Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev (Bulgarian: Ивайло Богданов Петев; born 9 July 1975) is a Bulgarian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Ivaylo Petev
Petev in 2010
Personal information
Full name Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev
Date of birth (1975-07-09) 9 July 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Lovech, Bulgaria
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1994 Litex Lovech
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2002 Litex Lovech 86 (15)
1995–1996Parva Atomna (loan)
1998 → Olimpik Teteven (loan) 6 (0)
1999Spartak Varna (loan) 19 (2)
2002 Cherno More Varna 10 (1)
2003 Litex Lovech 3 (0)
2003–2004 Spartak Varna 13 (3)
2004–2005 Rodopa Smolyan 28 (4)
2006 Dunav Ruse 26 (2)
2007 Marek Dupnitsa 10 (1)
2007 Trikala 22 (1)
2008–2009 Lyubimets 28 (5)
2009–2010 Etar 1924 23 (5)
Total 274 (39)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Lyubimets
2010–2013 Ludogorets Razgrad
2013 Levski Sofia
2013–2014 AEL Limassol
2014–2016 Bulgaria
2016–2017 Dinamo Zagreb
2017–2018 Omonia
2018–2019 Al Qadsiah
2019–2020 Jagiellonia Białystok
2021–2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2023 Ludogorets Razgrad
2023–2024 Universitatea Craiova
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petev spent his whole career playing in Bulgaria, apart from a season at Greek club Trikala. He was most successful early in his career with hometown club Litex Lovech.

After finishing his playing career, Petev became a manager, managing and having the most success at Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad. He also worked as a manager in Cyprus, Croatia, Saudi Arabia and Poland. Petev worked as head coach of the Bulgaria and Bosnia and Herzegovina national team as well.

Playing career

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Petev previously played as a midfielder for Litex Lovech, Spartak Varna, Rodopa Smolyan and Marek Dupnitsa.[1]

Managerial career

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Ludogorets Razgrad

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After a short spell at Lyubimets as a player-manager in 2009, Petev was appointed as manager of Ludogorets Razgrad, following Kiril Domuschiev's purchase of the club. He managed to lead the team to a promotion to the top division of Bulgarian football, followed by two A Group titles (the first in the club's history), a Bulgarian Cup and a Bulgarian Supercup. On 21 July 2013, Ludogorets replaced Petev with Stoycho Stoev after poor performances against Lyubimets and Slovan Bratislava in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds.[2]

Levski Sofia

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On 8 October 2013, Petev became manager of Levski Sofia, which proved unpopular because of his past club allegiances. At his public unveiling, gathered Levski supporters stripped off his shirt in front of the press, which led to Petev's resignation a day later.[3][4][5][6]

AEL Limassol

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In October 2013, Petev signed a contract with Cypriot side AEL Limassol. He led AEL to the first place in the regular season's league table, three points ahead of Apollon Limassol and APOEL Nicosia, which resulted in the qualification for the play-offs. Although leading the group until the last round, AEL lost the title in the decisive match against APOEL. Despite the defeat, AEL qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League season. Petev led the team to a 1–0 win against Zenit Saint Petersburg in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, but his team failed to keep the advantage and lost the second leg 0–3, thus being eliminated and placed in the UEFA Europa League. AEL were drawn against English team, Tottenham Hotspur, but were eliminated after losing 5–1 on aggregate.

Bulgaria

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In December 2014, Petev was officially appointed by the Bulgarian Football Union as head coach of the Bulgaria national team.[7] In his first official game in charge, Bulgaria played a 2–2 draw at home against Italy despite leading until the 84th minute thanks to first half goals from Ivelin Popov and Iliyan Mitsanski. The team eventually finished in fourth place and was unable to qualify for UEFA Euro 2016. During his tenure, Petev was interested in strengthening the national side by securing the services of a number of foreign-born players with Bulgarian roots such as Borys Tashchy and Nikola Vujadinović, though some issues, mainly relating to the paperwork, prevented them from making their debuts.[8]

Dinamo Zagreb

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On 27 September 2016, Petev became manager of Croatian team Dinamo Zagreb.

He was sacked on 13 July 2017, after Dinamo finished the season trophyless for the first time in twelve years, and after he fell out with several players including Ante Ćorić, Sammir and Junior Fernandes.[9]

Later career

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After Dinamo, Petev worked as a manager at Cypriot club Omonia, Saudi Arabian side Al Qadsiah and Polish club Jagiellonia Białystok.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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On 21 January 2021, it was announced that the Bosnia and Herzegovina FA had named Petev as the new Bosnia and Herzegovina national team head coach, ahead of the country's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[10]

He debuted as head coach on 24 March 2021, in a World Cup qualifier game against Finland, which ended as a 2–2 draw.[11] By the end of the qualifying campaign, Bosnia and Herzegovina won only seven points, making it the worst qualifying campaign in their history.[12][13] On 23 September 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina topped their group in the UEFA Nations League, and got promoted to League A.[14]

Despite promoting the team to the UEFA Nations League A, Petev's contract expired and he was released from his duties as head coach in December 2022, before the start of Bosnia and Herzegovina's UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.[15][16]

Return to Ludogorets

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In March 2023, Petev once again took over as manager of Ludogorets Razgrad, succeeding Ante Šimundža.[17]

Personal life

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In December 2014, Petev appeared on Slavi's Show. He is married and has a daughter.[18]

Managerial statistics

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As of 7 April 2024[19]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat. From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ludogorets Razgrad   1 July 2010 21 July 2013 94 62 19 13 186 66 +120 065.96
Levski Sofia   8 October 2013 9 October 2013 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
AEL Limassol   25 October 2013 17 November 2014 43 26 8 9 78 40 +38 060.47
Bulgaria   17 December 2014 27 September 2016 13 5 2 6 14 25 −11 038.46
Dinamo Zagreb   29 September 2016 13 July 2017 35 23 5 7 60 26 +34 065.71
Omonia   14 December 2017 21 March 2018 15 8 1 6 31 21 +10 053.33
Al Qadsiah   5 November 2018 10 March 2019[20] 15 5 2 8 17 20 −3 033.33
Jagiellonia Białystok   30 December 2019 31 July 2020 17 6 5 6 17 25 −8 035.29
Bosnia and Herzegovina   21 January 2021 31 December 2022 20 6 7 7 19 24 −5 030.00
Ludogorets Razgrad   7 March 2023 27 October 2023 42 25 5 12 89 49 +40 059.52
Universitatea Craiova   7 November 2023 10 April 2024 20 10 5 5 34 27 +7 050.00
Total 314 176 59 79 545 323 +222 056.05

Honours

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Player

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Litex Lovech

Manager

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Ludogorets Razgrad

Dinamo Zagreb

References

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  1. ^ "Stats Centre: Ivaylo Petev Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Soccer-Ludogorets sack coach Petev one game into new season - Yahoo Sports". sports.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Ивайло Петев си тръгна завинаги от "Левски"!". topsport.bg. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Levski Sofia coach Petev quits club after fan altercation". BBC Sport. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  5. ^ Скандал! Петев съблечен гол и изгонен от феновете на Левски!. nqkoi nqkoisi. 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ Fans of Levski Sofia took off clothes of the coach and kicked him out of the press conference. BulgarianFootball. 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ Kichukov, Simeon (30 June 2022). "Търси се треньор: как националният отбор се върти в омагьосан кръг" (in Bulgarian). dnevnik.bg. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Хубчев се отказа от чужденците. Селекционерът замразява натурализирането на Ташчъ" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Ivajlo Petev više nije trener Dinama: Poznat njegov nasljednik!". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 13 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  10. ^ N.K. (21 January 2021). "Bugarin Ivaylo Petev je novi selektor nogometne reprezentacije BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  11. ^ E.B. (24 March 2021). "Zmajevi remijem u Finskoj počeli kvalifikacije za Svjetsko prvenstvo" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Veliko razočaranje u susjedstvu! Bivši trener Dinama na udaru: 'Neću odgovoriti, jako si negativan'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  13. ^ Ibrulj, Saša (18 November 2021). "Kako je (opet) propala BiH". Telesport (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  14. ^ Ibrulj, Saša (24 September 2022). "Petev: U se i u svoje kljuse". Telesport (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  15. ^ E. Ganibegović (25 December 2022). "Kraj saradnje: Ivaylo Petev bivši". Sportsport (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  16. ^ Ibrulj, Saša (5 January 2023). "Djed Mraz u BiH nogometu". Telesport (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Официално: Ивайло Петев се завърна в Лудогорец" (in Bulgarian). dsport.bg. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  18. ^ Dimitrov, Milen (13 May 2016). "Ивайло Петев: aз да се откажа? Абсурд". vitoshanews.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  19. ^ "Ivaylo Petev Bogdanov". Sofascore (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  20. ^ نادي القادسية السعودي [@qadisiyah1967] (10 March 2019). "🔘 ادارة النادي تنهي بالتراضي عقد البلغاري بيتيفا ومساعدية وتقدم الشكر لهم ... https://t.co/rxmDOM2rjJ" (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via Twitter.
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