Bulgaria national under-21 football team


The Bulgaria national under-21 football team is considered to be the feeder team for the Bulgaria national football team. This team is for Bulgarian players aged under 21 at the start of the calendar year in which a two-year UEFA European Under-21 Championship campaign begins, so some players can remain with the squad until the age of 23.

Coaching staff

Head coach

On 20 December 2018, BFU appointed Aleksandar Dimitrov as the head coach of the under-21 team.

U21 Coaching staff

Competition results

Champions Runners-Up Semi-Finals Other Top Results

Balkan Youth Championship

YearRank
1968Champions
1970Champions
1973Champions

UEFA U-21 European Championship

YearRank
1972Semi-Finals
1974Quarter-Finals
1976Quarter-Finals
1978Semi-Finals
1980Quarter-Finals

Current squad

Players

The following players have been called up for the 2021 European Under-21 Championship qualifying match against Poland on 15 November 2019. Names in bold denote players who have been capped for or called up to the senior team.

Caps and goals updated as of 15 November 2019 after the match against Poland.

Recent call ups

The following players have previously been called up to the Bulgaria under-21 squad and remain eligible.
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Recent fixtures

DateLocationOpponentScoreCompetitionBulgaria scorers
25 March 2019Marbella, Spain1−0Friendly matchKotev
3 June 2019Kyiv, Ukraine1−1Friendly tournamentYurukov
5 June 2019Kyiv, Ukraine0−0Friendly tournament
5 September 2019Tallinn, Estonia4−0UEFA EURO 2021 QYordanov, S. Ivanov
10 September 2019Sofia, Bulgaria0−0UEFA EURO 2021 Q
11 October 2019Sofia, Bulgaria0−1UEFA EURO 2021 Q
15 October 2019Riga, Latvia0−0UEFA EURO 2021 Q
15 November 2019Sofia, Bulgaria3−0UEFA EURO 2021 QYordanov, S. Ivanov
29 March 2020Sofia, BulgariaUEFA EURO 2021 Q
4 September 2020RussiaUEFA EURO 2021 Q
8 September 2020SerbiaUEFA EURO 2021 Q
9 October 2019BulgariaUEFA EURO 2021 Q
13 October 2019PolandUEFA EURO 2021 Q