Stanislav Bojadžiev

Stanislav Boyadzhiev (, 15 July 1945 – 19 April 2020) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Stanislav Boyadzhiev appeared in seven games, scoring a total of seven points. Over the course of his international career, he earned 113 caps with the Bulgarian national team. In 1966, while playing for Lokomotiv Sofia, he won the Bulgarian national championship. He additionally finished as a silver medalist on five occasions and secured two bronze medals in the Bulgarian Basketball Championship.

Boyadzhiev ended his playing career in 1976 and subsequently began working as a coach. Between 1976 and 2002, he coached women’s basketball teams in Bulgaria, Kuwait, Cyprus, and France. As a head coach, he guided Levski Spartak to five Bulgarian championship titles and contributed to Kremikovtsy winning one national title. His teams also captured six Bulgarian Cups, as well as one French Cup, achieved with Toulouse.

Following the end of his coaching career, he continued to contribute to Bulgarian basketball for many years, serving as Director of the Women’s Basketball Department at the Bulgarian Basketball Federation.

The triumph marked Levski–Spartak’s second consecutive Ronchetti Cup title, following their victory the previous year against Slovan Bratislava. Under Boyadzhiev’s leadership, the team established itself as a dominant force in European women’s basketball during the late 1970s, with several players forming the core of the Bulgarian national team at the time.

Levski–Spartak entered the final as underdogs, facing an opponent that had won the previous editions of the tournament. Despite this, the team established an early lead and ultimately secured the title after a closely contested match. The triumph is regarded as one of the greatest achievements in the history of Bulgarian team sports and remains the only European Champions Cup title won by a Bulgarian women’s basketball club.

Following his death in April 2020, tributes highlighted both his competitive achievements and his long-term commitment to education, professional development, and the advancement of women’s basketball.