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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolqar%C4%B1stan_Futbol_%C4%B0ttifaq%C4%B1" title="Bolqarıstan Futbol İttifaqı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Bolqarıstan Futbol İttifaqı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%A8" title="বুলগেরীয় ফুটবল ইউনিয়ন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বুলগেরীয় ফুটবল ইউনিয়ন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D1%81%D1%8A%D1%8E%D0%B7" title="Български футболен съюз – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Български футболен съюз" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nogometni_savez_Bugarske" title="Nogometni savez Bugarske – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Nogometni savez Bugarske" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymdeithas_B%C3%AAl-droed_Bwlgaria" title="Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Bwlgaria – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Bwlgaria" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgariens_fodboldforbund" title="Bulgariens fodboldforbund – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bulgariens fodboldforbund" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarischer_Fu%C3%9Fballverband" title="Bulgarischer Fußballverband – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bulgarischer Fußballverband" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaaria_Jalgpalliliit" title="Bulgaaria Jalgpalliliit – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Bulgaaria Jalgpalliliit" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%88%CE%BD%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7" title="Βουλγαρική Ποδοσφαιρική Ένωση – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βουλγαρική Ποδοσφαιρική Ένωση" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni%C3%B3n_B%C3%BAlgara_de_F%C3%BAtbol" title="Unión Búlgara de Fútbol – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Unión Búlgara de Fútbol" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria_Futbala_Asocio" title="Bulgaria Futbala Asocio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bulgaria Futbala Asocio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%87_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="اتحادیه فوتبال بلغارستان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اتحادیه فوتبال بلغارستان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_de_Bulgarie_de_football" title="Fédération de Bulgarie de football – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Fédération de Bulgarie de football" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B6%88%EA%B0%80%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84_%EC%B6%95%EA%B5%AC_%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9" title="불가리아 축구 연합 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="불가리아 축구 연합" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D6%86%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BF%D5%A2%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Բուլղարիայի ֆուտբոլային միություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բուլղարիայի ֆուտբոլային միություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugarski_nogometni_savez" title="Bugarski nogometni savez – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Bugarski nogometni savez" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgariana_Uniono_pri_Futbalo" title="Bulgariana Uniono pri Futbalo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Bulgariana Uniono pri Futbalo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni_Sepak_Bola_Bulgaria" title="Uni Sepak Bola Bulgaria – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Uni Sepak Bola Bulgaria" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federazione_calcistica_della_Bulgaria" title="Federazione calcistica della Bulgaria – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Federazione calcistica della Bulgaria" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulg%C4%81rijas_Futbola_savien%C4%ABba" title="Bulgārijas Futbola savienība – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Bulgārijas Futbola savienība" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarijos_futbolo_s%C4%85junga" title="Bulgarijos futbolo sąjunga – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bulgarijos futbolo sąjunga" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolg%C3%A1r_labdar%C3%BAg%C3%B3-sz%C3%B6vets%C3%A9g" title="Bolgár labdarúgó-szövetség – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Bolgár labdarúgó-szövetség" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%84%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%98%D1%83%D0%B7" title="Бугарски фудбалски сојуз – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Бугарски фудбалски сојуз" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaarse_voetbalbond" title="Bulgaarse voetbalbond – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bulgaarse voetbalbond" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E9%80%A3%E5%90%88" title="ブルガリアサッカー連合 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ブルガリアサッカー連合" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C4%83lgarski_futbolen_s%C4%83jus" title="Bălgarski futbolen săjus – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Bălgarski futbolen săjus" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/By%C5%82garski_futbolen_syjuz" title="Byłgarski futbolen syjuz – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Byłgarski futbolen syjuz" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_B%C3%BAlgara_de_Futebol" title="Federação Búlgara de Futebol – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Federação Búlgara de Futebol" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniunea_Bulgar%C4%83_de_Fotbal" title="Uniunea Bulgară de Fotbal – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Uniunea Bulgară de Fotbal" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7" title="Болгарский футбольный союз – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Болгарский футбольный союз" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_Football_Union" title="Bulgarian Football Union – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Bulgarian Football Union" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Български футболен съюз</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bulgarian_Football_Union_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/Bulgarian_Football_Union_logo.svg/220px-Bulgarian_Football_Union_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/Bulgarian_Football_Union_logo.svg/330px-Bulgarian_Football_Union_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/Bulgarian_Football_Union_logo.svg/440px-Bulgarian_Football_Union_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1923<span class="noprint">; 101 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1923</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> affiliation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1924</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> affiliation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1954</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Georgi_Ivanov_(footballer,_born_1976)" title="Georgi Ivanov (footballer, born 1976)">Georgi Ivanov</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bfunion.bg/">bfunion<wbr />.bg</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bfs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Bfs.jpg/220px-Bfs.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Bfs.jpg/330px-Bfs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Bfs.jpg/440px-Bfs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2742" /></a><figcaption>The old BFU headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofia</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Bulgarian Football Union</b> (<a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a>: <span lang="bg">Български футболен съюз</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Bulgarian" title="Romanization of Bulgarian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Bulgarian-language romanization"><i lang="bg-Latn">Bǎlgarski futbolen sǎyuz;</i></span> <b>BFS</b>) is the governing body of <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>, and a member of <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> since 1954. It organizes a football league, <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Parva_Liga" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulgarian Parva Liga">Bulgarian Parva Liga</a>, and fields its <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_football_team" title="Bulgaria national football team">Bulgaria national football team</a> in UEFA and <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a>-authorised competitions. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bulgarian_Football_Union&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A legal entity that it claims descent from was founded in 1923 as the football department of the Bulgarian National Sports Federation, which existed until the Soviet invasion of 1944. The football governing body was then known as the <b>Central Football Committee</b> until 1948, the <b>Republican Section for Football</b> from 1948 until 1962 and the <b>Bulgarian Football Federation</b> from 1962 until 1985. On 27 June 1985, the organization was renamed the <b>Bulgarian Football Union</b>, the name that it carries today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Resentment_against_Mihaylov_(2015–2024)"><span id="Resentment_against_Mihaylov_.282015.E2.80.932024.29"></span>Resentment against Mihaylov (2015–2024)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bulgarian_Football_Union&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Resentment against Mihaylov (2015–2024)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Borislav_Mihaylov" title="Borislav Mihaylov">Borislav Mihaylov</a> became president of the union in 2004. The results of the national team and leading clubs in the country gradually started to decline in the following years, particularly after <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2004" title="UEFA Euro 2004">UEFA Euro 2004</a> and fans wanted Mihaylov to leave. On 15 October 2019, after long resentments because of the bad results of the national team and lowering of club level football, coupled with a scandal with the national team in the match against <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a>, which involved racist chants from a group of Bulgarian fans aimed at English players. Following this incident, the sports minister announced that they will not work with the BFU until Mihaylov is in charge.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the England game, Mihaylov resigned.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mihail Kasabov become an interim president, but due to the Covid 19 pandemic, there was not a regular vote for Mihaylov to resign. </p><p>In 2021, to the surprise of many, Mihaylov announced he withdraws his resignation and will be joining the elections for a 5th mandate in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this point <a href="/wiki/Dimitar_Berbatov" title="Dimitar Berbatov">Dimitar Berbatov</a> become a huge opposition of Mihaylov and also joined the elections. On 12 October 2021, Mihaylov won the elections despite the fact few voting violations were noted.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2023 the city count dropped lawsuits against Congressional decisions and Mihaylov was confirmed as the president, despite the fact that a few football clubs were kicked out from the vote, because they showed support for Berbatov.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2023, football fans started a stronger resentment, having banners against Mihaylov on every match. As an answer, BFU started to punish clubs almost every match. The football fans announced they will have a big resentment, uniting ultras from every big football club in the country for the match against <a href="/wiki/Hungary_national_football_team" title="Hungary national football team">Hungary</a> on 16 November 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to that, BFU and <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> announced on 6 November that the match will be moved from National stadium to <a href="/wiki/Stadion_Hristo_Botev_(Plovdiv)" title="Stadion Hristo Botev (Plovdiv)">Hristo Botev Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Plovdiv" title="Plovdiv">Plovdiv</a> and will be behind closed doors.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This decision was taken even harder, as for the first time, a football union didn't want their own fans on the stadium. The resentment was forseen to move in Plovdiv outside the stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hungarians were also not happy with the decision for playing under closed doors and the fans announced they will still go for the match and join the protest against BFU.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 17th 2024 Georgi Ivanov was elected president. The election was held amid a lot of controversy in regards to the legitimacy of the outcome. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidents">Presidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bulgarian_Football_Union&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ccc;"> <th>President </th> <th>Years in power </th></tr> <tr> <td>Pavel Grozdanov</td> <td>1923–1933 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tsvetan Genov</td> <td>1933–1934 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ivan Batandzhiev</td> <td>1934–1939 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lyubomir Sokerov</td> <td>1940–1942 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Docho Hristov</td> <td>1942–1944 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Georgi Stoyanov</td> <td>1946–1948 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Isaac Catalan</td> <td>1948 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ivan Nikolov</td> <td>1948–1949 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mladen Nikolov</td> <td>1949–1951 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Petar Kolarov</td> <td>1951–1952 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Stefan Petrov</td> <td>1952–1959 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lachezar Avramov</td> <td>1959–1961 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kiril Nesterov</td> <td>1961–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nedyalko Donski</td> <td>1962–1970 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Danail Nikolov</td> <td>1970–1975 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ivan Nikolov</td> <td>1975–1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Krum Vasilchev</td> <td>1979–1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dimitar Nikolov</td> <td>1982–1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ivan Shpatov</td> <td>1984–1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Andon Traykov</td> <td>1986–1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Slavcho Tapavicharov</td> <td>1990–1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dimitar_Largov" title="Dimitar Largov">Dimitar Largov</a></td> <td>1991–1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Valentin_Mihov" title="Valentin Mihov">Valentin Mihov</a></td> <td>1993–1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hristo Danov</td> <td>1994–1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Slavkov" title="Ivan Slavkov">Ivan Slavkov</a></td> <td>1995–2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Borislav_Mihaylov" title="Borislav Mihaylov">Borislav Mihaylov</a></td> <td>2005–2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mihail Kasabov (interim)</td> <td>2019–2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Borislav_Mihaylov" title="Borislav Mihaylov">Borislav Mihaylov</a></td> <td>2021–2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mihail Kasabov (interim)</td> <td>2023–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emil_Kostadinov" title="Emil Kostadinov">Emil Kostadinov</a> (interim)</td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgi_Ivanov_(footballer,_born_1976)" title="Georgi Ivanov (footballer, born 1976)">Georgi Ivanov</a></td> <td>2024– </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitions">Competitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bulgarian_Football_Union&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_football_league_system" title="Bulgarian football league system">Bulgarian football league system</a></div> <p>It organizes the following competitions: </p> <dl><dt>Men's football</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Professional_Football_League_(Bulgaria)" title="First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)">First League</a>, 1st level</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Professional_Football_League_(Bulgaria)" title="Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)">Second League</a>, 2nd level</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Amateur_Football_League_(Bulgaria)" title="Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria)">Third League</a> (4 divisions), 3rd level</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Amateur_Football_Groups_(Bulgaria)" title="Regional Amateur Football Groups (Bulgaria)">Regional Groups</a>, 4th and 5th level</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Cup" title="Bulgarian Cup">Bulgarian Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Supercup" title="Bulgarian Supercup">Bulgarian Supercup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cup_of_Bulgarian_Amateur_Football_League" title="Cup of Bulgarian Amateur Football League">Cup of AFL</a> (amateur cup)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Youth football</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bulgarian_Elite_youth_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bulgarian Elite youth League (page does not exist)">Elite League</a>; First league for academy sides, with three age categories, Under 17s, Under 16s and Under 15s sides</li></ul> <dl><dt>Women's football</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Women%27s_League" title="Bulgarian Women's League">Bulgarian Women's League</a> (or <i>Swiss Capital League</i>); First Women's Division</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Women%27s_Cup" title="Bulgarian Women's Cup">Bulgarian Women's Cup</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_teams">National teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bulgarian_Football_Union&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: National teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bulgarian Football Union also organizes national football teams representing Bulgaria at all age levels: </p> <table class="toccolours"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="">Position </th> <th bgcolor="">Name </th> <th bgcolor="">Nationality </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Men's </th></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_football_team" title="Bulgaria national football team">Bulgaria national football team</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ilian_Iliev" title="Ilian Iliev">Ilian Iliev</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_under-21_football_team" title="Bulgaria national under-21 football team">Bulgaria U21 national football team</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aleksandar_Dimitrov" title="Aleksandar Dimitrov">Aleksandar Dimitrov</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_under-19_football_team" title="Bulgaria national under-19 football team">Bulgaria U19 national football team</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Todor_Simov" title="Todor Simov">Todor Simov</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_under-18_football_team" title="Bulgaria national under-18 football team">Bulgaria U18 national football team</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Angel_Stoykov" title="Angel Stoykov">Angel Stoykov</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_under-17_football_team" title="Bulgaria national under-17 football team">Bulgaria U17 national football team</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Petar_Karachorov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Petar Karachorov (page does not exist)">Petar Karachorov</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bulgaria U16 national football team</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vladislav_Vutov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vladislav Vutov (page does not exist)">Vladislav Vutov</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td>Bulgaria U15 national football team</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vladislav_Vutov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vladislav Vutov (page does not exist)">Vladislav Vutov</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Women's </th></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Bulgaria women's national football team">Bulgaria women's national football team</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Silvia_Radoyska" title="Silvia Radoyska">Silvia Radoyska</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team" title="Bulgaria women's national under-17 football team">Bulgaria women's U17 national football team</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trayan_Radulov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trayan Radulov (page does not exist)">Trayan Radulov</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Futsal </th></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_futsal_team" title="Bulgaria national futsal team">Bulgaria national futsal team</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bogomil_Marev&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bogomil Marev (page does not exist)">Bogomil Marev</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Kyustendil Province Football League (page does not exist)">Kyustendil</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lovech_Province_Football_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lovech Province Football League (page does not exist)">Lovech</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montana_Province_Football_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Montana Province Football League (page does not exist)">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pazardzhik_Province_Football_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pazardzhik Province Football League (page does not exist)">Pazardzhik</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pernik_Province_Football_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pernik Province Football League (page does not exist)">Pernik</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pleven_Province_Football_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pleven Province Football League (page does not exist)">Pleven</a></li> <li><a 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(1990–1999)">1990–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_football_team_results_(2000%E2%80%932019)" title="Bulgaria national football team results (2000–2019)">2000–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_football_team_results_(2020%E2%80%93present)" title="Bulgaria national football team results (2020–present)">2020–present</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:white; color:#D62612; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00966E, inset -1px -1px 0 #00966E;;">Players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_football_team#Players" title="Bulgaria national football team">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_football_team#Player_records" title="Bulgaria national football team">Records</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1998 FIFA World Cup">1998</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:white; color:#D62612; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #00966E, inset -1px -1px 0 #00966E;;"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_at_the_UEFA_European_Championship" title="Bulgaria at the UEFA European Championship"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #E00000; text-decoration: inherit;">Euro</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1996" title="UEFA Euro 1996">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2004" title="UEFA Euro 2004">2004</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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