1957 PFC Cherno More Varna season
Cherno More Varna 1957 football season
| 1957 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Ivan Mokanov |
| Republican Football Group A | 9th |
| Bulgarian Cup | Quarterfinals |
← 1956 1958 → | |
The 1957 season marked the immediate return of Cherno More to the top flight of Bulgarian football after the club was dramatically relegated in 1955. The club started the season as SCNA Varna (Bulgarian: СКНА Варна), Sport Club of the People's Army, but was renamed to Botev Varna in June 1957.[1]
Overview
Background
Cherno More was relegated from A Group at the end of 1955, despite starting the season with 5 consecutive wins and finishing only three point off third place. The following year the team won the regional B group and booked a place for an end-of-the-season qualifying tournament played in Sofia in November 1956 to determine the last two teams to join A group in 1957.[2] Competing were the five winners of the regional B groups and 11th-placed in A Group Zavod 12. Cherno More, competing as SCNA Varna, won a deciding match against Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 20 November 1956 to finish second.
Winless Streak
The team lost seven of the first 8 games, only drawing against Levski Sofia in Varna on 24 March 1957. Form improved somewhat in the following fixtures, but the Sailors remained winless after 15 matches of the 22 rounds season. With only six points gained and seven matches remaining, the club was bottom of the table and facing relegation for the second time in three years.
The Great Escape
The team, recently renamed Botev Varna midseason, achieved first win of the campaign in round 16 by defeating Botev Plovdiv 1-0 on 1 September 1957, giving supporters hope before a fixture break until mid-October. League football returned on October 13 with the 4-0 thrashing of Marek Stanke Dimitrov, followed by two more wins against city rivals Spartak and eventual runners-up Lokomotiv Sofia, denting their title hopes in the process. Botev Varna then drew against the dominant force of Bulgarian football and eventual league winners CDNA in Sofia, before securing survival with a game to spare by comfortably defeating Spartak Plovdiv 3-0 at home.
Republican Football Group A
Matches
Minyor Dimitrovo v Botev Varna
| 17 March 1957 Round 1 | Minyor Dimitrovo | 2–0 | Botev Varna | Pernik |
Botev Varna v Levski Sofia
| 24 March 1957 Round 2 | Botev Varna | 1–1 | Levski Sofia | Varna |
Spartak Pleven v Botev Varna
| 31 March 1957 Round 3 | Spartak Pleven | 3–1 | Botev Varna | Pleven |
Botev Varna v Slavia Sofia
| 7 April 1957 Round 4 | Botev Varna | 1–2 | Slavia Sofia | Varna |
Botev Plovdiv v Botev Varna
| 14 April 1957 Round 5 | Botev Plovdiv | 1–0 | Botev Varna | Plovdiv |
Marek Stanke Dimitrov v Botev Varna
| 21 April 1957 Round 6 | Marek Stanke Dimitrov | 1–0 | Botev Varna | Dupnitsa |
Botev Varna v Spartak Varna
| 26 April 1957 Round 11 | Botev Varna | 0–3 | Spartak Varna | Varna |
Lokomotiv Sofia v Botev Varna
| 11 May 1957 Round 8 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 1–0 | Botev Varna | Sofia |
Botev Varna v CDNA
| 2 June 1957 Round 9 | Botev Varna | 1–1 | CDNA | Varna |
Spartak Plovdiv v Botev Varna
| 9 June 1957 Round 10 | Spartak Plovdiv | 0–0 | Botev Varna | Plovdiv |
Botev Varna v Spartak Sofia
| 30 June 1957 Round 7 | Botev Varna | 1–1 | Spartak Sofia | Varna |
Botev Varna v Minyor Dimitrovo
| 7 July 1957 Round 12 | Botev Varna | 0–0 | Minyor Dimitrovo | Varna |
Levski Sofia v Botev Varna
| 12 July 1957 Round 13 | Levski Sofia | 3–2 | Botev Varna | Sofia |
Botev Varna v Spartak Pleven
| 18 August 1957 Round 14 | Botev Varna | 0–0 | Spartak Pleven | Varna |
Slavia Sofia v Botev Varna
| 24 August 1957 Round 15 | Slavia Sofia | 2–2 | Botev Varna | Sofia |
Botev Varna v Botev Plovdiv
| 1 September 1957 Round 16 | Botev Varna | 1–0 | Botev Plovdiv | Varna |
Botev Varna v Marek Stanke Dimitrov
| 13 October 1957 Round 17 | Botev Varna | 4–0 | Marek Stanke Dimitrov | Varna |
Spartak Varna v Botev Varna
| 20 October 1957 Round 22 | Spartak Varna | 0–1 | Botev Varna | Varna |
Botev Varna v Lokomotiv Sofia
| 10 November 1957 Round 19 | Botev Varna | 1–0 | Lokomotiv Sofia | Varna |
CDNA v Botev Varna
| 17 November 1957 Round 20 | CDNA | 0–0 | Botev Varna | Sofia |
Botev Varna v Spartak Plovdiv
| 24 November 1957 Round 21 | Botev Varna | 3–0 | Spartak Plovdiv | Varna |
Spartak Sofia v Botev Varna
| 29 November 1957 Round 18 | Spartak Sofia | 3–0 | Botev Varna | Sofia |
League standings
| Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Spartak Plovdiv | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 19 | |
| 8 | Botev Plovdiv | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 19 | |
| 9 | Cherno More Varna | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 18 | |
| 10 | Spartak Varna | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 18 | |
| 11 | Spartak Sofia (R) | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 16 | Relegation to 1958 B Group |
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated
(R) Relegated
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 |
| 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | −10 |
Bulgarian Cup
Tundzha Yambol v Botev Varna
| Round of 32 | Tundzha Yambol | 0–2 | Botev Varna | Yambol |
Zavod Stalin Dimitrovo v Botev Varna
| Round of 16 | Zavod Stalin Dimitrovo | 0–5 | Botev Varna | Pernik |
Botev Varna v CDNA
| Quarterfinals | Botev Varna | 0–1 | CDNA | Varna |
References
External links
- http://www.retro-football.bg/?q=bg/1957
- https://bulgarian-football.com/archive/1957/a-grupa.html
- http://a-pfg.com/%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD/1957/
