TEAM COMPOSITION

BUL / Bulgaria

Team manager	Nikolov Vladimir
Coach	Placi Camillo
Assistant coach	Camperi Marco
2nd assistant coach	Naydenov Nayden
Doctor	Zahariev Dinko
Physiotherapist	Bivolarski Georgi

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
	1	Georgi	Bratoev	G. Bratoev	21.10.1987	203	98	340	325	Neftohimik
	2	Borislav	Apostolov	Apostolov	07.12.1990	208	97	350	335	Marek Union Ivkoni
	3	Stoyan	Samunev	Samunev	15.04.1983	205	103	350	338	Neftohimik
	4	Martin	Bozhilov	Bozhilov	11.04.1988	190	82	320	305	Marek Union Ivkoni
	5	Svetoslav	Gotsev	Gotsev	31.08.1990	205	97	358	335	Dinamo Leningrad
	6	Danail	Milushev	Milushev	03.02.1984	200	102	360	340	Polisportiva Rinascita Lagoneg
	7	Stanislav	Petkov	Petkov	31.12.1987	202	104	355	345	Tomis
	8	Todor	Skrimov	Skrimov	09.01.1990	191	87	348	330	Vibo Valentia
	9	Dobromir	Dimitrov	Dimitrov	07.07.1991	198	84	345	335	Taviano
	10	Valentin	Bratoev	V. Bratoev	21.10.1987	203	92	347	337	J-Teck
	11	Georgi	Seganov	Seganov	10.06.1993	198	83	335	325	Maliye Milli Pyango
	12	Viktor	Yosifov	Yosifov	16.10.1985	204	100	350	340	Monza
L	13	Teodor	Salparov	Salparov	16.08.1982	187	77	320	305	Neftochimik
	14	Todor	Valchev	Valchev	18.01.1989	195	89	355	335	Marek Union Ivkoni
C	15	Todor	Aleksiev	Aleksiev	21.04.1983	204	105	355	340	Olympiacos Piraeus
L	16	Miroslav	Gradinarov	Gradinarov	10.02.1985	203	92	350	330	Military Sports Association QA
	17	Nikolay	Penchev	N. Penchev	22.05.1992	197	87	341	335	ONIKO
	18	Nikolay	Uchikov	Uchikov	13.04.1986	207	110	355	330	Neftohimik
	19	Tsvetan	Sokolov	Sokolov	31.12.1989	206	100	370	350	Cucine Lube Civitanova
	20	Rozalin	Penchev	R. Penchev	11.12.1994	197	79	337	327	SESK
	21	Krasimir	Georgiev	Georgiev	13.02.1995	205	95	346	333	Rennes
	22	Ivan	Stanev	Stanev	07.07.1985	190	86	335	325	Neftohimik

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Bulgaria has been a regular participant in the FIVB World League since 1994. In the 2011 edition they finished fifth and moved up to fourth in 2012 with some impressive displays in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. They matched that finish at the London Olympics.

The Bulgarian men's team has enjoyed success in World and European Championships, Olympic Games and other international tournaments for almost 50 years. Bulgaria played in the first Olympic tournament in Tokyo in 1964, finishing fifth, and won the silver in Moscow in 1980. They were fifth in Beijing in 2008.

In their first appearance in the FIVB World Championship in 1949 the side finished third.

They took silver in 1970 and bronze in 1952, 1986 and 2006. In the European Championship, Bulgaria were second in 1951 and claimed bronze medals in 1955, 1981 and 1983. They took bronze again in the 2009 European Championship in Izmir in 2009. Their most recent participation in the FIVB World Cup was in 2007 when they came in third.

Coach profile

Camillo Placi was born on November 11, 1956. He is well known in the volleyball world as a successful club coach in Italy. Over the last five years, he has done well as assistant coach of the Bulgarian men’s national team, which has strengthened its profile on the world stage and achieved some significant results, both in Europe and prestigious international competitions such as the World League and the Olympic Games.