These are the confirmed lineups for Spain vs Bulgaria in the opening round of the World Cup Qualifiers. The Spaniards are hoping to get things off to a strong start after their Euro 2024 triumph. They’ve been handed an easy qualifying group that should see them advance to the 2026 World Cup.
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Spain Team News
Unai Simon starts in goal with a back line of Marc Cucurella, Dean Huijsen, Robin Le Normand, and Pedro Porro. Pedri starts in midfield with Martin Zubimendi, and Mikel Merino. Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal are the wingers with Mikel Oyarzabel through the middle.
Notable Changes
Some interesting choices from Luis da la Fuente as Porro comes in at right back, Huijsen gets his shot at centre-back, and the midfield three doesn’t feature Rodri just yet. The formation and ideas are the same but the execution looks fresh.
Hungary Team News
Svetoslav Yutsov is in goal with Emil Tsenov, Kristan Dimitrov, Fabian Nuernberger, Anton Nedyalkov in defense. Ivaylo Chochev, Ilia Gruev, and Vasil Panayotov make up the midfield with Nikolay Minkov, Aleksander Kolev, and Rasoslav Kirilov up front.
Spain Squad
- Unai Simon
- David Raya
- Alex Remiro
- Dani Carvajal
- Pedro Porro
- Robin Le Normand
- Dean Huijsen
- Alex Grimaldo
- Marc Cucurella
- Pau Cubarsi
- Dani Vivian
- Rodrigo
- Martin Zubimendi
- Fabian Ruiz
- Pedri
- Mikel Merino
- Gavi
- Fermin Lopez
- Alvaro Morata
- Ferran Torres
- Mikel Oyarzabal
- Dani Olmo
- Lamine Yamal
- Nico Williams
- Yeremy
- Jesus Rodriguez
Bulgaria Squad
- Dimitar Mitov
- Svetoslav Yutsov
- Ivan Dyulgerov
- Hristan Petrov
- Zhivko Atanasov
- Kristan Dimitrov
- Rosen Bozhinov
- Fabian Nuernberger
- Anton Nedyalkov
- Ilia Gruev
- Andrian Kraev
- Rasoslav Kirilov
- Nikolay Minkov
- Emil Tsenov
- Vasil Panayotov
- Georgi Milanov
- Ivaylo Chochev
- Martin Minchev
- Aleksander Kolev
- Kiril Despodov
- Marin Petkov
- Lukas Petkov
- Vladimir NIkolov
(Squad lists provided to UEFA)
Stay tuned for the confirmed lineups for Spain vs Bulgaria in World Cup Qualifying. There will be news as well as discussions on who started, who missed out, and what alterations the manager could make.
