2018–19 PFC Cherno More Varna season

This page covers all relevant details regarding Cherno More for all official competitions inside the 2018–19 season. These are the First Professional Football League and the Bulgarian Cup.

Competition record
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! rowspan="2" style="width:100px;"| Competition ! rowspan="2" style="width:90px;"| Started round ! rowspan="2" style="width:90px;"| Current position/round ! rowspan="2" style="width:90px;"| Final position/round ! rowspan="2" style="width:130px;"| First match ! rowspan="2" style="width:110px;"| Last match ! colspan="8" | Record ! style="width:25px;"| P ! style="width:25px;"| W ! style="width:25px;"| D ! style="width:25px;"| L ! style="width:25px;"| GF ! style="width:25px;"| GA ! style="width:25px;"| GD ! style="width:40px;"| Win %



! colspan="6" style="text-align: right;"| Total



Summary
Correct as of match played on 7 April 2019.

Pre-season and friendlies
The team started pre-season training on June 14. The club has announced 7 friendlies in the summer; one opponent to be confirmed at later stage. On 25 June 2018, the club revealed that the second friendly will be against Gandzasar, the Armenian Cup winners. On 29 August, another friendly with Chernomorets Balchik was announced during the first international break.

Player appearances

 * align="left"|3||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Ertan Tombak
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|5||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Stefan Stanchev
 * 2||0||0||0||2||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|7||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇨🇻 Patrick Andrade
 * 4||2||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|4||2||2||0||
 * align="left"|8||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Emil Yanchev
 * 0(1)||0||0||0||0(1)||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|9||align="left"|MF||align="left"| Mehdi Fennouche
 * 6||0||0||0||6||0||2||0||
 * align="left"|10||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇧🇬 Radoslav Vasilev
 * 3(2)||1||0||0||3(2)||1||0||0||
 * align="left"|11||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇧🇷 Jorginho
 * 4||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|4||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|14||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇧🇬 Georgi Bozhilov
 * 1(6)||2||0||0||1(6)||2||0||0||
 * align="left"|16||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Petar Vitanov
 * 8||0||0||0||8||0||1||0||
 * align="left"|17||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Martin Kostadinov
 * 1||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|18||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Atanas Zehirov
 * 1(4)||0||0||0||1(4)||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|21||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Georgi Iliev (c)
 * 6(2)||1||0||0||6(2)||1||0||0||
 * align="left"|22||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Mariyan Ognyanov †
 * 0(2)||0||0||0||0(2)||0||1||0||
 * align="left"|23||align="left"|DF||align="left"| Ilias Hassani
 * 6||0||0||0||6||0||3||0||
 * align="left"|25||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇧🇬 Ivan Dyulgerov
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|26||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇧🇬 Ivan Dichevski
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|27||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Daniel Dimov †
 * 3||0||0||0||3||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|31||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Lachezar Yordanov
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|33||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Miroslav Enchev
 * 5||0||0||0||5||0||1||0||
 * align="left"|36||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Rumen Kasabov ¤
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|36||align="left"|GK||style="background:#FAECC8; text-align:left;"|🇧🇬 Georgi Kitanov ‡
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|38||align="left"|MF||align="left"| Aristote N'Dongala
 * 8||0||0||0||8||0||1||0||
 * align="left"|41||align="left"|DF||align="left"| Hugo Konongo
 * 8||0||0||0||8||0||3||0||
 * align="left"|44||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Ivaylo Markov ¤
 * 0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|70||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Plamen Dimov
 * 6||1||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|6||1||2||0||
 * align="left"|71||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Vasil Panayotov
 * 2(2)||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|2(2)||0||1||0||
 * align="left"|88||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇧🇬 Blagoy Makendzhiev
 * 8||0||0||0||8||0||1||0||
 * align="left"|90||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇧🇬 Martin Minchev
 * 2(3)||0||0||0||2(3)||0||1||0||
 * align="left"|98||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇧🇬 Valentin Yoskov ¤
 * 0(1)||0||0||0||0(1)||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|99||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Dani Kiki
 * 4(1)||0||0||0||4(1)||0||0||0||
 * }
 * align="left"|36||align="left"|GK||style="background:#FAECC8; text-align:left;"|🇧🇬 Georgi Kitanov ‡
 * 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|38||align="left"|MF||align="left"| Aristote N'Dongala
 * 8||0||0||0||8||0||1||0||
 * align="left"|41||align="left"|DF||align="left"| Hugo Konongo
 * 8||0||0||0||8||0||3||0||
 * align="left"|44||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Ivaylo Markov ¤
 * 0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|0||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|70||align="left"|DF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Plamen Dimov
 * 6||1||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|6||1||2||0||
 * align="left"|71||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Vasil Panayotov
 * 2(2)||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|2(2)||0||1||0||
 * align="left"|88||align="left"|GK||align="left"|🇧🇬 Blagoy Makendzhiev
 * 8||0||0||0||8||0||1||0||
 * align="left"|90||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇧🇬 Martin Minchev
 * 2(3)||0||0||0||2(3)||0||1||0||
 * align="left"|98||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇧🇬 Valentin Yoskov ¤
 * 0(1)||0||0||0||0(1)||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|99||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Dani Kiki
 * 4(1)||0||0||0||4(1)||0||0||0||
 * }
 * align="left"|90||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇧🇬 Martin Minchev
 * 2(3)||0||0||0||2(3)||0||1||0||
 * align="left"|98||align="left"|FW||align="left"|🇧🇬 Valentin Yoskov ¤
 * 0(1)||0||0||0||0(1)||0||0||0||
 * align="left"|99||align="left"|MF||align="left"|🇧🇬 Dani Kiki
 * 4(1)||0||0||0||4(1)||0||0||0||
 * }
 * 4(1)||0||0||0||4(1)||0||0||0||
 * }

Minutes on the pitch
Includes injury time. Positions indicate the most natural position of the particular player, followed by alternative positions where he actually started games during the course of the season.

Correct as of match played on 15 September 2018.

Goalscorers
Last updated: 15 September 2018

Clean sheets
Last updated: 31 August 2018

Man of the Match performances
Last updated: 31 August 2018

Source: Match reports in Competitions, Gong.bg Man of the Match Awards

Disciplinary record
Correct as of 15 September 2018

Players are listed in descending order of

Players with the same amount of cards are listed by their position on the club's official website

Injuries
Players in bold are still out from their injuries. Players listed will/have miss(ed) at least one competitive game (missing from whole match day squad).

Home attendances
Correct as of match played on 31 August 2018.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" !width=140 | Comp ! style="width:120px;" class="unsortable"| Date !width=60 | Score ! style="width:250px;" class="unsortable"| Opponent !width=150 | Attendance
 * First League||20 July 2018 || style="background:#cfc;"|2–1 ||Botev Vratsa ||1,700
 * First League||4 August 2018 ||bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|1–5 ||Septemvri Sofia ||1,600
 * First League||17 August 2018 ||bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|0–0 ||Beroe ||1,580
 * First League||31 August 2018 || style="background:#cfc;"|1–0 ||Vitosha Bistritsa ||820
 * style="background:silver;"|
 * style="background:silver;"|
 * style="background:silver;"|
 * Total attendance
 * 5,700
 * style="background:silver;"|
 * style="background:silver;"|
 * style="background:silver;"|
 * Total league attendance
 * 5,700
 * style="background:silver;"|
 * style="background:silver;"|
 * style="background:silver;"|
 * Average attendance
 * 1,425
 * style="background:silver;"|
 * style="background:silver;"|
 * style="background:silver;"|
 * Average league attendance
 * 1,425
 * Average attendance
 * 1,425
 * style="background:silver;"|
 * style="background:silver;"|
 * style="background:silver;"|
 * Average league attendance
 * 1,425
 * 1,425

Coaching staff
{|class="wikitable" !Position !Staff
 * Manager||🇧🇬 Ilian Iliev
 * Assistant First-team coach||🇧🇬 Petar Kostadinov
 * Goalkeeper coach||🇧🇬 Boyan Peykov
 * Club doctor||🇧🇬 Dr. Stefan Petrov
 * Kinesiotherapist||🇧🇬 Viktor Bumbalov
 * Masseur||🇧🇬 Marin Dimov
 * Host||🇧🇬 Nikolay Pachkov
 * Club doctor||🇧🇬 Dr. Stefan Petrov
 * Kinesiotherapist||🇧🇬 Viktor Bumbalov
 * Masseur||🇧🇬 Marin Dimov
 * Host||🇧🇬 Nikolay Pachkov
 * Masseur||🇧🇬 Marin Dimov
 * Host||🇧🇬 Nikolay Pachkov
 * Host||🇧🇬 Nikolay Pachkov