OFC Pomorie

Pomorie
Full name Общински футболен клуб Поморие
(Municipal football club Pomorie)
Nickname(s) Поморийци (The Pomorians)
Founded 1934
2013 (refounded)
Ground Pomorie Stadium,
Pomorie
Ground Capacity 2,000
Chairman Bulgaria Hristo Burgazliev
Manager Bulgaria Malin Orachev
League B Group
2014–15 South-East V Group, 1st
/promoted/
Website Club home page

OFC Pomorie (Bulgarian: ОФК Поморие) is a Bulgarian association football club from the town of Pomorie, which currently competes in the B Group, the second level of Bulgarian football. The club plays its home matches at the Pomorie Stadium, which has an overall capacity of 2,000 seats.

Honours

Bulgarian Cup

East B Group:

South-East V Group:

History

First years

The football club in Pomorie was established in 1934. In 1944 became Nikolay Luskov in honour of the famous Bulgarian communist politic with the same name, who died in the town. Since then, the club changed its name twice, as Cherveno Zname and FC Pomorie, without making some important achievements.

2002–2009

However, in 2002, the club managed to earn a promotion to the Bulgarian V AFG. The next season, the club was bought by the Bulgarian oil company Petrol AD, and the same 2003-04 season the team achieved a double by winning the South-East V AFG and the Bulgarian Amateur Cup, again under the name FC Pomorie.

The following two seasons Pomorie competed in the Bulgarian B PFG, but in 2006, were once again relegated to the V AFG. In the next years, the club stayed in the South-East V AFG, without achieving any significant results. In 2009, however, PFC Pomorie finished in the third position of their division and were able to play a play-off match for a promotion to the Bulgarian B PFG.

Union with Naftex Burgas

On July 3, 2009, PFC Pomorie merged with Naftex Burgas from the nearby city Burgas, by demands from the Petrol AD owner Mitko Sabev. However, the old club was folded and a new club was established by the fans as a successor of the old team. Therefore, only part of the Naftex players were moved to the Pomorie team. The newly created club was named Chernomorets Pomorie and several days later the club obtained a license from the BFU in order to participate in the East B PFG. As of 2009 Chernomorets Pomorie is used as a satellite team for Chernomorets Burgas and has a goal to train and develop players, seeking promotion to the first squad in the main club. At the end of the 2010/2011 B PFG season, Chernomorets Pomorie finished in 2nd place, securing the right to challenge Vidima Rakovski for a spot in the A PFG, the top echelon in Bulgaria. However, they were ultimately denied a professional license by the Bulgarian Football Union and FC Sportist Svoge will face the team from Sevlievo. Since season 2014/2015 OFC Pomorie has participated in the South-Eastern 3rd football division.

Final of Bulgarian Cup

On April 28, 2010, Chernomorets Pomorie surprisingly managed to secure a place in the final of the Bulgarian Cup after securing some prestigious wins against Minyor Pernik (2:0) and Kaliakra Kavarna (4:1 after penalties) at the Pomorie Stadium. Chernomorets's players are the second ones from a B PFG team in the Bulgarian Cup history, that have reached the final of the competition since Chernomorets Burgas's similar achievement in 1989. The final of the cup was held on May 5, 2010, against Beroe Stara Zagora at the Lovech Stadium, but it was lost by the Pomorie with 0:1.

Difficult Years

On 23 May 2012 was the last game of team. In June 2012 Chernomorets Pomorie and Akademik Sofia did not receive a professional license from the BFU and were relegated to the third division.[1] The team denied to compete in V Grupa and any other division due to financial problems. On 15 September 2012 its changes the name to OFC Pomorie. The youth academy of the club currently competes in youth divisions.

New beginning

On 22 July 2013 the main team made its first training and during 2013-14 season competed in the regional divisions.[2]

Historical names

YearsNames
1944-80FC Nikolay Luskov
1980-95FC Cherno More
1995-09PFC Pomorie
2009-12PFC Chernomorets
2012OFC Pomorie

Past seasons

Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts Bulgarian Cup
2004-05 B PFG (II) 8 11712 383940 1/32
2005-06 B PFG 13 6614 223824 1/16
2006–07 V AFG (III) 3 2059 703165 ?
2007-08 V AFG 6 17611 533457 ?
2008-09 V AFG 3 2448 781976 ?
2009-10 B PFG (II) 7 13411 463643 Final
2010-11 B PFG 2 996 231936 Second round
2011-12 B PFG 5 10710 382937 Second round
2013–14A RFG (IV) 2 23 1 4 91 27 70 not qualified
2014–15V AFG (III) 1 23 4 3 66 16 73 not qualified
2015–16B PFG (II) First round
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

Stadium and Sports Complex

Main article: Pomorie Stadium

Chernomorets Pomorie currently play their home matches at the Pomorie Stadium in Pomorie. The stadium has an overall capacity of 3,000 spectators and it's part of a major training sports complex located in the range of a 5-star luxury hotel complex, which is also used by the needs of the football club. The venue has one main stand with roof covers, a 1400 lux floodlight system, a frame scoreboard and a synthetic grass pitch surface. It was built in 2006, along with the Pomorie Sports Complex at a total cost of 3,25 million.[3]

Current squad

As of 24 July 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 Yanko Georgiev
2 Bulgaria DF Anton Ivanov
4 Bulgaria DF Diyan Lefterov
5 Bulgaria DF Georgi Petkov
6 Bulgaria MF Daniel Stamatov
7 Bulgaria DF Hristo Lemperov
8 Bulgaria MF Zhivko Iliev
9 Bulgaria FW Aleko Hristov
10 Bulgaria MF Lyubomir Bozhinov
11 Bulgaria MF Krasimir Pchelarov
12 Bulgaria GK Dimitar Todorov
13 Bulgaria GK Faradin Hasan
No. Position Player
14 Bulgaria MF Stefan Stamatov
16 Bulgaria FW Ahmed Ahmedov
17 Bulgaria DF Stanislav Ganev
18 Bulgaria DF Aleksandar Ivanov
19 Bulgaria MF Mihael Orachev
20 Bulgaria MF Kiril Georgiev
22 Bulgaria MF Slavcho Shokolarov
23 Bulgaria DF Dimitar Popov
24 Bulgaria DF Petar Kehayov
25 Bulgaria MF Emil Getov
26 Bulgaria DF Yani Pehlivanov
27 Bulgaria DF Daniel Stoyanov

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2015 and Transfers winter 2015–16.

Staff

PositionName
ChairmanBulgaria Hristo Burgazliev
Managing directorBulgaria Ognyan Ralev
Sport-technical directorBulgaria Stoyan Dzhisov
CoachBulgaria Lazar Tonozliev
CoachBulgaria Lachezar Danev
CoachBulgaria Boris Tomov

References

External links

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