FC Spartak Varna
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| Full name | Football Club Spartak Varna | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Соколите (The Falcons) | ||
| Founded | 17 June 2015 | ||
| Ground | Lokomotiv Stadium, Varna | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Manager | Atanas Atanasov /interim/ | ||
| League | Bulgarian Third League | ||
| 2015–16 | A RFG, 1st /Promoted/ | ||
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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
- A Regional Group:
- Winners (1): 2015–16
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 |
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| 2015– |  Krasiko
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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.
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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.
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EU Nationals (Dual citizenship) |
Non-EU Nationals |
Managers
| Dates | Name | Honours |
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| 2015–2016 | Dimitar Pantev
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1 A RFG Title |
| 2016 | Trayan Dyankov †
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| 2016– | Atanas Atanasov (interim)
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Past seasons
| Season | League | Place | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Bulgarian Cup | ||
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| 2015–16 | A RFG (IV) | 1st | 19 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 20 | 57 | not qualified | ||
| 2016–17 | Third League (III) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | not qualified | ||
| Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. | |||||||||||
References
- ^ Новият Спартак е учреден
- ^ a b ФК Спартак Варна представи спонсор
- ^ Спартак (Варна) със стратегия за развитие на базите (видео)
- ^ Общината даде стадион „Локомотив" на новия „Спартак"
- ^ Траян Дянков ще води Спартак Варна
- ^ Траян Дянков почина внезапно на тренировка
- ^ След трагедията с Траян Дянков: Орела временно поема Спартак (Варна)