Dimitar Penev

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Dimitar Penev (Bulgarian: Димитър Пенев) (born July 12, 1945) is a Bulgarian football coach and former player of CSKA Sofia. He was manager of the Bulgaria national football team during the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where his team reached the semi-finals and then lost the bronze medal game with Sweden.

Throughout his career as manager he demonstrated excellence in both tactics and team psychology. Penev's most notable quality was his ability to work well with young players. During his career at CSKA Sofia he discovered a lot of previously unknown or little-known talented youths and used them as a basis for a domestically and internationally successful squad. Several of them developed into European-class players.

Preceded by: Ivan Vutsov	Bulgaria national football team manager 1992-1996	Succeeded by: Hristo Bonev

	Bulgaria squad - 1966 World Cup
1 Naydenov \| 2 Shalamanov \| 3 Vutsov \| 4 Gaganelov \| 5 Penev \| 6 Zhekov \| 7 Dermendzhiev \| 8 Kitov \| 9 Asparuhov \| 10 Zhechev \| 11 Kolev \| 12 Metodiev \| 13 Yakimov \| 14 Kotkov \| 15 Largov \| 16 Kostov \| 17 Abadzhiev \| 18 Yanchovski \| 19 Apostolov \| 20 Davidov \| 21 Simeonov \| 22 Deyanov \| Coach: Vytlačil

	Bulgaria squad - 1970 World Cup
1 Simeonov \| 2 Shalamanov \| 3 Dimitrov \| 4 Aladzhov \| 5 Davidov \| 6 Penev \| 7 Popov \| 8 Bonev \| 9 Zhekov \| 10 Yakimov \| 11 Dermendzhiev \| 12 Gaydarski \| 13 Yordanov \| 14 Zhechev \| 15 Gaganelov \| 16 Nikodimov \| 17 Kolev \| 18 Marashliev \| 19 Asparuhov \| 20 Mitkov \| 21 Grigorov \| 22 Kamenski \| Coach: Bozhkov

	Bulgaria squad - 1974 World Cup
1 Goranov \| 2 Zafirov \| 3 Zhechev \| 4 Velichkov \| 5 Kolev \| 6 Penev \| 7 Voynov \| 8 Bonev \| 9 Mihailov \| 10 Stoyanov \| 11 Denev \| 12 Aladzhov \| 13 Mladen Vasilev \| 14 Milanov \| 15 Panov \| 16 Grigorov \| 17 Nikodimov \| 18 Tsonyo Vasilev \| 19 Ivkov \| 20 Borisov \| 21 Staykov \| 22 Simeonov \| Coach: Mladenov

	Bulgaria squad - 1994 World Cup Fourth Place
1 Mikhailov \| 2 Kremenliev \| 3 Ivanov \| 4 Tsvetanov \| 5 Houbchev \| 6 Yankov \| 7 Kostadinov \| 8 Stoichkov \| 9 Letchkov \| 10 Sirakov \| 11 Borimirov \| 12 Nikolov \| 13 Yordanov \| 14 Guentchev \| 15 Iliev \| 16 Kiriakov \| 17 Mihtarski \| 18 Aleksandrov \| 19 Georgiev \| 20 Balakov \| 21 Yotov \| 22 Andonov \| Coach: Penev