Bulgaria national under-21 football team

Bulgaria Under-21

Nickname(s)	The Lions
Association	Bulgarian Football Union
Head coach	Antoni Zdravkov
Captain	Milen Gamakov
Most caps	Petar Mihtarski (51)
Top scorer	Atanas Mihaylov (31)
First colours Second colours

The Bulgaria national under-21 football team (Bulgarian: младежки национален отбор на България по футбол)^[1] represents the under-21 football team of Bulgaria and is controlled by the Bulgarian Football Union. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

Competition results

Balkan Youth Championship

Year	Rank
1968	Champions
1970	Champions
1973	Champions

UEFA U-21 European Championship

Year	Rank
1972	Semi-Finals
1974	Quarter-Finals
1976	Quarter-Finals
1978	Semi-Finals
1980	Quarter-Finals

Current squad

Players

Squad for the game against Bulgaria A on 13 November 2015.
Caps and goals updated as of 11 October 2015 after the match against Denmark.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Georgi Kitanov (1995-03-06) March 6, 1995 9 0 Cherno more Varna 12 1GK Krasimir Kostov (1995-02-11) February 11, 1995 0 0 Pirin Blagoevgrad 13 2DF Stefan Velkov (1996-12-12) December 12, 1996 5 1 Slavia Sofia 6 2DF Hristo Popadiyn (1994-01-06) January 6, 1994 5 0 Ludogorets Razgrad II 4 2DF Miki Orachev (1996-03-19) March 19, 1996 4 0 Levski Sofia 3 2DF Hristofor Hubchev (1995-11-24) November 24, 1995 1 0 Montana 20 2DF Lazar Marin (1994-02-09) February 9, 1994 0 0 Botev Plovdiv 5 2DF Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski (1995-11-10) November 10, 1995 0 0 CSKA Sofia 18 2DF Hristo Stamov (1994-01-02) January 2, 1994 0 0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2 2DF Zhivko Hadzhiev (1994-11-09) November 9, 1994 0 0 Neftochimic Burgas 19 3MF Aleksandar Vasilev (1995-04-27) April 27, 1995 6 0 Ludogorets Razgrad 10 3MF Bekir Rasim (1994-12-26) December 26, 1994 2 0 Cherno More Varna 17 3MF Dimitar Velkovski (1995-01-22) January 22, 1995 1 0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 16 3MF Petar Vitanov (1995-03-10) March 10, 1995 0 0 CSKA Sofia 14 3MF Emil Kamberov (1996-04-07) April 7, 1996 0 0 Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa 21 3MF Todor Trayanov (1995-05-30) May 30, 1995 0 0 Pirin Blagoevgrad 8 3MF Vladimir Semerdzhiev (1995-05-27) May 27, 1995 0 0 Slavia Sofia 15 3MF Emil Stoev (1996-01-17) January 17, 1996 0 0 Slavia Sofia 9 4FW Ahmed Ahmedov (1994-03-04) March 4, 1994 0 0 Pomorie 7 4FW Yuliyan Nenov (1994-11-17) November 17, 1994 0 0 Dunav Ruse 11 4FW Ivan Kolev (1995-10-15) October 15, 1995 0 0 Oborishte 22 4FW Vladislav Misyak (1995-07-15) July 15, 1995 0 0 Levski Sofia

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Bulgarian squad within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Aleksandar Lyubenov (1995-02-11) February 11, 1995 0 0 Septemvri Simitli v.  Luxembourg, 8 September 2015 GK Kristiyan Katsarev (1995-08-07) August 7, 1995 0 0 Lokomotiv Sofia v.  Cyprus, 9 June 2015 DF Plamen Galabov (1995-11-02) November 2, 1995 6 0 Litex Lovech v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015 DF Radoslav Terziev (1994-08-06) August 6, 1994 5 0 Botev Plovdiv v.  Denmark, 13 October 2015 DF Plamen Tenev (1995-06-13) June 13, 1995 0 0 Beroe Stara Zagora v.  Cyprus, 9 June 2015 MF Radoslav Tsonev (1995-04-29) April 29, 1995 7 1 Levski Sofia v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015 MF Nikola Kolev (1995-06-06) June 6, 1995 7 2 Litex Lovech v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015 MF Krasimir Stanoev (1994-09-14) September 14, 1994 2 0 Litex Lovech v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015 MF Yanis Karabelyov (1996-01-23) January 23, 1996 1 0 Slavia Sofia v.  Denmark, 13 October 2015 MF Kristiyan Malinov (1994-03-30) March 30, 1994 4 1 Litex Lovech v.  Denmark, 13 October 2015 MF Antonio Vutov (1996-06-06) June 6, 1996 5 1 Cosenza v.  Denmark, 13 October 2015 MF Milen Gamakov (1994-04-12) April 12, 1994 9 1 Botev Plovdiv v.  Denmark, 13 October 2015 MF Borislav TsonevINJ (1995-04-29) April 29, 1995 2 1 Levski Sofia v.  Luxembourg, 8 September 2015 MF Georg Iliev (1994-10-23) October 23, 1994 2 0 Bolton Wanderers v.  Luxembourg, 8 September 2015 MF Manol Chapov (1996-01-25) January 25, 1996 0 0 Wuppertaler v.  Cyprus, 9 June 2015 FW Kiril Despodov (1996-11-11) November 11, 1996 4 1 Litex Lovech v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015 FW Toni TasevINJ (1994-03-25) March 25, 1994 0 0 Pirin Blagoevgrad v.  Armenia, 9 October 2015 FW Tsvetelin Chunchukov (1994-12-26) December 26, 1994 5 1 Ludogorets Razgrad v.  Luxembourg, 8 September 2015

Notes

^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
^SUS Player withdrew from the squad due to a suspension.

Recent fixtures

2015−2017

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Competition	Bulgaria scorers
31 March 2015	Cardiff, Wales	Wales	1 - 3	UEFA EURO 2017 Q	Nikola Kolev
9 June 2015	Pravets, Bulgaria	Cyprus	1 - 0	Friendly match	Georg Iliev
12 June 2015	Vienna, Austria	Austria	1 - 3	Friendly match	Radoslav Tsonev
4 September 2015	Târgu Mureș, Romania	Romania	2 - 0	UEFA EURO 2017 Q	Georgi Minchev, Nikola Kolev
8 September 2015	Razgrad, Bulgaria	Luxembourg	3 - 0	UEFA EURO 2017 Q	Borislav Tsonev, Antonio Vutov, Kiril Despodov
9 October 2015	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	Armenia	2 - 0	UEFA EURO 2017 Q	Kristiyan Malinov, Georgi Minchev
13 October 2015	Aalborg, Denmark	Denmark	0 - 1	UEFA EURO 2017 Q
25 March 2016	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	Wales		UEFA EURO 2017 Q
29 March 2016	Beggen, Luxembourg	Luxembourg		UEFA EURO 2017 Q
6 September 2016	Armenia	Armenia		UEFA EURO 2017 Q
7 October 2016	Bulgaria	Denmark		UEFA EURO 2017 Q
11 October 2016	Bulgaria	Romania		UEFA EURO 2017 Q

See also

• Bulgaria national football team
• Bulgaria national under-17 football team
• Bulgaria national under-19 football team
• European Under-21 Football Championship

References

External links

• UEFA Under-21 website, complete results archive
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, full record of U-21 and U-23 Championships