Neftochimic 2010 (Bulgarian: Нефтохимик 2010), until 2006 known as Lukoil Neftochimic (Bulgarian: Лукойл Нефтохимик), is a professional men's volleyball team based in Burgas, Bulgaria. It plays in the Super League (four-time champion).

Neftochimic 2010 Burgas
Full nameVolleyball Club "Neftochimic 2010" Burgas
Short nameNeftochimic
FoundedSeptember 2006
GroundMladost, Sport Hall
Burgas, Bulgaria
(Capacity: 1,200)
ChairmanOgnyan Tomov
ManagerNikolay Jeliazkov
CaptainGeorgi Bratoev
LeagueBulgarian Volleyball Super League
2022/20231st
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History

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The founding of the club is like a volleyball section at FTU Neftochimic. During this period, there were no major successes in the club. With the purchase of the club by Lukoil, the team became part of the Bulgarian volleyball elite. During this period the club's name was Lukoil Neftochimic. In 2006, the first big success of the team was,[1] when the team made a golden double, winning their first title and the Cup of Bulgaria. In the September 2011 year, the name of the club was changed to Neftochimic 2010.[2] The second title was won in the season 2016-17, defeating the Montana Volley in the final match and the third title was won in 2017-18 when Neftochimic defeated the final games against CSKA. In 2017 - 2018 the team was filled with a world class players such as the Bratoevi brothers (Georgi Bratoev and Valentin Bratoev) and Teodor Salparov. In this season the team won the championship, the Cup of Bulgaria and the Super Cup.[3]

In April 2018, Neftochimic recorded a historic golden treble,[4] which is the best achievement of the club since it was founded. In the beginning of 2019 the team achieved its best result in Europe. The team from Burgas play 1/4 finals in the second-highest European tournament CEV Cup, where they were defeated by Olympiakos after a 3-1 victory in Burgas, a loss of 0-3 in Athens and a lost golden game.[5]

Achievements

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  •   6 times Champion in Bulgarian Super League (2006/07, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/2019 2019/2020, 2022/2023)
  •   6 times Vice-Champion in Bulgarian Volleyball Super League (2004/05, 2005/06, 2009/10, 2015/16, 2020/2021, 2021/2022)
  •   5 time bronze medalist in Bulgarian Volleyball Super League (2003/04, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2010/11 and 2011/12)
  •   5 times Winner of Bulgarian Volleyball Cup (2007, 2008, 2016, 2018, 2020)
  •   3 times Winner of Bulgarian Volleyball Super Cup (2016, 2017, and 2018)
  •   1-time winner of „Team of the year“ award in Burgas (2018 г.)
  •   1 time Winner of „Team of the month“ award in Bulgaria (2018 г.)[6]

Players

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Updated on March 25, 2019

Setters
7   Georgi Bratoev
10   Lubomir Agontsev
Middle blockers
3   Stoyan Samunev
18   Teodor Todorov
9   Ilia Petkov
19   Nikolay Kartev
Wing spikers
17   Georgi Petrov
5   Alen Djordjevic
2   Denis Karyagin
7   Andrey Nikolov
Attackers
15   Nikolay Uchikov
14   Peter Hristov
Libero
13   Симеон Добрев
8   Ивайло Лалов

Hall of Fame

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Valentin Bratoev was a Neftochimic player in 2018.

Emblematic volleyball players played for Neftochimic 2010:

Managers and Coaches

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Nikolay Jeliazkov is a coach since 2019.

Directors

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Coaches

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References

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