Bulgaria national under-21 football team

Bulgaria Under-21
Nickname(s)	The Lions
Association	Bulgarian Football Union
Head coach	Aleksandar Dimitrov
Captain	Stefan Velkov
Most caps	Petar Mihtarski (51)
Top scorer	Atanas Mihaylov (31)
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.

Coaching staff

Head coach

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
2019–	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
Manager	Aleksandar Dimitrov
Assistant Manager	Ivaylo Yordanov
Goalkeeping Coach	vacant

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

The following players have been called up for the 2021 European Under-21 Championship qualifying match against Poland on 15 November 2019.^[3] Names in bold denote players who have been capped for or called up to the senior team.
Caps and goals updated as of 15 November 2019 after the match against Poland.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Daniel Naumov	(1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 26)	13	0	CSKA 1948
12	1GK	Ivan Dyulgerov	(1999-07-15) 15 July 1999 (age 24)	1	0	Cherno More Varna

2	2DF	Andrea Hristov	(1999-03-01) 1 March 1999 (age 25)	6	0	Slavia Sofia
4	2DF	Angel Lyaskov	(1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 26)	12	0	Botev Vratsa
5	2DF	Alex Petkov	(1999-07-25) 25 July 1999 (age 24)	8	0	Clyde
6	2DF	Valentin Antov	(2000-11-09) 9 November 2000 (age 23)	6	0	CSKA Sofia
15	2DF	Petko Hristov	(1999-03-01) 1 March 1999 (age 25)	16	0	Bisceglie
19	2DF	Ivan Turitsov	(1999-07-18) 18 July 1999 (age 24)	6	0	CSKA Sofia

3	3MF	Ilian Iliev	(1999-08-20) 20 August 1999 (age 24)	0	0	Cherno More Varna
8	3MF	Dominik Yankov	(2000-07-28) 28 July 2000 (age 23)	5	0	Botev Vratsa
11	3MF	Georgi Rusev	(1998-07-02) 2 July 1998 (age 25)	9	0	Septemvri Sofia
14	3MF	Svetoslav Kovachev	(1998-03-14) 14 March 1998 (age 26)	7	0	Etar Veliko Tarnovo
16	3MF	Ivaylo Naydenov	(1998-03-22) 22 March 1998 (age 26)	6	0	Levski Sofia
17	3MF	Martin Minchev	(2001-04-22) 22 April 2001 (age 23)	5	0	Cherno More Varna
18	3MF	Stefan Gavrilov	(2000-07-09) 9 July 2000 (age 23)	2	0	Septemvri Sofia
21	3MF	Lachezar Kotev	(1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 26)	8	1	Vitosha Bistritsa
20	3MF	Asen Chandarov	(1998-11-13) 13 November 1998 (age 25)	2	0	Levski Sofia
22	3MF	Ivan Tilev	(1999-01-05) 5 January 1999 (age 25)	4	0	Septemvri Sofia
	3MF	Iliya Yurukov	(1999-09-22) 22 September 1999 (age 24)	7	1	Levski Sofia
	3MF	Zdravko Dimitrov	(1998-08-24) 24 August 1998 (age 25)	6	0	Levski Sofia

7	4FW	Kaloyan Krastev	(1999-01-24) 24 January 1999 (age 25)	16	0	Slavia Sofia
9	4FW	Tonislav Yordanov	(1998-11-27) 27 November 1998 (age 25)	12	6	Litex Lovech
10	4FW	Stanislav Ivanov	(1999-04-16) 16 April 1999 (age 25)	5	3	Levski 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

DF	Viktor Popov	(2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 (age 24)	3	0	Cherno More Varna	v. Latvia, 15 October 2019
DF	Ertan Tombak	(1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Slavia Sofia	V. Lobanovskyi Tournament, 3–5 June 2019
DF	Vasil Dobrev	(1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Septemvri Sofia	v. Finland, 25 March 2019

MF	Mitko Mitkov	(2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 (age 23)	2	0	CSKA Sofia	v. Russia, 10 September 2019
MF	Kristian Dobrev	(2001-04-27) 27 April 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Porto B	v. Russia, 10 September 2019
MF	Atanas Kabov	(1999-04-11) 11 April 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Vitosha Bistritsa	v. Finland, 25 March 2019

FW	Kun Temenuzhkov	(2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 24)	4	0	Leeds United	v. Latvia, 15 October 2019
FW	Preslav Borukov	(2000-04-23) 23 April 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday U23	V. Lobanovskyi Tournament, 3–5 June 2019
FW	Vladimir Nikolov	(2001-02-07) 7 February 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Septemvri Sofia	V. Lobanovskyi Tournament, 3–5 June 2019

Notes

^INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury.

UEFA Euro 2021 Qualifier

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Recent fixtures

Win Draw Loss

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Competition	Bulgaria scorers
25 March 2019	Marbella, Spain	Finland	1−0	Friendly match	Kotev 30'
3 June 2019	Kyiv, Ukraine	Israel	1−1	Friendly tournament	Yurukov 20'
5 June 2019	Kyiv, Ukraine	Cyprus	0−0	Friendly tournament
5 September 2019	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	4−0	UEFA EURO 2021 Q	Yordanov 15', 48', 65', S. Ivanov 39'
10 September 2019	Sofia, Bulgaria	Russia	0−0	UEFA EURO 2021 Q
11 October 2019	Sofia, Bulgaria	Serbia	0−1	UEFA EURO 2021 Q
15 October 2019	Riga, Latvia	Latvia	0−0	UEFA EURO 2021 Q
15 November 2019	Sofia, Bulgaria	Poland	3−0	UEFA EURO 2021 Q	Yordanov 43', S. Ivanov 51', 61'
29 March 2020	Sofia, Bulgaria	Estonia		UEFA EURO 2021 Q
4 September 2020	Russia	Russia		UEFA EURO 2021 Q
8 September 2020	Serbia	Serbia		UEFA EURO 2021 Q
9 October 2019	Bulgaria	Latvia		UEFA EURO 2021 Q
13 October 2019	Poland	Poland		UEFA EURO 2021 Q

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 европейската квалификация срещу Полша" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 8 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

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

[2] "Изпълнителният комитет на БФС прие бюджета и спортния календар за 2019 г." (in Bulgarian). bfunion.bg. 20 December 2018.

[3] "Състав на България U21 за европейската квалификация срещу Полша" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 8 November 2019.

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