The former Bulgaria captain has patched up his differences with the national team coach after announcing his retirement from international football following their last qualifier against Luxembourg late last year.

Bulgaria, who lie two points behind Group G leaders the Netherlands, will be without Valladolid's Vladimir Manchev after the forward suffered a broken nose at the weekend.

Tottenham's Dimitar Berbatov and Portsmouth's Svetoslav Todorov are also in the squad.

Bulgaria squad: Ivankov (Kaiserispor), Petkov (Levski Sofia); Topuzakov, Tomasic, Wagner (Levski Sofia), Tunchev, Iliev (CSKA Sofia), Zanev (Litex Lovech); Kishishev (Leeds United), Yankov (Hannover), Hristov (Wolfsburg), Georgiev (Red Star Belgrade), Peev (Amkar), Telkiyski, Yovov (Levski Sofia) Petrov (Aston Villa); Yankovich (Dalian Shide), Berbatov (Tottenham), Todorov (Portsmouth), Bozhinov (Juventus), Lazarov (Kaiseri Erciyesspor), Genkov (Lokomotiv Sofia).