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 games against Wales U21 and Luxembourg U21 on 25 and 29 March 2016. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.
Caps and goals updated as of 29 March 2016 after the match against Luxembourg U21.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Georgi Kitanov	March 6, 1995	11	0	Cherno More Varna
12	GK	Krasimir Kostov	February 11, 1995	0	0	Pirin Blagoevgrad
13	DF	Stefan Velkov	December 12, 1996	7	1	Slavia Sofia
4	DF	Miki Orachev	March 19, 1996	6	0	Levski Sofia
6	DF	Hristofor Hubchev	November 24, 1995	1	0	Montana
14	DF	Emin Ahmed	March 10, 1996	1	0	Beroe Stara Zagora
18	MF	Milen Gamakov	April 12, 1994	11	1	Botev Plovdiv
8	MF	Nikola Kolev	June 6, 1995	9	2	Litex Lovech
21	MF	Radoslav Tsonev	April 29, 1995	9	1	Levski Sofia
19	MF	Aleksandar Vasilev	April 27, 1995	8	0	Ludogorets Razgrad
20	MF	Antonio Vutov	June 6, 1996	7	1	Cosenza
15	MF	Kristiyan Malinov	March 30, 1994	5	1	Litex Lovech
17	MF	Georg Iliev	October 23, 1994	5	0	Slavia Sofia
22	MF	Dimitar Velkovski	January 22, 1995	2	0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
16	MF	Todor Trayanov	May 30, 1995	0	0	Pirin Blagoevgrad
11	MF	Emil Stoev	January 17, 1996	0	0	Slavia Sofia
9	FW	Tsvetelin Chunchukov	December 26, 1994	7	1	Ludogorets Razgrad
10	FW	Georgi Minchev	April 20, 1995	6	2	Litex Lovech
7	FW	Yuliyan Nenov	November 17, 1994	2	0	Dunav Ruse

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	February 11, 1995	0	0	Septemvri Simitli	v.  Luxembourg, 8 September 2015
GK	Kristiyan Katsarev	August 7, 1995	0	0	Lokomotiv Sofia	v.  Cyprus, 9 June 2015
DF	Radoslav Terziev ^SUS	August 6, 1994	6	0	Botev Plovdiv	v.  Luxembourg, 29 March 2016
DF	Plamen Galabov ^SUS	November 2, 1995	7	0	Litex Lovech	v.  Luxembourg, 29 March 2016
DF	Plamen Tenev	June 13, 1995	0	0	Beroe Stara Zagora	v.  Cyprus, 9 June 2015
DF	Hristo Popadiyn	January 6, 1994	5	0	Ludogorets Razgrad II	v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015
DF	Lazar Marin	February 9, 1994	0	0	Botev Plovdiv	v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015
DF	Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski	November 10, 1995	0	0	CSKA Sofia	v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015
DF	Hristo Stamov	January 2, 1994	0	0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015
DF	Zhivko Hadzhiev	November 9, 1994	0	0	Neftochimic Burgas	v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015
MF	Bekir Rasim ^INJ	December 26, 1994	3	0	Cherno More Varna	v.  Luxembourg, 29 March 2016
MF	Petar Vitanov	March 10, 1995	0	0	CSKA Sofia	v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015
MF	Emil Kamberov	April 7, 1996	0	0	Botev Plovdiv	v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015
MF	Vladimir Semerdzhiev	May 27, 1995	0	0	Slavia Sofia	v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015
MF	Krasimir Stanoev	September 14, 1994	2	0	Litex Lovech	v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015
MF	Yanis Karabelyov	January 23, 1996	1	0	Slavia Sofia	v.  Denmark, 13 October 2015
MF	Borislav Tsonev^INJ	April 29, 1995	2	1	Levski Sofia	v.  Luxembourg, 8 September 2015
MF	Manol Chapov	January 25, 1996	0	0	Wuppertaler	v.  Cyprus, 9 June 2015
FW	Kiril Despodov ^INJ	November 11, 1996	4	1	Litex Lovech	v.  Wales, 25 March 2016
FW	Toni Tasev^INJ	March 25, 1994	0	0	Pirin Blagoevgrad	v.  Armenia, 9 October 2015
FW	Ivan Kolev	October 15, 1995	0	0	Oborishte	v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015
FW	Vladislav Misyak	July 15, 1995	0	0	Levski Sofia	v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015
FW	Ahmed Ahmedov	March 4, 1994	0	0	Pomorie	v.  Bulgaria, 13 November 2015

Notes

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

EURO 2017 Qualifier

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	6	5	1	0	10	1	+9	16	Final tournament		—	6 Sep	0–0	1–0	11 Oct	2–0
2	Romania	7	4	1	2	10	9	+1	13	Possible Play-offs		0–3	—	2–1	0–2	2 Sep	3–0
3	Wales	7	3	3	1	10	6	+4	12			2 Sep	1–1	—	3–1	6 Sep	2–1
4	Bulgaria	7	3	2	2	8	4	+4	11			7 Oct	11 Oct	0–0	—	3–0	2–0
5	Luxembourg (X)	6	0	2	4	2	9	−7	2			0–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	—	7 Oct
6	Armenia (E)	7	0	1	6	5	16	−11	1			1–3	2–3	11 Oct	6 Sep	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2016. Source: UEFA
(E) Eliminated; (X) Cannot qualify directly as the top team, but may still qualify for the play-offs.

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	0 - 0	UEFA EURO 2017 Q
29 March 2016	Beggen, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	0 - 0	UEFA EURO 2017 Q
20 May 2016	Aubagne, France	France		Toulon Tournament
22 May 2016	Salon-de-Provence, France	Czech Republic		Toulon Tournament
24 May 2016	Hyères, France	Mexico		Toulon Tournament
26 May 2016	Toulon, France	Mali		Toulon Tournament
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

1. Mladezhki natsionalen otbor na Balgariya po futbol, literally "Bulgaria national youth football team".

External links

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