Penev to coach Bulgaria for second time

Dimitar Penev has been reappointed coach of Bulgaria for their remaining Euro 2008 qualifiers, the 62-year-old told reporters yesterday ahead of his second stint in charge. "I'm the new national team's coach but we can talk about the details at...

Dimitar Penev has been reappointed coach of Bulgaria for their remaining Euro 2008 qualifiers, the 62-year-old told reporters yesterday ahead of his second stint in charge.

"I'm the new national team's coach but we can talk about the details at tomorrow's (today's) news conference," he said after leaving the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) executive committee's meeting.

Penev replaces Hristo Stoichkov, who quit in April to take charge of Spain's Celta Vigo.

Levski Sofia's Stanimir Stoilov was appointed caretaker coach for the qualifiers against Belarus last month.

In his first spell in charge, Penev guided the Balkan country to the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup in the US and qualified the side for Euro 96 in England.

BFU's president Borislav Mihaylov said recently that the new coach would be chosen after consulting with the players.

Some of the team's key figures, including captain Dimitar Berbatov, have already said Penev would be the right man for the job.

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