# 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).
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

| Year | Winner | Winner | Runner-up | Runner-up | Third-placed | Third-placed | Notes |
| Year | Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Notes |
| 2001–02 | Vladimir Manchev | CSKA Sofia | | | | | |
| 2002–03 | Velizar Dimitrov | CSKA Sofia | Ilian Stoyanov | Levski Sofia | Hristo Yovov | Litex Lovech | |
| 2003–04 | Martin Kamburov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Emil Gargorov | CSKA Sofia | Dimitar Ivankov | Levski Sofia | |
| 2004–05 | Hristo Yanev | CSKA Sofia | Martin Kamburov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Blagoy Georgiev | Slavia Sofia | |
| 2005–06 | Daniel Borimirov | Levski Sofia | Stanislav Angelov | Levski Sofia | Dimitar Telkiyski | Levski Sofia | |
| 2006–07 | Hristo Yovov | Levski Sofia | Tsvetan Genkov | Lokomotiv Sofia | Stanislav Angelov | Levski Sofia | |
| 2007–08 | Georgi Hristov | Botev Plovdiv | Velizar Dimitrov | CSKA Sofia | Marcho Dafchev | Lokomotiv Sofia | |
| 2008–09 | Martin Kamburov | Lokomotiv Sofia | Georgi Ivanov | Levski Sofia | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Cherno More Varna | |
| 2009–10 | Ivelin Popov | Litex Lovech | Martin Kamburov | Lokomotiv Sofia | Doka Madureira | Litex Lovech | |
| 2010–11 | Doka Madureira | Litex Lovech | Garra Dembélé | Levski Sofia | Spas Delev | CSKA Sofia | |
| 2011–12 | Júnior Moraes | CSKA Sofia | Hristo Yanev | Litex Lovech | Emil Gargorov | Ludogorets Razgrad | |
| 2012–13 | Georgi Milanov | Litex Lovech | Ivan Tsvetkov | Botev Plovdiv | Emil Gargorov | Ludogorets Razgrad | |
| 2013–14 | Vladislav Stoyanov | Ludogorets Razgrad | Emil Gargorov | CSKA Sofia | Svetoslav Dyakov | Ludogorets Razgrad | |
| 2014–15 | Marcelinho | Ludogorets Razgrad | Svetoslav Dyakov | Ludogorets Razgrad | Ivan Tsvetkov | Botev Plovdiv | |
| 2015–16 | Vladislav Stoyanov | Ludogorets Razgrad | Marcelinho | Ludogorets Razgrad | Martin Kamburov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | |
| 2016–17 | Todor Nedelev | Botev Plovdiv | Martin Kamburov | Beroe | Fernando Karanga | CSKA Sofia | |

### Young player of the year

| Year | Winner | Winner | Runner-up | Runner-up | Third-placed | Third-placed | Notes |
| Year | Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Notes |
| 2001–02 | Emil Gargorov | Lokomotiv Sofia | | | | | |
| 2002–03 | Emil Gargorov | CSKA Sofia | Yordan Todorov | CSKA Sofia | Blagoy Georgiev | Slavia Sofia | |
| 2003–04 | Chavdar Yankov | Slavia Sofia | Omonigho Temile | Levski Sofia | Kostadin Hazurov | CSKA Sofia | |
| 2004–05 | Chavdar Yankov | Slavia Sofia | Valeri Domovchiyski | Levski Sofia | Tsvetan Genkov | Lokomotiv Sofia | |
| 2005–06 | Valeri Domovchiyski | Levski Sofia | Tsvetan Genkov | Lokomotiv Sofia | Ivelin Popov | Litex Lovech | |
| 2006–07 | Valeri Domovchiyski | Levski Sofia | Nikolay Dimitrov | Levski Sofia | Ivelin Popov | Litex Lovech | |
| 2007–08 | Nikolay Dimitrov | Levski Sofia | Ivan Ivanov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Cherno More Varna | |
| 2008–09 | Spas Delev | Pirin Blagoevgrad | Ivan Ivanov | CSKA Sofia | Aleksandar Tonev | CSKA Sofia | |
| 2009–10 | Ismail Isa | Lokomotiv Mezdra | Spas Delev | CSKA Sofia | Daniel Zlatkov | Minyor Pernik | |
| 2010–11 | Aleksandar Tonev | CSKA Sofia | Plamen Iliev | Levski Sofia | Georgi Milanov | Litex Lovech | |
| 2011–12 | Georgi Milanov | Litex Lovech | Plamen Iliev | Levski Sofia | Anton Karachanakov | CSKA Sofia | |
| 2012–13 | Todor Nedelev | Botev Plovdiv | Simeon Slavchev | Litex Lovech | Iliya Milanov | Litex Lovech | |
| 2013–14 | Ivaylo Chochev | CSKA Sofia | Georgi Kitanov | Cherno More Varna | Kiril Despodov | Litex Lovech | |
| 2014–15 | Tsvetelin Chunchukov | Botev Plovdiv | Kristiyan Malinov | Litex Lovech | Milen Gamakov | Botev Plovdiv | |
| 2015–16 | Kristiyan Malinov | Litex Lovech | Bozhidar Kraev | Levski Sofia | Georgi Kitanov | Cherno More Varna | |
| 2016–17 | Kiril Despodov | CSKA Sofia | Antonio Vutov | Levski Sofia | Serkan Yusein | Botev Plovdiv | |

### Manager of the year

| Year | Winner | Winner | Runner-up | Runner-up | Third-placed | Third-placed | Notes |
| Year | Manager | Club | Manager | Club | Manager | Club | Notes |
| 2001–02 | Ferario Spasov | Litex Lovech | | | | | |
| 2002–03 | Stoycho Mladenov | CSKA Sofia | Ferario Spasov | Litex Lovech | Dimitar Dimitrov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | |
| 2003–04 | Eduard Eranosyan | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Ferario Spasov | CSKA Sofia | Velislav Vutsov | Cherno More Varna | |
| 2004–05 | Miodrag Ješić | CSKA Sofia | Stefan Grozdanov | Lokomotiv Sofia | Eduard Eranosyan | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | |
| 2005–06 | Stanimir Stoilov | Levski Sofia | Ljupko Petrović | Litex Lovech | Yasen Petrov | Cherno More Varna | |
| 2006–07 | Stanimir Stoilov | Levski Sofia | Ljupko Petrović | Litex Lovech | Stefan Grozdanov | Lokomotiv Sofia | |
| 2007–08 | Stoycho Mladenov | CSKA Sofia | Stanimir Stoilov | Levski Sofia | Miodrag Ješić | Litex Lovech | |
| 2008–09 | Stanimir Stoilov | Litex Lovech | Krassimir Balakov | Chernomorets Burgas | Nikola Spasov | Cherno More Varna | |
| 2009–10 | Ilian Iliev | Beroe Stara Zagora | Angel Chervenkov | Litex Lovech | Anton Velkov | Minyor Pernik | |
| 2010–11 | Lyuboslav Penev | Litex Lovech | Ilian Iliev | Beroe Stara Zagora | Milen Radukanov | CSKA Sofia | |
| 2011–12 | Dimitar Dimitrov | Chernomorets Burgas | Ilian Iliev | Beroe Stara Zagora | Stoycho Mladenov | CSKA Sofia | |
| 2012–13 | Hristo Stoichkov | Litex Lovech | Dimitar Dimitrov | Chernomorets Burgas | Stanimir Stoilov | Botev Plovdiv | |
| 2013–14 | Stoycho Stoev | Ludogorets Razgrad | Stoycho Mladenov | CSKA Sofia | Georgi Ivanov | Cherno More Varna | |
| 2014–15 | Dimitar Vasev | Lokomotiv Sofia | | | | | |
| 2015–16 | Georgi Dermendzhiev | Ludogorets Razgrad | Hristo Yanev | CSKA Sofia | Stoycho Stoev | Levski Sofia | |
| 2016–17 | Nikolay Kirov | Botev Plovdiv | Aleksandar Tomash | Beroe | Ilian Iliev | Cherno More Varna | |

### Women's player of the year

The women's player of the year award has been presented since 2016.
| Year | Winner | Winner | Runner-up | Runner-up | Third-placed | Third-placed | Notes |
| Year | Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Notes |
| 2015–16 | Silvia Radoyska | NSA Sofia | Veronika Gotseva | Sportika Blagoevgrad | Nina Georgieva | Beroe Stara Zagora | |