Vasil Metodiev
Bulgarian footballer (1935-2019) · Bulgaria · On the map · Footballers · Died at 84
Vasil Metodiev (Bulgarian: Васил Методиев;, nicknamed Shpaydela, was a Bulgarian football midfielder who played for Bulgaria in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Lokomotiv Sofia.
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Ivan Dimitrov Teammate at FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia, 1959-1965
Nikola Kotkov Teammate at FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia, 1959-1967- Spiro Debarski Teammate at FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia, 1959-1967
Dimitar Penev Teammate at FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia, 1962-1964
Ivan Kolev Teammate at Bulgaria national team, 1960-1965- Stefan Abadzhiev Teammate at Bulgaria national team, 1960-1965
Dimitar Yakimov Teammate at Bulgaria national team, 1960-1965- Georgi Naydenov Teammate at Bulgaria national team, 1960-1965
Atanas Mihaylov Teammate at FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia, 1964-1967- Dimitar Largov Teammate at Bulgaria national team, 1960-1965
Todor Diev Teammate at Bulgaria national team, 1960-1965- Stoyan Kitov Teammate at Bulgaria national team, 1960-1965
- Georgi Sokolov Teammate at Bulgaria national team, 1960-1965
- Georgi Hristakiev Teammate at FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia, 1965-1967
- Ivan Deyanov Teammate at FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia, 1963-1967
- Atanas Gerov Teammate at FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia, 1965-1967
- Nikola Dimitrov Tzanev Teammate at Bulgaria national team, 1960-1965
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He was the legendary coach of Levski Sofia, where he won three Bulgarian championships in 1984, 1985 and 1988, two Bulgarian Cup titles in 1984 and 1991, two Cup of the Soviet Army titles in 1984 and 1988, including one treble in 1984. During the 1984-85 season, as coach of Levski, he eliminated German champions VfB Stuttgart for the European Cup, which makes Metodiev the only Bulgarian coach to have knocked out a Bundesliga winner.
