Nikola Iliev

Botev Plovdiv

Born on : June 06, 2004 (21 years) at Plovdiv

Nationality : Bulgaria

Height : 1m83

Best foot : Both

Number of international caps : 8

First cap : vs Gibraltar 23/09/2022

Current season statistics (2025/2026)

0 Impacting goals 0 Goals

0 Impacting assists 0 Assists

9 Played matches 320 Minutes played

2 Yellow cards 1 Red cards

Main position
Striker	19%

Identities

Nikola Iliev

Nikola Iliyanov Iliev

Никола Илиев

Iliev's career statisticsLast updated on 08/12/2025 at 10:17

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Results

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Nat. cups

International

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2025/2026

Botev Plovdiv

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Botev	Efbet League	9					2		320	7	44%	6		2	1	22%	22%	56%
Bulgaria U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	4	3		115		3	1	344	10	100%	1				50%	25%	25%

2024/2025

Botev Plovdiv

885

525

Club	Competition														V	D	L
Botev	Europa League	2	1		65	1		65	21	50%	3	50%			50%	50%	0%
Botev	Efbet League	25	1	2	885	10	8	885	21	28%	24		4	1	36%	24%	40%
Botev	Ligue Conférence								21		2	0%
Botev	Bulgarian Cup	2					1	100	21	50%	1				100%	0%	0%
Botev	Superkupa na Bulgaria	1						0	21	0%	1	100%			0%	0%	100%
Bulgaria U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	3	2		133	5	1	265	10	100%			1		33%	0%	67%

2023/2024

CSKA 1948

186

322

Club	Competition													V	D	L
CSKA 1948	Efbet League	5	1		186	2	2	186	17	40%	5			60%	40%	0%
CSKA 1948	Bulgarian Cup	2				1		77	17	50%	1		1	50%	0%	50%
CSKA 1948	Superkupa na Bulgaria	1				1		45	0	100%		100%		0%	100%	0%
CSKA 1948	Europa Conference League Playoff	1					1	14	17	0%	1	100%		100%	0%	0%
Bulgaria U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	7	2	1	243	7	3	486	10	86%	1			43%	43%	14%
CSKA 1948 C	Treta Liga	1	1		89	1		89	0	100%				100%	0%	0%

2022/2023

Inter U-19

157

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Inter U-19	UEFA Youth League	5	4	64	5	1	257	11	60%	2		1	40%	20%	40%
Bulgaria	Nations League C	2				1	65	18	0%	2	100%		100%	0%	0%
Bulgaria	Friendlies	2				2	74	18	50%	1	100%	1	50%	50%	0%
Bulgaria	Euro Qualifying	4			4		232	18	50%	2	100%		0%	50%	50%

2021/2022

Inter U-19

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Inter U-19	UEFA Youth League	3					1	1	154	10	67%	1	43%			100%	0%	0%

2020/2021

Inter U-19

2019/2020

Botev Plovdiv

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Botev	Efbet League	2							78	39	50%	3	8%			0%	0%	100%
Botev	Bulgarian Cup	1						1	74	39	100%		20%			100%	0%	0%

Total

735

375

The data represented with this background color are not complete. The figures may not reflect reality.

Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Runner-ups

Superkupa na Bulgaria

2023

2024

Transfers

24/06/24 >	Botev Plovdiv
10/08/23 > 24/06/24	CSKA 1948	Loan
01/09/20 > 10/08/23	Inter U-19	500 k€
01/08/19 > 01/09/20	Botev Plovdiv B	Youth

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Player career by clubLast updated on 08/12/2025 at 10:17

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Botev	42	2	2	738	1476	6	2	36%15	36%15	43%18
Bulgaria	8				371	1		38%3	38%3	25%2
Bulgaria U-21	14	7	1	156	1095	1		93%13	43%6	29%4
CSKA 1948	9	1		322	322	1		44%4	56%5	11%1
CSKA 1948 C	1	1		89	89			100%1	100%1	0%0
Inter U-19	8	4		103	411	1		63%5	63%5	25%2

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Slavia Sofia	6	2	1	0
Béroé	3	2	0	0
Israel U-21	2	2	2	0
CSKA Sofia	4	1	0	0
Arda Kardzali	4	1	0	0
CSKA 1948	3	1	0	0
Septemvri	3	2	0	1
Estonia U-21	2	1	0	0
Poland U-21	2	1	0	0
Plzen U-19	2	2	4	0
Hebar	2	1	0	1
Luxembourg	1	0	0	0
Cyprus	1	1	0	0
Minyor	1	1	0	0
Galabovo	1	1	0	0
Shakhtar U-19	1	1	0	0
Macedonia	1	1	0	0
Levski Sofia	1	1	0	0
Krumovgrad	1	1	0	0
Gibraltar U-21	1	1	1	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Ludogorets	6	5	16
Slavia Sofia	6	3	7
Germany U-21	2	2	5
CSKA Sofia	4	2	7
Varna	3	2	4
Arda Kardzali	4	2	7
CSKA 1948	3	2	7
Barça U-19	1	1	2
Bayern U-19	2	1	4
Scotland U-21	1	1	1
Hungary	1	1	3
Poland U-21	2	1	3
Montenegro	1	1	1
Loko Sofia	3	1	3
Cherno More	2	1	3
Septemvri	3	1	2

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2025/2026	Botev	22%	56%	9	36%	45%	11	Very negative
2024/2025	Botev	39%	35%	31	50%	31%	16	Slightly negative
2023/2024	CSKA 1948	56%	11%	9	31%	34%	29	Very positive
2022/2023	Inter U-19	40%	40%	5	42%	28%	36	-
2021/2022	Inter U-19	100%	0%	3	50%	20%	40	-
2020/2021	Inter U-19	0%	0%	0	52%	19%	31	-
2019/2020	Botev	33%	67%	3	43%	37%	30	-

Key figures

He hasn't scored at home in Parva profesionalna liga for 1693 minutes.

Nikola Iliev hasn't scored in Parva profesionalna liga for 2953 minutes.

Nikola Iliev hasn't scored away from home in Parva profesionalna liga for 1378 minutes.

Iliev hasn't scored for the national team for 720 minutes.

Nikola Iliev hasn't won for the national team any of the last 5 matches

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Botev Plovdiv
29/09/2019		Botev Plovdiv - Slavia Sofia	0 - 1	First match with the club, first loss
04/03/2020	BC	Botev Galabovo - Botev Plovdiv	0 - 1	First start, first victory
11/07/2024		Botev Plovdiv - Maribor	2 - 1	First goal
24/08/2024		Botev Plovdiv - Spartak Varna	0 - 1	First red card
Inter Milan U-19
28/09/2021		Shakhtar U-19 - Inter U-19	0 - 1	First match with the club, first victory
19/10/2021		Inter U-19 - Sheriff U-19	2 - 1	First start
12/10/2022		Barça U-19 - Inter U-19	2 - 0	First loss
26/10/2022		Inter U-19 - Plzen U-19	4 - 2	First goal, first time scoring 2 goals, first time scoring 3 goals, first time scoring 4 goals
CSKA 1948 Sofia
26/10/2023		CSKA 1948 - Loko Plovdiv	1 - 1	First match with the club, first start
27/11/2023		Arda Kardzali - CSKA 1948	0 - 3	First victory
29/02/2024	BC	Ludogorets - CSKA 1948	3 - 1	First loss
27/05/2024		Slavia Sofia - CSKA 1948	0 - 2	First goal
CSKA 1948 Sofia C
20/04/2024	TL	CSKA 1948 C - CSKA Sofia B	3 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first victory, first goal

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 08/12/2025 at 10:17

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
P	Parva profesionalna liga	41	2	712	2	1423	34%14	2	34%14	24%10	41%17
Bulgarian Cup	Bulgarian Cup	5				251	60%3		80%4		20%1
Superkupa na Bulgaria	Superkupa na Bulgaria	2				45	50%1			50%1	50%1
ECP	Europe Competition Playoffs	1				14			100%1
Treta liga	Treta liga	1	1	89		89	100%1		100%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	2				74	50%1		50%1	50%1
UEFAU21CQ	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	14	7	156	1	1095	93%13		43%6	29%4	29%4
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	4				232	50%2			50%2	50%2
Nations League C	Nations League C	2				65			100%2
Europa League	Europa League	2	1	65		65	50%1		50%1	50%1
UEFA Youth League	UEFA Youth League	8	4	103		411	63%5		63%5	13%1	25%2
ECL	Europa Conference League

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2025/2026	Botev	1	9	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
2024/2025	Botev	1	5	49	30	14	7	9	32	31
2023/2024	CSKA 1948	1P	7	52	36	13	13	10	35	30
2023/2024	CSKA 1948	1	8	43	30	11	10	9	30	26
2022/2023	Inter U-19	1	7	55	34	15	10	9	53	41
2021/2022	Inter U-19	1	2	64	34	18	10	6	60	33
2020/2021	Inter U-19	1	1	57	30	16	9	5	49	27
2019/2020	Botev	1P	1	33	27	9	6	12	29	32
2019/2020	Botev	1	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0

Last games

Date	Competition	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
December 02, 2025	02/12	Round 18	Arda Kardzali	0 - 0	Botev Plovdiv	No data
November 29, 2025	29/11	Round 17	Botev Plovdiv	2 - 1	Cherno More	No data
November 22, 2025	22/11	Round 16	CSKA Sofia	2 - 1	Botev Plovdiv	No data
November 18, 2025	18/11	Round 10	Bulgaria	2 - 1	Georgia	Absent
November 15, 2025	15/11	Round 9	Turkey	2 - 0	Bulgaria	Absent
November 07, 2025	07/11	Round 15	Botev Plovdiv	2 - 1	Dobrudzha	60 Minutes
November 01, 2025	01/11	Round 14	Loko Plovdiv	1 - 1	Botev Plovdiv	No data
October 28, 2025	28/10	First round	Spartak Pleven	0 - 4	Botev Plovdiv	No data
October 24, 2025	24/10	Round 13	Spartak Varna	3 - 2	Botev Plovdiv	No data
October 18, 2025	18/10	Round 12	Botev Plovdiv	1 - 1	Slavia Sofia	17 Minutes
October 14, 2025	14/10	Round 8	Spain	4 - 0	Bulgaria	Absent
October 11, 2025	11/10	Round 7	Bulgaria	1 - 6	Turkey	Absent
October 05, 2025	05/10	Round 11	Botev Vratsa	1 - 2	Botev Plovdiv	No data
September 30, 2025	30/09	Round 6	Botev Plovdiv	0 - 1	Levski Sofia	No data
September 25, 2025	25/09	Round 10	Botev Plovdiv	1 - 2	CSKA 1948	33 Minutes
September 21, 2025	21/09	Round 9	Septemvri	1 - 3	Botev Plovdiv	35 Minutes
September 12, 2025	12/09	Round 8	Botev Plovdiv	0 - 1	Montana	No data
September 07, 2025	07/09	Round 6	Georgia	3 - 0	Bulgaria	Absent
September 04, 2025	04/09	Round 5	Bulgaria	0 - 3	Spain	Absent
August 31, 2025	31/08	Round 7	Ludogorets	2 - 1	Botev Plovdiv	18 Minutes
August 16, 2025	16/08	Round 5	Béroé	1 - 2	Botev Plovdiv	On the bench
August 10, 2025	10/08	Round 4	Botev Plovdiv	0 - 1	Loko Sofia	71 Minutes
August 04, 2025	04/08	Round 3	Botev Plovdiv	0 - 5	Arda Kardzali	28 Minutes
July 27, 2025	27/07	Round 2	Cherno More	2 - 1	Botev Plovdiv	45 Minutes
July 19, 2025	19/07	Round 1	Botev Plovdiv	1 - 1	CSKA Sofia	13 Minutes

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