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 is uncle to Luboslav Penev.

Penev 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.

On 30 July 2007 he was appointed manager of the Bulgaria national football team for the second time.

v • d • e Bulgaria squad - 1966 FIFA 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

v • d • e Bulgaria squad - 1970 FIFA 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

v • d • e Bulgaria squad - 1974 FIFA 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 M. Vasilev • 14 Milanov • 15 Panov • 16 Grigorov • 17 Nikodimov • 18 T. Vasilev • 19 Ivkov • 20 Borisov • 21 Staykov • 22 Simeonov • Coach: Mladenov

v • d • e Bulgaria squad - 1994 FIFA 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

Awards
Preceded by Aleksandar Shalamanov	Bulgarian Footballer of the Year 1967	Succeeded by Simeon Simeonov
Preceded by Stefan Aladzhov	Bulgarian Footballer of the Year 1971	Succeeded by Hristo Bonev
Sporting positions
Preceded by Krasimir Borisow	Bulgaria national football team manager 1992 – 1996	Succeeded by Hristo Bonev
Preceded by Stanimir Stoilov	Bulgaria national football team manager 2007	Succeeded by Plamen Markov

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