Penev, Prandelli name squads for World Cup qualifiers.

2014-FIFA-World-CupBulgaria coach Luboslav Penev and Italy coach Cesare Prandelli named the provisional squads for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Malta faces Bulgaria on Friday 22 and then hosts Italy on Tuesday 26.

The Bulgarian squad is made up of:
goalkeepers Nikolay Mihaylov (Twente), Vladislav Stoyanov (Ludogoretz Razgrad), Plamen Iliev (Levski Sofia);
defenders Ivan Ivanov (Partizan), Nikolay Bodurov (Litex Lovech), Iliya Milanov (Litex Lovech), Yordan Minev (Ludogoretz Razgrad), Pavel Vidanov (Zaglebie Lubin), Radoslav Dimitrov (Slavia Sofia), Veselin Minev (Botev Plovdiv), Petar Zanev (FC Volyn);
midfielders Georgi Milanov (Litex Lovech), Hristo Zlatinski (Lokomotiv Plovdiv), Georgi Sarmov (Kasimpasa), Svetoslav Dyakov (Ludogoretz Razgrad), Georgi Iliev (Cherno More Varna), Vladimir Gadzhev (Levski Sofia), Todor Nedelev (Botev Plovdiv), Simeon Slavchev (Litex Lovech), Stanislav Manolev (Fulham);
forwards Emil Gargorov (Ludogoretz Razgrad), Alexander Tonev (Lech Poznan), Ivelin Popov (Kuban Krasnodar), Valeri Bozhinov (Vicenza), Iliyan Mizanski (Ingolstadt).

The Italian squad is made up of:
goalkeepers Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (Napoli), Federico Marchetti (Lazio), Salvatore Sirigu (PSG);
defenders Ignazio Abate (Milan), Luca Antonelli (Genoa), Davide Astori (Cagliari), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Mattia De Sciglio (Milan), Christian Maggio (Napoli), Andrea Ranocchia (Inter);
midfielders Antonio Candreva (Lazio), Alessio Cerci (Torino), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Alessandro Diamanti (Bologna), Emanuele Giaccherini (Juventus), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (Milan), Andrea Pirlo (Juventus), Andrea Poli (Sampdoria);
forwards Mario Balotelli (Milan), Stephan El Shaarawy (Milan), Alberto Gilardino (Bologna), Sebastian Giovinco (Juventus), Pablo Daniel Osvaldo (Roma).