PFC Neftochimic Burgas
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| Full name | Professional Football Club Neftochimic Burgas | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Sheiks | |||
| Founded | 1962 | |||
| Ground | Lazur Stadium, Burgas | |||
| Capacity | 18,037 | |||
| Owner | Burgas Municipality | |||
| Chairman | Plamen Mihov | |||
| Head coach | Nikolay Krastev | |||
| League | Second League | |||
| 2016–17 | First League, 12th (relegated) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Neftochimic (Bulgarian: Нефтохимик) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Burgas, which currently competes in Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system.
Club colours
| Green | White |
Kit history
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt partner |
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| 2015– |  Krasiko |
Masterhouse |
History
Ancestors
PFC Neftochimic Burgas
On 6 July 2009, Naftex Burgas stopped its existence. On 7 July the amateur football club Athletic was renamed to Neftochimic 1986 and was subsequently declared by the owners as a successor of the old team.During the following 2010–11 season the team finished second, completing a quick return to professional football.[1] On 27 June 2014 it was announced that the club was dissolved due to financial debts.
Neftochimic also won the 2011 Bulgarian Amateur Football League Cup.
Master Burgas/PFC Burgas
The club was founded in 2009 as Football Club Master. 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.[2]
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.[3][4]
The New Neftochimic (2015–present)
Professional divisions (2015–present)
On 7 January 2015 it's announced that PFC Burgas and the newly establish team SNC Neftochimic Burgas, claiming to be successor of PFC Neftochimic Burgas (2009–14), are going to merge in the end of the season and start the next season under the name PFC Neftochimic Burgas 1962.[5] Neftochimic Burgas 1962 started the 2015–16 season in B Group on the place of PFC Burgas.The team finished 12th, but was administratively promoted to the new Bulgarian First League.
On 3 June 2017 the team lost the playoff match against Vitosha Bistritsa and was relegated from the Bulgarian First League.[6] On 23 June 2017 the team announced that they will play mostly with youth team players due to financial troubles and so most of U19 team were promoted to first team with Nikolay Krastev as manager and Stanislav Zhekov as his assistant, while most of the players from last season would be released.[7]
Current squad
As of 5 August 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2017.
Foreign players
Up 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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EU Nationals |
EU Nationals (Dual citizenship) |
Non-EU Nationals |
Managers
| Dates | Name | Honours |
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| 2015 | Radostin Kishishev |
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| 2015 | Atanas Atanasov |
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| 2015–2016 | Diyan Petkov |
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| 2016 | Gancho Evtimov Dimcho Nenov |
(interim) |
| 2016−2017 | Hristo Yanev |
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| 2017− | Nikolay Krastev |
Past seasons
| Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Bulgarian Cup | ||
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| 2015–16 | B PFG (II) | 12 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 29 | 39 | 35 | First round | ||
| 2016–17 | First League (I) | 12 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 47 | 31 | Second Round | ||
| 2017–18 | Second League (II) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. | |||||||||||
Goalscoring and appearance records
- As of 12 May 2017
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Most appearances for the club in the league
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Most goals for the club in the league
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WFC Neftochimic Burgas
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| Full name | Woman Football Club Neftochimic Burgas 1962 |
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| Ground | Lazur Stadium, Burgas |
| Capacity | 18,037 |
| Manager | Gergana Vidova |
| League | Bulgarian WFC |
The team has a women's football club called WFC Neftochimic Burgas which participates in the Bulgarian women's football championship.
On 8 March 2016 Neftochimic bought Burgos Ladies FC and from season 2016/17 team adopted the name Neftochimic. [8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Past seasons
| Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |||
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| 2016–17 | Bulgarian women's football championship | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. | |||||||||||
External links
References
- ↑ Neftochimic @ BGClubs.eu
- ↑ Мастер Бс ще играе в Б група (Sportal.bg, in Bulgarian)
- ↑ "Мастер става ФК "Бургас". Бошнаков – аут, Руси Гочев поема клуба" (in Bulgarian). e-burgas.com. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
- ↑ Мастер Бургас си смени името (Gong.bg, in Bulgarian)
- ↑ ПФК Бургас и Нефтохимик се обединяват
- ↑ "Сензация! "Бистришките тигри" изхвърлиха "шейховете" от Първа лига" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 2 June 2017.
- ↑ Нефтохимик се спаси - започва във Втора лига, но пътят ще е ужасно тежък
- ↑ "Женски отбор и отбор по минифутбол ще се състезават с името Нефтохимик - ПФК НЕФТОХИМИК БУРГАС 1962". neftochimic.com. Retrieved 3 May 2017.