Stanislav Genchev

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Petrov and the family name is Genchev.

Stanislav Petrov Genchev (Bulgarian: Станислав Петров Генчев; born 20 March 1981) is a Bulgarian former footballer and current manager.

Stanislav Genchev

Personal information
Full name	Stanislav Petrov Genchev
Date of birth	(1981-03-20) 20 March 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth	Dryanovo, Bulgaria
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Etar Veliko Tarnovo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2005	Levski Sofia	57	(6)
2000	→ Spartak Varna (loan)	14	(2)
2000–2001	→ Velbazhd (loan)	26	(4)
2003–2004	→ Cherno More (loan)	29	(4)
2005–2008	Litex Lovech	79	(8)
2008–2011	Vaslui	82	(5)
2011–2013	Ludogorets Razgrad	55	(9)
2013	Litex Lovech	5	(0)
2014	AEL Limassol	10	(0)
2014–2015	Slavia Sofia	13	(1)
2015–2016	Montana	28	(1)
2016–2017	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	27	(2)
Total		425	(42)
International career
2008–2010	Bulgaria	5	(1)
Managerial career
2016	Etar Veliko Tarnovo (assistant)
2017–2018	Etar Veliko Tarnovo
2018–2019	Etar Veliko Tarnovo (assistant)
2019	Bulgaria (assistant)
2019–2022	Ludogorets Razgrad (assistant)
2019	Ludogorets Razgrad (interim)
2020–2021	Ludogorets Razgrad (interim)
2021–2022	Ludogorets Razgrad (interim)
2022–2023	Lokomotiv Sofia
2023	Botev Plovdiv
2023–2024	Krumovgrad
2024	Levski Sofia
2025–	Lokomotiv Sofia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

SC Vaslui

Genchev as a player in 2008

SC Vaslui signed Genchev as a free player, on 14 June 2008.^{[citation needed]} Genchev signed a three-year contract. He scored in his first game for SC Vaslui, in a 2–1 defeat against Neftchi Baku, scoring with a 25 metres shot. He played as a defensive midfielder, central midfielder, right midfielder, central defender and as a right defender, having some great performances. On 4 August, against Omonia Nicosia, he played for 10 minutes, as a goalkeeper, after Kuciak was sent off.

Ludogorets Razgrad

Genchev featured regularly for Ludogorets and was an important player for the team during the 2011/2012 season. On 18 November 2012, he scored a brace against Levski Sofia to help his team to a 2–1 win and enable it to reclaim the top spot in the A PFG table.^[1]

On 2 June 2017, Genchev announced his official retirement as player.^[2]

International career

In March 2008, the Bulgarian national coach Plamen Markov called up Stanislav Genchev to Bulgaria national football team for a friendly match with Finland. On 26 March 2008, Genchev made his debut for Bulgaria. He played for 25 minutes and scored the winning goal in the 90th minute. The result of the match was 2–1 in favour of Bulgaria.^{[citation needed]} Genchev's last call-up to the national team was in October 2011 (under caretaker manager Mihail Madanski) for a Euro 2012 qualifier against Wales.

Managerial career

In June 2023, Genchev was appointed as head coach of Botev Plovdiv.^[3] In August 2023, he was released from the team after a disappointing start to the season.^[4]

Playing statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Levski Sofia	1998–99	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
	1999–2000	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
	2001–02	20	3	1	1	5	0	26	4
	2002–03	17	1	8	1	6	0	31	2
	2004–05	17	1	3	0	4	0	24	1
	Total	57	6	13	2	16	0	86	8
Spartak Varna (loan)	1999–00	14	2	0	0	—		14	2
Velbazhd Kyustendil (loan)	2000–01	26	4	1	0	—		27	4
Cherno More (loan)	2003–04	29	4	3	1	—		32	5
Litex Lovech	2005–06	27	1	2	1	9	0	38	2
	2006–07	28	5	4	0	5	1	35	6
	2007–08	24	2	4	0	4	1	33	3
	Total	79	8	10	1	18	2	107	11
SC Vaslui	2008–09	34	3	3	1	6	2	43	6
	2009–10	21	2	1	0	3	0	25	2
	2010–11	27	0	0	0	2	0	29	0
	Total	82	5	4	1	11	2	97	8
Ludogorets Razgrad	2011–12	27	6	4	1	0	0	31	7
	2012–13	28	3	1	0	2	0	31	3
	Total	55	9	5	1	2	0	62	10
Litex Lovech	2013–14	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
AEL Limassol	2013–14	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Slavia Sofia	2014–15	13	1	1	0	—		14	1
Montana	2015–16	28	1	4	0	—		32	1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2016–17	27	2	1	0	—		28	2
Career total		425	42	42	6	47	4	514	52

International

Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	26 March 2008	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia	Finland	2–1	2–1	Friendly

Managerial statistics

As of 8 December 2024

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	8 January 2017	30 June 2017	28	10	11	7	035.71	37	39	-2
Ludogorets Razgrad (interim)	9 September 2019	31 December 2019	20	13	5	2	065.00	35	15	+20
	28 October 2020	3 January 2021	11	5	1	5	045.45	16	21	-5
	9 October 2021	3 January 2022	16	9	1	6	056.25	32	21	+11
Lokomotiv Sofia	25 May 2022	6 June 2023	41	14	10	17	034.15	50	56	-6
Botev Plovdiv	8 June 2023	22 August 2023	6	0	2	4	000.00	3	9	-6
Krumovgrad	28 October 2023	31 May 2024	21	8	7	6	038.10	32	26	+6
Levski Sofia	1 June 2024	present	19	13	1	5	068.42	34	13	+21
Total			167	75	39	53	044.91	250	207	+43

Honours

Levski Sofia

• Bulgarian A Football Group: 2001–02
• Bulgarian Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05

Ludogorets Razgrad

• Bulgarian A Football Group: 2011–12, 2012–13
• Bulgarian Cup: 2011–12

Litex Lovech

• Bulgarian Cup: 2007–08

Etar

• Bulgarian Second League: 2016–17

FC Vaslui

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2008

Individual

• FC Vaslui Player of the Season: 2008–09