1953 PFC Cherno More Varna season

The 1953 season was Cherno More's second consecutive season in Republican Football Group A after being administratively relegated in 1949 and returning to the top flight in 1952.[2] The club competed as VMS Stalin after Varna was renamed after the Soviet dictator in December 1949.[3] Cherno more finished in 3rd place which was the club's highest post-war league finish until it was matched in 2008-2009.

Cherno More Varna
1953 season
ManagerIvan Mokanov
Republican Football Group A3rd
Bulgarian CupQuarterfinals
Top goalscorerVasil Dosev (7)[1]

Republican Football Group A

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Matches

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12 April 1953 Round 5 VMS Stalin 3–2 VVS Sofia Varna
31 May 1953 Round 12 VMS Stalin 2–0 DNA Plovdiv Varna
10 July 1953 Round 15 Dinamo Sofia 1–0 VMS Stalin Sofia
15 August 1953 Round 20 VVS Sofia 2–1 VMS Stalin Sofia
26 August 1953 Round 27 DNA Plovdiv 1–1 VMS Stalin Plovdiv
7 September 1953 Round 23 VMS Stalin 1–2 Spartak Sofia Varna
11 September 1953 Round 28 VMS Stalin 3–0 Udarnik Sofia Varna
17 September 1953 Round 26 Stroitel Sofia 0–1 VMS Stalin Sofia
23 September 1953 Round 25 VMS Stalin 2–0 Spartak Pleven Varna
13 October 1953 Round 18 Lokomotiv Sofia 2–0 VMS Stalin Sofia
20 October 1953 Round 30 VMS Stalin 0–0 Dinamo Sofia Varna
  • Varna was renamed Stalin after Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin from 20 December 1949 to 20 October 1956;
  • Pernik was renamed Dimitrovo after Bulgarian Communist leader Georgi Dimitrov from 1949 to 1962;
  • Dupnitsa was renamed Stanke Dimitrov in 1950 after the Communist party activist. Cherveno zname is a former name of Marek;
  • CSKA Sofia participated as Sofiyski Garnizon (Sofia Garrison);
  • Dinamo Sofia is a former name of Levski Sofia;
  • Udarnik Sofia is a former name of Slavia Sofia;
  • DNA Plovdiv is a former name of Botev Plovdiv.
  • A unified team composed of players from various teams took part in the league until July 1953 in order to help the national team prepare for the 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. The idea was abandoned after the national team's defeat against Romania on 28 June 1953. The team's participation meant the fixtures were subject to heavy rescheduling, which was later recognized as a mistake by the Football Union.[4]

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Levski Sofia (C) 28 19 5 4 48 22 +26 43
2 CSKA Sofia 28 18 6 4 64 23 +41 42
3 Cherno More Varna 28 12 7 9 29 20 +9 31
4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 28 9 13 6 30 29 +1 31
5 Slavia Sofia 28 9 12 7 42 33 +9 30
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
28 12 7 9 29 20  +9 43 9 3 2 19 8  +11 3 4 7 10 12  −2

Bulgarian Cup

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Squad

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Pos. Nat. Name
GK   BUL Ivan Derventski
GK   BUL Lyuben Tashev
DF   BUL Dimitar Stefanov
DF   BUL Gocho Rusev
DF   BUL Todor Nikolov
DF   BUL Blagoy Filipov
MF   BUL Nikola Popov
MF   BUL Ivan Shulev
MF   BUL Nikola Aleksiev
MF   BUL Ivan Pirgov
FW   BUL Spas Kirov
FW   BUL Vasil Dosev
FW   BUL Borislav Kovachev
FW   BUL Kiril Bogdanov
FW   BUL Dimitar Yovchev
FW   BUL Todor Terzistoev
FW   BUL Dimitar Samsarov
FW   BUL Georgi Dimitrov

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.retro-football.bg/sites/default/files/books/almanah_1954.pdf pp.50
  2. ^ http://www.retro-football.bg/sites/default/files/books/almanah_1954.pdf pp.41-44
  3. ^ "The names of Varna". Archived from the original on 2011-05-18.
  4. ^ http://www.retro-football.bg/sites/default/files/books/almanah_1954.pdf pp.65-66
  5. ^ http://www.retro-football.bg/sites/default/files/books/almanah_1954.pdf p.44
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