2025–26 PFC Cherno More Varna season

Cherno More
2025–26 season
Owner	Chimimport
Chairman	Plamen Andreev
Manager	Ilian Iliev
Stadium	Ticha
Parva Liga	3rd
Bulgarian Cup	TBD
UEFA Conference League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Nikolay Zlatev (3 goals); All: Nikolay Zlatev (3 goals)

The 2025–26 season is Cherno More's 62nd season in the top flight since the establishment of the league in 1948 and the 26th consecutive one. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participates in the UEFA Conference League and the Bulgarian Cup.

Transfers and contracts

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
9 June 2025	FW	Georgi Lazarov	Fratria	Free^[2]
9 June 2025	MF	Phellipe	Ibrachina FC U20	Free^[3]
10 June 2025	MF	Asen Chandarov	Levski Sofia	Free^[4]
11 June 2025	MF	João Pedro	Linense	Free^[5]
11 June 2025	FW	Celso Sidney	Lusitânia	Free^[5]
11 June 2025	DF	Bandaró	Ibrachina FC U20	Free^[5]
11 June 2025	GK	Kristian Tomov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free^[5]
11 June 2025	MF	Petar Marinov	Cherno More II	Free^[6]
14 June 2025	FW	Gustavo França	UD Santarém	Free^[7]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
26 May 2025	MF	Daniel Dimov		Retired^[8]
30 May 2025	DF	Viktor Popov	Korona Kielce	Free^[9]
31 May 2025	GK	Hristiyan Slavkov		Free^[10]
7 June 2025	FW	Breno Teixeira	América Mineiro	Undisclosed^[11]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 June 2025	Farul	1–2	Cherno More
	Cojocaru 2'	Report	Weslen Júnior 57' Phellipe Cardoso 84'

24 June 2025	Cherno More	3–0	FC Sevlievo
	Weslen Júnior 23' Celso Sidney 29' João Pedro 34'	Report

26 June 2025	Cherno More	2–0	Spartak Pleven
	Celso Sidney 35' 38'	Report

1 July 2025

Cherno More

4–1

Etar

Georgi Lazarov

10'

Celso Sidney 34'

Asen Chandarov 71'

Gustavo_França

88'

Report

Zhivko Atanasov

55' (o.g.) Karaangelov

65'

9 July 2025

Cherno More

1–0

Chernomorets Balchik

9 July 2025

Cherno More

2–0

Chernomorets Burgas

12 July 2025

Cherno More

4–1

Dobrudzha

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Parva Liga	August 2025	May 2026	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Bulgarian Cup			Round of 32	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Conference League	July 2025		Second qualifying round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

Parva Liga

Preliminary stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ludogorets Razgrad	5	4	1	0	11	1	+10	13	Qualification for the Championship group
2	Levski Sofia	5	4	1	0	11	2	+9	13
3	Cherno More	5	3	2	0	10	3	+7	11
4	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	5	3	2	0	5	2	+3	11
5	CSKA 1948	5	3	1	1	7	5	+2	10	Qualification for the Conference League group

Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2025. Source: Bulgarian Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

1	Lokomotiv Sofia	v	Cherno More	Sofia
				Stadium: Lokomotiv

2	Cherno More	v	Botev Plovdiv	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

3	Cherno More	v	Beroe	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

4	CSKA Sofia	v	Cherno More	Sofia
				Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium

5	Spartak Varna	v	Cherno More	Varna
				Stadium: Spartak

6	Cherno More	v	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

7	Botev Vratsa	v	Cherno More	Vratsa
				Stadium: Hristo Botev

8	Cherno More	v	Dobrudzha	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

9	Arda	v	Cherno More	Kardzhali
				Stadium: Arena Arda

10	Cherno More	v	Septemvri Sofia	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

11	Montana	v	Cherno More	Montana
				Stadium: Montana

12	Cherno More	v	Levski Sofia	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

13	Slavia Sofia	v	Cherno More	Sofia
				Stadium: Aleksandar Shalamanov

14	Cherno More	v	Ludogorets Razgrad	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

15	CSKA 1948	v	Cherno More	Bistritsa
				Stadium: Bistritsa

16	Cherno More	v	Lokomotiv Sofia	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

17	Botev Plovdiv	v	Cherno More	Plovdiv
				Stadium: Hristo Botev

18	Beroe	v	Cherno More	Stara Zagora
				Stadium: Beroe

19	Cherno More	v	CSKA Sofia	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

20	Cherno More	v	Spartak Varna	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

21	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	v	Cherno More	Plovdiv
				Stadium: Lokomotiv

22	Cherno More	v	Botev Vratsa	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

23	Dobrudzha	v	Cherno More	Dobrich
				Stadium: Druzhba

24	Cherno More	v	Arda	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

25	Septemvri Sofia	v	Cherno More	Sofia
				Stadium: Lokomotiv

26	Cherno More	v	Montana	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

27	Levski Sofia	v	Cherno More	Sofia
				Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov

28	Cherno More	v	Slavia Sofia	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

29	Ludogorets Razgrad	v	Cherno More	Razgrad
				Stadium: Huvepharma Arena

30	Cherno More	v	CSKA 1948	Varna
				Stadium: Ticha

Bulgarian Cup

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

UEFA Conference League

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of pre-season

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Parva Liga		Bulgarian Cup		UEFA Conference League		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts

Goals

As of pre-season

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Parva Liga	Cup	Conference League	Total
Totals				0	0	0	0

Assists

As of pre-season

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Parva Liga	Cup	Conference League	Total
Totals				0	0	0	0

Clean sheets

As of pre-season

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Parva Liga	Cup	Conference League	Total
Totals				0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

As of pre-season

No.	Pos.	Player	Parva Liga			Cup			Conference League			Total
No.	Pos.	Player
Totals			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Organizational structure of Chimimport". chimimport.bg. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
^ "Черно море привлече млад български нападател" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 9 June 2025.
^ "Бразилец обяви трансфера си в Черно море" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 9 June 2025.
^ "Добре дошъл на Асен Чандъров" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 10 June 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Черно море започна лятна подготовка със седем нови" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 11 June 2025.
^ "Черно море подписа със свой юноша" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 11 June 2025.
^ "Черно море привлече нападател" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 14 June 2025.
^ "Даниел Димов се сбогува с футбола и получи геройско изпращане във Варна" (in Bulgarian). dsport.bg. 26 May 2025.
^ "Viktor Popov pierwszym letnim transferem Korony Kielce!" (in Polish). korona-kielce.pl. 30 May 2025.
^ "Вратар отказа нов договор от Черно море и напуска "Тича"" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 31 May 2025.
^ "Breno Teixeira é do Coelhão" (in Portuguese). americafc.com.br. 7 June 2025.

[1] "Organizational structure of Chimimport". chimimport.bg. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

[2] "Черно море привлече млад български нападател" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 9 June 2025.

[3] "Бразилец обяви трансфера си в Черно море" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 9 June 2025.

[4] "Добре дошъл на Асен Чандъров" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 10 June 2025.

[Черно_море_започна_лятна_подготовка_със_седем_нови-5] "Черно море започна лятна подготовка със седем нови" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 11 June 2025.

[6] "Черно море подписа със свой юноша" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 11 June 2025.

[7] "Черно море привлече нападател" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 14 June 2025.

[8] "Даниел Димов се сбогува с футбола и получи геройско изпращане във Варна" (in Bulgarian). dsport.bg. 26 May 2025.

[9] "Viktor Popov pierwszym letnim transferem Korony Kielce!" (in Polish). korona-kielce.pl. 30 May 2025.

[10] "Вратар отказа нов договор от Черно море и напуска "Тича"" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 31 May 2025.

[11] "Breno Teixeira é do Coelhão" (in Portuguese). americafc.com.br. 7 June 2025.

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