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| Full name | Football Club Neftochimic Burgas 1962 | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Sheiks | ||
| Founded | 7 January 2015 | ||
| Ground | Sports Complex Neftochimic | ||
| Capacity | 200[1] | ||
| Owner | FC Neftochimic Burgas 1962 NPO | ||
| Chairman | Plamen Nikolov | ||
| Head coach | Stanislav Zhekov | ||
| League | А RFG | ||
| 2023–24 | A RFG Burgas, 1st | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Neftochimic (Bulgarian: Нефтохимик) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Burgas, which currently competes in А RFG Burgas, the fourth tier of the Bulgarian football league system, after being disqualified for financial problems in 2021 from the Second League and reformed in 2022. The team plays its home games at the local Sports Complex Neftochimic.
Originally established in 1962 under the name Naftex Burgas, the club was closely affiliated with the Neftochim petroleum refinery in Burgas. Naftex saw little success until the 1990s, when considerable financial investments were made in the club. This resulted in a debut promotion to the A Group in 1994. Naftex established itself as a regular top tier club in the next decade, even managing to qualify for European competitions. Financial problems began in the early 2000s, however, and Naftex was relegated from the top flight in 2006. After that, the club was dissolved in 2009, but re-established shortly after under the current name. The reformed club managed to play two seasons in the A Group, 2013–14, and 2016–17, after which it declined once more to the point where it currently competes, the amateur levels of Bulgarian football.