EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2021/22 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski - Sofia Sunday 28 March 2021 Bulgaria 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Italy Group C - Matchday 2 Last updated 31/03/2021 14:15CET EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Squad list 4 Match officials 6 Match-by-match lineups 7 Legend 9 1 Bulgaria - Italy Sunday 28 March 2021 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Previous meetings Head to Head 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 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 2 Bulgaria - Italy Sunday 28 March 2021 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia 1968 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers 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 Bulgaria 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 5 1 1 3 22 2 9 11 17 39 Italy 3 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 5 3 1 1 22 11 9 2 39 17 3 Bulgaria - Italy Sunday 28 March 2021 - 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 - Plamen Iliev 30/11/1991 29 Ludogorets - 1 0 0 0 FC CSKA - Daniel Naumov 29/03/1998 22 - 0 0 0 0 1948 Sofia - Ivan Karadzhov 12/07/1989 31 Arda - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Petar Zanev 18/10/1985 35 CSKA-Sofia - 1 0 0 0 Slovan - Vasil Bozhikov 02/06/1988 32 - 1 0 0 0 Bratislava - Petko Hristov 01/03/1999 22 Pro Vercelli - 0 0 0 0 - Cicinho 26/12/1988 32 Ludogorets * 1 0 0 0 - Valentin Antov 09/11/2000 20 Bologna - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders Lokomotiv - Dimitar Iliev 25/09/1988 32 - 1 0 0 0 Plovdiv Cherno - Daniel Dimov 21/01/1989 32 - 1 0 0 0 More Lokomotiv - Momchil Tsvetanov 03/12/1990 30 - 1 0 0 0 Plovdiv FC CSKA - Ivaylo Chochev 18/02/1993 28 - 1 0 0 0 1948 Sofia - Martin Rainov 25/04/1992 28 Levski - 0 0 0 0 - Kristiyan Malinov 30/03/1994 26 Leuven - 1 0 0 0 - Georgi Kostadinov 07/09/1990 30 Arsenal Tula - 1 0 0 0 - Antonio Vutov 06/06/1996 24 Mezőkövesd - 0 0 0 0 Lokomotiv - Petar Vitanov 10/03/1995 26 - 0 0 0 0 Plovdiv Cherno - Ilian Iliev 20/08/1999 21 - 1 0 0 0 More - Georgi Yomov 06/07/1997 23 CSKA-Sofia - 1 0 0 0 Lokomotiv - Birsent Karagaren 06/12/1992 28 - 0 0 0 0 Plovdiv Forwards - Spas Delev 22/09/1989 31 Arda - 1 0 0 0 - Andrej Galabinov 27/11/1988 32 Spezia - 0 0 0 0 Botev - Atanas Iliev 09/10/1994 26 - 1 0 0 0 Plovdiv Coach - Yasen Petrov 23/06/1968 52 - 1 0 0 0 4 Bulgaria - Italy Sunday 28 March 2021 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Italy Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Salvatore Sirigu 12/01/1987 34 Torino - 0 0 0 0 - Alex Meret 22/03/1997 24 Napoli - 0 0 0 0 - Gianluigi Donnarumma 25/02/1999 22 Milan - 1 0 0 0 Defenders - Leonardo Bonucci 01/05/1987 33 Juventus - 1 0 0 0 - Leonardo Spinazzola 25/03/1993 28 Roma - 1 0 0 0 - Alessandro Florenzi 11/03/1991 30 Paris - 1 0 0 0 - Francesco Acerbi 10/02/1988 33 Lazio - 0 0 0 0 - Giovanni Di Lorenzo 04/08/1993 27 Napoli - 0 0 0 0 - Gianluca Mancini 17/04/1996 24 Roma - 0 0 0 0 - Alessandro Bastoni 13/04/1999 21 Internazionale - 0 0 0 0 - Emerson 03/08/1994 26 Chelsea - 1 0 0 0 Midfielders - Marco Verratti 05/11/1992 28 Paris - 1 0 0 0 - Federico Bernardeschi 16/02/1994 27 Juventus - 0 0 0 0 - Vincenzo Grifo 07/04/1993 27 Freiburg - 1 0 0 0 - Nicolò Barella 07/02/1997 24 Internazionale - 1 0 0 0 - Manuel Locatelli 08/01/1998 23 Sassuolo - 1 0 0 0 - Lorenzo Pellegrini 19/06/1996 24 Roma - 1 0 0 0 - Stefano Sensi 05/08/1995 25 Internazionale - 0 0 0 0 - Matteo Pessina 21/04/1997 23 Atalanta - 1 0 0 0 Forwards - Ciro Immobile 20/02/1990 31 Lazio - 1 1 0 0 - Lorenzo Insigne 04/06/1991 29 Napoli - 1 0 0 0 - Andrea Belotti 20/12/1993 27 Torino - 0 0 0 0 - Federico Chiesa 25/10/1997 23 Juventus - 1 0 0 0 Coach - Roberto Mancini 27/11/1964 56 - 1 0 0 0 5 Bulgaria - Italy Sunday 28 March 2021 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Match officials Referee Slavko Vinčić (SVN) Assistant referees Tomaž Klančnik (SVN) , Andraž Kovačič (SVN) Fourth official Matej Jug (SVN) UEFA Delegate Michal Mertinyak (SVK) UEFA Referee observer Iouri Baskakov (RUS) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Slavko Vinčić 25/11/1979 3 74 FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 24/03/2017 WC QR Italy Albania 2-0 Palermo Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 08/05/2013 U17 GS-FT Ukraine Italy 1-2 Nitra 06/11/2014 UEL GS AS Saint-Étienne FC Internazionale Milano 1-1 Saint-Etienne 15/09/2016 UEL GS PAOK FC ACF Fiorentina 0-0 Salonika 24/03/2017 WC QR Italy Albania 2-0 Palermo 24/06/2017 U21 GS-FT Italy Germany 1-0 Krakow 27/06/2017 U21 SF Spain Italy 3-1 Krakow 22/02/2018 UEL R32 SS Lazio FCSB 5-1 Rome 14/02/2019 UEL R32 SS Lazio Sevilla FC 0-1 Rome 12/03/2020 UEL R16 FC Internazionale Milano Getafe CF 0-0 Milan 01/10/2020 UEL PO FC Dinamo Brest PFC Ludogorets 1945 0-2 Minsk 09/12/2020 UCL GS FC Internazionale Milano FC Shakhtar Donetsk 0-0 Milan 11/03/2021 UEL R16 Manchester United FC AC Milan 1-1 Manchester 6 Bulgaria - Italy Sunday 28 March 2021 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Match-by-match lineups Bulgaria FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group C Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Switzerland 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Italy 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Bulgaria 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 Northern Ireland 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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: Iliev, S. Popov, Zanev, Cicinho (72 Tsvetanov), Kostadinov, Despodov (48 Delev), D. Dimov, Bozhikov, Malinov (71 Chochev), Yomov (70 I. Iliev), Iliev (46 A. Iliev) Matchday 2 (28/03/2021) Bulgaria-Italy Matchday 3 (31/03/2021) Northern Ireland-Bulgaria 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 Italy FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round 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-Italy Matchday 3 (31/03/2021) Lithuania-Italy Matchday 4 (02/09/2021) Italy-Bulgaria Matchday 5 (05/09/2021) Switzerland-Italy 7 Bulgaria - Italy Sunday 28 March 2021 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Matchday 6 (08/09/2021) Italy-Lithuania Matchday 9 (12/11/2021) Italy-Switzerland Matchday 10 (15/11/2021) Northern Ireland-Italy 8 Bulgaria - Italy Sunday 28 March 2021 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia 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.