Bulgaria national under-21 football team
Nickname(s) | Лъвчетата / Lavchetata (The Young Lions) | ||
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Association | Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Aleksandar Dimitrov | ||
Captain | Dominik Yankov | ||
Most caps | Petar Mihtarski (51) | ||
Top scorer | Atanas Mihaylov (31) | ||
Home stadium | Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov | ||
FIFA code | BUL | ||
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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 |
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![]() | Champions |
![]() | Champions |
![]() | Champions |
UEFA U-21 European Championship
Year | Rank |
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![]() | Semi-Finals |
![]() | Quarter-Finals |
![]() | Quarter-Finals |
![]() | Semi-Finals |
![]() | Quarter-Finals |
UEFA Euro 2023 Qualifier
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 3 | +29 | 26 | Final tournament | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 23 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 12 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 11 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||
5 | ![]() |
10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 10 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | — | 5–0 | ||
6 | ![]() |
10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 41 | −40 | 1 | 0–7 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–7 | 1–1 | — |
Recent fixtures
Win Draw Loss
24 March 2021 Friendly tournament | Ukraine ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Antalya, Turkey |
16:00 (UTC+03:00) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Bellis Sports Center |
26 March 2021 Friendly tournament | Bulgaria ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Antalya, Turkey |
15:00 (UTC+03:00) | Report |
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Stadium: Bellis Sports Center |
29 March 2021 Friendly tournament | North Macedonia ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() | Antalya, Turkey |
16:30 (UTC+03:00) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Bellis Sports Center |
3 June 2021 Friendly | Bulgaria ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Sofia, Bulgaria |
17:30 (UTC+03:00) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Slavia |
8 June 2021 Friendly | Bulgaria ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Sofia, Bulgaria |
17:30 (UTC+03:00) | Report | Stadium: Stadion Slavia |
3 September 2021 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Moldova ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Chișinău, Moldova |
20:00 (UTC+03:00) | Report | Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania) |
7 September 2021 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Bulgaria ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() | Sofia, Bulgaria |
18:30 (UTC+03:00) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Slavia Attendance: 400 Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo) |
8 October 2021 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Bulgaria ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | Sofia, Bulgaria |
17:30 (18:30 EEST) |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Slavia Attendance: 45 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin (Russia) |
12 October 2021 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Bulgaria ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Sofia, Bulgaria |
17:00 (18:00 EEST) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Slavia Attendance: 93 Referee: Lazar Lukić (Serbia) |
12 November 2021 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Netherlands ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Almere, Netherlands |
19:45 (EET) | Report |
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Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany) |
16 November 2021 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Bulgaria ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Sofia, Bulgaria |
18:30 (EET) | Report | Stadium: Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov Attendance: 42 Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland) |
25 March 2022 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Bulgaria ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Sofia, Bulgaria |
19:45 (EET) | Report | Stadium: Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov Attendance: 332 Referee: Sandi Putros (Denmark) |
29 March 2022 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Wales ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Newport, Wales |
17:00 (EET) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 210 Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic) |
4 June 2022 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Switzerland ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Lugano, Switzerland |
19:00 | Rieder ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 1,125 Referee: Gustavo Fernandes Correia (Portugal) |
11 June 2022 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Gibraltar ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Gibraltar |
20:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Victoria Stadium Attendance: 480 Referee: Alessandro Dudic (Switzerland) |
23 September 2022 Friendly | Hungary ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Szombathely, Hungary |
19:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Haladás Sportkomplexum |
27 September 2022 Friendly | Bulgaria ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Sofia, Bulgaria |
17:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov |
Note: The game was abandoned at half-time due to a thunderstorm. |
21 November 2022 Friendly | Slovenia ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Murska Sobota, Slovenia |
18:30 | Report | Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium |
25 November 2022 Friendly | Bulgaria ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria |
18:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Hristo Botev |
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
Last updated: 20 December 2018 |
Manager history
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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 |
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12 | GK | Damyan Hristov | 10 November 2002 | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
1 | GK | Hristiyan Slavkov | 26 February 2003 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
23 | GK | Plamen Andreev | 15 December 2004 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | DF | Atanas Chernev | 25 March 2002 | 12 | 0 | ![]() |
8 | DF | Bozhidar Penchev | 13 March 2002 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | DF | Martin Georgiev | 24 September 2005 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | DF | Veljko Jelenković | 5 June 2003 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
16 | DF | Todor Pavlov | 31 July 2004 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
13 | DF | Kaloyan Kostov | 4 May 2004 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
17 | DF | Dzhan Hasan | 4 May 2002 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | DF | Luka Ivanov | 31 December 2003 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
15 | MF | Martin Atanasov | 19 January 2002 | 9 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | MF | Emanuel Mirchev | 9 February 2002 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | MF | Emil Tsenov | 26 April 2002 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
20 | MF | Kristiyan Stoyanov | 29 April 2003 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
10 | MF | Krasian Kolev | 18 January 2004 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
24 | MF | Martin Smolenski | 8 March 2003 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
21 | MF | Chung Nguyen Do | 23 May 2005 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
7 | FW | Simeon Aleksandrov | 24 September 2003 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
22 | FW | Ivan Tasev | 27 April 2002 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
14 | FW | Miroslav Marinov | 7 March 2004 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
19 | FW | Roberto Raychev | 7 May 2005 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
11 | FW | Mark-Emilio Papazov | 8 October 2003 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
9 | FW | Georgi Nikolov | 5 July 2002 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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 |
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GK | Nikola Videnov | 22 March 2002 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Dimo Krastev | 10 February 2003 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Martin Stoychev | 17 October 2003 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Lazar Boyanov | 1 April 2003 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Martin Hristov | 2 October 2003 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Velislav Boev | 19 December 2003 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Rosen Stefanov | 27 November 2002 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Hristiyan Petrov | 24 June 2002 | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Stanislav Shopov | 23 February 2002 | 10 | 1 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Biser Bonev | 4 June 2003 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Marin Petkov | 2 October 2003 | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Stoyan Stoichkov | 1 January 2003 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Bogomil Bozhurkin | 2 September 2002 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
FW | Martin D. Petkov | 15 August 2002 | 10 | 1 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
FW | Valentin Nikolov | 15 October 2003 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
FW | Stanislav Dyulgerov | 23 August 2003 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
FW | Martin Sorakov | 23 October 2003 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
FW | Borislav Stankov | 5 May 2002 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
FW | Nikolay Zlatev | 12 December 2004 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
- Notes
- A = Not part of the current squad due to being called up to the senior team.
- INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury.
- COVID = Withdrawn from the current squad due to suffering from COVID-19.
See also
References
- Mladezhki natsionalen otbor na Balgariya po futbol, literally "Bulgaria national youth football team".
- "Състав на България U21 за приятелския турнир Анталия Къп 2023" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 17 March 2023.
External links
- Official website (in Bulgarian)
- UEFA Under-21 website, complete results archive
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, full record of U-21 and U-23 Championships
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