OFC Nesebar

OFC Nesebar
Full name	Municipal Football Club Nesebar
Nickname(s)	The Dolphins делфините
Founded	1946; 78 years ago
Ground	Stadion Nesebar, Nesebar
Capacity	10,000
Owner	Nesebar Municipality
Chairman	Georgi Marinov
Head coach	Vasil Banov
League	Second League
2023–24	Third League, 1st (promoted)
Website	https://ofcnesebar.com/

Nesebar (Bulgarian: Несебър) is a Bulgarian municipal (Bulgarian: общински, pronounced obshtinski) association football club based in Nesebar, Burgas Province, currently competing in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football.

The club’s greatest success was promotion to the A Group in 2004, where the team played one season before being relegated.

History

The club was established in 1946 under the name Chernomorets Nesebar. After 1949 team is divided to Dynamo and Cherveno Zname. In 1957 the company for physical culture and sport Chernomorets is refounded with the team. From 1979 to 2001 the team is called Slanchev Bryag. Еxception are the years from 1993 to 1996 when the team is called PFC Nesebar. From 2001 team is called Nesebar, as from 2012 team is OFC (Municipal football club).

Nesebar won promotion to the A Group during the 2003–04 season—the only time the club has played in the top level of Bulgarian football—with a third-place finish. In their first season in the top flight they were relegated after only five wins.

In 2009–10 season, Nesebar finished second in the B Group and qualified for the promotion play-off, but were defeated by Akademik Sofia 2–1.^[1] Two years later, they slipped into the third division.

Nesebar managed to return to the Second League in 2016, after four years of absence. The team managed to stay in the second level three seasons, with a notable fifth-place finish during the 2017–18 season. Relegation followed after the 2018–19 season, after which the club spent returned to the Third League. In 2023, Nesebar finished in first place in the Southeast Third League, but refused promotion to the Second League due to financial reasons. The club then won the league again the following year becoming back to back champions.

Historical names

Years	Names
1946–1979	Chernomorets Nesebar
1979–1993	Slanchev Bryag
1993–1996	PFC Nesebar
1996–2001	Slanchev Bryag
2001–2012	PFC Nesebar
2012	ОFC Nesebar

Honours

Third League:
- Winners (6): 1989–90, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2015–16, 2022–23, 2023–24
A Regional Group:
- Winners (2): 1973–74, 1977–78
Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League
- Winners (1): 2016

Current squad

As of 26 August 2024

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BUL	Martin Kaishev
3	DF	BUL	Ivan Stoyanov (captain)
4	DF	BUL	Todor Petrov
5	DF	BUL	Plamen Dimov
6	MF	BUL	Gencho Dalev
7	MF	BUL	Valentin Slivov
8	MF	BUL	Viktor Kunev
9	FW	BUL	Nikola Gelin
10	MF	MKD	Stojanco Velinov
11	MF	BUL	Viktor Yanev
13	MF	BUL	Dimitar Ivanov
14	DF	BUL	Dimitar Balinov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	BUL	Kosta Dalev
17	MF	BUL	Anton Uzunov
18	DF	BUL	Nuretin Pyuskyulyu
19	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Kozhevnikov
20	DF	BUL	Nikola Gavov
21	DF	BUL	Aleks Minev
25	GK	BUL	Plamen Kolev
27	DF	BUL	Nikolay Kostov
33	GK	BUL	Plamen Pepelyashev (on loan from Ludogorets)
90	DF	BUL	Hristo Georgiev
99	FW	BUL	Kristiyan Parashkevov

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2024.

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries, held any club record, or had more than 100 league appearances. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries.

Bulgaria

Season to season

Season	Division	Place	Bulgarian Cup
1962–63	A RFG	12	DNQ
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1965–66	A RFG	9	DNQ
-
1969–70	A RFG	11	DNQ
1970–71	A RFG	9	DNQ
1971–72	A RFG	3	DNQ
1972–73	A RFG	3	DNQ
1973–74	A RFG	1	DNQ
1974–75	B PFG	11	Preliminary round
1975–76	B PFG	4	Round of 32
1976–77	B PFG	18	Round of 32
1977–78	A RFG	1	DNQ
1978–79	B PFG	13	Round of 32
1979–80	B PFG	10	Round of 32
1980–81	B PFG	4	Second round
1981–82	B PFG	14	DNQ
1982–83	B PFG	18	DNQ

Season	Division	Place	Bulgarian Cup
1983–84	V AFG	6	DNQ
1984–85	V AFG	5	40th
1985–86	V AFG	12	DNQ
1986–87	V AFG	5	DNQ
1987–88	V AFG	4	DNQ
1988–89	V AFG	6	DNQ
1989–90	V AFG	1	Unknown
1990–91	B PFG	16	Third round
1991–92	B PFG	15	Round of 16
1992–93	B PFG	16	Fourth round
1993–94	B PFG	9	First round
1994–95	B PFG	13	DNQ
1995–96	V AFG	2	DNQ
1996–97	V AFG	5	DNQ
1997–98	V AFG	14	DNQ
1998–99	V AFG	6	DNQ
1999–00	V AFG	1	Second round
2000–01	B PFG	6	Second round

Season	Division	Place	Bulgarian Cup
2001–02	V AFG	4	Second round
2002–03	V AFG	1	Round of 16
2003–04	B PFG	3	First round
2004–05	A PFG	15	Second round
2005–06	B PFG	8	Second round
2006–07	B PFG	4	Second round
2007–08	B PFG	4	First round
2008–09	B PFG	6	Quarterfinals
2009–10	B PFG	2	First round
2010–11	B PFG	5	First round
2011–12	B PFG	9	Second round
2012–13	V AFG	6	DNQ
2013–14	V AFG	5	DNQ
2014–15	V AFG	10	DNQ
2015–16	V AFG	1	Second round
2016–17	Second League	9	First round
2017–18	Second League	5	First round
2018–19	Second League	15	First round
2019-20	V AFG	9	DNQ