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Bulgaria national under-17 football team

Bulgaria U-17
Nickname(s)The Young Lions
AssociationBulgarian Football Union
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachTodor Simov
CaptainAsen Mitkov
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
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

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Atanas Kehayov (2007-05-16) 16 May 2007 (age 17) 3 0 Italy AS Roma
1GK Plamen Penev (2008-04-22) 22 April 2008 (age 16) 1 0 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad

2DF David Dimitrov (2007-10-16) 16 October 2007 (age 17) 4 0 Bulgaria CSKA 1948
2DF Danail Lastardzhiev (2007-03-04) 4 March 2007 (age 17) 3 0 Bulgaria Septemvri Sofia
2DF Deyan Kirilov (2007-01-19) 19 January 2007 (age 17) 2 0 Bulgaria CSKA 1948
2DF Mert Salim (2007-11-21) 21 November 2007 (age 17) 1 0 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2DF Bozhidar Petrov (2007-02-09) 9 February 2007 (age 17) 5 0 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
2DF Mihail Polendakov (2007-06-05) 5 June 2007 (age 17) 8 1 Bulgaria Septemvri Sofia
2DF Martin Dimitrov (2007-01-19) 19 January 2007 (age 17) 3 0 Bulgaria CSKA 1948
2DF Kristian Yordanov (2007-07-09) 9 July 2007 (age 17) 5 0 Bulgaria CSKA 1948

3MF Mihail Petrov (2007-04-21) 21 April 2007 (age 17) 2 0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
3MF Boris Todorov (2007-05-31) 31 May 2007 (age 17) 3 0 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
3MF Kaloyan Bozhkov (2008-02-01) 1 February 2008 (age 16) 4 0 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
3MF Filip Gigov (2007-03-29) 29 March 2007 (age 17) 7 1 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
3MF Marto Boychev (2008-03-15) 15 March 2008 (age 16) 3 0 Bulgaria CSKA 1948
3MF Vasil Kaymakanov (2007-07-01) 1 July 2007 (age 17) 5 0 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
3MF Viktor Ivanov (2007-06-25) 25 June 2007 (age 17) 3 0 Bulgaria Septemvri Sofia

4FW Denis Givedzhov (2007-01-17) 17 January 2007 (age 17) 1 1 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
4FW Steven Gerard Gaote (2008-02-19) 19 February 2008 (age 16) 4 2 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
4FW Emil Naydenov (2007-02-12) 12 February 2007 (age 17) 5 0 Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv

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.