Bulgarian national team coach Yasen Petrov summoned 26 players for the Nations League opening match against Macedonia.

photo by BFU: the Bulgarian team of June 2021

Macedonian visits neighboring Bulgaria on 2 June for the opening round of the 2022/23 season of the UEFA Nations League. Bulgarian will lat6er also face Georgia (home), Gibraltar (away) and Georgia (away).

Experienced 33-year-old central defender Vasil Bozhikov of Slovak side Slovan surprisingly did not get a call as well as Ludogorets winger Spas Delev due to poor form.

With 16 domestic based players, the Bulgarian team doesn’t have famous players. Probably the most known player in the squad is 23-year-old CB Petko Hristov who play in the Seria A for Spezia, but in the second half-season lost his place in the first team and was a bench warmer.

Nikolay Mihaylov – Levski
Svetoslav Vutsov – Slavia
Ivan Dyulgerov – Cherno More

Petko Hristov – Spezia
Andrea Hristov – Cosenza
Ivan Turitsov – CSKA
Anton Nedyalkov – Ludogorets
Edisson Jordanov – Westerlo
Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski – Stal
Plamen Galabov – Maccabi Netanya
Viktor Popov – Cherno More

Georgi Kostadinov – Arsenal
Todor Nedelev – Botev (P)
Kristiyan Malinov – OH Leuven
Ivaylo Chochev – CSKA 1948
Dominic Yankov – Ludogorets
Georgi Milanov – Levski
Filip Krastev – Levski
Andrian Kraev – Levski
Iliyan Stefanov – Levski

Kiril Despodov – Ludogorets
Atanas Iliev – Ascoli
Georgi Yomov – CSKA
Georgi Minchev – Riga
Radoslav Kirilov – Slavia
Martin Minchev – Sparta

The match between Bulgaria and Macedonia will be played at the Huvepharma Arena in Razgrad on Thursday with a kick-off scheduled for 20.45 CET.