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 qualification games against Denmark U21 on 7 October and Romania U21 on 11 October 2016. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.
Caps and goals updated as of 11 October 2016 after the match against Romania U21.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Georgi Kitanov	March 6, 1995	17	0	CSKA Sofia
12	GK	Krasimir Kostov	February 11, 1995	1	0	Pirin Blagoevgrad
22	GK	Mihail Mihaylov	June 16, 1997	1	0	Beroe Stara Zagora
2	DF	Lazar Marin	February 9, 1994	5	0	CSKA Sofia
3	DF	Ventsislav Kerchev	June 2, 1997	2	0	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
4	DF	Miki Orachev	March 19, 1996	9	0	Levski Sofia
5	DF	Plamen Galabov	November 2, 1995	13	0	CSKA Sofia
6	DF	Hristo Popadiyn	January 4, 1994	6	0	Ludogorets Razgrad II
17	DF	Radoslav Terziev	August 6, 1994	12	0	Botev Plovdiv
23	DF	Hristofor Hubchev	November 24, 1995	1	0	Beroe Stara Zagora
8	MF	Milen Gamakov	April 12, 1994	20	1	Lechia Gdansk
13	MF	Bozhidar Kraev	June 27, 1997	4	0	Levski Sofia
14	MF	Aleksandar Georgiev	October 10, 1997	6	1	CSKA Sofia II
15	MF	Kristiyan Malinov	March 30, 1994	12	1	CSKA Sofia
16	MF	Serkan Yusein	March 31, 1996	2	0	Botev Plovdiv
18	MF	Nikola Kolev	June 6, 1995	11	2	CSKA Sofia II
19	MF	Aleksandar Vasilev	April 27, 1995	11	0	Beroe Stara Zagora
20	MF	Antonio Vutov	June 6, 1996	12	1	Lecce
21	MF	Radoslav Tsonev	April 29, 1995	11	1	Lecce
7	FW	Kiril Despodov	November 11, 1996	11	2	CSKA Sofia
9	FW	Yuliyan Nenov	November 17, 1994	8	1	Dunav Ruse
10	FW	Milcho Angelov	January 2, 1995	2	0	CSKA Sofia
11	FW	Toni Tasev	March 25, 1994	5	1	Pirin Blagoevgrad

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	Anatoli Gospodinov	February 11, 1995	3	0	CSKA Sofia	v.  Norway, 6 June 2016
DF	Stefan Velkov ^INJ	December 12, 1996	9	1	Slavia Sofia	v.  Denmark, 7 October 2016
DF	Stoycho Atanasov ^INJ	May 14, 1997	0	0	CSKA Sofia	v.  Armenia, 6 September 2016
DF	Emin Ahmed	March 10, 1996	3	0	Beroe Stara Zagora	v.  Norway, 6 June 2016
DF	Dimitar Burov	August 31, 1997	2	0	Slavia Sofia	v.  Norway, 6 June 2016
DF	Plamen Tenev	June 13, 1995	1	0	Beroe Stara Zagora	v.  Norway, 6 June 2016
DF	Georgi Radev	October 15, 1994	4	0	Sozopol	Toulon Tournament
DF	Galin Minkov	November 2, 1997	1	0	CSKA Sofia II	Toulon Tournament
MF	Georgi Yomov ^INJ	July 6, 1997	0	0	Slavia Sofia	v.  Denmark, 7 October 2016
MF	Borislav Tsonev	April 29, 1995	8	1	Levski Sofia	v.  Norway, 6 June 2016
MF	Yanis Karabelyov	January 23, 1996	3	0	Slavia Sofia	v.  Norway, 6 June 2016
MF	Emil Stoev	January 17, 1996	2	0	Slavia Sofia	v.  Norway, 6 June 2016
MF	Bedri Ryustemov	November 17, 1995	2	0	CD Llosetense	v.  Norway, 6 June 2016
MF	Todor Trayanov	May 30, 1995	1	0	Pirin Blagoevgrad	v.  Norway, 6 June 2016
MF	Dimitar Velkovski	January 22, 1995	6	0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Toulon Tournament
MF	Bekir Rasim	December 26, 1994	4	0	Cherno More Varna	Toulon Tournament
MF	Manol Chapov	January 25, 1996	1	0	Lokomotiv 2012 Mezdra	Toulon Tournament
FW	Tsvetelin Chunchukov ^INJ	December 26, 1994	7	1	Ludogorets Razgrad	v.  Denmark, 7 October 2016
FW	Nasko Milev	July 18, 1996	1	0	Botev Plovdiv	v.  Armenia, 6 September 2016
FW	Georgi Minchev ^INJ	April 20, 1995	9	2	CSKA Sofia II	v.  Armenia, 6 September 2016
FW	Iliya Dimitrov	July 10, 1996	2	0	Levski Sofia	v.  Norway, 6 June 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

2015−2017

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Competition	Bulgaria scorers
31 March 2015	Cardiff, Wales	Wales	1−3	UEFA EURO 2017 Q	Kolev  51'
9 June 2015	Pravets, Bulgaria	Cyprus	1−0	Friendly match	Iliev  9'
12 June 2015	Vienna, Austria	Austria	1−3	Friendly match	R. Tsonev  75'
4 September 2015	Târgu Mureș, Romania	Romania	2−0	UEFA EURO 2017 Q	Minchev  16', Kolev  89'
8 September 2015	Razgrad, Bulgaria	Luxembourg	3−0	UEFA EURO 2017 Q	B. Tsonev  17', Vutov  35', Despodov  78'
9 October 2015	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	Armenia	2−0	UEFA EURO 2017 Q	Malinov  68', Minchev  81'
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	0−1	Toulon Tournament
22 May 2016	Salon-de-Provence, France	Czech Republic	0−0	Toulon Tournament
24 May 2016	Hyères, France	Mexico	0−1	Toulon Tournament
26 May 2016	Toulon, France	Mali	1−3	Toulon Tournament	Despodov  43'
2 June 2016	Aradippou, Cyprus	Cyprus	0−3	Friendly match
6 June 2016	Sofia, Bulgaria	Norway	0−2	Friendly match
6 September 2016	Yerevan, Armenia	Armenia	1−0	UEFA EURO 2017 Q	Nenov  79'
7 October 2016	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	Denmark	0−3	UEFA EURO 2017 Q
11 October 2016	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	Romania	2−0	UEFA EURO 2017 Q	Tasev  16', Georgiev  35'

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