FC Kaliakra Kavarna

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"Sava Ganchev" street, Stadium "Kavarna", Kavarna 9650, Bulgaria

Staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Chairman	Ventsislav Vasilev
Director of Sport	Krasimir Todorov
Head Coach	Radostin Trifonov
Assistant Coach	Stefan Slavov
Assistant Coach	Martin Zafirov
Goalkeeper Coach	Dobrin Dobrev

Kaliakra was established in 1922, and has had its current name since 1957. The official colors were initially chosen as blue and white. During its history the club has also been named Venus Venera, Bizone, SC Dobrotich, SC Spartak and Cherveno zname.

The club spent most of its history in amateur football before winning promotion for the second-flight of Bulgarian football in 1980. In the first campaign in B PFG, Kaliakra survived relegation back to third division at the end of 1980–81, but with only point more than rivals Chernolomets Popovo. The next season meant a 14th place for the team, but in 1982-83 Kaliakra won just eleven games during the entire campaign and were relegated. The team spent the next 22 years in third division, before being promoted for the second time to B PFG during the 2004-05 season. They finished their first campaign in the 2005/06 B PFG in 10th place.

In 2007-08 season Kaliakra had their best Bulgarian Cup run ever, beating Chavdar Etropole and elite Lokomotiv Plovdiv before losing to Cherno More Varna on penalties in the semi-finals. The season in the domestic league was also successful for the team, after they finished 2nd, and qualified for the play-off for promotion in the top division. But on May 24, 2008, Kaliakra lost against Minyor Pernik with a result of 6:7 (after penalties) in the play-off.

In 2009–10 Kaliakra reached the Bulgarian Cup semi-finals for second time in the club's history, but lost 3-0 after penalties (1-1 in regular time) to Chernomorets Pomorie at Pomorie Stadium. A month later they won a first promotion to the A PFG by winning the Eastern B PFG.

The 2010-11 season was historic for Kaliakra, as it was their first ever season in the Bulgarian elite. The team began the campaign under the management of Filip Filipov, starting strong, with an away 0-1 win against Slavia Sofia. However, Kaliakra then dropped their form and at the end of round 12, the team was in 13th position. Filipov was sacked and replaced by Antoni Zdravkov on 7 October. Under Zdravkov, Kavarna improved somewhat, although the team was still in danger of relegation up until round 25. Good results in the last couple of rounds improved their position on the table, eventually leading Kaliakra to a 12th place finish, thus avoiding relegation. The team ended the season with eight wins, six draws, as well as 16 losses, earning them 30 points.

For the 2011-12 season, which would be Kaliakra's second season in the elite, Zdravkov's contract was not renewed, so he was replaced by Adalbert Zafirov, prior to the start of the season. The 2011-12 season proved to be much more difficult for Kaliakra, as the team spent the majority of the season in the relegation zone. Zafirov was sacked on 19 October, being replaced by Radostin Trifonov. This did not improve the team's results, as the team remained in 15th position until the end of the season, thus were relegated. Kaliakra ended the season with only 11 points, with only FC Svetkavitsa Targovishte having less points (only 8). Kavarna only won two games, against Beroe Stara Zagora and PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo, both of which were home wins. Away results were horrible, with the team earning only one point from away games, a 1-1 draw against Minyor Pernik.

Kaliakra was relegated to the B PFG after two years in the top division. After two more years in B PFG Kaliakra was relegated back to the amateur divisions, ending nearly a decade of professional football.

League positions

As of 1 September 2019 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Kalin Dyankov 2 DF Yavor Kolev 4 DF Nikola Georgiev 5 DF Nikolay Dimitrov 6 MF Ivelin Madzharov 8 MF Ventsislav Zhelev 9 FW Georgi Stanchev 10 MF Erhan Hayredin 11 MF Hristo Dimitrov 12 MF Tihomir Yanakiev

No. Position Player 16 MF Nikolay Nikolaev 17 MF Kiril Krastev 19 MF Stefan Nikolov 21 FW Kaloyan Kalchev 22 DF Kaan Dervish 23 MF Preslav Pasev 26 DF Kristiyan Velikov 30 MF Georgi Kolev 38 DF Kristiyan Stavrev

PFC Kaliakra currently plays its home matches at the Kavarna Stadium. The club's home stadium was built in 1967. It is situated in the Kaliakra Sport Complex, in the south side of Kavarna. Years later, the ground underwent a total reconstruction in 2007 and was brought to a suitable stand in 2008. It has approximately 5,000 seats with pitch dimensions of 103 x 68 metres. In 2008, the stadium was also equipped with electric lighting of 1200 lx. The record attendance of the stadium is 4,540 spectators and it was achieved at the game against Cherno More Varna on April 16, 2008 in the semi-final of the Bulgarian Cup.

• Filip Filipov (July 2010–Oct 10)
• Antoni Zdravkov (Oct 2010–May 11)
• Radostin Trifonov (2011)
• Adalbert Zafirov (2011)
• Radostin Trifonov (2011–12)
• Vachko Vachev (March 2012–)

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