Bulgaria U21 — Overview
Recent Form
Bulgaria U21's last 5 matches: 3 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses. Most recent game was against Israel U21. Recent form is one of the strongest predictors of upcoming match outcomes.
Season Statistics
Comprehensive team statistics derived from match data including goals scored and conceded, home and away performance splits, and form charts. Each metric is computed from official match results across all competitions this season. These statistics reveal patterns in attacking strength, defensive solidity, and situational performance that directly inform match-result, over/under, and handicap betting decisions.
Season Record
| Home | Away | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Played | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Won | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Drawn | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Lost | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Goals
10
Scored
1.0 per game
11
Conceded
1.1 per game
Goals by minute
0
16
31
46
61
76
Top Performers
Top Scorers
- 1N. Iliev4
- 2G. Nikolov4
- 3M. Petkov2
- 4M. Sorakov2
- 5A. Mitkov1
Top Assists
- 1K. Miloshev0
- 2D. Lyubomirov0
- 3D. Papazov0
- 4S. Aleksandrov0
- 5B. Bonev0
Most Appearances
- 1E. Tsenov10
- 2N. Iliev10
- 3E. Mirchev10
- 4V. Jelenković9
- 5K. Stoyanov9
5Bulgaria U21
P 10W 2D 4L 4GD -1Pts 10
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Bulgaria U21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 10 |
Bulgaria U21 are currently 5 in the UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification with 10 points from 10 matches (goal difference: -1). leads the table. The standings show form, goal difference, and qualification/relegation zones — key context for evaluating match odds.
Bulgaria U21 Squad
| Player | # | Position | Age | Nationality | Appearances | Goals | Assists | Yellow Cards | Red Cards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1K. Miloshev | — | PositionMidfielder | Age25 | Nationality Bulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
| — | PositionAttacker | Age21 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances3 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— | |
| — | PositionDefender | Age19 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances3 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— | |
4S. Aleksandrov | — | PositionAttacker | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
| — | PositionMidfielder | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— | |
6H. Ivanov | — | PositionMidfielder | Age25 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
| — | PositionAttacker | Age23 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances2 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— | |
8P. Andreev0Goals | — | PositionGoalkeeper | Age21 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances4 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
9D. Hristov0Goals | — | PositionGoalkeeper | Age23 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances6 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
10V. Jelenković0Goals | — | PositionDefender | Age22 | Nationality Serbia | Appearances9 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards2 | Red Cards— |
11Y. Stoyanov | — | PositionMidfielder | Age24 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
12M. Petkov2Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances5 | Goals2 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards3 | Red Cards— |
13B. Rupanov0Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age21 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances2 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards2 | Red Cards— |
14A. Mitkov1Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age20 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances6 | Goals1 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards2 | Red Cards— |
15P. Galchev | — | PositionDefender | Age24 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
16K. Stoyanov0Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances9 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards3 | Red Cards— |
17S. Shopov1Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age23 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances9 | Goals1 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards3 | Red Cards— |
18E. Tsenov1Goals | — | PositionMidfielder | Age23 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances10 | Goals1 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards2 | Red Cards— |
19S. Petrov | — | PositionDefender | Age25 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
20N. Iliev4Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age21 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances10 | Goals4 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
21H. Slavkov | — | PositionGoalkeeper | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
22R. Raychev1Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age20 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances8 | Goals1 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
| — | PositionMidfielder | Age20 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— | |
24M. Georgiev0Goals | — | PositionDefender | Age20 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances3 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
25Y. Baurenski | — | PositionMidfielder | Age24 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
26S. Stoichkov | — | PositionMidfielder | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
| — | PositionMidfielder | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— | |
28S. Vasilev0Goals | — | PositionDefender | Age20 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances3 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
| — | PositionDefender | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— | |
30I. Tasev | — | PositionAttacker | Age23 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
31M. Sorakov2Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances9 | Goals2 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
32T. Ivanov | — | PositionDefender | Age21 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
33M. Stoychev0Goals | — | PositionDefender | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances6 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
34G. Nikolov4Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age23 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances7 | Goals4 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards2 | Red Cards— |
35M. Smolenski | — | PositionAttacker | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
36M. Petkov | — | PositionAttacker | Age23 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
| — | PositionMidfielder | Age23 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances1 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— | |
| — | PositionMidfielder | Age20 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances2 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— | |
| — | PositionDefender | Age25 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— | |
40N. Zlatev0Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age21 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances3 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
41D. Tonev | — | PositionMidfielder | Age24 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
| — | PositionDefender | Age23 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— | |
43P. Andreev0Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age21 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances6 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards2 | Red Cards— |
| — | PositionMidfielder | Age23 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances8 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards5 | Red Cards— | |
45E. Ali | — | PositionDefender | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
46K. Dobrev | — | PositionAttacker | Age24 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
47M. Papazov | — | PositionAttacker | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
48P. Karaangelov | — | PositionMidfielder | Age24 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
49N. Videnov | — | PositionGoalkeeper | Age23 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
50V. Vasilev | — | PositionAttacker | Age24 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
| — | PositionMidfielder | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— | |
52V. Boev | — | PositionDefender | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
| — | PositionDefender | Age24 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— | |
54L. Boyanov | — | PositionDefender | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
55A. Bozhev | — | PositionGoalkeeper | Age20 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
56H. Petrov0Goals | — | PositionDefender | Age23 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances8 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
57R. Bozhinov | — | PositionDefender | Age20 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
58A. Chernev0Goals | — | PositionDefender | Age23 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances3 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
59D. Krastev | — | PositionDefender | Age22 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
60Y. Bornosuzov0Goals | — | PositionAttacker | Age21 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances1 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards0 | Red Cards— |
61V. Antov | — | PositionDefender | Age25 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
62V. Nikolov | — | PositionAttacker | Age24 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances— | Goals— | Assists— | Yellow Cards— | Red Cards— |
| — | PositionMidfielder | Age23 | NationalityBulgaria | Appearances10 | Goals0 | Assists0 | Yellow Cards1 | Red Cards— |
Bulgaria U21's full squad of 63 players (avg. age 22.3). Top scorer: N. Iliev with 4 goals, followed by G. Nikolov (4). Squad depth and player availability directly affect match predictions — thin squads underperform when fixtures pile up.
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Playing career
Akademik Sofia?–present
Bulgaria U21 — Player Comparison
Side-by-side comparison of 28 Bulgaria U21 players ranked by appearances, goals, assists, and cards this season. N. Iliev leads with 4 goal contributions (4 goals, 0 assists). Spot which players are in peak form for anytime scorer and player prop markets.
Bulgaria U21 — Season by Season
Bulgaria U21's performance across 1 seasons (2025–2025), with 2025 highlighted. Best season: 2025. Long-term trajectory helps identify whether current form is sustainable or due for regression.
★ Current season
Browse by Season:2025
Results
10 matchesGroup Stage - 2415/10/2024
Group Stage - 2211/10/2024
Group Stage - 2010/09/2024
Group Stage - 1526/03/2024
Group Stage - 1221/11/2023
Group Stage - 1017/11/2023
Group Stage - 917/10/2023
Group Stage - 713/10/2023
Group Stage - 412/09/2023
Group Stage - 207/09/2023
4W · 3D · 3L · 40%
API data: 2 Apr 2026 · Stats updated: 26 Apr 2026