FC Spartak Varna II

Spartak Varna II
Full nameSpartak 1918 Varna II Football Club
Nickname(s)Соколите (The Falcons)
Founded1 July 2021; 2 years ago (2021-07-01)
GroundLokomotiv Stadium, Varna
Capacity1,000
ChairmanAsen Milanov / Pavlin Nikolov
ManagerVacant
LeagueThird League
2022–23Third League, 8th
WebsiteClub website

Spartak II (Bulgarian: Спартак II) or Spartak 2 is a Bulgarian football team based in Varna. Founded in 2021, it is the reserve team of Spartak Varna, and currently plays in Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football.

Obliged to play one level below their main side, Spartak II is ineligible for promotion to First League and also can not compete in the Bulgarian Cup.

History[edit]

Since 2015, the Bulgarian Football Union allowed Bulgarian teams to have reserve sides in the lower regional divisions. In 2021 Spartak started a reserve squad in Third League.[1] In 2023 the team expressed desire to take the first place and promote to Second League.[2] In 2023, Vasil Petrov was promoted to lead the first team, returning in charge of Spartak after he once managed the team to promote to First League, with Ivelin Petkov becoming the new manager of Spartak II.[3] On 10 January 2024 Kyriakos Georgiou was announced as the new director of Spartak Academy and Spartak II manager.[4] Day later, after a meeting between fans and the team owner, he decided to not take Georgiou, because of the huge dissaproval of the fans.[5]

Players[edit]

As of 20 June 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Bulgaria BUL Yosif Slavchev
2 DF Ukraine UKR Pavel Bachuriyski
3 DF Bulgaria BUL Pavlin Petkov
4 DF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Trendafilov
6 DF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Aleksandrov
7 FW Bulgaria BUL Kaloyan Yanchev
8 MF Bulgaria BUL Kristiyan Kurbanov
9 FW Bulgaria BUL Simeon Ivanov
10 MF Bulgaria BUL Denislav Stoyanov
11 FW Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Todorov
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Samuil Dechev
13 DF Bulgaria BUL Stefan Stefanov
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Vasilev (captain)
17 FW United States USA Dakarai Truvillion
18 MF Bulgaria BUL Hidaet Hyusein
19 MF Bulgaria BUL Daniel Halachev
22 DF Bulgaria BUL Stefan Stoyanov
23 MF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Yanchev
27 MF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Dimitrov
45 MF Bulgaria BUL Daniel Nachev
77 DF Bulgaria BUL Lyuboslav Marinov
99 GK Ukraine UKR Igor Klyopka
— DF Bulgaria BUL Martin Gruchki

Foreign players[edit]

Up to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the Bulgarian First Professional League however only three can be used in a match day. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.

Personnel[edit]

Manager history[edit]

Dates Name Honours
2021–2022 Bulgaria Dimitar Trendafilov
2022–2023 Bulgaria Vasil Petrov
2023 Bulgaria Ivelin Petkov (interim)

Seasons[edit]

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season League Top goalscorer
Division Level P W D L F A GD Pts Pos
2021–22 Third League 3 26 9 6 11 40 36 +4 33 7th Bulgaria Yanaki Smirnov 10
2022–23 3 28 13 5 10 44 35 +9 44 8th Bulgaria Daniel Halachev 12
2023–24 3

Key[edit]

  • GS = Group stage
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
Promoted Relegated

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Изграждането на играчи за първия отбор е приоритетът на Спартак (Варна) II". Sportal.bg.
  2. ^ "На Североизток, трио влиза в битка за изкачване в професионалния футбол". Sportal.bg.
  3. ^ "Треньорът на Спартак (Варна) II: Амбицирани сме да се преборим за първото място". Sportal.bg.
  4. ^ Кириякос Георгиу поема школата и втория отбор на Спартак (Варна)
  5. ^ Привържениците на Спартак (Варна) се заканиха да съблекат треньор

External links[edit]

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