FC Spartak Varna
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FC Spartak Varna (Bulgarian: Футболен клуб „Спартак“ Варна) is a Bulgarian association football phoenix club based in Varna, which currently competes in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football league system. Spartak plays its home matches at the local Stadion Spartak.
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Full name | Футболен клуб „Спартак“ Варна Football Club Spartak Varna | ||
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Nickname(s) | Соколите (The Falcons) | ||
Founded | 28 August 1918; 105 years ago (1918-08-28) as SC Balgarski Sokol | ||
Ground | Stadion Spartak | ||
Capacity | 10,000 | ||
Chairman | Pavlin Nikolov | ||
Manager | Aleksandar Tomash | ||
League | First League | ||
2023–24 | Second League, 1st (promoted) | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Founded in 1918, Spartak Varna established itself as one of the early pioneering clubs in Bulgarian football. Spartak won the Bulgarian league in 1932, and was runner up in 1931 and 1933. Spartak has spent the majority of its existence in the first tier of Bulgarian football, with the club’s most recent top flight participation being season 2022–2023.
Spartak's nickname is the "Falcons", and the club has a very heated rivalry with fellow Varna-based club, Cherno More Varna. Matches between the two sides are known as the "Derby of Varna". The two sides even used to share the Yuri Gagarin Stadium before it was demolished.