In recent years, and not a few, it has been a real event for a Levski coach to keep his position for more than one season, let alone sign a new contract. Well, the last before Julio Velasquez to extend his contract with the club is Nikolay Mitov, writes "Tema Sport".
More than 10 summers ago - in the summer of 2013. That spring he took over the team from the released Ilian Iliev. Although the Blues lost the title in the last round against Slavia (1:1) and the cup final from Beroe, the interim coach received a permanent contract. But he was fired shortly after the start of the next campaign, when the team was eliminated by the Kazakh Irtysh in Europe.
In fact, since Stanimir Stoilov's first stay at “Gerena“ – June 1, 2004 to May 6, 2008, no one has initialed a long-term contract, and has not fulfilled it.
In fact, in the last 15 years – since the 2010/11 season, only two coaches have spent a full campaign with the Blues. Then Yasen Petrov did it. And in 2023/24, Nikolay Kostov also achieved the same. Who was supposed to get a new contract, but in the end had to look for a new job.