FC Olympic Varna
| Full name | Футболен Клуб Олимпик Варна Football Club Olympic Varna | ||
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| Founded | 2 July 2017 | ||
| Ground | Sport Complex Lokomotiv, Varna | ||
| Capacity | 2000 | ||
| Chairman | Dian Genchev | ||
| Manager | Ivan Karadzhov | ||
| League | Third League | ||
| 2024–25 | A Regional Varna, 2nd (promoted) | ||
| Website | https://olimpikvarna.com/ | ||
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Olympic Varna (Bulgarian: Олимпик Варна) is a Bulgarian football team based in Varna. Founded in 2017, and currently plays in Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football. Olympic's home ground is the Sport Palace Stadium, which has a capacity of 500 spectators, but the team plays their official matches on Sport Complex Lokomotiv in Varna. Olympic's main colors are red, white and blue.
History
Olympic Varna was established in the summer of 2016 as a feeder academy of Spartak Varna.[1] Following the changes in Spartak, the academy separetad from them in 2017 leaded by Dian Genchev, Marin Petrov, Ivan Naydenov, Zhivko Boyadzhiev and Ivan Karadzhov, all of them footballers, most of them born and raised in Varna.[2] The team joined several youth leagues and operated as an academy team.[3]
In 2022 the team joined Bulgarian B Regional Varna league and won promotion in their first season. On 15 October, in a match against Devnya, Karadzhov pulled the squad off the field in the halftime, after their goalkeeper's cheekbone was broken and two other Olympic players were physically abused. The team was expelled from the league and Karadzhov was banned for 1 year, but later the team was restored.[4][5] They finished the 2024-25 season on 2nd place, but as the only team with interest to promote, they were promoted to Third League.[6] The team started with 2 wins and a lost in the first 3 games with all of the players being from the academy, except the one.
Players
Current squad
As of 12 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.
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Personnel
Club officials
| Position | Name | Nationality |
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| Coaching staff | ||
| Head coach | Ivan Karadzhov | |
| Assistant coach | Ivan Naydenov | |
| Youth coach | Zhivko Boyadzhiev | |
| Youth coach | Dian Genchev | |
| Goalkeepers coach | ||
Managerial history
| Dates | Name | Honours |
|---|---|---|
| 2022–2024 | Ivan Karadzhov | |
| 2024–2025 | Ivan Naydenov (interim) | |
| 2025– | Ivan Karadzhov |
Seasons
Detailed league history
| Season | League | Top goalscorer | |||||||||||
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| Division | Level | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | |||
| 2022–23 | B Regional Varna | 5 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 13 | +38 | 40 | 1st ↑ | ||
| 2023–24 | A Regional Varna | 4 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 36 | 5th | ||
| 2024–25 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 83 | 19 | +64 | 43 | 2nd ↑ | |||
| 2025–26 | Third League | 3 | Aleksandar Grozdev | 8 | |||||||||
References
- ^ Диан Генчев: Идеята ни е да развиваме момчета и да им дадем шанс да стигнат до професионалния футбол
- ^ "Иван Найденов пред "Морски гонг" за новия ФК "Олимпик" Вн - Морски Gong". DarikNews.bg. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ Решения Дисциплинарна комисия - 15.10.2024 г.
- ^ Треньорът на новака Олимпик (Варна) Иван Караджов ще пропусне дебюта на тима в Североизточната ELITBET Трета лига.
- ^ Олимпик (Варна) започна подготовка и обяви контролите