Bulgaria national under-19 football team

Bulgaria Under-19
Nickname(s)	The Lions
Association	Bulgarian Football Union
Head coach	Angel Stoykov
Captain	Stanislav Ivanov
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

Squad called up for the 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifications against Montenegro, Armenia and Turkey between 13 and 19 November 2019.[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Viktor Nikolov	(2001-04-11) 11 April 2001	0	0	Socuéllamos
12	1GK	Nikola Videnov	(2002-03-22) 22 March 2002	0	0	CSKA 1948

2	2DF	Aleksandar Ganchev	(2001-07-09) 9 July 2001	0	0	Ludogorets Razgrad
3	2DF	Aleksandar Makris	(2001-07-11) 11 July 2001	0	0	Unattached
4	2DF	Hristiyan Petrov	(2002-06-24) 24 June 2002	0	0	CSKA Sofia
20	2DF	Ivaylo Ivanov	(2001-01-11) 11 January 2001	0	0	Levski Sofia

5	3MF	Yoan Baurenski	(2001-10-25) 25 October 2001	0	0	Litex Lovech
6	3MF	Emanuel Mirchev	(2002-02-09) 9 February 2002	0	0	Hamburger SV
7	3MF	Dimitar Stoyanov	(2001-04-14) 14 April 2001	0	0	Slavia Sofia
8	3MF	Aleksandar Todorov	(2001-06-25) 25 June 2001	0	0	Septemvri Sofia
11	3MF	Dimitar Tonev	(2001-10-15) 15 October 2001	0	0	Botev Plovdiv
14	3MF	Filip Krastev	(2001-10-15) 15 October 2001	0	0	Troyes
15	3MF	Martin Atanasov	(2002-01-19) 19 January 2002	0	0	Slavia Sofia
17	3MF	Hristo Radkov	(2001-04-03) 3 April 2001	0	0	CSKA Sofia
19	3MF	Filip Kolev	(2001-01-29) 29 January 2001	0	0	Spartak Varna

9	4FW	Martin Petkov	(2002-08-15) 15 August 2002	0	0	Levski Sofia
10	4FW	Vladimir Nikolov	(2001-02-07) 7 February 2001	0	0	Würzburger Kickers
18	4FW	Martin Minchev	(2001-04-22) 22 April 2001	3	1	Sparta Prague
21	4FW	Denislav Angelov	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001	0	0	Cherno More
22	4FW	Asen Donchev	(2001-10-22) 22 October 2001	0	0	CSKA 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

1985 FIFA World Youth Championship squads - Bulgaria
1987 FIFA World Youth Championship squads - Bulgaria
2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads - Bulgaria
2014 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads - Bulgaria
2017 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship squads - Bulgaria

Notes

Bulgarian: Български юношески национален отбор по футбол, Balgarski yunosheski natsionalen otbor po futbol, literally "Bulgarian teenage national football team"
"Състав на България U19 за предстоящите европейски квалификации" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 11 November 2019.

External links

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

[u19-2019-qualification-2] "Състав на България U19 за предстоящите европейски квалификации" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Football Union. 11 November 2019.

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