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Matches/UEFA U17 Championship - Qualification/Group Stage - 2
UEFA U17 Championship - Qualification 2026Match Finished

Bulgaria U17 vs Malta U17

27 Mar 2026 · 13:00 GMT · Group Stage - 2

Bulgaria U17

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1:0HT 1–0

Malta U17

AWAY
⚽ Grozdanov 33′
Venue not suppliedReferee: Not suppliedRecorded clock 90′ + 5′
01
THE MATCH AT A GLANCE

Match overview

THE SCORELINE

Bulgaria U17 win 1–0

Match Finished in the group stage - 2 of the UEFA U17 Championship - Qualification. 1 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.

90 MINUTES1 – 0
HALF-TIME1 – 0
MATCH COVERAGE

Know what’s in the report

LineupsAvailable
Match eventsAvailable
Team statisticsNot supplied
Expected goalsNot supplied
Player ratingsNot supplied
02
HOW THE TEAMS COMPARE

Team statistics

Bulgaria U17Malta U17

Detailed statistics aren’t available for this match

The provider has not supplied possession, shots, passing or xG. These will appear when they are included in an updated import.

03
THE PLAYERS BEHIND THE RESULT

Lineups & substitutions

Bulgaria U17

Formation not supplied

Coach T. Simov

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 12
    Alek ZdravkovProfile: Goalkeeper
  2. 11
    StoykovProfile: Attacker
    Yellow Card 53′
  3. 13
    KanevMatch position not supplied
    Off 66′
  4. 4
    PenchevMatch position not supplied
    Yellow Card 90+1′
  5. 16
    Maksimilian LazarovProfile: Defender
    Off 78′
  6. 17
    GeorgievProfile: Midfielder
    Yellow Card 62′
  7. 6
    VutovProfile: Midfielder
    Off 59′
  8. 8
    Viktor DobrevProfile: Midfielder
    Off 66′
  9. 14
    PetrovMatch position not supplied
    Yellow Card 13′Off 46′
  10. 9
    GrozdanovMatch position not supplied
    Normal Goal 33′Yellow Card 80′
  11. 10
    PopovMatch position not supplied
    Yellow Card 87′

Substitutes9

  1. 1
    PanayotovMatch position not supplied
  2. 2
    TsenovProfile: Defender
    On 78′
  3. 3
    BeykovMatch position not supplied
  4. 5
    MustafaProfile: Defender
    On 66′
  5. 7
    AngelovMatch position not supplied
    On 59′
  6. 15
    BayrakovMatch position not supplied
    On 46′
  7. 18
    DeyanskiMatch position not supplied
  8. 20
    FilipovMatch position not supplied
    On 66′
  9. 21
    MarinovMatch position not supplied

Malta U17

Formation not supplied

Coach F. Macri

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    TaboneMatch position not supplied
  2. 3
    ChetcutiMatch position not supplied
    Off 74′
  3. 6
    DebonoProfile: Midfielder
    Off 74′
  4. 4
    AttardProfile: Defender
  5. 2
    SciclunaMatch position not supplied
    Yellow Card 34′
  6. 7
    RoeProfile: Midfielder
  7. 10
    TantiMatch position not supplied
    Off 83′
  8. 15
    Gatt DimechMatch position not supplied
  9. 11
    ChetcutiProfile: Attacker
    Yellow Card 70′
  10. 20
    Pena SernaProfile: Attacker
  11. 19
    NwokoMatch position not supplied
    Off 62′

Substitutes8

  1. 12
    SpiteriMatch position not supplied
  2. 5
    GrechMatch position not supplied
    On 74′
  3. 8
    ZammitMatch position not supplied
    On 74′
  4. 9
    AttardProfile: Attacker
    On 62′
  5. 13
    SultanaMatch position not supplied
  6. 16
    SharpeMatch position not supplied
  7. 17
    MicallefProfile: Attacker
  8. 18
    MIsuratiMatch position not supplied
    On 83′
04
FOLLOW THE MATCH

Events & commentary

Event commentary from recorded goals, cards, substitutions and VAR decisions. This is not a full play-by-play feed.

  1. Yellow CardBulgaria U17

    Petrov

  2. Normal GoalBulgaria U17

    Grozdanov

  3. Yellow CardMalta U17

    Scicluna

  4. SubstitutionBulgaria U17

    Off Petrov On Bayrakov

  5. Yellow CardBulgaria U17

    Stoykov

  6. SubstitutionBulgaria U17

    Off Vutov On Angelov

  7. Yellow CardBulgaria U17

    Georgiev

  8. SubstitutionMalta U17

    Off Nwoko On Attard

  9. SubstitutionBulgaria U17

    Off Kanev On Mustafa

  10. SubstitutionBulgaria U17

    Off Viktor Dobrev On Filipov

  11. Yellow CardMalta U17

    Chetcuti

  12. SubstitutionMalta U17

    Off Chetcuti On Grech

  13. SubstitutionMalta U17

    Off Debono On Zammit

  14. SubstitutionBulgaria U17

    Off Maksimilian Lazarov On Tsenov

  15. Yellow CardBulgaria U17

    Grozdanov

  16. SubstitutionMalta U17

    Off Tanti On MIsurati

  17. Yellow CardBulgaria U17

    Popov

  18. Yellow CardBulgaria U17

    Penchev

05
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Player performance

No individual performance data supplied

Ratings, minutes, shots, passes, tackles, duels and goalkeeper saves need a detailed player feed. Explore profiles and recorded involvement through the lineups above.

06
THE BIGGER PICTURE

Recent form & meetings

Previous matches in this 2026 cup import only, before this fixture. Newest first. W/D/L reflects the score before any penalty shootout.

Bulgaria U17

DBulgaria U17 vs Azerbaijan U1724 Mar 2026 · Group Stage - 21 – 1WSan Marino U17 vs Bulgaria U173 Nov 2025 · Group Stage - 10 – 5DSwitzerland U17 vs Bulgaria U1731 Oct 2025 · Group Stage - 11 – 1LBulgaria U17 vs Slovakia U1728 Oct 2025 · Group Stage - 10 – 1

Malta U17

LMalta U17 vs Lithuania U1724 Mar 2026 · Group Stage - 21 – 3DMalta U17 vs Bosnia-Herzegovina U1717 Nov 2025 · Group Stage - 12 – 2LTurkey U17 vs Malta U1714 Nov 2025 · Group Stage - 15 – 0LSerbia U17 vs Malta U1711 Nov 2025 · Group Stage - 14 – 0
Previous meetings Within this cup import

No earlier meetings between these teams in the imported records.

Source & coverage
API-Football · Retrieved 4 Oct 2026. Saved snapshot, not a live feed. Missing values are not treated as zero. Player ages are calculated at kick-off from supplied birth dates.

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