- Hristo Stoichkov
Hristo Stoichkov alternatively spelt Stoitchkov (born February 8, 1966, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a football manager and former striker who was a member of the Bulgaria national team that finished fourth at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Apart from his footballing talent, he was notable for his on-pitch temper. He was honoured as European Footballer of the Year in 1994.
- Dimitar Berbatov
Dimitar Berbatov (born January 30, 1981 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur and Bulgaria.
- Dimitar Penev
Dimitar Penev (born July 12, 1945) is a Bulgarian football coach and former player of CSKA Sofia. Uncle to Lubo Penev. He 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.
- Plamen Markov
Plamen Markov (born September 11, 1957 in Sevlievo) is a retired Bulgarian football player, currently working as a football manager. He played for Bulgaria national football team (24 caps/7 goals) and was a participant at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.In clubs, he played for CSKA Sofia (1975-1985), FC Metz (1985-1987) and Grenoble Foot (1987-1990). He has coached Bulgaria at the 2004 UEFA European Championship, PFC CSKA Sofia and PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo.
- Georgi Asparuhov
Georgi Asparuhov (sometimes spelled "Asparoukhov"), nicknamed Gundi (May 4, 1943 - June 30, 1971) was a Bulgarian football player. He is considered to be among the top Bulgarian footballers of all time, if not the best. Asparuhov was a striker for Levski Sofia from 1960 to 1961 and 1964 to 1971, and for Botev Plovdiv from 1961 to 1963. He played 245 matches and scored 150 goals in the top Bulgarian division.
- Dimitar Ivankov
Dimitar Ivanov Ivankov (born October 30, 1975 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian football player who started his career at Levski Sofia. Ivankov was part of the Bulgarian squad at Euro 2004. He joined Turkish club Kayserispor in June 2005. Ivankov is 4th best goalscoring keeper in the world with 29 goals (as of April 2007).
- Borislav Mikhailov
Borislav Mikhailov (born 12 February 1962) is a former Bulgarian football goalkeeper. He was captain of the Bulgaria national team during their surprising fourth-place run at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, as well their participation in Euro 96. He also played at the 1986 FIFA World Cup and is currently the all-time appearance leader for the Bulgaria national team with 102 caps. He played for teams like Belenenses, in Portugal, and Mulhouse, in France.
- Daniel Borimirov
Daniel Borimirov (born January 15, 1970 in Vidin) is a Bulgarian football player who, as of 2007, is playing for Levski Sofia. Borimirov returned to Levski in 2003; he started his career there in 1990, but spent 1995-2003 at 1860 Munich. For Bulgaria, Borimirov was capped 67 times, scoring 5 goals. He was part of Bulgaria's surprising fourth-place run at the 1994 World Cup, and also played in the 1998 edition, as well as Euro 96 and Euro 2004.
- Emil Kostadinov
Emil Kostadinov (born August 12, 1967 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian football striker, former member of the Bulgaria national team for which he played in two World Cups. He gained international prominence after scoring two goals in the last matchday of the European 1994 World Cup qualification, against the French national team. His second goal of the match, scored in the very last second of regular time, qualified Bulgaria to the World Cup finals at the expense of France.
- Krassimir Balakov
Krassimir Balakov (born March 29, 1966 in Veliko Tarnovo) is a former Bulgarian footballer and a key member of the Bulgarian national team that finished fourth in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. After Hristo Stoichkov, he is considered the greatest Bulgarian footballer of his generation.
- Hristo Bonev
Hristo Bonev (born February 3, 1947 in Plovdiv) is a former Bulgarian football (soccer) player, the all-time leading scorer for the Bulgarian national team. Between 1967 and 1979, Bonev played for the Bulgarian national team 96 times, scoring a record 47 goals. He played for his country at the 1970 and 1974 World Cups. Most of Bonev's club career was spent with Lokomotiv Plovdiv, …
- Zdravko Lazarov
Zdravko Lazarov (born 20 February 1976) is a Bulgarian football player who, as of 2006, was playing for Kayseri Erciyesspor. He has previously played for Kocaelispor and Gaziantepspor. He was part of the Bulgarian 2004 European Football Championship team.
- Radostin Kishishev
Radostin Prodanov Kishishev (born July 30, 1974 in Burgas, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing for Leicester City.
- Chavdar Yankov
Chavdar Yankov (born March 29, 1984) is a Bulgarian footballer currently (as of July 2006) playing for German Bundesliga side Hannover 96. He moved there from Bulgarian club Slavia Sofia in the summer of 2005, initially on a loan, but made permanent in summer 2007. Yankov is a member of the Bulgaria national football team.
- Trifon Ivanov
Trifon Ivanov (born July 27, 1965 in Lipnitsa, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian international football player. Sometimes known by his nickname "The Bulgarian Wolf" due to his hirsute appearance, Ivanov started his career with the team Etar of Veliko Tarnovo. Later moves included spells at CSKA Sofia during 1994-95 and 1997-98 as well as at the Austrian teams Austria Vienna and Rapid Vienna and the Spanish club Real Betis Seville.
- Nikola Kotkov
Nikola Kotkov (9 December 1938-30 June 1971), nicknamed Koteto was a Bulgarian footaller who played as a striker. Born in the capital Sofia, Kotkov started his football career as a PFC Lokomotiv Sofia trainee and went on to spend much of his career (1956-1969) with the club, winning the Bulgarian Championship in 1964. He then moved to PFC Levski Sofia, for whom he played until his tragic death in 1971.
- Georgi Petkov
Georgi Petkov (born April 14, 1976 in Pazardzhik) is a Bulgarian football player. He currently plays for PFC Levski Sofia as a goalkeeper. He started playing with PFC Hebar Pazardzhik (Хебър Пазарджик). He came to Levski from PFC Slavia Sofia in 2002. He was a substitute of Dimitar Ivankov until this season. He played on the Bulgarian national team in 2005 as a back up to Ivanhov.
- Stanislav Angelov
Stanislav Angelov (born April 12, 1978 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian football player, who currently plays in Energie Cottbus. <br><br> On June 13, 2007 the 1.Bundesliga club Energie Cottbus officially announced they have signed the player for three years until 2010. That was followed by an immediate reaction from Levski, who denied any such deal, and stated that Angelov was still their player and that he has acted incongruently with the terms of his current contract.
- Bontcho Guentchev
Boncho Guentchev (born 7 July, 1964) is a former Bulgarian international footballer. He spent the majority of his career playing in England for Ipswich Town but also had spells at FC Etar Veliko Tarnovo, Sporting Lisbon, CSKA Sofia and Luton Town before finishing his career in English non-league football with Hendon and Carshalton Athletic. He played in the World Cup in 1994 and scored an important penalty against Mexico. He played also at Euro 1996.
- Blagoy Georgiev
Blagoy Georgiev (born 21 December 1981) is a Bulgarian footballer currently (as of July 2006) playing for German club MSV Duisburg as a right midfielder. Born in Sofia, he played for Slavia Sofia and featured in 148 A PFG matches while scoring 24 goals. A Bulgaria international, he was also previously a member of the country's under-21 team, for which he has 16 matches and 11 goals. Before moving to Serbian team Red Star Belgrade in 2006, …
- Zdravko Zdravkov
Zdravko Zdravkov (born October 4, 1970 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian football goalkeeper, who, as of 2005, is playing for Çaykur Rizespor in Turkey. On the club level, Zdravkov has played for Levski Sofia (1989-1995), Istanbulspor (1997-1999 and 2000-2002), Adanaspor (1999-2000), Cherno more (2002–2003), and Litex Lovech (2003-2004). For Bulgaria, Zdravkov has been capped over 60 times. He was the starting goalkeeper for his country at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2004.
- Petar Zanev
Petar Zanev (born 18 October 1985) is a Bulgarian footballer, currently (as of June 2007) playing for Spanish club Celta de Vigo as a defender. He has played for the Bulgaria national football team.
- Plamen Nikolov
Plamen Nikolov (born 20 August 1961) was a Bulgarian football player. He was part of the Bulgarian national team that reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup.
- Lucio Wagner
Lucio Wagner Freitas de Souza (born on 15 June 1976) is a Brazilian-Bulgarian footballer and a midfielder for Levski Sofia. With Levski he has played in 60 A PFG games, 13 national cup games and 16 European games. He was a national cup winner in 2005. Wagner has previously played for Sevilla FC, SL Benfica and Cherno More. In May 2006 during the Kirin Cup tournament he made his debut for the Bulgarian national team against Japan.
- Oleg Salenko
Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko is a former Russian football striker.
- Dimitar Dimitrov
Dimitar Dimitrov (born 9 June 1959), nicknamed Héro, is a Bulgarian football coach. He has managed Neftohimik Burgas, Litex Lovech, the Bulgaria national team, Levski Sofia and Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
- Luboslav Penev
Luboslav Penev (born August 31, 1966) is a former Bulgarian footballer. Penev's first professional team was CSKA Sofia of the Bulgarian capital. He made his first team debut in 1984, when he was only 18 years old. CSKA of the late 1980s was a footballing "alma mater" to several Bulgarian players who made it to the international top in the 1990s. During those days Lubo's teammates included defender Trifon Ivanov, winger Emil Kostadinov, and striker Hristo Stoichkov.
- Aleksandar Shalamanov
Aleksandar Shalamanov (born 4 September 1941) is a former football (soccer) player and professional alpine skier and is known as the only Bulgarian to have taken part in both the Summer and Winter Olympics and a Football World Cup. Shalamanov began his career as a defender with CSKA Sofia in 1960-61, but moved to Slavia Sofia in 1961 to remain there until 1974, when he retired after 263 matches in the Bulgarian Championship, three Bulgarian Cup trophies (1963, …
- Tsvetan Genkov
Tsvetan Genkov (born 8 August 1984) is a Bulgarian footballer currently (as of May 2007) playing for Russian club FC Dynamo Moscow as an attacker. Born in Mezdra, he began his career in the local Lokomotiv Mezdra at the age of seventeen, previously having been an athlete.
- Bozhidar Iskrenov
Bozhidar Iskrenov (born 1 August 1962), nicknamed Gibona and Gibi (Гиби), is a former Bulgarian footballer who spent most of his career playing for PFC Levski Sofia as a forward. A native of the capital Sofia, Iskrenov played for Levski between 1979 and 1989, scoring 41 goals in 208 matches. He was then transferred to the Spanish Real Zaragoza in 1989-1990, …
- Asparuh Nikodimov
Asparuh Nikodimov (born 21 August 1945) is a former Bulgarian football player and later coach. He represented Bulgaria at the FIFA World Cups in 1970 and 1974.
- Ivaylo Yordanov
Ivaylo Yordanov (born April 22, 1968) is a Bulgarian football forward. He was capped 50 times and scored three goals for the Bulgarian national team, including seven games at the World Cups in 1994 and 1998. He was also in the Euro 1996 squad. Born in Samokov, Yordanov played for Rilski Sportist (Samokov), Lokomotiv (Gorna Oryahovitsa) and Sporting Clube de Portugal.
- Aleksandar Tunchev
Aleksandar Tunchev (born 10 July 1981) is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for PFC CSKA Sofia as a defender. Sasho, as we all know him is a current captain of the CSKA Sofia team.He has also played one match for the Bulgarian national team against Romania in a UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying match. He scored 1 goal against Luxemburg in a UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying match in Luxembourg.
- Tsanko Tsvetanov
Tsanko Tsvetanov (born 6 January 1970) was a Bulgarian football player. He was part of the Bulgarian national team that reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup and also played at Euro 96. During his career he played for FC Etar Veliko Tarnovo, PFC Levski Sofia. He signed for Aberdeen F.C. in the summer of 1996.
- Emil Kremenliev
Emil Kremenliev (born 13 August 1969) was a Bulgarian football player. He was part of the Bulgarian national team that reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup and also played at Euro 96.
- Kiril Milanov
Kiril Milanov (born September 17, 1948 in Sofia) is a retired Bulgarian football player. He played in Marek Dupnitsa between 1966 and 1971, Akademik Sofia between 1971 and 1973 and in Levski Sofia between 1973 and 1978. Kiril has 110 caps and 64 goals. He played for Bulgaria national football team and scored 21 caps and scored 4 goals. Holds the record for most goals in European club football for a single game with 6 and a tie 10.
- Ilian Kiriakov
Ilian Kiriakov (born 4 August 1967) was a Bulgarian football player. He was part of the Bulgarian national team that reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup and also played at Euro 96. During his career he played for FC Etar Veliko Tarnovo, CSKA Sofia, Deportivo de La Coruña, Aberdeen F.C. and Anorthosis Famagusta. Kiriakov was noted for his short height, which was compensated for by his energy and prowess. He usually played as a left midfielder or defender.
- Simeon Simeonov
Simeon Simeonov (April 26, 1946 - November 2, 2000) is a former Bulgarian football (soccer) player in goalkeeper role. He played mostly for PFC Slavia Sofia, and for Bulgaria national football team he participated at three editions of FIFA World Cup in 1966, 1970 and 1974.
- Petar Mihtarski
Petar Mihtarski (born 15 July 1966) was a Bulgarian football player. He was part of the Bulgarian national team that reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup, and also the first capped Bulgarian footballer whose surname did not end with a V. At club level he played for Pirin Blagoevgrad, CSKA Sofia and Levski Sofia in Bulgaria. He also had short spells at FC Porto, RCD Mallorca and VfL Wolfsburg.
- Zlatko Yankov
Zlatko Yankov (born 7 June 1966 in Burgas) is a retired Bulgarian football midfielder. He was capped 79 times and scored 4 goals for the Bulgarian national team between 1989 and 1999. He played eight games at the World Cups in 1994 and 1998, and he was also in the Bulgarian Euro 1996 squad.