PFC Spartak Varna

1918–1945: Foundation of SC Sokol

Spartak Varna was founded on 28 August 1918 by a group of young people, who were playing football together for two years. At the initial meeting, regarding the establishment of the club, the name was decided to be SC Sokol. Niagol Kolev was elected as the first chairman of the club. A few days later, the members of the board registered the Football Club to the government under the name "Bulgarski Sokol". The colors of the team were blue and white. "Bulgarski Sokol," one of the poor suburban teams in Varna, was poorly circumstanced in comparison to the leading teams at that time such as Ticha and "Vladislav." On 30 January 1924 "Bulgarski Sokol" merged with the sport club "Shipka" and proved to be one of the strongest teams in Varna. Among all the players called with a lot of praise from the fans "Falcons" with most successful plays was the forward Mihail Tunchev. In 1924 he was invited in the national team, and there he became the first national player of the team. A few years later started the rise of the team. In the season 1928/29 the team won for the first time the championship of Varna, and joined the State Championship where they reached third place. Two years later 1930/31 the falcons were again champions of Varna. For the State Championship they reached the final with the Sofia's AS-23. Next year "Shipchenski Sokol" again reached the final, where the rival was the capitol's team Slavia. On 18.09.1932 in front of 10 000…

First League Winners (1): 1932 Second League Winners (8): 1953, 1964–65, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1994–95, 2005–06, 2023–24 Third League Winners (3): 2010–11, 2018–19, 2020–21 A Regional Group Winners (1): 2015–16