Todor Batkov (born 17 October 1958 in Smolyan

Smolyan

Smolyan is a town and ski resort in the very south of Bulgaria not far from the border with Greece. It is the administrative and industrial centre of the homonymous Smolyan Province...

) is president of the Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n football

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 club Levski

PFC Levski Sofia

"Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...

 (Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

).

Since June 1991, Batkov has been a managing partner of the “Batkov, Stoev, Botev and Co.” Lawyer’s House. He is a member of the College of Barristers, the International Lawyer’s League and the Supervising Council of MobilTel Ltd

Mobiltel

Mobiltel , commonly known as M-Tel , is the first and largest GSM mobile phone operator in Bulgaria. M-Tel was founded in March 1994 by Mr...

. Batkov is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Standard News Ltd – publisher of the “Standart

Standart (newspaper)

Standart is a Bulgarian newspaper founded in 1992. Chairman of the board of editors is Todor Batkov. The online edition has an English language section.-External links:**...

” Newspaper.

Batkov is generally infamous within Levski Sofia fans, who believe that he does not have the club's best interests at heart, but some Levski factions like Sofia West tend to be supportive of him. On 30 March 2006, Batkov caused controversy when in the post-match interview following Levski Sofia's 1:3 home defeat against German

Germany

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 side FC Schalke 04

FC Schalke 04

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, he summed up English

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 referee Mike Riley

Mike Riley (referee)

Riley took charge of the 2004 Carling Cup final, between Bolton and Middlesbrough, in a game that saw all three goals scored within the first 25 minutes...

's performance as follows: "This British homosexual broke the game!" (Bulgarian

Bulgarian language

Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...

: "Този британски педераст развали мача!"), referring to what he perceived as Riley's controversial dismissal of Levski Sofia midfielder Cédric Bardon

Cédric Bardon

Cédric Bardon is a former French footballer who last played for Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël. He was one of the best players in Bulgarian Levski Sofia.-In France:...

 for a second yellow card in the 35th minute of the game.
Batkov was subsequently fined 5000 Swiss franks and banned from attending the next 2 Levski games in any UEFA

UEFA

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tournaments.