FC Fratria II

FC Fratria II
Full nameФутболен Клуб Фратрия Варна
Fratria Varna Football Club
Founded30 June 2023; 2 years ago (2023-06-30)
GroundStaro Oryahovo Stadium, Staro Oryahovo
Capacity1,000
ChairmanViktor Bakurevich
ManagerEvgeny Gashchuk
LeagueThird League
2024–2515th
Websitehttps://fcfratria.com/

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.

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 23 June 2025[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 Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Ukrainskyi
2 DF Bulgaria BUL Gancho Radev
3 DF Bulgaria BUL Viktor Diev
4 DF Ukraine UKR Serghi Chyzhyk
5 DF Bulgaria BUL Nikola Zahariev
6 DF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Iliev
7 MF Bulgaria BUL Lazar Galabov
8 MF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Lazarov
9 FW Bulgaria BUL Stefan Stefanov
13 DF Bulgaria BUL Preslav Petrov
14 MF Bulgaria BUL Emil Pasev
16 MF Bulgaria BUL Rosen Zakaryan
17 FW Bulgaria BUL Ivan Pavlov
19 MF Bulgaria BUL Martin Tomov
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF Bulgaria BUL Dean Vasilev
25 MF Bulgaria BUL Boris Stefanov
26 GK Bulgaria BUL Erik Georgiev
28 MF Bulgaria BUL David Kurt
30 MF Bulgaria BUL Maksim Marinov
31 MF Bulgaria BUL Ahmad Yasin
35 MF Bulgaria BUL Denislav Hasanov
74 MF Russia RUS Mikhail Gashchuk
77 FW Ukraine UKR Ivan Skoropishnyi
99 GK Bulgaria BUL Ivan Yanulov
DF Bulgaria BUL Valentin Mladenov
MF Bulgaria BUL Gabriel Dimitrov
MF Bulgaria BUL Vilislav Bachev
FW Bulgaria BUL Viktor Tlachanski

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– Russia 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 30 6 3 21 32 88 -56 21 15th Bulgaria Nikola Totev 7
2025–26 3

References

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