Bulgarian Superliga 2011/2012

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    :what:
    Because you mentioned him in this post and since I'm not following that close our league as I used to do it a couple of years ago, I may have missed why he has stayed here ?(

    oh God :gone: :lol:
    it is my fault! I appology!
    It is Simeon Aleksandrov who I was refering to, not Aleksandar Simeonov. Simeon Aleksandrov is playing in Levski and last year in Lukoil Neftochimik, and he was the one who never played in a foreign club as long as I remember. Aleks Simeonov played last year I think in Russia and then in France and now in Iran. Okie, I hope it is clear now :lol:

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    oh God :gone: :lol:
    it is my fault! I appology!
    It is Simeon Aleksandrov who I was refering to, not Aleksandar Simeonov. Simeon Aleksandrov is playing in Levski and last year in Lukoil Neftochimik, and he was the one who never played in a foreign club as long as I remember. Aleks Simeonov played last year I think in Russia and then in France and now in Iran. Okie, I hope it is clear now :lol:


    Ah, no problem, I got it! :win: It's not very hard to get confused with these names :lol:


    Actually a lot Bulgarian players are playing or have played in Iran..I suppose that they pay well, cause there are not many other incentives to go there, I think :S

    Wild Wild West!


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    10th round:


    16-December


    Arda - Slavia 3-0 (27-25, 25-17, 25-19) http://bgvolleyball.com/files/volleyball/stats/8177.pdf
    Montana - Cherno more BASK 3-1 (15-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-11) http://bgvolleyball.com/files/volleyball/stats/8176.pdf
    Botev Lukovit - Neftochimik 2010 2-3 (25-19, 25-20, 18-25, 18-25, 13-15)


    17-December


    Levski Volley - Victoria Volley 3-1 (28-30, 25-15, 27-25, 25-22) http://bgvolleyball.com/files/volleyball/stats/8179.htm
    Coco Volley Gabrovo - Marek Union-Ivkoni 2-3 (21-25, 25-16, 17-25, 25-22, 7-15) http://bgvolleyball.com/files/volleyball/stats/8181.pdf


    Standings:


    1 - Pirin Balkanstroy 27
    2 - Marek Union-Ivkoni 25
    3 - CSKA (+1) 25
    4 - Arda 20
    5 - Montana (+1) 18
    6 - Levski Volley 16
    7 - Neftochimik 2010 13
    8 - Slavia 13
    9 - Coco Volley Club Gabrovo 11
    10- Cherno more BASK 10
    11- Victoria Volley 3
    12- Botev Lukovit 2

    Simeon Aleksandrov best scorer :bump:

    The level of the league is so low. I watched some highlights from Baltic League and must admit that if Selver Tallin were in our league they would win it without problems :thumbdown:

    Sad, although he was a scrub. It's even sadder when the league MVP is playing in Iran, or when teams from Cyprus have no problems beating bulgarian ones

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    Sad, although he was a scrub. It's even sadder when the league MVP is playing in Iran, or when teams from Cyprus have no problems beating bulgarian ones


    Last year best in the league were Mayo, Todorov and Vulchev, all of them are in good clubs

    None of the is in a good team

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    Todorov's Gazprom-Ugra is not a bad team, for the rest I agree. None of the others plays in a good team!


    But they beat Iran and French third division

    Here are some CSKA mid-season stats:


    Best scorer
    points (set average)
    138 (3.53) Kiosev
    82 (3.41) Stefanov
    80 (2.75) Evgeni Ivanov
    68 (2.95) Mirchev
    57 (2.47) S. Ivanov
    54 (2.25) Samunev
    51 (2.6) Alexandrov
    33 (3.3) Krachev
    30 (2.3) Carvalho


    Best spiker
    spike efficiency %
    64.58% S. Ivanov
    57.14% E. Ivanov
    39.04% Kiosev
    31.31% Krachev
    28.57% Samunev
    21.73% Alexandrov
    21.58% Mirchev
    17.85% Stafanov
    4.16% Carvalho


    killing spike %
    72% S. Ivanov
    67% E. Ivanov
    56% Kiosev
    48% Krachev
    44% Alexandrov
    44% Samunev
    43% Mirchev
    37% Stafanov
    28% Carvalho


    Best server
    9 E. Ivanov
    9 Samunev
    8 Kiosev
    5 Seganov
    5 Stafanov
    4 N. Ivanov
    4 Manchev


    Best blocker
    19 S. Ivanov
    17 Samunev
    12 Kiosev
    10 E. Ivanov
    8 Carvalho
    8 Alexandrov
    7 N. Ivanov
    7 Manchev
    6 Mirchev


    Best receiver
    Perfect receptions % (number of receptions)
    49% (109) Alexandrov
    47% (182) Vasiliev
    42% (247) Kiosev
    42% (122) Stefanov

    nice :thumbup:

    11th round:


    21-December


    Marek Union-Ivkoni - Botev Lukovit 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-17) http://bgvolleyball.com/files/volleyball/stats/8183.pdf
    Neftochimik 2010 - Levski Volley 3-2 (25-17, 18-25, 18-25, 25-22, 15-10)


    22-December

    Victoria Volley - Arda 3-1 (27-29, 25-21, 25-18, 25-14) http://bgvolleyball.com/files/volleyball/stats/8187.htm


    23-December


    Slavia - Pirin Balkanstroy 1-3 (23-25, 24-26, 25-23, 23-25) http://bgvolleyball.com/files/volleyball/stats/8186.pdf
    Cherno more BASK - Coco Volley Club Gabrovo 0-3 (23-25, 18-25, 18-25) http://bgvolleyball.com/files/volleyball/stats/8184.pdf


    Standings:


    1 - Pirin Balkanstroy 30
    2 - Marek Union-Ivkoni 28
    3 - CSKA 25
    4 - Arda 20
    5 - Montana 18
    6 - Levski Volley 17
    7 - Neftochimik 2010 15
    8 - Coco Volley Club Gabrovo 14
    9 - Slavia 13
    10- Cherno more BASK 10
    11- Victoria Volley 6
    12- Botev Lukovit 2

    Last update for 2011. The 11th round was played shortly before Christmas, a few things worth mentioning. A quite surprising win of Victoria Volley in Plovdiv against Arda, the problems of Arda playing away have been acknowledged several times already, another proof this time against the second worst team in the league. Neftochimik were obviously in a good mood to beat Levski in Bourgas, maybe also a bit unexpected based on the ups and downs they have been demonstrating. CVC started moving up in the ranking to reach top 8 after the extremely bad start of the season. They missed a great chance to lift the team's spirit after losing to Nea Salamina in the Challenge Cup from 2-0 to 2-3 last week and thus missing the Golden Set opportunity at home.


    Last, an individual praise for Ventsi Ragin who scored 11 (!) blocks in the home defeat of Slavia against the league leaders Pirin.

    Today was the last day of the winter transfer window in our league. Some interesting moves were registered in the last moment:


    CSKA

    Kamen Kamenov (attacker, Montana)
    Branimir Kostadinov (CSKA Junior team)
    Jason Haldane (England, opposite, free agent) registered for the domestic league as well


    Arda

    Petar Uzunov (middle-blocker, free agent)


    Montana

    Veselin Iliev (attacker, CSKA)
    Stefan Torobov (setter, Kozloduy)
    Denis Chavdarov (middle-blocker, Levski Volley)


    Levski Volley

    Hristo Tsvetanov (middle-blocker, NT, free agent)


    Neftochimik 2010

    Marko Maximovic (Serbia, middle-blocker, Radnicki Kragujevac (Serbia))
    Petar Hristov (opposite, free agent) returns after recovering from an injury
    Nikolay Naydenov (setter, ex-NT, free agent)
    Nikola Kovachevski (setter, free agent)


    CVC Gabrovo

    Stefan Stoyanov (setter, Levski Volley)
    Christian Chitigoi (Romania, attacker, Steaua Bucharest (Romania))


    Slavia

    Milan Milanov (attacker, Slavia Junior team)


    Botev Lukovit

    Stoyan Zlatev (attacker/libero, Neftochimik 2010)
    Kalin Dimitrov (attacker, Coco Volley Club Gabrovo)

    The interesting names come from Levski, Neftochimik and Gabrovo. Tsvetanov's return to Bulgaria is intented in order to keep him in gaming practice for the summer tournaments with the NT. However, I think it is a mistake for Hristo, even if this would be better than playing no volleyball at all.


    Neftochimik signed with a Serbian middle-blocker who played with Radnicki in the CL last season. Haven't had the chance to watch him, I hope he fits the team. Nikolay Naydenov is needed for his experience and I am sure Plamen Hristov will give him a chance. Petar Hristov used to be one of the best players for our team before he got injured. He has been absent for almost two years and even if I think he can help in some games, I do not expect miracles from him this season as I don't know how well he recovered and how much time he would need to find his shape. About the other Serbians, Nemanja Vidic remains in the club for the second half of the season, but the setter Darko Bojkovic was released due to weak games.


    Gabrovo have now three setters after Stoyanov joined in. The more useful transfer is that of Chitigoi who has some games for the Romanian NT, maybe he could help Gabrovo a lot in our relatively undemanding league.

    12th round:


    13-January


    Marek Union-Ivkoni - Levski Volley 3-2 (25-15, 22-25, 25-19, 24-26, 15-9) http://bgvolleyball.com/files/volleyball/stats/8189.pdf
    Neftochimik 2010 - Arda 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-14) http://bgvolleyball.com/files/volleyball/stats/8190.pdf
    Coco Volley Club Gabrovo - Botev Lukovit 3-2 (26-24, 20-25, 23-25, 25-19, 15-11) http://bgvolleyball.com/files/volleyball/stats/8188.pdf


    14-January


    Slavia - Montana 3-2 (21-25, 27-29, 25-21, 25-15, 15-12) http://bgvolleyball.com/files/volleyball/stats/8193.pdf


    15-January


    Victoria Volley - Pirin Balkanstroy 0-3 (14-25, 20-25, 18-25) http://bgvolleyball.com/files/volleyball/stats/8192.htm


    Cherno more BASK - CSKA has been postponed due to the participation of CSKA in the CL.


    Standings:


    1 - Pirin Balkanstroy 33
    2 - Marek Union-Ivkoni 30
    3 - CSKA (-1) 25
    4 - Arda 20
    5 - Montana 19
    6 - Neftochimik 2010 18
    7 - Levski Volley 18
    8 - Coco Volley Club Gabrovo 16
    9 - Slavia 15
    10- Cherno more BASK 10
    11- Victoria Volley 6
    12- Botev Lukovit 3