 Stoilov in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stanimir Kolev Stoilov | ||
| Date of birth | (1967-02-13)13 February 1967 (age 58) | ||
| Place of birth | Haskovo, Bulgaria | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder /Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Göztepe (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1977–1986 | Haskovo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1990 | Haskovo | 101 | (61) |
| 1990–1992 | Levski Sofia | 56 | (18) |
| 1992–1993 | Fenerbahçe | 8 | (3) |
| 1994 | CSKA Sofia | 12 | (4) |
| 1994–1995 | Levski Sofia | 27 | (13) |
| 1995–1997 | Campomaiorense | 52 | (19) |
| 1997–1998 | Slavia Sofia | 29 | (12) |
| 1998–2003 | Levski Sofia | 111 | (6) |
| Total | 396 | (136) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–2000 | Bulgaria | 14 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2008 | Levski Sofia | ||
| 2007 | Bulgaria | ||
| 2008–2009 | Litex Lovech | ||
| 2009–2010 | Bulgaria | ||
| 2010–2011 | Anorthosis Famagusta | ||
| 2013–2014 | Botev Plovdiv | ||
| 2014–2018 | Astana | ||
| 2018–2019 | Kazakhstan | ||
| 2021–2023 | Levski Sofia | ||
| 2023– | Göztepe | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Stanimir Kolev Stoilov (Bulgarian:Станимир Колев Стоилов; born 13 February 1967) is a Bulgarian formerfootballer and current manager ofSüper Lig sideGöztepe. He has previously coachedLevski Sofia, theBulgaria national team,FC Astana and thenational team of Kazakhstan.
Stoilov began his career at the local clubFC Haskovo, where he stayed until 1990. His first spell atLevski Sofia spanned for 2 years, between July 1990 and June 1992, when he moved to theTurkish clubFenerbahçe and then played shortly for Levski rivalCSKA Sofia only to return to Levski Sofia for another year between July 1994 and June 1995. He then spent some time playing inPortugal and then forPFC Slavia Sofia before returning again to Levski Sofia for a third spell since July 1998 as a captain and assistant manager since July 2000.
In 2004, he became the manager of Levski, most notably leading the team to theUEFA Cup 2005-06 quarter final stage and then becoming the first Bulgarian club to ever reach the group stage of theUEFA Champions League during the 2006–07 season.[1] He has also led the team to winning thenational cup in 2005 and 2007,Bulgarian Supercup in 2005 and 2007 and the 2005/2006 and 2006/2007national championship.
Stoilov briefly coached the Bulgaria national under-19 side (2003–2004). In April 2007, Stanimir Stoilov was assigned as caretaker manager of the Bulgaria national team for the matches against Belarus in June from theEuro 2008 qualification campaign. His side won the first match against Belarus inMinsk 2–0 on 2 June 2007 and the second inSofia 2–1 on 6 June 2007.
On 7 May 2008, Stoilov was sacked from Levski Sofia together with his friend and colleagueNasko Sirakov. Before the 2008–09 season he took over atLitex Lovech. He led them to winning the Bulgarian cup in 2009, but quit after the club failed to reach the group stage of the Europa League.[2]
In the beginning of 2009, Stanimir was announced as the manager ofBulgaria.[3]
Bulgaria under Stoilov did not qualify for the World Cup. After two draws with the main rival for the play-offsIreland and a 2–0 victory againstCyprus, Bulgaria's job became even harder. During the summer and autumn of 2009 Bulgaria won againstLatvia 1–0 in a friendly and againstMontenegro with 4–1, but then Stoilov suffered his first loss with the national team againstItaly with 2–0. From that moment on everything for Stoilov stopped going according to plan and he recorded a disappointing loss to Cyprus with 4–1. Bulgaria finished the campaign with a 6–2 win againstGeorgia. The draw forUEFA Euro 2012 resulted in Bulgaria finding itself in a qualifying group withEngland,Switzerland,Wales andMontenegro.
2010 was a very disappointing year for Stoilov and Bulgaria. He recorded a series of weak results, including 5 losses and only 1 draw withSouth Africa in 6 games. On 7 September 2010, Bulgaria lost for the first time in 5 years inSofia to Montenegro in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier with a score of 0–1. After this match Stoilov announced his resignation from his position as coach of the national team.
In 2011 he was coachingAnorthosis Famagusta, where he banned two players,Mark Fotheringham andGiannis Skopelitis, to train at the club's training ground.[4]
In the winter of 2012 Stoilov was appointed as the new manager ofBotev Plovdiv. His official debut was on 1 March 2013 againstSlavia Sofia in a 2:2 draw. In the2013–14 UEFA Europa League, Botev eliminated 2 teams, before losing toStuttgart on away goals. On a domestic level, Botev became only2014 cup runner-up.
On 22 June 2014, Stoilov signed withFC Astana of theKazakhstan Premier League.[5] In the2014–15 UEFA Europa League, Astana eliminated three teams to reach the play-offs, where they lost toVillarreal. The club won its maiden title in the2014 season, despite being in third place when Stoilov had become its manager. Astana was entitled to play in the second qualifying round of the2015–16 UEFA Champions League, where Stoilov's team eliminatedNK Maribor.[6] Astana beatHJK Helsinki in the third qualifying round andAPOEL Nicosia in the play-off round. Thus, Stanimir Stoilov became the first Bulgarian to coach two teams in the group stage of the Champions League.[7] On 9 December 2015, Stoilov extended his Astana contract for another two years.[8] On 8 January 2018, Astana announced they had agreed a new contract with Stoilov.[9]
On 1 September 2021, Stoilov took over the team ofLevski Sofia for the second time in his career. He was appointed as a manager in one of the worst moments in the club's history, ranking 10th in the league standings after the first 6 games with 4 losses and just 2 wins and in a very bad financial state. A few days after his appointment he released three players –Simeon Slavchev,Valeri Bojinov andHristofor Hubchev and signed two younger –José Córdoba fromEtar andDimitar Kostadinov fromSeptemvri Sofia. Under his management, the team managed to improve promptly, earning 20 points by the end of the half-season with 5 wins, 5 draws, and 3 losses and qualifying for theBulgarian Cup quarter-finals, eliminatingMarek Dupnitsa andSeptemvri Simitli. The better results of the team were completely justified as Stoilov managed to dramatically improve the team's style of play, with Levski dominating in most of the games. Thus, at the time of the winter break, the team had climbed to 6th place in the league standings. In the upcoming transfer window, Stoilov released 6 players –Gjoko Zajkov,Christos Shelis,Ivaylo Naydenov,Borislav Tsonev,Georgi Aleksandrov andMartin Petkov, and signed just as many –defendersKellian van der Kaap andNoah Sonko Sundberg, BulgariansIliyan Stefanov fromBeroe andFilip Krastev (on loan from BelgianLommel), bothattacking midfielders. The other new additions were BraziliansWenderson Tsunami (aleft-back) andWelton (aforward). All of the newcomers became a key part of Stoilov's squad and were relatively young (all of them signed as free agents except Welton). In the second half of the season the team showed tremendous improvement winning 11 league games, drawing 2 and losing 2 finishing 4th in the final standings. In addition, Stoilov's Levski won theCup, securing the first trophy for the team since 2009 and participation in European tournaments. In the quarter-finals, the team eliminatedSeptemvri Sofia with a 2–0 home win, and then facedLudogorets in the semis, knocking them out with 4–2 aggregate score. TheCup final was against Levski's biggest rival –CSKA Sofia. Stoilov's team won 1–0, with the only goal scored byIliyan Stefanov from long range. Throughout the whole tournament, Stoilov gave chance to the reserve goalkeeper of Levski – born in 2004 –Plamen Andreev, who started in each of the six matches, conceding only 2 goals (both in the first leg game against Ludogorets).
Stoilov's teams tend to emphasize possession football and good ball control and he has been praised for his openness to promoting young players from the junior squads to the senior team. He also played a part in reinvigorating the career ofHristo Yovov, who subsequently established himself as one of the key players forLevski Sofia in the mid-2000s.[10]
| Club performance | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Haskovo | B Group | 1987–88 | 32 | 11 | ? | ? | – | 32 | 11 | ||
| 1988–89 | 33 | 23 | ? | ? | – | 33 | 23 | ||||
| 1989–90 | 36 | 27 | ? | ? | – | 36 | 27 | ||||
| Total | 101 | 61 | ? | ? | – | 101 | 61 | ||||
| Levski Sofia | A Group | 1990–91 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 2 | – | 38 | 13 | ||
| 1991–92 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 14 | |||
| Total | 56 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 27 | |||
| Fenerbahçe | 1.Lig | 1992–93 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| CSKA Sofia | A Group | 1993–94 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| Levski Sofia | A Group | 1994–95 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2[b] | 1 | 31 | 15 | |
| Campomaiorense | Primeira Divisão | 1995–96 | 31 | 7 | ? | ? | – | 31 | 7 | ||
| Segunda Liga | 1996–97 | 21 | 12 | ? | ? | – | 21 | 12 | |||
| Total | 52 | 19 | ? | ? | – | 52 | 19 | ||||
| Slavia Sofia | A Group | 1997–98 | 29 | 12 | ? | ? | – | 29 | 12 | ||
| Levski Sofia | A Group | 1998–99 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3[c] | 0 | 31 | 2 | |
| 1999–2000 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 35 | 3 | |||
| 2000–01 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1[d] | 0 | 18 | 4 | |||
| 2001–02 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8[e] | 0 | 45 | 0 | |||
| 2002–03 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8[f] | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| Total | 111 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 158 | 9 | |||
| Career total | 396 | 136 | 41 | 13 | 31 | 1 | 468 | 150 | |||
| Bulgaria | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3 | 2 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 14 | 3 |
International goals[11]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 26 August 1992 | Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon |  Turkey | 1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 2. | 2–3 | |||||
| 3. | 12 February 2000 | Estadio Playa Ancha, Valparaíso |  Chile | 2–3 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | F | A | Win % | |||||
| Levski Sofia |  | 1 June 2004 | 6 May 2008 | 165 | 109 | 31 | 25 | 531 | 234 | 066.06 | |
| Bulgaria | | 10 April 2007 | 6 June 2007 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 100.00 | |
| Litex Lovech | | 1 July 2008 | 28 August 2009 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 047.83 | |
| Bulgaria | | 1 January 2009 | 8 September 2010 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 021.43 | |
| Anorthosis Famagusta |  | 27 December 2010 | 25 September 2011 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 21 | 058.06 | |
| Botev Plovdiv | | 1 January 2013 | 4 June 2014 | 59 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 60 | 18 | 052.54 | |
| Astana |  | 23 June 2014 | 31 December 2017 | 169 | 100 | 38 | 31 | 289 | 156 | 059.17 | |
| Kazakhstan | | 1 January 2018 | 17 January 2019 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 033.33 | |
| Levski Sofia | | 1 September 2021 | 8 April 2023 | 61 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 89 | 37 | 052.46 | |
| Göztepe | | 21 November 2023 | 54 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 100 | 48 | 055.56 | ||
| Total | 586 | 338 | 133 | 115 | 1,183 | 571 | 057.68 | ||||
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