Vladislav Varna
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| Full name | Professional Football Club Cherno More Varna |
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| Nickname(s) | Моряците (The Sailors) |
| Short name | Cherno More |
| Founded | February 18, 1945, as Ticha-Vladislav |
| Ground | Ticha Stadium |
| Capacity | 8,250 |
| Owner | Chimimport AD |
| Chairman | Marin Marinov |
| Head coach | Georgi Ivanov |
| League | First League |
| 2016–17 | First League, 6th |
| Website | Club website |
Cherno More (Bulgarian: Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League.
Cherno More is named after the Black Sea, and the football club is also known by its nickname The Sailors. Cherno More's home ground is the Ticha Stadium, which has a seating capacity of 8,250 spectators, with plans to move to a new all-seater stadium in late 2018. To date, the club has won onсe Bulgarian Cup and Bulgarian Super Cup.
The club has a long-standing rivalry with neighbouring Spartak Varna, with matches between the two being commonly referred to as "The Derby of Varna".
With the establishment of Communist rule in Bulgaria after WWII, significant changes took place affecting all leading clubs without exception. It was a time for mergers, splits, changing of names and in some cases closure of clubs. All this, to suit the new vision of the new communist ruled government. On 18 February 1945, SC Ticha and SC Vladislav merged with all their available assets and the new name of the club was Ticha-Vladislav. An important issue about the merger of these two teams, and the claims by Cherno More supporters who descend from them, is that it was not as a result of bankruptcy, insolvency, bad debts or any other foul play, but the result of a decision by a political party which had absolute and unchecked power, which simply decided that there were just too many clubs in the city of Varna and that their number should be reduced.
In 1947, SC Primoretz also joined the new club, now to be known as TVP 45. SC Primoretz practised only basketball and tennis and therefore did not have a football team. Chairman of the club was the long time SC Vladislav sportsman Aleksi Aleksiev.
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