Bulgaria to Face Cyprus, Turkey in Football Friendlies

Bulgaria’s new coach Lyuboslav Penev (pictured). Photo by Sofia Photo Agency

Bulgaria's national football team will play friendly games against Turkey and Cyprus ahead of its World Cup 2014 qualification campaign, the Bulgarian Football Union has announced.

The game against Turkey will take place on May 29 at the Red Bull Arena stadium in Austria's Salzburg. As it has been already announced, the Bulgarians will face the Netherlands in another friendly at Amsterdam Arena three days earlier.

The match between Bulgaria and Cyprus is scheduled for August 16 at the Vasil Levski national stadium in Sofia.

Bulgaria's national football team is in a World Cup qualifying groups together with Italy, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Armenia and Malta.

The team's last friendly against Hungary ended in a 1:1 draw away at Gyor on February 29.

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