Bulgaria national under-17 football team

Bulgaria U-17
Nickname(s)The Young Lions
AssociationBulgarian Football Union
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachTodor Simov
CaptainKaloyan Bozhkov
FIFA codeBUL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances0
European Championship
Appearances7 (first in 1985)
Best resultGroup stage: 7 times

The Bulgaria national under-17 football team represents Bulgaria in football at an under-17 age level and is controlled by the Bulgarian Football Union, the governing body for football in Bulgaria.

Competition results

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place/Semi-finals    Fourth place    Other Top Results  

Balkan U-17 Championship

Year Rank
1973 Champions

UEFA European U-16/U-17 Championship

Year Rank
1982 Did not qualify
1984 Quarter-finals-Did not qualify
1985 Group stage
1986 Group stage
1987 Group stage
1988 Did not qualify
1989 Group stage
1990 Did not qualify
1991 Group stage
1992 Did not qualify
1993 Did not qualify
1994 Did not qualify
1995 Did not qualify
1996 Did not qualify
1997 Did not qualify
1998 Did not qualify
1999 Did not qualify
2000 Did not qualify
2001 Did not qualify
2002 Did not qualify
2003 Elite Round-Did not qualify
2004 Did not qualify
2005 Elite Round-Did not qualify
2006 Elite Round-Did not qualify
2007 Did not qualify
2008 Did not qualify
2009 Did not qualify
2010 Did not qualify
2011 Did not qualify
2012 Elite Round-Did not qualify
2013 Elite Round-Did not qualify
2014 Did not qualify
2015 Group stage
2016 Elite Round-Did not qualify
2017 Did not qualify
2018 Did not qualify
2019 Did not qualify
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[1][2]
2021
2022 Group stage
2023 Did not qualify
2024 Elite Round-Did not qualify
2025 to be determined

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Year Rank
1985 to 2023 Did not qualify
2025 To be determined

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches against Malta, Faroe Islands and Luxembourg on 10, 13 and 16 April 2025 respectively.[3]

Caps and goals correct as of 10 April 2025, after the match against Malta

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ognyan Vladimirov (2008-01-24) 24 January 2008 2 0 Levski Sofia
12 1GK Plamen Penev (2008-04-22) 22 April 2008 3 0 Lecce

2 2DF Emanuil Nyagolov (2008-08-17) 17 August 2008 3 0 Cherno More Varna
3 2DF Simeon Turlakov (2008-03-11) 11 March 2008 0 0 Botev Plovdiv
4 2DF Martin Portarski (2008-02-17) 17 February 2008 2 0 National Sofia
5 2DF Bozhidar Zhechev (2008-08-05) 5 August 2008 2 0 Sampdoria
15 2DF Stoyan Lazarov (2008-07-17) 17 July 2008 1 0 Levski Sofia

6 3MF Kaloyan Bozhkov (2008-02-01) 1 February 2008 12 0 Lokomotiva Zagreb
7 3MF Valentino Varbanov (2008-02-15) 15 February 2008 1 0 CSKA Sofia
8 3MF Radostin Stoilov (2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 3 1 Levski Sofia
10 3MF Martin Peychev (2008-10-20) 20 October 2008 3 0 West Ham United
11 3MF Iliyan Gatinski (2008-10-10) 10 October 2008 1 0 Ludogorets Razgrad
13 3MF Nikola Genchev (2008-11-19) 19 November 2008 3 0 Septemvri Sofia
16 3MF Sasho Grancharov (2008-01-14) 14 January 2008 1 0 Levski Sofia
17 3MF Aleksandar Kalchev (2008-09-07) 7 September 2008 1 0 Levski Sofia
19 3MF Samuil Tsonov (2008-05-30) 30 May 2008 1 1 Botev Plovdiv
20 3MF Venislav Mihaylov (2008-02-13) 13 February 2008 1 0 Septemvri Sofia

9 4FW Maksim Minkov (2008-05-01) 1 May 2008 3 1 Ludogorets Razgrad
14 4FW Borislav Stoichkov (2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 0 0 Septemvri Sofia
18 4FW Kristiyan Mihaylov (2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 0 0 Cherno More Varna

See also

References

  1. ^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Bulgaria Under-17". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 10 April 2025.