Bulgarian Football Union
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| Founded | 1923 |
| FIFA affiliation | 1924 |
| UEFA affiliation | 1954 |
| President Borislav Mikhailov |
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| Coach Hristo Stoichkov (2004-) (Men's) Lachezar Dimitrov (Women's) |
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The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) (Bulgarian: Български футболен съюз, БФС) is the governing body of football in Bulgaria. It organizes the football league, Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, and the Bulgaria national football team.
The Bulgarian Football Union is based in Sofia and was founded in 1923 as the football department of the Bulgarian National Sports Federation, which existed until the revolution of 1944. The football governing body was then known as the Central Football Committee until 1948, the Republican Section for Football from 1948 until 1962 and the Bulgarian Football Federation from 1962 until 1985. On 27 June 1985, the organization was renamed to the Bulgarian Football Union, the name that it carries today.
[edit] Heads of the Bulgarian Football Union
| head(s) | term |
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| Pavel Grozdanov, Tsvetan Genov, Ivan Batandzhiev, L. Sokerov and D. Hristov |
1923-1944 |
| Georgi Stoyanov | (1946-1948) |
| Isak Katalan | 1948 |
| Ivan Nikolov | 1948-1949 |
| Mladen Nikolov | 1949-1951 |
| Petar Kolarov | 1951-1952 |
| Stefan Petrov | 1952-1959 |
| Lachezar Avramov | 1959-1961 |
| Kiril Nestorov | 1961-1962 |
| Nedyalko Donski | 1962-1970 |
| Danail Nikolov | 1970-1975 |
| Ivan Nikolov | 1975-1979 |
| Krum Vasilchev | 1979-1982 |
| Dimitar Nikolov | 1982-1984 |
| Ivan Shpatov | 1984-1986 |
| Andon Traykov | 1986-1990 |
| Slavcho Tepavicharov | 1990-1991 |
| Dimitar Largov | 1991-1993 |
| Valentin Mihov | 1993-1994 |
| Hristo Danov | 1994-1995 |
| Ivan Slavkov | 1995-2005 |
| Borislav Mikhailov | 2005- |
[edit] References
- Paytashev, Rumen (2001). World Football Encyclopedia, 1st edition. Trud. ISBN 954-528-500-1.
