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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Stanimir Stoilov
| image = Stanimir Stoilov.JPG
| image_size = 250
| fullname = Stanimir Kolev Stoilov
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|2|13}}
| birth_place = [[Haskovo]], Bulgaria
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[FC Astana]] (manager)
| youthyears1= 1977–1985
| youthclubs1= [[FC Haskovo]]
| years1 = 1985–1990 | years2 = 1990–1992 | years3 = 1992–1993 | years4 = 1993–1994 | years5 = 1994–1995 | years6 = 1995–1997 | years7 = 1997–1998 | years8 = 1998–2003
| clubs1 = [[FC Haskovo|Haskovo]] | clubs2 = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] | clubs3 = [[Fenerbahçe S.K.|Fenerbahçe]] | clubs4 = [[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]] | clubs5 = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] | clubs6 = [[S.C. Campomaiorense|Campomaiorense]] | clubs7 = [[PFC Slavia Sofia|Slavia Sofia]] | clubs8 = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]
| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = 74 | goals2 = 27 | caps3 = 23 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 19 | goals4 = 4 | caps5 = 38 | goals5 = 15 | caps6 = 52 | goals6 = 19 | caps7 = 29 | goals7 = 12 | caps8 = 153 | goals8 = 9
| nationalyears1= 1992–2000
| nationalteam1= [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]
| nationalcaps1= 14 | nationalgoals1 = 3
| manageryears1 = 2004–2008 | manageryears2 = 2007 | manageryears3 = 2008–2009 | manageryears4 = 2009–2010 | manageryears5 = 2011 | manageryears6 = 2013–2014 | manageryears7 = 2014–
| managerclubs1 = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] | managerclubs2 = [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] | managerclubs3 = [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]] | managerclubs4 = [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] | managerclubs5 = [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]] | managerclubs6 = [[Botev Plovdiv]] | managerclubs7 = [[FC Astana|Astana]]
}}
'''Stanimir Kolev Stoilov''', nicknamed '''''Murray''''', ({{lang-bg|Станимир Колев Стоилов, ''Мъри''}}) (born 13 February 1967) is a former [[Bulgaria]]n [[association football|footballer]], former manager of [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]], [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]] and the [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgarian national team]]. He is currently manager of [[FC Astana]] of the [[Kazakhstan Premier League]].

==Career==

===Player===
Stoilov began his career at the local [[FC Haskovo]], where he stayed until 1990. His first spell at [[Levski Sofia]] spanned for 2 years, between July 1990 and June 1992, when he moved to the [[Turkey|Turkish]] club of [[Fenerbahçe SK|Fenerbahche]] and then played shortly for Levski rival [[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]] only to return to Levski Sofia for another year between July 1994 and June 1995. He then spent some time playing in [[Portugal]] and then for [[PFC Slavia Sofia]] before returning again to Levski Sofia for a third spell since July 1998 as a captain and assistant manager since July 2000.

===Coach===
In 2004, he became the manager of Levski, most notably leading the team to the [[UEFA Cup 2005-06]] quarter final stage and then becoming the first Bulgarian club to ever reach the group stage of the [[UEFA Champions League]] during the 2006–07 season.<ref>[http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/club=50044/club.html]</ref> He has also led the team to winning the [[Bulgarian Cup|national cup]] in 2005 and 2007, [[Bulgarian Supercup]] in 2005 and 2007 and the 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 [[Bulgarian A Professional Football Group|national championship]].

Stoilov briefly coached the Bulgarian national under-19 side (2003–2004). In April 2007, Stanimir Stoilov was assigned as caretaker manager of the Bulgarian national football team for the matches against Belarus in June from the [[Euro 2008]] qualification campaign. His side won the first match against Belarus in [[Minsk]] 2–0 on 2 June 2007 and the second in [[Sofia]] 2–1 on 6 June 2007.

On 7 May 2008, Stoilov was sacked from Levski Sofia together with his friend and colleague [[Nasko Sirakov]]. Before the 2008–09 season he took over at [[Litex 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.<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=Reuters|title=Bulgaria coach Stoilov quits Litex after European exit|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-europebulgariastoilov&prov=reuters&type=lgns|date=2009-08-28|accessdate=2009-08-28}}</ref>

In the beginning of 2009, Stanimir was announced as the manager of [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/cricketNews/idUKLU72403920090130?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0 | work=Reuters | title=Briefs 4-Stoilov set to return as Bulgaria's soccer coach | date=30 January 2009}}</ref>

Stoilov didn't manage to get [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] into the World Cup. After two draws with the main rival for the play-offs [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]] and a 2–0 victory against [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]] [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria's]] job was now even harder. After the summer of 2009 [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] won against [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]] 1–0 in a friendly and against [[Montenegro national football team|Montenegro]] with 4–1, Stoilov's got his first lost with the national team against [[Italy national football team|Italy]] with 2–0. From that moment everything for Stoilov wasn't going well and he recorded a disappointing loss from [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]] with 4–1. Bulgaria finished the campaign with a 6–2 win against [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]]. The draw for the [[UEFA Euro 2012]] defined [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] to play along with [[England national football team|England]], [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]], [[Wales national football team|Wales]] and [[Montenegro national football team|Montenegro]].

2010 was a very disappointing year for Stoilov and [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]. He recorded a series of weak results, including 5 losses and only 1 draw with [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]] in 6 games. On 7 September 2010, [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] lost for the first time in 5 years in [[Sofia]] from [[Montenegro national football team|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 [[Bulgaria national football team|national team]].

In the winter of 2012 Stoilov was appointed as a new manager of [[Botev Plovdiv]]. His official debut was on 1 March 2013 against [[Slavia Sofia]] in a 2:2 draw. In the [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League]], Botev eliminated 2 teams, before losing to [[VfB Stuttgart|Stuttgart]] on away goals. On domestic level, Botev became only [[2014 Bulgarian Cup Final|2014 cup]] runner-up.

On 22 June 2014, Stoilov signed with [[FC Astana]] of the [[Kazakhstan Premier League]].<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=inform.kz|title=New coach of FC Astana named |url=http://www.inform.kz/eng/article/2671000|date=2014-06-22|accessdate=2014-06-27}}</ref> In the [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League]], Astana eliminated three teams to reach the play-offs, where they lost to [[Villarreal CF|Villarreal]]. The club won its maiden title in the [[2014 Kazakhstan Premier League|2014 season]], despite being in third place when Stoilov had become its manager. Astana was entitled to play in the second qualifying round of the [[2015–16 UEFA Champions League]], where Stoilov's team eliminated [[NK Maribor]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Astana oust Maribor, BATE, Steaua, Celtic go on|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2267090.html|publisher=UEFA|date=22 July 2015}}</ref> Astana beat [[Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi|HJK Helsinki]] in the third qualifying round and [[APOEL FC|APOEL 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Мъри за втори път влезе през парадния вход в ШЛ|url=http://gong.bg/football-sviat/shampionska-liga/myri-za-vtori-pyt-vleze-prez-paradniia-vhod-v-shl-342414|publisher=gong.bg|date=26 August 2015|language=bg}}</ref> On 9 December 2015, Stoilov extended his Astana contract for another two years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Официально: ФК "Астана" продлил контракт со Станимиром Стойловым|url=http://fca.kz/rus/news/4676/|website=fca.kz/|publisher=[[FC Astana]]|accessdate=10 December 2015|language=Russian|date=9 December 2015}}</ref>

==Coaching philosophy==
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 of [[Hristo Yovov]], who subsequently established himself as one of the key players for [[Levski Sofia]] in the mid 2000s.<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=topsport.bg|title=Методите на Станимир Стоилов |url=http://topsport.ibox.bg/comment/id_1290844016|date=2013-08-01|accessdate=2013-11-30}}</ref>

==Manager==
{{updated|match played 20 July 2015}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="8"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!F!!A!!Win %
|-
| [[Levski Sofia]] || {{Flag icon|BUL}} || 1 June 2004 || 6 May 2008 |{{WDL|165|109|31|25|for=0|against=0}}
|-
| [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] || {{Flag icon|BUL}} || 10 April 2007 || 6 June 2007 |{{WDL|2|2|0|0|for=4|against=1}}
|-
| [[Litex Lovech]] || {{Flag icon|BUL}} || 1 July 2008 || 28 August 2009 |{{WDL|23|11|6|6|for=32|against=23}}
|-
| [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] || {{Flag icon|BUL}} || 1 January 2009 || 8 September 2010 |{{WDL|14|3|4|7|for=18|against=22}}
|-
| [[Anorthosis Famagusta]] || {{Flag icon|CYP}} || 27 December 2010 || 25 September 2011 |{{WDL|24|15|4|5|for=36|against=17}}
|-
| [[Botev Plovdiv]] || {{Flag icon|BUL}} || 1 January 2013 || 4 June 2014 |{{WDL|59|31|16|12|for=60|against=18}}
|-
| [[FC Astana|Astana]] || {{Flag icon|KAZ}} || 23 June 2014 || Present |{{WDL|61|33|18|10|for=113|against=56}}
|-
! colspan="4" | Total |{{WDL|348|204|79|65|for=0|against=0}}
|}

==Honours==

===Player===
* {{Flag icon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Levski Sofia]]'''
** [[A Grupa|Bulgarian League]] (4): [[1994-95 A PFG|1995]], [[1999-2000 A PFG|2000]], [[2000-01 A PFG|2001]], [[2001-02 A PFG|2002]]
** [[Bulgarian Cup]] (5): [[1991 Bulgarian Cup Final|1991]], [[1992 Bulgarian Cup Final|1992]], [[2000 Bulgarian Cup Final|2000]], [[2002 Bulgarian Cup Final|2002]], [[2003 Bulgarian Cup Final|2003]]

===Manager===
* {{Flag icon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Levski Sofia]]'''
** [[A Grupa|Bulgarian League]] (2): [[A PFG 2005-06|2006]], [[A PFG 2006-07|2007]]
** [[Bulgarian Cup]] (2): [[2005 Bulgarian Cup Final|2005]], [[2007 Bulgarian Cup Final|2007]]
** [[Bulgarian Supercup]] (2): [[2005 Bulgarian Supercup|2005]], [[2007 Bulgarian Supercup|2007]]
* {{Flag icon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Litex Lovech]]'''
** [[Bulgarian Cup]] (1): [[2008-09 Bulgarian Cup|2009]]
* {{Flag icon|Kazakhstan}} '''[[FC Astana|Astana]]'''
** [[Kazakhstan Premier League]] (3): [[2014 Kazakhstan Premier League|2014]], [[2015 Kazakhstan Premier League|2015]], [[2016 Kazakhstan Premier League|2016]]
** [[Kazakhstan Super Cup]] (1): [[2015 Kazakhstan Super Cup|2015]]

===International competitions===
'''[[UEFA Cup]]: '''
*Quarter-finalist (1): [[UEFA Cup 2005-06|2005–06]] with Levski

'''[[UEFA Champions League]]'''
*Group Stage (2): [[2006–07 UEFA Champions League|2006–07]] with Levski , [[2015–16 UEFA Champions League|2015–16]] with Astana

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.levski.bg/Levski/cms/info/en/club/coach.html]

{{PFC Levski Sofia managers}}
{{PFC Litex Lovech managers}}
{{FC Astana managers}}
{{Bulgaria national football team managers}}

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