Bulgaria national under-19 football team

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.

Bulgaria Under-19

Nickname(s)	The Lions
Association	Bulgarian Football Union
Head coach	Angel Stoykov
Captain	Stanislav Ivanov
First colours Second colours

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	GK	Viktor Nikolov	11 April 2001	0	0	Socuéllamos
12	GK	Nikola Videnov	22 March 2002	0	0	CSKA 1948
2	DF	Aleksandar Ganchev	9 July 2001	0	0	Ludogorets Razgrad
3	DF	Aleksandar Makris	11 July 2001	0	0	Unattached
4	DF	Hristiyan Petrov	24 June 2002	0	0	CSKA Sofia
20	DF	Ivaylo Ivanov	11 January 2001	0	0	Levski Sofia
5	MF	Yoan Baurenski	25 October 2001	0	0	Litex Lovech
6	MF	Emanuel Mirchev	9 February 2002	0	0	Hamburger SV
7	MF	Dimitar Stoyanov	14 April 2001	0	0	Slavia Sofia
8	MF	Aleksandar Todorov	25 June 2001	0	0	Septemvri Sofia
11	MF	Dimitar Tonev	15 October 2001	0	0	Botev Plovdiv
14	MF	Filip Krastev	15 October 2001	0	0	Troyes
15	MF	Martin Atanasov	19 January 2002	0	0	Slavia Sofia
17	MF	Hristo Radkov	3 April 2001	0	0	CSKA Sofia
19	MF	Filip Kolev	29 January 2001	0	0	Spartak Varna
9	FW	Martin Petkov	15 August 2002	0	0	Levski Sofia
10	FW	Vladimir Nikolov	7 February 2001	0	0	Würzburger Kickers
18	FW	Martin Minchev	22 April 2001	3	1	Sparta Prague
21	FW	Denislav Angelov	5 January 2001	0	0	Cherno More
22	FW	Asen Donchev	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 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 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 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 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 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 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

See also

Bulgaria national football team

Bulgaria national under-21 football team

Bulgaria national under-18 football team

Bulgaria national under-17 football team

Notes

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

External links

• Bulgarian football - history, teams, stadiums, fan clubs
• RSSSF archive of results 1924-
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• Planet World Cup archive of results in the World Cup
• Planet World Cup archive of squads in the World Cup
• Planet World Cup archive of results in the World Cup qualifiers