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Bulgaria U-21

Nickname(s)

Лъвчетата (The Young Lions)

Association

Bulgarian Football Union

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Aleksandar Dimitrov

Captain

Dominik Yankov

Most caps

Petar Mihtarski (51)

Top scorer

Atanas Mihaylov (31)

Home stadium

Stadion Slavia

FIFA code

BUL

First colours

Second colours

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
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
1990	Quarter-Finals

UEFA Euro 2023 Qualifier

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	10	8	2	0	32	3	+29	26	Final tournament	—	2–0	3–0	5–0	3–1	6–0
2	Switzerland	10	7	2	1	22	6	+16	23	Final tournament	2–2	—	3–0	5–1	1–0	4–0
3	Moldova	10	3	3	4	7	12	−5	12		0–3	1–1	—	1–0	0–2	1–0
4	Wales	10	3	2	5	15	14	+1	11		0–1	0–1	0–0	—	1–1	2–0
5	Bulgaria	10	2	4	4	10	11	−1	10		0–0	0–1	0–0	0–4	—	5–0
6	Gibraltar	10	0	1	9	1	41	−40	1		0–7	0–4	0–4	0–7	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Recent fixtures

Win Draw Loss

24 March 2021 (2021-03-24) Friendly tournament	Ukraine	1–2	Bulgaria	Antalya, Turkey
16:00 (UTC+03:00)	Nazarenko 8'	Report	Yankov 20' F. Krastev 53'	Stadium: Bellis Sports Center

26 March 2021 (2021-03-26) Friendly tournament	Bulgaria	3–1	Kazakhstan	Antalya, Turkey
15:00 (UTC+03:00)	Nikolov 51' Tonev 58', 60'	Report	Sagnayev 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Bellis Sports Center

29 March 2021 (2021-03-29) Friendly tournament	North Macedonia	5–1	Bulgaria	Antalya, Turkey
16:30 (UTC+03:00)	Ilievski 10' Grozdanovski 30' Maksimov 58', 76' Kalkan 79'	Report	Yankov 51'	Stadium: Bellis Sports Center

3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) Friendly	Bulgaria	0–1	Russia	Sofia, Bulgaria
17:30 (UTC+03:00)		Report	Ignatov 12'	Stadium: Stadion Slavia

8 June 2021 (2021-06-08) Friendly	Bulgaria	4–0	Albania	Sofia, Bulgaria
17:30 (UTC+03:00)	Shopov 2' S. Petrov 5' Gruev 12' Nikolov 68' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion Slavia

3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification	Moldova	0–2	Bulgaria	Chișinău, Moldova
20:00 (UTC+03:00)		Report	Minchev 52' Mitkov 75'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification	Bulgaria	0–4	Wales	Sofia, Bulgaria
18:30 (UTC+03:00)		Report	Vale 27', 50', 73' Sass-Davies 42'	Stadium: Stadion Slavia Attendance: 400 Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)

8 October 2021 (2021-10-08) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification	Bulgaria	5–0	Gibraltar	Sofia, Bulgaria
17:30 (18:30 EEST)	Nikolov 6', 25' (pen.), 26' M. D. Petkov 35' Stoyanov 63'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Slavia Attendance: 45 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin (Russia)

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification	Bulgaria	0–1	Switzerland	Sofia, Bulgaria
17:00 (18:00 EEST)		Report	Imeri 45'	Stadium: Stadion Slavia Attendance: 93 Referee: Lazar Lukić (Serbia)

12 November 2021 (2021-11-12) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification	Netherlands	3–1	Bulgaria	Almere, Netherlands
19:45 (EET)	Maatsen 38' Zirkzee 46', 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Minchev 19'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification	Bulgaria	0–0	Moldova	Sofia, Bulgaria
18:30 (EET)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov Attendance: 42 Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)

25 March 2022 (2022-03-25) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification	Bulgaria	0–0	Netherlands	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:45 (EET)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov Attendance: 332 Referee: Sandi Putros (Denmark)

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification	Wales	1–1	Bulgaria	Newport, Wales
17:00 (EET)	Pearson 63'	Report	Nikolov 61'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 210 Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

4 June 2022 (2022-06-04) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification	Switzerland	1–0	Bulgaria	Lugano, Switzerland
19:00	Rieder 56'	Report		Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 1,125 Referee: Gustavo Fernandes Correia (Portugal)

11 June 2022 (2022-06-11) UEFA Euro 2023 qualification	Gibraltar	1–1	Bulgaria	Gibraltar
20:00	Peacock 83' (pen.)	Report	Nikolov 57'	Stadium: Victoria Stadium Attendance: 480 Referee: Alessandro Dudic (Switzerland)

23 September 2022 (2022-09-23) Friendly	Hungary	v	Bulgaria	Hungary
19:00

27 September 2022 (2022-09-27) Friendly	Bulgaria	v	Serbia	Sofia, Bulgaria
				Stadium: Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Aleksandar Dimitrov
Assistant manager	Ivaylo Yordanov Yavor Valchinov

Last updated: 20 December 2018
Source: https://bfunion.bg/news/45742/0

Manager history

Tenure	Head Coach
2000–2001	Dimitar Aleksiev
2002	Ivan Kolev
2003–2006	Petar Miladinov
2006–2007	Aleksandar Stankov
2008–2009	Ivan Kolev
2010–2013	Mihail Madanski
2014–2018	Antoni Zdravkov
2018–	Aleksandar Dimitrov

Current squad

Players

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Hungary and Serbia, on 23 and 27 September 2022.[2]
All caps and goals as of 11 June 2022 after match against Gibraltar.
Players in bold have been called up or have played at least one full international match with national senior team.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Damyan Hristov	(2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 (age 19)	8	0	Ludogorets Razgrad II
1GK	Hristiyan Slavkov	(2003-02-26) 26 February 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Botev Plovdiv II
1GK	Nikola Videnov	(2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Minyor Pernik

2DF	Dimo Krastev	(2003-02-10) 10 February 2003 (age 19)	5	0	Fiorentina
2DF	Martin Hristov	(2003-10-02) 2 October 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Botev Plovdiv II
2DF	Rosen Stefanov	(2002-11-27) 27 November 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Cherno More
2DF	Velislav Boev	(2003-12-19) 19 December 2003 (age 18)	0	0	Spartak Varna
2DF	Martin Stoychev	(2003-10-17) 17 October 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Septemvri Sofia
2DF	Lazar Boyanov	(2003-04-01) 1 April 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Marinhense

3MF	Stanislav Shopov	(2002-02-23) 23 February 2002 (age 20)	9	1	CSKA Sofia
3MF	Martin Atanasov	(2002-01-19) 19 January 2002 (age 20)	6	0	POFC Botev Vratsa
3MF	Kristiyan Stoyanov	(2003-04-29) 29 April 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Slavia Sofia
3MF	Emil Tsenov	(2002-04-26) 26 April 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Minyor Pernik
3MF	Stoyan Stoichkov	(2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 19)	0	0	CSKA 1948
3MF	Martin Smolenski	(2003-03-08) 8 March 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Pirin Blagoevgrad
3MF	Biser Bonev	(2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Botev Plovdiv II

4FW	Martin Sorakov	(2003-10-23) 23 October 2003 (age 19)	1	0	Slavia Sofia
4FW	Slavy	(2002-05-05) 5 May 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Real Valladolid
4FW	Ivan Tasev	(2002-04-27) 27 April 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Pirin Blagoevgrad
4FW	Simeon Aleksandrov	(2003-09-24) 24 September 2003 (age 19)	0	0	CSKA Sofia
4FW	Valentin Nikolov	(2003-10-15) 15 October 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Lokomotiv Sofia
4FW	Stanislav Dyulgerov	(2003-08-23) 23 August 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Apollon Larissa
4FW	Mark-Emilio Papazov	(2003-10-08) 8 October 2003 (age 19)	0	0	CSKA Sofia II

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
GK	Kristian Tomov	(2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	v. Switzerland, 12 October 2021
GK	Svetoslav Vutsov	(2002-07-09) 9 July 2002 (age 20)	6	0	Slavia Sofia	v. Wales, 7 September 2021 ^A

DF	Atanas Chernev	(2002-03-25) 25 March 2002 (age 20)	9	0	Botev Plovdiv	v. Gibraltar, 11 June 2022
DF	Hristiyan Petrov	(2002-06-24) 24 June 2002 (age 20)	7	0	CSKA Sofia	v. Wales, 7 September 2021

MF	Marin Petkov	(2003-10-02) 2 October 2003 (age 19)	8	0	Levski Sofia	v. Gibraltar, 11 June 2022 ^A
MF	Emanuel Mirchev	(2002-02-09) 9 February 2002 (age 20)	5	0	SC Verl	v. Switzerland, 12 October 2021

FW	Martin D. Petkov	(2002-08-15) 15 August 2002 (age 20)	10	1	Slavia Sofia	v. Gibraltar, 11 June 2022

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.

References

Mladezhki natsionalen otbor na Balgariya po futbol, literally "Bulgaria national youth football team".
"Състав на България U21 за приятелските мачове с Унгария и Сърбия" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 16 September 2022.

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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