Bulgaria national under-17 football team

Bulgaria Under-17

Nickname(s)	The Lions
Association	Bulgarian Football Union
Head coach	Viktorio Pavlov
Captain	Iliya Gruev Jr
First colours Second colours

The Bulgaria national under-17 football team, also known as Bulgarian under-17s or Bulgaria U17(s), represents Bulgaria in football at an under-17 age level and is controlled by Bulgarian Football Union, the governing body for football in Bulgaria.

In 2015, Viktorio Pavlov was appointed to coach the squad.

Competition results

     Champions       Runners-Up       Semi-Finals       Other Top Results  

Balkan U-17 Championship

Year	Rank
1973	Champions

UEFA U-17 European Championship

Year	Rank
1984	Quarter-Finals
2015	Group Stage

FIFA U-17 World Championship

Year	Rank
2017	To Be Determined

Recent results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
29 January 2015	Friendly	Blagoevgrad	Turkey	1 - 0	Georgi Rusev  27'
3 March 2015	Friendly	Sliven, Bulgaria	Switzerland	2 - 1	Stefanov  22', Yordanov  51'
5 March 2015	Friendly	Sliven, Bulgaria	Switzerland	2 - 1	Klimentov  29', Borimirov  65'
2 April 2015	Friendly	Blagoevgrad	Macedonia	4 - 1	Yordanov  26', Chandarov  35', Golovodov  37', Krastev  72'
6 May 2015	2015 EURO U-17 Cup	Stara Zagora	Croatia	0 - 2
9 May 2015	2015 EURO U-17 Cup	Burgas, Bulgaria	Spain	1 - 2	Yordanov  35'
12 May 2015	2015 EURO U-17 Cup	Sozopol, Bulgaria	Austria	1 - 1	Yordanov  43'
27 August 2015	Friendly	Pravetz, Bulgaria	Denmark	0 - 0
21 October 2015	2016 EURO U-17 Q	Sozopol, Bulgaria	Italy	0 - 3
23 October 2015	2016 EURO U-17 Q	Burgas, Bulgaria	Scotland	2 - 0	Kostadinov  24', Tilev  67'
26 October 2015	2016 EURO U-17 Q	Burgas, Bulgaria	Macedonia	0 - 0
4 January 2016	Friendly	Saint Petersburg	Slovenia	1 - 4	Ivanov  18'
6 January 2016	Friendly	Saint Petersburg	Azerbaijan	0 - 2
8 January 2016	Friendly	Saint Petersburg	Latvia	0 - 1
11 January 2016	Friendly	Saint Petersburg	Moldova	3 - 2	Ivanov  15', 46', 72'
25 February 2016	Friendly	Jagodina, Serbia	Serbia	3 - 3	Ivanov  17', 54', Kabov  89'
27 February 2016	Friendly	Jagodina, Serbia	Serbia	0 - 2
24 March 2016	2016 UEFA U-17 elite	Büderich, Germany	Netherlands	0 - 0
26 March 2016	2016 UEFA U-17 elite	Ratingen, Germany	Germany	1 - 1	Tilev  19' (pen.)
29 March 2016	2016 UEFA U-17 elite	Ratingen, Germany	Slovakia	0 - 3
28 September 2016	2017 EURO U-17 Q	Finland	Georgia	1 - 0	Gruev Jr.  35' (pen.)
30 September 2016	2017 EURO U-17 Q	Finland	Sweden
3 October 2016	2017 EURO U-17 Q	Finland	Finland

Players

Current squad

• Squad called up for the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches.

Caps and goals updated as of 30 September 2016 after the match against Sweden.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Hristo Lalev	(2000-01-23) 23 January 2000	2	0	Levski Sofia
12	1GK	Damyan Damyanov	(2000-06-29) 29 June 2000	0	0	Ludogorets Razgrad
5	2DF	Tihomir Dimitrov	(2000-02-04) 4 February 2000	2	0	Levski Sofia
3	2DF	Martin Mihaylov		2	0	Slavia Sofia
4	2DF	Angel Karakashev		2	0	Slavia Sofia
2	2DF	Ivo Dimitrov		2	0	Septemvri Sofia
15	2DF	Valentin Ivanov		2	0	Stara Zagora
16	2DF	Veselin Veskov		0	0	CSKA Sofia
6	3MF	Iliya Gruev Jr	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000	4	1	Werder Bremen
8	3MF	Stefan Gavrilov	(2000-09-07) 7 September 2000	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday
11	3MF	Eyad Hammoud	(2001-07-24) 24 July 2001	2	0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
7	3MF	Mitko Mitkov		2	0	CSKA Sofia
14	3MF	Preslav Borukov	(2000-04-23) 23 April 2000	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday
18	3MF	Metodi Stefanov		1	0	Pirin Blagoevgrad
13	3MF	Vladimir Nikolov		0	0	Septemvri Sofia
9	4FW	Kun Temenuzhkov	(2000-02-01) 1 February 2000	4	2	Barcelona
10	4FW	Lachezar Yordanov		2	0	Cherno More
17	4FW	Kristiyan Dimitrov		1	0	Girona

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Bulgarian squad within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Daniel Naumov	(1998-03-29) March 29, 1998	2	0	Ludogorets Razgrad II
DF	Dimitar Savov	(1998-09-09)09 September 1998 (aged 16)			Slavia Sofia	{{{latest}}}
DF	Danail Ivanov	(1998-08-07)07 August 1998 (aged 16)			Septemvri Sofia	{{{latest}}}
DF	Matteo Stamatov	(1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 16)	3	0	Espanyol	{{{latest}}}
DF	Valentin Antov INJ	(2000-11-09)9 November 2000 (aged 14)	3	0	CSKA Sofia	{{{latest}}}
MF	Pavel Golovodov	(1998-06-28)28 June 1998 (aged 16)			CSKA Sofia	{{{latest}}}
MF	Aleks Borimirov	(1998-05-13)13 May 1998 (aged 16)			Levski Sofia	{{{latest}}}
FW	Denis Yuseinov	(1997-03-20) March 20, 1997	3	0	Zulte Waregem
FW	Svetoslav Kovachev	(1998-03-14) March 14, 1998	2	0	Ludogorets Razgrad II

Notes

^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
^SUS Player withdrew from the squad due to a suspension.

See also

• Bulgaria national under-19 football team
• Bulgaria national under-21 football team
• Bulgaria national football team

References

Football in Bulgaria
League competitions	First League Second League Third League (4 divisions) Regional Groups Bulgarian women's football championship
Cup competitions	Bulgarian Cup Bulgarian Supercup Cup of AFL Bulgarian Women's Cup
Defunct competitions	State Championship (1924–1936, 1941–1945) Tsar's Cup (1924–44) National Football Division (1937–1940) Republic Championship (1945–1948) Cup of the Soviet Army (1983–90) BFU's Cup (1990–91) PFL's Cup (1994–97) Doubles Group (2008–2010) A Group (1948-2016)
National teams	Men Women Olympic team (U-23) Under-21 Under-19 Under-17
Lists	Clubs Stadiums Foreign players National team results
Awards	Footballers' Footballer of the Year
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