Bulgaria national under-17 football team

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.

Bulgaria U-17

Nickname	The Young Lions
Association	Bulgarian Football Union
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Svetoslav Petrov
Captain	Kaloyan Bozhkov
FIFA code	BUL
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	0
European Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 1985)
Best result	Group stage: 7 times

Competition results

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place/Semi-finals    Fourth place    Other Top Results  

Balkan U-17 Championship

Year	Rank
1973	Champions

UEFA European U-16/U-17 Championship

Year	Rank
1982	Did not qualify
1984	Quarter-finals-Did not qualify
1985	Group stage
1986	Group stage
1987	Group stage
1988	Did not qualify
1989	Group stage
1990	Did not qualify
1991	Group stage
1992	Did not qualify
1993	Did not qualify
1994	Did not qualify
1995	Did not qualify
1996	Did not qualify
1997	Did not qualify
1998	Did not qualify
1999	Did not qualify
2000	Did not qualify
2001	Did not qualify
2002	Did not qualify
2003	Elite Round-Did not qualify
2004	Did not qualify
2005	Elite Round-Did not qualify
2006	Elite Round-Did not qualify
2007	Did not qualify
2008	Did not qualify
2009	Did not qualify
2010	Did not qualify
2011	Did not qualify
2012	Elite Round-Did not qualify
2013	Elite Round-Did not qualify
2014	Did not qualify
2015	Group stage
2016	Elite Round-Did not qualify
2017	Did not qualify
2018	Did not qualify
2019	Did not qualify
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022	Group stage
2023	Did not qualify
2024	Elite Round-Did not qualify
2025	to be determined

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Year	Rank
1985 to 2023	Did not qualify
2025	To be determined

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches against Malta, Faroe Islands and Luxembourg on 10, 13 and 16 April 2025 respectively.

Caps and goals correct as of 10 April 2025, after the match against Malta

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ognyan Vladimirov	(2008-01-24) 24 January 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Levski Sofia
12	1GK	Plamen Penev	(2008-04-22) 22 April 2008 (age 17)	3	0	Lecce
2	2DF	Emanuil Nyagolov	(2008-08-17) 17 August 2008 (age 17)	3	0	Cherno More Varna
3	2DF	Simeon Turlakov	(2008-03-11) 11 March 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Botev Plovdiv
4	2DF	Martin Portarski	(2008-02-17) 17 February 2008 (age 17)	2	0	National Sofia
5	2DF	Bozhidar Zhechev	(2008-08-05) 5 August 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Sampdoria
15	2DF	Stoyan Lazarov	(2008-07-17) 17 July 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Levski Sofia
6	3MF	Kaloyan Bozhkov	(2008-02-01) 1 February 2008 (age 17)	12	0	Lokomotiva Zagreb
7	3MF	Valentino Varbanov	(2008-02-15) 15 February 2008 (age 17)	1	0	CSKA Sofia
8	3MF	Radostin Stoilov	(2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 (age 18)	3	1	Levski Sofia
10	3MF	Martin Peychev	(2008-10-20) 20 October 2008 (age 17)	3	0	West Ham United
11	3MF	Iliyan Gatinski	(2008-10-10) 10 October 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Ludogorets Razgrad
13	3MF	Nikola Genchev	(2008-11-19) 19 November 2008 (age 17)	3	0	Septemvri Sofia
16	3MF	Sasho Grancharov	(2008-01-14) 14 January 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Levski Sofia
17	3MF	Aleksandar Kalchev	(2008-09-07) 7 September 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Levski Sofia
19	3MF	Samuil Tsonov	(2008-05-30) 30 May 2008 (age 17)	1	1	Botev Plovdiv
20	3MF	Venislav Mihaylov	(2008-02-13) 13 February 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Septemvri Sofia
9	4FW	Maksim Minkov	(2008-05-01) 1 May 2008 (age 17)	3	1	Ludogorets Razgrad
14	4FW	Borislav Stoichkov	(2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 (age 18)	0	0	Septemvri Sofia
18	4FW	Kristiyan Mihaylov	(2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 (age 18)	0	0	Cherno More Varna

See also

• Bulgaria national under-18 football team
• Bulgaria national under-19 football team
• Bulgaria national under-21 football team
• Bulgaria national football team