PFC Spartak 1918

This article is about the original club from Varna that was refounded in 2016. For the football club formed in 2015, see FC Spartak Varna.
Spartak 1918
Full name FC Spartak 1918 Varna
Nickname(s) Sokolite (The Falcons)
Founded 28 August 1918 (1918-08-28)
1 July 2010 (2010-07-01) as Spartak 1918
25 August 2016 (2016-08-25) /refounded/
Ground TBA
Manager Ivan Naydenov
League A Regional Group
2014–15 B Group, 16th

PFC Spartak 1918 (Bulgarian: ПФК Спартак 1918) is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Varna.

Spartak was officially founded on 28 August 1918, under the name SC Sokol (Bg: Cокол, Eng: Falcon). Since its establishment, the football section of the sports club has won the championship once and has been a runner-up for the Bulgarian Cup competition twice. Spartak Varna is also the first Bulgarian football club that has participated in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1961, as a finalist in the Bulgarian Cup competition.

Honours

A Group:

Bulgarian Cup:

Historical names

1918–1924SC Sokol
1924–1945FC Shipchenski Sokol
1945–1969PFC Spartak Varna
1969–1985JSK-Spartak
1985–2010PFC Spartak Varna
2010–2015PFC Spartak 1918
2016–FC Spartak 1918

European tournaments history

Season Competition Round Land Club Home Away Aggregate Qual/Elim
1961–62 Cup Winners' Cup 1/16 final Austria Rapid Wien 2:5 0:0 2:5
1983–84 Cup Winners' Cup 1/16 final Turkey Mersin İY 1:0 0:0 1:0
1/8 final England Manchester United 1:2 0:2 1:4
1996 Intertoto Cup Group 8 Poland ŁKS Łódź   1:1  
Russia FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny   2:2  
Germany TSV 1860 München 2:1    
Czech Republic FC Kaučuk Opava 0:1    
1997 Intertoto Cup Group 10 France Montpellier HSC 1:1    
Netherlands FC Groningen 0:2    
Romania Gloria Bistrita   1:2  
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Čukarički   0:3  
1998 Intertoto Cup First round Russia Baltika Kaliningrad 1:1 0:4 1:5
1999 Intertoto Cup First round Belgium K. Sint-Truidense V.V. 1:2 0:6 1:8
2001 Intertoto Cup First round Poland Dyskobolia Grodzisk 4:0 0:1 4:1
2001 Intertoto Cup Second round Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol 0:3 2:2 2:5

History

1918–1945

Spartak Varna was founded on 28 August 1918 by a group of young people, who were playing football together for two years. At the initial meeting, regarding the establishment of the club, the name was decided to be SC Sokol. Niagol Kolev was elected as the first chairman of the club. A few days later, the members of the board registered the Football Club to the government under the name "Bulgarski Sokol". The colors of the team were blue and white. "Bulgarski Sokol," one of the poor suburban teams in Varna, is poorly circumstanced in comparison to the leading teams at that time such as Ticha and "Vladislav." Nonetheless, the football team quickly became stronger, and improved their style of play.

On 30 January 1924 "Bulgarski Sokol" merged with the sport club "Shipka". These days the team proved itself as one of the strongest teams in Varna. Among all the players called with a lot of love from the fans "Falcons" with most successful plays was the forward Mihail Tunchev. In 1924 he was invited in the national team and that way he became the first national player of the team.

A few years later started the rise of the team. In the season 1928/29 the team won for the first time the championship of Varna, and joined the State Championship where they reached third place. Two years later 1930/31 the falcons were again champions of Varna. For the State Championship they reached the final with the Sofia's AS-23. Next year "Shipchenski Sokol" again reached the final, where the rival was the capitol's team Slavia. On 18.09.1932 in front of 10 000 audience on the football field of AS-23 the falcons won with 2:1 and became State Champion and Winner of the Cup of the King. In the next season "Shipchenski sokol" were again champion of Varna, and for the State Championship they reach for the third consecutive time the final. On 03.10.1933 in Sofia rival of the "falcons" was PFC Levski Sofia. Varna's team lost with 3:1 and took the second place in the State Championship.

1945–1980

In 1945 the club merged with other two Varna's football clubs "Levski" and "Radetski". This happened on 18.10.1945, and was accepted the name of the club to be SPARTAK. In the years between 1945–1948, three times Spartak reached the semi-finals of the State Championship. In 1950, the team took the fifth place in the newly created "A" Republican Football League. Spartak Stalin relegated to B League in 1952 but returned to A League at next year. Spartak again relegated to second level in 1963–64 season but returned in 1964–65 season. However, this return was short-lived and relegated in 1965–66.

In 1955, Spartak won the third place and bronze medals in the championship of "A" League. In 1959 the forward of Spartak Georgi Arnaudov-"Alaha" became a shooter of the championship with nine goals. Two years later, Spartak again had a winner in the shooters list: Liuben Kostov with 12 goals. In 1960/61, Spartak had very good matches in the tournament of the Soviet Army which then was playing the role of the Cup of Bulgaria. They reached the final where and meet the strongest team in Bulgaria at that time- CSKA. Spartak lost the final with 3:0. As a finalist, Spartak won the right to play in the tournament of the National Cup Winners. In 1969 another sport club merged with Spartak – it was the "Lokomotiv" sport club. The merge became a fact on 06.03.1969 and the club took the name "JSK-Spartak". JSK-Spartak returned to first level in 1970–71 but relegated in 1973–74 and returned to first level in 1974–75. JSK-Spartak relegated again in 1977–78.

1980–2010

In 1982 the "Falcons" reached the final of the Cup of Bulgaria as they won the semi-final against Levski-Spartak in Kazanlak in front of 20 000 audience. In Plovdiv, Spartak lost the final with 4:0, from CSKA-Septemvriisko Zname, but as a finalist they obtained the right to play in the Cup of the National Cup Winners. At same yea, JSK-Spartak returned to A League. In the season 1983/84, after mighty and successful games, Spartak reached third place. The goalkeeper Krasimir Zafirov was declared for the best goalkeeper in the championship. Since 1985 the football was separated from the other sports in JSK-Spartak,and that way the FC Spartak Varna is differentiated as well.

The 80's will be remembered and with the regular participation of the team in the tournaments for the Varna Summer Cup. Rivals of the "falcons" were the teams of NK Rijeka Croatia, the English Oxford United F.C., Hungarian Újpest FC and many others. In 1988/89, Spartak became the first Bulgarian team with private sponsor and president Atanas Atanasov-Kebie. From the autumn of 1994, president of the club was Nikolay Ishkov. Spartak relegated to B league in 1988–89 and returned to A League in 1991–92. However, Spartak relegated to second level in 1993–94.

In the season 1994/95 after mighty games the falcons won the cup as the most progressive team in Bulgaria. In the same season the forward Ivo Georgiev scores 21 goals and became shooter number one of Bulgaria. At this time Spartak was considered as one of the strongest teams in Bulgaria. For the first time there was successful transfer policy and perspective selection. Many of the players has a profitable offers from capitol's and foreign clubs. In its 84 years of history Spartak went through many peak and downfall moments, but it left bright trace in the Bulgarian football. F.C. Spartak is one of the clubs with the greatest traditions, between the 10 clubs which have most participations in the A PFG, and between the 15 who reached the Champions title of Bulgaria. The same season Spartak returned to the first level.

2010–2015

In May 2010, the club was relegated to Bulgarian North East amateur division due to inability to comply with requirements for a professional license. Furthermore, under new ownership, the club was re-registered under the name of Spartak 1918 without founding a new club. The legal grounds of this new registration is still under question (varna-sport.com). The club have not entered administration at any time as the published declaration from 13 August 2010 of the board of directors stated (varna-sport.com). A month later, fans of Spartak Varna (forming the majority of the ultras), not happy with the previous management and not seeing a change after the new registration, formed a new club taking over the same league FC Topolite license. However, although reaching an agreement with FC Topolite they have not been allowed to change the name of that club to Spartak. Their team has finished second after Spartak 1918 the first half of 2010/2011 season, but due to financial problems has stopped his participation. The group of fans who formed FC Topolite still boycotts the current management of Spartak 1918 and doesn't attend the team's games.

For this 2010–11 season, the club is participating in the Bulgarian North-East V AFG.

In 2015 the team was dissolved, but soon a new club was found by a board led by Spartak's legends Atanas Atanasov, Lyudmil Goranov, Dimitar Trendafilov, Ilko Stanchev and Trayan Dyankov.[1]

The greatest number of matches in first division

The greatest number of goals in first division

European history

In 1961, as a finalist in the Bulgarian Cup, Spartak won the right to play in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Varna's football players were the first from a Bulgarian team to play in that tournament. In late 1961, Spartak's opponent was the Austrian side Rapid Vienna. In Austria, Spartak achieved a goalless draw in front of 25,000 fans, but in Varna the "Falcons" lost 2:5. In 1983, again as a finalist in the Bulgarian Cup Spartak played in the Cup Winners' Cup. The first match was against the Turkish side Mersin İY. In Turkey the match ended goalless, but in Varna, Spartak won 1:0, and made it to the next round of the tournament. There the "Falcons" met one of the greatest football teams at that time – the English club Manchester United F.C. In Varna, Spartak lost 2:1, and in Manchester 2:0. From the middle of 1996, Spartak mostly played in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, and the results were different each time. Despite this, probably the most important thing in the club's history is that forever will remain the memories of the wins at European clubs with big traditions, such as the French side Montpellier HSC the Netherlands's FC Groningen, and Germany's Munchen 1860 – a game the "Falcons" won 2:1 and with 9 players.

Current squad

As of 6 August 2015 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
No. Position Player

Managerial history

In Spartak's history, 58 coaches have coached the club. The first manager was Ferenz Fann.

 
Name Nationality Years
Ferenz Fann Germany 1932
Dietmar Marius Austria 1933
Aleksandar Kondov Bulgaria 1945
Stefan Kalachev Bulgaria 1949–50
Kiril Pavlov Bulgaria 1950
Hristo Minkovski Bulgaria 1951
Kiril Pavlov Bulgaria 1952–54
Trendafil Stankov Bulgaria 1954–55
Stefan Kalachev Bulgaria 1956–57
Toma Zahariev Bulgaria 1958–64
Trendafil Stankov Bulgaria 1964
Petar Minchev Bulgaria 1965–66
Ivan Radoev Bulgaria 1966–67
Toma Zahariev Bulgaria 1967–69
Trendafil Stankov Bulgaria 1969
Stefan Semov Bulgaria 1970–71
Ivan Filipov Bulgaria 1971
Vasil Spasov Bulgaria 1972
Borislav Milenov Bulgaria 1972–73
Iliya Kirchev Bulgaria 1973–74
Dobromir Tashkov Bulgaria 1974–75
Dimitar Doychinov Bulgaria 1975–78
Spas Kirov
Iliya Kirchev
Bulgaria 1978–79
Ivan Filipov Bulgaria 1979–80
Boris Pavlov Bulgaria 1980
Vasil Nenov Bulgaria 1981
Ivan Vutsov Bulgaria 1981–83
Lyudmil Goranov Bulgaria 1983–85
Ivan Filipov Bulgaria 1985–87
Evgeni Yanchovski Bulgaria 1987–88
Blagoy Kalfov Bulgaria 1988–89
Stancho Bonchev Bulgaria 1989–90
Ivan Vasilev Bulgaria 1990
 
Name Nationality Years
Lyudmil Goranov Bulgaria 1991–93
Blagoy Kalfov
Kiril Ivkov
Bulgaria 1993
Lyudmil Goranov
Krasimir Zafirov
Bulgaria 1994
Lyudmil Goranov Bulgaria 1995
Nikola Hristov Bulgaria 1995–96
Stefan Grozdanov Bulgaria 1996–97
Ferario Spasov
Blagoy Kalfov
Bulgaria 1997
Dimitar Penev Bulgaria 1998
Radoslav Zdravkov Bulgaria 1998–99
Velislav Vutsov Bulgaria 1999–00
Stefan Grozdanov Bulgaria 2000–02
Dimitar Stoychev Bulgaria 2002
Miroslav Mironov Bulgaria 2003
Stefan Grozdanov
Radoslav Zdravkov
Rumen Dimov
Petar Kurdov
Bulgaria 2004
Rumen Dimov
Radoslav Zdravkov
Bulgaria 2005
Nikolay Stanchev Bulgaria 2006
Miroslav Mironov Bulgaria 2006–07
Nedelcho Matushev
Georgi Ivanov
Bulgaria 2007
Atanas Atanasov Bulgaria 2007–08
Radoslav Zdravkov
Slobodan Stašević
Ilko Stanchev
Bulgaria
Serbia
Bulgaria
2008
Dragoljub Simonović
Anatolii Kirilov
Serbia
Bulgaria
2009
Stoil Trankov
Atanas Atanasov
Bulgaria 2009–
Todor Popov
Dimitar Trendafilov
Deyan Donchev
Bulgaria 2010
Ivan Naydenov Bulgaria 2012

References

  1. Новият Спартак е учреден
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