Vasil Metodiev

Vasil Metodiev (Васил Методиев; (6 January 1935 – 29 July 2019), nicknamed Shpaydela, was a Bulgarian football midfielder who played for Bulgaria in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Lokomotiv Sofia. 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.