The Bulgarian national team will face Italy, Switzerland, Northern Ireland and Lithuania in Group C of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. Due to the unprecedented measures the qualifying draw was held behind closed doors in a television studio in Zürich, and former international superstars Daniele de Rossi and Rafael van der Vaart took the responsibility of allocating the various national sides in the ten groups. All teams will play home and away between March and November 2021 and the...

The BFU would like to inform the general public that it has received an official note from the Bulgarian health minister Prof. Dr. Kostadin Angelov wherein it is stated that the conduction of a General Assembly (with dellegates' physical attendance) on December 11, 2020, would be thoroughly inexpedient given the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The Ministry of Health suggests that the General Assembly be postponed for a later post-pandemic date which is in line with...

Bulgaria head coach Georgi Dermendzhiev announced the squad that will face Gibraltar on November 11th, Finland on November 15th and the Republic of Ireland on November 18th. The players who will receive call-ups for the Bulgaria U-21 national side will be relieved of duty following the friendly against Gibraltar so that they can be available for the U-21 European qualifier against Estonia on November 17th. Here is the full list: Goalkeepers: Nikolay Mihaylov (Levski Sofia), Plamen Iliev...