FC Fratria

FC Fratria

Full name	Футболен Клуб Фратрия Варна Fratria Varna Football Club
Founded	16 April 2021; 3 years ago (2021-04-16)
Ground	Kavarna Stadium, Kavarna
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Viktor Bakurevich
Manager	Emanuel Lukanov
League	Third League
2022–23	A Regional Group, 1st (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

FC Fratria (Bulgarian: ФК Фратрия) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Varna, which competes in the Third League, the third division of the Bulgarian football league system. Fratria's home ground is the Kavarna Stadium, which has a capacity of 5,000 spectators.

History

Establishment

Fratria was established in 2021 by businessman Viktor Bakurevich, owner of Berezka supermarkets. Bakurevich decided to start an academy that is free from taxes, making the club base in Benkovski, Varna Province.^[1] Later that year, the team started a partnership with MFC Ticha Academy.^[2]

Regional and amateur leagues climb up: 2021–present

They won their first season in B Regional Group and in 2022 were promoted to A Regional Group with Oleksandr Babych taking the manager position.^[3] Since Bakurevich had Russian and Ukrainian roots, a few players from Russia and Ukraine, living in Bulgaria, joined the main team and the academies.^[4] The team won the league and on 29 May 2023, Fratria secured promotion to Third League, being called the fastest developing team, not only because their quick promote to the third league, but also because of the development of their base and academy.^[5] In June 2023, the team started to prepare for their first season in Third League with the intentions to win the group. Fratria also established a second team that joined A Regional League.^[1] Later same month it was announced they will move to Stadium Albena 1 in Albena resort.^[6]

In their first cup appearance, Fratria was drawn against local team Spartak Varna, but lost the match with a 1:3 result, played on 8 September 2023.^[7] On 5 October 2023 the team announced that they are introducing a new sporting director in the name of Emanuel Lukanov, who took the position.^[8] In January 2024, Fratria announced they will have a friendly match against Farul II, as part of their winter camp, setting a start of a partnership with Farul Constanța.^[9] On 5 February Babych was signed by Pirin Blagoevgrad in First League and Lukanov was promoted as a manager of the team.^[10] On 29 February 2024 the team once again changed stadium, moving to Kavarna Stadium, which would allow the team to play in Second League.^[11]

Honours

• A RFG Varna:
  • Winners (1): 2022–23

• B RFG Varna:
  • Winners (1): 2021–22

Logo, shirt and sponsor

„Fratria" name comes from „Brotherhood", with the team having the sloagan „frater pro fratre", meaning „brother for brother", on their logo. Their main colors are red (bordo) and black and since 2021 their main sponsor is Berezka.

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt partner
2021–2023	Misho Sport	Berezka
2023–	Saller

Players

Current squad

As of 22 February 2024^[update]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  BUL Ivaylo Popov 4 DF  BUL Nikola Borisov 5 DF  BUL Vasil Dobrev 6 MF  BUL Yordan Toskov 7 FW  UKR Andriy Lisak 8 MF  BUL Steliyan Dobrev 9 MF  BUL Denis Kadir 10 MF  BUL Yancho Andreev 11 FW  BUL Lachezar Voykov 14 DF  BUL Martin Kostadinov 16 DF  BUL Dimitar Vasilev 19 DF  BUL Yasen Minchev 20 MF  BUL Ivelin Kuzmanov

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  BUL David Lukanov 28 DF  UKR Oleksandr Filonchuk 32 DF  BUL Valeri Hristov 39 FW  UKR Denys Vasin 41 DF  BUL Ibryam Ibryam 45 DF  ARM David Shakaryan 66 FW  MDA Vasil Andoni (captain) 67 GK  BUL Hristiyan Hristov 74 MF  RUS Мikhail Gashchuk 77 MF  RUS Artur Avetisyan 81 FW  UKR Oleksiy Mazhynskyi 96 GK  BUL Valentin Dimitrov 99 FW  BRA Lucas Macedo

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Reserves squad (Fratria II)

As of 31 July 2023^[update]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF  UKR Serghi Chyzhyk 15 DF  UKR Pavlo Bachurskiy 18 DF  BUL Nikola Radushev 23 MF  BUL Emil Haralanov 26 GK  BUL Erik Georgiev — GK  UKR Vladyslav Ukrainskyi

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BUL Emir Nedret — DF  COL Julio Rodriguez — MF  RUS Platon Bakurevich — FW  BUL Tsvetan Tinev — FW  UKR Arseniy Bogdanov — FW  UKR Artyom Karacoy

Foreign players

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

Club officials

Position	Name	Nationality
Coaching staff
Head coach	Emanuel Lukanov
Assistant coach/Fratria II	Evgeniy Gashchuk
Goalkeepers coach	Genko Slavov
Youth coach	Ivaylo Stanchev
Youth coach	Yevhen Lutsenko
Conditional coach	Diliyan Georgiev
Methodist	Tsvetomir Valeriev
First team doctor	vacant
Management
Chairman	Viktor Bakurevich
Sporting director	Vasil Petrov

Managerial history

Dates	Name	Honours
2021–2022	Ivaylo Stanchev
2022–2024	Oleksandr Babych
2024–	Emanuel Lukanov

Seasons

League positions

Past seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	League											Bulgarian Cup	Other competitions		Top goalscorer
	Division	Level	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Pos
2021–22	B Regional Varna	5	10	9	0	1	29	8	+21	27	1st ↑	DNE
2022–23	A Regional Varna	4	18	15	2	1	55	10	+45	47	1st ↑	DNQ	Cup of AFL	R1	Vasil Andoni	19
2023–24	Third League	3										Preliminary			Denis Kadir	10

Goalscoring and appearance records

As of 23 April 2024 Most league appearances for the club Rank Name Career Appearances 1 Vasil Andoni 2022–present 30 2 Andriy Lisak 2022–present 23 3 Danylo Polonskyi 2022–2024 20 – Preslav Zhekov 2022–2023 20 5 Denis Kadir 2023–present 20 – Dimitar Vasilev 2023–present 20 – Hristiyan Hristov 2023–present 20 8 Ibryam Ibryam 2023–present 18 9 Martin Kostadinov 2023–present 15 10 Artur Avetisyan 2022–present 14 – Vasil Dobrev 2023–present 14

Most league goals for the club Rank Name Career Goals 1 Vasil Andoni 2022–present 27 2 Danylo Polonskyi 2022–2024 15 3 Denis Kadir 2023–present 10 4 Denys Vasin 2023–present 9 – Andriy Lisak 2022–present 9 6 Preslav Zhekov 2022–2023 3 – Yancho Andreev 2024–present 3 8 Ibryam Ibryam 2023–present 2 – Nikola Borisov 2023–present 2 – Lucas Macedo 2024–present 2 – Oleksiy Mazhynskyi 2023–present 2 – Emil Savov 2022–2023 2

• Players in bold are still playing for Fratria.

References

External links

• Official website
• bgclubs.eu