Bulgaria national beach soccer team

Bulgaria

Nickname(s)	Лъвовете (The Lions)
Association	Bulgarian Football Union
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Simeon Hristov
Captain	Kaloyan Tsvetkov
Most caps	Ivan Martinov (26)
Top scorer	Filip Filipov (32)
FIFA code	BUL
BSWW ranking	89 (27 February 2025) [1]
First colours Second colours
Biggest win
Andorra 1–10 Bulgaria   (Nazaré, Portugal; 6 June 2018)
Biggest defeat
Bulgaria 1–8 Spain   (Jesolo, Italy; 5 September 2014)

The Bulgaria national beach soccer team represents Bulgaria in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the BFU, the governing body for football in Bulgaria.

Current squad

Correct as of July 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF   Stanislav Dzhambazov 7 DF   Georgi Dimitrov 8 MF   Kaloyan Tsvetkov(captain) 9 MF   Filip Filipov

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW   Pavel Adamov 12 GK   Dobromir Gospodinov 14 DF   Ilian Iliev 16 GK   Stanislav Ivanov 18 DF   Kristian Todorov 22 FW   Ivan Martinov

Coach: Simeon Hristov

Achievements

• Euro Beach Soccer League Division B
  • 2013 The Hague, Netherlands, 19–21 July : Third place
  • 2014 Siófok, 8–10 August: Runner up
  • 2014 Promotional Final Torredembarra, 14–17 August : 7th place
  • 2016 Siófok, 12–14 August : Third place
  • 2017 Siófok, 11–13 August : Runner up
  • 2017 Promotional Final Terracina, 14–17 September : 6th place
  • 2018 Nazaré, 6–8 July : WINNER
  • 2018 Promotional Final Alghero, 6–9 September : Third place
  • 2019 Nazaré, 5–7 July : Runner up
  • 2019 Promotional Final Figueira da Foz, 5–8 September : withdrew
• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) Best: Group Stage
  • 2009
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2014
  • 2016

External links

• Squad
• Team Profile at bsrussia.com

1. "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.