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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2019/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski - Sofia Monday 10 June 2019 Bulgaria 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Kosovo Group A - Matchday -9 Last updated 02/02/2021 16:12CET CMS error: Requested URL "/insideuefa/library/promo/presskits/european-qualifiers/_sponsorqualifiers.html" not found. Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Match-by-match lineups 7 Team facts 9 Legend 11 1 Bulgaria - Kosovo Monday 10 June 2019 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Previous meetings Head to Head 2020 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Zeneli 61; Bozhikov 25/03/2019 QR (GS) Kosovo - Bulgaria 1-1 Pristina 39 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Bulgaria - - - - 1 0 1 0 - - - - 1 0 1 0 1 1 Kosovo 1 0 1 0 - - - - - - - - 1 0 1 0 1 1 FIFA* Bulgaria - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kosovo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friendlies Bulgaria - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kosovo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Bulgaria - - - - 1 0 1 0 - - - - 1 0 1 0 1 1 Kosovo 1 0 1 0 - - - - - - - - 1 0 1 0 1 1 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Bulgaria - Kosovo Monday 10 June 2019 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Squad list Bulgaria Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Hristo Ivanov 06/04/1982 37 Etar - 0 0 0 0 - Nikolay Mihaylov 28/06/1988 30 Levski - 3 0 0 0 - Plamen Iliev 30/11/1991 27 Ludogorets - 0 0 0 0 Defenders Slovan - Vasil Bozhikov 02/06/1988 31 - 3 1 0 0 Bratislava Cherno - Viktor Genev 27/10/1988 30 - 0 0 0 0 More - Strahil Popov 31/08/1990 28 Kasımpaşa - 3 0 0 0 - Ivan Goranov 10/06/1992 27 Levski - 0 0 0 0 - Anton Nedyalkov 30/04/1993 26 Ludogorets - 2 0 0 0 Botev - Kristian Dimitrov 27/02/1997 22 - 1 0 0 0 Plovdiv - Krum Stoyanov 01/08/1991 27 Etar - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders Cherno - Georgi Iliev 05/09/1981 37 - 0 0 0 0 More - Ivelin Popov 26/10/1987 31 Rostov * 3 0 0 0 - Georgi Sarmov 07/09/1985 33 Etar - 1 0 0 0 - Galin Ivanov 15/04/1988 31 Haladás - 1 0 0 0 Botev - Todor Nedelev 07/02/1993 26 - 3 1 0 0 Plovdiv CSKA- - Kristiyan Malinov 30/03/1994 25 - 2 0 0 0 Sofia Arsenal - Georgi Kostadinov 07/09/1990 28 - 2 0 0 0 Tula Slavia - Yanis Karabelyov 23/01/1996 23 - 1 0 0 0 Sofia Forwards - Ismail Isa 26/06/1989 29 Dunav - 1 1 0 0 - Kiril Despodov 11/11/1996 22 Cagliari - 1 0 0 0 Slavia - Tsvetelin Chunchukov 26/12/1994 24 - 1 0 0 0 Sofia - Stanislav Ivanov 16/04/1999 20 Levski - 0 0 0 0 Cherno - Martin Minchev 22/04/2001 18 - 3 0 0 0 More Coach - Krasimir Balakov 29/03/1966 53 - 1 0 0 0 3 Bulgaria - Kosovo Monday 10 June 2019 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Kosovo Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Samir Ujkani 05/07/1988 30 Rizespor - 0 0 0 0 - Visar Bekaj 24/05/1997 22 Prishtina - 0 0 0 0 - Arijanet Muric 07/11/1998 20 Man. City - 2 0 0 0 Defenders Dinamo - Amir Rrahmani 24/02/1994 25 - 2 0 0 0 Zagreb - Mirlind Kryeziu 26/01/1997 22 Zürich - 0 0 0 0 - Fidan Aliti 03/10/1993 25 Kalmar - 2 0 0 0 - Mergim Vojvoda 01/02/1995 24 Mouscron - 2 0 0 0 - Florent Hadergjonaj 31/07/1994 24 Huddersfield - 0 0 0 0 - Leart Paqarada 08/10/1994 24 Sandhausen - 2 0 0 0 Midfielders - Bersant Celina 09/09/1996 22 Swansea - 2 0 0 0 - Milot Rashica 28/06/1996 22 Bremen - 2 1 0 0 - Benjamin Kololli 15/05/1992 27 Zürich - 2 0 0 0 - Vedat Muriqi 24/04/1994 25 Rizespor - 2 0 0 0 - Besar Halimi 12/12/1994 24 Brøndby - 2 0 0 0 Eskilstuna - Anel Rashkaj 19/08/1989 29 - 0 0 0 0 City - Florent Hasani 30/03/1997 22 Diósgyőr - 0 0 0 0 - Idriz Voca 15/05/1997 22 Luzern - 1 0 0 0 - Edon Zhegrova 31/03/1999 20 Basel - 2 0 0 0 Forwards Sheff. - Atdhe Nuhiu 29/07/1989 29 - 0 0 0 0 Wednesday - Elbasan Rashani 09/05/1993 26 Odd - 1 0 0 0 - Shkelqim Demhasaj 19/04/1996 23 Luzern - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Bernard Challandes 26/07/1951 67 - 2 0 0 0 4 Bulgaria - Kosovo Monday 10 June 2019 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Head coach Krassimir Balakov Date of birth: 29 March 1966 Nationality: Bulgarian Playing career: Etar Veliko Turnovo, Sporting CP, Stuttgart Coaching career: Grasshopper-Club, St Gallen, Chernomorets Burgas, Hajduk Split, Kaiserslautern, Litex Lovech, Etar Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria • Made his name in the late 1980s as a midfielder with hometown side Etar, who won the Bulgarian title in 1990/91, but Balakov had already departed for Portuguese giants Sporting CP during the winter break. • Under Sir Bobby Robson Balakov developed into a fine playmaker, and helped Sporting to win the 1995 Portuguese Cup; he moved to Stuttgart that summer, and the club won the German Cup in 1997 before reaching the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup a year later. • Balakov was a key member of the Bulgaria side that reached the semi-finals of the 1994 FIFA World Cup – still regarded as the nation's biggest footballing achievement – and was named in the official Team of the Tournament. Bulgarian Player of the Year in 1995 and 1997, he scored 16 goals in 92 internationals between 1988 and 2003, captaining the side in the last three years. • Hung up his boots in 2003 and moved into coaching in Switzerland, leading Zurich-based Grasshoppers and then St Gallen. He was the first Bulgarian to coach in the Bundesliga when Kaiserslautern hired him in March 2012. • Ended a 16-month spell back at Etar to become Bulgaria coach on 14 May 2019, succeeding his former international team-mate Petar Hubchev. Bernard Challandes Date of birth: 28 July 1951 Nationality: Swiss Playing career: Le Locle (twice), Urania Genève Sport, Saint-Imier Coaching career: Saint-Imier, Le Locle, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Yverdon-Sport, Young Boys (twice), Servette, Switzerland (youth), Switzerland Under-21, Zürich, Sion, Neuchâtel Xamax, Thun, Armenia, Kosovo • Bernard Challandes has quietly carved out an impressive coaching CV since his career started in earnest when he took over at Yverdon in 1987. He stayed in the post for seven seasons, winning four lower-league titles, before moving to Young Boys. • His stay in Berne proved nowhere near as lengthy or successful, however, Challandes departing in 1995 with the club finishing bottom of the first phase of the 12-team Swiss top flight after collecting just 17 points. A subsequent spell at Servette proved short-lived, and there followed a lengthy spell out of the limelight , during which he coached Switzerland’s Under-17 and Under-18 teams. • The Le Locle native took over the Switzerland Under-21 side in 2001. The highlight of his six years in charge came in 2002, when a team including Alexander Frei, Ludovic Magnin and Daniel Gygax reached the UEFA European Under-21 Championship semi-finals on home soil. • The lure of club football proved too strong for Challandes, however, and in 2007 he took charge of Zürich, leading them to the UEFA Cup round of 32 in his first season. The club's third league title in four years followed in 2009, the Swiss side securing UEFA Champions League group stage football for the first time at the start of 2009/10. • After leaving FCZ in 2010, Challandes took charge of Sion – with whom he won the Swiss Cup in 2011 – Neuchâtel Xamax, Thun and Young Boys, committing to his first job outside Switzerland in February 2014, at the age of 62, when he was announced as the new coach of Armenia. Stepped down the following year midway through UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying, going on to work as a scout at Basel before returning to coaching with Kosovo in March 2018. Made an immediate impact, winning promotion in the UEFA Nations League later that year. 5 Bulgaria - Kosovo Monday 10 June 2019 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Match officials Referee Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (DEN) Assistant referees Dennis W. Rasmussen (DEN) , Victor Skytte (DEN) Fourth official Michael Tykgaard (DEN) UEFA Delegate Oleg Harlamov (EST) UEFA Referee observer Joeri Van De Velde (BEL) Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen 24/05/1983 0 43 UEFA European Championship matches featuring the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 25/09/2014 RCUP IR FA of Vojvodina South-West Bulgaria 3-0 Stara Pazova 27/09/2014 RCUP IR South Moravia South-West Bulgaria 2-1 Jakovo 19/07/2017 UCL 2QR PFC Ludogorets 1945 FK Žalgiris Vilnius 4-1 Razgrad 6 Bulgaria - Kosovo Monday 10 June 2019 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Match-by-match lineups Bulgaria Final tournament - Qualifying round Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts England 8 7 0 1 37 6 21 Czech Republic 8 5 0 3 13 11 15 Kosovo 8 3 2 3 13 16 11 Bulgaria 8 1 3 4 6 17 6 Montenegro 8 0 3 5 3 22 3 (22/03/2019) Bulgaria 1-1 Montenegro Goals: 0-1 Mugoša 50, 1-1 Nedelev 82 (P) Bulgaria: Mihaylov, Popov, Zanev, Bodurov, Kostadinov, Nedelev, Delev (82 Minchev), Popov, Bozhikov, Ivanov (51 Kostov), Chochev (69 Slavchev) (25/03/2019) Kosovo 1-1 Bulgaria Goals: 0-1 Bozhikov 39, 1-1 Zeneli 61 Bulgaria: Mihaylov, Popov, Bodurov, Slavchev, Kostadinov (80 Antov), Nedelev, Delev (68 Zanev), Popov, Nedyalkov, Bozhikov, Malinov (76 Minchev) (07/06/2019) Czech Republic 2-1 Bulgaria Goals: