Bulgaria national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Bulgaria women's 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 in 2010

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
Bulgaria 1973 Champions

UEFA European U-16/U-17 Championship

Year Rank
Italy 1982 Did not qualify
West Germany 1984 Quarter-finals-Did not qualify
Hungary 1985 Group stage
Greece 1986 Group stage
France 1987 Group stage
Spain 1988 Did not qualify
Denmark 1989 Group stage
East Germany 1990 Did not qualify
Switzerland 1991 Group stage
Cyprus 1992 Did not qualify
Turkey 1993 Did not qualify
Republic of Ireland 1994 Did not qualify
Belgium 1995 Did not qualify
Austria 1996 Did not qualify
Germany 1997 Did not qualify
Scotland 1998 Did not qualify
Czech Republic 1999 Did not qualify
Israel 2000 Did not qualify
England 2001 Did not qualify
Denmark 2002 Did not qualify
Portugal 2003 Elite Round-Did not qualify
France 2004 Did not qualify
Italy 2005 Elite Round-Did not qualify
Luxembourg 2006 Elite Round-Did not qualify
Belgium 2007 Did not qualify
Turkey 2008 Did not qualify
Germany 2009 Did not qualify
Liechtenstein 2010 Did not qualify
Serbia 2011 Did not qualify
Slovenia 2012 Elite Round-Did not qualify
Slovakia 2013 Elite Round-Did not qualify
Malta 2014 Did not qualify
Bulgaria 2015 Group stage
Azerbaijan 2016 Elite Round-Did not qualify
Croatia 2017 Did not qualify
England 2018 Did not qualify
Republic of Ireland 2019 Did not qualify
Estonia 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[1][2]
Cyprus 2021
Israel 2022 Group stage
Hungary 2023 Did not qualify
Cyprus 2024 Elite Round-Did not qualify
Albania 2025 to be determined

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Year Rank
China 1985 to Indonesia 2023 Did not qualify
Qatar 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 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
12 1GK Plamen Penev (2008-04-22) 22 April 2008 3 0 Italy Lecce
2 2DF Emanuil Nyagolov (2008-08-17) 17 August 2008 3 0 Bulgaria Cherno More Varna
3 2DF Simeon Turlakov (2008-03-11) 11 March 2008 0 0 Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv
4 2DF Martin Portarski (2008-02-17) 17 February 2008 2 0 Bulgaria National Sofia
5 2DF Bozhidar Zhechev (2008-08-05) 5 August 2008 2 0 Italy Sampdoria
15 2DF Stoyan Lazarov (2008-07-17) 17 July 2008 1 0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
6 3MF Kaloyan Bozhkov (2008-02-01) 1 February 2008 12 0 Croatia Lokomotiva Zagreb
7 3MF Valentino Varbanov (2008-02-15) 15 February 2008 1 0 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
8 3MF Radostin Stoilov (2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 3 1 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
10 3MF Martin Peychev (2008-10-20) 20 October 2008 3 0 England West Ham United
11 3MF Iliyan Gatinski (2008-10-10) 10 October 2008 1 0 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
13 3MF Nikola Genchev (2008-11-19) 19 November 2008 3 0 Bulgaria Septemvri Sofia
16 3MF Sasho Grancharov (2008-01-14) 14 January 2008 1 0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
17 3MF Aleksandar Kalchev (2008-09-07) 7 September 2008 1 0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
19 3MF Samuil Tsonov (2008-05-30) 30 May 2008 1 1 Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv
20 3MF Venislav Mihaylov (2008-02-13) 13 February 2008 1 0 Bulgaria Septemvri Sofia
9 4FW Maksim Minkov (2008-05-01) 1 May 2008 3 1 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
14 4FW Borislav Stoichkov (2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 0 0 Bulgaria Septemvri Sofia
18 4FW Kristiyan Mihaylov (2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 0 0 Bulgaria 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.
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