EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2021/22 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS - Thursday 2 September 2021 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Italy Group C - Matchday 4 Last updated 02/09/2021 11:42CET

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Previous meetings 2 Squad list 4 Match officials 6 Match-by-match lineups 7 Legend 9

1 Italy - Bulgaria Thursday 2 September 2021 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Belotti 43 (P), 28/03/2021 QR (GS) Bulgaria - Italy 0-2 Sofia Locatelli 82

2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 06/09/2015 QR (GS) Italy - Bulgaria 1-0 Palermo De Rossi 6 (P) Popov 11, Mitsanski 28/03/2015 QR (GS) Bulgaria - Italy 2-2 Sofia 17; Minev 4 (og), Éder 84

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 06/09/2013 QR (GS) Italy - Bulgaria 1-0 Palermo Gilardino 38 Manolev 30, Milanov 07/09/2012 QR (GS) Bulgaria - Italy 2-2 Sofia 66; Osvaldo 36, 40

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Grosso 11, Iaquinta 09/09/2009 QR (GS) Italy - Bulgaria 2-0 Turin 40 11/10/2008 QR (GS) Bulgaria - Italy 0-0 Sofia

UEFA EURO 2004 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Perrotta 48, Cassano 22/06/2004 GS-FT Italy - Bulgaria 2-1 Guimaraes 90+4; M.Petrov 45 (P)

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Stoichkov 44; R. 13/07/1994 SF Bulgaria - Italy 1-2 New Jersey Baggio 21, 25

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Sirakov 85; Altobelli 31/05/1986 GS-FT Bulgaria - Italy 1-1 Mexico 43

2 Italy - Bulgaria Thursday 2 September 2021 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

1968 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 2-0 Prati 14, Domenghini 20/04/1968 QF Italy - Bulgaria Naples agg: 4-3 55 Kotkov 11 (P), Dermendzhiev 66, 06/04/1968 QF Bulgaria - Italy 3-2 Sofia Zhekov 73; Penev 60 (og), Prati 83

Final Qualifying Total tournament

Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Total Italy 3 3 0 0 4 1 3 0 5 3 1 1 23 12 9 2 41 17 Bulgaria 4 0 3 1 3 0 0 3 5 1 1 3 23 2 9 12 17 41

3 Italy - Bulgaria Thursday 2 September 2021 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Squad list

Italy Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Salvatore Sirigu 12/01/1987 34 Genoa - 0 0 0 0 27 - - Pierluigi Gollini 18/03/1995 26 Tottenham - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Gianluigi Donnarumma 25/02/1999 22 Paris - 3 0 0 0 33 - Defenders - Giorgio Chiellini 14/08/1984 37 Juventus - 1 0 0 0 112 8 - Cristiano Biraghi 01/09/1992 29 Fiorentina - 0 0 0 0 10 1 - Leonardo Bonucci 01/05/1987 34 Juventus - 2 0 0 0 109 8 - Alessandro Florenzi 11/03/1991 30 Milan - 2 0 0 0 45 2 - Francesco Acerbi 10/02/1988 33 Lazio - 2 0 0 0 17 1 - Alessandro Bastoni 13/04/1999 22 Internazionale - 1 0 0 0 6 - - Emerson 03/08/1994 27 Lyon - 2 0 0 0 19 - - Rafael Tolói 10/10/1990 30 Atalanta - 1 0 0 0 7 - Midfielders - Marco Verratti 05/11/1992 28 Paris - 2 0 0 0 45 3 - Bryan Cristante 03/03/1995 26 Roma - 0 0 0 0 17 1 - Federico Bernardeschi 16/02/1994 27 Juventus * 2 2 0 0 34 6 - Nicolò Barella 07/02/1997 24 Internazionale - 3 0 0 0 29 6 - Jorginho 20/12/1991 29 Chelsea - 0 0 0 0 35 5 - Lorenzo Pellegrini 19/06/1996 25 Roma * 2 0 0 0 17 2 - Federico Chiesa 25/10/1997 23 Juventus - 3 0 0 0 32 3 - Gaetano Castrovilli 17/02/1997 24 Fiorentina - 0 0 0 0 3 - Forwards - Ciro Immobile 20/02/1990 31 Lazio - 3 2 0 0 52 15 - Lorenzo Insigne 04/06/1991 30 Napoli - 2 0 0 0 47 10 - Domenico Berardi 01/08/1994 27 Sassuolo - 1 1 0 0 17 5 - Giacomo Raspadori 18/02/2000 21 Sassuolo - 0 0 0 0 2 - Coach - 27/11/1964 56 - 3 0 0 0 36 -

4 Italy - Bulgaria Thursday 2 September 2021 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

Bulgaria Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Nikolay Mihaylov 28/06/1988 33 Levski - 0 0 0 0 39 - Cherno - Georgi Georgiev 12/10/1988 32 - 0 0 0 0 6 - More CSKA - Daniel Naumov 29/03/1998 23 - 1 0 0 0 3 - 1948 Defenders Slovan - Vasil Bozhikov 02/06/1988 33 * 2 0 0 0 34 2 Bratislava - Anton Nedyalkov 30/04/1993 28 Ludogorets - 0 0 0 0 19 - Cercle - Dimitar Velkovski 22/01/1995 26 - 0 0 0 0 3 - Brugge - Petko Hristov 01/03/1999 22 Spezia * 1 0 0 0 4 - CSKA- - Ivan Turitsov 18/07/1999 22 - 0 0 0 0 4 - Sofia - Valentin Antov 09/11/2000 20 Monza * 2 0 0 0 8 - Slavia - Andrea Hristov 01/03/1999 22 - 1 0 0 0 3 - Sofia Midfielders Lokomotiv - Dimitar Iliev 25/09/1988 32 - 2 0 0 0 10 2 CSKA - Ivaylo Chochev 18/02/1993 28 - 3 0 0 0 24 3 1948 - Kristiyan Malinov 30/03/1994 27 Leuven - 2 0 0 0 23 - Arsenal - Georgi Kostadinov 07/09/1990 30 * 3 0 0 0 28 3 Tula Lokomotiv - Petar Vitanov 10/03/1995 26 - 2 0 0 0 5 - Plovdiv - 20/08/1999 22 Apollon - 1 0 0 0 2 - CSKA- - Georgi Yomov 06/07/1997 24 - 2 0 0 0 6 2 Sofia - Dominic Yankov 28/07/2000 21 Ludogorets - 0 0 0 0 6 - Forwards - Spas Delev 22/09/1989 31 PFC Arda - 2 0 0 0 31 2 Slavia - Radoslav Kirilov 29/06/1992 29 - 0 0 0 0 2 - Sofia - Kiril Despodov 11/11/1996 24 Ludogorets - 2 1 0 0 20 2 CSKA- - Kaloyan Krastev 24/01/1999 22 - 0 0 0 0 - - Sofia - Atanas Iliev 09/10/1994 26 Ascoli * 3 0 0 0 6 1 Coach - Yasen Petrov 23/06/1968 53 - 3 0 0 0 6 -

5 Italy - Bulgaria Thursday 2 September 2021 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Match officials

Referee Serdar Gözübüyük (NED) Assistant referees Joost van Zuilen (NED) , Johan Balder (NED) Video Assistant Referee Pol van Boekel (NED) Assistant Video Assistant Referee Rob Dieperink (NED) Fourth official Allard Lindhout (NED) UEFA Delegate Duško Grabovac (CRO) UEFA Referee observer Tomasz Mikulski (POL)

Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Serdar Gözübüyük 29/10/1985 3 70

FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 26/03/2013 WC QR Malta Italy 0-2 Ta' Qali

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 26/03/2013 WC QR Malta Italy 0-2 Ta' Qali 11/05/2013 U17 GS-FT Italy Russia 1-1 Nitra 06/06/2013 U19 ELITE Denmark Bulgaria 5-0 Povoa do Varzim 31/07/2014 UEL 3QR IF Brommapojkarna Torino FC 0-3 Stockholm 05/09/2014 U21 QR Italy Serbia 3-2 Pescara 22/10/2015 UEL GS FC Midtjylland SSC Napoli 1-4 Herning 18/08/2016 UEL PO US Sassuolo Calcio FK Crvena zvezda 3-0 Reggio Emilia 20/10/2016 UEL GS FC Slovan Liberec ACF Fiorentina 1-3 Liberec 02/08/2017 UCL 3QR PFC Ludogorets 1945 Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC 3-1 Razgrad 14/09/2017 UEL GS FK Austria Wien AC Milan 1-5 Vienna 04/10/2018 UEL GS Eintracht Frankfurt SS Lazio 4-1 Frankfurt am Main 16/06/2019 U21 GS-FT Italy Spain 3-1 Bologna

6 Italy - Bulgaria Thursday 2 September 2021 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Match-by-match lineups Italy

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group C Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Italy 3 3 0 0 6 0 9 Switzerland 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 Northern Ireland 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 Bulgaria 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 Lithuania 2 0 0 2 0 3 0

Matchday 1 (25/03/2021) Italy 2-0 Northern Ireland Goals: 1-0 Berardi 14, 2-0 Immobile 38 Italy: G. Donnarumma, Chiellini, Locatelli (84 Pessina), Verratti, Lorenzo Pellegrini (63 Barella), Insigne (84 Grifo), Berardi (75 Chiesa), Emerson (75 Spinazzola), Florenzi, Immobile, Bonucci Matchday 2 (28/03/2021) Bulgaria 0-2 Italy Goals: 0-1 Belotti 43 (P) , 0-2 Locatelli 82 Italy: G. Donnarumma, Spinazzola, Verratti (88 Pessina), Belotti (75 Immobile), Insigne, Sensi (68 Locatelli), Acerbi, Florenzi (68 Di Lorenzo), Barella, Bonucci, Chiesa (76 Bernardeschi) Matchday 3 (31/03/2021) Lithuania 0-2 Italy Goals: 0-1 Sensi 48, 0-2 Immobile 90+4 (P) Italy: G. Donnarumma, Bastoni (89 Acerbi), Locatelli, Tolói, Lorenzo Pellegrini (46 Sensi), Pessina (62 Barella), Emerson (56 Spinazzola), Immobile, Bernardeschi, El Shaarawy (46 Chiesa), Mancini Matchday 4 (02/09/2021) Italy-Bulgaria Matchday 5 (05/09/2021) Switzerland-Italy Matchday 6 (08/09/2021) Italy-Lithuania Matchday 9 (12/11/2021) Italy-Switzerland Matchday 10 (15/11/2021) Northern Ireland-Italy Bulgaria

FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (25/03/2021) Bulgaria 1-3 Switzerland Goals: 0-1 Embolo 7, 0-2 Seferović 10, 0-3 Zuber 13, 1-3 Despodov 46 Bulgaria: P. Iliev, S. Popov, Zanev, Cicinho (72 Tsvetanov), Kostadinov, Despodov (48 Delev), D. Dimov, Bozhikov, Malinov (71 Chochev), Yomov (70 I. Iliev), D. Iliev (46 A. Iliev) Matchday 2 (28/03/2021) Bulgaria 0-2 Italy Goals: 0-1 Belotti 43 (P) , 0-2 Locatelli 82 Bulgaria: P. Iliev, Antov, Vitanov (88 Rainov), Cicinho (46 Karagaren), Kostadinov (62 Malinov), Galabinov, Delev (78 A. Iliev), D. Dimov, Bozhikov, Chochev, Tsvetanov

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Matchday 3 (31/03/2021) Northern Ireland 0-0 Bulgaria Bulgaria: Naumov, P. Hristov, Antov, Kostadinov (43 Vitanov), Vutov (46 D. Iliev), Galabinov (73 A. Iliev), Despodov, Yomov (72 Karagaren), Chochev, Tsvetanov (73 Zanev), A. Hristov Matchday 4 (02/09/2021) Italy-Bulgaria Matchday 5 (05/09/2021) Bulgaria-Lithuania Matchday 7 (09/10/2021) Lithuania-Bulgaria Matchday 8 (12/10/2021) Bulgaria-Northern Ireland Matchday 10 (15/11/2021) Switzerland-Bulgaria

8 Italy - Bulgaria Thursday 2 September 2021 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Legend Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Other abbreviations (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties No.: Number og: Own goal ag: Match decided on away goals P: Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin GF: Goals for W: Won gg: Match decided by golden goal Y: Booked L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Nat.: Nationality N/A: Not applicable Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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