 Iliev, along with five other senior players, was omitted from the team squad for Cherno More's away game against eventual champions Ludogorets on the last day of the 2018-19 season.. After the match, which Ludogorets won 4-1 to become Bulgarian champions for the eight consecutive year, Cherno More's manager Ilian Iliev confirmed that the players have been released after failing a polygraph test concerning their conduct in the 1-3 defeat against title-hopefuls CSKA Sofia on May 4 in Varna.The manager claimed undertaking the test was "unpleasant, but voluntary.