Bulgarian Footballer of the Year

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.

Kiril Despodov was Bulgarian Footballer of the Year for 2018, the first CSKA Sofia player to win since Hristo Stoichkov in 1989.

History

2011 was the first year with a vote 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 the 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 clubs with the most winners are Levski Sofia and CSKA Sofia with 11 each.

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

Men
YearFootballerPositionClub
1961Georgi NaydenovGoalkeeper CSKA Sofia
1962Ivan KolevDefender CSKA Sofia
1963Aleksandar ShalamanovDefender Slavia Sofia
1964Nikola KotkovForward Lokomotiv Sofia
1965Georgi AsparuhovForward Levski Sofia
1966Aleksandar ShalamanovDefender Slavia Sofia
1967Dimitar PenevDefender CSKA Sofia
1968Simeon SimeonovGoalkeeper Slavia Sofia
1969Hristo BonevForward Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1970Stefan AladzhovDefender Levski Sofia
1971Dimitar PenevDefender CSKA Sofia
1972Hristo BonevForward Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1973Hristo BonevForward Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1974Kiril IvkovDefender Levski Sofia
1975Kiril IvkovDefender Levski Sofia
1976Bozhidar GrigorovForward Slavia Sofia
1977Pavel PanovMidfielder / Forward Levski Sofia
1978Rumyancho GoranovGoalkeeper Lokomotiv Sofia
1979Atanas MihaylovForward Lokomotiv Sofia
1980Andrey ZhelyazkovForward Slavia Sofia
1981Georgi VelinovGoalkeeper CSKA Sofia
1982Radoslav ZdravkovDefender CSKA Sofia
1983Stoycho MladenovMidfielder / Forward CSKA Sofia
1984Plamen NikolovDefender Levski Sofia
1985Georgi DimitrovDefender CSKA Sofia
1986Borislav MihaylovGoalkeeper Levski Sofia
1987Nikolay IlievDefender Levski Sofia
1988Lyuboslav PenevForward CSKA Sofia
1989Hristo StoichkovMidfielder / Forward CSKA Sofia
1990Hristo StoichkovMidfielder / Forward Barcelona
1991Hristo StoichkovMidfielder / Forward Barcelona
1992Hristo StoichkovMidfielder / Forward Barcelona
1993Emil KostadinovForward Porto
1994Hristo StoichkovMidfielder / Forward Barcelona
1995Krasimir BalakovMidfielder Sporting CP / VfB Stuttgart
1996Trifon IvanovDefender Rapid Wien
1997Krasimir BalakovMidfielder VfB Stuttgart
1998Ivaylo YordanovDefender / Midfielder / Forward Sporting CP
1999Aleksandar AleksandrovMidfielder Levski Sofia
2000Georgi IvanovForward Levski Sofia
2001Georgi IvanovForward Levski Sofia
2002Dimitar BerbatovForward Bayer Leverkusen
2003Stiliyan PetrovMidfielder Celtic
2004Dimitar BerbatovForward Bayer Leverkusen
2005Dimitar BerbatovForward Bayer Leverkusen
2006Martin Petrov
2nd Dimitar Berbatov
3rd Stiliyan Petrov		Midfielder / Forward
Forward
Midfielder		 Atlético Madrid
Tottenham Hotspur
Aston Villa
2007Dimitar Berbatov
2nd Martin Petrov
3rd Georgi Petkov		Forward
Midfielder / Forward
Goalkeeper		 Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City
Levski Sofia
2008Dimitar Berbatov
2nd Georgi Petkov
3rd Blagoy Georgiev		Forward
Goalkeeper
Midfielder		 Manchester United
Levski Sofia
Slavia Sofia
2009[3]Dimitar Berbatov
2nd Stiliyan Petrov
3rd Blagoy Georgiev		Forward
Midfielder
Midfielder		 Manchester United
Aston Villa
Terek Grozny
2010[4]Dimitar Berbatov
2nd Ivelin Popov
3rd Nikolay Mihaylov		Forward
Forward
Goalkeeper		 Manchester United
Gaziantepspor
Twente
2011Nikolay Mihaylov
2nd Stiliyan Petrov
3rd Dimitar Berbatov		Goalkeeper
Midfielder
Forward		 Twente
Aston Villa
Manchester United
2012Georgi Milanov
2nd Ivan Ivanov
3rd Stanislav Manolev		Midfielder
Defender
Defender		 Litex Lovech
Partizan
PSV
2013Ivan Ivanov
2nd Ivelin Popov
3rd Svetoslav Dyakov		Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder		 Basel / Partizan
Kuban Krasnodar
Ludogorets Razgrad
2014Vladislav Stoyanov
2nd Svetoslav Dyakov
3rd Dimitar Berbatov		Goalkeeper
Midfielder
Forward		 Ludogorets Razgrad
Ludogorets Razgrad
Monaco
2015Ivelin Popov
2nd Ivaylo Chochev
3rd Georgi Milanov		Forward
Midfielder
Midfielder		 Spartak Moscow
Palermo
CSKA Moscow
2016Ivelin Popov
2nd Svetoslav Dyakov
3rd Vladislav Stoyanov		Forward
Midfielder
Goalkeeper		 Spartak Moscow
Ludogorets Razgrad
Ludogorets Razgrad
2017Ivelin Popov
2nd Martin Kamburov
3rd Todor Nedelev		Forward
Forward
Midfielder		 Spartak Moscow
Beroe Stara Zagora
Botev Plovdiv
2018Kiril Despodov
2nd Georgi Petkov
3rd Todor Nedelev		Forward
Goalkeeper
Midfielder		 CSKA Sofia
Slavia Sofia
Botev Plovdiv
2019Dimitar Iliev
2nd Anton Nedyalkov
3rd Vasil Bozhikov		Forward
Defender
Defender		 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Ludogorets Razgrad
Slovan Bratislava
2020Dimitar Iliev
2nd Valentin Antov
3rd Anton Nedyalkov		Forward
Defender
Defender		 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
CSKA Sofia
Ludogorets Razgrad

Youth
YearFootballerPositionClub
2014Bozhidar KraevMidfielder Levski Sofia
2015Bozhidar KraevMidfielder Levski Sofia
2016Petko HristovDefender Slavia Sofia
2017Kiril DespodovForward CSKA Sofia
2018Valentin AntovDefender CSKA Sofia
2019Stanislav IvanovForward Levski Sofia
2020Dominik YankovMidfielder Botev Vratsa / Ludogorets

Women
YearFootballerPositionClub
2015[5]Silvia RadoyskaMidfielder NSA Sofia
2016Evdokiya PopadinovaForward Racers Ohio
2017Evdokiya PopadinovaForward Racers Ohio
2018Evdokiya PopadinovaForward Florida Gulf Coast Eagles
2019[6]Evdokiya PopadinovaForward Florida Gulf Coast Eagles
2020Evdokiya PopadinovaForward Napoli Femminile

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 36 Levski (11), CSKA (11), Slavia Sofia (5), Lokomotiv Plovdiv (4), 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. Archived from the original on 2010-01-19. 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
  6. Petkov, Georgi (5 January 2020). "Димитър Илиев е "Футболист на годината", получи наградата си лично от Бербатов". topsport.bg. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

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