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Bulgaria U-21 1-0 Israel U-21 - September 12, 2023 / UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying 2025

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UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying 2025 - Round 6 - Group 4

Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov - Sofia - Bulgaria

September 12, 2023

Bulgaria U-21

Bulgaria

1 - 0

Israel U-21

Israel

Assist by Martin SorakovNikola Iliev

50'

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36' - Substitution Shaked Hakmonis substituted by Matan Levi

43' - Yellow card Petar Dimitrov Andreev43

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46' - Substitution Petar Dimitrov Andreevis substituted by Martin Sorakov46

46' - Substitution Amir Ganahis substituted by Mohamed Abu Rumi photo Shalev Harash

46' - Substitution Tai Abedis substituted by Shalev Harash

50' - Goal Nikola Iliev50

64' - Substitution El Yam Kancepolskyis substituted by Noam Mucha

75' - Substitution Mohamed Abu Rumiis substituted by Hamza Shibli

76' - Substitution Georgi Nikolaev Nikolovis substituted by Daniel Lyubomirov photo Nikolay Svetoslavov Zlatev

76' - Substitution Nikola Ilievis substituted by N. S. Zlatev76

80' - Substitution Stanislav Shopovis substituted by Asen Mitkov80

83' - Yellow card Asen Mitkov83

91' - Yellow card Martin Chavdarov Atanasov91

91' - Yellow card Guy Deznet

93' - Substitution K. S. Stoyanovis substituted by Emanuel Mirchev93

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bulgaria U-21

1 - 0

Israel U-21

Bulgaria U-21 Israel U-21

Team line-ups

Bulgaria U-21

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Nikolov76

Georgi Nikolaev Nikolov

Bulgaria

B.date05/07/2002

Age21 years

positionStriker

10Iliev5076

Nikola Iliev

Bulgaria

B.date06/06/2004

Age19 years

H1m83

positionStriker

11Andreev4643

Petar Dimitrov Andreev

Bulgaria

B.date02/07/2004

Age19 years

positionMidfield

8Shopov80

Stanislav Shopov

Bulgaria

B.date23/02/2002

Age21 years

H1m75

positionOffensive Midfielder

20Stoyanov90+3

Kristiyan Stoyanov Stoyanov

Bulgaria

B.date29/03/2003

Age20 years

positionDefender

6Tsenov

Emil Tsenov

Bulgaria

B.date26/04/2002

Age21 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

15Atanasov91

Martin Chavdarov Atanasov

Bulgaria

B.date19/01/2002

Age21 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

4Petrov

Hristiyan Ivaylov Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date24/06/2002

Age21 years

positionCentral defender

5Jelenkovic

Veljko Jelenkovic

Bulgaria

B.date05/06/2003

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

2Stoychev

Martin Plamenov Stoychev

Bulgaria

B.date01/01/2003

Age20 years

positionRight full-back

23Andreev

Plamen Plamenov Andreev

Bulgaria

B.date15/12/2004

Age18 years

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Plamen Plamenov Andreev		18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	K. S. Stoyanov	90+3	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Hristiyan Ivaylov Petrov		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Veljko Jelenkovic		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Martin Plamenov Stoychev		20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Emil Tsenov		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Martin Chavdarov Atanasov	91	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Petar Dimitrov Andreev	4643	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Stanislav Shopov	80	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Georgi Nikolaev Nikolov	76	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Nikola Iliev	5076	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

20.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Israel U-21

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Khalaili

Anan Khalaili

Israel

B.date09/03/2004

Age19 years

H1m83

positionForward

19Ganah46

Amir Ganah

Israel

B.date09/07/2004

Age19 years

positionMidfield

9Gorno

Idan Gorno

Israel

B.date09/08/2004

Age19 years

positionForward

21Kancepolsky64

El Yam Kancepolsky

Israel

B.date22/12/2003

Age19 years

positionMidfield

15Abed46

Tai Abed

Israel

B.date03/08/2004

Age19 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

20Deznet91

Guy Deznet

Israel

B.date05/11/2005

Age17 years

positionDefender

6Azoulay

Ethane Azoulay

Israel

B.date26/05/2002

Age21 years

positionMidfield

2Feingold

Ilay Feingold

Israel

B.date23/08/2004

Age19 years

positionRight full-back

3Hakmon36

Shaked Hakmon

Israel

B.date15/06/2002

Age21 years

positionDefender

12Fuchs

Hadar Fuchs

Israel

B.date13/12/2003

Age19 years

positionDefender

1Tzarfati

Tomer Tzarfati

Israel

B.date16/10/2003

Age19 years

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Tomer Tzarfati		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Shaked Hakmon	36	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Hadar Fuchs		19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Guy Deznet	91	17	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Ilay Feingold		19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Amir Ganah	46	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	El Yam Kancepolsky	64	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Ethane Azoulay		21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Tai Abed	46	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Anan Khalaili		19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Idan Gorno		19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

19.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Damyan Hristov		20
22	M	Asen Mitkov	8083	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	M	Emanuel Mirchev	90+3	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Chung Thang Nguen Do		18
7	M	Roberto Iliev Raychev		17
16	F	Daniel Lyubomirov	76	18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	N. S. Zlatev	76	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Martin Sorakov	46	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Simeon Sergeev Vasilev		17

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Maor Erlich		20
5	D	Matan Levi	36	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Roee Elimelech		21
10	M	Shalev Harash	46	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Noam Mucha	64	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Mohamed Abu Rumi	4675	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Aynao Farada		21
22	F	Hamza Shibli	75	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Suf Podgoreanu		21

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Martin Chavdarov Atanasov

Bozhidar Penchev

OUT

Petar Dimitrov Andreev

Nikolay Svetoslavov Zlatev

OUT

Emil Tsenov

Asen Mitkov

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ilay Feingold

Omri Gandelman

OUT

Shaked Hakmon

Stav Lamkin

OUT

El Yam Kancepolsky

Ilay Hagag

OUT

Anan Khalaili

Hisham Layous

OUT

Idan Gorno

Dor Turgeman

OUT

Hadar Fuchs

Roy Revivo

OUT

Tai Abed

Oscar Gluh

OUT

Guy Deznet

Gil Cohen

OUT

Amir Ganah

Karem Jaber

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Aleksandar Dimitrov

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Dimitrov vs Israel U-21

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 12, 2023

Dimitrov vs Luzon

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 12, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Guy Luzon

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Luzon vs Bulgaria U-21

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 12, 2023

Luzon vs Dimitrov

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 12, 2023

Referee

Irakli Kvirikashvili

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Bulgaria U-211 match	General total	Israel U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Bulgaria U-211 match	Season total	Israel U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 12, 2023					Latest figure on September 12, 2023

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Key figures

It's the first time Nikola Iliev scores 1 goal in UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying

It's the first time Nikola Iliev scores 1 goal in his professional career with Bulgaria U-21

It's the first time Nikola Iliev scores a goal in his professional career since the 26/10/2022 (with vs )

Read the next 1 key stats

General ranking

	1	Poland U-21	6 pts	2 rd
+1	2	Bulgaria U-21	4 pts	2 rd
	3	Germany U-21	3 pts	1 rd
-2	4	Kosovo U-21	3 pts	3 rd
-1	5	Estonia U-21	1 pt	3 rd

General ranking

+1	2	Bulgaria U-21	4 pts	2 rd
	3	Germany U-21	3 pts	1 rd
-2	4	Kosovo U-21	3 pts	3 rd
-1	5	Estonia U-21	1 pt	3 rd
	6	Israel U-21	0 pt	1 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBulgaria 3-0 Estonia U-2117/11/2020

LBulgaria 0-4 Wales U-2107/09/2021

VBulgaria 5-0 Gibraltar U-2108/10/2021

LBulgaria 0-1 Switzerland U-2112/10/2021

DBulgaria 0-0 Moldova U-2116/11/2021

DBulgaria 0-0 Netherlands U-2125/03/2022

Overall

DBulgaria 0-0 Moldova U-2116/11/2021

DBulgaria 0-0 Netherlands U-2125/03/2022

DWales U-21 1-1 Bulgaria29/03/2022

LSwitzerland U-21 1-0 Bulgaria04/06/2022

DGibraltar U-21 1-1 Bulgaria11/06/2022

DEstonia U-21 1-1 Bulgaria07/09/2023

Current form

Away

VPoland U-21 1-2 Israel07/09/2021

LGermany U-21 3-2 Israel07/10/2021

VSan Marino U-21 0-4 Israel11/11/2021

LLatvia U-21 1-0 Israel02/06/2022

DIreland U-21 1-1 Israel23/09/2022

DGeorgia U-21 0-0 Israel01/07/2023

Overall

DIsrael 0-0 Ireland U-2127/09/2022

DGermany U-21 1-1 Israel22/06/2023

LEngland U-21 2-0 Israel25/06/2023

VIsrael 1-0 Czech Republic U-2128/06/2023

DGeorgia U-21 0-0 Israel01/07/2023

LIsrael 0-3 England U-2105/07/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Winless streak	3	8
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	3	0
Conceding streak	0	4
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	3	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	0
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Georgi Nikolaev Nikolov	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Martin Plamenov Stoychev	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	-
Georgi Nikolaev Nikolov	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

4 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

4 ga

Total

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

8 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

8 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 18, 2009
Away	4 - 3	June 10, 2009

Latest head to head

November 18, 2009 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2011

Israel U-21

4 - 0

Bulgaria U-21 logo Bulgaria

June 10, 2009 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2011

Bulgaria U-21

3 - 4

Israel U-21 logo Israel

Best historical scorers against Israel U-21

Lachezar Baltanov	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Ivan Ivanov	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Momchil Tsvetanov	1 goal	2009 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/06/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria U-21

Ben Sahar	4 goals	2009 - 2009
Toto Tamuz	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Beram Kayal	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Idan Vered	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Liroy Zhairi	1 goal	2009 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/06/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Israel U-21

Ivan Karadzhov	2 matches	2009 - 2009
Mariyan Ognyanov	2 matches	2009 - 2009
Nikolay Dyulgerov	2 matches	2009 - 2009
Vasil Bozhikov	2 matches	2009 - 2009
Viktor Genev	2 matches	2009 - 2009
Viktor Petakov	2 matches	2009 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/06/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria U-21

Beram Kayal	2 matches	2009 - 2009
Ben Sahar	2 matches	2009 - 2009
Ariel Harush	2 matches	2009 - 2009
Dean Mori	2 matches	2009 - 2009
Bibras Natcho	2 matches	2009 - 2009
Idan Vered	2 matches	2009 - 2009