Stancho Bonchev

{{short description|Bulgarian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Vasilev|Bonchev|lang=Bulgarian}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Stancho Bonchev

| image = 1969–70 Fairs Cup - Juventus v Lokomotiv Plovdiv - Castano's goal.png

| caption = Bonchev (right) playing for Lokomotiv Plovdiv against Juventus in 1969

| fullname = Stancho Vasilev Bonchev

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1942|5|1}}

| birth_place = Medovnica, Bulgaria

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|10|12|1942|5|1|df=yes}}

| death_place = Plovdiv, Bulgaria

| height =

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1957–1960 | clubs1 = Benkovski Vidin | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1960–1962 | clubs2 = Sliven | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1962–1967 | clubs3 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv | caps3 = 112 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1967–1969 | clubs4 = CSKA Sofia | caps4 = 28 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1969–1980 | clubs5 = Lokomotiv Plovdiv | caps5 = 219 | goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1965–1968

| nationalteam1 = Bulgaria

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Stancho Vasilev Bonchev ({{langx|bg|Станчо Василев Бончев}}) (1 May 1942-2013) was a Bulgarian football goalkeeper.{{cite journal| url=http://www.events.bg/bg/holidays/4505/%D0%B7%D0%BC%D1%81-%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%BE-%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2---%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%88-%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82| title=Bonchev| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005110619/http://www.events.bg/bg/holidays/4505/%D0%B7%D0%BC%D1%81-%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%BE-%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2---%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%88-%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82| archivedate=2011-10-05}} He is legendary player of Lokomotiv Plovdiv and holds the record for the goalkeeper with the most First League appearances - 359 in total (331 league appearances for Lokomotiv Plovdiv and 28 for CSKA Sofia). Stancho Bonchev is also "best footballer of Plovdiv" for 1965 and "Master of Sports" since 1978.{{cite web|url=https://sportal.bg/news-2020062408542767438 |title=Отиде си легенда на Локо (Пд) |language=bg |access-date=22 August 2022}}

Bonchev played for the Bulgaria national football team in the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying rounds.{{cite web|website=RSSSF|author1=Haisma, Marcel |author2=van den Elsen, John |name-list-style=amp |title=European Championship 1968 (Details)|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/68e-full.html|date=7 February 2007}}