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| Nickname | The Young Lions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Bulgarian Football Union | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Svetoslav Petrov | ||
| Captain | Kaloyan Bozhkov | ||
| FIFA code | BUL | ||
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| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 7 (first in1985) | ||
| Best result | Group stage: 7 times | ||
TheBulgaria national under-17 football team representsBulgaria infootball at an under-17 age level and is controlled by theBulgarian Football Union, the governing body forfootball in Bulgaria.
Champions Runners-up Third place/Semi-finals Fourth place Other Top Results
| Year | Rank |
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 1973 | Champions |
| Year | Rank | |||||||
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 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 | |||||||
 | Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic[1][2] | |||||||
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| 2022 | Group stage | |||||||
| 2023 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2024 | Elite Round-Did not qualify | |||||||
 2025 | to be determined | |||||||
| Year | Rank |
|---|---|
 1985 to 2023 | Did not qualify |
 2025 | To be determined |
The following players were called up for the2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches againstMalta,Faroe Islands andLuxembourg on 10, 13 and 16 April 2025 respectively.[3]
Caps and goals correct as of 10 April 2025, after the match againstMalta
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | 1GK | Ognyan Vladimirov | (2008-01-24)24 January 2008 (age 18) | 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 18) | 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 18) | 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 18) | 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 |
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