On Monday, the Bulgarian national Under-16 national team starts its participation in UEFA's Development Tournament which will be held from April 11-15th in Albena, Bulgaria.

The “young lions” will compete with the teams of Georgia, Croatia and Romania.

Bulgaria`s Head Coach Aleksander Georgiev announced a group of 20 players who at the moment are preparing in Pomorie.

The tournament is part of the team`s preparation for the upcoming European qualifications for EURO 2017. Bulgaria is in Group 8 , alongside Georgia, Sweden and hosts Finland.

Bulgaria`s U16 squad:

Goalkeepers: Hristo Lalev (Levski) Damyan Damyanov (Ludogorets);

Defenders: Nikolay Tomov (Ludogorets), Mitko Mitkov (Litex) Veselin Veskov (Litex), Martin Mihaylov (Slavia), Angel Karakashev (Slavia), Dimitar Mitev (OFK Pirin Blagoevgrad), Milen Manchev (CSKA);

Midfielders and Forwards: Stefan Gavrilov (Levski), Stefan Metodiev (Litex), Georgi Georgiev (Litex), Asen Krushovski (OFK Pirin Blagoevgrad), Methodi Stefanov (OFK Pirin Blagoevgrad), Iliya Gruev (Werder Bremen), Kristiyan Dimitrov (Slavia), Pier Pierov (Slavia), Martin Dinov (Levski), Georgi Stoyanov (Ludogorets), Dzhoshkun Temenuzhkov (Barcelona).

Tournament schedule:

Monday, 11.04.2016

CROATIA vs. ROMANIA, 15:00 hrs., Albena,“Albena 3”

BULGARIA vs. GEORGIA, 11:00 hrs., Albena,“Albena 1”

Wednesday, 13.04.2016          

ROMANIA vs. GEORGIA, 15:00 hrs., Albena,“Albena 3”   

BULGARIA vs. CROATIA, 15:30 hrs., Albena,“Albena 1”

Friday, 15.04.2016

GEORGIA vs. CROATIA, 09:00 hrs., Albena,“Albena 3”

ROMANIA vs. BULGARIA, 11:00 hrs., Albena,“Albena 1”    

Department "Public Relations and Media"