Bulgaria national under-21 football team
Nickname(s) | Лъвчетата (The Young Lions) | ||
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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 | ||
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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.
Coaching staff[]
Head coach[]
Tenure | Head Coach |
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2000–2001 | |
2002 | Ivan Kolev |
2003–2006 | |
2006–2007 | Aleksandar Stankov |
2008–2009 | Ivan Kolev |
2010–2013 | |
2014–2018 | Antoni Zdravkov |
2019–2020 | Aleksandar Dimitrov |
2021– | Aleksandar Dimitrov |
On 20 December 2018, BFU appointed Aleksandar Dimitrov as the head coach of the under-21 team.[2]
U21 Coaching staff[]
Position | Staff |
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Manager | Aleksandar Dimitrov |
Assistant Manager | vacant |
Goalkeeping Coach | vacant |
Source:[citation needed]
Competition results[]
Champions Runners-Up Semi-Finals Other Top Results
Balkan Youth Championship[]
Year | Rank |
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1968 | Champions |
1970 | Champions |
1973 | Champions |
UEFA U-21 European Championship[]
Year | Rank |
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1972 | Semi-Finals |
1974 | Quarter-Finals |
1976 | Quarter-Finals |
1978 | Semi-Finals |
1990 | Quarter-Finals |
Current squad[]
Players[]
The following players have been called up for the UEFA Euro 2023 qualification matches against Moldova on 3 September 2021 and Wales on 7 September 2021.[3] Names in bold denote players who have been capped for or called up to the senior team.
Caps and goals updated as of 7 September 2021 after the match against Wales.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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12 | GK | Svetoslav Vutsov | 9 July 2002 | 6 | 0 | Slavia Sofia |
1 | GK | 11 April 2001 | 1 | 0 | Getafe B | |
GK | Damyan Hristov | 10 November 2002 | 0 | 0 | Ludogorets Razgrad II | |
GK | 17 August 2002 | 0 | 0 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||
6 | DF | Viktor Popov | 5 March 2000 | 13 | 0 | Cherno More Varna |
4 | DF | Hristiyan Petrov | 24 June 2002 | 7 | 0 | CSKA Sofia |
16 | DF | 22 August 2000 | 7 | 0 | Cherno More Varna | |
20 | DF | Simeon Petrov | 12 January 2000 | 6 | 1 | CSKA 1948 |
22 | DF | Patrick-Gabriel Galchev | 14 April 2001 | 5 | 0 | Levski Sofia |
2 | DF | Asen Donchev | 22 October 2001 | 1 | 0 | CSKA Sofia |
14 | MF | Filip Krastev | 15 October 2001 | 7 | 1 | Cambuur |
7 | MF | Stanislav Shopov | 23 February 2002 | 7 | 1 | Heerenveen |
5 | MF | 21 October 2001 | 7 | 0 | Botev Vratsa | |
8 | MF | Ilia Gruev | 6 May 2000 | 6 | 1 | Werder Bremen |
19 | MF | Mitko Mitkov | 28 August 2000 | 6 | 1 | CSKA Sofia |
MF | Emanuel Mirchev | 9 February 2002 | 5 | 0 | Verl | |
11 | MF | Dimitar Tonev | 15 October 2001 | 4 | 2 | Botev Plovdiv |
13 | MF | Dimo Krastev | 10 February 2003 | 3 | 0 | Fiorentina |
21 | MF | Marin Petkov | 2 October 2003 | 2 | 0 | Levski Sofia |
MF | 19 January 2002 | 0 | 0 | Slavia Sofia | ||
17 | FW | Martin Minchev | 22 April 2001 | 11 | 1 | Sparta Prague |
10 | FW | Vladimir Nikolov | 7 February 2001 | 8 | 2 | Würzburger Kickers |
9 | FW | Martin Petkov | 15 August 2002 | 4 | 0 | Levski Sofia |
18 | FW | 23 October 2003 | 1 | 0 | Slavia Sofia |
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 |
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GK | Damyan Damyanov | 29 July 2000 | 1 | 0 | Botev Vratsa | v. Albania, 8 June 2021 |
DF | Tomislav Papazov | 24 August 2001 | 3 | 0 | Hebar Pazardzhik | v. Albania, 8 June 2021 |
DF | Kolyo Stanev | 10 October 2001 | 2 | 0 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | v. Albania, 8 June 2021 |
DF | 25 March 2002 | 1 | 0 | Botev Plovdiv | v. Albania, 8 June 2021 | |
DF | Tihomir Dimitrov | 4 February 2000 | 1 | 0 | Ludogorets Razgrad II | v. Albania, 8 June 2021 |
DF | Stanislav Rabotov | 14 June 2002 | 2 | 0 | Botev Plovdiv | v. North Macedonia, 29 March 2021 |
DF | Valentin Antov | 9 November 2000 | 9 | 0 | Monza | v. Estonia, 17 November 2020 A |
MF | 13 March 2001 | 3 | 0 | Montana | v. Albania, 8 June 2021 | |
MF | Dominik Yankov | 28 July 2000 | 9 | 2 | Ludogorets Razgrad | v. North Macedonia, 29 March 2021 A |
MF | 9 July 2000 | 2 | 0 | Septemvri Sofia | v. Estonia, 17 November 2020 | |
FW | Dimitar Mitkov | 27 January 2000 | 4 | 0 | Ludogorets Razgrad | v. Albania, 8 June 2021 |
FW | Preslav Borukov | 23 April 2000 | 2 | 0 | Zalaegerszeg | v. Russia, 3 June 2021 INJ |
FW | Denislav Angelov | 8 June 2001 | 2 | 0 | CSKA 1948 | v. North Macedonia, 29 March 2021 |
- 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.
UEFA Euro 2021 Qualifier[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Russia | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 23 | Final tournament | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2−0 | |
2 | Poland | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 20 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | ||
3 | Bulgaria | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 18 | 0–0 | 3−0 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||
4 | Serbia | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 12 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 6−0 | 1–1 | ||
5 | Estonia | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 34 | −31 | 5 | 0–5 | 0–6 | 0–4 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
6 | Latvia | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — |
UEFA Euro 2023 Qualifier[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 | Final tournament | — | 25 Mar '22 | 8 Oct | 4 Jun '22 | 12 Nov | 4–0 | |
2 | Wales | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 | Play-offs | 16 Nov | — | 11 Jun '22 | 29 Mar '22 | 0–0 | 14 Jun '22 | |
3 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 | 29 Mar '22 | 12 Oct | — | 12 Nov | 3–0 | 7 Jun '22 | ||
4 | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | 12 Oct | 0–4 | 25 Mar '22 | — | 16 Nov | 11 Jun '22 | ||
5 | Moldova | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 | 8 Jun '22 | 8 Oct | 3 Jun '22 | 0–2 | — | 12 Oct | ||
6 | Gibraltar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | 0–4 | 12 Nov | 15 Nov | 8 Oct | 29 Mar '22 | — |
Recent fixtures[]
Win Draw Loss
5 September 2019 UEFA Euro 2021 qualification | Estonia | 0–4 | Bulgaria | showTallinn, Estonia |
10 September 2019 UEFA Euro 2021 qualification | Bulgaria | 0–0 | Russia | showSofia, Bulgaria |
11 October 2019 UEFA Euro 2021 qualification | Bulgaria | 0–1 | Serbia | showSofia, Bulgaria |
15 October 2019 UEFA Euro 2021 qualification | Latvia | 0–0 | Bulgaria | showRiga, Latvia |
15 November 2019 UEFA Euro 2021 qualification | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Poland | showSofia, Bulgaria |
4 September 2020 UEFA Euro 2021 qualification | Russia | 2–0 | Bulgaria | showKhimki, Russia |
8 September 2020 UEFA Euro 2021 qualification | Serbia | 1–2 | Bulgaria | showGornji Milanovac, Serbia |
9 October 2020 UEFA Euro 2021 qualification | Bulgaria | 1–0 | Latvia | showSofia, Bulgaria |
13 October 2020 UEFA Euro 2021 qualification | Poland | 1–1 | Bulgaria | showGdynia, Poland |
17 November 2020 UEFA Euro 2021 qualification | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Estonia | showSofia, Bulgaria |
26 March 2021 Friendly tournament | Bulgaria | 3–1 | Kazakhstan | showAntalya, Turkey |
29 March 2021 Friendly tournament | North Macedonia | 5–1 | Bulgaria | showAntalya, Turkey |
3 September 2021 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Moldova | 0–2 | Bulgaria | showChișinău, Moldova |
7 September 2021 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Bulgaria | 0–4 | Wales | showSofia, Bulgaria |
8 October 2021 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Gibraltar | v | Bulgaria | showSofia, Bulgaria |
12 October 2021 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Bulgaria | v | Switzerland | showSofia, Bulgaria |
12 November 2021 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Netherlands | v | Bulgaria | showAlmere, the Netherlands |
16 November 2021 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Bulgaria | v | Moldova | show |
25 March 2022 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Bulgaria | v | Netherlands | show |
29 March 2022 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Wales | v | Bulgaria | show |
4 June 2022 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Switzerland | v | Bulgaria | show |
11 June 2022 UEFA Euro 2023 qualification | Bulgaria | v | Gibraltar | show |
See also[]
- Bulgaria national football team
- Bulgaria national under-17 football team
- Bulgaria national under-19 football team
- European Under-21 Football Championship
References[]
- ^ Mladezhki natsionalen otbor na Balgariya po futbol, literally "Bulgaria national youth football team".
- ^ "Изпълнителният комитет на БФС прие бюджета и спортния календар за 2019 г." (in Bulgarian). bfunion.bg. 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Състав на България U21 за двубоите с Молдова и Уелс" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Estonia U21 vs. Bulgaria U21". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Bulgaria U21 vs. Russia U21". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Bulgaria U21 vs. Serbia U21". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ "Latvia U21 vs. Bulgaria U21". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ "Bulgaria U21 vs. Poland U21". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
External links[]
- UEFA Under-21 website, complete results archive
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, full record of U-21 and U-23 Championships
- European national under-21 association football teams
- Bulgaria national football team
- Youth football in Bulgaria