Bulgaria national under-21 football team

Bulgaria U-21
Nickname(s)Лъвчетата / Lavchetata
(The Young Lions)
AssociationBulgarian Football Union (BFU)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachAleksandar Dimitrov
CaptainDominik Yankov
Most capsPetar Mihtarski (51)
Top scorerAtanas Mihaylov (31)
Home stadiumStadion Aleksandar Shalamanov
FIFA codeBUL
First colours
Second colours

The Bulgaria national under-21 football team (Bulgarian: Mладежки национален отбор на България по футбол)[1] is considered to be the feeder team for the Bulgaria national football team. This team is for Bulgarian players aged under 21 at the start of the calendar year in which a two-year UEFA European Under-21 Championship campaign begins, so some players can remain with the squad until the age of 23.

Competition results

  Champions    Runners-Up    Semi-Finals    Other Top Results  

Balkan Youth Championship

Year Rank
Greece 1968Champions
Bulgaria 1970Champions
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1973Champions

UEFA U-21 European Championship

Year Rank
Europe 1972Semi-Finals
Europe 1974Quarter-Finals
Europe 1976Quarter-Finals
Europe 1978Semi-Finals
Europe 1990Quarter-Finals

UEFA Euro 2023 Qualifier

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 10 8 2 0 32 3 +29 26 Final tournament 2–0 3–0 5–0 3–1 6–0
2  Switzerland 10 7 2 1 22 6 +16 23 2–2 3–0 5–1 1–0 4–0
3  Moldova 10 3 3 4 7 12 5 12 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0
4  Wales 10 3 2 5 15 14 +1 11 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0
5  Bulgaria 10 2 4 4 10 11 1 10 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–4 5–0
6  Gibraltar 10 0 1 9 1 41 40 1 0–7 0–4 0–4 0–7 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Recent fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

24 March 2021 (2021-03-24) Friendly tournament Ukraine  1–2  Bulgaria Antalya, Turkey
16:00 (UTC+03:00)
  • Nazarenko 8'
Report Stadium: Bellis Sports Center
26 March 2021 (2021-03-26) Friendly tournament Bulgaria  3–1  Kazakhstan Antalya, Turkey
15:00 (UTC+03:00)
Report
  • Sagnayev 81' (pen.)
Stadium: Bellis Sports Center
29 March 2021 (2021-03-29) Friendly tournament North Macedonia  5–1  Bulgaria Antalya, Turkey
16:30 (UTC+03:00)
Report
Stadium: Bellis Sports Center
3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) Friendly Bulgaria  0–1  Russia Sofia, Bulgaria
17:30 (UTC+03:00) Report
Stadium: Stadion Slavia
8 June 2021 (2021-06-08) Friendly Bulgaria  4–0  Albania Sofia, Bulgaria
17:30 (UTC+03:00)
Report Stadium: Stadion Slavia
3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification Moldova  0–2  Bulgaria Chișinău, Moldova
20:00 (UTC+03:00) Report
Stadium: Zimbru Stadium
Attendance: 350
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
7 September 2021 (2021-09-07) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification Bulgaria  0–4  Wales Sofia, Bulgaria
18:30 (UTC+03:00) Report
Stadium: Stadion Slavia
Attendance: 400
Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)
8 October 2021 (2021-10-08) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification Bulgaria  5–0  Gibraltar Sofia, Bulgaria
17:30 (18:30 EEST)
Report Stadium: Stadion Slavia
Attendance: 45
Referee: Aleksei Matyunin (Russia)
12 October 2021 (2021-10-12) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification Bulgaria  0–1  Switzerland Sofia, Bulgaria
17:00 (18:00 EEST) Report
Stadium: Stadion Slavia
Attendance: 93
Referee: Lazar Lukić (Serbia)
12 November 2021 (2021-11-12) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification Netherlands  3–1  Bulgaria Almere, Netherlands
19:45 (EET)
Report
Stadium: Yanmar Stadion
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)
16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification Bulgaria  0–0  Moldova Sofia, Bulgaria
18:30 (EET) Report Stadium: Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov
Attendance: 42
Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)
25 March 2022 (2022-03-25) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification Bulgaria  0–0  Netherlands Sofia, Bulgaria
19:45 (EET) Report Stadium: Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov
Attendance: 332
Referee: Sandi Putros (Denmark)
29 March 2022 (2022-03-29) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification Wales  1–1  Bulgaria Newport, Wales
17:00 (EET)
Report
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 210
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
4 June 2022 (2022-06-04) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification Switzerland  1–0  Bulgaria Lugano, Switzerland
19:00 Rieder 56' Report Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
Attendance: 1,125
Referee: Gustavo Fernandes Correia (Portugal)
11 June 2022 (2022-06-11) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification Gibraltar  1–1  Bulgaria Gibraltar
20:00
Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 480
Referee: Alessandro Dudic (Switzerland)
23 September 2022 (2022-09-23) Friendly Hungary  1–0  Bulgaria Szombathely, Hungary
19:00
Report Stadium: Haladás Sportkomplexum
27 September 2022 (2022-09-27) Friendly Bulgaria  1–1  Serbia Sofia, Bulgaria
17:00
  • Tsenov 37'
Report
Stadium: Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov
Note: The game was abandoned at half-time due to a thunderstorm.
21 November 2022 (2022-11-21) Friendly Slovenia  0–0  Bulgaria Murska Sobota, Slovenia
18:30 Report Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium
25 November 2022 (2022-11-25) Friendly Bulgaria  0–3  Bosnia and Herzegovina Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
18:00 Report
Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev
25 March 2023 (2023-03-25) Friendly tournament Bulgaria  0–1  Slovakia Antalya, Turkey
17:30 (UTC+03:00) Report
  • Trabalik 69'
Stadium: Bellis Sports Center
28 March 2023 (2023-03-28) Friendly tournament Bulgaria  v  Finland Antalya, Turkey
17:30 (UTC+03:00) Stadium: Bellis Sports Center

Coaching staff

Current squad

Players

  • The following players were called up for the friendly matches against  Slovakia and  Finland on 25 and 28 March 2023.[2]
  • All caps and goals as of 28 March 2023 after match against  Finland.
  • Players in bold have been called up or have played at least one full international match with national senior team.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 1GK Damyan Hristov (2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 10 0 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad II
1 1GK Hristiyan Slavkov (2003-02-26) 26 February 2003 2 0 Bulgaria Etar Veliko Tarnovo
23 1GK Plamen Andreev (2004-12-15) 15 December 2004 2 0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia

18 2DF Atanas Chernev (2002-03-25) 25 March 2002 12 0 Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv
8 2DF Bozhidar Penchev (2002-03-13) 13 March 2002 4 0 Bulgaria Beroe Stara Zagora
2 2DF Martin Georgiev (2005-09-24) 24 September 2005 3 0 Spain Barcelona Juvenil
5 2DF Veljko Jelenković (2003-06-05) 5 June 2003 2 0 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
16 2DF Todor Pavlov (2004-07-31) 31 July 2004 1 0 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv
13 2DF Kaloyan Kostov (2004-05-04) 4 May 2004 1 0 Portugal Benfica B
17 2DF Dzhan Hasan (2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 1 0 Bulgaria Dunav Ruse
4 2DF Luka Ivanov (2003-12-31) 31 December 2003 0 0 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia

15 3MF Martin Atanasov (2002-01-19) 19 January 2002 9 0 Bulgaria Minyor Pernik
3 3MF Emanuel Mirchev (2002-02-09) 9 February 2002 7 0 Germany Teutonia Ottensen
6 3MF Emil Tsenov (2002-04-26) 26 April 2002 6 0 Bulgaria CSKA 1948
20 3MF Kristiyan Stoyanov (2003-04-29) 29 April 2003 6 0 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
10 3MF Krasian Kolev (2004-01-18) 18 January 2004 4 0 Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv
24 3MF Martin Smolenski (2003-03-08) 8 March 2003 3 0 Bulgaria Pirin Blagoevgrad
21 3MF Chung Nguyen Do (2005-05-23) 23 May 2005 1 0 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia

7 4FW Simeon Aleksandrov (2003-09-24) 24 September 2003 5 0 Bulgaria Septemvri Sofia
22 4FW Ivan Tasev (2002-04-27) 27 April 2002 4 0 Bulgaria Pirin Blagoevgrad
14 4FW Miroslav Marinov (2004-03-07) 7 March 2004 3 0 Bulgaria Botev Vratsa
19 4FW Roberto Raychev (2005-05-07) 7 May 2005 3 0 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
11 4FW Mark-Emilio Papazov (2003-10-08) 8 October 2003 2 0 Bulgaria Hebar Pazardzhik
9 4FW Georgi Nikolov (2002-07-05) 5 July 2002 2 0 Bulgaria Sportist Svoge

Recent call ups

The following players have previously been called up to the Bulgaria under-21 squad and remain eligible.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Nikola Videnov (2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 0 0 Bulgaria Minyor Pernik v.  Serbia, 27 September 2022

DF Dimo Krastev (2003-02-10) 10 February 2003 6 0 Italy Fiorentina v.  Serbia, 27 September 2022 A
DF Martin Stoychev (2003-10-17) 17 October 2003 1 0 Bulgaria Septemvri Sofia v.  Serbia, 27 September 2022
DF Lazar Boyanov (2003-04-01) 1 April 2003 0 0 Portugal Marinhense v.  Serbia, 27 September 2022
DF Martin Hristov (2003-10-02) 2 October 2003 3 0 Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv II v.  Gibraltar, 11 June 2022
DF Velislav Boev (2003-12-19) 19 December 2003 2 0 Bulgaria Spartak Varna v.  Gibraltar, 11 June 2022
DF Rosen Stefanov (2002-11-27) 27 November 2002 2 0 Bulgaria Cherno More v.  Gibraltar, 11 June 2022
DF Hristiyan Petrov (2002-06-24) 24 June 2002 8 0 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia v.  Wales, 7 September 2021

MF Stanislav Shopov (2002-02-23) 23 February 2002 10 1 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia v.  Serbia, 27 September 2022 A
MF Biser Bonev (2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 0 0 Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv II v.  Serbia, 27 September 2022
MF Marin Petkov (2003-10-02) 2 October 2003 8 0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia v.  Gibraltar, 11 June 2022 A
MF Stoyan Stoichkov (2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 3 0 Bulgaria CSKA 1948 v.  Gibraltar, 11 June 2022
MF Bogomil Bozhurkin (2002-09-02) 2 September 2002 1 0 Bulgaria Hebar Pazardzhik v.  Gibraltar, 11 June 2022

FW Martin D. Petkov (2002-08-15) 15 August 2002 10 1 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia v.  Gibraltar, 11 June 2022
FW Valentin Nikolov (2003-10-15) 15 October 2003 3 0 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia v.  Gibraltar, 11 June 2022
FW Stanislav Dyulgerov (2003-08-23) 23 August 2003 3 0 Greece Apollon Larissa v.  Gibraltar, 11 June 2022
FW Martin Sorakov (2003-10-23) 23 October 2003 2 0 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia v.  Serbia, 27 September 2022
FW Borislav Stankov (2002-05-05) 5 May 2002 4 0 Spain Real Valladolid v.  Switzerland, 4 June 2022 INJ
FW Nikolay Zlatev (2004-12-12) 12 December 2004 2 0 Bulgaria Cherno More v.  Wales, 7 September 2021
Notes

See also

References

  1. Mladezhki natsionalen otbor na Balgariya po futbol, literally "Bulgaria national youth football team".
  2. "Състав на България U21 за приятелския турнир Анталия Къп 2023" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 17 March 2023.
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