National was establimished in 2003 as youth academy by Blagomir Mutin, who studied for football coach, but could not find a job, so decided to start his own academy.[1] By 2015, the academy become the largest in Bulgaria.[2] In 2017 the academy started a partnership with Dinamo Zagreb.[3]
Having the success of being part of almost every youth league in Bulgaria, National finally decided to start a first team in 2023 and joined B Regional Group - Sofia.[4] The team won the league and got promoted to A RFG Sofia in 2024, starting with 12 consecutive wins.[5] The team begome popular with joining charity initiatives.[6] In August 2024 the team got involved in an accident with Levski Academy, when a fight was started between managers and parrents of both clubs.[7] In 2024 the team was eliminated by Rilski Sportist in the preliminary round for Bulgarian Cup.[8] In September 2024, National's head coach, Rosen Ilkov was signed by Saudi Arabian women's team United Eagles and his place was taken by Stanislav Katrankov.[9] In 2024–25 season they missed the chance to qualify for Third League, but at the start of 2025–26 season they were one of few team to have team in every Elite Youth leagues (U18, U17, U16, U15).[10]
The team won the A Regional in 2026 and qualified for the promotion playoffs. On 11 June 2026 they beat OFC Kostenets and promoted to Third League for first time in their history.[11]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
