Thought I would make a thread where we could put all of the friendlies that have been played involving Eastern European nations. Nov 22 at Abu Dhabi UAE 2 Belarus 3 United Arab Emirates - Saleh Obaid 21, Fahed Masoud 74 Belarus - Oleg Shkabara 22, Leonid Kovel 60, Aleksandr Kulchy 90
11-17 Azerbaijan 0-0 Bulgaria Upcoming friendlies... 11-29 Egypt-Bulgaria 11-30 Hungary-Slovakia (Kings Cup, Thailand) 11-30 Thailand-Estonia (Kings Cup, Thailand) 12-2 final & 3rd place of above two matches I know Bulgaria have a few more friendlies on the way but I can't find any mention of them right now.
Thanks for the updates.... I wonder what type of team Slovakia is sending to the Kings Cup? Just found my answer... http://www.futbalsfz.sk/?lmenu=spravy&s=today&id=3771 As exected, they are sending a team complete of only Slovak league players with the exception of one player from Russia.
It is the same for BG. Only one foreign-based player. Considering most other leagues are still playing, it's not much of a surprise. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WorldCup/news/Kind=1/newsId=259171.html
Not surprised at all. I know the Slovak league takes a break from late November until March. Another friendly Dec 1st Oman vs Latvia
Bulgaria will play friendlies at Kuwait and Jordan after their match against Egypt. The Kuwait game is December 2, the Jordan game is presumably the 4th or 5th.
Well, it keeps Stoitchkov unbeaten since he's been coach and it gives him a chance to see more of the domestic players in action since it was an all-domestic squad. An away draw to Egypt isn't the greatest result but it's not terrible. Plus, the players had a league game the saturday before...yes, just two days before the match. Strange scheduling if you ask me. I think the other two friendlies that I mentioned (Kuwait and Jordan) have been cancelled.
Jan 26th Croatia vs Albania Feb 9th Venezula vs Estonia Slovenia vs Czech Republic Romania vs Slovakia Wales vs Hungary Iran vs Bosnia (?) March 2nd Austria vs Croatia March 26th Slovenia vs Germany April 20th Estonia vs Norway August 17th Sweden vs Czech Republic September 9th Slovakia vs Germany
Jan 22 and 24 Trinidad & Tobago vs Azerbaijan Azerbaijan also has a friendly versus Barbados. Not sure of the date, but I believe it is on Jan 26th.
21st Jan - Trinidad & Tobago 1-0 Azerbaijan 23rd Jan - Trinidad & Tobago 2-0 Azerbaijan 2nd Feb - Hungary 0-0 Saudi Arabia * in Turkey Bulgaria will play Turkey on 17th August in Sofia Ukraine will host a four-nation tournament in Kiev involving Israel, Poland and Serbia & Montenegro.