Footballers' Footballer of the Year Awards (Bulgaria) explained

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 of 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. The awards winners are announced at a gala event after the end of the football championship season.

Winners

The awards have been presented since 2001. The following tables present all the winners, runners-up and third-placed players and managers.

Player of the year

border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" -align="center" !rowspan="2"Year !Winner Runner-up Third-placed Notes -align="center" ! Player Club Player Club Player Club - Vladimir Manchev   - Velizar Dimitrov [2] - Martin Kamburov [3] - Hristo Yanev Blagoy Georgiev[4] - Daniel Borimirov [5] - Hristo Yovov [6] - Georgi Hristov [7] - Martin Kamburov [8] - Ivelin Popov [9] - Doka Madureira [10] - Júnior Moraes [11] - Georgi Milanov [12] - Vladislav Stoyanov [13] - Marcelinho [14] - Vladislav Stoyanov [15] - Todor Nedelev [16]

Young player of the year

border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" -align="center" !rowspan="2"Year !Winner Runner-up Third-placed Notes -align="center" ! Player Club Player Club Player Club - Emil Gargorov   - Emil Gargorov - Chavdar Yankov - Chavdar Yankov - Valeri Domovchiyski - Valeri Domovchiyski - Nikolay Dimitrov - Spas Delev - Ismail Isa - Aleksandar Tonev - Georgi Milanov - Todor Nedelev - Ivaylo Chochev - Tsvetelin Chunchukov - Kristiyan Malinov - Kiril Despodov

Manager of the year

border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" -align="center" !rowspan="2"Year !Winner Runner-up Third-placed Notes -align="center" ! Manager Club Manager Club Manager Club - Ferario Spasov   - Stoycho Mladenov - Eduard Eranosyan - Miodrag Ješić - Stanimir Stoilov - Stanimir Stoilov - Stoycho Mladenov - Stanimir Stoilov - Ilian Iliev - Lyuboslav Penev - Dimitar Dimitrov
Hristo Stoichkov
Stoycho Stoev
Dimitar Vasev  
Georgi Dermendzhiev
Nikolay Kirov

Women's player of the year

The women's player of the year award has been presented since 2016.

border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" -align="center" !rowspan="2"Year !Winner Runner-up Third-placed Notes -align="center" ! Player Club Player Club Player Club - 2015–16 Silvia Radoyska Veronika Gotseva Nina Georgieva

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Footballers' Footballer of the Year Awards. Association of Bulgarian Footballers Official Website. 30 May 2010.
  2. Web site: Нападател на ЦСКА стана Футболист на футболистите (CSKA Forward Became Footballers' Footballer of the Year). Segabg.com. 30 May 2010. 27 May 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20110928220528/http://www.segabg.com/online/new/articlenew.asp?issueid=896&sectionid=9&id=00011. 28 September 2011. dead.
  3. Web site: Камбуров и Ераносян са No1 (Kamburov and Eranosyan are No1). Segabg.com. 30 May 2010. 11 May 2004.
  4. Web site: Христо Янев е футболист на футболистите (Hristo Yanev is the Footballers' Footballer of the Year). в.Черно море (Cherno more newspaper). 30 May 2010. 31 May 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706143753/http://more.info.bg/article.asp?articleID=413449&topicID=180&issueID=1325. 6 July 2011. dead.
  5. Web site: Футболист на футболистите е Боримиров, Левски обра наградите на АБФ (Footballers' Footballer is Borimirov, Levski Swept the ABF Awards). sportal.bg. 30 May 2010. 1 June 2006.
  6. Web site: Христо Йовов спечели наградата "Футболист на футболистите" (Hristo Yovov won the Footballers' Footballer of the Year Award). topsport.bg. 30 May 2010. 21 May 2007.
  7. Web site: Георги Христов е "Футболист на футболистите" на България (Georgi Hristov Is the Footballers' Footballer of Bulgaria). topsport.bg. 30 May 2010. 12 May 2008.
  8. Web site: 16 гола направиха Мартин Камбуров "Футболист на футболистите" за втори път (16 Goals Made Martin Kamburov Footballers' Footballer of the Year for a Second Time). novinar.net. 30 May 2010. 8 June 2009.
  9. Web site: Футболистите избраха Ивелин Попов за играч на сезона (Footballers Chose Ivelin Popov as Player of the Season). Novsport.com. 30 May 2010. 10 May 2010.
  10. Web site: Дока е "Футболист на футболистите" (Doka is Footballers' Footballer). topsport.bg. 16 May 2011. 16 May 2011.
  11. Web site: Мораеш бе избран за Футболист на футболистите (Moraes was chosen as Footballers' Footballer). topsport.bg. 2 June 2013. 24 May 2012.
  12. Web site: Георги Миланов е Футболист на футболистите (Georgi Milanov is the Footballers' Footballer). StandartNews.com. 2 June 2013. 27 May 2013.
  13. Web site: Владислав Стоянов е "Футболист на футболистите" у нас (Vladislav Stoyanov is the Footballers' Footballer in Bulgaria). bnr.bg. 23 April 2015. 19 May 2014.
  14. Web site: Марселиньо спечели приза "Футболист на футболистите" (Marcelinho won the Footballers' Footballer award). sportal.bg. 27 January 2017. 2 June 2015.
  15. Web site: Владо Стоянов е "Футболист на футболистите". Братя Миневи с награда за храброст (Vlado Stoyanov is the Footballers' Footballer in Bulgaria. Minevi brothers with an award for bravery). BTV. 27 January 2017. 29 May 2016.
  16. Web site: Интересен избор за наградата футболист на футболистите (Interesting choice for Footballers' footballer). TV Evropa. 15 September 2018.