Bulgaria's first national football team:




22 players: 10 from Levski (Sofia), 6 from Slavia (Sofia), 3 from
Titcha (Varna), 1 from Diana (Varna), 1 from FC Sofia and 1 from
Vladislav (Varna).






Coach: Leopold Nich,

Nikola Ljutskanov (Vladislav Varna, my greatgrandafather),
Kiril Denev (Ticha Varna),
Boris Stavrev (Ticha Varna),
K. Karapachanski (Slavia Sofia),
Beltcho Stojanov (Slavia Sofia),
Vl. Tsvetkov (Slavia Sofia),
Peter Ivanov (Levski Sofia),
Simeon Jankov (Levski Sofia)
Alexander Hristov (Levski Sofia),
Geno Mateev (Levski Sofia),
Dimiter Mutafchiev (Levski Sofia),
Tsvetan Ganev (Levski Sofia),
Nikola Mutavchiev (Levski Sofia),
Kiril Jovtchev (Levski Sofia),
Konstantin Maznikov (Levski Sofia),
Ivan Radoev (Levski Sofia),
Dimiter Manolov (Slavia Sofia),
Todor Vladimirov (Slavia Sofia),
Grigor Stojanov (Slavia Sofia),
Bojan Bjanov (Ticha Varna),
Nikola Marinov (Diana Varna),
DI Stefan Tsontchev (FC Sofia).

    









Only the last 16 leave for France for the VIIIth 1924 Olympics.
The reason there were so many Levski players was the fact that
just before the games the Bulgarian national team had to play a
friendly in Sofia against Romkomit (Bucharest). Eventually, the
Romanians have to play against Levski. The Bulgarian team wins
by 2:0 in front of a crowd of 15000 - really a lot for its time.

On their way to France, the Bulgarians stop in Wien for a
friendly against Austria. The game was *not* a real match in
modern sense but just a training session and finished 6:0 in
favor of Austria.

Paris, May 28, 1924: Coulomb Olympic Stadium. Bulgaria have their
first international game against Ireland. The score is 0:1 -
Bulgaria loose with the following team: P. Ivanov (goalkeeper),
Al. Hristov, S. Jankov (defense), G. Mateev, B. Bjanov, Iv.
Radoev (midfields), D. Mutafchiev, N. Mutafchiev, Tod. Vladimirov
(cap.) K. Maznikov, K. Jovchev (forwards).