Type: | women |
Bulgaria | |
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Fifa Trigramme: | BUL |
Nickname: | Лъвиците (The Lionesses) |
Association: | Bulgarian Football Union |
Confederation: | UEFA (Europe) |
Coach: | Silvia Radoyska |
Captain: | Nikoleta Boycheva |
Top Scorer: | Liliana Kostova (7) |
Fifa Max: | 42 |
Fifa Max Date: | December 2008 |
Fifa Min: | 99 |
Fifa Min Date: | June 2024 |
Home Stadium: | Various |
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First Game: | 1–1 (Sofia, Bulgaria; 11 October 1987) |
Largest Win: | 0–5 (Otopeni, Romania; 18 November 2006) 5–0 (Ta' Qali, Malta; 5 June 2009) 5–0 (Lovech, Bulgaria; 21 November 2009) |
Largest Loss: | 14–0 (Le Mans, France; 28 November 2013) |
Regional Name: | UEFA Women's Championship |
The Bulgaria women's national football team (Bulgarian: Български женски национален отбор по футбол) represents Bulgaria in international women's football, and is controlled by the Bulgarian Football Union. The team's major success came in 2008 when they won the Balkan Championship and the Albena Cup in the same year. These major tournament victories brought them up to their all-time highest FIFA world ranking of 33rd.
The Bulgaria women's national football team have been nicknamed as "Лъвиците (The Lionesses)".
Bulgaria plays their home matches on the Lovech Stadium.
See main article: Bulgaria women's national football team results.
See also: FIFA International Match Calendar.
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Role | Name | |
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Head coach | Silvia Radoyska | |
Assistant coaches | Velizar Hristov | |
Trifon Panev | ||
Goalkeeping coach | Emil Varadinov | |
Team manager | Doychin Bahov |
Name | Period | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % | Notes | Ref. | |
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Emil Atanasov | 18 November 2006 – 25 August 2010 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | % | |||
Valentin Chakarov | 24 November 2010 – 19 September 2012 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | % | |||
Emil Kartselski | 20 August 2013 – 21 August 2014 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | % | |||
Silviya Radoyska | 17 September 2014–present | 29 | 5 | 2 | 22 | % |
See main article: List of Bulgaria women's international footballers.
The following players have been called up to a Bulgaria squad in the past 12 months.
Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2021.
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record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | ||||||||
1991 | did not qualify | UEFA Euro 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||
1995 | UEFA Euro 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1999 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
2003 | did not enter | did not enter | |||||||||||||||||||
2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | did not qualify | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
2015 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 62 | |||||||||||||||
2019 | did not enter | did not enter | |||||||||||||||||||
2023 | did not qualify | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||||||
2027 | to be determined | to be determined | |||||||||||||||||||
Total | style="color:white; background-color:#00966E" | - | style="color:white; background-color:#00966E" | - | style="color:white; background-color:#00966E" | - | style="color:white; background-color:#00966E" | - | style="color:white; background-color:#00966E" | - | style="color:white; background-color:#00966E" | - | style="color:white; background-color:#00966E" | - | 34 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 136 |
record | Qualifying record | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | ||||||||
1984 | did not enter | did not enter | |||||||||||||||||||
1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1989 | did not qualify | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
1991 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||||||
1993 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
1995 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
1997 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
2001 | did not enter | did not enter | |||||||||||||||||||
2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
2013 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 54 | |||||||||||||||
2017 | did not enter | did not enter | |||||||||||||||||||
2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2025 | to be determined | to be determined | |||||||||||||||||||
Total | style="color:white; background-color:#00966E" | - | style="color:white; background-color:#00966E" | - | style="color:white; background-color:#00966E" | - | style="color:white; background-color:#00966E" | - | style="color:white; background-color:#00966E" | - | style="color:white; background-color:#00966E" | - | style="color:white; background-color:#00966E" | - | 41 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 30 | 117 |
UEFA Women's Nations League record | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2023–24 | C | 5 | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 40th | ||||||||||
2025–26 | C | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | 18th |