Bulgarian Footballer of the Year

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

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

The footballer to have won the award most times is Hristo Stoichkov (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994), followed by Hristo Bonev (1969, 1972 and 1973) and Dimitar Berbatov (2002, 2004, 2005). The clubs with most winners are local rivals PFC Levski Sofia and PFC CSKA Sofia with eleven each.

[edit] Bulgarian Footballers of the Year

Year Footballer Position Club
1961 Georgi Naydenov goalkeeper Flag of Bulgaria PFC CSKA Sofia
1962 Ivan Kolev defender Flag of Bulgaria PFC CSKA Sofia
1963 Aleksandar Shalamanov defender Flag of Bulgaria PFC Slavia Sofia
1964 Nikola Kotkov forward Flag of Bulgaria PFC Lokomotiv Sofia
1965 Georgi Asparuhov forward Flag of Bulgaria PFC Levski Sofia
1966 Aleksandar Shalamanov defender Flag of Bulgaria PFC Slavia Sofia
1967 Dimitar Penev defender Flag of Bulgaria PFC CSKA Sofia
1968 Simeon Simeonov goalkeeper Flag of Bulgaria PFC Slavia Sofia
1969 Hristo Bonev forward Flag of Bulgaria PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1970 Stefan Aladzhov defender Flag of Bulgaria PFC Levski Sofia
1971 Dimitar Penev defender Flag of Bulgaria PFC CSKA Sofia
1972 Hristo Bonev forward Flag of Bulgaria PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1973 Hristo Bonev forward Flag of Bulgaria PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1974 Kiril Ivkov defender Flag of Bulgaria PFC Levski Sofia
1975 Kiril Ivkov defender Flag of Bulgaria PFC Levski Sofia
1976 Bozhidar Grigorov forward Flag of Bulgaria PFC Slavia Sofia
1977 Pavel Panov midfielder/forward Flag of Bulgaria PFC Levski Sofia
1978 Rumen Goranov goalkeeper Flag of Bulgaria PFC Lokomotiv Sofia
1979 Atanas Mihaylov forward Flag of Bulgaria PFC Lokomotiv Sofia
1980 Andrey Zhelyazkov forward Flag of Bulgaria PFC Slavia Sofia
1981 Georgi Velinov goalkeeper Flag of Bulgaria PFC CSKA Sofia
1982 Radoslav Zdravkov defender Flag of Bulgaria PFC CSKA Sofia
1983 Stoycho Mladenov midfielder/forward Flag of Bulgaria PFC CSKA Sofia
1984 Plamen Nikolov goalkeeper Flag of Bulgaria PFC Levski Sofia
1985 Georgi Dimitrov defender Flag of Bulgaria PFC CSKA Sofia
1986 Borislav Mihaylov goalkeeper Flag of Bulgaria PFC Levski Sofia
1987 Nikolay Iliev defender Flag of Bulgaria PFC Levski Sofia
1988 Lyuboslav Penev forward Flag of Bulgaria PFC CSKA Sofia
1989 Hristo Stoichkov midfielder/forward Flag of Bulgaria PFC CSKA Sofia
1990 Hristo Stoichkov midfielder/forward Flag of Spain FC Barcelona
1991 Hristo Stoichkov midfielder/forward Flag of Spain FC Barcelona
1992 Hristo Stoichkov midfielder/forward Flag of Spain FC Barcelona
1993 Emil Kostadinov forward Flag of Bulgaria PFC CSKA Sofia
1994 Hristo Stoichkov midfielder/forward Flag of Spain FC Barcelona
1995 Krasimir Balakov midfielder Flag of Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal,
Flag of Germany VfB Stuttgart
1996 Trifon Ivanov defender Flag of Austria SK Rapid Wien
1997 Krasimir Balakov midfielder Flag of Germany VfB Stuttgart
1998 Ivaylo Yordanov defender/midfielder/forward Flag of Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal
1999 Aleksandar Aleksandrov midfielder Flag of Bulgaria PFC Levski Sofia
2000 Georgi Ivanov forward Flag of Bulgaria PFC Levski Sofia
2001 Georgi Ivanov forward Flag of Bulgaria PFC Levski Sofia
2002 Dimitar Berbatov forward Flag of Germany Bayer Leverkusen
2003 Stiliyan Petrov midfielder Flag of Scotland Celtic F.C.
2004 Dimitar Berbatov forward Flag of Germany Bayer Leverkusen
2005 Dimitar Berbatov forward Flag of Germany Bayer Leverkusen
2006 Martin Petrov
2nd Dimitar Berbatov
3rd Stiliyan Petrov
midfielder/forward
forward
midfielder
Flag of Spain Atlético Madrid
Flag of England Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Flag of England Aston Villa F.C.

[edit] References

  • Paytashev, Rumen (2001). Svetovna Futbolna Entsiklopediya. Sofia: KK Trud, p. 383. ISBN 954-528-201-0. 
National Footballer of the Year award (UEFA)
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