Bulgaria U16 team finished second at UEFA`s Development Tournament, which was held in Albena. Viktorio Pavlov`s team outplayed Belarus U16 2:0 in their last game. Vladimir Nikolov and Ivan Vasilev in the 35th and 39th minutes.
Bulgaria started in the tournament with a draw against Estonia 2:2 (5:6 penalties) and in its second game lost to Serbia 1:3. Serbia won the tournament with 9 ponts after 3 consecutive victories, followed by Bulgaria with 4 points. Belarus and Estonia finished third and fourth with 3 and 2 points respectively.
Serbia`s football legend and UEFA Goodwill Ambassador Deyan Stankovic was special guest at the tournament and complimentеd the BFU and the hosts for the good organization and the quality of the facilities and football pitches in Albena.
Bulgaria U16 starting line-up: 1. Tsvetelin Enchev, 6. Stoyan Vergiev, 14. Nikola Ganchev, 19 Lachezar Georgiev, 8. Vladimir Nikolov. 9. Ivan Vasilev, 10 Georgi Babaliev, 11. Andrey Yordanov, 13. Kiril Yanakiev, 15. Yoan Baurenski - C., 18. Hristiyan Foti
Reserves: 12. Mario Uskov, 2. Aleks Lukanov, 3. Aleksandar Makris, 4. Tomislav Papazov, 5. Dimitar Balinov, 16. Aleksandar Kirilov, 17. Marti Petkov, 7. Iyad Hamud, 20. Hristian Chipev
Coach: Victorio Pavlov
Department "Public Relations and Media"
