1955 PFC Cherno More Varna season

The 1955 season was Cherno More's fourth successive season in the Republican Football Group A. The club competed as VMS Stalin after Varna was renamed after the Soviet dictator in December 1949.[1]

Cherno More Varna
1955 season
ManagerIvan Mokanov
Republican Football Group A12th

Overview

The season lives in infamy as Cherno More started with five successive wins against the traditionally strong Sofia teams but ended in relegation on goal difference. After the flying start there was great enthusiasm in the club and talk of becoming champions. According to Vasil Dossev, who scored the winning goal against Dinamo in Sofia, he tried to cool it down, insisting the team should focus on gaining enough points to avoid relegation. He was removed from his position as captain of the team for his defeatist attitude.[2]

With relegation looming in October, Cherno More recorded the club's joint-record win in the top flight by thrashing Cherveno Zname Pavlikeni 8-0 in the penultimate game of the season. This was followed by an away win against Spartak in Plovdiv, allowing the team to move four points clear of Zavod 12, who had two games in hand. Zavod 12 defeated Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2-0 and Spartak Plovdiv 2-1 in matches played long after Cherno More's season has ended. Both teams gained 25 points, with Zavod 12's goal difference 26-27 and Cherno More's 26-28, resulting in the relegation of the Varna team from the league.

Republican Football Group A
Main article: 1955 A Group

Matches
6 March 1955 Round 1 VMS Stalin 1–0 CDNA Sofia Varna
12 March 1955 Round 2 VMS Stalin 2–0 Lokomotiv Sofia Varna
20 March 1955 Round 3 VMS Stalin 2–1 Zavod 12 Sofia Varna
26 March 1955 Round 4 Dinamo Sofia 1–2 VMS Stalin Sofia
3 April 1955 Round 5 VMS Stalin 1–0 Udarnik Sofia Varna
17 April 1955 Round 6 VVS Sofia 3–0 VMS Stalin Sofia
24 April 1955 Round 11 VMS Stalin 0–2 Minyor Dimitrovo Varna
2 May 1955 Round 7 VMS Stalin 0–1 DNA Plovdiv Varna
8 May 1955 Round 8 Spartak Stalin 0–0 VMS Stalin Varna
15 May 1955 Round 9 VMS Stalin 1–0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Varna
28 May 1955 Round 10 Spartak Pleven 1–0 VMS Stalin Pleven
5 June 1955 Round 12 Cherveno Zname Pavlikeni 0–0 VMS Stalin Pavlikeni
19 June 1955 Round 13 VMS Stalin 0–1 Spartak Plovdiv Varna
3 July 1955 Round 14 CDNA Sofia 3–0 VMS Stalin Sofia
9 July 1955 Round 15 Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 VMS Stalin Sofia
11 August 1955 Round 16 Zavod 12 Sofia 0–1 VMS Stalin Sofia
23 August 1955 Round 17 VMS Stalin 0–1 Dinamo Sofia Varna
31 August 1955 Round 18 Udarnik Sofia 3–1 VMS Stalin Sofia
4 September 1955 Round 19 VMS Stalin 1–1 VVS Sofia Varna
9 September 1955 Round 24 Minyor Dimitrovo 4–1 VMS Stalin Pernik
13 September 1955 Round 21 VMS Stalin 2–1 Spartak Stalin Varna
25 September 1955 Round 23 VMS Stalin 1–1 Spartak Pleven Varna
9 October 1955 Round 20 DNA Plovdiv 2–0 VMS Stalin Plovdiv
13 October 1955 Round 22 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–1 VMS Stalin Plovdiv
20 October 1955 Round 25 VMS Stalin 8–0 Cherveno Zname Pavlikeni Varna
25 October 1955 Round 26 Spartak Plovdiv 0–1 VMS Stalin Plovdiv

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League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
10 Botev Plovdiv 26 9 8 9 27 31 −4 26
11 Zavod 12 Sofia 26 9 7 10 26 27 −1 25
12 Cherno More Varna (R) 26 10 5 11 26 28 −2 25 Relegation to 1956 B Group
13 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (R) 26 6 6 14 18 29 −11 18
14 Pavlikeni (R) 26 5 4 17 12 45 −33 14
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 10 5 11 26 28  −2 35 7 2 4 19 9  +10 3 3 7 7 19  −12

Soviet Army Cup
Main article: 1955 Bulgarian Cup
Round of 32 VMS Stalin 2–1 Spartak Stalin
Round of 16 DNA Plovdiv 1–0 VMS Stalin

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References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110518183425/http://varna.info.bg/english/name_of_varna_en.htm
  2. http://www.retro-football.bg/sites/default/files/books/futbolna_varna.pdf p.78-79
  3. https://bulgarian-football.com/archive/1955/a-grupa.html
  4. https://bulgarian-football.com/archive/1955/kupa-na-savetskata-armia.html

http://www.retro-football.bg/?q=bg/1954
https://bulgarian-football.com/archive/1955/a-grupa.html

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