PFC Burgas

PFC Burgas
Full name Professional Football Club Burgas
Founded 2009
Ground Balgarovo Stadium, Balgarovo
Capacity 3,000
Manager Angel Stoykov
League B PFG
2013–14 South-East V AFG, 2nd (promoted)

Professional Football Club Burgas (Bulgarian: Професионален футболен клуб Бургас) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Burgas, currently playing in the B PFG, the second level of Bulgarian football. Formed in 2009, the club is one of the youngest teams in Bulgaria.

The club's home is the 3,000 capacity Balgarovo Stadium in the village of Balgarovo, near Burgas, where they have played since their establishment.

Club colours

Blue White

Kit history

Period Shirt sponsor
2009–Masterhaus
Period Kit manufacturer
2009–2010Uhlsport
2010–2011Jako
2011–2014Givova
2014–Krasiko

History

Master Burgas (2009–2014)

The club's logo in the period 2009-2014

The club was founded in 2009 as Football Club Master. In their debut 2010-11 season, they finished first in the Regional Football Group Burgas and qualified for the South-East V AFG promotion playoffs. On June 19, 2011, Master defeated Rodopi Momchilgrad 7–1 to earn promotion to the South-East V AFG.[1]

During the 2011–12 season the team finished 6th in the division, and in the following year barely missed out on promotion by finishing 3rd overall. In season 2013–14 they finished 2nd, after narrowly losing the title race to FC Sozopol.[2] On June 19, 2014 the BFU confirmed Benkovski Byala's withdrawal from the 2014–15 B PFG and officially invited Master Burgas to take their spot as the 2nd placed team in the Southeast V AFG.[3]

PFC Burgas (2014–present)

On June 22 the club announced it has accepted the invitation, and in addition will change its name to PFC Burgas and switch colors from red and white to blue and white, similar to the flag of Burgas.[4][5]

Honours

Bulgarian V Group:

Historical achievements

Master Burgas first kit (2009-2014)

Historical names

2009–14FC Master Burgas
2014–15PFC Burgas
2015– PFC Neftochimic Burgas 1962

Performance by seasons

Season Division Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2009–10 Regional B Division Burgas 1 282800 ??84 Promoted
2010–11 Regional A Division Burgas 1 262411 891373 Promoted
2011–12 V AFG 6 341789 453459
2012–13 V AFG 3 3419105 532567 1/16
2013–14 V AFG 2 322624 922180 Preliminary round Promoted
2014–15 B PFG TBD 5221 328 TBD

Current squad

As of 25 February 2015 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Bulgaria GK Hristiyan Slavov
2 Bulgaria DF Todor Gochev
3 Bulgaria DF Petar Patev
4 Bulgaria MF Simeon Mechev
5 Bulgaria DF Stoyan Kalpakliev
6 Bulgaria MF Plamen Dimitrov
7 Bulgaria MF Lyubomir Lyubenov
8 Bulgaria MF Dimitar Georgiev
9 Bulgaria MF Krasimir Iliev
10 Bulgaria MF Miroslav Radev
11 Bulgaria MF Daniel Shmedin
14 Bulgaria DF Stoyan Kizhev
No. Position Player
15 Bulgaria FW Eray Karadayi
17 Bulgaria MF Stanimir Andonov
18 Bulgaria MF Emil Rachev
19 Bulgaria FW Ahmed Ahmedov
20 Bulgaria DF Velichko Velichkov
21 Bulgaria DF Zhivko Hadzhiev
23 Bulgaria DF Stanislav Zhekov
44 Bulgaria GK Georgi Stoyanov
77 Bulgaria MF Emanuil Manev
90 Bulgaria GK Kostadin Georgiev
99 Bulgaria DF Slavi Kostenski

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2014 and Transfers winter 2014–15.

Staff

PositionName
ChairmanIvaylo Stoyanov
Managing directorRusi Gochev
DirectorMartin Boshnakov
Director of FootballTodor Raykov
ManagerAngel Stoykov
Assistant Coachnone
Goalkeeper CoachTodor Popov

Managers

Chairman history

ChairmanNatFromTo
Martin BoshnakovBulgaria20092014[6]

References

External links