Gianlorenzo Blengini announced Bulgaria’s squad for the Volleyball League of Nations

The new coach of the men’s national volleyball team of Bulgaria, Gianlorenzo Blengini, has announced a list of 30 players who have been shortlisted for the upcoming League of Nations tournament. It is noteworthy that the coach will mainly rely on young volleyball players for the competition.

The long-time captain Tsvetan Sokolov, as well as the distributor Georgi Seganov, are retiring from the national team.

The names of only six more experienced players appear in the composition. Blocker Svetoslav Gotsev (33), libero Martin Bozhilov (36) and distributor Dobromir Dimitrov (32) are over 30 years old. The other three with more serious experience are Martin Atanasov (27), Stefan Chavdarov (28) and Nikolay Kurtev (28).

The team kicks off the Nations League on May 21 against France in Antalya. Bulgaria’s opponents on Turkish soil will also be the teams of Canada, the USA and the Netherlands.

The composition of Bulgaria:

Distributors:
1. Dobromir Dimitrov (Ortona, Italy)
2. Luboslav Telkiyski (Beroe)
3. Svetoslav Stankov (Petrochemist 2010)
4. Simeon Nikolov (Levski Sofia)
5. Stoil Palev (Levski Sofia)

Diagonals:
6. Venislav Antov (Levski Sofia)
7. Dimitar Dimitrov (Montpellier, France)

Welcomers:
8. Alexander Nikolov (Lube, Italy)
9. Asparukh Asparukhov (Kuzbass, Russia)
10. Vladimir Gharkov (Levski Sofia)
11. Georgi Tatarov (Narbonne, France)
12. Georgi Petrov (Petrochemist 2010)
13. Denis Karyagin (Lokomotiv, Russia)
14. Denislav Burdarov (IBB, Turkey)
15. Dimitar Vassilev (Deya Sport)
16. Martin Atanasov (Lokomotiv, Russia)
17. Samuil Valchynov (Montana)

Central blockers:

18. Alex Grozdanov (Verona, Italy)
19. Boris Nachev (Black Sea Basque)
20. Iliya Petkov (Zaksa, Poland)
21. Krasimir Georgiev (Petrochemist 2010)
22. Lazar Buchkov (Long Beach, USA)
23. Nikolay Kolev (Narbonne, France)
24. Nikolay Kurtev (Arkas, Turkey)
25. Svetoslav Gotsev (Levski Sofia)
26. Stefan Chavdarov (Deya Sport)

Libero:
27. Damian Kolev (Levski Sofia)
28. Kaloyan Botev (Rakovsky)
29. Martin Bozhilov (CSKA)
30. Simeon Dobrev (Petrochemist 2010)

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