In the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, the National Team will face Bulgaria in Bursa on Saturday, November 15. Before this match, Bulgaria’s 25-man candidate squad was announced.
The candidate squad determined by Coach Alexander Dimitrov includes the following names:
Goalkeeper: Dimitar Mitov (Aberdeen FC), Alex Bozhev (SK Slavia Prague), Dimitar Evtimov (FC Botev Vratsa)
Defenders: Petko Hristov (Spezia), Atanas Chernev (CF Estrela da Amadora), Kristian Dimitrov (PFC Levski Sofia), Rosen Bozhinov (Royal Antwerp FC), Anton Nedyalkov (PFC Ludogorets 1945), Martin Georgiev (PFC Slavia Sofia), Viktor Popov (Korona Kielce), Christian Petrov (SC Heerenveen)
Midfield: Ilia Gruev (Leeds United), Filip Krastev (Oxford United), Andrian Kraev (Hapoel Tel Aviv FC), Kristian Stoyanov (PFC Slavia Sofia), Stanislav Shopov (NK Osijek), Ivaylo Chochev (PFC Ludogorets 1945), Ivan Yordanov (PFC Ludogorets 1945)
Forwards: Marin Petkov (PFC Levski Sofia), Radoslav Kirilov (PFC Levski Sofia), Georgi Rusev (CSKA 1948), Zdravko Dimitrov (Bodrum FK), Kiril Despodov (PAOK FC), Martin Minchev (KS Cracovia), Vladimir Nikolov (Korona Kielce)