Bulgaria national rugby union team

The Bulgaria national rugby union team is governed by the Bulgarian Rugby Federation, and has yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.

The national side is ranked 59th in the world (as of 16 January 2023).

History
Bulgaria played their first rugby international in 1963, where they met Romania. They were defeated by the Romanians, 70-3. There was no qualifying tournament held for the first Rugby World Cup, and Bulgaria did not attempt to qualify for the tournament until the Welsh hosted the 1999 Rugby World Cup. They competed in Pool 2 of Round A, but did not advance to the next stage.

Bulgaria again tried to qualify for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, and competed in Pool B of Round 1. Although Bulgaria won one pool match, they did not advance to Round 2. For the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Bulgaria were able to advance past Round 1, and entered Pool D of Round 2. However, they were then knocked out of the qualifying tournament.

Previous squad
Squad to 2019 European Nations Cup - Division 2D.


 * Georgi Gidionov
 * Dimo Dimov
 * Dimitar Georgiev
 * Vladi Mihov
 * Alex Tenev
 * Tsvetomir Stoyanov
 * Iliya Krastev
 * Nikolay Hinov
 * Denis Ivanov
 * Borislav Borisov
 * Kostadin Petkov
 * Vasil Borisov
 * Petar Nikolov (c)
 * Tsvetostin Tsvetkov
 * Ivailo Petrov
 * Ivailo Ivanov
 * Kristian Kotsev
 * Kristian Pavlov
 * Ricardo Attye
 * Tsvetan Rashev
 * Hristo Georgiev
 * Smilko Debrenliev
 * Deyan Parvanov
 * Dimitar Kotsev
 * Victor Iliev