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{{Short description|Men's association football team}} |
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{{About|the men's team|the women's team|Bulgaria women's national football team}} |
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| Name = [[Bulgaria]] |
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| Badge = Bulgaria football union.png |
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{{Infobox national football team |
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| Nickname = Лъвовете (The Lions) <br> Трикольорите <br> (The Tricolors) |
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| Name = Bulgaria |
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| Association = [[Bulgarian Football Union]] |
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| Badge = Bgnatcrest.png |
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| Confederation = [[UEFA]] ([[Europe]]) |
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| Nickname = {{lang|bg|Лъвовете}} / {{lang|bg-Latn|Lavovete}}<br />(The [[Coat of arms of Bulgaria|Lions]])<br /> {{lang|bg|Трикольорите}} / {{lang|bg-Latn|Trikolyorite}}<br />(The [[Flag of Bulgaria|Tricolours]]) |
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| Association = {{nowrap|[[Bulgarian Football Union]] (BFU)}} |
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| Confederation = [[UEFA]] (Europe) |
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| Coach = [[Ilian Iliev]] |
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| Captain = [[Kiril Despodov]] |
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| Most caps = [[Stiliyan Petrov]] (105) |
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| FIFA Trigramme = BUL |
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| Top scorer = [[Dimitar Berbatov]]<br />[[Hristo Bonev]] (48) |
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| FIFA Rank = 55 |
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| Home Stadium = [[Bulgaria national football team#Home stadium|Various]] |
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| FIFA max = 3 |
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| FIFA Trigramme = BUL |
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| FIFA Rank = {{FIFA World Rankings|BUL}} |
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| FIFA max = 8 |
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| FIFA max date = June 1995 |
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| FIFA min = 96 |
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| FIFA min date = May 2012 |
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| Elo Rank = {{World Football Elo Ratings|Bulgaria}} |
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| Elo max = 3 |
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| Elo max date = August 1975 |
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| Elo min = 82 |
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| Elo min date = 15 November 2020 |
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| First game = {{fb|Bulgaria}} 2–0 Austria {{flagicon|Austria|1878}} <br> ([[Vienna]], [[Austria]]; 21 May 1924) |
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| Largest win = {{flagicon|Bulgaria|1971}} Bulgaria 10–0 {{fb-rt|Ghana}} <br> ([[León, Guanajuato|Leon]], [[Mexico]]; 14 October 1968) |
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| Largest loss = {{fb|Bulgaria}} 1–9 Spain {{flagicon|Spain}} <br> ([[Madrid]], [[Spain]]; 21 May 1933) |
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| World cup best = Semi-Finals, [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]] |
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| Regional name = [[UEFA European Football Championship|European Championship]] |
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| Regional cup apps = 3 |
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| Regional cup first = [[1968 European Football Championship|1968]] |
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| Regional cup best = Quarter-Finals;[[1968 European Football Championship|1968]] & Group Stage; [[1996 European Football Championship|1996]] & [[2004 European Football Championship|2004]]}} |
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{{MedalSport | Men’s [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}} |
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{{MedalSilver | [[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]] | [[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Team]]}} |
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{{MedalBronze | [[Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]] | [[Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Team]]}} |
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| First game = {{fb|AUT}} 6–0 {{fb-rt|BUL}}<br />([[Vienna]], [[First Austrian Republic|Austria]]; 21 May 1924) |
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| Largest win = {{fb|SIN|colonial}} 2–10 {{fb-rt|BUL|1948}}<br /> ([[Singapore]]; 13 December 1956) |
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| Largest loss = {{fb|ESP|1931}} 13–0 {{fb-rt|BUL}}<br />([[Madrid]], [[Second Spanish Republic|Spain]]; 21 May 1933) |
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| World cup apps = 7 |
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| World cup first = 1962 |
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| World cup best = Fourth place ([[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]) |
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| Regional name = [[UEFA European Championship|European Championship]] |
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| Regional cup apps = 2 |
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| Regional cup first = [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]] |
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| Regional cup best = Group stage ([[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]], [[UEFA Euro 2004|2004]]) |
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{{Medal|Competition|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} |
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{{MedalSilver | [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]]|[[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Team]]}} |
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{{MedalBronze | [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]|[[Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Team]]}} |
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{{Medal|Competition|[[Balkan Cup]]}} |
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{{MedalGold | [[1931 Balkan Cup|1931 Bulgaria]]|Team}} |
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{{MedalGold | [[1932 Balkan Cup|1932 Yugoslavia]]|Team}} |
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{{MedalGold | [[1973–76 Balkan Cup|1973–76 Europe]]|Team}} |
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{{MedalSilver | [[1935 Balkan Cup|1935 Bulgaria]]|Team}} |
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{{MedalSilver | [[1936 Balkan Cup|1936 Romania]]|Team}} |
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{{MedalBronze | [[1933 Balkan Cup|1933 Romania]]|Team}} |
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The '''Bulgaria national football team''' ({{langx|bg|Български национален отбор по футбол|Bǎlgarski natsionalen otbor po futbol}}) represents [[Bulgaria]] in men's international [[Association football|football]], and is administered by the [[Bulgarian Football Union]], a member association of [[UEFA]]. |
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Bulgaria's best achievements are reaching the final at the [[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] and the fourth-place finish at the [[FIFA World Cup]] in [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]. Bulgaria have competed at a total of seven World Cups, debuting in [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]] and last appearing in [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]. In addition, they have participated in two [[UEFA European Championship|European Championships]], in [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]] and [[UEFA Euro 2004|2004]], the latter marking their most recent major tournament appearance. The team has also competed at the [[Balkan Cup]], winning three titles. |
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The [[FIFA]] '''Bulgaria national football team''' ({{lang-bg|Национален отбор по футбол на България}}) is an [[association football]] team fielded by the [[Bulgarian Football Union]], a member association{{Clarify|date=September 2011}} of [[UEFA]]. The team's home ground is Vasil Levski in [[Sofia]] and [[Lyuboslav Penev]] is national manager. Their best [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] performance was in the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 World Cup]] in the [[United States]], where they beat defending champions [[Germany national football team|Germany]] to reach the semi-finals, losing to [[Italy national football team|Italy]]. Although defeating strong top ranked teams in international friendlies throughout the years, the team's strength has diminished slowly, failing to qualify for any major tournament since [[2004]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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===The Beginning=== |
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The Bulgarian national football team was formed in 1922. In 1923 The Bulgarian Football Union was formed and the team's first match was held in [[Viena]] on 21 May 1924, with a 2–0 defeat of [[Austria national football team|Austria]]. Bulgaria later on qualified to the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay, but had to withdraw due to strong storms on the Atlantic at that time. Bulgaria’s power would overtime grow and eventually reach its peak. |
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===World Cup 1930 Withdrawal=== |
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Bulgaria's first appearance in a World Cup was the [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930 World Cup]] in [[Uruguay]], but failed to enter because delay of flights, during typhoon and hurricane storms on the Atlantic Ocean. This was a major disappointment to the national side. Bulgaria’s next major tournament was the entrance to the 1962 world cup. |
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===1922–1945: early history=== |
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===Years of International Wilderness=== |
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The Bulgaria national football team was formed in 1922. In 1923, the [[Bulgarian Football Union]] was formed and the team's first match was held in [[Vienna]] on 21 May 1924, which resulted in a 6–0 defeat against [[Austria national football team|Austria]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/bulgarien-team/1924/3/index.html|title=1924 friendly Austria v Bulgaria|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=22 October 2019|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405050855/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/bulgarien-team/1924/3/|url-status=live}}</ref> Bulgaria also participated in the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] in Paris a few days later. |
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The Bulgarian side, at this time, could not progress in qualifying to any major tournaments from the time of 1930 to 1960. This period of time was the international wilderness for Bulgaria. They would end up on many occasions getting 2nd or 3rd in their qualifying group and proceeding to the play offs, but in the end not able to qualify. Bulgaria although, did defeat many great teams in international friendlies during those years. The only tournaments they seemed to qualify for were smaller tournaments, such as the Balkan Cup, which they have won four times. Finally, there time came, when they qualified for the World Cup for the second time, in Chile, 1962. |
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After being unable to compete in the 1930 World Cup, the Bulgarian side did not qualify for any major tournament for nearly 30 years, narrowly falling short of qualification on numerous occasions. The national team had gone on a streak of finishing 2nd or 3rd in their qualifying groups along with proceeding to the play-offs, but in the end, failing to qualify. Despite their qualifying problems, the national team did manage to defeat many elite teams during memorable international friendlies during those years. It also seemed as if the only tournaments they managed to qualify for were smaller tournaments, such as the [[Balkan Cup]], which they won three times ([[1931 Balkan Cup|1931]], [[1932 Balkan Cup|1932]] and [[1973–76 Balkan Cup|1973–76]]), thus being the competition's second most successful team only behind [[Romania national football team|Romania]] with four titles. |
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===1960s and 1970s: Four Time World Cup Streak, First Time Euro, Olympic Finale and Balkan Triumph=== |
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In the 1960s and '70s, Bulgaria qualified for four straight [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] tournaments, in [[FIFA World Cup|1962]] (their second time), [[FIFA World Cup|1966]], [[FIFA World Cup|1970]], and [[FIFA World Cup|1974]], but without much success, finishing third in the Group stage three out of the four times. They would finally qaulify for there first Euro, Euro 1968. They would win there group with a 4-2 win over Norway, a 3-0 win over Sweden, and a 1-0 win over a very powerful Portuguese side. The national side would then go on to a two legged qaurterfinal against eventaul Champions and hosts Italy. Bulgaria would win the first leg 3-2, but lose the second by a 2-0 score. This performance was Bulgaria's best at the time and till now. Bulgaria later on won the [[Balkan Cup]] in 1976 by beating [[Romania national football team|Romania]] in the [[two legged]] final 1–0, 3–2. In the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] in [[Mexico]], they won a silver medal with a tournament finale loss. They finished first in Group D by beating [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]] 7–0, [[Guatemala national football team|Guatemala]] 2–1, and a 2–2 draw against [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]]. They passed the quarter-finals by beating [[Israel national football team|Israel]] and the semi-finals by beating Olympic hosts [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]. In the final, they would be defeated by the [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]], giving the Bulgarians the silver Olympic medals. |
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===1960s and 1970s=== |
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===World Cup 1986: The Knockout Rounds=== |
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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0615-0022, Fußball-WM, Schweden - Bulgarien 0-0.jpg|315px|right|thumb|Bulgaria vs. [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] 0–0, [[1974 FIFA World Cup]]]] |
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Bulgaria qualified for the [[1986 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] in [[Mexico]] by finishing second in Group Four, behind [[France national football team|France]] with 11 points, but worse [[goal difference]], ahead of the teams of [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]], [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]], and [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]]. This was their fifth World Cup appearance. They were drawn in Group A with [[Italy national football team|Italy]], [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], and [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]. In the opening match of the World Cup, the Bulgarians held the defending champions Italy to a 1–1 draw. [[Alessandro Altobelli]] gave the Italians the lead, but a 85th minute equalizer by [[Nasko Sirakov]] gave the Bulgarians the point. The next match was another 1–1 draw against South Korea with the goal for Bulgaria coming from [[Plamen Getov]] in the 11th minute. They lost the final match of the group 2–0 against Argentina, who ended up winning the tournament. Despite not recording a win, the Bulgarians advanced to the knockout stage by being the third-best third placed team. That way, Bulgaria and also [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] became the first nations to qualify for the knockout stage without winning a game in the first round. In the Round of 16, they faced World Cup hosts [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] and lost the match 2–0. [[Ivan Vutsov]] was the manager of the team. |
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Bulgaria qualified for the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] for the first time in its history in [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]] and followed that up with consecutive appearances in [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]] and [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]. The team, however, did not have much success and finished in third place in their group two out of the four times. |
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Bulgaria took part in qualifiers for the [[UEFA European Championship|European Championship]] in [[UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying#Group 2|1968]] and went on to win their group with impressive wins over [[Norway national football team|Norway]], [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]], and [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]]. Although they would go on to lose to the eventual champions and hosts [[Italy national football team|Italy]] in a [[Two-legged tie|two-legged]] qualifying play-off. |
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===Stoitchkov’s Reign And The Golden Generation=== |
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===World Cup 1994: Semifinal Triumph=== |
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Certainly one of the most important dates in Bulgarian football history is 17 November 1993, a date where [[Emil Kostadinov]] scored two goals to beat [[French national football team|France]] in [[Paris]], allowing Bulgaria to qualify for the World Cup in the [[United States]] in [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]. Under the management of [[Dimitar Penev]], the Bulgarians, led by players such as [[Hristo Stoichkov]], [[Yordan Lechkov]], and [[Krasimir Balakov]] — along with a multitude of other talented players remembered in Bulgaria as the "[[Golden Generation#Bulgaria national football team|Golden Generation]]" — made a strong impression by reaching the semi-finals. They entered Group D with [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], and [[Greece national football team|Greece]]. Before that, the Bulgarians hadn't won a single match in five World Cup finals appearances. The first match ended with a 3–0 defeat by [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]. Despite the bad start, the team won 4–0 against World Cup-debuting featherweights [[Greece national football team|Greece]] and 2–0 against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]. Argentina had actually been winning the group going into injury-time. A 91st minute strike from [[Nasko Sirakov]], however, meant that they dropped two places and finished third. Bulgaria continued to the next round, where they faced [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]. The match ended 1–1 and after no goals were scored in extra time, penalties would decide which team would go through. Team captain [[Borislav Mihaylov]] made a good performance saving the first three penalty kicks. Bulgaria won 3–1 on penalties with Mihaylov becoming the hero for the Bulgarian team. In the quarter-finals, Bulgaria faced the then-defending World Cup champions [[Germany national football team|Germany]]. [[Lothar Matthäus]] scored from a penalty. The Bulgarians, however, managed to turn the game over with two goals by [[Hristo Stoichkov]] and [[Yordan Lechkov]], giving them a 2–1 win and recording one of the most memorable wins for the team. Millions of Bulgarians celebrated this win in the Bulgarian capital city of [[Sofia]] and other Bulgarian cities. Having reached the semi-finals, this was the best Bulgarian performance in the World Cup. In the semi-finals, they lost 2–1 to [[Italy national football team|Italy]] and were eventually given the bronze medals. Hristo Stoichkov was awarded the [[World Cup Golden Boot|Golden Boot]] as the top scorer in the tournament with six goals. [[Krasimir Balakov]] was named in the all-star team along with Stoichkov. |
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Starting 11: GK-Mihaylov(c); RB-Kiryakov/Kremenliev, CB/SW-Hubchev, CB-Ivanov, LB-Tsvetanov; DM-Yankov, CM-Lechkov, CM-Balakov, AM/CF-Sirakov/Borimirov; CF/RW-Kostadinov, CF/LW-Stoichkov. |
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At the [[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Summer Olympics]], the team won the silver medal. They finished first in [[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics#Group D|Group D]] by defeating [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]] 7–0, [[Guatemala national football team|Guatemala]] 2–1, and drawing 2–2 against [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]]. They advanced to the quarter-finals by defeating [[Israel national football team|Israel]] and then the semi-finals by defeating favored hosts [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]. In the [[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics#Gold Medal match|Olympic Final]], the team was defeated by [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]], in what many would say was a hard-fought match for both sides. |
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===Euro 1996: Group Stage or Quarterfinal=== |
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In 1996, the team qualified for the [[UEFA European Football Championship|European Football Championship]] for the first time, after some good results in the qualifying group, including a stunning 3–2 turnaround win against future [[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 1996]] champions [[Germany national football team|Germany]]. They were drawn in Group B with [[France national football team|France]], [[Spain national football team|Spain]], and [[Romania national football team|Romania]]. Bulgaria started with a 1–1 draw against the Spanish. They would score a second with a wonderful volley by Stoitchkov but it would be ruled offsides even though the cameras showed it clearly wasn't. After there rob of a win over Spain, Bulgaria went on to a 1–0 win against Romania. Stoitchkov scoring in the 3rd minute adding a second goal to the list. In the final group match, they lost 3–1 against France, Stoitchkov scoring from an amazing freekick to give Bulgaria there only goal of the game. At the same time, Spain defeated Romania 2–1 with the winner coming in the 84th minute, and the Bulgarians subsequently failed to qualify and robbed of the quarter-finals. |
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Despite winning the [[Balkan Cup]] twice in 1931 and 1932, the Bulgaria national team added two more trophies to their case as they went on to win the tournament in 1973 and 1976. In both 1973 and 1976, Bulgaria had used their previous World Cup experience to create a very tactical team. This paid off quite well, as they had many decisive victories over Hungary, Greece, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Poland, Albania and Romania. In fact, the team won the 1976 Balkan Cup by beating [[Romania national football team|Romania]] in the two-legged final 1–0 and 3–2. |
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===World Cup 1998: The Last Of The Golden Team=== |
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Bulgaria qualified for the [[FIFA World Cup 1998|World Cup]] in [[France]] by finishing first in the Group 5, followed by [[Russia national football team|Russia]]. They entered the competition with a new manager [[Hristo Bonev]]. Bulgaria drew [[Spain national football team|Spain]], [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], and [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] in Group D. The first match ended in a 0–0 goalless draw against Paraguay. In the second match, the Bulgarians lost 1–0 for a second-straight World Cup to Nigeria. The final match ended with a disappointing 6–1 defeat to Spain, even though two offsides goals were ruled out. Following the bad results, Bulgaria finished fourth in the group, with only one point, and didn't go through the next round. This was the last major appearance at World Cup level for Bulgaria. |
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Bulgaria finally qualified for their first World Cup in 1962. Bulgaria was drawn in a tough group with elite opponents in [[England national football team|England]], powerhouse [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] and [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]]. Bulgaria opened up their campaign with a narrow 0–1 loss to Argentina. Later on, Bulgaria would lose their second group match by a 6–1 score to Hungary. Bulgaria's hopes of qualifying were over, but the national team impressively drew with England (who would host and win [[1966 FIFA World Cup|the next tournament]]) 0–0 and finished fourth in the group with only one point. |
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===The 2000's: Playoffs and Close Calls=== |
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Bulgaria qualified for their second straight World Cup, drawn into an even tougher group compared to the previous World Cup. They were placed in the [[group of death]] with superpowers Hungary, [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] and [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], with [[Pelé]] at the helm. Bulgaria opened their campaign match with a 0–2 loss to Brazil thanks to two free kick goals by Pelé and [[Garrincha]]. In their second match Bulgaria loss 0–3 to [[Eusebio]]'s Portugal. Finally, Bulgaria with no chance of advancing to the next round, finished their last match with a 1–3 loss to Hungary. Bulgaria once again finished fourth with zero points in the group. |
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===Euro 2000 Qualifiers and the End of a Legend=== |
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Bulgaria was drawn in a tough qualifying group with teams like [[England national football team|England]], [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], and [[Poland national football team|Poland]]. The campaign started bad with a draw and a defeat by Poland and Sweden. The most memorable match for Bulgaria in the group was the 1–1 draw against England, which was also the last one for Bulgarian legend [[Hristo Stoichkov]] before his international retirement. Bulgaria finished third with eight points and failed to make the final stages of [[UEFA Euro 2000|Euro 2000]]. |
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After their poor World Cup performance, Bulgaria was determined to redeem themselves. Bulgaria was drawn in a very tough group for qualifying, with Norway and Sweden, along with Eusebio's Portugal. Bulgaria started off with a 4–2 win over Norway. They would add to their winning streak with a 2–0 victory against Sweden. In their next two matches Bulgaria would draw 0–0 against Norway, and dominate Sweden 3–0. In their final two group fixtures Bulgaria played Portugal to a 1–0 victory at home and an 0–0 draw on the road, but it was enough to advance to the two-legged qualifying play-off. There Bulgaria were drawn against eventual Euro 1968 host Italy. Italy were defeated in the first leg 3–2, but won the second by a 0–2 score to advance 4–3 on aggregate. Italy would win the playoff and go on to win the tournament, while Bulgaria was eliminated from reaching the finals. |
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===Berbatov's Era=== |
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===World Cup 2002 Qualifiers=== |
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Bulgaria, [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]], and [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]] amongst the main contenders for the qualifying spots. This is also the debut of Bulgaria's top scoring legend Dimitar Berbatov. Bulgaria won the matches against the weaker teams, but lost 2–0 to Denmark and one match with the Czech Republic. That way, Bulgaria finished third with 17 points and three points behind second-placed Czech Republic, thus failing to make the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] in [[South Korea]] and [[Japan]]. |
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A month and a half after the European Championship qualifying came the Olympics, which Bulgaria had qualified for the fifth time in their history. They were drawn in a simple group with Thailand, Guatemala and Czechoslovakia. Bulgaria started off with a 7–0 thrashing of Thailand. They later went on and drew with Czechoslovakia 2–2 to increase their point standards. Their final match once again determined if they would carry on to the quarter-finals. Needing a decisive win, Bulgaria went on to defeat Guatemala 2–1 and win their Olympic group. They qualified directly to the quarter-finals facing underdogs, Israel. The game remained 1–1 for most of the match until a drawing of lots determined who would go on to the semi-finals of the tournament. Winning the draw Bulgaria advanced to the semi-finals against Mexico. After a very hard-fought match, Bulgaria proved stronger as they came out on top with a 3–2 victory. Bulgaria advanced to the finals for the first time in their Olympic history. They were determined to win the gold medal, but fell short with a 1–4 loss to Hungary. Although battling hard, Bulgaria came out with the silver medal. |
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===Euro 2004=== |
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Bulgaria managed to qualify for the [[UEFA Euro 2004|Euro 2004]] in [[Portugal]] by finishing first in the group ahead of teams like [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] and [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] with 17 points. They drew [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[Italy national football team|Italy]], and [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] in Group C. They started very disappointing with a defeat to Sweden, followed by a 2–0 defeat to Denmark. The last match against Italy was a reasonable 2–1 defeat. The match was looking to end 1–1 after goals from Bulgarian winger [[Martin Petrov]] and [[Simone Perrotta]], but a last minute goal by [[Antonio Cassano]] gave the Italians the win. They finished fourth with zero points and were sent home without reaching the knockout round. |
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Bulgaria qualified for their third straight World Cup, held in Mexico, just like the 1968 Olympics. They were drawn in a very tricky group with [[Germany national football team|Germany]], [[Peru national football team|Peru]] and [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]]. Bulgaria played their first match against Peru, losing 3–2. Germany won Bulgaria's second match, 5–2. The last group stage match ended 1–1; Bulgaria ended up in 3rd place. |
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===World Cup 2006 Qualifiers=== |
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Bulgaria failed to qualify for the [[FIFA World Cup 2006|World Cup]] in [[Germany]] after a run of poor results,they started off good with wins over Hungary and other weaker teams. They tied with sweden and Croatia the first run but lost the other meetings to the two sides. Berbatov scored many key goals in the qaulifier including a last minute eqaulizer against Croatia. Bulgaria sadly finished third in Group Eight, behind [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] and [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] with 15 points. |
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The [[1974 World Cup]] was held in West Germany. They were drawn in a decently tough group, with the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], Sweden and [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]. Bulgaria started off with a goalless draw with Sweden. They drew again, this time 1–1 with Uruguay. As the final match came, Bulgaria fell by a 4–1 score. Bulgaria remained in third place in the group stages. |
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===Euro 2008: Playoffs=== |
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[[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group G|Group G]] had [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], [[Romania national football team|Romania]], and Bulgaria as the main contestants for a qualifying spot for the [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]] in [[Switzerland]] and [[Austria]]. Bulgaria performed well after a run of good results from Romania that gave them the first place. Bulgaria would go on to the playoffs but draw the first match 1-1 with a goal by Petrov in the 10th minute and lose the second 2-0. The Bulgarians were robbed of a Euro and finished with 25 points, after [[Romania national football team|Romania]] and [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], with only one lost match against the Dutch. |
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===1986–2000=== |
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===World Cup 2010 Qualifiers=== |
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Bulgaria qualified for the [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 World Cup]] in [[Mexico]] by finishing second in Group Four, behind [[France national football team|France]] with 11 points, but ahead of powerful rivals [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] and [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]]. This was their fifth World Cup appearance. They were drawn in Group A with [[Italy national football team|Italy]], [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], and [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]. In the opening match of the World Cup, the Bulgarians held the defending champions Italy to an impressive 1–1 draw. [[Alessandro Altobelli]] gave the Italians the lead, but an 85th-minute equalizer by [[Nasko Sirakov]] gave the Bulgarians the point they needed. The next match was another 1–1 draw against South Korea with the goal for Bulgaria coming from [[Plamen Getov]] in the 11th minute. They lost the final match of the group 2–0 against Argentina, who eventually won the tournament. Despite not recording a win, the Bulgarians advanced to the knockout stage by being the third-best third-placed team. By doing so, Bulgaria along with [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] became the first nations to qualify for the knockout stage without winning a game in the first round. In the Round of 16, they faced World Cup hosts [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]], who were looking for revenge due to their previous home Olympic semi-final loss to Bulgaria in Mexico City in 1968. The match was hard-fought from both sides of the scale but ultimately, Mexico came away with the 2–0 win. |
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[[File:Bulgaria national football team 2010.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Bulgaria national football team, 17-11-2010.]] |
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Bulgaria were drawn against [[Italy national football team|Italy]] and [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]] in qualifying [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 8|Group Eight]]. Bulgaria started the campaign with a series of draws in the 2010 qualifiers. After the unconvincing start, the manager [[Plamen Markov]] was replaced by [[Stanimir Stoilov]] in January 2009. The Bulgarians then recorded their first win in the group against [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]], and also won against [[Montenegro national football team|Montenegro]] and [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]].They finished in third place in the group with 14 points, therefore failing to qualify directly or for a play-off place. Sadly, Bulgarian top scorer Berbatov resigned from the national side because of family problems and qaurrels with the coach. He although does still have a mind set of returning to the national side in the future. |
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[[File:WorldCup1994BulgariaOverGermany.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Bulgarian players celebrate victory over [[1990 FIFA World Cup final|world champions]] Germany in the quarter-finals of the 1994 World Cup at [[Giants Stadium]].]] |
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===Euro 2012 Qualifier Upset=== |
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Bulgaria were drawn in [[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group G|Group G]] along with [[England national football team|England]], [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]], [[Wales national football team|Wales]], and [[Montenegro national football team|Montenegro]]. Bulgaria started off bad with a loss to England. They would later on draw with Switzerland and defeat Wales and Montenegro, but sadly Bulgaria finished in third behind Switzerland. This was the fourth time in the 2000's that Bulgaria has finished third in there qualifier group. |
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[[File:Stoichkov in 2016.jpg|thumb|[[Hristo Stoichkov]] won the [[Ballon d'Or]], World and European Golden Boots in 1994. He led Bulgaria to the semi-finals of the [[1994 World Cup]], along with leading [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] to their first ever [[UEFA Champions League]] title in 1992.]] |
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===World Cup 2014 Qualifier: Hopefuls for the Future=== |
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Certainly one of the most important dates in Bulgarian football history is 17 November 1993, a date on which [[Emil Kostadinov]] scored a deciding goal in the 90th minute to beat [[French national football team|France]] in [[Paris]], allowing Bulgaria to qualify for the World Cup in the United States in [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]. Under the management of [[Dimitar Penev]], the Bulgarians, led by players such as [[Hristo Stoichkov]], [[Yordan Lechkov]], and [[Krasimir Balakov]], along with a multitude of other talented players remembered in Bulgaria as the "[[Golden Generation#Bulgaria national football team|Golden Generation]]", made a strong impression by surprisingly reaching the semi-finals. They entered a very tough Group D with [[1990 World Cup]] runners-up [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] with [[Diego Maradona]] at the helm, African Nations Cup champions [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], and Balkan rivals [[Greece national football team|Greece]]. The first match ended with a 3–0 defeat to [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]. Despite the bad start, the team made quite a huge statement by winning 4–0 against their [[Greece national football team|Greece]] - their first ever win in a World Cup - and increasing their goal difference. Their third and final match came against Argentina. The powerful Bulgarian side came away with a shocking 2–0 victory. Going into injury-time, Argentina was leading the group. A 91st-minute strike from [[Nasko Sirakov]], however, meant that they'd drop two places and finish third. |
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Bulgaria are drawn in a tough group of death qualifier for the 2014 World Cup. They are in with Euro Cup finalists Italy, powerful opponents Czech Republic and Denmark and tough up-seters Armenia. With a tough group ahead Bulgaria are hopeful to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. |
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Bulgaria continued to the round of 16, where they faced [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]. Stoichkov opened the scoring in the sixth minute with an incredible strike off a break away from outside the box, tallying his fourth goal. The match ended 1–1 and after no goals were scored in extra time, penalties decided which team would go through. Team captain [[Borislav Mihaylov]] saved the first three penalty kicks in a row, breaking the World Cup record. Bulgaria won 3–1 on penalties. In the quarter-finals, Bulgaria faced the defending world champions [[Germany national football team|Germany]]. At the start of the match held in [[Giants Stadium]] in [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]], the Bulgarians dominated impressively, hitting the post twice in the process, but eventually found themselves behind after [[Lothar Matthäus]] scored the opening goal for the Germans. The Bulgarians, however, managed to turn the game over with a swerving free kick by [[Hristo Stoichkov]] and a flying header by [[Yordan Lechkov]], giving them a 2–1 win. In the semi-finals, they controversially lost 2–1 to [[Italy national football team|Italy]]. Stoichkov scored Bulgaria's only goal in the first half to tally his seventh goal, which led the tournament. In the second half, Bulgaria were waved off on a non-penalty call in which an Italian defender had clearly committed a handball in the box, off a Kostadinov cross. Instead of playing in the final, it became a third place play-off. Bulgaria lost against [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] 4–0, but the fourth-place finish was Bulgaria's best performance in history to that point. |
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==World Cup 2014 Standings== |
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Hristo Stoichkov was awarded the [[World Cup Golden Boot|Golden Boot]] shared with [[Oleg Salenko]] as the top scorer in the tournament with his six goals. [[Krasimir Balakov]] was named in the 1994 World Cup Dream Team along with Stoichkov. Later on in December, Stoichkov was awarded the [[1994 Ballon d'Or]] trophy for his great skill and leadership, becoming the first Bulgarian and third Barcelona player to win it in history.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} |
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In 1996, the team qualified for the [[UEFA European Football Championship|European Football Championship]] for the first time. They were drawn in Group B with [[France national football team|France]], [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]], and [[Romania national football team|Romania]]. Bulgaria started with a 1–1 draw against the Spain. Stoichkov scored his second goal with a wonderful volley, ruled offside. Bulgaria defeated Romania 1–0 in the next group stage match. Stoichkov scored in the third minute. In the final group match, the Bulgarian side lost 3–1 against France; Stoichkov scored a free kick to give Bulgaria their only goal of the game, along with their only loss. At the same time, Spain defeated Romania 2–1, and Bulgaria were eliminated. |
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Bulgaria qualified for the [[FIFA World Cup 1998|1998 World Cup]] in France by finishing first in Group 5, with decisive wins over [[Russia national football team|Russia]]. They entered the competition with new manager [[Hristo Bonev]]. Bulgaria drew [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]], [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], and [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] in Group D. The first match ended decently, in a goalless draw against eventual group runners up Paraguay. In the second match, the Bulgarians lost 1–0 for a second-straight World Cup to Nigeria. The final match ended with a 6–1 defeat to Spain. Following the bad results, Bulgaria finished fourth in the group, with only one point. This was the last World Cup appearance for Bulgaria. |
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Bulgaria was drawn in a tough qualifying group with teams [[England national football team|England]], [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]], and [[Poland national football team|Poland]]. The campaign started slow with a draw and a defeat by Poland and Sweden. The most memorable match for Bulgaria in the group was the 1–1 draw against England, which was also the last match for Stoichkov before his international retirement. Bulgaria finished fourth with eight points and failed to make the final stages of [[UEFA Euro 2000|Euro 2000]]. |
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===Early 21st century=== |
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Bulgaria was once again drawn into a tough group with [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] and [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]]. The group was also the debut of Bulgaria's top scoring legend [[Dimitar Berbatov]]. Bulgaria won the matches against the weaker teams, but lost once and drew once with both Denmark and the Czech Republic. Bulgaria finished third with 17 points, three points behind second-placed Czech Republic, thus failing to make the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] in South Korea and Japan. |
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Bulgaria managed to qualify for the [[UEFA Euro 2004|Euro 2004]] in Portugal by finishing first with wins over [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] and [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]]. They drew [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]], [[Italy national football team|Italy]], and [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] in Group C. All three group stage matches ended up in losses for Bulgaria, with [[Martin Petrov]] being the team's lone scorer in the country's 1–2 loss to Italy. |
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Bulgaria failed to qualify for the [[FIFA World Cup 2006|World Cup]] in Germany after a run of poor results. They tied with Sweden and Croatia the first run but lost the other meetings to the two sides. Although Berbatov scored many goals in the qualifiers including a last-minute equalizer against Croatia, Bulgaria still finished third in qualifying with 15 points. |
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Bulgaria found themselves in a minor tournament in Japan known as the [[Kirin Cup]]. They started off well with a 2–1 victory over the hosts [[Japan national football team|Japan]]. However, Bulgaria lost 5–1 to [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]], the eventual cup champions. Bulgaria finished as the runners-up and received the silver medal. |
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[[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group G|Group G of Euro 2008 qualification]] had [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], [[Romania national football team|Romania]], and Bulgaria attempting to qualify for [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]], hosted by Switzerland and Austria. Bulgaria performed well after a run of good results against Romania which gave them the first place. Bulgaria finished third in the group falling short on one point behind the Netherlands. |
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[[File:Bulgaria national football team 2010.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Bulgaria in 2010]] |
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Bulgaria were drawn against [[Italy national football team|Italy]] and [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]] in qualifying in [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 8|Group 8]]. Bulgaria started the campaign with a series of draws. Manager [[Plamen Markov]] was replaced by [[Stanimir Stoilov]] in January 2009. The Bulgarians then recorded their first wins of the group over [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]], [[Montenegro national football team|Montenegro]] and [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]]. They finished in third place with 14 points, therefore failing to qualify to a play-off spot. |
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[[File:Bulgarian national football team.JPG|thumb|left|250px|The national team in 2012]] |
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Bulgaria were drawn in [[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group G|Group G]] along with [[England national football team|England]], [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]], [[Wales national football team|Wales]], and [[Montenegro national football team|Montenegro]]. Bulgaria finished in last place in the group. |
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In the qualification phase for the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] in Brazil, Bulgaria were placed in Group B together with the teams of [[Italy national football team|Italy]], [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]], [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]], [[Armenia national football team|Armenia]] and [[Malta national football team|Malta]]. Under the guidance of former player [[Lyuboslav Penev]] as head coach, Bulgaria enjoyed a revival and some noteworthy performances in friendly matches before the start of the qualifying, including a 2–1 victory over [[2010 World Cup]] runners-up [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] in Amsterdam. The qualifying began with a 2–2 draw against [[Euro 2012]] runners-up Italy. Bulgaria then edged a tight match against Armenia, which ended 1–0. Next, Bulgaria drew 1–1 against Denmark. Four days later, Bulgaria earned a hard-fought 0–0 draw away to the Czech Republic. As a result, the team climbed from 96th in the [[FIFA World Rankings]], their lowest position in history, to 40th in November 2012. |
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Penev's players hosted and defeated Malta 6–0 under heavy snowfall. Four days later, Bulgaria drew Denmark 1–1 in Copenhagen. This result left Bulgaria second in the group with 10 points, still undefeated. Bulgaria traveled to Italy, losing 1–0. After a series of poor results, Bulgaria ended up failing to qualify for Brazil 2014. |
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Bulgaria were placed in a group with Italy, Croatia, Norway, Azerbaijan, and Malta. Bulgaria opened up their first match with a 2–1 victory over Azerbaijan. They were defeated 1–0 by Croatia, following another 2–1 defeat to Norway. To make it worse, Bulgaria drew with Malta 1–1 at home, which would cost manager [[Lyuboslav Penev]] his position. He was replaced by [[Ludogorets Razgrad]] manager [[Ivaylo Petev]]. |
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On his debut match, Petev's squad drew Romania 0-0; this later led to a 2–2 draw with Italy, which Bulgaria led until a last-minute Italian equalizer. Bulgaria defeated Malta 1–0 to edge two points ever closer to the third place playoff position. After a series of losses, Bulgaria failed to qualify for [[Euro 2016]] in France despite a 2–0 defeat of Azerbaijan. |
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Bulgaria were drawn in a strong World Cup qualification group with the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], [[France national football team|France]], [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]], [[Belarus national football team|Belarus]] and [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]]. They began with a 4–3 win against Luxembourg at home.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017630/index.html|title=Bulgaria-Luxembourg - European Qualifiers|website=UEFA.com|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615125857/https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017630/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This was followed by heavy losses to France (4–1) and Sweden (3–0).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017623/index.html|title=France-Bulgaria - European Qualifiers|website=UEFA.com|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-date=9 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909120429/https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/season%3D2018/matches/round%3D2000717/match%3D2017623/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017626/index.html|title=Sweden-Bulgaria - European Qualifiers|website=UEFA.com|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402193138/https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017626/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In November 2016, the Lions beat Belarus in Sofia 1–0,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017629/index.html|title=Bulgaria-Belarus - European Qualifiers|website=UEFA.com|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402091437/https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017629/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and then put up one of their best performances in recent years, beating the Netherlands 2–0 to move into third place in the group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017635/index.html|title=Bulgaria-Netherlands - European Qualifiers|website=UEFA.com|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-date=17 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617195139/https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017635/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Bulgaria then beat the group leaders Sweden 3–2 in Sofia to move one point behind their opponents in the table.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017637/index.html|title=Bulgaria-Sweden - European Qualifiers|website=UEFA.com|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-date=12 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612163631/https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017637/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, they lost the match against the Netherlands at the [[Amsterdam Arena]] 3–1. A 1–0 defeat at home to France and a 1–1 draw in Luxembourg ended their chances of qualifying.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017619/index.html|title=Netherlands-Bulgaria - European Qualifiers|website=UEFA.com|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615085819/https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017619/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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===2018–present=== |
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Bulgaria were drawn in [[2018–19 UEFA Nations League C|UEFA Nations League C]] with Norway, Slovenia and Cyprus. Bulgaria opened up the campaign with a 2–1 win over Slovenia and a clean sheet against Norway. The Norwegians eventually avenged their loss to Bulgaria, resulting in a tie for first place. Bulgaria eventually closed out the second round of games with two 1–1 draws against Slovenia and Cyprus, resulting in a second-place finish. |
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Bulgaria was drawn in Group A with England, Czech Republic, Montenegro and [[Kosovo national football team|Kosovo]]. The team began the qualifying campaign with a 1–1 home draw against Montenegro and a 1–1 away draw to Kosovo while losing three major players due to injuries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/season=2020/matches/round=2001086/match=2026026/index.html|title=Bulgaria-Montenegro - European Qualifiers|website=UEFA.com|access-date=4 December 2018|archive-date=3 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203171304/https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/season=2020/matches/round=2001086/match=2026026/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> They later carried on with two more losses which sparked the end of their group campaign. Despite finishing in fourth place, the national side had one more opportunity to qualify for the [[UEFA Euro 2020|Euros]] thanks to the good performance in the Nations League. It sent Bulgaria to the Path A [[UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs|qualifying play-offs]], which also included Hungary, Iceland and Romania. |
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The draw put Bulgaria against Hungary in their first play-off match on their quest to qualify for a major competition since 2004. However, in front of limited number of home fans, Bulgaria fell 1–3 to Hungary, and was eliminated from the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bulgaria-Hungary - Euro 2020 Qualifying Play-off Semi-final|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2028565--bulgaria-vs-hungary/?iv=true|access-date=8 October 2020|archive-date=5 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005002031/https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2028565--bulgaria-vs-hungary/?iv=true|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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After appointing [[Georgi Dermendzhiev]] as their new head coach, Bulgaria began their brief promotion in [[2020–21 UEFA Nations League B|League B]]. Being drawn into Group 4 with Wales, Finland and Republic of Ireland, Bulgaria played its first match against Ireland. A near victory for the Bulgarians until a 90th minute injury time equalizer sealed the draw for the Irish.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bulgaria-Republic of Ireland - 2020-21 Nations League B|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2029975/|access-date=3 September 2020|archive-date=21 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921105247/https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2029975/|url-status=live}}</ref> Bulgaria would then play away to Wales, where they held the hosts leveled 0–0 until another 90th minute injury time goal that resulted in 0–1 loss. The problems would continue with another set of narrow losses to Finland and Wales, forcing Bulgaria to miss out on promotion to League A. With two more matches left, Bulgaria finished winless against Finland and Ireland, relegating the Lions to League C. |
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[[Yasen Petrov]] was hired as the coach prior to the qualifiers for the [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022 World Cup]]. Bulgaria began the campaign horribly, losing at home 1–3 to Switzerland and 0–2 to Italy. The team somewhat improved in the next two games, drawing away at Northern Ireland and Italy, the reigning European champions. Bulgaria then beat Lithuania 1–0 at home, but lost 1–3 away against the same team, ending their hopes for qualification. A 2–1 home win against Northern Ireland was only a brief moment of rejoice before a heavy 0–4 defeat to Switzerland ended a largely miserable attempt for qualifying. |
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Bulgaria was allocated to League C for the League of Nations season, after relegation from the previous edition. Bulgaria's opponents were drawn to be North Macedonia, Georgia and Gibraltar. The campaign began with a 1–1 draw against North Macedonia at home, followed by a heavy 2–5 loss against Georgia at home. Yasen Petrov handed his resignation following the game. [[Georgi Ivanov (footballer, born 1976)|Georgi Ivanov]] was appointed as interim manager for the next two games against Gibraltar and Georgia. Another shameful performance followed, when the Lions drew 1–1 in Gibraltar, which was one of only few times that the Gibraltar national team had not lost a competitive game in its history. In Georgia, Bulgaria drew 0–0, extending the winless streak to four games. During the one month pause of the tournament, Serbian [[Mladen Krstajić]] was appointed as manager. Under his reins, Bulgaria recorded two wins against Gibraltar at home and North Macedonia away, eventually finishing second in the group. The game against North Macedonia was particularly intense, due to rising political tensions between the two countries at that time. The Bulgarian national anthem was heavily booed, followed by multiple provocations from both Macedonian fans and players aimed at the Bulgarian team. |
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==Team image== |
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Bulgaria's traditional colours are white, green and red, taken from the colours of the [[Flag of Bulgaria|country's flag]]. This tricolour is reflected through the use of white shirts, green shorts, and red socks. The team's away kits have usually been red. |
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Their nickname is The Lions, in tribute of the lions represented in the [[coat of arms of Bulgaria]]. |
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Normally, the Bulgarian national football team's home stadium is the [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]] with a capacity of 43,632. Vasil Levski was officially opened in 1953 and reconstructed in 1966 and 2002.It is currently eligible to host [[UEFA Europa League]] final matches. It is the second largest stadium in Bulgaria just behind the Plovdiv Stadium with a capacity 55,000. During the [[2006–07 UEFA Champions League]], the stadium was used for the games of [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] with [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], and [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]. It was also given three stars for its excellence in art construction of the stadium. The Bulgarian national football team's home matches and the Bulgarian Cup finals are held at the venue, as well as athletics competitions. The stadium also offers [[judo]], [[artistic gymnastics]], [[basketball]], [[boxing]], [[aerobics]], [[fencing]] and [[table tennis]] halls, as well as a [[general physical]] training hall, two conference halls, and three restaurants. |
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In recent years, [[ultras]] of the Bulgarian team have developed a reputation for racism. After racist [[football chants|chanting]] and monkey noises directed at [[Ashley Young]], [[Ashley Cole]] and [[Theo Walcott]] during a qualifier for Euro 2012, the Bulgarian Football Union was fined €40,000 by UEFA.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/nov/18/bulgaria-fined-racist-chanting-england|title=Bulgaria fined by Uefa after racist chanting against England|date=18 November 2011|access-date=15 October 2019|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Dominic|last=Fifield|archive-date=15 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015080334/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/nov/18/bulgaria-fined-racist-chanting-england|url-status=live}}</ref> The BFU denied that racism would be an issue during Euro 2020 qualifiers, claiming that the issue was worse in England.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/13/krasimir-balakov-bulgaria-gareth-southgate-england-euro-2020-qualifier|title=Bulgaria's Krasimir Balakov says English game has more of an issue with racism|first=Ed|last=Aarons|date=13 October 2019|access-date=15 October 2019|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-date=15 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015063400/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/13/krasimir-balakov-bulgaria-gareth-southgate-england-euro-2020-qualifier|url-status=live}}</ref> Nevertheless, Bulgarian ultras were accused of racist chants during their matches against Czech Republic, Kosovo and England. As a result, part of the Bulgarian stadium was closed off for the match against England (October 2019), and officials twice halted the game under the UEFA anti-racism protocol.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50048932|title=Bulgaria v England: Euro 2020 qualifier halted twice due to racist behaviour from fans|date=15 October 2019|access-date=15 October 2019|website=BBC News|archive-date=15 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015001917/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50048932|url-status=live}}</ref> In the following days since the match took place, Bulgarian police identified 15 fans they suspected were responsible for subjecting black English players including [[Raheem Sterling]], [[Marcus Rashford]] and [[Tyrone Mings]] to racist abuse, arresting six of them.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50066016|title=Bulgaria v England: Police arrest six following racist abuse at Euro qualifier|date=2019-10-16|access-date=2019-10-17|language=en-GB|archive-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025083618/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50066016|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin condemned the alleged abuse calling on the "football family and governments" to "wage war on the racists".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50059719|title=Bulgaria v England: 'Football family' must 'wage war on the racists' says Uefa president|date=2019-10-15|access-date=2019-10-17|language=en-GB|archive-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025132249/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50059719|url-status=live}}</ref> Disciplinary proceedings have been launched against both Bulgaria and England.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50059719|title=Bulgaria v England: 'Football family' must 'wage war on the racists' says Uefa president|date=2019-10-15|access-date=2019-10-17|language=en-GB|archive-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025132249/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50059719|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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On November 4 2011 it was announced that Bulgaria's new national stadium is going to be built in the [[Sofia]] suburb of [[Vrazhdebna]], the Minister of Youth and Sports, [[Svilen Neykov]], has announced. |
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The new national stadium will be called "Arena of the Rose" and will be constructed near the International Airport where [[Vrazhdebna]] is located. It will have 60,000 seats and seen from above it will look like a rose. |
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==Home stadium== |
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Traditionally, the Bulgaria national football team's home stadium is the [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]] with a capacity of 44,000. The stadium was officially opened in 1953 and reconstructed in 1966 and 2002. It is the second largest stadium in Bulgaria, behind the [[Plovdiv Stadium]] with a capacity of 55,000. During the [[2006–07 UEFA Champions League]], the stadium was used for [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] matches with [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], and [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]. Similarly, [[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]] used it as their main home venue for their European matches until the [[2017–18 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season|2017–18 season]]. The Bulgaria national team's home matches, Bulgarian Cup finals and the [[Eternal derby of Bulgarian football|Eternal derby of Bulgaria]] are held at the venue, as well as athletics competitions. |
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The [[Huvepharma Arena]] in [[Razgrad]] has been occasionally hosting the national team's matches since 2018. Opened in 1954 and renovated in 2011, the stadium has a capacity of 10,422. |
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Recently, the national team relocated to the freshly renovated [[Stadion Hristo Botev (Plovdiv)|Hristo Botev Stadium]] in [[Plovdiv]], with a capacity of 18,777. |
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File:Vasil Levski National Stadium 2022.jpg|Vasil Levski National Stadium |
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File:Kolezha.jpg|Hristo Botev Stadium |
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==Results and fixtures== |
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{{main|Bulgaria national football team results (2020–present)}} |
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The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. |
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===2024=== |
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|round = [[2024 FIFA Series]] |
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|date = 22 March |
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|time = {{UTZ|15:00|4}} |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|TAN}} |
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|score = 0–1 |
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|team2 = {{fb|BUL}} |
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|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/03/22/world/friendlies/bulgaria/tanzania/4310902/ |
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|goals1 = |
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|goals2 = |
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* [[Kiril Despodov|Despodov]] {{goal|52}} |
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|stadium = [[Dalga Arena]] |
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|location = [[Baku]], Azerbaijan |
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|attendance = 154 |
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|referee = [[Aliyar Aghayev]] ([[Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan|Azerbaijan]]) |
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|result = W |
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|round = [[2024 FIFA Series]] |
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|date = 25 March |
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|time = {{UTZ|18:00|4}} |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|AZE}} |
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|score = 1–1 |
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|team2 = {{fb|BUL}} |
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|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/03/25/world/friendlies/azerbaijan/bulgaria/4310919/ |
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|goals1 = |
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* [[Musa Qurbanlı|Qurbanlı]] {{goal|87}} |
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|goals2 = |
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* [[Filip Krastev|Krastev]] {{goal|59}} |
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|stadium = [[Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium]] |
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|location = [[Baku]], Azerbaijan |
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|attendance = 3,220 |
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|referee = [[Kristo Tohver]] ([[Estonian Football Association|Estonia]]) |
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|result = D |
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}} |
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|round = [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |
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|date = 4 June |
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|time = {{UTZ|21:30|3}} |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|ROU}} |
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|score = 0–0 |
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|team2 = {{fb|BUL}} |
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|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/06/04/world/friendlies/romania/bulgaria/4299114/ |
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|goals1 = |
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|goals2 = |
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|stadium = [[Steaua Stadium (2021)|Stadionul Steaua]] |
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|location = [[Bucharest]], Romania |
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|attendance = 19,024 |
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|referee = [[Atilla Karaoğlan]] ([[Turkey Football Federation|Turkey]]) |
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|result = D |
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}} |
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|round = [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |
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|date = 8 June |
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|time = {{UTZ|15:00|2}} |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|SVN}} |
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|score = 1–1 |
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|team2 = {{fb|BUL}} |
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|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/06/08/world/friendlies/slovenia/bulgaria/4315099/ |
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|goals1 = |
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* [[Andraž Šporar|Šporar]] {{goal|14}} |
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|goals2 = |
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* [[Kiril Despodov|Despodov]] {{goal|4|pen.}} |
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|stadium = [[Stožice Stadium]] |
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|location = [[Ljubljana]], Slovenia |
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|attendance = 11,037 |
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|referee = [[Arda Kardeşler]] ([[Turkish Football Federation|Turkey]]) |
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|result = D |
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}} |
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{{Football box collapsible|format=1 |
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|round = [[2024–25 UEFA Nations League C|UEFA Nations League C]] |
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|date = 5 September |
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|time = {{UTZ|20:45|2}} |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|BLR}} |
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|score = 0–0 |
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|team2 = {{fb|BUL}} |
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|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040050/ |
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|goals1 = |
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|goals2 = |
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|stadium = [[ZTE Arena]] |
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|location = [[Zalaegerszeg]], Hungary{{refn|group=note|name=BLR|Due to the [[Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine|Belarusian involvement]] in the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Belarus are required to play their home matches at neutral venues, and [[Behind closed doors (sport)|behind closed doors]], until further notice.<ref name="ExCo">{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/news/0273-1493944bb9c8-f5773a44dabd-1000/ |title=Belarus teams to play on neutral ground in UEFA competitions |work=UEFA.com |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=3 March 2022 |access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref>}} |
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|attendance = 0 <small>([[Behind closed doors (sport)|behind closed doors]])</small>{{refn|group=note|name=BLR}} |
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|referee = [[Ovidiu Hațegan]] ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]]) |
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|result = D |
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}} |
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{{Football box collapsible|format=1 |
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|round = [[2024–25 UEFA Nations League C|UEFA Nations League C]] |
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|date = 8 September |
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|time = {{UTZ|19:00|3}} |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL}} |
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|score = 1–0 |
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|team2 = {{fb|NIR}} |
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|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040070/ |
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|goals1 = |
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*[[Kiril Despodov|Despodov]] {{goal|40}} |
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|goals2 = |
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|stadium = [[Stadion Hristo Botev (Plovdiv)|Hristo Botev Stadium]] |
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|location = [[Plovdiv]], Bulgaria |
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|attendance = 14,300 |
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|referee = [[Tasos Sidiropoulos]] ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]]) |
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|result = W |
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}} |
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|round = [[2024–25 UEFA Nations League C|UEFA Nations League C]] |
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|date = 12 October |
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|time = {{UTZ|19:00|3}} |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL}} |
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|score = 0–0 |
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|team2 = {{fb|LUX}} |
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|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040114/ |
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|goals1 = |
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|goals2 = |
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|stadium = [[Stadion Hristo Botev (Plovdiv)|Hristo Botev Stadium]] |
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|location = [[Plovdiv]], Bulgaria |
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|attendance = 15,800 |
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|referee = [[David Šmajc]] ([[Football Association of Slovenia|Slovenia]]) |
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|result = D |
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}} |
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|round = [[2024–25 UEFA Nations League C|UEFA Nations League C]] |
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|date = 15 October |
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|time = {{UTZ|19:45|1}} |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|NIR}} |
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|score = 5–0 |
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|team2 = {{fb|BUL}} |
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|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040139/ |
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|goals1 = |
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*[[Isaac Price|Price]] {{goal|15||29||81}} |
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*[[Dimitar Mitov|Mitov]] {{goal|32|o.g.}} |
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*[[Josh Magennis|Magennis]] {{goal|89}} |
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|goals2 = |
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|stadium = [[Windsor Park]] |
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|location = [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland |
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|attendance = 17,891 |
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|referee = [[Jérôme Brisard]] ([[French Football Federation|France]]) |
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|result = L |
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}} |
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|round = [[2024–25 UEFA Nations League C|UEFA Nations League C]] |
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|date = 15 November |
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|time = {{UTZ|20:45|1}} |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|LUX}} |
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|score = 0–1 |
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|team2 = {{fb|BUL}} |
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|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040156/ |
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|goals1 = |
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|goals2 = |
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*[[Andrian Kraev|Kraev]] {{goal|23}} |
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|stadium = [[Stade de Luxembourg]] |
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|location = [[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg |
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|attendance = 8,307 |
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|referee = [[Juri Frischer]] ([[Estonian Football Association|Estonia]]) |
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|result = W |
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}} |
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|round = [[2024–25 UEFA Nations League C|UEFA Nations League C]] |
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|date = 18 November |
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|time = {{UTZ|21:45|2}} |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL}} |
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|score = 1–1 |
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|team2 = {{fb|BLR}} |
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|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040188/ |
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|goals1 = |
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*[[Vasil Panayotov|Panayotov]] {{goal|12}} |
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|goals2 = |
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*[[Yury Kavalyow|Kavalyow]] {{goal|70}} |
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|stadium = [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]] |
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|location = [[Sofia]], Bulgaria |
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|attendance = 2,200 |
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|referee = [[Allard Lindhout]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]]) |
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|result = D |
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}} |
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===2025=== |
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|date = 20 March |
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|time = {{UTZ|21:45|2}} |
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|round = [[2024–25 UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs|UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs]] |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL}} |
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|score = |
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|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2043041/ |
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|team2 = {{fb|IRL}} |
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|goals1 = |
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|goals2 = |
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|stadium = [[Stadion Hristo Botev (Plovdiv)|Hristo Botev Stadium]] |
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|location = [[Plovdiv]], Bulgaria |
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|attendance = |
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|result = |
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{{football box collapsible|format=1 |
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|date = 23 March |
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|time = {{UTZ|19:45|0}} |
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|round = [[2024–25 UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs|UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs]] |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}} |
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|score = |
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|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2043049/ |
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|team2 = {{fb|BUL}} |
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|goals1 = |
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|goals2 = |
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|stadium = [[Aviva Stadium]] |
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|location = [[Dublin]], Republic of Ireland |
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|attendance = |
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|result = |
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|date = 6–7 June 2025 |
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|time = |
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|round = [[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly]] |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL}} |
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|score = |
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|report = |
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|team2 = TBC |
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|date = 9–10 June 2025 |
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|round = [[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly]] |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL}} |
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|score = |
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|team2 = TBC |
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|date = 4 September |
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|time = {{UTZ|21:45|3}} |
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|round = [[2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL}} |
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|score = |
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|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2044212/ |
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|team2 = {{fb|ESP}} or {{fb|NED}} |
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|goals1 = |
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|stadium = |
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|location = Bulgaria |
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|attendance = |
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|date = 7 September |
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|time = {{UTZ|17:00|4}} |
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|round = [[2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|GEO}} |
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|score = |
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|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2044237/ |
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|team2 = {{fb|BUL}} |
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|goals1 = |
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|location = Georgia |
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|date = 11 October |
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|time = {{UTZ|21:45|3}} |
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|round = [[2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL}} |
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|score = |
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|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2044276/ |
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|team2 = {{fb|TUR}} |
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|location = Bulgaria |
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|date = 14 October |
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|time = {{UTZ|20:45|2}} |
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|round = [[2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP}} or {{fb-rt|NED}} |
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|score = |
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|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2044299/ |
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|team2 = {{fb|BUL}} |
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|goals1 = |
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|stadium = |
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|location = ''TBD'' |
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|date = 15 November |
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|time = {{UTZ|20:00|3}} |
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|round = [[2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|TUR}} |
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|score = |
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|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2044322/ |
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|team2 = {{fb|BUL}} |
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|location = Turkey |
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|date = 18 November |
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|time = {{UTZ|21:45|2}} |
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|round = [[2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |
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|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL}} |
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|score = |
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|report = https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/match/2044349/ |
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|team2 = {{fb|GEO}} |
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==Coaching staff== |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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|-style="color:white;" |
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!style="background:#00966E;"|Role |
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|Head Coach |
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|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ilian Iliev]] |
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|Assistant Coach |
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|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Petar Kostadinov]] |
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|Assistant Coach |
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|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Donkov]] |
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|Goalkeeping Coach |
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|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Zdravko Zdravkov]] |
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|Analyst |
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|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Atanas Ribarski |
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|Fitness Coach |
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|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Yasen Lyubenov |
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|Recovery Coach |
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|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Nikola Izpoldzhiyski |
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|GPS Analyst |
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|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Alex Mihalev |
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|Doctor |
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|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Zdravko Taralov |
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===Coaching history=== |
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*{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Leopold Nitsch]] (1922–1924) |
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*{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Willibald Stejskal]] (1925–1926) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Pavel Grozdanov (1927–1930) |
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*{{flagicon|Hungary|1920}} [[Károly Nemes|Carl Nemes]] (1930–1931) |
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*{{flagicon|Germany|1919}} Otto Feist (1931–1932) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Pavel Grozdanov (1932–1933) |
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*{{flagicon|Hungary|1920}} [[Károly Fogl]] (1934–1935) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Nikola Kalkandzhiev (1935–1936) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Ivan Batandzhiev (1936) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Geno Mateev (1936–1937) |
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*{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Stanislav Toms (1937–1938) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Kostantin Maznikov (1938–1939) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivan Radoev (footballer)|Ivan Radoev]] (1939–1940) |
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*{{flagicon|Austria|1938}} [[Franz Köhler]] (1940–1941) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivan Radoev (footballer)|Ivan Radoev]] (1941–1942) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Ivan Batandzhiev (1943–1945) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Todor Konov (1945–1946) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1947}} Mihail Manov (1947) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1947}} [[Ivan Radoev (footballer)|Ivan Radoev]] (1947) |
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*{{flagicon|Hungary|1946}} [[Rezső Somlai]] (1947–1948) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1948}} Lubomir Angelov (1948) |
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*{{flagicon|Hungary|1946}} Andor Hajdú (1948–1949) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1948}} [[Ivan Radoev (footballer)|Ivan Radoev]] (1950) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1948}} Lubomir Angelov (1950) |
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*{{flagicon|Hungary|1949}} Andor Hajdú (1950) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1948}} Lubomir Angelov (1950–1953) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1948}} [[Stoyan Ormandzhiev]] (1950–1953) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1948}} [[Krum Milev]] (1954–1960) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1948}} [[Georgi Pachedzhiev]] (1955–1962) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1948}} [[Stoyan Ormandzhiev]] (1963) |
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*{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Béla Volentik]] (1963–1965) |
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*{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Rudolf Vytlačil]] (1965–1966) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1967}} [[Dobromir Tashkov]] (1966–1967) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1967}} [[Stefan Bozhkov]] (1967–1970) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1971}} [[Vasil Spasov (footballer)|Vasil Spasov]] (1970–1972) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1971}} [[Hristo Mladenov]] (1972–1974) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1971}} [[Stoyan Ormandzhiev]] (1974–1977) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1971}} Tsvetan Ilchev (1978–1980) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1971}} Atanas Purzhelov (1980–1982) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1971}} [[Ivan Vutsov]] (1982–1986) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1971}} [[Hristo Mladenov]] (1986–1987) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1971}} Boris Angelov (1988–1989) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivan Vutsov]] (1989–1991) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Dimitar Penev]] (1991–1996) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Hristo Bonev]] (1996–1998) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Dimitar Dimitrov (football manager)|Dimitar Dimitrov]] (1998–1999) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stoycho Mladenov]] (2000–2001) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Plamen Markov]] (2002–2004) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Hristo Stoichkov]] (2004–2007) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stanimir Stoilov]] (2007) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Dimitar Penev]] (2007) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Plamen Markov]] (2007–2008) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stanimir Stoilov]] (2009–2010) |
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*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Lothar Matthäus]] (2010–2011) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Mihail Madanski (2011) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Lyuboslav Penev]] (2011–2014) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivaylo Petev]] (2015–2016) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Petar Hubchev]] (2016–2019) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Krasimir Balakov]] (2019) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Dermendzhiev]] (2019–2020) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Yasen Petrov]] (2021–2022) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Ivanov (footballer, born 1976)|Georgi Ivanov]] (2022) |
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*{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Mladen Krstajić]] (2022–2023) |
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*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ilian Iliev]] (2023–present) |
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==Players== |
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===Current squad=== |
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The following players were called up for the [[2024–25 UEFA Nations League C|UEFA Nations League]] games against [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]] and [[Belarus national football team|Belarus]] on 15 and 18 November 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bfunion.bg/news/50577/0|title=Пълен състав на България “A” за мачовете с Люксембург и Беларус |trans-title=Complete squad of the Bulgaria national team for the games against Luxembourg and Belarus |publisher=[[Bulgarian Football Union]]|date=5 November 2024|access-date=5 November 2024|language=bg}}</ref> |
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''Caps and goals as of 18 November 2024, after the match against [[Belarus national football team| Belarus]].''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/friendlies/match/2040326--tanzania-vs-bulgaria/ | title=Tanzania-Bulgaria | European Qualifiers 2024 | UEFA.com | website=[[UEFA]] | access-date=22 March 2024 | archive-date=22 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322121743/https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/friendlies/match/2040326--tanzania-vs-bulgaria/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_players.php?id=32&data=9|title=Most Bulgaria Caps - EU-Football.info|website=eu-football.info|access-date=22 March 2024|archive-date=9 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609195155/https://eu-football.info/_players.php?id=32&data=9|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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{{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name={{sortname|Dimitar|Mitov}}|caps=9|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1997|1|22}}|club=[[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]]|clubnat=SCO}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=GK|name={{sortname|Svetoslav|Vutsov}}|caps=6|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|2002|7|9}}|club=[[PFC Slavia Sofia|Slavia Sofia]]|clubnat=BUL}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=23|pos=GK|name={{sortname|Plamen|Iliev|dab=footballer, born 1991}}|caps=19|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1991|11|30}}|club=[[PFC Cherno More Varna|Cherno More]]|clubnat=BUL}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Viktor|Popov}}|caps=21|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|2000|3|5}}|club=[[PFC Cherno More Varna|Cherno More]]|clubnat=BUL}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Zhivko|Atanasov}}|caps=12|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1991|2|3}}|club=[[PFC Cherno More Varna|Cherno More]]|clubnat=BUL}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Nikolay|Minkov}}|caps=0|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1997|8|13}}|club=[[PFC Botev Plovdiv|Botev Plovdiv]]|clubnat=BUL}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Aleks|Petkov}}|caps=15|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1999|7|25}}|club=[[Śląsk Wrocław]]|clubnat=POL}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Valentin|Antov}}|caps=32|goals=1|age={{bda|df=y|2000|11|9}}|club=[[US Cremonese|Cremonese]]|clubnat=ITA}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Fabian|Nürnberger}}|caps=5|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1999|7|28}}|club=[[SV Darmstadt 98|Darmstadt 98]]|clubnat=GER}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Simeon|Petrov}}|caps=9|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|2000|1|12}}|club=[[Śląsk Wrocław]]|clubnat=POL}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Petko|Hristov}}|caps=19|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1999|3|1}}|club=[[Spezia Calcio|Spezia]]|clubnat=ITA}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Hristiyan|Petrov}}|caps=5|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|2002|6|24}}|club=[[SC Heerenveen|Heerenveen]]|clubnat=NED}} |
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{{nat fs break|background=#F1771D}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Andrian|Kraev}}|caps=10|goals=1|age={{bda|df=y|1999|2|14}}|club=[[Casa Pia A.C.|Casa Pia]]|clubnat=POR}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Filip|Krastev}}|caps=22|goals=1|age={{bda|df=y|2001|10|15}}|club=[[PEC Zwolle]]|clubnat=NED}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Marin|Petkov|dab=footballer}}|caps=12|goals=2|age={{bda|df=y|2003|10|2}}|club=[[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]|clubnat=BUL}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Georgi|Milanov|dab=footballer}}|caps=49|goals=2|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1992|2|19}}|club=[[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]|clubnat=ROU}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Vasil|Panayotov}}|caps=5|goals=1|age={{bda|df=y|1990|7|16}}|club=[[PFC Cherno More Varna|Cherno More]]|clubnat=BUL}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=22|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Ilian|Iliev Jr.|Ilian Iliev (footballer, born 1999)}}|caps=17|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1999|8|20}}|club=[[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]]|clubnat=BUL}} |
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{{nat fs break|background=#F1771D}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Georgi|Rusev|dab=footballer}}|caps=18|goals=1|age={{bda|df=y|1998|7|2}}|club=[[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]]|clubnat=BUL}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Aleksandar|Kolev}}|caps=11|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1992|12|8}}|club=[[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]|clubnat=BUL}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Radoslav|Kirilov}}|caps=20|goals=2|age={{bda|df=y|1992|6|29}}|club=[[FC CSKA 1948 Sofia|CSKA 1948]]|clubnat=BUL}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Martin|Minchev}}|caps=22|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|2001|4|22}}|club=[[Çaykur Rizespor]]|clubnat=TUR}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Lukas|Petkov}}|caps=5|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|2000|11|1}}|club=[[SV Elversberg|Elversberg]]|clubnat=GER}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Ahmed|Ahmedov}}|caps=4|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1995|3|4}}|club=[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]|clubnat=JPN}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Stanislav|Ivanov|dab=footballer, born 1999}}|caps=5|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1999|4|16}}|club=[[FC Arda Kardzhali|Arda]]|clubnat=BUL}} |
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===Recent call-ups=== |
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The following players have also been called up to the Bulgarian squad within the last 12 months and are still available for selection. |
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{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name={{sortname|Ivan|Dyulgerov}}|caps=6|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1999|7|15}}|club=[[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]]|clubnat=BUL|latest=v. {{fb|NIR}}, 15 October 2024}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=19|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Ivan|Turitsov}}|caps=19|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1999|7|18}}|club=[[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]]|clubnat=BUL|latest=v. {{fb|NIR}}, 15 October 2024}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=13|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Angel|Lyaskov}}|caps=2|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1998|3|16}}|club=[[PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv|Lokomotiv Plovdiv]]|clubnat=BUL|latest=v. {{fb|NIR}}, 15 October 2024}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Anton|Nedyalkov}}|caps=29|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1993|4|30}}|club=[[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]]|clubnat=BUL|latest=v. {{fb|ROU}}, 4 June 2024<sup>INJ</sup>}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Patrik-Gabriel|Galchev}}|caps=6|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|2001|4|14}}|club=[[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]|clubnat=BUL|latest=v. {{fb|AZE}}, 25 March 2024}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Andrey|Yordanov}}|caps=0|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|2001|9|6}}|club=[[Botev Plovdiv]]|clubnat=BUL|latest=v. {{fb|AZE}}, 25 March 2024}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Ivaylo|Chochev}}|caps=46|goals=4|age={{bda|df=y|1993|2|18}}|club=[[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]]|clubnat=BUL|latest=v. {{fb|NIR}}, 15 October 2024}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Georgi|Kostadinov|dab=footballer}}|caps=44|goals=3|age={{bda|df=y|1990|9|7}}|club=[[APOEL FC|APOEL]]|clubnat=CYP|latest=v. {{fb|NIR}}, 15 October 2024}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Ivan|Minchev}}|caps=2|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1991|5|28}}|club=[[PFC Slavia Sofia|Slavia Sofia]]|clubnat=BUL|latest=v. {{fb|NIR}}, 15 October 2024}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Ilia|Gruev|dab=footballer, born 2000}}|caps=18|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|2000|5|6}}|club=[[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]|clubnat=ENG|latest=v. {{fb|LUX}}, 12 October 2024<sup>INJ</sup>}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Todor|Nedelev}}|caps=44|goals=5|age={{bda|df=y|1993|2|7}}|club=[[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]]|clubnat=BUL|latest=v. {{fb|ROU}}, 4 June 2024<sup>INJ</sup>}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Yoni|Stoyanov}}|caps=9|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|2001|5|22}}|club=[[Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.|Hapoel Be'er Sheva]]|clubnat=ISR|latest=v. {{fb|AZE}}, 25 March 2024}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Dimitar|Tonev}}|caps=0|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|2001|10|15}}|club=[[Botev Plovdiv]]|clubnat=BUL|latest=v. {{fb|AZE}}, 25 March 2024}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Kiril|Despodov}}|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]|caps=54|goals=15|age={{bda|df=y|1996|11|11}}|club=[[PAOK FC|PAOK]]|clubnat=GRE|latest=v. {{fb|BLR}}, 18 November 2024<sup>SUS</sup>}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=10|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Georgi|Minchev|dab=footballer}}|caps=13|goals=1|age={{bda|df=y|1995|4|20}}|club=[[Ümraniyespor]]|clubnat=TUR|latest=v. {{fb|NIR}}, 15 October 2024}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Spas|Delev}}|caps=47|goals=5|age={{bda|df=y|1989|9|22}}|club=[[FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia|Lokomotiv Sofia]]|clubnat=BUL|latest=v. {{fb|ROU}}, 4 June 2024<sup>INJ</sup>}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Zdravko|Dimitrov}}|caps=4|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1998|8|24}}|club=[[Bodrum F.K.|Bodrum]]|clubnat=TUR|latest=v. {{fb|NIR}}, 15 October 2024}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Svetoslav|Kovachev}}|caps=5|goals=0|age={{bda|df=y|1998|3|14}}|club=[[FC Akhmat Grozny|Akhmat Grozny]]|clubnat=RUS|latest=v. {{fb|BLR}}, 5 September 2024<sup>INJ</sup>}} |
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*<sup>INJ</sup> = Player withdrew from the [[#Current squad|current squad]] due to injury. |
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*<sup>COVID</sup> = Player withdrew from the [[#Current squad|current squad]] due to testing positively for [[COVID-19]] or having to self-isolate because of it. |
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*<sup>U21</sup> = Not part of the squad due to [[Bulgaria national under-21 football team|U-21]] call up. |
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*<sup>PRE</sup> = Preliminary squad. |
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*<sup>RET</sup> = Player had announced retirement from international football. |
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*<sup>SUS</sup> = Player is serving a suspension. |
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*<sup>PRV</sup> = Player absent due to private circumstances. |
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*<sup>WD</sup> = Withdrawn. |
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==Player records== |
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{{Updated|17 November 2019.}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mamrud |first1=Roberto |title=Bulgaria - Record International Players |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/bulg-recintlp.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=23 October 2023 |archive-date=1 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201031038/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/bulg-recintlp.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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===Most appearances=== |
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[[File:Stiliyan Petrov.JPG|180px|thumb|Stiliyan Petrov is Bulgaria's most capped player with 105 appearances.]] |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
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! width="30" |Rank |
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! style="width:150px;"|Player |
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! width="50" |Caps |
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! width="50" |Goals |
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! style="width:100px;"|Career |
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|- |
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| 1 |
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| align=left| [[Stiliyan Petrov]] |
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| 105 |
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| 8 |
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| {{nowrap|1998–2011}} |
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|- |
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| 2 |
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| align=left| [[Borislav Mihaylov]] |
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| 102 |
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| 0 |
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| 1983–1998 |
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|- |
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| 3 |
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| align=left| [[Hristo Bonev]] |
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| 96 |
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| 48 |
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| 1967–1979 |
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|- |
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| 4 |
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| align=left| [[Krasimir Balakov]] |
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| 92 |
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| 16 |
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| 1988–2003 |
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|- |
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| rowspan=3|5 |
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| align=left| [[Dimitar Penev]] |
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| 90 |
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| 2 |
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| 1965–1974 |
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|- |
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| align=left| [[Martin Petrov]] |
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| 90 |
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| 19 |
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| 1999–2011 |
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|- |
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| align=left| [[Ivelin Popov]] |
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| 90 |
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| 18 |
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| 2007–2019 |
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|- |
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|8 |
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| align=left| [[Radostin Kishishev]] |
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| 88 |
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| 1 |
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| 1996–2009 |
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|- |
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|9 |
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| align=left| [[Hristo Stoichkov]] |
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| 83 |
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| 37 |
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| 1986–1999 |
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|- |
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| 10 |
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| align=left| [[Zlatko Yankov]] |
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| 80 |
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| 4 |
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| 1990–1999 |
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|} |
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===Top goalscorers=== |
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| footer = [[Hristo Bonev]] and [[Dimitar Berbatov]] are Bulgaria's joint all-time top scorers with 48 goals. |
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}} |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
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|- |
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! width="30" |Rank |
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! style="width:150px;"|Player |
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! width="50" |Goals |
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! width="50" |Caps |
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! width="50" |Average |
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! style="width:100px;"|Career |
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|- |
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| rowspan=2|1 |
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| align=left| [[Dimitar Berbatov]] |
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| 48 |
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| 78 |
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| {{#expr:48/78 round 2}} |
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| {{nowrap|1999–2010}} |
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|- |
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| align=left| [[Hristo Bonev]] |
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| 48 |
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| 96 |
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| {{#expr:48/96 round 2}} |
|||
| 1967–1979 |
|||
|- |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| align=left| [[Hristo Stoichkov]] |
|||
| 37 |
|||
| 83 |
|||
| {{#expr:37/83 round 2}} |
|||
| 1987–1999 |
|||
|- |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| align=left| [[Emil Kostadinov]] |
|||
| 27 |
|||
| 70 |
|||
| {{#expr:27/70 round 2}} |
|||
| 1988–1998 |
|||
|- |
|||
| 5 |
|||
| align=left| [[Lyubomir Angelov]] |
|||
| 26 |
|||
| 44 |
|||
| {{#expr:26/44 round 2}} |
|||
| 1931–1940 |
|||
|- |
|||
| rowspan=2|6 |
|||
| align=left| [[Petar Zhekov]] |
|||
| 25 |
|||
| 44 |
|||
| {{#expr:25/44 round 2}} |
|||
| 1963–1972 |
|||
|- |
|||
| align=left| [[Ivan Petkov Kolev|Ivan Kolev]] |
|||
| 25 |
|||
| 75 |
|||
| {{#expr:25/75 round 2}} |
|||
| 1950–1963 |
|||
|- |
|||
| 8 |
|||
| align=left| [[Nasko Sirakov]] |
|||
| 24 |
|||
| 78 |
|||
| {{#expr:24/78 round 2}} |
|||
| 1983–1996 |
|||
|- |
|||
| 9 |
|||
| align=left| [[Atanas Mihaylov]] |
|||
| 23 |
|||
| 45 |
|||
| {{#expr:23/45 round 2}} |
|||
| 1970–1981 |
|||
|- |
|||
| rowspan=4|10 |
|||
| align=left| [[Dimitar Milanov]] |
|||
| 19 |
|||
| 39 |
|||
| {{#expr:19/39 round 2}} |
|||
| 1948–1959 |
|||
|- |
|||
| align=left| [[Georgi Asparuhov]] |
|||
| 19 |
|||
| 49 |
|||
| {{#expr:19/49 round 2}} |
|||
| 1962–1970 |
|||
|- |
|||
| align=left| [[Dinko Dermendzhiev]] |
|||
| 19 |
|||
| 58 |
|||
| {{#expr:19/58 round 2}} |
|||
| 1966–1977 |
|||
|- |
|||
| align=left| [[Martin Petrov]] |
|||
| 19 |
|||
| 90 |
|||
| {{#expr:19/90 round 2}} |
|||
| 1999–2011 |
|||
|} |
|||
===Youngest debutants=== |
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{{Updated|15 November 2021.}} |
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:''Results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.'' |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;" |
|||
|- |
|||
!width=30px|Rank |
|||
! style="width:150px;"|Player |
|||
! style="width:200px;"|Age on debut |
|||
! style="width:130px;"|Opponent |
|||
! style="width:50px;"|Result |
|||
!width=50px|Year |
|||
|- |
|||
| align="center"|1 |
|||
|Vladimir Todorov |
|||
|15 years 08 months 14 days |
|||
|{{fb|Romania}} |
|||
| align="center"|2–3 |
|||
| align="center"|1929 |
|||
|- |
|||
| align="center"|2 |
|||
|Aleksandar Belokapov |
|||
|15 years 10 months 11 days |
|||
|{{fb|Germany}} |
|||
| align="center"|1–2 |
|||
| align="center"|1939 |
|||
|- |
|||
| align="center"|3 |
|||
|[[Georgi Sokolov]] |
|||
|16 years 10 months 24 days |
|||
|{{fb|Netherlands}} |
|||
| align="center"|3–2 |
|||
| align="center"|1959 |
|||
|- |
|||
| align="center"|4 |
|||
|Radoslav Maznikov |
|||
|17 years 02 months 12 days |
|||
|{{fb|Romania}} |
|||
| align="center"|0–3 |
|||
| align="center"|1929 |
|||
|- |
|||
| align="center"|5 |
|||
|[[Nikola Staykov]] |
|||
|17 years 07 months 28 days |
|||
|{{fb|Yugoslavia}} |
|||
| align="center"|1–3 |
|||
| align="center"|1926 |
|||
|- |
|||
| align="center"|6 |
|||
|[[Nikolay Mihaylov]] |
|||
|17 years 10 months 13 days |
|||
|{{fb|Scotland}} |
|||
| align="center"|1–5 |
|||
| align="center"|2006 |
|||
|- |
|||
| align="center"|7 |
|||
|'''[[Martin Minchev]]''' |
|||
|17 years 11 months 00 days |
|||
|{{fb|Montenegro}} |
|||
| align="center"|1–1 |
|||
| align="center"|2019 |
|||
|- |
|||
| align="center"|8 |
|||
|Hristo Minkovski |
|||
|17 years 11 months 17 days |
|||
|{{fb|Romania}} |
|||
| align="center"|0–3 |
|||
| align="center"|1929 |
|||
|- |
|||
| align="center"|9 |
|||
|Nikola Savov |
|||
|18 years 01 month 10 days |
|||
|{{fb|Hungary}} |
|||
| align="center"|1–4 |
|||
| align="center"|1934 |
|||
|- |
|||
| align="center"|10 |
|||
|[[Krasimir Chomakov]] |
|||
|18 years 01 month 12 days |
|||
|{{fb|Uzbekistan}} |
|||
| align="center"|0–0 |
|||
| align="center"|1995 |
|||
|} |
|||
==Competitive record== |
|||
===FIFA World Cup=== |
|||
{{main|Bulgaria at the FIFA World Cup}} |
|||
{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} '''Champions''' {{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} '''Runners-up''' {{Color box|#cc9966|border=darkgray}} Third place {{Color box|#9acdff|border=darkgray}} Fourth place |
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==Competition history== |
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===World Cup Record=== |
|||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
||
|- |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;" colspan=10|[[FIFA World Cup|{{white|FIFA World Cup}}]] record |
|||
! style="width:1%;background:white" rowspan=28| |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;" colspan=7|[[FIFA World Cup qualification|{{white|Qualification}}]] record |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
!Year |
!Year |
||
!Result |
!Result |
||
!Position |
!Position |
||
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} |
|||
!GP |
|||
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}} |
|||
!W |
|||
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}* |
|||
!D |
|||
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} |
|||
!L |
|||
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} |
|||
!GS |
|||
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} |
|||
!GA |
|||
!Squad |
|||
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} |
|||
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}} |
|||
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} |
|||
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} |
|||
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} |
|||
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}}[[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]] |
| {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]] |
||
| colspan=9|''Did not enter'' |
|||
| colspan=6|''Declined invitation'' |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]] |
||
| colspan=9 rowspan=2|''Did not qualify'' |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 14 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon| |
| {{flagicon|France|1794}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]] |
||
| 2 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 7 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon| |
| {{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]] |
||
| colspan=9|''Did not enter'' |
|||
| colspan=6|''Declined participation'' |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon| |
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]] |
||
| colspan=9 rowspan=2|''Did not qualify'' |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 7 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon| |
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]] |
||
| 4 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 11 |
|||
| 7 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| {{flagicon|Chile}} [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]] |
||
| rowspan=4| Group stage |
|||
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |
|||
| 15th |
|||
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]||Round of 16||10th||4||0||2||2||2||6 |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 7 |
|||
| [[1962 FIFA World Cup squads#Bulgaria|Squad]] |
|||
| 5 |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 7 |
|||
| 4 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon| |
| {{flagicon|England}} [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]] |
||
| 15th |
|||
|-bgcolor=cc9966 |
|||
| 3 |
|||
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]||Semifinals||3rd||7||6||0||1||10||11 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 8 |
|||
| [[1966 FIFA World Cup squads#Bulgaria|Squad]] |
|||
| 5 |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 11 |
|||
| 7 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon| |
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]] |
||
| 13th |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 5 |
|||
| 9 |
|||
| [[1970 FIFA World Cup squads#Bulgaria|Squad]] |
|||
| 6 |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 12 |
|||
| 7 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
| {{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]] |
||
| 12th |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 5 |
|||
| [[1974 FIFA World Cup squads#Bulgaria|Squad]] |
|||
| 6 |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 13 |
|||
| 3 |
|||
|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]] |
|||
| colspan=9 rowspan=2|''Did not qualify'' |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 5 |
|||
| 6 |
|||
|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]] |
|||
| 8 |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 11 |
|||
| 10 |
|||
|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]] |
|||
| Round of 16 |
|||
| 15th |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 6 |
|||
| [[1986 FIFA World Cup squads#Bulgaria|Squad]] |
|||
| 8 |
|||
| 5 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 13 |
|||
| 5 |
|||
|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]] |
|||
| colspan=9|''Did not qualify'' |
|||
| 6 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| 6 |
|||
| 8 |
|||
|- style="background:#9acdff" |
|||
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]] |
|||
| '''Fourth place''' |
|||
| '''4th''' |
|||
| '''7''' |
|||
| '''3''' |
|||
| '''1''' |
|||
| '''3''' |
|||
| '''10''' |
|||
| '''11''' |
|||
| '''[[1994 FIFA World Cup squads#Bulgaria|Squad]]''' |
|||
| 10 |
|||
| 6 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 19 |
|||
| 10 |
|||
|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|France|1974}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]] |
|||
| Group stage |
|||
| 29th |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 7 |
|||
| [[1998 FIFA World Cup squads#Bulgaria|Squad]] |
|||
| 8 |
|||
| 6 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 18 |
|||
| 9 |
|||
|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|South Korea|1997}} {{flagicon|Japan}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]] |
|||
| colspan=9 rowspan=6|''Did not qualify'' |
|||
| 10 |
|||
| 5 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 14 |
|||
| 15 |
|||
|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]] |
|||
| 10 |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 17 |
|||
| 17 |
|||
|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]] |
|||
| 10 |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 5 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 17 |
|||
| 13 |
|||
|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]] |
|||
| 10 |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| 14 |
|||
| 9 |
|||
|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|Russia}} [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]] |
|||
| 10 |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 5 |
|||
| 14 |
|||
| 19 |
|||
|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|Qatar}} [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022]] |
|||
| 8 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| 6 |
|||
| 14 |
|||
|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|Canada}} {{flagicon|Mexico}} {{flagicon|United States}} [[2026 FIFA World Cup|2026]] |
|||
| colspan=9 rowspan=3|''To be determined'' |
|||
| colspan=6 rowspan=3|''To be determined'' |
|||
|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|Morocco}} {{flagicon|Portugal}} {{flagicon|Spain}} [[2030 FIFA World Cup|2030]] |
|||
|- |
|||
| {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[2034 FIFA World Cup|2034]] |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|Total |
|||
|'''Total'''||7/19||||26||6||7||15||19||53 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|{{Tooltip|Fourth place|Highest finish}} |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|{{Tooltip|7/22|Number of tournaments qualified for}} |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|26 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|3 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|8 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|15 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|22 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|53 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|— |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|137 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|62 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|29 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|46 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|215 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|191 |
|||
|} |
|} |
||
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty kicks]].'' |
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===European Championship |
===UEFA European Championship=== |
||
{{main|Bulgaria at the UEFA European Championship}} |
|||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
||
|- |
|||
!colspan=9|[[UEFA European Football Championship|UEFA European Championship record]] |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;" colspan=10|[[UEFA European Championship|{{white|UEFA European Championship}}]] record |
|||
! style="width:1%;background:white" rowspan=22| |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;" colspan=7|[[UEFA European Championship qualifying|{{white|Qualifying}}]] record |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
!Year |
!Year |
||
!Result |
|||
!Round |
|||
!Position |
!Position |
||
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} |
|||
!GP |
|||
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}} |
|||
!W |
|||
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}* |
|||
!D* |
|||
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} |
|||
!L |
|||
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} |
|||
!GS |
|||
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} |
|||
!GA |
|||
!Squad |
|||
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} |
|||
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}} |
|||
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} |
|||
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} |
|||
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} |
|||
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} |
|||
|- |
|||
|{{flagicon|France|1794}} [[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]] |
|||
|colspan=9 rowspan=9|''Did not qualify'' |
|||
|2 |
|||
|0 |
|||
|1 |
|||
|1 |
|||
|1 |
|||
|3 |
|||
|- |
|||
|{{flagicon|Spain|1945}} [[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]] |
|||
|5 |
|||
|3 |
|||
|0 |
|||
|2 |
|||
|7 |
|||
|7 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]] to [[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]] |
|||
|rowspan=1 colspan=8|Did Not Qualify |
|||
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |
|||
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[UEFA Euro 1968|1968]] |
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[UEFA Euro 1968|1968]] |
||
|8 |
|||
|Quarterfinals |
|||
|5th |
|||
|5 |
|5 |
||
|2 |
|||
|1 |
|||
|13 |
|||
|4 |
|4 |
||
| |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[UEFA Euro 1972|1972]] |
|||
|6 |
|||
|3 |
|||
|1 |
|1 |
||
|2 |
|||
|11 |
|||
|7 |
|||
|- |
|||
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]] |
|||
|6 |
|||
|2 |
|||
|2 |
|||
|2 |
|||
|12 |
|||
|7 |
|||
|- |
|||
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]] |
|||
|8 |
|8 |
||
|2 |
|||
|1 |
|||
|5 |
|||
|6 |
|6 |
||
|14 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|{{flagicon|France|1974}} [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]] |
||
|6 |
|||
|rowspan=1 colspan=8|Did Not Qualify |
|||
|2 |
|||
|1 |
|||
|3 |
|||
|7 |
|||
|8 |
|||
|- |
|||
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]] |
|||
|8 |
|||
|4 |
|||
|2 |
|||
|2 |
|||
|12 |
|||
|6 |
|||
|- |
|||
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]] |
|||
|8 |
|||
|3 |
|||
|3 |
|||
|2 |
|||
|15 |
|||
|8 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon|England}} [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]] |
|{{flagicon|England}} [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]] |
||
|Group |
|Group stage |
||
|11th |
|||
|9th |
|||
|3 |
|3 |
||
|1 |
|1 |
||
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|3 |
|3 |
||
|4 |
|4 |
||
|[[UEFA Euro 1996 squads#Bulgaria|Squad]] |
|||
|10 |
|||
|7 |
|||
|1 |
|||
|2 |
|||
|24 |
|||
|10 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[UEFA Euro 2000|2000]] |
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[UEFA Euro 2000|2000]] |
||
|colspan= |
|colspan=9|''Did not qualify'' |
||
|8 |
|||
|2 |
|||
|2 |
|||
|4 |
|||
|6 |
|||
|8 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[UEFA Euro 2004|2004]] |
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[UEFA Euro 2004|2004]] |
||
|Group |
|Group stage |
||
|16th |
|||
|14th |
|||
|3 |
|3 |
||
|0 |
|0 |
||
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|1 |
|1 |
||
|9 |
|9 |
||
|[[UEFA Euro 2004 squads#Bulgaria|Squad]] |
|||
|8 |
|||
|5 |
|||
|2 |
|||
|1 |
|||
|13 |
|||
|4 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|{{flagicon|Austria}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]] |
||
| |
|colspan=9 rowspan=5|''Did not qualify'' |
||
|12 |
|||
|7 |
|||
|4 |
|||
|1 |
|||
|18 |
|||
|7 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon| |
|{{flagicon|Poland}} {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[UEFA Euro 2012|2012]] |
||
|8 |
|||
|colspan=8|To Be Determined |
|||
|1 |
|||
|2 |
|||
|5 |
|||
|3 |
|||
|13 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon|France|1974}} [[UEFA Euro 2016|2016]] |
|||
|'''Total''' |
|||
|10 |
|||
|'''Group Stage''' |
|||
|3 |
|||
|'''2/14''' |
|||
|2 |
|||
|'''6''' |
|||
|5 |
|||
|'''1''' |
|||
|9 |
|||
|'''1''' |
|||
|12 |
|||
|'''4''' |
|||
|'''4''' |
|||
|'''13''' |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon|Europe}} [[UEFA Euro 2020|2020]] |
|||
|9 |
|||
|1 |
|||
|3 |
|||
|5 |
|||
|7 |
|||
|20 |
|||
|- |
|||
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[UEFA Euro 2024|2024]] |
|||
|8 |
|||
|0 |
|||
|4 |
|||
|4 |
|||
|7 |
|||
|14 |
|||
|- |
|||
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} [[UEFA Euro 2028|2028]] |
|||
|colspan=9 rowspan=2|''To be determined'' |
|||
|colspan=6 rowspan=2|''To be determined'' |
|||
|- |
|||
|{{flagicon|Italy}} {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[UEFA Euro 2032|2032]] |
|||
|- |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|Total |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|Group stage |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|2/17 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|6 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|1 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|1 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|4 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|4 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|13 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|— |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|130 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|50 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|33 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|47 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|171 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|154 |
|||
|} |
|} |
||
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty kicks]].'' |
|||
=== |
===UEFA Nations League=== |
||
{| class="wikitable" style=" |
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
||
|- |
|- |
||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;" colspan=11|[[UEFA Nations League|{{white|UEFA Nations League}}]] record |
|||
!Host Nation(s) - Year |
|||
|- |
|||
!Season |
|||
!Division |
|||
!Group |
|||
!width=28|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} |
|||
!width=28|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} |
|||
!width=28|{{Tooltip|D*|Drawn}} |
|||
!width=28|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} |
|||
!width=28|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} |
|||
!width=28|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} |
|||
!width=35|{{Tooltip|P/R|Promotion/relegation at end of season}} |
|||
!width=28|{{Tooltip|RK|Overall rank}} |
|||
|- |
|||
|[[2018–19 UEFA Nations League|2018–19]] |
|||
|[[2018–19 UEFA Nations League C|C]] |
|||
|[[2018–19 UEFA Nations League C#Group 3|3]] |
|||
||6||3||2||1||7||5||{{rise}}||29th |
|||
|- |
|||
|[[2020–21 UEFA Nations League|2020–21]] |
|||
|[[2020–21 UEFA Nations League B|B]] |
|||
|[[2020–21 UEFA Nations League B#Group 4|4]] |
|||
||6||0||2||4||2||7||{{fall}}||31st |
|||
|- |
|||
|[[2022–23 UEFA Nations League|2022–23]] |
|||
|[[2022–23 UEFA Nations League C|C]] |
|||
|[[2022–23 UEFA Nations League C#Group 4|4]] |
|||
||6||2||3||1||10||8||{{same position}}||40th |
|||
|- |
|||
|[[2024–25 UEFA Nations League|2024–25]] |
|||
|[[2024–25 UEFA Nations League C|C]] |
|||
|[[2024–25 UEFA Nations League C#Group 3|3]] |
|||
||6||2||3||1||3||6||colspan=2|''TBD'' |
|||
|- |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"colspan=3|Total |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|24 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|7 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|10 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|7 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|22 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|26 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"colspan=2|29th |
|||
|} |
|||
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty kicks]].'' |
|||
===Olympic Games=== |
|||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
|||
|- |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;" colspan=10|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|{{white|Olympic Games}}]] record |
|||
|- |
|||
!Year |
|||
!Result |
!Result |
||
!Position |
|||
!GP |
|||
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} |
|||
!W |
|||
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}} |
|||
!D* |
|||
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} |
|||
!L |
|||
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} |
|||
!GS |
|||
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} |
|||
!GA |
|||
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} |
|||
!Squad |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908]]||colspan=9 rowspan=3|''Did not enter'' |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon| |
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics|1912]] |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920]] |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon|France|1794}} [[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924]]||Round of 16||12th||1||0||0||1||0||1||[[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#Bulgaria|Squad]] |
|||
|- bgcolor=#cc9966 |
|||
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956]]||3rd place||3||2||0||1||10||3 |
|||
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |
|||
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960]]||Round 1||3||2||1||0||8||3 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon| |
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928]]||colspan=9 rowspan=3|''Did not enter'' |
||
|- bgcolor=silver |
|||
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]]||Runners-up||6||3||2||1||16||10 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936]] |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] |
|||
!'''Total''' ''||5/23||14||7||3||4||35||19 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952]]||Round of 16||13th||1||0||0||1||1||2||[[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#Bulgaria|Squad]] |
|||
|} |
|||
|- style="background:#cc9966" |
|||
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956]]||'''Bronze medal'''||'''3rd'''||'''3'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''10'''||'''3'''||'''[[Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#Bulgaria|Squad]]''' |
|||
===Honours=== |
|||
* [[File:W.Cup.svg|15px]] '''[[FIFA World Cup]]''' |
|||
**[[Image:Med 3.png]] Semifinals (1): [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]] |
|||
*[[File:Gold medal.svg|20px]] '''[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic football tournament]]''' |
|||
**[[File:Silver medal.svg|18px]] Runners-up (1): [[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] |
|||
**[[File:Bronze medal.svg|18px]] Third place (1): [[Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956]] |
|||
*[[File:UEFA European Cup.svg|15px]] '''[[UEFA European Football Championship]]''' |
|||
** Quarterfinals (1): [[UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying|1968]] |
|||
* '''[[Balkan Cup]]''' |
|||
**[[Image:Med 1.png]] Winners (4): 1931, 1932, 1935, 1973/76 |
|||
**[[Image:Med 2.png]] Runners-up (2): 1935, 1936 |
|||
**[[Image:Med 3.png]] Third Place (2) : 1934/35, 1977/80 |
|||
==Players== |
|||
== Colours and kits== |
|||
===Bulgarian Kit Evolution=== |
|||
{| |
|||
| |
|||
{{Football kit |
|||
|align = right |
|||
| pattern_la = |
|||
|pattern_b = collar |
|||
|pattern_ra = |
|||
|leftarm = 008000 |
|||
|body = ffffff |
|||
|rightarm = ff0000 |
|||
|shorts = 008000 |
|||
|socks = ff0000 |
|||
|title=30s |
|||
}} |
|||
| |
|||
{{Football kit |
|||
|leftarm=008000 |
|||
|pattern_la= |
|||
|body=008000 |
|||
|pattern_b=_whitesides |
|||
|rightarm=008000 |
|||
|pattern_ra= |
|||
|shorts=FF0000 |
|||
|pattern_sh= |
|||
|socks=FF0000 |
|||
|pattern_so= |
|||
|title=50s |
|||
}} |
|||
| |
|||
{{Football kit |
|||
| pattern_la = |
|||
| pattern_b = _bul94 |
|||
| pattern_ra = |
|||
| pattern_sh = _bul94 |
|||
| leftarm = FFFFFF |
|||
| body = FFFFFF |
|||
| rightarm = FFFFFF |
|||
| shorts = 008000 |
|||
| socks = FFFFFF |
|||
| title = 1994 Home |
|||
}} |
|||
| |
|||
{{Football kit |
|||
|leftarm=FF0000 |
|||
|pattern_la=_whiteshoulders |
|||
|body=FF0000 |
|||
|pattern_b=_stliege0910h |
|||
|rightarm=FF0000 |
|||
|pattern_ra=_whiteshoulders |
|||
|shorts=008000 |
|||
|pattern_sh= |
|||
|socks=FF0000 |
|||
|pattern_so= |
|||
|title=2000 |
|||
}} |
|||
| |
|||
{{Football kit |
|||
|leftarm=FF0000 |
|||
|pattern_la=_shoulder_stripes_white_stripes_half |
|||
|body=FF0000 |
|||
|pattern_b=_shoulder_stripes_white_stripes |
|||
|rightarm=FF0000 |
|||
|pattern_ra=_shoulder_stripes_white_stripes_half |
|||
|shorts=008000 |
|||
|pattern_sh=_red stripes |
|||
|socks=FF0000 |
|||
|pattern_so=_3_stripes_white |
|||
|title=2008 |
|||
}} |
|||
|} |
|||
=== Bulgaria's Undefeated Run=== |
|||
Bulgaria has 21 undefeated matches all together in a row. [[Spain national football team|Spain]] and [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] holds the longest string of 35 unbeaten matches. |
|||
{| class="wikitable" |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960]]||Group stage||5th||3||2||1||0||8||3||[[Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#Bulgaria|Squad]] |
|||
! Opponent |
|||
! Type |
|||
! Date |
|||
! Result |
|||
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|||
| {{fb|WAL}} |
|||
| [[Friendly match]] |
|||
| 15 August 2006 |
|||
| 0–0 |
|||
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|||
| {{fb|ROU}} |
|||
| [[Friendly match]] |
|||
| 2 September 2006 |
|||
| 2–2 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{flagicon|Japan|1870}} [[Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964]]||colspan=9|''Did not qualify'' |
|||
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" |
|||
|- style="background:silver" |
|||
| {{fb|SVN}} |
|||
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]]||'''Silver medal'''||'''2nd'''||'''6'''||'''3'''||'''2'''||'''1'''||'''16'''||'''10'''||'''[[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#Bulgaria|Squad]]''' |
|||
| [[Qualifier]] |
|||
|- |
|||
| 6 September 2006 |
|||
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]||colspan=9 rowspan=5|''Did not qualify'' |
|||
| 3–0 |
|||
|- |
|||
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|||
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] |
|||
| {{fb|NED}} |
|||
|- |
|||
| [[Qualifier]] |
|||
|{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] |
|||
| 7 October 2006 |
|||
|- |
|||
| 1–1 |
|||
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] |
|||
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" |
|||
|- |
|||
| {{fb|LUX}} |
|||
|{{flagicon|South Korea|1984}} [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] |
|||
| [[Qualifier]] |
|||
|- |
|||
| 11 October 2006 |
|||
| Since [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]||colspan=9|''Olympic football has been an under-23 tournament'' |
|||
| 1–0 |
|||
|- |
|||
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|Total |
|||
| {{fb|LAT}} |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|1 Silver medal |
|||
| [[Friendly match]] |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|5/17 |
|||
| 15 November 2006 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|14 |
|||
| 2–0 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|7 |
|||
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|3 |
|||
| {{fb|CYP}} |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|4 |
|||
| [[Friendly match]] |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|35 |
|||
| 7 Febuary 2007 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|19 |
|||
| 3–0 |
|||
! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|— |
|||
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|||
| {{fb|ALB}} |
|||
| [[Qualifier]] |
|||
| 28 March 2007 |
|||
| 0–0 |
|||
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" |
|||
| {{fb|BLR}} |
|||
| [[Qualifier]] |
|||
| 2 June 2007 |
|||
| 2–0 |
|||
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" |
|||
| {{fb|BLR}} |
|||
| [[Qualifier]] |
|||
| 6 June 2007 |
|||
| 2–1 |
|||
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" |
|||
| {{fb|WAL}} |
|||
| [[Friendly]] |
|||
| 22 August 2007 |
|||
| 1-0 |
|||
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" |
|||
| {{fb|LUX}} |
|||
| [[Qualifier]] |
|||
| 12 September 2007 |
|||
| 3–0 |
|||
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|||
| {{fb|ALB}} |
|||
| [[Qualifier]] |
|||
| 17 October 2007 |
|||
| 1–1 |
|||
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" |
|||
| {{fb|ROU}} |
|||
| [[Qualifier]] |
|||
| 21 November 2007 |
|||
| 1–0 |
|||
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" |
|||
| {{fb|SVN}} |
|||
| [[Qualifier]] |
|||
| 6 Febuary 2008 |
|||
| 2–0 |
|||
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" |
|||
| {{fb|NIR}} |
|||
| [[Friendly]] |
|||
| 26 march 2008 |
|||
| 1–0 |
|||
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" |
|||
| {{fb|FIN}} |
|||
| [[Friendly match]] |
|||
| 20 August 2008 |
|||
| 2–1 |
|||
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd" |
|||
| {{fb|BIH}} |
|||
| [[Friendly match]] |
|||
| 6 September 2008 |
|||
| 2–1 |
|||
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|||
| {{fb|MNE}} |
|||
| [[World Cup Qualifier]] |
|||
| 11 October 2008 |
|||
| 2–2 |
|||
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|||
| {{fb|ITA}} |
|||
| [[World Cup Qualifier]] |
|||
| 12 October 2008 |
|||
| 0–0 |
|||
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|||
| {{fb|GEO}} |
|||
| [[World Cup Qualifier]] |
|||
| 15 october 2008 |
|||
| 0–0 |
|||
|} |
|} |
||
=== |
===Balkan Cup=== |
||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
|||
Squad for the friendly games against [[Netherlands national football team|the Netherlands]] on 26 May 2012 and [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] on 29 May 2012. |
|||
Caps and goals updated as of 26 May 2012, subsequent to the game against [[the Netherlands national football team|the Netherlands]]. |
|||
{{nat fs g start}} |
|||
{{nat fs g player|no= 1|pos=GK|name=[[Plamen Iliev (goalkeeper)|Plamen Iliev]]|caps=1|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1991|11|30}}|club=[[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|BLR}}, August 10, 2011}} |
|||
{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=GK|name=[[Stoyan Kolev]]|caps=15|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1976|02|06}}|club=[[PFC Chernomorets Burgas|Chernomorets Burgas]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
|||
{{nat fs g player|no=27|pos=GK|name=[[Ivan Čvorović]]|caps=1|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1985|09|21}}|club=[[PFC Minyor Pernik|Minyor Pernik]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=none}} |
|||
|----- |
|||
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" | |
|||
|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD" |
|||
{{nat fs g player|no= 2|pos=DF|name=[[Stanislav Manolev]]|caps=22|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1985|12|16}}|club=[[PSV Eindhoven]]|clubnat=Netherlands|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
|||
{{nat fs g player|no= 3|pos=DF|name=[[Valentin Iliev]]|caps=23|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1980|08|11}}|club=[[FC Volyn Lutsk|Volyn Lutsk]]|clubnat=Ukraine|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
|||
{{nat fs g player|no= 4|pos=DF|name=[[Petar Zanev]]|caps=18|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1985|10|18}}|club=[[FC Volyn Lutsk|Volyn Lutsk]]|clubnat=Ukraine|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
|||
{{nat fs g player|no= 5|pos=DF|name=[[Nikolay Bodurov]]|caps=10|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1986|5|30}}|club=[[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
|||
{{nat fs g player|no= 6|pos=DF|name=[[Yordan Minev]]|caps=2|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1980|10|14}}|club=[[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
|||
{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=DF|name=[[Ivan Bandalovski]]|caps=7|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1986|11|23}}|club=[[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
|||
{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=DF|name=[[Veselin Minev]]|caps=10|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1980|10|14}}|club=[[Antalyaspor]]|clubnat=Turkey|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
|||
{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=DF|name=[[Ivan Ivanov (footballer born 1988)|Ivan Ivanov]]|caps=24|goals=1|age={{Birth date and age|1988|02|25}}|club=[[FK Partizan|Partizan]]|clubnat=Serbia|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
|||
{{nat fs g player|no=20||pos=DF|name=[[Aleksandar Aleksandrov (footballer born April 1986)|Aleksandar Aleksandrov]]|caps=0|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1986|04|13}}|club=[[PFC Cherno More Varna|Cherno More Varna]]|clubnat=Bulgaria}} |
|||
|----- |
|||
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" | |
|||
|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD" |
|||
{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=MF|name=[[Georgi Milanov]]|caps=3|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1992|2|19}}|club=[[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
|||
{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=MF|name=[[Vladimir Gadzhev]]|caps=8|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1987|7|18}}|club=[[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
|||
{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=MF|name=[[Svetoslav Dyakov]]|caps=3|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1984|5|31}}|club=[[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=22|pos=MF|name=[[Hristo Zlatinski]]|caps=4|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1985|11|22}}|club=[[PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv|Lokomotiv Plovdiv]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=23|pos=MF|name=[[Emil Gargorov]]|caps=13|goals=1|age={{Birth date and age|1981|2|15}}|club=[[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|WAL}}, February 29, 2012}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=24|pos=MF|name=[[Aleksandar Tonev]]|caps=4|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1990|02|03}}|club=[[Lech Poznań]]|clubnat=Poland|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=25|pos=MF|name=[[Boris Galchev]]|caps=1|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1983|10|31}}|club=[[Dinamo Bucuresti]]|clubnat=Romania|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=26|pos=MF|name=[[Stefan Velev]]|caps=1|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1989|5|2}}|club=[[PFC Beroe Stara Zagora|Beroe Stara Zagora]]|clubnat=Bulgaria}} |
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|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD" |
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{{nat fs g player|no= 7|pos=FW|name=[[Ivan Stoyanov]]|caps=11|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1983|7|24}}|club=[[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no= 9|pos=FW|name=[[Ivelin Popov]]|caps=31|goals=6|age={{Birth date and age|1987|10|26}}|club=[[Gaziantepspor]]|clubnat=Turkey|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=FW|name=[[Valeri Bojinov]]|caps=38|goals=6|age={{Birth date and age|1986|02|15}}|club=[[Sporting C.P.]]|clubnat=Portugal|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
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{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=FW|name=[[Iliyan Mitsanski]]|caps=3|goals=1|age={{Birth date and age|1985|12|20}}|club=[[FSV Frankfurt]]|clubnat=Germany}} |
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{{nat fs g end}} |
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===Recent callups=== |
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The following players have also been called up to the Bulgarian squad within last 12 months and are still available for selection. |
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{{nat fs r start}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=13|pos=GK|name=[[Nikolay Mihaylov]]|caps=19|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1988|06|28}}|club=[[FC Twente|Twente]]|clubnat=Netherlands|latest=v. {{fb|NED}}, May 26, 2012<sup>[[#Notes|INJ]]</sup>}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=GK|name=[[Vladislav Stoyanov]]|caps=4|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1987|06|08}}|club=[[FC Sheriff Tiraspol|Sheriff Tiraspol]]|clubnat=Moldova|latest=v. {{fb|WAL}}, October 11, 2011}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Ivan Karadzhov]]|caps=0|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1989|07|12}}|club=[[Lokomotiv Plovdiv]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|CYP}}, March 29, 2011}} |
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|----- |
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! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" | |
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|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD" |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=DF|name=[[Georgi Terziev]]|caps=2|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1992|4|18}}|club=[[PSFC Chernomorets Burgas|Chernomorets Burgas]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|NED}}, May 26, 2012<sup>[[#Notes|INJ]]</sup>}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=DF|name=[[Iliya Milanov]]|caps=0|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1992|2|19}}|club=[[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|NED}}, May 26, 2012<sup>[[#Notes|INJ]]</sup>}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=DF|name=[[Kostadin Stoyanov]]|caps=10|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1985|5|8}}|club=[[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|WAL}}, October 11, 2011}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=DF|name=[[Plamen Krachunov]]|caps=0|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1989|1|11}}|club=[[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|WAL}}, October 11, 2011}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=DF|name=[[Zhivko Milanov]]|caps=23|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1984|07|15}}|club=[[SC Vaslui|Vaslui]]|clubnat=Romania|latest=v. {{fb|SWI}}, September 6, 2011}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=DF|name=[[Aleksandar Tunchev]]|caps=26|goals=1|age={{Birth date and age|1981|07|10}}|club=[[Leicester City]]|clubnat=England|latest=v. {{fb|ENG}}, September 2, 2011}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=DF|name=[[Apostol Popov]]|caps=1|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1982|12|22}}|club=[[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|BLR}}, August 11, 2011}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=DF|name=[[Rumen Trifonov]]|caps=0|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1985|02|21}}|club=[[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|BLR}}, August 11, 2011<sup>[[#Notes|INJ]]</sup>}} |
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|----- |
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! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" | |
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|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD" |
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{{nat fs r player|no= 8|pos=MF|name=[[Georgi Sarmov]]|caps=4|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1985|09|07}}|club=[[Kasımpaşa S.K.|Kasımpaşa]]|clubnat=Turkey|latest=v. {{fb|NED}}, May 26, 2012}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no=19|pos=MF|name=[[Mihail Aleksandrov]]|caps=0|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1989|6|11}}|club=[[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|HUN}}, February 29, 2012}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=MF|name=[[Aleksandar Tsvetkov]]|caps=1|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1990|8|31}}|club=[[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|WAL}}, October 11, 2011}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=MF|name=[[Martin Petrov]]|caps=89|goals=19|age={{Birth date and age|1979|01|15}}|club=[[Bolton Wanderers]]|clubnat=England|latest=v. {{fb|SWI}}, September 6, 2011}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=MF|name=[[Chavdar Yankov]]|caps=50|goals=5|age={{Birth date and age|1984|03|29}}|club=[[Slavia Sofia]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|BLR}}, August 11, 2011}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=MF|name=[[Nikolay Dimitrov]]|caps=8|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1987|10|15}}|club=[[Kasımpaşa S.K.|Kasımpaşa]]|clubnat=Turkey|latest=v. {{fb|BLR}}, August 11, 2011}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=MF|name=[[Hristo Yanev]]|caps=11|goals=3|age={{Birth date and age|1979|5|4}}|club=[[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]]|clubnat=Bulgaria|latest=v. {{fb|MNE}}, June 4, 2011}} |
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! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" | |
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|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD" |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=FW|name=[[Tsvetan Genkov]]|caps=18|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1984|02|08}}|club=[[Wisła Kraków]]|clubnat=Poland|latest=v. {{fb|NED}}, May 26, 2012}} |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=FW|name=[[Dimitar Rangelov]]|caps=24|goals=2|age={{Birth date and age|1983|03|07}}|club=[[FC Luzern]]|clubnat=Switzerland|latest=v. {{fb|WAL}}, October 11, 2011 }} |
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{{nat fs r player|no= |pos=FW|name=[[Spas Delev]]|caps=5|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1989|09|22}}|club=[[Mersin İdmanyurdu SK]]|clubnat=Turkey|latest=v. {{fb|WAL}}, October 11, 2011 }} |
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{{nat fs r player|no= ||pos=FW|name=[[Georgi Bozhilov]]|caps=1|goals=0|age={{Birth date and age|1987|02|11}}|club=[[PFC Cherno More Varna|Cherno More Varna]]|clubnat=Bulgaria||latest=v. {{fb|ENG}}, September 2, 2011}} |
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{{nat fs end}} |
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;Notes |
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<sup>INJ</sup> Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. |
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=== Bulgarian Coaching Staff === |
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[[file:Lyuboslav Penev 1.JPG|200px]] |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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|- |
|- |
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! style="color:white; background:#00966E;" colspan=10|[[Balkan Cup|{{white|Balkan Cup}}]] record |
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|'''Head Coach'''|| {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Lyuboslav Penev]] |
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|- valign=top |
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|rowspan=1|'''Assistant Coach'''|| {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Michial Madanski]] |
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|- |
|- |
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!Year |
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|'''Team Captain'''|| {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stiliyan Petrov]] |
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!Result |
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!Position |
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!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} |
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!{{Tooltip|W|Won}} |
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!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} |
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!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} |
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!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} |
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!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} |
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|- style="background:#9acdff" |
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|[[1929–31 Balkan Cup|1929–31]] ||'''Fourth place'''||'''4th'''||'''6'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''4'''||'''10'''||'''19''' |
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|- style="background:gold" |
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|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[1931 Balkan Cup|1931]] ||'''Champions'''||'''1st'''||'''2'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''0'''||'''8'''||'''3''' |
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|- style="background:gold" |
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|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[1932 Balkan Cup|1932]] ||'''Champions'''||'''1st'''||'''3'''||'''3'''||'''0'''||'''0'''||'''7'''||'''2''' |
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|- style="background:#cc9966" |
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|{{flagicon|Romania}} [[1933 Balkan Cup|1933]] ||'''Third place'''||'''3rd'''||'''3'''||'''1'''||'''0'''||'''2'''||'''2'''||'''11''' |
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|- style="background:#9acdff" |
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|{{flagicon|Greece|old}} [[1934–35 Balkan Cup|1934–35]] ||'''Fourth place'''||'''4th'''||'''3'''||'''1'''||'''0'''||'''2'''||'''7'''||'''8''' |
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|- style="background:silver" |
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|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[1935 Balkan Cup|1935]] ||'''Runners-up'''||'''2nd'''||'''3'''||'''2'''||'''1'''||'''0'''||'''12'''||'''5''' |
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|- style="background:silver" |
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|{{flagicon|Romania}} [[1936 Balkan Cup|1936]] ||'''Runners-up'''||'''2nd'''||'''2'''||'''1'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''6'''||'''8''' |
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|- style="background:#9acdff" |
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|{{flagicon|Albania|1946}} [[1946 Balkan Cup|1946]] ||'''Fourth place'''||'''4th'''||'''3'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''2'''||'''4'''||'''7''' |
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|- style="background:#9acdff" |
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|[[1947 Balkan Cup|1947]] ||'''Fourth place'''||'''4th'''||'''4'''||'''1'''||'''0'''||'''3'''||'''5'''||'''14''' |
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|- |
|- |
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|[[1948 Balkan Cup|1948]]* ||Group stage||3rd||5||2||1||2||6||7 |
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|- style="background:gold" |
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|[[1973–76 Balkan Cup|1973–76]] ||'''Champions'''||'''1st'''||'''4'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''2'''||'''10'''||'''9''' |
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|- |
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|[[1977–80 Balkan Cup|1977–80]] ||Group stage||3rd||4||1||1||2||4||6 |
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|- |
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! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|Total |
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! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|3 Titles |
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! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|12/12 |
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! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|42 |
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! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|18 |
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! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|4 |
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! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|20 |
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! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|81 |
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! style="color:white; background:#00966E;"|99 |
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|} |
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:''*Competition abandoned with Bulgaria in third place.'' |
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== |
==Head-to-head record== |
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''As of 18 November 2024 after the match against {{fb|BLR}}''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eloratings.net/Bulgaria|title=World Football Elo Ratings: Bulgaria}}</ref> |
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;FIFA World Cup squads: |
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*[[1962 FIFA World Cup squads#Bulgaria|1962 FIFA World Cup squad]] |
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*[[1966 FIFA World Cup squads#Bulgaria|1966 FIFA World Cup squad]] |
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*[[1970 FIFA World Cup squads#.C2.A0Bulgaria|1970 FIFA World Cup squad]] |
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*[[1974 FIFA World Cup squads#.C2.A0Bulgaria|1974 FIFA World Cup squad]] |
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*[[1986 FIFA World Cup squads#Bulgaria|1986 FIFA World Cup squad]] |
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*[[1994 FIFA World Cup squads#Bulgaria|1994 FIFA World Cup squad]] |
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*[[1998 FIFA World Cup squads#Bulgaria|1998 FIFA World Cup squad]] |
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;UEFA European Football Championship squads: |
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*[[UEFA Euro 1996 squads#Bulgaria|UEFA Euro 1996 squad]] |
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*[[UEFA Euro 2004 squads#Bulgaria|UEFA Euro 2004 squad]] |
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{{legend2|#CCFFCC|Positive Record|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} |
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==Recent Fixtures and Results== |
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{{legend2|#FFFFCC|Neutral Record|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} |
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{{main|Bulgaria national football team results}} |
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{{legend2|#FFCCCC|Negative Record|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center; font-size: 100%;" |
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!Date |
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|- style="color:white;" |
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!Location |
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! style="width:145px; background-color:#00966E;"|Opponents |
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!Home and Away Opponent |
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! style="width:30px; background-color:#00966E;"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} |
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!Score |
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! style="width:30px; background-color:#00966E;"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} |
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!Competition |
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! style="width:30px; background-color:#00966E;"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} |
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!Bulgaria scorers |
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! style="width:30px; background-color:#00966E;"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} |
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! style="width:30px; background-color:#00966E;"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} |
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! style="width:30px; background-color:#00966E;"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} |
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! style="width:30px; background-color:#00966E;"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ALB}} || 15 || 7 || 4 || 4 || 17 || 12 || +5 |
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|3 March 2010 |
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|- |
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|[[Stadion Polonii Warszawa|Warszawa,Poland]] |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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|{{fb|Poland}} |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ALG}} || 6 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 9 || 6 || +3 |
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|align=center| 2-0 |
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|- |
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|align=center|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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|[[Dimitar Rangelov|Rangelov]] {{goal|30}}, [[Valeri Domovchiyski|Domovchiyski]] {{goal|81}} |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|AND}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 1 || +4 |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ARG}} || 9 || 1 || 0 || 8 || 6 || 18 || −12 |
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|19 May 2010 |
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|- |
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|[[King Baudouin Stadium|Brussels, Belgium]] |
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|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
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|{{fb|Belgium}} |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ARM}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 |
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|align=center| 1−2 |
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|- |
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|align=center|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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|[[Ivelin Popov|Popov]] {{goal|31}} |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|AUS}} || 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 8 || 4 || +4 |
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|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|AUT}} || 8 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 21 || −14 |
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|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|AZE}} || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 7 || 3 || +4 |
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|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|BLR}} || 10 || 5 || 2 || 3 || 13 || 8 || +5 |
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|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|BEL}} || 14 || 6 || 2 || 6 || 20 || 23 || −3 |
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|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|BOL}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 1 || +2 |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|BIH}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 |
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|24 May 2010 |
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|[[Orlando Stadium|Johanesburg, South Africa]] |
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|{{fb|South Africa}} |
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|align=center| 1−1 |
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|align=center|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |
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|[[Valeri Bojinov|Bojinov]] {{goal|31}} |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|BRA}} || 9 || 0 || 1 || 8 || 2 || 19 || −17 |
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|3 September 2010 |
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|[[Wembley Stadium|London, England]] |
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|{{fb|England}} |
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|align=center| 3−4 |
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|align=center|[[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group G|UEFA Euro 2012 Q]] |
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| |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|CMR}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || +3 |
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|7 September 2010 |
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|- |
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|[[Vasil Levski National Stadium|Sofia, Bulgaria]] |
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|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
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|{{fb|Montenegro}} |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|CAN}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 |
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|align=center| 1-0 |
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|- |
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|align=center|[[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group G|UEFA Euro 2012 Q]] |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
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| |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|CHI}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || −1 |
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|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|CRO}} || 9 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 6 || 18 || −12 |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|CUB}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 2 || +3 |
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|8 October 2010 |
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|[[Cardiff City Stadium|Cardiff, Wales]] |
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|{{fb|Wales}} |
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|align=center| 1−0 |
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|align=center|[[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group G|UEFA Euro 2012 Q]] |
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|[[Ivelin Popov|Popov]] {{goal|48}} |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|CYP}} || 16 || 14 || 1 || 1 || 36 || 10 || +26 |
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|12 October 2010 |
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|[[Ali Sami Yen Stadium|Istanbul, Turkey]] |
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|{{fb|Saudi Arabia}} |
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|align=center| 2−0 |
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|align=center|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |
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|[[Dimitar Rangelov|Rangelov]] {{goal|39}}, [[Valeri Domovchiyski|Domovchiyski]] {{goal|45}} |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|CZE}}{{efn|Includes matches against {{fb|TCH}}.}} || 24 || 10 || 4 || 10 || 22 || 32 || −10 |
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|17 November 2010 |
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|[[Vasil Levski Stadium|Sofia, Bulgaria]] |
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|{{fb|Serbia}} |
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|align=center| 1-1 |
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|align=center|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |
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| [[Valeri Domovchiyski|Domovchiyski]] {{goal|65}} |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|DEN}} || 16 || 4 || 8 || 4 || 20 || 21 || −1 |
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|9 February 2011 |
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|- |
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|[[Antalya Atatürk Stadium|Antalya, Turkey]] |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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|{{fb|Estonia}} |
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| style="text-align:left;"| ''{{fb|DDR}}'' || 23 || 8 || 8 || 7 || 31 || 30 || +1 |
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|align=center| 2−2 |
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|align=center|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |
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|[[Ivelin Popov|Popov]] {{goal|40|pen.}} {{goal|83|pen.}} |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ECU}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 4 || −1 |
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|26 March 2011 |
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|- |
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|[[Vasil Levski Stadium|Sofia, Bulgaria]] |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
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|{{fb|Switzerland}} |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|EGY}} || 7 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 8 || 9 || −1 |
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|align=center| 0−0 |
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|- |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ENG}} || 12 || 0 || 4 || 8 || 2 || 26 || −24 |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|EST}} || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || +2 |
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|29 March 2011 |
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|[[Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium|Larnaka, Cyprus]] |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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|{{fb|Cyprus}} |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|FIN}} || 10 || 7 || 1 || 2 || 20 || 7 || +13 |
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|align=center| 1−0 |
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|align=center|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
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|[[Martin Petrov|Petrov]] {{goal|34}} |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|FRA}} || 23 || 8 || 4 || 11 || 26 || 41 || −15 |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|GEO}} || 8 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 21 || 12 || +9 |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|GER}}{{efn|Includes matches against {{fb|FRG}}.}} || 24 || 4 || 2 || 18 || 28 || 62 || −34 |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|GIB}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 9 || 2 || +7 |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|GRE}} || 26 || 13 || 7 || 6 || 48 || 35 || +13 |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|HUN}} || 34 || 6 || 11 || 17 || 39 || 75 || −36 |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ISL}} || 5 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 12 || 7 || +5 |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|IND}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || +3 |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|IDN}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || +4 |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|IRN}} || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || −1 |
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|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ISR}} || 6 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 12 || 5 || +7 |
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|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ITA}} || 23 || 2 || 9 || 12 || 19 || 42 || −23 |
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|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|JAM}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |
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|2 September 2011 |
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|[[Vasil Levski Stadium|Sofia, Bulgaria]] |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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|{{fb|England}} |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|JPN}} || 6 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 13 || 10 || +3 |
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|align=center| 3−3 |
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|align=center|[[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group G|UEFA Euro 2012 Q]] |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|JOR}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || +2 |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|KAZ}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 2 || +2 |
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|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|KOS}} || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 4 || −1 |
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|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|KUW}} || 5 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 9 || 6 || +3 |
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|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|LVA}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0 || +6 |
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|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|LBN}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 2 || +1 |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|LTU}} || 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 6 || 0 |
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|29 February 2012 |
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|[[ETO Park|Győr, Hungary]] |
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|{{fb|Hungary}} |
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|align=center| 1−1 |
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|align=center|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |
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|[[Valeri Bojinov|Bojinov]] {{goal|87}} |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|LUX}} || 17 || 14 || 3 || 0 || 40 || 9 || +31 |
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|26 May 2012 |
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|[[Amsterdam ArenA|Amsterdam, Netherlands]] |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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|{{fb|Netherlands}} |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|MLT}} || 14 || 11 || 3 || 0 || 45 || 6 || +39 |
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|align=center| 2−1 |
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|align=center|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |
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|[[Ivelin Popov|Popov]] {{goal|49|pen.}}, [[Ilian Mitsanski|Mitsanski]] {{goal|90+3}} |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|MEX}} || 12 || 2 || 6 || 4 || 11 || 14 || −3 |
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|29 May 2012 |
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|[[Red Bull Arena (Salzburg)|Salzburg, Austria]] |
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|{{fb|Turkey}} |
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|align=center| 0-2 |
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|align=center|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |
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| |
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|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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|15 August 2012 |
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|[[Vasil Levski Stadium|Sofia, Bulgaria]] |
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|{{fb|Cyprus}} |
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|align=center| 1-0 |
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|align=center|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]] |
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|[[Ilian Mitsanski|Mitsanski]] {{goal|66}} |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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|7 September 2012 |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|MDA}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 1 || +6 |
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|[[Vasil Levski Stadium|Sofia, Bulgaria]] |
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|{{fb|Italy}} |
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|align=center| |
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|align=center|[[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B|2014 FIFA World Cup Q]] |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
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|11 September 2012 |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|MNE}} || 8 || 1 || 4 || 3 || 9 || 9 || 0 |
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|[[Vasil Levski Stadium|Sofia, Bulgaria]] |
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|{{fb|Armenia}} |
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|align=center| |
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|align=center|[[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B|2014 FIFA World Cup Q]] |
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|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
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|12 October 2012 |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|MAR}} || 6 || 1 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 10 || −5 |
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|[[Vasil Levski Stadium|Sofia, Bulgaria]] |
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|{{fb|Denmark}} |
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|align=center| |
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|align=center|[[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B|2014 FIFA World Cup Q]] |
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| |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
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|12 October 2012 |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|NED}} || 12 || 5 || 2 || 5 || 17 || 20 || −3 |
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| |
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|{{fb|Czech Republic}} |
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|align=center| |
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|align=center|[[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B|2014 FIFA World Cup Q]] |
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| |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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|22 March 2013 |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|NCL}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 3 || +2 |
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|[[Vasil Levski Stadium|Sofia, Bulgaria]] |
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|{{fb|Malta}} |
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|align=center| |
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|align=center|[[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B|2014 FIFA World Cup Q]] |
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| |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
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|26 March 2013 |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|NGA}} || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 4 || −4 |
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|[[Parken Stadium|Kopenhagen, Denmark]] |
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|{{fb|Denmark}} |
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|align=center| |
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|align=center|[[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B|2014 FIFA World Cup Q]] |
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| |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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|6 September 2013 |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|PRK}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 1 || +11 |
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| |
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|{{fb|Italy}} |
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|align=center| |
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|align=center|[[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B|2014 FIFA World Cup Q]] |
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| |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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|10 September 2013 |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|MKD}} || 9 || 5 || 2 || 2 || 9 || 4 || +5 |
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| |
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|{{fb|Malta}} |
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|align=center| |
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|align=center|[[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B|2014 FIFA World Cup Q]] |
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| |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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|11 October 2013 |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|NIR}} || 11 || 6 || 2 || 3 || 12 || 13 || −1 |
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| |
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|{{fb|Armenia}} |
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|align=center| |
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|align=center|[[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B|2014 FIFA World Cup Q]] |
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| |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
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|15 October 2013 |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|NOR}} || 16 || 7 || 4 || 5 || 27 || 16 || +11 |
|||
|[[Vasil Levski Stadium|Sofia, Bulgaria]] |
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|{{fb|Czech Republic}} |
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|align=center| |
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|align=center|[[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B|2014 FIFA World Cup Q]] |
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| |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
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|} |
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|OMA}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 |
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=Records= |
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===Player records=== |
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As of match played 11 October 2011. Players in '''bold''' are still currently playing for the national team. |
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{{col-begin}} |
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{{col-2}} |
|||
===Most appearances=== |
|||
{|class="wikitable sortable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;" |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|||
! # |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|PAR}} || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || −1 |
|||
!class="unsortable"| Name |
|||
!class="unsortable"| Pos. |
|||
!class="unsortable"| Career |
|||
! Caps |
|||
! Goals |
|||
! Average |
|||
|-bgcolor=Gold |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| '''[[Stiliyan Petrov]]''' |
|||
| [[Midfielder|MF]] |
|||
| 1998–''present'' |
|||
| 106 |
|||
| 8 |
|||
| 0.08 |
|||
|-bgcolor=Silver |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| [[Borislav Mihaylov]] |
|||
| [[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]] |
|||
| 1983–1998 |
|||
| 102 |
|||
| 0 |
|||
| 0.00 |
|||
|- style="background:#c96;" |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| [[Hristo Bonev]] |
|||
| [[Forward (association football)|FW]] |
|||
| 1967–1979 |
|||
| 96 |
|||
| 47 |
|||
| 0.49 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|PER}} || 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 11 || 11 || 0 |
|||
| [[Krasimir Balakov]] |
|||
| [[Midfielder|MF]] |
|||
| 1988–2003 |
|||
| 92 |
|||
| 16 |
|||
| 0.17 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|||
| 5 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|POL}} || 27 || 6 || 9 || 12 || 32 || 48 || −16 |
|||
| [[Dimitar Penev]] |
|||
| [[Defender (association football)|DF]] |
|||
| 1965–1974 |
|||
| 90 |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| 0.02 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
|||
| 6 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|POR}} || 13 || 6 || 3 || 4 || 18 || 16 || +2 |
|||
| '''[[Martin Petrov]]''' |
|||
| [[Midfielder|MF]] |
|||
| 1999–''present'' |
|||
| 89 |
|||
| 19 |
|||
| 0.21 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|||
| 7 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|QAT}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 0 |
|||
| [[Radostin Kishishev]] |
|||
| [[Defender (association football)|DF]] |
|||
| 1996–2009 |
|||
| 88 |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| 0.01 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|||
| 8 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|IRL}} || 13 || 3 || 6 || 4 || 10 || 15 || −5 |
|||
| [[Hristo Stoichkov]] |
|||
| [[Forward (association football)|FW]] |
|||
| 1986–1999 |
|||
| 83 |
|||
| 37 |
|||
| 0.45 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|||
| 9 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ROU}} || 44 || 13 || 9 || 22 || 62 || 82 || −20 |
|||
| [[Nasko Sirakov]] |
|||
| [[Forward (association football)|FW]] |
|||
| 1983–1996 |
|||
| 82 |
|||
| 23 |
|||
| 0.28 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|||
| 10 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|RUS}}{{efn|Includes matches against {{fb|URS}}.}} || 28 || 3 || 11 || 14 || 23 || 42 || −19 |
|||
| [[Zlatko Yankov]] |
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| [[Midfielder|MF]] |
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| 1989–1999 |
|||
| 80 |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| 0.05 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
|||
| 11 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|SMR}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0 || +7 |
|||
| [[Ayan Sadakov]] |
|||
| [[Midfielder|MF]] |
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| 1981–1991 |
|||
| 79 |
|||
| 9 |
|||
| 0.11 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
|||
| 12 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|SAU}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 1 || +2 |
|||
| [[Dimitar Berbatov]] |
|||
| [[Forward (association football)|FW]] |
|||
| 1999–2010 |
|||
| 77 |
|||
| 48 |
|||
| 0.62 |
|||
|} |
|||
{{col-2}} |
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===Most goals=== |
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{|class="wikitable sortable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;" |
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|- |
|- |
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|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|||
! # |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|SCO}} || 6 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 10 || −6 |
|||
!class="unsortable"| Player |
|||
!class="unsortable"| Career |
|||
! Goals |
|||
! Caps |
|||
! Average |
|||
|-bgcolor=Gold |
|||
| 1 |
|||
| [[Dimitar Berbatov]] |
|||
| 1999–2010 |
|||
| 48 |
|||
| 77 |
|||
| 0.60 |
|||
|- style="background:silver;" |
|||
| 2 |
|||
| [[Hristo Bonev]] |
|||
| 1967–1979 |
|||
| 47 |
|||
| 96 |
|||
| 0.49 |
|||
|- style="background:#c96;" |
|||
| 3 |
|||
| [[Hristo Stoichkov]] |
|||
| 1987–1999 |
|||
| 37 |
|||
| 83 |
|||
| 0.45 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|||
| 4 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|SRB}}{{efn|Includes matches against {{fb|YUG}} and {{fb|SCG}}.}} || 37 || 9 || 8 || 20 || 53 || 74 || −21 |
|||
| [[Emil Kostadinov]] |
|||
| 1988–1998 |
|||
| 26 |
|||
| 70 |
|||
| 0.37 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
|||
| 5 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|SIN}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 2 || +8 |
|||
| [[Petar Zhekov]] |
|||
| 1963–1972 |
|||
| 25 |
|||
| 44 |
|||
| 0.57 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|||
| 6 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|SVK}} || 8 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 11 || −5 |
|||
| [[Ivan Petkov Kolev|Ivan Kolev]] |
|||
| 1950–1963 |
|||
| 25 |
|||
| 75 |
|||
| 0.33 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
|||
| 7 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|SVN}} || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 9 || 3 || +6 |
|||
| [[Atanas Mihaylov]] |
|||
| 1970–1981 |
|||
| 23 |
|||
| 45 |
|||
| 0.51 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|||
| 8 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|RSA}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 |
|||
| [[Nasko Sirakov]] |
|||
| 1983–1996 |
|||
| 23 |
|||
| 82 |
|||
| 0.28 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
|||
| 9 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|KOR}} || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 1 || +1 |
|||
| [[Dimitar Milanov]] |
|||
| 1948–1959 |
|||
| 20 |
|||
| 39 |
|||
| 0.51 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|||
| 10 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|ESP}} || 9 || 1 || 3 || 5 || 15 || 31 || −16 |
|||
| [[Georgi Asparuhov]] |
|||
| 1962–1970 |
|||
| 19 |
|||
| 50 |
|||
| 0.38 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|||
| 11 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|SUD}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 |
|||
| [[Dinko Dermendzhiev]] |
|||
| 1966–1977 |
|||
| 19 |
|||
| 58 |
|||
| 0.33 |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|||
| 12 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|SWE}} || 16 || 3 || 2 || 11 || 11 || 31 || −20 |
|||
| '''[[Martin Petrov]]''' |
|||
|- |
|||
| 1999–''present'' |
|||
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|||
| 19 |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|SUI}} || 12 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 13 || 22 || −9 |
|||
| 89 |
|||
|- |
|||
| 0.21 |
|||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|TAN}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || +1 |
|||
|- |
|||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|THA}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || +4 |
|||
|- |
|||
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|TUN}} || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 6 || −3 |
|||
|- |
|||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|TUR}} || 27 || 14 || 6 || 7 || 53 || 36 || +17 |
|||
|- |
|||
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|UKR}} || 6 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 8 || −5 |
|||
|- |
|||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|UAE}} || 6 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 14 || 4 || +10 |
|||
|- |
|||
|- bgcolor="#FFFACD" |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|URU}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 |
|||
|- |
|||
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
|||
| style="text-align:left;"| {{fb|WAL}} || 10 || 4 || 1 || 5 || 8 || 6 || +2 |
|||
|- class="sortbottom" |
|||
|- |
|||
|- style="color:white;" |
|||
|colspan=1 style="background: #00966E; color: white;|'''Total (91)''' |
|||
| style="background: #00966E; color: white;|'''800''' |
|||
| style="background: #00966E; color: white;|'''291''' |
|||
| style="background: #00966E; color: white;|'''204''' |
|||
| style="background: #00966E; color: white;|'''305''' |
|||
| style="background: #00966E; color: white;|'''1,122''' |
|||
| style="background: #00966E; color: white;|'''1,175''' |
|||
| style="background: #00966E; color: white;|'''−53''' |
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|} |
|} |
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==Ranking history== |
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* {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Leopold Nitsch]] 1924 |
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* {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Willibald Stejskal]] 1925 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Pavel Grozdanov]] 1927-1930 |
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* {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Carl Nemes]] 1930 |
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* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Otto Feist]] 1931 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Pavel Grozdanov]] 1932-1933 |
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| 8 |
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* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Karoly Foggle]] 1934-1935 |
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| June 1995 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Nikola Kalkandzhiev]] 1935 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivan Batandzhiev]] 1936 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Geno Mateev]] 1936 |
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| 82 |
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* {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Stanislav Toms]] 1937-1938 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Kostantin Maznikov]] 1938 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivan Radoev]] 1939 |
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* {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Franz Koler]] 1940-41 |
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| 96 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivan Radoev]] 1942 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivan Batandzhiev]] 1943 |
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* FIFA-ranking yearly averages for Bulgaria (1992–2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/associations/association/BUL/men/|title=FIFA-ranking yearly averages for Bulgaria|publisher=FIFA.com|access-date=30 September 2020|archive-date=19 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919214423/https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/associations/association/BUL/men/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Todor Konov]] 1946 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Mihail Manov]] 1947 |
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* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Rezső Somlaly]] & {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivan Radoev]] 1947 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivan Radoev]] 1947 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Lubomir Angelov]] 1948 |
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* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Andor Haidu]] 1948-1949 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivan Radoev]] 1950 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Lubomir Angelov]] 1950 |
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* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Andor Haidú]] 1950 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Lubomir Angelov]] 1953 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stoyan Ormandzhiev]] 1950-1953 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stoyan Ormandzhiev]] & {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Krum Milev]] 1954-60 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Pachedzhiev]] 1955-1962 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stoyan Ormandzhiev]] 1963 |
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* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Bella Volentik]] 1963-1964 |
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* {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Rudolf Vytlačil]] 1965–1966 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Dobromir Tashkov]] 1966 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stefan Bozhkov]] 1967–1970 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Vasil Spasov]] 1970–1972 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Hristo Mladenov]] 1972–1974 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stoyan Ormandzhiev]] 1974–1977 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Cvetan Ilchev]] 1978–1980 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Atanas Purzhelov]] 1980–1982 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivan Vutsov]] 1982–1986 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Hristo Mladenov]] 1986–1987 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Boris Angelov]] 1988–1989 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Ivan Vutsov]] 1989–1991 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Krasimir Borisov]] 1991 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Dimitar Penev]] 1991–1996 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Hristo Bonev]] 1996–1998 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Dimitar Dimitrov (football manager)|Dimitar Dimitrov]] 1998–1999 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stoycho Mladenov]] 2000–2001 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Plamen Markov]] 2002–2004 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Hristo Stoichkov]] 2004–2007 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stanimir Stoilov]] 2007 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Dimitar Penev]] 2007 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Plamen Markov]] 2008 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Stanimir Stoilov]] 2009–2010 |
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* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Lothar Matthäus]] 2010-2011 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Michail Madanski]] 2011 |
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* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Luboslav Penev]] 2011- |
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==Honours== |
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===Major competitions=== |
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* '''[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]''' |
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** {{silver02}} Silver medal (1): [[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] |
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** {{bronze03}} Bronze medal (1): [[Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956]] |
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===Regional=== |
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* '''[[Balkan Cup]]''' |
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** '''Champions (3)''': [[1931 Balkan Cup|1931]], [[1932 Balkan Cup|1932]], [[1973–76 Balkan Cup|1976]] |
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** Runners-up (2): [[1935 Balkan Cup|1935]], [[1936 Balkan Cup|1936]] |
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** Third place (1): [[1933 Balkan Cup|1933]] |
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=== Friendly === |
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* '''[[Cyprus International Football Tournament]]''' |
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** '''Champions (1)''': 2007 |
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* '''[[FIFA Series|FIFA Series: Azerbaijan]]''' |
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** '''Champions (1)''': [[2024 FIFA Series#Azerbaijan (ACUD Cup)|2024]] |
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==See also== |
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{{portal|Association football|Bulgaria}} |
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* [[Bulgaria national under-21 football team]] |
* [[Bulgaria national under-21 football team]] |
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* [[Bulgaria national under-19 football team]] |
* [[Bulgaria national under-19 football team]] |
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* [[Bulgaria national under-17 football team]] |
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==Notes== |
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* [http://get.info.bg/sport/Dir.asp?d=0-1 Bulgarian football - history, teams, stadiums, fan clubs] |
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* {{official|https://teambulgaria.bg/}} {{in lang|bg}} |
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* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/bulg-intres.html RSSSF archive of results 1924-] |
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* [https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/BUL Bulgaria FIFA profile] |
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* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/bulg-recintlp.html RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers] |
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* [https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/national-associations/BUL/ Bulgaria UEFA profile] |
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* [http://www.worldcupyears/com/years/1994starplayers.shtml Bulgarian football legends] <!-- temporary broken link as it is being spam-filtered --> |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070204083518/http://get.info.bg/sport/Dir.asp?d=0-1 Bulgarian football – history, teams, stadiums, fan clubs] (archived 4 February 2007) |
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* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bulg-intres.html RSSSF archive of results 1924–] |
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* [https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/bulg-recintlp.html RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers] |
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* [http://www.planetworldcup.com/NATIONS/bul.html Planet World Cup archive of results in the World Cup] |
* [http://www.planetworldcup.com/NATIONS/bul.html Planet World Cup archive of results in the World Cup] |
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* [http://www.planetworldcup.com/NATIONS/bul_squads.html Planet World Cup archive of squads in the World Cup] |
* [http://www.planetworldcup.com/NATIONS/bul_squads.html Planet World Cup archive of squads in the World Cup] |
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* [http://www.planetworldcup.com/NATIONS/bul_qualify.html Planet World Cup archive of results in the World Cup qualifiers] |
* [http://www.planetworldcup.com/NATIONS/bul_qualify.html Planet World Cup archive of results in the World Cup qualifiers] |
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Nickname(s) | Лъвовете / Lavovete (The Lions) Трикольорите / Trikolyorite (The Tricolours) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Association | Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Ilian Iliev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Captain | Kiril Despodov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Most caps | Stiliyan Petrov (105) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top scorer | Dimitar Berbatov Hristo Bonev (48) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home stadium | Various | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIFA code | BUL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current | 82 (19 December 2024)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest | 8 (June 1995) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lowest | 96 (May 2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Austria 6–0 Bulgaria (Vienna, Austria; 21 May 1924) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Singapore 2–10 Bulgaria (Singapore; 13 December 1956) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Spain 13–0 Bulgaria (Madrid, Spain; 21 May 1933) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 7 (first in 1962) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | Fourth place (1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 2 (first in 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | Group stage (1996, 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bulgaria national football team (Bulgarian: Български национален отбор по футбол, romanized: Bǎlgarski natsionalen otbor po futbol) represents Bulgaria in men's international football, and is administered by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA.
Bulgaria's best achievements are reaching the final at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the fourth-place finish at the FIFA World Cup in 1994. Bulgaria have competed at a total of seven World Cups, debuting in 1962 and last appearing in 1998. In addition, they have participated in two European Championships, in 1996 and 2004, the latter marking their most recent major tournament appearance. The team has also competed at the Balkan Cup, winning three titles.
History
[edit]1922–1945: early history
[edit]The Bulgaria national football team was formed in 1922. In 1923, the Bulgarian Football Union was formed and the team's first match was held in Vienna on 21 May 1924, which resulted in a 6–0 defeat against Austria.[3] Bulgaria also participated in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris a few days later.
After being unable to compete in the 1930 World Cup, the Bulgarian side did not qualify for any major tournament for nearly 30 years, narrowly falling short of qualification on numerous occasions. The national team had gone on a streak of finishing 2nd or 3rd in their qualifying groups along with proceeding to the play-offs, but in the end, failing to qualify. Despite their qualifying problems, the national team did manage to defeat many elite teams during memorable international friendlies during those years. It also seemed as if the only tournaments they managed to qualify for were smaller tournaments, such as the Balkan Cup, which they won three times (1931, 1932 and 1973–76), thus being the competition's second most successful team only behind Romania with four titles.
1960s and 1970s
[edit]Bulgaria qualified for the World Cup for the first time in its history in 1962 and followed that up with consecutive appearances in 1966, 1970 and 1974. The team, however, did not have much success and finished in third place in their group two out of the four times.
Bulgaria took part in qualifiers for the European Championship in 1968 and went on to win their group with impressive wins over Norway, Sweden, and Portugal. Although they would go on to lose to the eventual champions and hosts Italy in a two-legged qualifying play-off.
At the 1968 Summer Olympics, the team won the silver medal. They finished first in Group D by defeating Thailand 7–0, Guatemala 2–1, and drawing 2–2 against Czechoslovakia. They advanced to the quarter-finals by defeating Israel and then the semi-finals by defeating favored hosts Mexico. In the Olympic Final, the team was defeated by Hungary, in what many would say was a hard-fought match for both sides.
Despite winning the Balkan Cup twice in 1931 and 1932, the Bulgaria national team added two more trophies to their case as they went on to win the tournament in 1973 and 1976. In both 1973 and 1976, Bulgaria had used their previous World Cup experience to create a very tactical team. This paid off quite well, as they had many decisive victories over Hungary, Greece, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Poland, Albania and Romania. In fact, the team won the 1976 Balkan Cup by beating Romania in the two-legged final 1–0 and 3–2.
Bulgaria finally qualified for their first World Cup in 1962. Bulgaria was drawn in a tough group with elite opponents in England, powerhouse Argentina and Hungary. Bulgaria opened up their campaign with a narrow 0–1 loss to Argentina. Later on, Bulgaria would lose their second group match by a 6–1 score to Hungary. Bulgaria's hopes of qualifying were over, but the national team impressively drew with England (who would host and win the next tournament) 0–0 and finished fourth in the group with only one point.
Bulgaria qualified for their second straight World Cup, drawn into an even tougher group compared to the previous World Cup. They were placed in the group of death with superpowers Hungary, Portugal and Brazil, with Pelé at the helm. Bulgaria opened their campaign match with a 0–2 loss to Brazil thanks to two free kick goals by Pelé and Garrincha. In their second match Bulgaria loss 0–3 to Eusebio's Portugal. Finally, Bulgaria with no chance of advancing to the next round, finished their last match with a 1–3 loss to Hungary. Bulgaria once again finished fourth with zero points in the group.
After their poor World Cup performance, Bulgaria was determined to redeem themselves. Bulgaria was drawn in a very tough group for qualifying, with Norway and Sweden, along with Eusebio's Portugal. Bulgaria started off with a 4–2 win over Norway. They would add to their winning streak with a 2–0 victory against Sweden. In their next two matches Bulgaria would draw 0–0 against Norway, and dominate Sweden 3–0. In their final two group fixtures Bulgaria played Portugal to a 1–0 victory at home and an 0–0 draw on the road, but it was enough to advance to the two-legged qualifying play-off. There Bulgaria were drawn against eventual Euro 1968 host Italy. Italy were defeated in the first leg 3–2, but won the second by a 0–2 score to advance 4–3 on aggregate. Italy would win the playoff and go on to win the tournament, while Bulgaria was eliminated from reaching the finals.
A month and a half after the European Championship qualifying came the Olympics, which Bulgaria had qualified for the fifth time in their history. They were drawn in a simple group with Thailand, Guatemala and Czechoslovakia. Bulgaria started off with a 7–0 thrashing of Thailand. They later went on and drew with Czechoslovakia 2–2 to increase their point standards. Their final match once again determined if they would carry on to the quarter-finals. Needing a decisive win, Bulgaria went on to defeat Guatemala 2–1 and win their Olympic group. They qualified directly to the quarter-finals facing underdogs, Israel. The game remained 1–1 for most of the match until a drawing of lots determined who would go on to the semi-finals of the tournament. Winning the draw Bulgaria advanced to the semi-finals against Mexico. After a very hard-fought match, Bulgaria proved stronger as they came out on top with a 3–2 victory. Bulgaria advanced to the finals for the first time in their Olympic history. They were determined to win the gold medal, but fell short with a 1–4 loss to Hungary. Although battling hard, Bulgaria came out with the silver medal.
Bulgaria qualified for their third straight World Cup, held in Mexico, just like the 1968 Olympics. They were drawn in a very tricky group with Germany, Peru and Morocco. Bulgaria played their first match against Peru, losing 3–2. Germany won Bulgaria's second match, 5–2. The last group stage match ended 1–1; Bulgaria ended up in 3rd place.
The 1974 World Cup was held in West Germany. They were drawn in a decently tough group, with the Netherlands, Sweden and Uruguay. Bulgaria started off with a goalless draw with Sweden. They drew again, this time 1–1 with Uruguay. As the final match came, Bulgaria fell by a 4–1 score. Bulgaria remained in third place in the group stages.
1986–2000
[edit]Bulgaria qualified for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico by finishing second in Group Four, behind France with 11 points, but ahead of powerful rivals Yugoslavia and East Germany. This was their fifth World Cup appearance. They were drawn in Group A with Italy, Argentina, and South Korea. In the opening match of the World Cup, the Bulgarians held the defending champions Italy to an impressive 1–1 draw. Alessandro Altobelli gave the Italians the lead, but an 85th-minute equalizer by Nasko Sirakov gave the Bulgarians the point they needed. The next match was another 1–1 draw against South Korea with the goal for Bulgaria coming from Plamen Getov in the 11th minute. They lost the final match of the group 2–0 against Argentina, who eventually won the tournament. Despite not recording a win, the Bulgarians advanced to the knockout stage by being the third-best third-placed team. By doing so, Bulgaria along with Uruguay became the first nations to qualify for the knockout stage without winning a game in the first round. In the Round of 16, they faced World Cup hosts Mexico, who were looking for revenge due to their previous home Olympic semi-final loss to Bulgaria in Mexico City in 1968. The match was hard-fought from both sides of the scale but ultimately, Mexico came away with the 2–0 win.
Certainly one of the most important dates in Bulgarian football history is 17 November 1993, a date on which Emil Kostadinov scored a deciding goal in the 90th minute to beat France in Paris, allowing Bulgaria to qualify for the World Cup in the United States in 1994. Under the management of Dimitar Penev, the Bulgarians, led by players such as Hristo Stoichkov, Yordan Lechkov, and Krasimir Balakov, along with a multitude of other talented players remembered in Bulgaria as the "Golden Generation", made a strong impression by surprisingly reaching the semi-finals. They entered a very tough Group D with 1990 World Cup runners-up Argentina with Diego Maradona at the helm, African Nations Cup champions Nigeria, and Balkan rivals Greece. The first match ended with a 3–0 defeat to Nigeria. Despite the bad start, the team made quite a huge statement by winning 4–0 against their Greece - their first ever win in a World Cup - and increasing their goal difference. Their third and final match came against Argentina. The powerful Bulgarian side came away with a shocking 2–0 victory. Going into injury-time, Argentina was leading the group. A 91st-minute strike from Nasko Sirakov, however, meant that they'd drop two places and finish third.
Bulgaria continued to the round of 16, where they faced Mexico. Stoichkov opened the scoring in the sixth minute with an incredible strike off a break away from outside the box, tallying his fourth goal. The match ended 1–1 and after no goals were scored in extra time, penalties decided which team would go through. Team captain Borislav Mihaylov saved the first three penalty kicks in a row, breaking the World Cup record. Bulgaria won 3–1 on penalties. In the quarter-finals, Bulgaria faced the defending world champions Germany. At the start of the match held in Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the Bulgarians dominated impressively, hitting the post twice in the process, but eventually found themselves behind after Lothar Matthäus scored the opening goal for the Germans. The Bulgarians, however, managed to turn the game over with a swerving free kick by Hristo Stoichkov and a flying header by Yordan Lechkov, giving them a 2–1 win. In the semi-finals, they controversially lost 2–1 to Italy. Stoichkov scored Bulgaria's only goal in the first half to tally his seventh goal, which led the tournament. In the second half, Bulgaria were waved off on a non-penalty call in which an Italian defender had clearly committed a handball in the box, off a Kostadinov cross. Instead of playing in the final, it became a third place play-off. Bulgaria lost against Sweden 4–0, but the fourth-place finish was Bulgaria's best performance in history to that point.
Hristo Stoichkov was awarded the Golden Boot shared with Oleg Salenko as the top scorer in the tournament with his six goals. Krasimir Balakov was named in the 1994 World Cup Dream Team along with Stoichkov. Later on in December, Stoichkov was awarded the 1994 Ballon d'Or trophy for his great skill and leadership, becoming the first Bulgarian and third Barcelona player to win it in history.[citation needed]
In 1996, the team qualified for the European Football Championship for the first time. They were drawn in Group B with France, Spain, and Romania. Bulgaria started with a 1–1 draw against the Spain. Stoichkov scored his second goal with a wonderful volley, ruled offside. Bulgaria defeated Romania 1–0 in the next group stage match. Stoichkov scored in the third minute. In the final group match, the Bulgarian side lost 3–1 against France; Stoichkov scored a free kick to give Bulgaria their only goal of the game, along with their only loss. At the same time, Spain defeated Romania 2–1, and Bulgaria were eliminated.
Bulgaria qualified for the 1998 World Cup in France by finishing first in Group 5, with decisive wins over Russia. They entered the competition with new manager Hristo Bonev. Bulgaria drew Spain, Nigeria, and Paraguay in Group D. The first match ended decently, in a goalless draw against eventual group runners up Paraguay. In the second match, the Bulgarians lost 1–0 for a second-straight World Cup to Nigeria. The final match ended with a 6–1 defeat to Spain. Following the bad results, Bulgaria finished fourth in the group, with only one point. This was the last World Cup appearance for Bulgaria.
Bulgaria was drawn in a tough qualifying group with teams England, Sweden, and Poland. The campaign started slow with a draw and a defeat by Poland and Sweden. The most memorable match for Bulgaria in the group was the 1–1 draw against England, which was also the last match for Stoichkov before his international retirement. Bulgaria finished fourth with eight points and failed to make the final stages of Euro 2000.
Early 21st century
[edit]Bulgaria was once again drawn into a tough group with Denmark and Czech Republic. The group was also the debut of Bulgaria's top scoring legend Dimitar Berbatov. Bulgaria won the matches against the weaker teams, but lost once and drew once with both Denmark and the Czech Republic. Bulgaria finished third with 17 points, three points behind second-placed Czech Republic, thus failing to make the World Cup in South Korea and Japan.
Bulgaria managed to qualify for the Euro 2004 in Portugal by finishing first with wins over Croatia and Belgium. They drew Sweden, Italy, and Denmark in Group C. All three group stage matches ended up in losses for Bulgaria, with Martin Petrov being the team's lone scorer in the country's 1–2 loss to Italy.
Bulgaria failed to qualify for the World Cup in Germany after a run of poor results. They tied with Sweden and Croatia the first run but lost the other meetings to the two sides. Although Berbatov scored many goals in the qualifiers including a last-minute equalizer against Croatia, Bulgaria still finished third in qualifying with 15 points.
Bulgaria found themselves in a minor tournament in Japan known as the Kirin Cup. They started off well with a 2–1 victory over the hosts Japan. However, Bulgaria lost 5–1 to Scotland, the eventual cup champions. Bulgaria finished as the runners-up and received the silver medal.
Group G of Euro 2008 qualification had Netherlands, Romania, and Bulgaria attempting to qualify for Euro 2008, hosted by Switzerland and Austria. Bulgaria performed well after a run of good results against Romania which gave them the first place. Bulgaria finished third in the group falling short on one point behind the Netherlands.
Bulgaria were drawn against Italy and Ireland in qualifying in Group 8. Bulgaria started the campaign with a series of draws. Manager Plamen Markov was replaced by Stanimir Stoilov in January 2009. The Bulgarians then recorded their first wins of the group over Cyprus, Montenegro and Georgia. They finished in third place with 14 points, therefore failing to qualify to a play-off spot.
Bulgaria were drawn in Group G along with England, Switzerland, Wales, and Montenegro. Bulgaria finished in last place in the group.
In the qualification phase for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, Bulgaria were placed in Group B together with the teams of Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, Armenia and Malta. Under the guidance of former player Lyuboslav Penev as head coach, Bulgaria enjoyed a revival and some noteworthy performances in friendly matches before the start of the qualifying, including a 2–1 victory over 2010 World Cup runners-up Netherlands in Amsterdam. The qualifying began with a 2–2 draw against Euro 2012 runners-up Italy. Bulgaria then edged a tight match against Armenia, which ended 1–0. Next, Bulgaria drew 1–1 against Denmark. Four days later, Bulgaria earned a hard-fought 0–0 draw away to the Czech Republic. As a result, the team climbed from 96th in the FIFA World Rankings, their lowest position in history, to 40th in November 2012.
Penev's players hosted and defeated Malta 6–0 under heavy snowfall. Four days later, Bulgaria drew Denmark 1–1 in Copenhagen. This result left Bulgaria second in the group with 10 points, still undefeated. Bulgaria traveled to Italy, losing 1–0. After a series of poor results, Bulgaria ended up failing to qualify for Brazil 2014.
Bulgaria were placed in a group with Italy, Croatia, Norway, Azerbaijan, and Malta. Bulgaria opened up their first match with a 2–1 victory over Azerbaijan. They were defeated 1–0 by Croatia, following another 2–1 defeat to Norway. To make it worse, Bulgaria drew with Malta 1–1 at home, which would cost manager Lyuboslav Penev his position. He was replaced by Ludogorets Razgrad manager Ivaylo Petev.
On his debut match, Petev's squad drew Romania 0-0; this later led to a 2–2 draw with Italy, which Bulgaria led until a last-minute Italian equalizer. Bulgaria defeated Malta 1–0 to edge two points ever closer to the third place playoff position. After a series of losses, Bulgaria failed to qualify for Euro 2016 in France despite a 2–0 defeat of Azerbaijan.
Bulgaria were drawn in a strong World Cup qualification group with the Netherlands, France, Sweden, Belarus and Luxembourg. They began with a 4–3 win against Luxembourg at home.[4] This was followed by heavy losses to France (4–1) and Sweden (3–0).[5][6] In November 2016, the Lions beat Belarus in Sofia 1–0,[7] and then put up one of their best performances in recent years, beating the Netherlands 2–0 to move into third place in the group.[8] Bulgaria then beat the group leaders Sweden 3–2 in Sofia to move one point behind their opponents in the table.[9] However, they lost the match against the Netherlands at the Amsterdam Arena 3–1. A 1–0 defeat at home to France and a 1–1 draw in Luxembourg ended their chances of qualifying.[10]
2018–present
[edit]Bulgaria were drawn in UEFA Nations League C with Norway, Slovenia and Cyprus. Bulgaria opened up the campaign with a 2–1 win over Slovenia and a clean sheet against Norway. The Norwegians eventually avenged their loss to Bulgaria, resulting in a tie for first place. Bulgaria eventually closed out the second round of games with two 1–1 draws against Slovenia and Cyprus, resulting in a second-place finish.
Bulgaria was drawn in Group A with England, Czech Republic, Montenegro and Kosovo. The team began the qualifying campaign with a 1–1 home draw against Montenegro and a 1–1 away draw to Kosovo while losing three major players due to injuries.[11] They later carried on with two more losses which sparked the end of their group campaign. Despite finishing in fourth place, the national side had one more opportunity to qualify for the Euros thanks to the good performance in the Nations League. It sent Bulgaria to the Path A qualifying play-offs, which also included Hungary, Iceland and Romania.
The draw put Bulgaria against Hungary in their first play-off match on their quest to qualify for a major competition since 2004. However, in front of limited number of home fans, Bulgaria fell 1–3 to Hungary, and was eliminated from the tournament.[12]
After appointing Georgi Dermendzhiev as their new head coach, Bulgaria began their brief promotion in League B. Being drawn into Group 4 with Wales, Finland and Republic of Ireland, Bulgaria played its first match against Ireland. A near victory for the Bulgarians until a 90th minute injury time equalizer sealed the draw for the Irish.[13] Bulgaria would then play away to Wales, where they held the hosts leveled 0–0 until another 90th minute injury time goal that resulted in 0–1 loss. The problems would continue with another set of narrow losses to Finland and Wales, forcing Bulgaria to miss out on promotion to League A. With two more matches left, Bulgaria finished winless against Finland and Ireland, relegating the Lions to League C.
Yasen Petrov was hired as the coach prior to the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup. Bulgaria began the campaign horribly, losing at home 1–3 to Switzerland and 0–2 to Italy. The team somewhat improved in the next two games, drawing away at Northern Ireland and Italy, the reigning European champions. Bulgaria then beat Lithuania 1–0 at home, but lost 1–3 away against the same team, ending their hopes for qualification. A 2–1 home win against Northern Ireland was only a brief moment of rejoice before a heavy 0–4 defeat to Switzerland ended a largely miserable attempt for qualifying.
Bulgaria was allocated to League C for the League of Nations season, after relegation from the previous edition. Bulgaria's opponents were drawn to be North Macedonia, Georgia and Gibraltar. The campaign began with a 1–1 draw against North Macedonia at home, followed by a heavy 2–5 loss against Georgia at home. Yasen Petrov handed his resignation following the game. Georgi Ivanov was appointed as interim manager for the next two games against Gibraltar and Georgia. Another shameful performance followed, when the Lions drew 1–1 in Gibraltar, which was one of only few times that the Gibraltar national team had not lost a competitive game in its history. In Georgia, Bulgaria drew 0–0, extending the winless streak to four games. During the one month pause of the tournament, Serbian Mladen Krstajić was appointed as manager. Under his reins, Bulgaria recorded two wins against Gibraltar at home and North Macedonia away, eventually finishing second in the group. The game against North Macedonia was particularly intense, due to rising political tensions between the two countries at that time. The Bulgarian national anthem was heavily booed, followed by multiple provocations from both Macedonian fans and players aimed at the Bulgarian team.
Team image
[edit]Bulgaria's traditional colours are white, green and red, taken from the colours of the country's flag. This tricolour is reflected through the use of white shirts, green shorts, and red socks. The team's away kits have usually been red.
Their nickname is The Lions, in tribute of the lions represented in the coat of arms of Bulgaria.
Colours[edit] |
Kit sponsorship[edit]
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Ultras and controversy
[edit]In recent years, ultras of the Bulgarian team have developed a reputation for racism. After racist chanting and monkey noises directed at Ashley Young, Ashley Cole and Theo Walcott during a qualifier for Euro 2012, the Bulgarian Football Union was fined €40,000 by UEFA.[14] The BFU denied that racism would be an issue during Euro 2020 qualifiers, claiming that the issue was worse in England.[15] Nevertheless, Bulgarian ultras were accused of racist chants during their matches against Czech Republic, Kosovo and England. As a result, part of the Bulgarian stadium was closed off for the match against England (October 2019), and officials twice halted the game under the UEFA anti-racism protocol.[16] In the following days since the match took place, Bulgarian police identified 15 fans they suspected were responsible for subjecting black English players including Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford and Tyrone Mings to racist abuse, arresting six of them.[17]
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin condemned the alleged abuse calling on the "football family and governments" to "wage war on the racists".[18] Disciplinary proceedings have been launched against both Bulgaria and England.[19]
Home stadium
[edit]Traditionally, the Bulgaria national football team's home stadium is the Vasil Levski National Stadium with a capacity of 44,000. The stadium was officially opened in 1953 and reconstructed in 1966 and 2002. It is the second largest stadium in Bulgaria, behind the Plovdiv Stadium with a capacity of 55,000. During the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, the stadium was used for Levski Sofia matches with Barcelona, Chelsea, and Werder Bremen. Similarly, Ludogorets Razgrad used it as their main home venue for their European matches until the 2017–18 season. The Bulgaria national team's home matches, Bulgarian Cup finals and the Eternal derby of Bulgaria are held at the venue, as well as athletics competitions.
The Huvepharma Arena in Razgrad has been occasionally hosting the national team's matches since 2018. Opened in 1954 and renovated in 2011, the stadium has a capacity of 10,422.
Recently, the national team relocated to the freshly renovated Hristo Botev Stadium in Plovdiv, with a capacity of 18,777.
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Vasil Levski National Stadium
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Hristo Botev Stadium
Results and fixtures
[edit]The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2024
[edit]22 March 2024 FIFA Series | Tanzania | 0–1 | Bulgaria | Baku, Azerbaijan |
15:00 UTC+4 | Report |
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Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 154 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan) |
25 March 2024 FIFA Series | Azerbaijan | 1–1 | Bulgaria | Baku, Azerbaijan |
18:00 UTC+4 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 3,220 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia) |
4 June Friendly | Romania | 0–0 | Bulgaria | Bucharest, Romania |
21:30 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Stadionul Steaua Attendance: 19,024 Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan (Turkey) |
8 June Friendly | Slovenia | 1–1 | Bulgaria | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
15:00 UTC+2 |
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Report | Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 11,037 Referee: Arda Kardeşler (Turkey) |
5 September UEFA Nations League C | Belarus | 0–0 | Bulgaria | Zalaegerszeg, Hungary[note 1] |
20:45 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)[note 1] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) |
8 September UEFA Nations League C | Bulgaria | 1–0 | Northern Ireland | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
19:00 UTC+3 |
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Report | Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium Attendance: 14,300 Referee: Tasos Sidiropoulos (Greece) |
12 October UEFA Nations League C | Bulgaria | 0–0 | Luxembourg | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
19:00 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium Attendance: 15,800 Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia) |
15 October UEFA Nations League C | Northern Ireland | 5–0 | Bulgaria | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
19:45 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 17,891 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France) |
15 November UEFA Nations League C | Luxembourg | 0–1 | Bulgaria | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
20:45 UTC+1 | Report |
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Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg Attendance: 8,307 Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia) |
18 November UEFA Nations League C | Bulgaria | 1–1 | Belarus | Sofia, Bulgaria |
21:45 UTC+2 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands) |
2025
[edit]20 March UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs | Bulgaria | v | Republic of Ireland | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
21:45 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Hristo Botev Stadium |
23 March UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs | Republic of Ireland | v | Bulgaria | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
19:45 UTC±0 | Report | Stadium: Aviva Stadium |
4 September 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | Bulgaria | v | Spain or Netherlands | Bulgaria |
21:45 UTC+3 | Report |
7 September 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | Georgia | v | Bulgaria | Georgia |
17:00 UTC+4 | Report |
11 October 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | Bulgaria | v | Turkey | Bulgaria |
21:45 UTC+3 | Report |
14 October 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | Spain or Netherlands | v | Bulgaria | TBD |
20:45 UTC+2 | Report |
15 November 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | Turkey | v | Bulgaria | Turkey |
20:00 UTC+3 | Report |
18 November 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | Bulgaria | v | Georgia | Bulgaria |
21:45 UTC+2 | Report |
Coaching staff
[edit]Role | Name |
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Head Coach | Ilian Iliev |
Assistant Coach | Petar Kostadinov |
Assistant Coach | Georgi Donkov |
Goalkeeping Coach | Zdravko Zdravkov |
Analyst | Atanas Ribarski |
Fitness Coach | Yasen Lyubenov |
Recovery Coach | Nikola Izpoldzhiyski |
GPS Analyst | Alex Mihalev |
Doctor | Zdravko Taralov |
Coaching history
[edit]- Leopold Nitsch (1922–1924)
- Willibald Stejskal (1925–1926)
- Pavel Grozdanov (1927–1930)
- Carl Nemes (1930–1931)
- Otto Feist (1931–1932)
- Pavel Grozdanov (1932–1933)
- Károly Fogl (1934–1935)
- Nikola Kalkandzhiev (1935–1936)
- Ivan Batandzhiev (1936)
- Geno Mateev (1936–1937)
- Stanislav Toms (1937–1938)
- Kostantin Maznikov (1938–1939)
- Ivan Radoev (1939–1940)
- Franz Köhler (1940–1941)
- Ivan Radoev (1941–1942)
- Ivan Batandzhiev (1943–1945)
- Todor Konov (1945–1946)
- Mihail Manov (1947)
- Ivan Radoev (1947)
- Rezső Somlai (1947–1948)
- Lubomir Angelov (1948)
- Andor Hajdú (1948–1949)
- Ivan Radoev (1950)
- Lubomir Angelov (1950)
- Andor Hajdú (1950)
- Lubomir Angelov (1950–1953)
- Stoyan Ormandzhiev (1950–1953)
- Krum Milev (1954–1960)
- Georgi Pachedzhiev (1955–1962)
- Stoyan Ormandzhiev (1963)
- Béla Volentik (1963–1965)
- Rudolf Vytlačil (1965–1966)
- Dobromir Tashkov (1966–1967)
- Stefan Bozhkov (1967–1970)
- Vasil Spasov (1970–1972)
- Hristo Mladenov (1972–1974)
- Stoyan Ormandzhiev (1974–1977)
- Tsvetan Ilchev (1978–1980)
- Atanas Purzhelov (1980–1982)
- Ivan Vutsov (1982–1986)
- Hristo Mladenov (1986–1987)
- Boris Angelov (1988–1989)
- Ivan Vutsov (1989–1991)
- Dimitar Penev (1991–1996)
- Hristo Bonev (1996–1998)
- Dimitar Dimitrov (1998–1999)
- Stoycho Mladenov (2000–2001)
- Plamen Markov (2002–2004)
- Hristo Stoichkov (2004–2007)
- Stanimir Stoilov (2007)
- Dimitar Penev (2007)
- Plamen Markov (2007–2008)
- Stanimir Stoilov (2009–2010)
- Lothar Matthäus (2010–2011)
- Mihail Madanski (2011)
- Lyuboslav Penev (2011–2014)
- Ivaylo Petev (2015–2016)
- Petar Hubchev (2016–2019)
- Krasimir Balakov (2019)
- Georgi Dermendzhiev (2019–2020)
- Yasen Petrov (2021–2022)
- Georgi Ivanov (2022)
- Mladen Krstajić (2022–2023)
- Ilian Iliev (2023–present)
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]The following players were called up for the UEFA Nations League games against Luxembourg and Belarus on 15 and 18 November 2024.[21]
Caps and goals as of 18 November 2024, after the match against Belarus.[22][23]
Recent call-ups
[edit]The following players have also been called up to the Bulgarian squad within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Ivan Dyulgerov | 15 July 1999 | 6 | 0 | CSKA Sofia | v. Northern Ireland, 15 October 2024 |
DF | Ivan Turitsov | 18 July 1999 | 19 | 0 | CSKA Sofia | v. Northern Ireland, 15 October 2024 |
DF | Angel Lyaskov | 16 March 1998 | 2 | 0 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | v. Northern Ireland, 15 October 2024 |
DF | Anton Nedyalkov | 30 April 1993 | 29 | 0 | Ludogorets Razgrad | v. Romania, 4 June 2024INJ |
DF | Patrik-Gabriel Galchev | 14 April 2001 | 6 | 0 | Levski Sofia | v. Azerbaijan, 25 March 2024 |
DF | Andrey Yordanov | 6 September 2001 | 0 | 0 | Botev Plovdiv | v. Azerbaijan, 25 March 2024 |
MF | Ivaylo Chochev | 18 February 1993 | 46 | 4 | Ludogorets Razgrad | v. Northern Ireland, 15 October 2024 |
MF | Georgi Kostadinov | 7 September 1990 | 44 | 3 | APOEL | v. Northern Ireland, 15 October 2024 |
MF | Ivan Minchev | 28 May 1991 | 2 | 0 | Slavia Sofia | v. Northern Ireland, 15 October 2024 |
MF | Ilia Gruev | 6 May 2000 | 18 | 0 | Leeds United | v. Luxembourg, 12 October 2024INJ |
MF | Todor Nedelev | 7 February 1993 | 44 | 5 | Ludogorets Razgrad | v. Romania, 4 June 2024INJ |
MF | Yoni Stoyanov | 22 May 2001 | 9 | 0 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | v. Azerbaijan, 25 March 2024 |
MF | Dimitar Tonev | 15 October 2001 | 0 | 0 | Botev Plovdiv | v. Azerbaijan, 25 March 2024 |
FW | Kiril Despodov (captain) | 11 November 1996 | 54 | 15 | PAOK | v. Belarus, 18 November 2024SUS |
FW | Georgi Minchev | 20 April 1995 | 13 | 1 | Ümraniyespor | v. Northern Ireland, 15 October 2024 |
FW | Spas Delev | 22 September 1989 | 47 | 5 | Lokomotiv Sofia | v. Romania, 4 June 2024INJ |
FW | Zdravko Dimitrov | 24 August 1998 | 4 | 0 | Bodrum | v. Northern Ireland, 15 October 2024 |
FW | Svetoslav Kovachev | 14 March 1998 | 5 | 0 | Akhmat Grozny | v. Belarus, 5 September 2024INJ |
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Player records
[edit]- As of 17 November 2019.[24]
- Players in bold text are still active with Bulgaria.
Most appearances
[edit]Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
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1 | Stiliyan Petrov | 105 | 8 | 1998–2011 |
2 | Borislav Mihaylov | 102 | 0 | 1983–1998 |
3 | Hristo Bonev | 96 | 48 | 1967–1979 |
4 | Krasimir Balakov | 92 | 16 | 1988–2003 |
5 | Dimitar Penev | 90 | 2 | 1965–1974 |
Martin Petrov | 90 | 19 | 1999–2011 | |
Ivelin Popov | 90 | 18 | 2007–2019 | |
8 | Radostin Kishishev | 88 | 1 | 1996–2009 |
9 | Hristo Stoichkov | 83 | 37 | 1986–1999 |
10 | Zlatko Yankov | 80 | 4 | 1990–1999 |
Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Average | Career |
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1 | Dimitar Berbatov | 48 | 78 | 0.62 | 1999–2010 |
Hristo Bonev | 48 | 96 | 0.5 | 1967–1979 | |
3 | Hristo Stoichkov | 37 | 83 | 0.45 | 1987–1999 |
4 | Emil Kostadinov | 27 | 70 | 0.39 | 1988–1998 |
5 | Lyubomir Angelov | 26 | 44 | 0.59 | 1931–1940 |
6 | Petar Zhekov | 25 | 44 | 0.57 | 1963–1972 |
Ivan Kolev | 25 | 75 | 0.33 | 1950–1963 | |
8 | Nasko Sirakov | 24 | 78 | 0.31 | 1983–1996 |
9 | Atanas Mihaylov | 23 | 45 | 0.51 | 1970–1981 |
10 | Dimitar Milanov | 19 | 39 | 0.49 | 1948–1959 |
Georgi Asparuhov | 19 | 49 | 0.39 | 1962–1970 | |
Dinko Dermendzhiev | 19 | 58 | 0.33 | 1966–1977 | |
Martin Petrov | 19 | 90 | 0.21 | 1999–2011 |
Youngest debutants
[edit]- As of 15 November 2021.
- Results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.
Rank | Player | Age on debut | Opponent | Result | Year |
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1 | Vladimir Todorov | 15 years 08 months 14 days | Romania | 2–3 | 1929 |
2 | Aleksandar Belokapov | 15 years 10 months 11 days | Germany | 1–2 | 1939 |
3 | Georgi Sokolov | 16 years 10 months 24 days | Netherlands | 3–2 | 1959 |
4 | Radoslav Maznikov | 17 years 02 months 12 days | Romania | 0–3 | 1929 |
5 | Nikola Staykov | 17 years 07 months 28 days | Yugoslavia | 1–3 | 1926 |
6 | Nikolay Mihaylov | 17 years 10 months 13 days | Scotland | 1–5 | 2006 |
7 | Martin Minchev | 17 years 11 months 00 days | Montenegro | 1–1 | 2019 |
8 | Hristo Minkovski | 17 years 11 months 17 days | Romania | 0–3 | 1929 |
9 | Nikola Savov | 18 years 01 month 10 days | Hungary | 1–4 | 1934 |
10 | Krasimir Chomakov | 18 years 01 month 12 days | Uzbekistan | 0–0 | 1995 |
Competitive record
[edit]FIFA World Cup
[edit]Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
1930 | Did not enter | Declined invitation | |||||||||||||||
1934 | Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | ||||||||||
1938 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||
1950 | Did not enter | Declined participation | |||||||||||||||
1954 | Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||
1958 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | |||||||||||
1962 | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | Squad | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
1966 | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | Squad | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |||
1970 | 13th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |||
1974 | 12th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | |||
1978 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
1982 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | |||||||||||
1986 | Round of 16 | 15th | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Squad | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | ||
1990 | Did not qualify | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
1994 | Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | Squad | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | ||
1998 | Group stage | 29th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | Squad | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | ||
2002 | Did not qualify | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | ||||||||||
2006 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | |||||||||||
2010 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | |||||||||||
2014 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | |||||||||||
2018 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||||||||||
2022 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||||||||||
2026 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
2030 | |||||||||||||||||
2034 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | Fourth place | 7/22 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 53 | — | 137 | 62 | 29 | 46 | 215 | 191 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA European Championship
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
1960 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
1964 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
1968 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | |||||||||||
1972 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | |||||||||||
1976 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||||||||||
1980 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||||||||||
1984 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||
1988 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||||
1992 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | |||||||||||
1996 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Squad | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | ||
2000 | Did not qualify | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||
2004 | Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | Squad | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | ||
2008 | Did not qualify | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | ||||||||||
2012 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |||||||||||
2016 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||||||||||
2020 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | |||||||||||
2024 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||||||||||
2028 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
2032 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | Group stage | 2/17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | — | 130 | 50 | 33 | 47 | 171 | 154 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA Nations League
[edit]UEFA Nations League record | ||||||||||
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Season | Division | Group | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | P/R | RK |
2018–19 | C | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 29th | |
2020–21 | B | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 31st | |
2022–23 | C | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 40th | |
2024–25 | C | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | TBD | |
Total | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 29th |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games
[edit]Olympic Games record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1908 | Did not enter | ||||||||
1912 | |||||||||
1920 | |||||||||
1924 | Round of 16 | 12th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Squad |
1928 | Did not enter | ||||||||
1936 | |||||||||
1948 | |||||||||
1952 | Round of 16 | 13th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Squad |
1956 | Bronze medal | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | Squad |
1960 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | Squad |
1964 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1968 | Silver medal | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | Squad |
1972 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1976 | |||||||||
1980 | |||||||||
1984 | |||||||||
1988 | |||||||||
Since 1992 | Olympic football has been an under-23 tournament | ||||||||
Total | 1 Silver medal | 5/17 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 19 | — |
Balkan Cup
[edit]Balkan Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1929–31 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 19 | |
1931 | Champions | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
1932 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
1933 | Third place | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
1934–35 | Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |
1935 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |
1936 | Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |
1946 | Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
1947 | Fourth place | 4th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
1948* | Group stage | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |
1973–76 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |
1977–80 | Group stage | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
Total | 3 Titles | 12/12 | 42 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 81 | 99 |
- *Competition abandoned with Bulgaria in third place.
Head-to-head record
[edit]As of 18 November 2024 after the match against Belarus.[25]
Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record
Opponents | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albania | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 |
Algeria | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 |
Andorra | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
Argentina | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 18 | −12 |
Armenia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Australia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 |
Austria | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 21 | −14 |
Azerbaijan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
Belarus | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | +5 |
Belgium | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 23 | −3 |
Bolivia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Brazil | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 19 | −17 |
Cameroon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Chile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
Croatia | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | −12 |
Cuba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
Cyprus | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 10 | +26 |
Czech Republic[a] | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 32 | −10 |
Denmark | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 21 | −1 |
East Germany | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 30 | +1 |
Ecuador | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
Egypt | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 |
England | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 26 | −24 |
Estonia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
Finland | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | +13 |
France | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 41 | −15 |
Georgia | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 |
Germany[b] | 24 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 28 | 62 | −34 |
Gibraltar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 |
Greece | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 48 | 35 | +13 |
Hungary | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 39 | 75 | −36 |
Iceland | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 |
India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 |
Iran | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 |
Israel | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 |
Italy | 23 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 42 | −23 |
Jamaica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Japan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 |
Jordan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
Kosovo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
Kuwait | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 |
Latvia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 |
Lebanon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Luxembourg | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 9 | +31 |
Malta | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 6 | +39 |
Mexico | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 |
Moldova | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 |
Montenegro | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Morocco | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 |
Netherlands | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | −3 |
New Caledonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
Nigeria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 |
North Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 |
North Macedonia | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
Northern Ireland | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 |
Norway | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | +11 |
Oman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Paraguay | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 |
Peru | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Poland | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 48 | −16 |
Portugal | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | +2 |
Qatar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Republic of Ireland | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 |
Romania | 44 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 62 | 82 | −20 |
Russia[c] | 28 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 42 | −19 |
San Marino | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 |
Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
Scotland | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 |
Serbia[d] | 37 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 53 | 74 | −21 |
Singapore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 |
Slovakia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 |
Slovenia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 |
South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
South Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
Spain | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 31 | −16 |
Sudan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Sweden | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 31 | −20 |
Switzerland | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | −9 |
Tanzania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 |
Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
Turkey | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 36 | +17 |
Ukraine | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 |
United Arab Emirates | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 |
Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Wales | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | +2 |
Total (91) | 800 | 291 | 204 | 305 | 1,122 | 1,175 | −53 |
- ^ Includes matches against Czechoslovakia.
- ^ Includes matches against West Germany.
- ^ Includes matches against Soviet Union.
- ^ Includes matches against Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.
Ranking history
[edit]Rank | Date | |
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Best Rank | 8 | June 1995 |
Current Rank | 82 | December 2024 |
Worst Rank | 96 | May 2012 |
- FIFA-ranking yearly averages for Bulgaria (1992–2023)[26]
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. Updates on reimplementing the Graph extension, which will be known as the Chart extension, can be found on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
- As of 24 October 2024
Honours
[edit]Major competitions
[edit]Regional
[edit]Friendly
[edit]- Cyprus International Football Tournament
- Champions (1): 2007
- FIFA Series: Azerbaijan
- Champions (1): 2024
Summary
[edit]Competition | Total | |||
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FIFA World Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Olympic Games | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
UEFA European Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
See also
[edit]- Bulgaria national under-21 football team
- Bulgaria national under-19 football team
- Bulgaria national under-18 football team
- Bulgaria national under-17 football team
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Due to the Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus are required to play their home matches at neutral venues, and behind closed doors, until further notice.[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
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- ^ "1924 friendly Austria v Bulgaria". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "Bulgaria-Luxembourg - European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
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- ^ "Bulgaria-Belarus - European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
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- ^ "Belarus teams to play on neutral ground in UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
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External links
[edit]- Official website (in Bulgarian)
- Bulgaria FIFA profile
- Bulgaria UEFA profile
- Bulgarian football – history, teams, stadiums, fan clubs (archived 4 February 2007)
- RSSSF archive of results 1924–
- RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
- Planet World Cup archive of results in the World Cup
- Planet World Cup archive of squads in the World Cup
- Planet World Cup archive of results in the World Cup qualifiers