Bulgaria national under-21 football team
Nickname(s) | The Lions | ||
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Association | Bulgarian Football Union | ||
Head coach |
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Captain | Milen Gamakov | ||
Most caps | Petar Mihtarski (51) | ||
Top scorer | Atanas Mihaylov (31) | ||
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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 |
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UEFA U-21 European Championship
Year | Rank |
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![]() | Semi-Finals |
![]() | Quarter-Finals |
![]() | Quarter-Finals |
![]() | Semi-Finals |
![]() | 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.
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 |
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GK | Anatoli Gospodinov | February 11, 1995 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Stefan Velkov INJ | December 12, 1996 | 9 | 1 | ![]() |
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DF | Stoycho Atanasov INJ | May 14, 1997 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Emin Ahmed | March 10, 1996 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Dimitar Burov | August 31, 1997 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Plamen Tenev | June 13, 1995 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Georgi Radev | October 15, 1994 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
Toulon Tournament |
DF | Galin Minkov | November 2, 1997 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
Toulon Tournament |
MF | Georgi Yomov INJ | July 6, 1997 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Borislav Tsonev | April 29, 1995 | 8 | 1 | ![]() |
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MF | Yanis Karabelyov | January 23, 1996 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Emil Stoev | January 17, 1996 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Bedri Ryustemov | November 17, 1995 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Todor Trayanov | May 30, 1995 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Dimitar Velkovski | January 22, 1995 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
Toulon Tournament |
MF | Bekir Rasim | December 26, 1994 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
Toulon Tournament |
MF | Manol Chapov | January 25, 1996 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
Toulon Tournament |
FW | Tsvetelin Chunchukov INJ | December 26, 1994 | 7 | 1 | ![]() |
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FW | Nasko Milev | July 18, 1996 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Georgi Minchev INJ | April 20, 1995 | 9 | 2 | ![]() |
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FW | Iliya Dimitrov | July 10, 1996 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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- 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 | ![]() |
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10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 28 | Final tournament | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | |
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10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 17 | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | ||
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10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 16 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | ||
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10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 16 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
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10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 6 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | ||
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10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — |
Recent fixtures
2015−2017
Win Draw Loss
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".
External links
- UEFA Under-21 website, complete results archive
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, full record of U-21 and U-23 Championships