Bulgaria national under-19 football team

Bulgaria U-19
Nickname(s)	The Young Lions
Association	Bulgarian Football Union
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Angel Stoykov
Captain	Dimo Krastev
FIFA code	BUL
First colours	Second colours

The Bulgaria national under-19 football team[1] is the national under-19 football team of Bulgaria and is controlled by the Bulgarian Football Union. The team competes in the European Under-19 Football Championship, held every year.

Competition results

Champions Runners-Up Semi-Finals Other Top Results

Balkan Youth Championship

Year	Rank
1968	Champions
1970	Champions
1973	Champions

UEFA U-19 European Championship

Year	Rank
1959	Champions
1963	Semi-Finals
1968	Semi-Finals
1969	Champions
1973	Champions
1974	Semi-Finals
1977	Runners-Up
1979	Runners-Up
1986	Quarter-Finals

FIFA U-19 World Championship

Year	Rank
1985	Quarter-Finals
1987	Quarter-Finals

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Friendly matches.
Match dates: 2 June and 5 June 2021
Opposition: North Macedonia

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Ivan Andonov	(2003-12-27) 27 December 2003	Fiorentina
1GK	Hristiyan Slavkov	(2003-02-26) 26 February 2003	Botev Plovdiv

2DF	Ivan Aleksiev	(2003-04-04) 4 April 2003	Slavia Sofia
2DF	Aleksandar Buchkov	(2003-09-13) 13 September 2003	CSKA Sofia
2DF	Aleksandar Georgiev	(2003-05-28) 28 May 2003	CSKA 1948
2DF	Kristian Hristov		Slavia Sofia
2DF	Martin Hristov		Botev Plovdiv
2DF	Hristiyan Petrov	(2002-06-24) 24 June 2002	Litex Lovech
2DF	Kristian Trenchev		Como

3MF	Simeon Aleksandrov	(2003-09-24) 24 September 2003	Septemvri Sofia
3MF	Steliyan Dobrev	(2003-11-12) 12 November 2003	Slavia Sofia
3MF	Martin Haydarov	(2003-01-22) 22 January 2003	CSKA 1948
3MF	Dimo Krastev	(2003-02-10) 10 February 2003	Fiorentina
3MF	Konstantin Nikolov		Belasitsa Petrich
3MF	Valentin Nikolov	(2003-10-15) 15 October 2003	Lokomotiv Sofia
3MF	Panayot Paskov	(2003-01-09) 9 January 2003	Septemvri Sofia
3MF	Plamen Tsonchev	(2003-01-30) 30 January 2003	Botev Plovdiv

4FW	Nikola Iliev	(2004-04-06) 6 April 2004	Inter Milan
4FW	Miroslav Marinov	(2004-03-07) 7 March 2004	Botev Vratsa
4FW	Martin Smolenski	(2003-03-08) 8 March 2003	CSKA Sofia
4FW	Martin Sorakov	(2003-10-23) 23 October 2003	Slavia Sofia

Recent results

Win Draw Loss

8 March 2017 Friendly	Bulgaria	1–0	Cyprus	Sofia, Bulgaria
14:00	Krastev 35'	Report		Stadium: Tsarsko Selo Complex Referee: Nikolay Yordanov

22 March 2017 2017 UEFA U19 Euro ER	Israel	1–1	Bulgaria	Blois, France
20:00	Abu Fani 56'	Report	Genchev 86'	Stadium: Stade municipal des Allées Jean Leroi Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

24 March 2017 2017 UEFA U19 Euro ER	France	1–2	Bulgaria	Blois, France
20:00	Diaby 66'	Report	Krastev 14' Yordanov 56'	Stadium: Stade municipal des Allées Jean Leroi Referee: Dimitrios Massias (Cyprus)

27 March 2017 2017 UEFA U19 Euro ER	Bulgaria	3–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Vineuil, France
20:00	Rusev 4' (pen.) Krastev 29', 45+1'	Report	Demirović 64'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

13 June 2017 Friendly	Bulgaria	2–1	Georgia	Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
18:00	Rusev 62' Yordanov 72' (pen.)	Report	Kutsia 16'	Stadium: Hristo Botev

3 July 2017 2017 UEFA U19 Euro	Bulgaria	0–2	England	Tbilisi, Georgia
17:30	Tilev 29' Klimentov 87'	Report	Mount 1' Sessegnon 48'	Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Attendance: 220 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen (Norway)

6 July 2017 2017 UEFA U19 Euro	Germany	3–0	Bulgaria	Gori, Georgia
20:00	Amenyido 10', 60' Gül 19' (pen.), 45+2' Friede 54' (pen.) Geiger 87' Bansen 90+3'	Report	A. Hristov 17' Krastev 25' Rusev 34' Naydenov 41' Naumov 54' Yanev 71'	Stadium: Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium Attendance: 3,252 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin (Russia)

9 July 2017 2017 UEFA U19 Euro	Netherlands	1–1	Bulgaria	Gori, Georgia
20:00	Kongolo 50' Kadioglu 65' Lonwijk 80'	Report	Rusev 5', 55' Dobrev 43'	Stadium: Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium Attendance: 1,214 Referee: Srjdan Jovanović (Serbia)

12 September 2017 Friendly	Bulgaria	4–4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sofia, Bulgaria
17:00	Krastev 27' T. Ivanov 44' Zhivkov 73' Antov 79'	Report	Hadžić 15', 40', 58' Veladžić 82'	Stadium: Boyana National Football Base Referee: Stanimir Trenchev

14 September 2017 Friendly	Bulgaria	0–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sofia, Bulgaria
10:30		Report	Hadžić 13' Veladžić 34'	Stadium: Boyana National Football Base Referee: Vangel Vangelov

8 November 2017 (2017-11-08) 2018 UEFA U19 Euro Q	Iceland	1–2	Bulgaria	Sliven, Bulgaria
13:30	Finnsson 88' (pen.)	Report	T. Ivanov 78' S. Ivanov 83'	Stadium: Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium Referee: Markus Hameter (Austria)

11 November 2017 (2017-11-11) 2018 UEFA U19 Euro Q	Bulgaria	2−0	Faroe Islands	Sliven, Bulgaria
13:30	Hristov 43' Krastev 59'	Report		Stadium: Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium Referee: Paul Mclaughlin (Ireland)

14 November 2017 (2017-11-14) 2018 UEFA U19 Euro Q	Bulgaria	0−1	England	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
13:30		Report	Sancho 11'	Stadium: Trace Arena Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)

20 February 2018 Friendly	Bulgaria	2–1	Kosovo	Nesebar, Bulgaria
14:00	Kabov 60' Ivanov 85'	Report	Behrami 18'	Stadium: Nesebar Stadium

22 February 2018 Friendly	Bulgaria	0–0	Kosovo	Sozopol, Bulgaria
11:00		Report		Stadium: Arena Sozopol

6 March 2018 Friendly	Bulgaria	0–1	Serbia	Simitli, Bulgaria
15:00		Report	Joveljić 37'	Stadium: Struma Stadium

8 March 2018 Friendly	Bulgaria	4–1	Serbia	Simitli, Bulgaria
10:30	Kabov 13', 30' Yanchev 35' Zhivkov 89'	Report	Maksimović 59'	Stadium: Struma Stadium

21 March 2018 (2018-03-21) 2018 UEFA U19 Euro ER	Spain	0−0	Bulgaria	Benidorm, Spain
18:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

24 March 2018 (2018-03-24) 2018 UEFA U19 Euro ER	France	2−0	Bulgaria	Benidorm, Spain
12:00	Alioui 26', 79'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Croatia)

27 March 2018 (2018-03-27) 2018 UEFA U19 Euro ER	Bulgaria	0−2	Belgium	Alcoy, Spain
17:30		Report	Dewaele 58' Openda 67'	Stadium: Estadio El Collao Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

2 September 2018 Friendly	SV Lippstadt 08 U17	1−2	Bulgaria	Lippstadt, Germany
12:30				Stadium: Liebelt Arena

4 September 2018 Friendly	Westphalia I U17	0−2	Bulgaria	Ennigerloh, Germany
19:00				Stadium: Stavernbuschpark

6 September 2018 Friendly	Westphalia II U17	2−2	Bulgaria	Bergkamen, Germany
19:00				Stadium: Sportplatz VFK Weddinghofen

Former squads

Notes

Bulgarian: Български юношески национален отбор по футбол, Balgarski yunosheski natsionalen otbor po futbol, literally "Bulgarian teenage national football team"

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[1] Bulgarian: Български юношески национален отбор по футбол, Balgarski yunosheski natsionalen otbor po futbol, literally "Bulgarian teenage national football team"

Football in Bulgaria
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