Footballers' Footballer of the Year Awards (Bulgaria)

Footballers' Footballer of the Year Awards (Bulgarian: Награди Футболист на футболистите) are annual association football awards for the best player of the year, best young player of the year and best manager of the year in Bulgarian football. The awards have been presented since the 2001–02 season and the winners are chosen by a vote amongst the members of the Bulgarian football players' union, the Association of Bulgarian footballers (ABF).^[1]

Every spring, before the end of the Bulgarian football championship season, a shortlist of nominees is prepared by the ABF in consultation with football journalists, players and managers. Then, in April, each professional footballer playing in the top two divisions of Bulgarian football (the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group and the Bulgarian B Professional Football Group), no matter of his nationality, votes for a total a three players, three young players and three managers from the shortlist. The awards are given to the professionals who have received most of the votes.^[1] The awards winners are announced at a gala event after the end of the football championship season.

Winners

The awards have been presented a total of nine times since 2001. The following tables present all the winners, runners-up and third-placed players and managers.^[1]

Player of the year

Year	Winner		Runner-up		Third-placed		Notes
	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
2001–02	Vladimir Manchev	CSKA Sofia
2002–03	Velizar Dimitrov	CSKA Sofia	Ilian Stoyanov	Levski Sofia	Hristo Yovov	Litex Lovech	[2]
2003–04	Martin Kamburov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Emil Gargorov	CSKA Sofia	Dimitar Ivankov	Levski Sofia	[3]
2004–05	Hristo Yanev	CSKA Sofia	Martin Kamburov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Blagoy Georgiev	Slavia Sofia	[4]
2005–06	Daniel Borimirov	Levski Sofia	Stanislav Angelov	Levski Sofia	Dimitar Telkiyski	Levski Sofia	[5]
2006–07	Hristo Yovov	Levski Sofia	Tsvetan Genkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	Stanislav Angelov	Levski Sofia	[6]
2007–08	Georgi Hristov	Botev Plovdiv	Velizar Dimitrov	CSKA Sofia	Marcho Dafchev	Lokomotiv Sofia	[7]
2008–09	Martin Kamburov	Lokomotiv Sofia	Georgi Ivanov	Levski Sofia	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Cherno More Varna	[8]
2009–10	Ivelin Popov	Litex Lovech	Martin Kamburov	Lokomotiv Sofia	Doka Madureira	Litex Lovech	[9]
2010–11	Doka Madureira	Litex Lovech	Garra Dembélé	Levski Sofia	Spas Delev	CSKA Sofia	[10]
2011–12	Júnior Moraes	CSKA Sofia	Hristo Yanev	Litex Lovech	Emil Gargorov	Ludogorets Razgrad	[11]
2012–13	Georgi Milanov	Litex Lovech	Ivan Tsvetkov	Botev Plovdiv	Emil Gargorov	Ludogorets Razgrad	[12]
2013–14	Vladislav Stoyanov	Ludogorets Razgrad	Emil Gargorov	CSKA Sofia	Svetoslav Dyakov	Ludogorets Razgrad	[13]

Young player of the year

Year	Winner		Runner-up		Third-placed		Notes
	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
2001–02	Emil Gargorov	Lokomotiv Sofia
2002–03	Emil Gargorov	CSKA Sofia	Yordan Todorov	CSKA Sofia	Blagoy Georgiev	Slavia Sofia	[2]
2003–04	Chavdar Yankov	Slavia Sofia	Omonigho Temile	Levski Sofia	Kostadin Hazurov	CSKA Sofia	[3]
2004–05	Chavdar Yankov	Slavia Sofia	Valeri Domovchiyski	Levski Sofia	Tsvetan Genkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	[4]
2005–06	Valeri Domovchiyski	Levski Sofia	Tsvetan Genkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	Ivelin Popov	Litex Lovech	[5]
2006–07	Valeri Domovchiyski	Levski Sofia	Nikolay Dimitrov	Levski Sofia	Ivelin Popov	Litex Lovech	[6]
2007–08	Nikolay Dimitrov	Levski Sofia	Ivan Ivanov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Cherno More Varna	[7]
2008–09	Spas Delev	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Ivan Ivanov	CSKA Sofia	Aleksandar Tonev	CSKA Sofia	[8]
2009–10	Ismail Isa	Lokomotiv Mezdra	Spas Delev	CSKA Sofia	Daniel Zlatkov	Minyor Pernik	[9]
2010–11	Aleksandar Tonev	CSKA Sofia	Plamen Iliev	Levski Sofia	Georgi Milanov	Litex Lovech	[10]
2011–12	Georgi Milanov	Litex Lovech	Plamen Iliev	Levski Sofia	Anton Karachanakov	CSKA Sofia	[11]
2012–13	Todor Nedelev	Botev Plovdiv	Simeon Slavchev	Litex Lovech	Iliya Milanov	Litex Lovech	[12]
2013–14	Ivaylo Chochev	CSKA Sofia	Georgi Kitanov	Cherno More Varna	Kiril Despodov	Litex Lovech	[13]

Manager of the year

Year	Winner		Runner-up		Third-placed		Notes
	Manager	Club	Manager	Club	Manager	Club
2001–02	Ferario Spasov	Litex Lovech
2002–03	Stoycho Mladenov	CSKA Sofia	Ferario Spasov	Litex Lovech	Dimitar Dimitrov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	[2]
2003–04	Eduard Eranosyan	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Ferario Spasov	CSKA Sofia	Velislav Vutsov	Cherno More Varna	[3]
2004–05	Miodrag Ješić	CSKA Sofia	Stefan Grozdanov	Lokomotiv Sofia	Eduard Eranosyan	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	[4]
2005–06	Stanimir Stoilov	Levski Sofia	Ljupko Petrović	Litex Lovech	Yasen Petrov	Cherno More Varna	[5]
2006–07	Stanimir Stoilov	Levski Sofia	Ljupko Petrović	Litex Lovech	Stefan Grozdanov	Lokomotiv Sofia	[6]
2007–08	Stoycho Mladenov	CSKA Sofia	Stanimir Stoilov	Levski Sofia	Miodrag Ješić	Litex Lovech	[7]
2008–09	Stanimir Stoilov	Litex Lovech	Krassimir Balakov	Chernomorets Burgas	Nikola Spasov	Cherno More Varna	[8]
2009–10	Ilian Iliev	Beroe Stara Zagora	Angel Chervenkov	Litex Lovech	Anton Velkov	Minyor Pernik	[9]
2010–11	Lyuboslav Penev	Litex Lovech	Ilian Iliev	Beroe Stara Zagora	Milen Radukanov	CSKA Sofia	[10]
2011–12	Dimitar Dimitrov	Chernomorets Burgas	Ilian Iliev	Beroe Stara Zagora	Stoycho Mladenov	CSKA Sofia	[11]
2012–13	Hristo Stoichkov	Litex Lovech	Dimitar Dimitrov	Chernomorets Burgas	Stanimir Stoilov	Botev Plovdiv	[12]
2013–14	Stoycho Stoev	Ludogorets Razgrad	Stoycho Mladenov	CSKA Sofia	Georgi Ivanov	Cherno More Varna	[13]

References

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