Stefan Ivov Velkov

Center Back · Vejle · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.

Career report

Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2023/24Stepped up 2023/24Injury-hit 2025/26

The record covers 5 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 3 clubs, including a move abroad — 101 appearances with 7 goal contributions from defence.

His best campaign on record is 2023/24 at Vejle — Season rating 26, 0 goals and 0 assists in 30 games. 2023/24 was the leap — Season rating up 20 points at Vejle. Form has slipped 9 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 9 Season points.

2025/26 was disrupted — 11 fixtures missed through injury or absence. Made the jump to a higher division in 2023/24 (Superliga) and kept playing — 30 games that season.

By season

Season	Club	Apps	G	Rating	Season
2025/26	Vejle	20	4	33	17
2024/25	Vejle	27	3	36	17
2023/24	Vejle	30	0	38	26
2022/23	Vejle	30	0	—	—
2021/22	MSV Duisburg	16	0	36	7
2020/21	MSV Duisburg	3	0	—	—
2020/21	KFC Uerdingen 05	8	0	36	2
2019/20	WaalwijkLoan	3	0	—	—
2019/20	Den Bosch	21	2	—	—
2018/19	Den Bosch	20	2	—	—
2017/18	Slavia Sofia	22	1	—	—
2016/17	Slavia Sofia	19	1	—	—
2015/16	Slavia Sofia	24	0	—	—
2013/14	Slavia Sofia	21	0	—	—

International

Side	Season	Competition	Apps	G
Bulgaria	2024/25	World Cup - Qualification Europe	1	0
	2020/21	Friendlies	1	0
Bulgaria U21	2019/20	UEFA U21 Championship	9	0
	2017/18	UEFA U21 Championship	2	0
	2015/16	UEFA U21 Championship	5	1
Bulgaria U19	2014/15	UEFA U19 Championship	2	0
Bulgaria U17	2013/14	UEFA U17 Championship	6	0

Honours

1. Division×2Cup×2

By competition

Competition	Apps	Min	G	A	Rating
Superliga	20	1799	4	0	6.7

Schedule · 2025/26

20 played11 injured9 not in squad· 1799 min, 4g 0a

Date	Competition	Opponent	Res	Status	Min	G	Rating
Jan 18	Friendlies Clubs	H B 93	1-0	Not in squad			—
Jan 24	Friendlies Clubs	H Paks	2-4	Not in squad			—
Feb 8	Friendlies Clubs	A FC Midtjylland	1-2	Not in squad			—
Jul 20	Superliga	H Randers FC	1-1	Played	90		6.5
Jul 26	Superliga	A FC Copenhagen	0-2	Played	90		6.3
Aug 1	Superliga	H Odense	4-0	Played	90		7.5
Aug 10	Superliga	A Brondby	1-2	Played	90	1	7.0
Aug 17	Superliga	H FC Midtjylland	0-2	Played	89		6.7
Aug 24	Superliga	A Aarhus	0-1	Not in squad			—
Aug 29	Superliga	H Viborg	1-2	Played	90		7.0
Sep 2	DBU Pokalen	A Skanderborg	6-0	Not in squad			—
Sep 15	Superliga	A FC Fredericia	1-1	Played	90		6.3
Sep 21	Superliga	H Sonderjyske	2-2	Played	90	1	8.3
Sep 24	DBU Pokalen	A Holbæk B&I	3-2	Not in squad			—
Sep 28	Superliga	A Silkeborg	1-1	Played	90	1	7.9
Oct 5	Superliga	H FC Nordsjaelland	0-3	Played	90		6.7
Oct 19	Superliga	A FC Midtjylland	1-5	Yellow Cards			—
Oct 26	Superliga	H Silkeborg	1-2	Played	90		6.2
Oct 29	DBU Pokalen	A Lyseng	4-0	Not in squad			—
Nov 2	Superliga	A Sonderjyske	1-2	Played	90		6.9
Nov 9	Superliga	H FC Copenhagen	2-0	Played	90		7.2
Nov 23	Superliga	A Viborg	2-5	Played	90		4.9
Nov 30	Superliga	A Odense	0-3	Played	90		6.9
Dec 3	DBU Pokalen	A Viborg	1-4	Not in squad			—
Dec 8	Superliga	H Brondby	2-1	Played	90		6.2
Dec 13	DBU Pokalen	H Viborg	1-0	Not in squad			—
Feb 9	Superliga	H FC Fredericia	2-3	Played	90		7.0
Feb 13	Superliga	A Randers FC	0-2	Played	90		5.9
Feb 20	Superliga	A FC Nordsjaelland	3-3	Played	90		6.2
Mar 1	Superliga	H Aarhus	1-2	Played	90	1	7.2
Mar 16	Superliga	A Silkeborg	1-1	Injury			—
Mar 20	Superliga	H Odense	1-1	Injury			—
Apr 6	Superliga	H Randers FC	1-1	Injury			—
Apr 13	Superliga	A FC Fredericia	2-2	Injury			—
Apr 19	Superliga	H FC Copenhagen	1-4	Injury			—
Apr 22	Superliga	H Silkeborg	1-2	Injury			—
Apr 27	Superliga	A FC Copenhagen	0-3	Injury			—
May 3	Superliga	A Randers FC	0-1	Injury			—
May 10	Superliga	H FC Fredericia	2-0	Injury			—
May 17	Superliga	A Odense	1-0	Injury			—