Bulgarian Footballer of the Year

Ivelin Popov is Bulgarian Footballer of the Year for 2015, 2016 and 2017

Bulgarian Footballer of the Year (Bulgarian: Футболист №1 на България, Futbolist №1 na Balgariya) is an annual title awarded to the best Bulgarian association football player of the year. The award has been given since 1961, and the winner is elected by authorized journalists from the leading Bulgarian media.

History

2011 was the first to be held online by fans.[1]

The poll has been organized by the Futbol newspaper (1961–1975), the Start newspaper (1975–1998), the Futbol newspaper and Start magazine (1999–present).

The footballers to have won the award most times are Dimitar Berbatov (7 times - 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010), Hristo Stoichkov (5 times - 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994), Hristo Bonev (1969, 1972, 1973) and Ivelin Popov (2015, 2016, 2017).[2] The club with most winners is Levski Sofia with 11 winners while their local rivals CSKA Sofia have ten.

List of Bulgarian Footballer of the Year

Men

YearFootballerPositionClub
1961Georgi NaydenovGoalkeeperBulgaria CSKA Sofia
1962Ivan KolevDefenderBulgaria CSKA Sofia
1963Aleksandar ShalamanovDefenderBulgaria Slavia Sofia
1964Nikola KotkovForwardBulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
1965Georgi AsparuhovForwardBulgaria Levski Sofia
1966Aleksandar ShalamanovDefenderBulgaria Slavia Sofia
1967Dimitar PenevDefenderBulgaria CSKA Sofia
1968Simeon SimeonovGoalkeeperBulgaria Slavia Sofia
1969Hristo BonevForwardBulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1970Stefan AladzhovDefenderBulgaria Levski Sofia
1971Dimitar PenevDefenderBulgaria CSKA Sofia
1972Hristo BonevForwardBulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1973Hristo BonevForwardBulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1974Kiril IvkovDefenderBulgaria Levski Sofia
1975Kiril IvkovDefenderBulgaria Levski Sofia
1976Bozhidar GrigorovForwardBulgaria Slavia Sofia
1977Pavel PanovMidfielder / ForwardBulgaria Levski Sofia
1978Rumyancho GoranovGoalkeeperBulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
1979Atanas MihaylovForwardBulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
1980Andrey ZhelyazkovForwardBulgaria Slavia Sofia
1981Georgi VelinovGoalkeeperBulgaria CSKA Sofia
1982Radoslav ZdravkovDefenderBulgaria CSKA Sofia
1983Stoycho MladenovMidfielder / ForwardBulgaria CSKA Sofia
1984Plamen NikolovDefenderBulgaria Levski Sofia
1985Georgi DimitrovDefenderBulgaria CSKA Sofia
1986Borislav MihaylovGoalkeeperBulgaria Levski Sofia
1987Nikolay IlievDefenderBulgaria Levski Sofia
1988Lyuboslav PenevForwardBulgaria CSKA Sofia
1989Hristo StoichkovMidfielder / ForwardBulgaria CSKA Sofia
1990Hristo StoichkovMidfielder / ForwardSpain Barcelona
1991Hristo StoichkovMidfielder / ForwardSpain Barcelona
1992Hristo StoichkovMidfielder / ForwardSpain Barcelona
1993Emil KostadinovForwardPortugal Porto
1994Hristo StoichkovMidfielder / ForwardSpain Barcelona
1995Krasimir BalakovMidfielderPortugal Sporting CP / Germany VfB Stuttgart
1996Trifon IvanovDefenderAustria Rapid Wien
1997Krasimir BalakovMidfielderGermany VfB Stuttgart
1998Ivaylo YordanovDefender / Midfielder / ForwardPortugal Sporting CP
1999Aleksandar AleksandrovMidfielderBulgaria Levski Sofia
2000Georgi IvanovForwardBulgaria Levski Sofia
2001Georgi IvanovForwardBulgaria Levski Sofia
2002Dimitar BerbatovForwardGermany Bayer Leverkusen
2003Stiliyan PetrovMidfielderScotland Celtic
2004Dimitar BerbatovForwardGermany Bayer Leverkusen
2005Dimitar BerbatovForwardGermany Bayer Leverkusen
2006Martin Petrov
2nd Dimitar Berbatov
3rd Stiliyan Petrov		Midfielder / Forward
Forward
Midfielder		Spain Atlético Madrid
England Tottenham Hotspur
England Aston Villa
2007Dimitar Berbatov
2nd Martin Petrov
3rd Georgi Petkov		Forward
Midfielder / Forward
Goalkeeper		England Tottenham Hotspur
England Manchester City
Bulgaria Levski Sofia
2008Dimitar Berbatov
2nd Georgi Petkov
3rd Blagoy Georgiev		Forward
Goalkeeper
Midfielder		England Manchester United
Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
2009[3]Dimitar Berbatov
2nd Stiliyan Petrov
3rd Blagoy Georgiev		Forward
Midfielder
Midfielder		England Manchester United
England Aston Villa
Russia Terek Grozny
2010[4]Dimitar Berbatov
2nd Ivelin Popov
3rd Nikolay Mihaylov		Forward
Forward
Goalkeeper		England Manchester United
Turkey Gaziantepspor
Netherlands Twente
2011Nikolay Mihaylov
2nd Stiliyan Petrov
3rd Dimitar Berbatov		Goalkeeper
Midfielder
Forward		Netherlands Twente
England Aston Villa
England Manchester United
2012Georgi Milanov
2nd Ivan Ivanov
3rd Stanislav Manolev		Midfielder
Defender
Defender		Bulgaria Litex Lovech
Serbia Partizan
Netherlands PSV
2013Ivan Ivanov
2nd Ivelin Popov
3rd Svetoslav Dyakov		Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder		Switzerland Basel / Serbia Partizan
Russia Kuban Krasnodar
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
2014Vladislav Stoyanov
2nd Svetoslav Dyakov
3rd Dimitar Berbatov		Goalkeeper
Midfielder
Forward		Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
France Monaco
2015Ivelin Popov
2nd Ivaylo Chochev
3rd Georgi Milanov		Forward
Midfielder
Midfielder		Russia Spartak Moscow
Italy Palermo
Russia CSKA Moscow
2016Ivelin Popov
2nd Svetoslav Dyakov
3rd Vladislav Stoyanov		Forward
Midfielder
Goalkeeper		Russia Spartak Moscow
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
2017Ivelin Popov
2nd Martin Kamburov
3rd Todor Nedelev		Forward
Forward
Midfielder		Russia Spartak Moscow
Bulgaria Beroe Stara Zagora
Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv

Youth

YearFootballerPositionClub
2014Bozhidar KraevMidfielderBulgaria Levski Sofia
2015Bozhidar KraevMidfielderBulgaria Levski Sofia
2016Petko HristovDefenderBulgaria Slavia Sofia
2017Kiril DespodovForwardBulgaria CSKA Sofia

Women

YearFootballerPositionClub
2015[5]Silvia RadoyskaMidfielderBulgaria NSA Sofia
2016Evdokiya PopadinovaForwardUnited States Racers Ohio
2017Evdokiya PopadinovaForwardUnited States Racers Ohio

Statistics

Multiple winners

Winner Number of wins Winning years
Dimitar Berbatov 7 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Hristo Stoichkov 5 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994
Hristo Bonev 3 1969, 1972, 1973
Ivelin Popov 3 2015, 2016, 2017
Krasimir Balakov 2 1995, 1997
Georgi Ivanov 2 2000, 2001
Kiril Ivkov 2 1974, 1975
Dimitar Penev 2 1967, 1971

Winners by league

Country Winners Clubs featured
 Bulgaria 34 Levski (11), CSKA (10), Slavia Sofia (5), Lokomotiv Plovdiv (3), Lokomotiv Sofia (3), Litex Lovech (1), Ludogorets Razgrad (1)
 Germany 5 Bayer Leverkusen (3), Stuttgart (2)
 Spain 5 Barcelona (4), Atlético Madrid (1)
 England 4 Manchester United (3), Tottenham Hotspur (1)
 Portugal 3 Sporting (2), Porto (1)
 Russia 3 Spartak Moscow (3)
 Austria 1 Rapid Wien (1)
 Netherlands 1 Twente (1)
 Scotland 1 Celtic (1)
 Serbia 1 Partizan (1)
  Switzerland 1 Basel (1)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bulgarian PM wins player of year but wants award annulled bbc.co.uk
  2. ↑ Бербатов за седми път Футболист на годината news.bg
  3. ↑ "Бербатов за шести път е футболист №1 на България" (in Bulgarian). Труд. 2010-01-14. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Димитър Бербатов с нов рекорд - №1 за 2010 година и общо за седми път" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 2010-12-20. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  5. ↑ Това са най-добрите футболисти в "А" група по постове

Sources

  • Paytashev, Rumen (2001). Svetovna Futbolna Entsiklopediya. Sofia: KK Trud. p. 383. ISBN 954-528-201-0.
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