ Спартак (Варна) със стратегия за развитие на базите (видео)
  4. ↑ Общината даде стадион „Локомотив" на новия „Спартак"
  5. ↑ Траян Дянков ще води Спартак Варна
  6. ↑ Траян Дянков почина внезапно на тренировка
  7. ↑ След трагедията с Траян Дянков: Орела временно поема Спартак (Варна)

External links

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