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

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.

Republican Football Group A

Matches

15 March 1953 Round 1 VMS Stalin 0–1 Akademik Stalin Varna
12 April 1953 Round 5 VMS Stalin 3–2 VVS Sofia Varna
23 May 1953 Round 11 VMS Stalin 1–0 Stroitel 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
29 July 1953 Round 16 Akademik Stalin 1–0 VMS Stalin Varna
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

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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
28 12 7 9 29 20  +9 43 9 3 2 19 8  +11 3 4 7 10 12  −2

Bulgarian Cup

Round 1 VMS Stalin 2–1 Akademik Stalin Varna

Squad

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

[5]

References

  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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