The Lions Squad for the matches against Montenegro and England  October 2019
←Previous Bulgarian Squad that faced England (996)
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Bozhikov, Vasil Georgiev  Васил Божиков	2 June 1988	31	CD/RB	Šk Slovan Bratislava, Slovakia	25	1
Despodov, Kiril Vasilev  Десподов, Кирил	11 November 1996	22	F	SK Sturm Graz, Austria	9	1
Dimitrov, Kristian Traychev  Димитров, Кристиан	27 February 1997	22	CD	PFC Botev Plovdiv  ПФК Ботев Пловдив	5	1
Goranov, Ivan Pavlov  Горанов, Иван	10 June 1992	27	LB	PFC Levski Sofia  ПФК Левски София	4	0
Hadzhiev, Kamen Galabov  Хаджиев, Камен	22 September 1991	28	CD	Puskás Akadémia FC, Hungary	0	0
Iliev, Plamen Ivanov  Илиев, Пламен Иванов	30 November 1991	27	G	PFC Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad  ПФК Лудогорец Разград	15	0
Isa, Ismail Mustafa  Иса Мустафа, Исмаил	26 June 1989	30	F	PFC Cherno More  ПФК Черно Море	3	1
Ivanov, Galin Stefanov  Иванов, Галин	15 April 1988	31	M	PFC Slavia Sofia  ПФК Славия София	8	1
Ivanov, Hristo Stefanov  Иванов, Христо	6 April 1982	37	G	SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo  Етър Велико Търново	1	0
Karageren, Bircent Hamdi  Карагарен, Бирсент Хамди	6 December 1992	26	F	PFC Lokomotiv 1926 Plovdiv  ПФК Локомотив	1	0
Kostadinov, Georgi Georgiev  Костадинов, Георги	7 September 1990	29	CM	FC Arsenal Tula, Russia  ФК Арсенал Тула	20	3
Kraev, Bozhidor Boykov  Краев, Божидар	23 June 1997	22	AM	Gil Vicente FC, Portugal, on loan from Midtjylland, Denmark	11	2
Marcelinho  Насименто да Коща, Марсело	24 August 1984 in Manaacapuru, Brazil	35	AM	PFC Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad  ПФК Лудогорец Разград	9	2
Nascimento da Costa, Marcelo
Malinov, Kristiyan Aleksandrov  Малинов, Кристиян	30 March 1994	25	M	PFC Central Sports Club of the Army  ПФК Централен Спортен Клуб на Армията	8	0
Mihaylov, Nikolay Borislavov  Михайлов, Николай	28 June 1988	31	G	PFC Levski Sofia  ПФК Левски София	37	0
Nedyalkov, Anton Mihaylov  Недялков, Антон	30 April 1993	26	LB/CD	PFC Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad  ПФК Лудогорец Разград	14	0
Panayotov, Vasil Kostadinov  Панайотов, Васил	16 July 1990	29	M	PFC Cherno More Verna  ПФК Черно Море Варна	1	0
Pashov, Georgi Velikov  Пашов, Георги	4 March 1990	29	RB	FC Ararat-Armenia, Armenia  Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ-Արմենիա	2	0
Popov, Ivelin Ivanov  Попов, Ивелин Иванов	26 October 1987	31	F	FC Rostov, Russia  Футбольный клуб Ростов	87	16
Popov, Strahil Venkov  Попов, Страхил	31 August 1990	29	RB	Kasımpaşa SK, Turkey	27	0
Sarmov, Georgi Zdravkov  Сърмов, Георги	7 September 1985	33	M	Chemnitzer Fc, Germany	14	0
Slavchev, Simeon Nenchev  Славчев, Симеон	25 September 1993	26	M	Qarabağ FC, Azerbaijan	25	0
Terziev, Georgi Ilkov  Терзиев, Георги Илков	18 April 1992	27	CD	PFC Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad  ПФК Лудогорец Разград	11	0
Farias, Wanderson Cristaldo  Фариаш, Вандерсон Крищалдо	2 January 1988 in Cruzeiro do Oeste, Brazil	31	M	PFC Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad  ПФК Лудогорец Разград	3	0
Zanev, Petar Dimitrov  Занев, Петър Димитров	18 October 1985	33	LB	PFC Central Sports Club of the Army  ПФК Централен Спортен Клуб на Армията	40	0

Squad details correct up to and including Bulgaria's match against Montenegro on 11 October 2019.
Tallies from BFUnion.bg

Diary

Friday, 13 September 2019 - The president of the BFU Borislav Mihaylov has sent an official letter to the UEFA General Secretary, Theodore Theodoridis, and to the chairman of the The FA, Greg Clarke expressing his indignation and disappointment following the public comments made by Gareth Southgate and the suggestions that the English players will be subject to racial abuse by the Bulgarian supporters in the upcoming European qualifier in Sofia next month. The BFU views such behavior as groundless, inappropriate and unnecessary prior to the important and exciting football game that Bulgarian fans have been looking to in the past year. We have not received any official information regarding discriminatory language used by a Bulgarian supporter at Wembley stadium;en if this were the case however, we believe that generalizations and the creation of needless tension by official members of the English team is absolutely unacceptable and in contradiction with the spirit of mutual respect and fair play, the core values of both UEFA and the BFU.

Wednesday, 25 September 2019 - Ten overseas players have been named for the qualification matches against Montenegro and England. They are Ivelin Popov (Rostov), ​​Kiril Despodov (Cagliari), Strahil Popov (Kasmpash), Vasil Bozhikov (Slovan Bratislava), Simeon Slavchev (Karabakh), Georgi Kostadinov (Arsenal Tula), Bozhidar Kraev (Gilles Vicente), Georgi Sarmov (Chemnitz), Georgi Pashov (Ararat) and Kamen Hadzhiev (Akademia Puskas).

Friday, 29 September 2019 - Head Coach Krasimir Balakov has announced Bulgaria's extended squad, from the efbet League, bringing the total number of players expected to camp at the Boyana National Football Base to 24 on Sunday, 6 October.

Tuesday, 15 October 2019 - UEFA have confirmed four charges against the Bulgaria Football Union following the appalling scenes during last night's Euro 2020 qualification match. Twice the match was halted in the first half because of racist chanting, and an announcement was made. The Bulgarian fans also threw objects and disrupted the national anthem, as well as showing replays on the big screen. But the Football Association themselves have also been hit with two charges themselves. The English supporters booed the national anthem, as well as the FA providing 'insufficient number of travelling stewards'.

Tuesday, 29 October 2019 - Bulgaria have been ordered by UEFA to play their next competitive home game behind closed doors, with a further match suspended for two years after the racist chanting which marred their match with England two weeks ago. The Bulgarian FA have also been fined €75,000. The sanction means that Bulgaria's qualifier against the Czech Republic on 17 November will be played behind closed doors. 
It is understood UEFA only considered the match against England as a second offence following racist chanting during the home qualifier against Kosovo in June, even though Bulgaria were also sanctioned after a banner supporting Bulgarian national resistance was displayed during their match against Czech Republic in Prague. The BFU were further fined €10,000 for disturbances during the national anthem.

____________________

CG