Bulgaria national under-17 football team

Bulgaria Under-17

Nickname(s)

The Lions

Association

Bulgarian Football Union

Head coach

Viktorio Pavlov

Captain

Iliya Gruev Jr

First colours

Second colours

The Bulgaria national under-17 football team, also known as Bulgarian under-17s or Bulgaria U17(s), represents Bulgaria in football at an under-17 age level and is controlled by Bulgarian Football Union, the governing body for football in Bulgaria.

In 2015, Viktorio Pavlov was appointed to coach the squad.

Competition results

Champions Runners-Up Semi-Finals Other Top Results

Balkan U-17 Championship

Year	Rank
1973	Champions

UEFA U-17 European Championship

Year	Rank
1984	Quarter-Finals
2015	Group Stage

FIFA U-17 World Championship

Year	Rank
2017	To Be Determined

Players

Current squad

Squad called up for the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches.

Caps and goals updated as of 30 September 2016 after the match against Sweden.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Hristo Lalev	(2000-01-23) 23 January 2000	2	0	Levski Sofia
12	1GK	Damyan Damyanov	(2000-06-29) 29 June 2000	0	0	Ludogorets Razgrad

5	2DF	Tihomir Dimitrov	(2000-02-04) 4 February 2000	2	0	Levski Sofia
3	2DF	Martin Mihaylov		2	0	Slavia Sofia
4	2DF	Angel Karakashev		2	0	Slavia Sofia
2	2DF	Ivo Dimitrov	(2000-08-26) 26 August 2000	2	0	Septemvri Sofia
15	2DF	Valentin Ivanov		2	0	Beroe Stara Zagora
16	2DF	Veselin Veskov		0	0	CSKA Sofia

6	3MF	Iliya Gruev Jr	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000	4	1	Werder Bremen
8	3MF	Stefan Gavrilov	(2000-09-07) 7 September 2000	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday
11	3MF	Eyad Hammoud	(2001-07-24) 24 July 2001	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday
7	3MF	Mitko Mitkov		2	0	CSKA Sofia
14	3MF	Preslav Borukov	(2000-04-23) 23 April 2000	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday
18	3MF	Metodi Stefanov		1	0	Pirin Blagoevgrad
13	3MF	Vladimir Nikolov		0	0	Septemvri Sofia

9	4FW	Kun Temenuzhkov	(2000-02-01) 1 February 2000	4	2	Barcelona
10	4FW	Lachezar Yordanov		2	0	Cherno More
17	4FW	Kristiyan Dimitrov		1	0	Girona

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	Daniel Naumov	(1998-03-29) March 29, 1998	2	0	Ludogorets Razgrad II

DF	Dimitar Savov	(1998-09-09)9 September 1998 (aged 16)			Slavia Sofia	{{{latest}}}
DF	Danail Ivanov	(1998-08-07)7 August 1998 (aged 16)			Septemvri Sofia	{{{latest}}}
DF	Matteo Stamatov	(1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 16)	3	0	Espanyol	{{{latest}}}
DF	Valentin Antov ^INJ	(2000-11-09)9 November 2000 (aged 14)	3	0	CSKA Sofia	{{{latest}}}

MF	Pavel Golovodov	(1998-06-28)28 June 1998 (aged 16)			Lokomotiv GO	{{{latest}}}
MF	Aleks Borimirov	(1998-05-13)13 May 1998 (aged 16)			Levski Sofia	{{{latest}}}

FW	Denis Yuseinov	(1997-03-20) March 20, 1997	3	0	Zulte Waregem
FW	Svetoslav Kovachev	(1998-03-14) March 14, 1998	2	0	Ludogorets Razgrad II

Notes

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

References

National under-17 football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Active

Defunct

Czechoslovakia
East Germany
USSR
Yugoslavia

Football in Bulgaria
League competitions	First League Second League Third League (4 divisions) Regional Groups Bulgarian women's football championship
Cup competitions	Bulgarian Cup Bulgarian Supercup Cup of AFL Bulgarian Women's Cup
Defunct competitions	State Championship (1924–1936, 1941–1945) Tsar's Cup (1924–44) National Football Division (1937–1940) Republic Championship (1945–1948) Cup of the Soviet Army (1983–90) BFU's Cup (1990–91) PFL's Cup (1994–97) Doubles Group (2008–2010) A Group (1948-2016)
National teams	Men Women Olympic team (U-23) Under-21 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17
Lists	Clubs Stadiums Foreign players National team results
Awards	Footballers' Footballer of the Year
BFU PFL

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