Bulgaria women's national football team

Bulgaria

Nickname(s)	Лъвиците (The Lionesses)
Association	Bulgarian Football Union
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Silviya Radulska
Captain	Radoslava Slavcheva
Home stadium	Lovech Stadium
FIFA code	BUL
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	81 2 (10 December 2021)[1]
Highest	33 (December 2008)
Lowest	81 (December 2021)
First international
Bulgaria 1–1 Spain  (Sofia, Bulgaria; 11 October 1987)
Biggest win
Estonia 0–5 Bulgaria  (Otopeni, Romania; 18 November 2006)  Bulgaria 5–0 Luxembourg  (Ta' Qali, Malta; 5 June 2009)  Bulgaria 5–0 Georgia  (Lovech, Bulgaria; 21 November 2009)
Biggest defeat
France 14–0 Bulgaria  (Le Mans, France; 28 November 2013)

The Bulgaria women's national football team (Bulgarian: ��ългарски женски национален отбор по футбол) represents Bulgaria in international women's football, and is controlled by the Bulgarian Football Union. The team's major success came in 2008 when they won the Balkan Championship and the Albena Cup in the same year. These major tournament victories brought them up to their all-time highest FIFA world ranking of 33rd.

History[]

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Team image[]

Nicknames[]

The Bulgaria women's national football team have been nicknamed as "Лъвиците (The Lionesses)".

Home stadium[]

Bulgaria plays their home matches on the Lovech Stadium.

Results and fixtures[]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021[]

2022[]

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

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As of 23 May 2021

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Silviya Radulska

Manager history[]

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• Silviya Radulska (????–)

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for a friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 11 June 2021.^[2][3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Nina Karabelyova	(1995-12-21) 21 December 1995 (age 26)	0	0
12	1GK	Roksana Shahanska	(1992-04-23) 23 April 1992 (age 29)	16	0	NSA
2	2DF	Nikoleta Boycheva	(1994-08-20) 20 August 1994 (age 27)	9+	0+
3	2DF	Yanitsa Ivanova	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 21)	1	0	NSA
4	2DF	Monika Razhgeva	(1992-11-21) 21 November 1992 (age 29)	11	0	NSA
5	2DF	Nora Dimitrova	(1996-07-26) 26 July 1996 (age 25)	1	0	NSA
16	2DF	Yana Dineva	(2002-11-08) 8 November 2002 (age 19)	1	0	Lokomotiv Stara Zagora
18	2DF		(1996-06-25) 25 June 1996 (age 25)	1+	0+
20	3MF		(2002-02-24) 24 February 2002 (age 19)	1	0
6	3MF		(1999-11-08) 8 November 1999 (age 22)	2	0
7	3MF	Simona Petkova	(1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 (age 28)	7	0	Lugano
8	3MF	Leonora Zheleva	(1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 (age 22)	1+	0	NSA
14	3MF	Bilyana Pencheva	(1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 24)	2	0
17	3MF		(1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 (age 26)	1	0	Lokomotiv Stara Zagora
19	3MF	Teya Penkova	(1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 22)	1	0	NSA
10	4FW	Veronika Gotseva	(1993-05-29) 29 May 1993 (age 28)	1+	0
11	4FW	Velina Koshuleva	(1991-02-01) 1 February 1991 (age 31)	1+	0
15	4FW	Aleksandra Yaneva	(2001-02-24) 24 February 2001 (age 20)	0	0	NSA
21	4FW	Yuliana Aleksandrova	(1999-02-21) 21 February 1999 (age 22)	4+	0	NSA

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have been called up to a Bulgaria squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Viktoria Dimova	(2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 20)	1+	0+	NSA	v.  Turkey, 21 October 2021
DF	Veni Sarbinska	(1995-12-28) 28 December 1995 (age 26)	1+	0+		v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 June 2021
DF	Aleksandra Palagacheva	(2002-09-02) 2 September 2002 (age 19)	1	0		v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 June 2021
MF	Eva Dupuy	(1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 (age 28)	1	0	KIF Örebro	v.  Germany, 18 September 2021
MF	Liliana Kostova	(1988-03-15) 15 March 1988 (age 33)	25+	3+	Czarni Sosnowiec	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 June 2021
MF	Yoana Papazova (captain)	(1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 29)	4	0	NSA	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 June 2021
MF	Ivana Naydenova	(2001-12-21) 21 December 2001 (age 20)	2	1	NSA	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 June 2021
MF	Lora Petrova	(1998-10-12) 12 October 1998 (age 23)	1+	0	Lugano	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 June 2021
MF	Yana Yordanova	(2003-02-20) 20 February 2003 (age 18)	0	0	NSA	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 June 2021
FW	Evdokiya Popadiynova	(1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 (age 25)	4	1	Napoli	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 June 2021
FW	Dimitra Ivanova	(2004-01-26) 26 January 2004 (age 18)	1+	0	NSA	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 June 2021

Captains[]

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• Radoslava Slavcheva (????–)

Records[]

As of 23 May 2021

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2021.

Competitive record[]

FIFA Women's World Cup[]

FIFA Women's World Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify								UEFA Euro 1991
1995									UEFA Euro 1995
1999									6	2	1	3	11	12
2003	Did not enter								Did not enter
2007
2011	Did not qualify								8	2	2	4	9	25
2015									10	0	1	9	3	62
2019	Did not enter								Did not enter
2023	To be determined								To be determined
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	4	4	16	23	99

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship[]

UEFA Women's Championship record									Qualifying record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1984	Did not enter								Did not enter
1987
1989	Did not qualify								8	0	2	6	1	18
1991									6	0	0	6	3	18
1993									4	0	0	4	1	9
1995									4	1	1	2	3	11
1997									6	4	0	2	13	6
2001	Did not enter								Did not enter
2005
2009	Did not qualify								3	2	0	1	8	1
2013									10	0	0	10	1	54
2017	Did not enter								Did not enter
2022
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	41	7	3	31	30	117

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours[]

Albena Cup

• Champions : 2008

Balkan Cup

• Champions : 2008

See also[]

• Sport in Bulgaria
  • Football in Bulgaria
    • Women's football in Bulgaria
• Bulgaria men's national football team

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• FIFA profile