Bulgaria national under-19 football team

Bulgaria Under-19

Nickname(s)	Лъвовете (The Lions)
Association	Bulgarian Football Union
Head coach	Svetoslav Todorov
First colours Second colours

The Bulgaria national under-19 football team^[1] is the national under-19 football team of Bulgaria and is controlled by the Bulgarian Football Union. The team competes in the European Under-19 Football Championship, held every year.

Honours

• UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship Champions: 1959, 1969, 1974

UEFA U-19 Championship record

FIFA World Youth Championship/FIFA U-20 World Cup

• 1985: Quarter-Finals
• 1987: Quarter-Finals

Players

Current squad

• As of 2 January 2015

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Emil Gospodinov (1997-04-04) April 4, 1997 Ludogorets Razgrad 1GK Mihail Mihaylov (1997-06-16) June 16, 1997 Beroe Stara Zagora 2DF Dimitar Burov (1997-08-31) August 31, 1997 Levski Sofia 2DF Troyan Gotchev (1996-08-08) August 8, 1996 Levski Sofia 2DF Georgi Gushlev (1997-01-15) January 15, 1997 Cherno More 2DF Georgi Kupenov (1997-02-24) February 24, 1997 Botev Plovdiv 2DF Preslav Petrov (1995-05-01) May 1, 1995 Ludogorets Razgrad 2DF Ventsislav Kerchev (1997-06-02) June 2, 1997 Ludogorets Razgrad 2DF Kristian Dimitrov (1997-02-27) February 27, 1997 Botev Plovdiv 2DF Stefan Ivanov (1997-08-03) August 3, 1997 Cherno More 3MF Stefan Alichkov (1997-01-21) January 21, 1997 Levski Sofia 3MF Angel Maksimov (1997-01-16) January 16, 1997 Levski Sofia 3MF Emil Iliev (1997-03-31) March 31, 1997 Cherno More 3MF Nikolay Minkov (1997-06-06) June 6, 1997 Cherno More 3MF Tomas Tsvyatkov (1997-06-01) June 1, 1997 Ludogorets Razgrad 3MF Martin Kirilov (1997-04-30) April 30, 1997 Ludogorets Razgrad 4FW Rangel Ignatov (1997-04-06) April 6, 1997 Botev Plovdiv 4FW Viktor Penchev (1997-08-25) August 25, 1997 Botev Plovdiv 4FW Aleksandar Georgiev (1997-10-10) October 10, 1997 Litex Lovech

Recent results

2015-2017

Friendly 3 January 2015	Bulgaria	2:0	Kazakhstan	Sport Complex Saint Petersburg
10:00	Georgiev  15', Ignatov  73'			Referee: Artem Lubimov Russia

Friendly 4 January 2015	Bulgaria	0:1	Slovenia	Sport Complex Saint Petersburg
10:00			Repas  36'

Friendly 7 January 2015	Lithuania	0:2	Bulgaria	Sport Complex Saint Petersburg
10:00			Ignatov  79', Georgiev  86'

Friendly 8 January 2015	Bulgaria	1:1	Latvia	Sport Complex Saint Petersburg
10:00	Kirilov  15'		Juhnevics  84'

Friendly 11 January 2015	Bulgaria	0:3	Japan	Sport Complex Saint Petersburg
10:30			Miyushi  14', Ogawa  18', Kisimoto  14'

Friendly 29 March 2015	Netherlands	2:1	Bulgaria	Netherlands
15:30

UEFA Euro 2016 Q November 2015	Bulgaria	v	Cyprus

UEFA Euro 2016 Q November 2015	Bulgaria	v	Poland

UEFA Euro 2016 Q November 2015	Bulgaria	v	Luxembourg

Former squads

• 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship squads - Bulgaria
• 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship squads - Bulgaria
• 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads - Bulgaria
• 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads - Bulgaria

See also

Bulgaria national football team

Bulgaria national under-21 football team

Bulgaria national under-17 football team

Notes

1. ↑ Bulgarian: Български юношески национален отбор по футбол, Balgarski yunosheski natsionalen otbor po futbol, literally "Bulgarian teenage national football team"

External links

• Bulgarian football - history, teams, stadiums, fan clubs
• RSSSF archive of results 1924-
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• Bulgarian football legends
• Planet World Cup archive of results in the World Cup
• Planet World Cup archive of squads in the World Cup
• Planet World Cup archive of results in the World Cup qualifiers