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Bulgaria national beach soccer team

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Bulgaria
Nickname(s)Лъвовете (The Lions)
AssociationBulgarian Football Union
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachSimeon Hristov
CaptainKaloyan Tsvetkov
Most capsIvan Martinov (26)
Top scorerFilip Filipov (32)
FIFA codeBUL
BSWW ranking58
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

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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

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  • Euro Beach Soccer League Division B
    • 2013 The Hague, Netherlands, July 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
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