Fratria II (Bulgarian: Фратрия II) or Fratria 2 is a Bulgarian football team based in Varna. Founded in 2023, it is the reserve team of Fratria, and currently plays in Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football. Fratria's home ground is the Staro Oryahovo Stadium, which has a capacity of 1,000 spectators.

FC Fratria II
Full nameФутболен Клуб Фратрия Варна
Fratria Varna Football Club
Founded30 June 2023; 17 months ago (2023-06-30)
GroundStaro Oryahovo Stadium, Staro Oryahovo
Capacity1,000
ChairmanViktor Bakurevich
ManagerEvgeny Gashchuk
LeagueThird League
2023–24A Regional Varna, 2nd (promoted)
Websitehttps://fcfratria.com/

Obliged to play one level below their main side, Fratria II is ineligible for promotion to Second League and also cannot compete in the Bulgarian Cup.

History

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Fratria was established in 2021 by businessman Viktor Bakurevich, owner of Berezka supermarkets. Bakurevich decided to start an academy that is free from taxes, making the club base in Benkovski, Varna Province.[1] The team won the league and on 29 May 2023, Fratria secured promotion to Third League, being called the fastest developing team, because their quick promotion to the third league and the development of their base and academy.[2]

Fratria established a second team that joined a regional league.[1] The team was a leader, together with FC Aksakovo, with Aksakovo winning the league at the end of season and Fratria II finishing second.[3] On 4 June 2024 the team announced they are promoted to Third League.[4][5]

Players

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Current squad

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As of 19 August 2024[6]

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 Erik Georgiev
2 DF   BUL Denis Corso
3 DF   BUL Tsvetan Tinev
4 DF   UKR Serghi Chyzhyk
5 MF   BUL Rosen Zakaryan
8 MF   UKR Arseniy Bogdanov
9 FW   UKR Andriy Kunitsyn
10 FW   BUL Nikola Radushev
12 GK   BUL Andriyan Kalev
13 DF   BUL Ivaylo Petrov
14 MF   SYR Mohammed Habash
15 DF   BUL Todor Nikolov
16 MF   BUL Viktor Ignatov
18 FW   BUL Nikola Totev
20 DF   BUL Kaloyan Ivanov
21 MF   BUL Kaloyan Kunchev
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   BUL Emil Haralanov
25 FW   UKR Ivan Skoropishnyi
29 DF   BUL Vasil Stoykov
32 MF   BUL Mihail Mazurik
34 MF   BUL Nikola Keskinov
35 MF   BUL Denislav Hasanov
39 MF   BUL Bogdan Hristov
66 MF   BUL Platon Bakurevich
74 MF   RUS Mikhail Gashchuk
75 FW   UKR Andriy Lisak
89 DF   UKR Timur Napilov
90 GK   BUL Aleksandar Kaloyanov
GK   UKR Vladyslav Ukrainskyi
FW   UKR Artyom Karacoy

Foreign players

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Up to five non-EU nationals can be registered and given a squad number for the first team in the Bulgarian First Professional League however only three can be used in a match day. Those non-EU nationals with European ancestry can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Bulgarian citizenship after playing in Bulgaria for 5 years.

Personnel

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Managerial history

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Dates Name Honours
2023–   Evgeniy Gashchuk

Seasons

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League positions

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Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria)Regional Amateur Football Groups (Bulgaria)

Past seasons

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Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season League Top goalscorer
Division Level P W D L F A GD Pts Pos
2023–24 A Regional Varna 4 20 15 2 3 48 7 +41 47 2nd ↑
2024–25 Third League 3

References

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