Footballers' Footballer of the Year Awards ( bg, Награди Футболист на футболистите) are annual

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awards for the best

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of the year, best young player of the year and best

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of the year in

Bulgarian football Football ( bg, футбол, ''futbol'') is the most popular sport in Bulgaria. It was introduced in 1893–1894 by Swiss gymnastics teachers invited to the country. A football (initially called ритнитоп, ''ritnitop'', "kickball") mat ...

. 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

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(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 The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...

), 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

Young player of the year

Manager of the year

Women's player of the year

The women's player of the year award has been presented since 2016.

References

{{Football in Bulgaria Footballers in Bulgaria Player of the Season (football) 2002 establishments in Bulgaria Awards established in 2002 Annual events in Bulgaria Association football player non-biographical articles