Overview
- The Bulgarian Football Union announced Tuesday that Borislav Mihaylov died at 63.
- The former goalkeeper captained Bulgaria to the 1994 World Cup semifinals, the country’s best finish.
- He later led the Bulgarian Football Union as president from 2005 to 2019 and again from 2021 to 2023.
- Reports say he suffered a stroke in November 2025 and did not recover from its effects.
- Hristo Stoichkov called him “our captain, our leader, our friend,” and Reading FC posted condolences.