Bulgaria U-19

Nickname	The Young Lions
Association	Bulgarian Football Union
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Atanas Ribarski
Captain	Kubrat Onasci
FIFA code	BUL
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.

  Champions    Runners-Up    Semi-Finals    Other Top Results  

Year	Rank
1968	Champions
1970	Champions
1973	Champions

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

Year	Rank
1985	Quarter-Finals
1987	Quarter-Finals

• The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches.
• Match dates: between 13 and 19 November 2024
• Opposition: England, Belgium and Lithuania
• Caps and goals correct as of: 15 October 2024, after the match against Moldova

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Aleksandar Andreev	(2006-03-25) 25 March 2006 (age 19)	2	0	Girona
1	1GK	Atanas Kehayov	(2007-05-16) 16 May 2007 (age 18)	1	0	AS Roma Primavera
4	2DF	Viktor Lyubenov	(2006-08-16) 16 August 2006 (age 19)	3	1	Levski Sofia
6	2DF	Ivaylo Videv	(2006-01-17) 17 January 2006 (age 20)	3	0	Botev Plovdiv
15	2DF	Bozhidar Petrov	(2007-02-09) 9 February 2007 (age 19)	3	0	CSKA Sofia II
3	2DF	Aleksandar Bozhilov	(2006-02-23) 23 February 2006 (age 20)	1	0	Levski Sofia
5	2DF	Mihail Polendakov	(2007-06-05) 5 June 2007 (age 18)	3	0	Septemvri Sofia
2	3MF	David Mihalev	(2006-03-27) 27 March 2006 (age 19)	3	0	Levski Sofia
13	3MF	Kubrat Onasci	(2006-07-06) 6 July 2006 (age 19)	3	0	Septemvri Sofia
8	3MF	Dzhaner Sadetinov	(2006-01-30) 30 January 2006 (age 20)	3	0	Perugia
10	3MF	Valentin Dotsev	(2006-08-19) 19 August 2006 (age 19)	3	1	Septemvri Sofia
14	3MF	Aleksandar Marinov	(2007-07-21) 21 July 2007 (age 18)	3	0	Ludogorets II
20	3MF	Dimitar Dikliev	(2006-05-04) 4 May 2006 (age 19)	2	0	Botev Plovdiv
16	3MF	Valentin Yotov	(2006-01-15) 15 January 2006 (age 20)	3	0	Glacis United
17	3MF	Vasil Kaymakanov	(2007-07-01) 1 July 2007 (age 18)	3	1	CSKA Sofia III
18	3MF	Rayan Ivanov	(2006-03-28) 28 March 2006 (age 19)	1	0	Ludogorets II
11	4FW	Adrian Raychev	(2006-04-19) 19 April 2006 (age 19)	3	0	Pisa Primavera
16	4FW	Vasil Kazaldzhiev	(2006-06-15) 15 June 2006 (age 19)	1	0	Slavia Sofia
7	4FW	Konstantin Dimitrov	(2006-01-12) 12 January 2006 (age 20)	5	1	Ludogorets II
9	4FW	Filip Gigov	(2007-03-29) 29 March 2007 (age 18)	3	2	Ludogorets II

The following players have previously been called up to the Bulgaria under-19 squad and remain eligible.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Stoyan Pergelov	(2006-04-20) 20 April 2006 (age 19)	1	0	Birmingham City U21
FW	Emil Naydenov	(2007-02-12) 12 February 2007 (age 19)	2	0	Botev Plovdiv
9	4FW	Preslav Bachev	(2006-03-14) 14 March 2006 (age 19)	7	3	Levski Sofia II
-	4FW	Aleksandar Kozhuharov	(2006-06-28) 28 June 2006 (age 19)	0	0	CSKA Sofia III

Notes

• ^A = Not part of the current squad due to being called up to the senior team.
• ^INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury.
• ^COVID = Withdrawn from the current squad due to suffering from COVID-19.

  Win   Draw   Loss

 Malta v Bulgaria 

7 September 2024 (2024-09-07) Friendly

Malta

0−0

Bulgaria

Malta

 Malta v Bulgaria 

9 September 2024 (2024-09-09) Friendly	Malta	1−1	Bulgaria	Malta
			Valentin Dotsev 75'

Bulgaria  v  Moldova

12 October 2024 (2024-10-12) Friendly	Bulgaria	4−1	Moldova	Dragoman, Bulgaria
16:00	Vasil Kaymakanov 9' Preslav Bachev 24' Viktor Lyubenov 41' Preslav Bachev 76'		Ion Ciobanu 62'

Bulgaria  v  Moldova

15 October 2024 (2024-10-15) Friendly	Bulgaria	1−1	Moldova	Dragoman, Bulgaria
16:00	Konstantin Dimitrov 81'		David Sirbu 87'

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