Bulgaria head coach Yasen Petrov announced the national team squad for the upcoming 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Italy (September 2) and Lithuania (September 5), as well as the friendly versus Georgia on September 8th.
The final squad is as follows:
Goalkeepers:
Nikolay Mihaylov (Levski), Daniel Naumov (CSKA 1948), Georgi Georgiev (Cherno more);
Defenders:
Vasil Bozhikov (Slovan Bratislava), Anton Nedyalkov (Ludogorets), Valentin Antov (CSKA-Sofia), Ivan Turitsov (CSKA-Sofia), Petko Hristov (Spezia), Andrea Hristov (Slavia Sofia), Dimitar Velkovski (Cercle Brugge);
Midfielders:
Georgi Kostadinov (Arsenal Tula), Todor Nedelev (Botev Plovdiv), Kristiyan Malinov (OH Leuven), Ivaylo Chochev (CSKA 1948), Dominik Yankov (Ludogorets), Birsent Karagaren (Lokomotiv Plovdiv), Petar Vitanov (Lokomotiv Plovdiv), Ilian Iliev (Apolon Limassol), Radoslav Kirilov (Slavia Sofia);
Forwards:
Kiril Despodov (Ludogorets), Spas Delev (Arda), Dimitar Iliev (Lokomotiv Plovdiv), Georgi Yomov (CSKA-Sofia), Atanas Iliev (Botev Plovdiv), Kaloyan Krastev (Slavia Sofia).
