Osmi Basein

Osmi Basein (530335), formerly (117221)

Official logo of Osmi Basein
Region	Varna
Country	Bulgaria
Geographic Area	Eastern Europe
Continent	Europe
Foundation	January 31, 2003
Stadium	Baseina (80 000 seats) (English: The Swimming Pool)
Fan club	Плувците (English: The Swimmers)
Club Anthem	We Swim, We Float, We Rock the Boat!
League	II.3
Management
President		Coach
chukcha		Sejfo Tešović
Trophy Room
Team Kits

Osmi Basein is a Bulgarian football club from Varna.

History

Foundation History

Osmi Basein (Bulgarian: Осми басейн, English: Eight Swimming Pool) was founded January 31, 2003. After filing for bankruptcy in November 2006, the team was reestablished as 3e/\eHu DoMaTu (English: Green Tomatoes) on November 5, 2006. The team reclaimed its original name on March 18, 2007.

Additional History

Highlights

Osmi Basein is a former champion and cup winner in Bulgaria. It was only the second team to achieve capturing the national championship and cup after AC Slavi de Furore completed the same feat early in the Bulgarian league's history. To this day six other teams have managed to accomplish the same feat: FC BARCELONA, Dragon Team, Sven Zwo, Big Battle Axe, sektor, and accident. Osmi Basein is one of five teams (accident, sektor, Big Battle Axe, Sven Zwo, and Osmi Basein) to have collected trophies from the cup and all division levels in Bulgaria.

First Spell at the U-20 Bulgaria Helm

The manager of Osmi Basein has also been at the helm of U-20 Bulgaria for two consecutive terms between seasons 25 and 28 without being able to record significant achievements. The one noteworthy fact about his terms is that after a meeting of the Varna Hattrick community, he called 26 players from teams belonging to managers who were present at the gathering. As Bulgaria was already knocked out of the World Cup and the original national team players were called back before the next game this had no impact on the team. Nonetheless, this prank caused a major outrage and passionate discussions in the game forums.

Second Spell at the U-20 Bulgaria Helm

In season 47, chukcha finished second behind cup holder zina88 in the elections for the U-20 managerial position but the winner declined the job and the world saw the veteran in charge of the team once again. Bulgaria was drawn in the group of death with Denmark, Turkey, Greece, Ukraine, Luxembourg, Pakistan, and Barbados. The team started off the campaign strongly with five wins in their first five games including victories against direct competitors Ukraine and Turkey. In the remaining games the momentum was lost but Bulgaria managed to hold off the opponents and finish second behind Turkey. In the second phase Bulgaria was once again placed into one of the two toughest groups together with Turkey, Croatia and powerhouse Poland. Under chukcha's management, the Lions played brave, attacking football but lost closely to Turkey (1:0) and Poland (3:2). In their last game against Croatia the two teams put up a great show for the fans which offered a total of 8 goals. Bulgaria came on top 5:3 and guaranteed itself a spot in pot number two for the next World Cup's qualification draw. Chukcha appeared satisfied and proud of what he had accomplished.

A Go with the Bulgarian National Team

After three terms with the U-20 national team, chukcha focused his attention on the country's regular national team. He lost his first elections for the position to anarch closely, but it proved for the better as anarch led the team to the world cup title. In the next election, however, chukcha registered a landslide victory and led the team in seasons 52 and 53. Bulgaria qualified for Round II where it faced three large Hattrick nations: Finland, Denmark, and France. An early red card led to a devastating 4:1 loss in the first game against France. In an even game 2 against Denmark, Bulgaria was once again overpowered. This time with 3:1. After losing all chances for advancing, Bulgaria played its match of the season against Finland and defeated them 4:2, thus securing a place in pot 2 for the next World Cup draw.

Interesting Facts

• BIBERG, the manager who took over team ID 117221, Osmi Basein's original team ID, also succeeded in promoting the team to the highest echelon in Bulgaria and taking it to the top spot in the country.

• Upon his return to the game, todbul, the second manager to register in the Bulgarian league, chose the team name Sedmi Basein (Seventh Swimming Pool) (663699) in recognition of chukcha's then-famous team. Chukcha has stated that he considers this a great honor due to todbul's major impact on the Bulgarian Hattrick community in the early history of the Bulgarian league.

Stadium

Arena History

Baseina is the arena of Osmi Basein. It has a total capacity of 80 000. The stadium has been expanded numerous times in the history of the franchise. During the time of the original Osmi Basein, the arena reached maximum capacity of 100 500 and was shortly the largest stadium in all of Bulgaria. The arena was sold out on a number of occasions. Most notably, on August 20, 2005, when 100 500 fans came to see the last home game of season 10. In a very close match Osmi Basein defeated Ulux 1:0 and clinched the title in the Vissha Liga thus securing the team's place in history (40883346).

Baseina

Total capacity: 80 000 seats Terraces: 44 480 Basic seating: 18 080 Seats under roof: 15 360 Seats in VIP boxes: 2 080  last improvement: 23.05.2013

National Team Matches at Baseina

Date	Opponent	Final Result	Attendance	Match
17.09.2004	Scotland	2 - 0	15 563	24055489
24.09.2004	U-20 Hrvatska	0 - 0	15 876	24175138
05.11.2004	U-20 Slovensko	5 - 0	16 202	29905516
11.02.2005	U-20 Ísland	0 - 5	16 951	37383355
29.07.2005	U-20 Nigeria	3 - 1	19 945	47880259
10.03.2006	U-20 Pakistan	1 - 2	20 193	68972346
14.04.2006	U-20 Chinese Taipei	6 - 0	18 320	70134558
05.05.2006	U-20 India	0 - 0	14 331	80488379
24.02.2012	U-20 Bosna i Hercegovina	2 - 1	29 966	364960307
23.03.2012	U-20 Polska	1 - 0	24 598	377619326
30.03.2012	U-20 România	3 - 0	23 240	377878985
06.04.2012	U-20 Israel	2 - 1	22 459	378027854
27.04.2012	U-20 Tounes	2 - 2	25 647	378634738
04.05.2012	U-20 Pilipinas	0 - 4	24 615	378882983
11.05.2012	U-20 Kyrgyzstan	3 - 1	22 647	379134121
18.05.2012	U-20 Mongol Uls	1 - 1	23 406	379233029
25.05.2012	U-20 Belarus	1 - 1	22 719	379431923
01.06.2012	U-20 Colombia	3 - 0	23 941	379753408
08.06.2012	U-20 Ukraina	1 - 0	23 230	379924997

Players

Notable Players

Notable Players
Mats Åkesson Mats was an integral part of Osmi Basein's early seasons. He was trained from a very young age at the team's facilities and became one of the strongest forwards in Bulgaria at the time. He was transferred to Cryout, the team managed by chukcha's brother, for an amount that attracted a lot of scrutiny. The managers were cleared of any wrongdoing.
Thao Rama The first legendary goalkeeper of Osmi Basein. The manager relied heavily on his cat-like reflexes during the team's stay in II.2.
Paco Arellano Paco arrived at Osmi Basein to replace Thao Rama on goal. His impressive skills between the posts were crucial in promoting to the Vissha Liga, capturing the Bulgarian National Cup, and, finally, winning the top division in Bulgaria.
Zlatan Avramovic Arguably one of the worst defenders to field as a regular starter in the Vissha Liga ever. His experience, however, helped the cohesion of the team and he was the face of the team for years. Zlatan's solid skills were enough to make him a regular in the starting eleven from the time when the team was in III.15 to the time when they claimed the Vissha Liga. He recorded 167 appearances for the original Osmi Basein, the second-most in the franchise history.
Jedrzej Nejmanowski and Francisco Martinez Navarro The other two players who completed the defensive line in Osmi Basein's championship 3-5-2. Their outstanding defending led to six clean sheets that season.
Enmanuel "Pony" Ambrona The Pony's speed on the wing brought the team numerous successes in the 181 games he played. He became the all-time leader in appearances for the original Osmi Basein franchise. Although, he had to give up his spot on the team to Albert Rieper, he remained faithful to the club and took on a coaching role. It was under his leadership that Osmi Basein reached its zenith.
Alexei Ignatieva and Francisco Martinez Navarro Ignatieva's entertaining feminine name was among the reasons why the manager decided to attract him to the team in the first place. He quickly became the butt of jokes in the Osmi Basein locker room and throughout Bulgaria. There was nothing funny, however, about his magical skills on the ball as his opponents had a chance to experience for themselves when playing against him. Apart from winning the two major trophies in Bulgaria, Alexei recorded 46 appearances for the Estonian national team.
Traian Ruicu The team's management jokes to this day that Traian's seven-week injury was what propelled Osmi Basein to the top. Purchased before the start of the team's first season in the Vissha Liga, he was regarded as the key to survival in Bulgaria's top league. Unfortunately, in the opening leg of the championship he received a heavy injury and the doctors forbid him to play for half of the season. This forced chukcha to scrap his hopes for the Vissha Liga and focus on the cup. The team successfully eliminated its opponents in the early rounds without the help of the Romanian. Traian's return came just in time for the important games against some of the strongest teams in Bulgaria, including Northampton Ludite (under the management of Shipkov, aka Vipshok and B-u-l-G-a-R, whose current team, PFC Angry, is in second division), pennnn (now known as Phædrus, national champion in season 28 and current member of Vissha Liga), Ohliuv Pancharevo (a team that spent six seasons in the Vissha Liga), Favorit (two-time cup champion and member of the Vissha Liga for eight seasons), and Dounav (a team that despite never making it to the top division packed one of the strongest midfield lines in the country at the time.) After capturing the cup, Traian stayed with the team and was part of the starting eleven in season 10, winning the national championship with Osmi Basein.
Fredrik Gyllenbratt and Mariano Cardell Fredrik and Mariano's talents were the key to defeating the strongest of midfield lines in the whole country during the golden era of Osmi Basein. Their relentless energy supplemented Ignatieva and Ruicu's flawless playmaking and together they comprised the most dangerous midfield in Bulgaria.
Albert Rieper Famous for his hit single "Don't Fear the Rieper" which he recorded after becoming the leading goal scorer for Osmi Basein in season 10 when the team won the national title. His magical set piece taking and extra-terrestrial skills on the wing were just what the team was missing in previous seasons.
Tudor Chitu and Benoit Martineau The attack duo which dismantled any defense that came its way in seasons 9 and 10. When not being able to score themselves they were more than happy to take on the role of sidekicks and assist for goals. Training relentlessly during their spell at the club led to them becoming titanic scorers by the time they left.
Radi Daskalov
Yulian Valchev
Miroslav Velikov
Hristo Slavov
Zlatko Georgiev
Iivo Vanhanen
Dobrin Tzvetkov
Richard Krčmársky Rumor has it that Richie, as he was most commonly known, did not start off his life under this last name. However, at some point along the way he became such a frequent visitor of bars, pubs, taverns and all other sorts of drinking establishments that he decided to change his name to Krčmársky (krčmá in Czech means tavern.) The first time Richie met Osmi Basein's manager, the two of them hit it right off over one too many beers. A lot could be written about Richie's contribution to the Bulgarian team and the numerous landmarks he accomplished. He became the first purchase of the reestablished Osmi Basein on the very first day of the club and to date is the player with the most matches, seasons and clean sheets for the Swimmers. At the end of his career he deservedly became the coach of the team, a position he occupied for more than one calendar year. Nowadays, Richie could often be seen drunk on the telly hosting his late night talk show "Truly, Madly, Deeply" exploring the lives and trepidations of adult film stars.
Valeri Todorov
Vladimir Moshev
Kostadin Malkovski
Dragomir Popov
Simeon Yakimov
Orlin Rachev
Carter Coker The longstanding captain of Osmi Basein. The American wore the armband in 87 games for the club, a record unlikely to be surpassed any time soon. Even more impressive is the fact that 81 of these were competitive matches. He was also one of the most prolific goalscorers to play for the Swimmers. He led the team in goals in four different seasons. Carter is the only Osmi Basein player to score more than 10 goals per season for five seasons in a row.
Matt Hebelich The legendary Romanian striker was part of an atomic attacking duo together with Carter Coker. After 14 seasons and 188 games for the club, he became the seventh inductee into Osmi Basein's Hall of Fame. Just like Carter Coker, he led the team in goals on four different occasions.
Georgi Cholakov Serving as General Manager since the club's foundation. He is also known as El Presidente, The Founder, The Puppeteer, and, among certain tribes in the deep jungles of the Amazon as, Gosho the Almighty.
Giulio Gulino

Hall of Fame

Name	Nationality	Photo	First Day with Club	Retirement Date	Category	Current job	Seasons	Matches	Goals	Hattricks	Best match	Last match
Ognyan Vasilev			05.11.2006	05.08.2010	Faithful to Club	Sports Journalist	13	107	7	0	130685322	220456166
Dobrin Tzvetkov			05.11.2006	07.08.2010	Faithful to Club	Public Relations Manager	13	123	40	2	161559012	269292850
Valeri Malinov			05.11.2006	11.08.2010	Faithful to Club	Player Union Representative	13	101	6	0	145958210	283077089
Slavcho Hadzhidimitrov			05.11.2006	10.12.2010	Faithful to Club	Secretary	14	171	13	0	158535190	301700897
Jens Ole Thiem			26.01.2007	25.06.2011	Faithful to Club	Sales Director	15	106	9	0	173528673	332192393
Richard Krčmársky			05.11.2006	27.11.2011	Total Matches Hero / Great Keeper / Faithful to Club / Great Coach	Television Show Host	17	240	0	0	177269519	348549580
Matt Hebbelich			08.03.2008	22.03.2012	Great Scorer / Total Matches Hero / Faithful to Club	Marketing Director	14	188	130	8	270466220	364323700
Honorio Valera			31.07.2010	30.07.2012	Member of Honour	Referee	7	80	29	0	289109411	363826776
Jafeth Corbeij			02.12.2010	02.12.2012	Member of Honour	Agent	7	85	55	2	330086631	409086441
Hristo Bonchev			06.09.2008	01.12.2013	Faithful to Club	Entrepreneur	18	93	1	0	362458263	453824155
Franck Bickenbach			10.10.2011	14.12.2013	Member of Honour	Actor	8	59	15	0	392353753	454209582
Mihael Zaninović			09.01.2013	02.07.2014	Member of Honour	Referee	5	57	52	1	428178036	482146270
Rafael Inguanzo			13.01.2013	27.08.2014	Great Coach	Sports Journalist	6	58	28	0	422734554	483670456
Roderick Tenhagen			07.08.2010	04.04.2013	Great Coach	Hotdog vendor	9	16	51	3	316269080	410191631
Bánk Pintácsi			25.10.2011	08.07.2013	Great Coach	Head Equipment Manager	6	36	35	1	363826776	410191631
Charlie Rouille			09.01.2013	10.11.2014	Member of Honour	Referee	6	62	87	2	412961813	483892036
Zdzisław Czerwiec			27.10.2013	27.07.2015	Great Coach	Television Show Host	6	3	34	1	483549800	513153189

NT/U-20 NT Players

Name	Nationality	NT Matches	NT Goals	U20 Matches	U20 Goals	Current Club
Hristo Slavov		38	?	10	?	Retired
Yulian Valchev		26	?	31	?	KISS futebol club
Zlatko Georgiev		84	?	42	?	Retired
Alexei Ignatieva		46	?	-	?	FC Pühamüristus
Boyan Kalchev		-	-	1	-	Heggelia FC

Statistics and Records

Player Records

• Most Appearances - 283: Charles Hamilton 274: Jopie de Kreij 240: 莫 (Mo) 隆基 (Longji) 240 : Richard Krčmársky 239 : Vladimir Moshev 224: Jean-Christophe Petit 223 : Dragomir Popov 219: Nikolay Tabov 211: Malthe Lind 209: Simeon Yakimov
• Most Appearances in Competitive Matches - 219: Charles Hamilton 219: Jopie de Kreij 190 : Vladimir Moshev 188: Jean-Christophe Petit 182: Nikolay Tabov 179 : Simeon Yakimov 178: Malthe Lind 175: Angelo Vaz 168: Vladimir Danchev 167: 莫 (Mo) 隆基 (Longji)
• Highest Rating - 11 stars : Charles Hamilton (vs HopTrop. 06.09.2014) Jopie de Kreij (vs Small Battle Axe. 03.01.2015) Pier Nicola Zora (vs FC BULTRAS -12-. 06.06.2015)
• Most Goals - 244: Charles Hamilton 208: Jopie de Kreij 143: Matt Hebbelich
• Most Goals in Competitive Matches - 208: Charles Hamilton 180: Jopie de Kreij 105: Matt Hebbelich
• Most Goals in a Game - 6: Dimitar Bozhanov (vs SLIVEN. 26.04.2003) and Radi Daskalov (vs Pleven - 1998. 07.06.2005)
• Most League Goals in a Season - 21 : Charles Hamilton (Season 40)
• Most Clean Sheets - 92: Richard Krčmársky
• Most Clean Sheets in Competitive Matches - 59 : Angelo Vaz
• Captain Most Often - 91 : Jopie de Kreij
• Most Carded Player - 31 yellow / 3 red: Charles Hamilton
• Record Transfer Fee Paid (only based on the history of the restored Osmi Basein) - 11 014 000 lv : Angelo Vaz (08.05.2013 to FC Hunajata)
• Record Transfer Fee Received (only based on the history of the restored Osmi Basein) - 8 500 000 lv : Ovidijus Kisilevičius (27.03.2011 from Kapsukas)

Match Records

• Biggest League Win - 11-0 : vs Anhialo (A) 12.10.2013; vs Arsenal Sofiq (H) 13.06.2015; vs Tzarevo (H) 01.08.2015; vs Tzarevo (A) 19.09.2015;
• Biggest Cup Win - 13-0 : vs balkan2010 (A) 15.04.2014
• Most Hatstats (Team) - 457 : vs Lipachi (H) 20.12.2014
• Most Hatstats (Defence) - 190 : vs CLEANERS (A) 19.07.2014
• Most Hatstats (Midfield) - 180 : vs F.C. Wolves (H) 29.03.2014
• Most Hatstats (Attack) - 148 : vs FC BULTRAS -12- (A) 06.06.2015
• Most Stars - 101.5 : vs LOCOMOTIV PLOVDIV 1926 FC (A) 10.01.2015

Season by Season

Season	Division	League Position	Bulgarian Cup	Trophies	Leading Goalscorer	Goals
2 (18)	III.15	4th	none	none	Dimitar Bozhanov	7
3 (19)	III.15	1st	3rd round		Yulian Valchev	15
4 (20)	II.2	1st	6th round		Jonas Heller	10
5 (21)	II.2	2nd	3rd round	none	Jonas Heller, Ezra Danhof	11
6 (22)	II.2	2nd	7th round		Nestor Tellsten	13
7 (23)	II.2	1st	5th round		Björn Olov Åkerbratt	10
8 (24)	II.2	1st	Round of 16		Anders Tornsjö	11
9 (25)	Vissha Liga	5th	Winner		Benoît Martineau	5
10 (26)	Vissha Liga	National Champion	Round of 16		Albert Rieper	10
11 (27)	Vissha Liga	8th	2nd round	none	Tudor Chitu	3
12 (28)	II.3	6th	5th round	none	Stefan Tungfeldt	5
13 (29)	II.3	6th	9th round	none	Enmanuel '"Pony"' Ambrona	2
14 (30)	VI.35	4th	none	none	Dimitar Dudev	2
15 (31)	VI.35	4th	1st round	none	Dobrin Tzvetkov	9
16 (32)	VI.35	2nd	1st round	none	Dobrin Tzvetkov	14
17 (33)	VI.35	3rd	1st round	none	Dobrin Tzvetkov	9
18 (34)	VI.35	4th	2nd round	none	Vasil Milanov, Àlvar Amador	4
19 (35)	VI.35	1st	2nd round		Carter Coker	13
20 (36)	V.173	4th	1st round		Matt Hebbelich	14
21 (37)	V.173	2nd	2nd round		Carter Coker	14
22 (38)	V.173	2nd	2nd round	none	Carter Coker	11
23 (39)	V.173	3rd	2nd round		Carter Coker	13
24 (40)	V.173	2nd	5th round	none	Matt Hebbelich	13
25 (41)	V.173	1st	4th round		Matt Hebbelich	10
26 (42)	IV.54	4th	2nd round		Matt Hebbelich	17
27 (43)	IV.54	3rd	2nd round	none	Fabio Agostino	9
28 (44)	IV.54	1st	4th round		Ovidijus Kisilevičius	12
29 (45)	IV.54	1st	2nd round		Fernando Héctor Scotta	11
30 (46)	IV.54	4th	6th round	none	Edgardo Catalano	7
31 (47)	IV.54	3rd	4th round	none	James Kelleher	8
32 (48)	IV.54	3rd	6th round	none	Jopie de Kreij	8
33 (49)	IV.54	1st	4th round		Jopie de Kreij	12
34 (50)	III.11	1st	6th round		Jopie de Kreij	10
35 (51)	II.1	4th	6th round		Charles Hamilton	15
36 (52)	II.1	8th	6th round	none	Vladimir Danchev, Sandi Galič	4
37 (53)	III.4	1st	6th round		Charles Hamilton	12
38 (54)	II.1	3rd	6th round		Jopie de Kreij	12
39 (55)	II.1	8th	Semi Finalist	none	Jopie de Kreij	6
40 (56)	III.9	1st	8th round		Charles Hamilton	21
41 (57)	II.4	7th	Quarter Finalist	none	Charles Hamilton	10
42 (58)	III.16	1st	Round of 16		Charles Hamilton	14
43 (51)	II.3	2nd	Round of 16		Charles Hamilton	13
44 (52)	II.3	?	?		?	?

Flags

The club has visited 128 out of 128

The club has hosted 41 out of 128

External Links

• Osmi Basein @ htev.org
• Osmi Basein @ Maptrick.org