National team U21 - statistics 2024
2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
Group stage, Group D
Poland U21 0-1 Bulgaria U21
time: 26 March 2024, Tuesday, 15:00 CET, 14/13 C, partly cloudy
place: "Śląski" st., Chorzów, 5 498 spectators
referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca (Austria); assistants: Maximilian Weiß (Austria), Martin Höfler (Austria); fourth official: Arnes Talić (Austria)
kits: white w/ white-grey patterns on the shoulders, white, white (red numbers) ; burgundy w/ gold edging, burgundy w/ gold edging, burgundy (white numbers)
captains: 1.Kacper Tobiasz (GK) ; 4.Hristiyan Petrov
Poland: 1.Kacper Tobiasz (GK) (c) - 4.Łukasz Bejger, 2.Ariel Mosór, 5.Maksymilian Pingot -
23.Dominik Marczuk, 18.Jakub Kałuziński, 16.Kacper Urbański, 13.Jakub Kamiński - 7.Kajetan Szmyt, 10.Filip Marchwiński - 9.Filip Szymczak.
bench: 22.Jakub Mądrzyk (GK) - 14.Miłosz Matysik, 15.Jakub Szymański, 17.Arkadiusz Pyrka, 19.Cezary Polak -
6.Mateusz Łęgowski, 11.Michał Rakoczy, 21.Tomasz Pieńko - 20.Szymon Włodarczyk.
coach: Adam Majewski
Bulgaria: 12.Damyan Hristov (GK) - 15.Martin Atanasov, 5.Veljko Jelenković, 4.Hristiyan Petrov (c), 13.Simeon Vasilev -
20.Kristiyan Stoyanov, 6.Emil Tsenov - 17.Martin Sorakov, 8.Stanislav Shopov, 11.Marin Petkov - 9.Georgi Nikolov.
bench: 23.Plamen Andreev (GK) - 2.Dimitar Papazov, 16.Rosen Bozhinov, 18.Atanas Chernev -
3.Emanuel Mirchev, 19.Nikolay Zlatev, 22.Chung Nguen-Do - 7.Roberto Raychev, 10.Nikola Iliev.
coach: Aleksandar Dimitrov
tactics: pol: 1 - 4, 2, 5 - 23, 18, 16, 13 - 7, 10 - 9
bul: 12 - 15, 5, 4, 13 - 20, 6 - 17, 8, 11 - 9
events:
yc - 45+1 - 10.Filip Marchwiński pol (reckless foul)
+ 1 min
0-1 - 58 - 11.Marin Petkov (left/open play/8.Stanislav Shopov/pass)
sub - 63 - '1 6.Mateusz Łęgowski on 18.Jakub Kałuziński pol
sub - 63 - '1 11.Michał Rakoczy on 10.Filip Marchwiński pol -> 23, 6, 16, 13 - 11, 7 - 9
yc - 67 - 11.Marin Petkov bul (striking an opponent's head with hand)
sub - 72 - '2 20.Szymon Włodarczyk on 9.Filip Szymczak pol - same position
sub - 72 - '1 3.Emanuel Mirchev on 8.Stanislav Shopov bul -> 11, 20, 3, 6, 17 - 9
sub - 78 - '3 17.Arkadiusz Pyrka on 16.Kacper Urbański pol
sub - 78 - '3 21.Tomasz Pieńko on 13.Jakub Kamiński pol -> 23, 21, 6, 17 - 11, 7 - 20
sub - 80 - '2 7.Roberto Raychev on 17.Martin Sorakov bul - same position
sub - 90+2 - '3 10.Nikola Iliev on 11.Marin Petkov bul - same position
+ 5 min
abbreviations and event notes
U21 International Friendlies 2024
Azerbaijan U21 0-0 Bulgaria U21
time: 11 June 2024, Tuesday, 20:00 D
place: "Liv Bona Dea Arena" /"Dalğa Arena"/ st., Mərdəkan
referee: Kamal Umudlu (Azerbaijan); assistants: Vüsal Məmmədov (Azerbaijan), Tərlan Talıbzadə (Azerbaijan); fourth official: Ali Aliyev (Azerbaijan)
kits: _ ; white with gold edging, green, red with gold edging (gold numbers)
captains: 8.Fərid Yusifli ; 22.Asen Mitkov
Azerb.: 22.Amin Ramazanov (GK) - 2.Abdulla Rzayev, 21.İbrahim Ramazanov, 5.Mahir Həsənov, 4.Cəlal Hüseynov -
14.Rüfət Abbasov, 8.Fərid Yusifli (c) - 23.Ramin Nəsirli, 7.Xəyal Əliyev, 9.Nəriman Axundzadə - 18.Ağadadaş Salyanski.
bench: 1.Xəyal Fərzullayev (GK), 12.Yusif İmanov (GK) - 3.Mirəli Əhmədov, 15.Süleyman Damadayev, 20.Rüfət Əhmədov, 25.Eşqin Əhmədov -
6.Zeynəddin Əbdürrəhmanov, 10.Samir Abdullayev, 13.Qurban Səfərov, 16.Elcan Əbilov, 19.Şahin Şahniyarov, 24.Seymur Məmmədov - 11.Samir Məhərrəmli, 17.Murad Vəliyev.
coach: Samir Aliyev
Bulgaria: 1.Aleks Bozhev (GK) - 2.Zahari Atanasov, 14.Teodor Ivanov, 3.Rosen Bozhinov, 15.Simeon Vasilev -
22.Asen Mitkov (c), 8.Antoan Stoyanov - 7.Roberto Raychev, 10.Nikola Iliev, 11.Borislav Marinov - 16.Daniel Hvoynev.
bench: 12.Velizar-Ilia Iliev (GK) - 4.Dimitar Papazov, 5.Todor Pavlov, 6.Martin Georgiev, 21.Bozhidar Tomovski -
13.Berk Beyhan, 17.Georgi Chorbadzhiyski, 18.Chung Nguen-Do - 9.Yoan Bornosuzov, 19.Nikolas Penev, 20.Nikolay Zlatev.
coach: Aleksandar Dimitrov
tactics: aze: 22 - 2, 21, 5, 4 - 14, 8 - 23, 7, 9 - 18
bul: 1 - 2, 14, 3, 15 - 22, 8 - 7, 10, 11 - 16
events:
sub - 25 - '1 25.Eşqin Əhmədov on 2.Abdulla Rzayev aze
+ 1 min
sub - ht - 1.Xəyal Fərzullayev (GK) on 22.Amin Ramazanov (GK) aze
sub - ht - 19.Şahin Şahniyarov on 23.Ramin Nəsirli aze
sub - ht - 10.Samir Abdullayev on 18.Ağadadaş Salyanski aze
sub - ht - 5.Todor Pavlov on 3.Rosen Bozhinov bul
sub - ht - 6.Martin Georgiev on 14.Teodor Ivanov bul
sub - ht - 4.Dimitar Papazov on 15.Simeon Vasilev bul
sub - ht - 9.Yoan Bornosuzov on 16.Daniel Hvoynev bul
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sub - 58 - '1 20.Nikolay Zlatev on 11.Borislav Marinov bul
sub - 58 - '1 18.Chung Nguen-Do on 10.Nikola Iliev bul
sub - 68 - '2 12.Velizar-Ilia Iliev (GK) on 1.Aleks Bozhev (GK) bul
sub - 68 - '2 13.Berk Beyhan on 22.Asen Mitkov bul
sub - 68 - '2 17.Georgi Chorbadzhiyski on 8.Antoan Stoyanov bul
sub - 77 - '3 21.Bozhidar Tomovski on 2.Zahari Atanasov bul
sub - 77 - '3 19.Nikolas Penev on 7.Roberto Raychev bul
+ 3 min
abbreviations and event notes
2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
Group stage, Group D
Bulgaria U21 1-3 Poland U21
time: 10 September 2024, Tuesday, 19:00 EEST, 15/14 C, rain
place: "Aleksandar Shalamanov" st., Sofia, 1 000 spectators
referee: Joey Kooij (Netherlands); assistants: Patrick Inia (Netherlands), Rens Bluemink (Netherlands); fourth official: Ingmar Oostrom (Netherlands)
kits: white with gold edging, green, white with gold edging (gold numbers) ; red, red, red (white numbers)
captains: 4.Hristiyan Petrov ; 1.Kacper Tobiasz (GK)
Bulgaria: 12.Damyan Hristov (GK) - 15.Martin Atanasov, 5.Veljko Jelenković, 4.Hristiyan Petrov (c), 16.Dimitar Papazov -
20.Kristiyan Stoyanov, 6.Emil Tsenov - 11.Marin Petkov, 8.Stanislav Shopov, 10.Nikola Iliev - 17.Martin Sorakov.
bench: 23.Plamen Andreev (GK) - 2.Rosen Bozhinov, 13.Martin Georgiev, 18.Atanas Chernev -
3.Emanuel Mirchev, 19.Nikolay Zlatev, 21.Antoan Stoyanov - 7.Roberto Raychev, 9.Yoan Bornosuzov.
coach: Aleksandar Dimitrov
Poland: 1.Kacper Tobiasz (GK) (c) - 3.Patryk Peda, 2.Ariel Mosór, 4.Miłosz Matysik -
19.Dominik Marczuk, 8.Jakub Kałuziński, 16.Antoni Kozubal, 17.Arkadiusz Pyrka - 21.Tomasz Pieńko, 10.Kacper Kozłowski - 9.Filip Szymczak.
bench: 22.Jakub Mądrzyk (GK) - 5.Igor Drapiński, 15.Jakub Szymański -
6.Mateusz Łęgowski, 11.Michał Rakoczy, 20.Kamil Lukoszek, 23.Fryderyk Gerbowski - 7.Kajetan Szmyt, 18.Mariusz Fornalczyk.
coach: Adam Majewski
tactics: bul: 12 - 15, 5, 4, 16 - 20, 6 - 11, 8, 10 - 17; (4-2-3-1)
pol: 1 - 3, 2, 4 - 19, 8, 16, 17 - 21, 10 - 9; (3-4-2-1)
events:
yc - 3 - 16.Dimitar Papazov bul (reckless foul)
yc - 11 - 8.Jakub Kałuziński pol (holding an opponent with hand)
yc - 20 - 11.Marin Petkov bul (unsporting behaviour - pushing an opponent)
yc - 20 - 19.Dominik Marczuk pol (unsporting behaviour - pushing an opponent)
1-0 - 29 - 6.Emil Tsenov (left/corner/5.Veljko Jelenković/pass)
yc - 39 - 15.Martin Atanasov bul (foul stopping a promising attack)
+ 3 min
1-1 - 52 - 9.Filip Szymczak (head/open play/10.Kacper Kozłowski/pass)
1-2 - 56 - 21.Tomasz Pieńko (left/open play/10.Kacper Kozłowski/pass)
yc - 59 - 6.Emil Tsenov bul (reckless foul)
sub - 60 - '1 9.Yoan Bornosuzov on 17.Martin Sorakov bul - same position
sub - 60 - '1 3.Emanuel Mirchev on 20.Kristiyan Stoyanov bul - same position
sub - 68 - '1 18.Mariusz Fornalczyk on 9.Filip Szymczak pol - same position
sub - 68 - '1 7.Kajetan Szmyt on 21.Tomasz Pieńko pol - same position
sub - 74 - '2 6.Mateusz Łęgowski on 16.Antoni Kozubal pol -> 19, 6, 8, 17
yc - 77 - 12.Damyan Hristov (GK) bul (foul stopping a promising attack)
1-3 - 78 - 8.Jakub Kałuziński PENALTY - lower right placed, 12.Damyan Hristov left (right/penalty/18.Mariusz Fornalczyk is fouled)
sub - 79 - '3 20.Kamil Lukoszek on 19.Dominik Marczuk pol
sub - 79 - '3 11.Michał Rakoczy on 10.Kacper Kozłowski pol -> 17, 6, 8, 20 - 7, 11
sub - 81 - '2 21.Antoan Stoyanov on 8.Stanislav Shopov bul - same position
sub - 81 - '2 13.Martin Georgiev on 15.Martin Atanasov bul - same position
sub - 81 - '2 7.Roberto Raychev on 11.Marin Petkov bul - same position
yc - 86 - 3.Emanuel Mirchev bul (foul stopping a promising attack)
+ 3 min
abbreviations and event notes
2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
Group stage, Group D
Germany U21 2-1 Bulgaria U21
time: 11 October 2024, Friday, 19:00 EEST, 11/8 C, sunny/clear
place: "Jahnstadion Regensburg" st., Regensburg, 8 586 spectators
referee: Ben McMaster (Northern Ireland); assistants: Stephen Bell (Northern Ireland), Stephen Donaldson (Northern Ireland); fourth official: Shane Andrews (Northern Ireland)
kits: white w/ blac-red-yellow shoulders and black edging, white w/ black-red-yellow edging, white (black numbers) ; burgundy w/ gold-white edging, burgundy w/ gold-white edging, burgundy (white numbers)
captains: 6.Eric Martel ; 12.Damyan Hristov (GK)
Germany: 1.Noah Atubolu (GK) - 11.Jan Thielmann, 5.Maximilian Rosenfelder, 4.Bright Arrey-Mbi, 16.Luca Netz -
7.Ansgar Knauff, 6.Eric Martel (c), 18.Rocco Reitz, 21.Maximilian Beier - 10.Nick Woltemade, 9.Nicolò Tresoldi.
bench: 12.Jonas Urbig (GK) - 2.Leandro Morgalla, 3.Tom Rothe, 15.Tim Oermann -
8.Umut Tohumcu, 13.Frans Krätzig, 20.Paul Wanner, 22.Paul Nebel - 19.Tim Lemperle.
coach: Antonio Di Salvo
Bulgaria: 12.Damyan Hristov (GK) (c) - 4.Martin Georgiev, 5.Veljko Jelenković, 18.Atanas Chernev, 16.Dimitar Papazov -
20.Kristiyan Stoyanov, 6.Emil Tsenov - 11.Marin Petkov, 8.Stanislav Shopov, 10.Nikola Iliev - 13.Borislav Rupanov.
bench: 1.Plamen Andreev (GK) - 2.Rosen Bozhinov, 14.Teodor Ivanov, 15.Martin Atanasov -
3.Emanuel Mirchev, 22.Antoan Stoyanov - 7.Roberto Raychev, 9.Borislav Stankov, 17.Martin Sorakov.
coach: Aleksandar Dimitrov
tactics: ger: 1 - 11, 5, 4, 16 - 7, 6, 18, 21 - 10, 9; (4-4-2)
bul: 12 - 4, 5, 18, 16 - 20, 6 - 11, 8, 10 - 13; (4-2-3-1)
events:
1-0 - 9 - 21.Maximilian Beier (head/corner/18.Rocco Reitz/pass)
1-1 - 37 - 10.Nikola Iliev (right/open play/8.Stanislav Shopov/pass)
+ 1 min
yc - 50 - 18.Rocco Reitz ger (reckless foul)
yc - 57 - 11.Marin Petkov bul (reckless foul)
yc - 60 - 13.Borislav Rupanov bul (holding an opponent with hand)
yc - 65 - 10.Nikola Iliev bul (dissent)
2-1 - 66 - 10.Nick Woltemade PENALTY - upper left with force, 12.Damyan Hristov right (right/penalty/9.Nicolò Tresoldi is fouled)
sub - 72 - '1 20.Paul Wanner on 7.Ansgar Knauff ger - same position
sub - 74 - '1 9.Borislav Stankov on 13.Borislav Rupanov bul - same position
sub - 74 - '1 3.Emanuel Mirchev on 20.Kristiyan Stoyanov bul - same position
sub - 79 - '2 19.Tim Lemperle on 9.Nicolò Tresoldi ger
sub - 80 - '2 2.Leandro Morgalla on 11.Jan Thielmann ger -> 2, 5, 4, 16 - 20, 18, 6, 19 - 21, 10
sub - 86 - '2 17.Martin Sorakov on 10.Nikola Iliev bul - same position
sub - 88 - '3 7.Roberto Raychev on 11.Marin Petkov bul
sub - 88 - '3 22.Antoan Stoyanov on 8.Stanislav Shopov bul -> 3, 22 - 7, 6, 17
sub - 90+2 - '3 22.Paul Nebel on 21.Maximilian Beier ger -> 20, 18, 6, 22 - 10, 19
+ 5 min
abbreviations and event notes
2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
Group stage, Group D
Israel U21 0-1 Bulgaria U21
time: 15 October 2024, Tuesday, 18:00 CEST, 12/9 C, clear
place: "Alcufer" st., Győr, Hungary, behind closed doors
referee: Michele Beltrano (San Marino); assistants: Gianmarco Ercolani (San Marino), Ernesto Cristiano (San Marino); fourth official: Mattia Andruccioli (San Marino)
kits: white w/ sky blue edging, sky blue, sky blue (black numbers) ; burgundy w/ gold-white edging, burgundy w/ gold-white edging, burgundy (white numbers)
captains: 4.Stav Lemkin ; 8.Stanislav Shopov
Israel: 1.Tomer Zarfati (GK) - 2.Noam Ben Harush, 4.Stav Lemkin (c), 3.Noam Malmud, 21.Rotem Keller -
6.Niv Yehoshua, 8.Lior Kasa - 7.Ohad Almagor, 16.Bar Lin, 22.Ori Azu - 9.Sayed Abu Farchi.
bench: 18.Ido Sharon (GK) - 12.Roey Elimelech, 14.Yonatan Laish, 19.Jonathan Mulder -
10.Liran Hazan, 13.Anis Porat Ayash, 17.Yanai Distelfeld - 11.Mohammad Abu Rumi, 15.Karem Zoabi.
coach: Guy Luzon
Bulgaria: 1.Plamen Andreev (GK) - 4.Martin Georgiev, 5.Veljko Jelenković, 18.Atanas Chernev, 16.Dimitar Papazov -
20.Kristiyan Stoyanov, 6.Emil Tsenov - 7.Roberto Raychev, 8.Stanislav Shopov (c), 10.Nikola Iliev - 13.Borislav Rupanov.
bench: 23.Aleks Bozhev (GK) - 2.Rosen Bozhinov, 14.Teodor Ivanov, 15.Martin Atanasov -
3.Emanuel Mirchev, 19.Nikolay Zlatev, 22.Antoan Stoyanov - 9.Borislav Stankov, 17.Martin Sorakov.
coach: Aleksandar Dimitrov
tactics: isr: 1 - 2, 4, 3, 21 - 6, 8 - 7, 16, 22 - 9; (4-2-3-1)
bul: 1 - 4, 5, 18, 16 - 20, 6 - 7, 8, 10 - 13; (4-2-3-1)
events:
+ 0 min
0-1 - 46 - 10.Nikola Iliev (left/open play/7.Roberto Raychev/pass)
yc - 58 - 13.Borislav Rupanov bul (holding an opponent with hand)
sub - 62 - '1 10.Liran Hazan on 16.Bar Lin isr - same position
sub - 62 - '1 15.Karem Zoabi on 9.Sayed Abu Farchi isr - same position
sub - 62 - '1 13.Anis Porat Ayash on 7.Ohad Almagor isr - same position
sub - 66 - '1 9.Borislav Stankov on 13.Borislav Rupanov bul - same position
sub - 67 - '1 17.Martin Sorakov on 7.Roberto Raychev bul - same position
yc - 77 - 8.Lior Kasa isr (reckless foul)
sub - 80 - '2 3.Emanuel Mirchev on 8.Stanislav Shopov bul -> 3, 6 - 17, 20, 10
cap - 80 - 6.Emil Tsenov bul
sub - 81 - '2 17.Yanai Distelfeld on 6.Niv Yehoshua isr -> 8, 17
yc - 86 - 17.Martin Sorakov bul (kicking the ball away after play is stopped)
sub - 90 - '3 19.Jonathan Mulder on 21.Rotem Keller isr - same position
sub - 90+3 - '3 15.Martin Atanasov on 20.Kristiyan Stoyanov bul - same position
yc - 90+4 - 15.Martin Atanasov bul (kicking the ball away after play is stopped)
+ 4 min
abbreviations and event notes
Abbreviations and event notes:
yc - yellow card
rc - red card
sub - substitution
'1/'2/'3 - the substitution is part of the first/second/third allowed break for substitutions for the respective team
same position - the substitution does not lead to any tactical changes
lws - left without a substitute (usually due to injury after all allowed substitutions are used by the team)
tct - a change to a team's tactical formation
cap - new captain
mp - missed penalty
ref - new referee (usually following an injury)
ar - new assistant referee (usually following an injury)
var - beginning and end of a VAR review and the decisions it yielded
cnc - cancelled event (usually following a var review)
ht - the event takes place during the half-time break
br - the event takes place during the break between extra time periods
pen - the event takes place during the penalty shoot-out
ft - the event takes place after full time
stp - the match is stopped
res - the match is resumed
abd - the match is abandoned
+ X min. - there have been X minutes of added time played for that half
about penalty kick direction notes - the point of view of the penalty taker is always considered, with the goal being divided into 6 areas,
in which the ball can be directed to - upper left, upper middle, upper right, lower left, lower middle and lower right;
while the penalty kick might be either placed (i.e. weaker shot) or taken with force.
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