FC Olympic Varna

Olympic Varna
Full nameФутболен Клуб Олимпик Варна
Football Club Olympic Varna
Founded2 July 2017 (2017-07-02)
GroundSport Complex Lokomotiv, Varna
Capacity2000
ChairmanDian Genchev
ManagerIvan Karadzhov
LeagueThird League
2024–25A Regional Varna, 2nd (promoted)
Websitehttps://olimpikvarna.com/

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  UKR Igor Klopka
2 DF  BUL Ivan Borislavov
3 DF  BUL Vladislav Georgiev
4 MF  BUL Dimitar Kolev
5 DF  BUL Todor Kolev
6 DF  BUL Georgi Dimitrov
7 MF  BUL Mihael Nikolov
8 MF  BUL Ivan Markov
9 FW  BUL Aleksandar Grozev
10 FW  BUL Rosen Kosev
11 DF  BUL Nikola Stoyanov
12 GK  BUL Nikola Terziev
13 DF  BUL Toma Todorov
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  BUL Stanimir Minkov
15 DF  BUL Momchil Radev
17 FW  BUL Vladimir Georgiev
19 DF  BUL Ivan Dimitrov
20 MF  BUL Svetlozar Popov
23 DF  BUL Dzhem Beytulov
GK  BUL Petar Yordanov
DF  BUL Pavel Gerdzhikov
MF  BUL Samuil Gichkov
MF  BUL Dimitar Hristov
FW  BUL Boyan Nikolov
FW  UKR Oleksiy Mazhynskyi

Personnel

Club officials

Position Name Nationality
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

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season League Top goalscorer
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

  1. ^ Диан Генчев: Идеята ни е да развиваме момчета и да им дадем шанс да стигнат до професионалния футбол
  2. ^ "Доскорошни спартаклии основаха нов футболен клуб във Варна". arenavarna.com. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Иван Найденов пред "Морски гонг" за новия ФК "Олимпик" Вн - Морски Gong". DarikNews.bg. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  4. ^ Решения Дисциплинарна комисия - 15.10.2024 г.
  5. ^ Треньорът на новака Олимпик (Варна) Иван Караджов ще пропусне дебюта на тима в Североизточната ELITBET Трета лига.‌
  6. ^ Олимпик (Варна) започна подготовка и обяви контролите