FC Spartak Varna II explained

Clubname:Spartak Varna II
Fullname:Spartak 1918 Varna II Football Club
Nickname:Соколите (The Falcons)
Ground:Lokomotiv Stadium, Varna
Capacity:1,000
Chairman:Asen Milanov / Pavlin Nikolov
Manager:Vacant
League:Third League
Season:2023–24
Position:Third League, 6th
Website:http://www.spartakvarna.bg/
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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

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

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. EU Nationals

EU Nationals (Dual citizenship)

Non-EU Nationals

Personnel

Manager history

DatesNameHonours
2021–2022 Dimitar Trendafilov
2022–2023 Vasil Petrov
2023 Ivelin Petkov (interim)

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
SeasonLeagueTop goalscorer
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scope=row rowspan=12021–22Third League32696114036+4337th Yanaki Smirnov10
scope=row rowspan=12022–23328135104435+9448th Daniel Halachev12
scope=row rowspan=12023–2432616286627+39506th Daniel Halachev14
scope=row rowspan=12024–253

Key

PromotedRelegated

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Изграждането на играчи за първия отбор е приоритетът на Спартак (Варна) II. Sportal.bg.
  2. Web site: На Североизток, трио влиза в битка за изкачване в професионалния футбол. Sportal.bg.
  3. Web site: Треньорът на Спартак (Варна) II: Амбицирани сме да се преборим за първото място. Sportal.bg.
  4. https://sportal.bg/news-2024010917031806849 Кириякос Георгиу поема школата и втория отбор на Спартак (Варна)
  5. https://topsport.bg/spartak-varna/privarzhenitsite-na-spartak-varna-se-zakaniha-da-sablekat-trenyor.html Привържениците на Спартак (Варна) се заканиха да съблекат треньор