Nikolay Kostov

Nikolay Nikolov Kostov (; born 2 July 1963) is a Bulgarian former footballer and current manager of Bulgarian First League club Levski Sofia.

Career

Much of his coaching career has taken place in Cyprus. His first coaching role in the country was at Anorthosis, where he won the Cypriot Cup in 2002. In 2006, he joined Olympiakos Nicosia, but was replaced by Juan Ramon Rocha in October 2006. He was the coach for Metalurh Donetsk from 2008 to 2010, a role from which he resigned in November 2010.

On 4 November 2011, he was revealed as the new manager of Levski Sofia. His contract ran until the end of the 2011–12 season. He resigned from his position on 26 March 2012, after enduring his first and only defeat with the club - a 0:1 home loss against Minyor Pernik. In late July 2012, Kostov was appointed as the new head coach of Karpaty Lviv.

On 11 November 2015, Nikolay Kostov was appointed as the new head coach of Botev Plovdiv. On 24 August 2016, he was released from his duties.

After several years of coaching in Ukraine and Kazakhstan, on 13 June 2023, Kostov returned to Levski Sofia.

Honours

Anorthosis

Cypriot Cup: 2002

References

External links

Profile at LevskiSofia.info

1963 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Dobrich

Men's association football midfielders

Bulgarian men's footballers

Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers

First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players

Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players

Cypriot First Division players

FC Dobrudzha Dobrich players

PFC Levski Sofia players

PFC Slavia Sofia players

FC Spartak Varna players

Anorthosis Famagusta FC players

Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus

Bulgarian football managers

Bulgarian expatriate football managers

Anorthosis Famagusta FC managers

AEK Larnaca FC managers

FC Urartu managers

FC Metalurh Donetsk managers

Olympiakos Nicosia managers

PFC Levski Sofia managers

FC Karpaty Lviv managers

SC Tavriya Simferopol managers

Ukrainian Premier League managers

Botev Plovdiv managers

FC Tosno managers

FC Stal Kamianske managers

FC Shakhter Karagandy managers

FC Caspiy managers

Expatriate football managers in Ukraine

Expatriate football managers in Russia

Expatriate football managers in Cyprus

Expatriate football managers in Armenia

Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Russia

Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine

Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus

Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia