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

Champions Runners-Up Semi-Finals Other Top 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 friendlies against Georgia and Greece on 8 and 12 June 2017.^[2] Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.
Caps and goals updated as of 12 June 2017 after the match against Greece.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mihail Mihaylov	(1997-06-16) June 16, 1997	2	0	Beroe
12	1GK	Hristiyan Vasilev	(1997-12-05) December 5, 1997	1	0	Vitosha Bistritsa

4	2DF	Miki Orachev	(1996-03-19) March 19, 1996	12	0	Levski Sofia
5	2DF	Ventsislav Kerchev	(1997-06-02) June 2, 1997	5	0	Ludogorets Razgrad
2	2DF	Stoycho Atanasov	(1997-05-14) May 14, 1997	3	0	CSKA Sofia
6	2DF	Kristian Dimitrov	(1997-02-27) February 27, 1997	3	0	Botev Plovdiv
20	2DF	Martin Kostadinov	(1996-05-13) May 13, 1996	3	0	Cherno More
15	2DF	Preslav M. Petrov	(1997-02-14) February 14, 1997	2	0	Ludogorets Razgrad II
16	2DF	Galin Tashev	(1997-02-02) February 2, 1997	1	0	Lokomotiv Sofia

9	3MF	Antonio Vutov (captain)	(1996-06-06) June 6, 1996	15	1	Levski Sofia
10	3MF	Serkan Yusein	(1996-03-31) March 31, 1996	5	0	Botev Plovdiv
8	3MF	Antonio Georgiev	(1997-10-26) October 26, 1997	3	0	Ludogorets Razgrad II
7	3MF	Denislav Aleksandrov	(1997-07-19) July 19, 1997	2	0	Ludogorets Razgrad II
17	3MF	Chavdar Ivaylov	(1996-07-09) July 9, 1996	2	0	Etar
3	3MF	Kristiyan Peshov	(1997-06-16) June 16, 1997	2	0	Sozopol
21	3MF	Vladimir Aytov	(1996-04-12) April 12, 1996	1	1	Montana

14	4FW	Kiril Grozdanov	(1997-10-27) October 27, 1997	2	0	Pirin Blagoevgrad
18	4FW	Nasko Milev	(1996-07-18) July 18, 1996	2	0	Slavia Sofia
11	4FW	Nikolay Todorov	(1996-08-24) August 24, 1996	2	0	Hearts

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	Nikolay Krastev ^INJ	(1996-12-06) December 6, 1996	1	0	Levski Sofia	v. Georgia, 8 June 2017^[2]

DF	Stefan Velkov ^INJ	(1996-12-12) December 12, 1996	9	1	Slavia Sofia	v. Romania, 11 October 2016

MF	Yanis Karabelyov	(1996-01-23) January 23, 1996	4	0	Slavia Sofia	v. Georgia, 8 June 2017^[2]
MF	Georgi Yomov	(1997-07-06) July 6, 1997	1	0	Slavia Sofia	v. Georgia, 8 June 2017^[2]
MF	Aleksandar Georgiev	(1997-10-10) October 10, 1997	7	1	CSKA Sofia	v. Macedonia, 28 March 2017^[3]
MF	Oleg Dimitrov	(1996-03-06) March 6, 1996	1	0	Ludogorets Razgrad II	v. Macedonia, 28 March 2017^[3]
MF	Bozhidar Kraev	(1997-06-27) June 27, 1997	4	0	Midtjylland	v. Romania, 11 October 2016

FW	Kitan Vasilev	(1997-02-19) February 19, 1997	0	0	Slavia Sofia	v. Georgia, 8 June 2017^[2]
FW	Iliya Dimitrov	(1996-07-10) July 10, 1996	3	0	Lokomotiv Sofia	v. Macedonia, 28 March 2017^[3]
FW	Stefan Nedelchev	(1996-05-09) May 9, 1996	1	0	Etar	v. Macedonia, 28 March 2017^[3]
FW	Kiril Despodov	(1996-11-11) November 11, 1996	11	2	CSKA Sofia	v. Romania, 11 October 2016

Notes

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

UEFA Euro 2017 Qualifier

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	10	9	1	0	24	3	+21	28	Final tournament	—	1–0	3–1	0–0	4–1	2–0
2	Bulgaria	10	5	2	3	11	7	+4	17		0–3	—	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–0
3	Romania	10	5	1	4	15	14	+1	16		0–3	0–2	—	2–1	4–0	3–0
4	Wales	10	4	4	2	14	12	+2	16		0–4	3–1	1–1	—	1–1	2–1
5	Luxembourg	10	1	3	6	5	18	−13	6		0–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	—	1–0
6	Armenia	10	0	1	9	6	21	−15	1		1–3	0–1	2–3	1–3	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Recent fixtures

Win Draw Loss

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Competition	Bulgaria scorers
28 March 2017	Skopje, Macedonia	Macedonia	0–1	Friendly match
8 June 2017	Sofia, Bulgaria	Georgia	1–0	Friendly match	Aytov 74'
12 June 2017	Sofia, Bulgaria	Greece	0–1	Friendly match
5 September 2017	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	Luxembourg		UEFA EURO 2019 Q
6 October 2017		Kazakhstan		UEFA EURO 2019 Q
10 November 2017		France		UEFA EURO 2019 Q
14 November 2017		Montenegro		UEFA EURO 2019 Q
28 March 2018		Slovenia		UEFA EURO 2019 Q
7 September 2018		France		UEFA EURO 2019 Q
11 September 2018		Montenegro		UEFA EURO 2019 Q
12 October 2018		Slovenia		UEFA EURO 2019 Q
TBD		Kazakhstan		UEFA EURO 2019 Q
16 October 2018		Luxembourg		UEFA EURO 2019 Q

References

↑ Mladezhki natsionalen otbor na Balgariya po futbol, literally "Bulgaria national youth football team".
1 2 3 4 5 "Съставът на България U21 за контролите с Грузия и Гърция" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 30 May 2017.
1 2 3 4 "Съставът на България U21 за контролата с Македония U21" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 15 March 2017.

External links

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

Football in Bulgaria
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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)
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National under-21 men's football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Active

Defunct

UEFA European U-21 and U-23 Championship

Under-23 Championship

Without host	1970–1972 1972–1974 1974–1976

Under-21 Championship

Without host	1976–1978 1978–1980 1980–1982 1982–1984 1984–1986 1986–1988 1988–1990 1990–1992
With host	France 1994 Spain 1996 Romania 1998 Slovakia 2000 Switzerland 2002 Germany 2004 Portugal 2006 Netherlands 2007 Sweden 2009 Denmark 2011 Israel 2013 Czech Republic 2015 Poland 2017 Italy 2019
Qualification	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
Finals	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Squads	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

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