Bulgarian national soccer team

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Bulgaria
България
Bălgarija
Logo Balgarski futbolen sajus
Nickname (s) The lions (bulg. Лъвовете, Lavowete )
Association Balgarski futbolen sajus
confederacy UEFA
Technical sponsor Joma
Head coach BulgariaBulgaria Georgi Dermendzhiew (interim)
captain Svetoslav Djakov
Record scorer Dimitar Berbatov (48)
Record player Stilian Petrov (106)
Home stadium National Stadium
“Vasil Levski”
, Sofia
FIFA code BUL
FIFA rank 59th (1381 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
Balance sheet
658 games
244 wins
159 draws
255 defeats
statistics
First international match Austria 6-0 Bulgaria ( Vienna , Austria ; May 21, 1924 )
AustriaAustria Bulgaria 1908Bulgaria
Biggest wins Bulgaria 7-0 Norway ( Sofia , Bulgaria ; November 3, 1957 ) Bulgaria 7-0 Malta ( Sofia , Bulgaria ; October 14, 1982 )
Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria NorwayNorway

Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria MaltaMalta
Biggest defeat Spain 13-0 Bulgaria ( Madrid , Spain ; May 21, 1933 )
Spain Second RepublicSecond Spanish Republic Bulgaria 1908Bulgaria
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals 7 ( first : 1962 )
Best results Fourth place ( 1994 )
European Championship
Participation in the finals 2 ( first : 1996 )
Best results Preliminary round ( 1996 , 2004 )
Olympic games
bronze 1956
silver 1968
(As of October 18, 2019)

The Bulgarian national football team is the football selection of the Bulgarian Football Association . Her greatest achievement was reaching fourth place at the 1994 World Cup .

history

The Bulgarian football association is called Balgarski futbolen sajus (Bulgarian Български футболен съюз) and was founded in 1923. The Bulgarian national football team can boast a large number of finals participations, but they were almost always eliminated in the preliminary round. Only at the 1994 World Cup in the USA was Bulgaria able to advance to the semi-finals thanks to an outstanding Christo Stoitschkow , who ten years later also worked as a national coach for some time.

The team is currently coached by Georgi Dermendzhiew .

Participation of Bulgaria in the Football World Cup (7 times)

year Host country Participation until ... Last opponent Result Trainer Comments and special features
1930 Uruguay not participated
1934 Italy not qualified In the qualification to Austria and Hungary failed
1938 France not qualified Failed in the qualification at the ČSR
1950 Brazil not participated
1954 Switzerland not qualified Failed in the qualification at the ČSR
1958 Sweden not qualified In the qualification of Hungary failed
1962 Chile Preliminary round Argentina , Hungary , England 000000000000015.000000000015th Georgi Patschedschiev
1966 England Preliminary round Brazil , Portugal , Hungary 000000000000015.000000000015th Rudolf Vytlačil
( ČSSR )CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
1970 Mexico Preliminary round Peru , Germany , Morocco 000000000000013.000000000013. Stefan Boschkow
1974 Germany Preliminary round Sweden , Uruguay , Netherlands 000000000000012.000000000012. Christo Mladenow
1978 Argentina not qualified In the qualification of France failed
1982 Spain not qualified In the qualification to Germany and Austria failed
1986 Mexico Round of 16 Mexico 000000000000015.000000000015th Ivan Wuzov
1990 Italy not qualified In the qualification of Romania failed
1994 United States 3rd place match Sweden Fourth Dimitar Penew Loss in the semi-finals against Italy
Christo Stoitschkow together with Oleg Salenko top scorer.
1998 France Preliminary round Paraguay , Nigeria , Spain 000000000000029.000000000029 Christo Bonew
2002 South Korea / Japan not qualified In the qualification of Denmark and the Czech Republic failed
2006 Germany not qualified In the qualification of Croatia and Sweden failed
2010 South Africa not qualified In the qualification of Italy and Ireland failed, Ireland then failed in the play-offs.
2014 Brazil not qualified In the qualifying failed as a group fourth in Group B. From this group, only group winners Italy could qualify for the 2014 World Cup , because group runner-up Denmark, as the worst runner-up in the group, missed out on the playoff games for the last four World Cup starting places.
2018 Russia not qualified In the qualification of France and Sweden failed.
2022 Qatar

Participation of Bulgaria in the European Football Championship (2 times)

Bulgaria first took part in a European Championship finals when the field was increased to 16 in 1996.

year Host country Participation until ... Last opponent Result Comments and special features
1960 France not qualified In the second round to eventual runner-up of Yugoslavia failed.
1964 Spain not qualified In the second round of France failed.
1968 Italy not qualified In the quarter-finals to eventual hosts and European champions Italy failed.
1972 Belgium not qualified Hungary failed in the qualification at the later fourth place .
1976 Yugoslavia not qualified In qualifying on defending champion and eventual runner-up Germany failed.
1980 Italy not qualified In the qualification of England failed.
1984 France not qualified Failed in the qualification to Yugoslavia .
1988 BR Germany not qualified In the qualification of Ireland failed.
1992 Sweden not qualified In the qualification of Scotland failed.
1996 England Preliminary round France , Spain , Romania - After a win against Romania, a draw against Spain and a defeat against France, eliminated in third place in the group.
2000 Netherlands and Belgium not qualified In the qualification of England and Sweden failed.
2004 Portugal Preliminary round Denmark , Italy , Sweden - Eliminated after three defeats as bottom of the group.
2008 Austria and Switzerland not qualified In the qualification of Romania and the Netherlands failed.
2012 Poland and Ukraine not qualified In the qualification of England and Montenegro failed.
2016 France not qualified In the qualification of Italy and Croatia failed.
2021 Europe In qualifying , Bulgaria will face England , Kosovo , Montenegro and the Czech Republic .

Participation in the Summer Olympics for amateur teams (4 times)

1908 in London did not participate, the association was only founded in 1923
1912 in Stockholm did not participate, the association was only founded in 1923
1920 in Antwerp did not participate, the association was only founded in 1923
1924 in Paris not participated
1928 in Amsterdam not participated
1936 in Berlin not participated
1948 in London not participated
1952 in Helsinki qualification
1956 in Melbourne Third
1960 in Rome Preliminary round
1964 in Tokyo not qualified
1968 in Mexico City Second
1972 in Munich not qualified
1976 in Montreal not qualified
1980 in Moscow not qualified

Current squad

Bulgarian national soccer team on March 26, 2011
Squad for the UEFA Nations League game against Slovenia on November 19, 2018 (as of November 19, 2018)
No. Surname society Date of birth Calls Gates debut Last use
goal
1 Georgi Petkov BulgariaBulgaria Slavia Sofia 14 Mar 1976 000000000000013.000000000013 000000000000000.00000000000 Feb 16, 1999 19 Nov 2018
13 Blagoy Makendziev BulgariaBulgaria Cherno More Varna July 11, 1988 000000000000001.00000000001 000000000000000.00000000000 0Feb 7, 2015 0Feb 7, 2015
23 Dimitar Evtimov EnglandEngland Accrington Stanley 0Sep 7 1993 000000000000000.00000000000 000000000000000.00000000000 - -
Defense
2 Strachil Popov TurkeyTurkey Kasımpaşa Istanbul Aug 31, 1990 000000000000022.000000000022nd 000000000000000.00000000000 May 23, 2014 19 Nov 2018
3 Petar Sanew RussiaRussia Yenisei Krasnoyarsk Oct 18, 1985 000000000000036.000000000036 000000000000000.00000000000 0Feb 6, 2007 19 Nov 2018
4th Boschidar Chorbadschijski BulgariaBulgaria CSKA Sofia 0Aug 8, 1995 000000000000008.00000000008th 000000000000000.00000000000 06 Sep 2016 Oct 16, 2018
5 Nikolai Bodurov BulgariaBulgaria CSKA Sofia May 30, 1986 000000000000048.000000000048 000000000000002.00000000002 0Oct 8, 2010 19 Nov 2018
11 Ivan Bandalovski BulgariaBulgaria Beroe Stara Sagora Nov 23, 1986 000000000000018.000000000018th 000000000000000.00000000000 Oct 14, 2009 Oct 16, 2018
14th Anton Nedjalkow BulgariaBulgaria Ludogorez Razgrad Apr 30, 1993 000000000000008.00000000008th 000000000000000.00000000000 06 Sep 2016 19 Nov 2018
15th Wassil Boschikow SlovakiaSlovakia ŠK Slovan Bratislava 0June 2nd, 1988 000000000000019.000000000019th 000000000000000.00000000000 25th Mar 2016 19 Nov 2018
21st Hadzhiev came BulgariaBulgaria Beroe Stara Sagora 22 Sep 1991 000000000000000.00000000000 000000000000000.00000000000 - -
midfield
6th Simeon Slavchev AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Qarabağ Agdam 25 Sep 1993 000000000000022.000000000022nd 000000000000000.00000000000 Oct 15, 2013 19 Nov 2018
7th Georgi Kostadinov RussiaRussia Arsenal Tula 0Sep 7 1990 000000000000016.000000000016 000000000000003.00000000003 0Oct 7, 2016 19 Nov 2018
12 Aleksandar Tsvetkov BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria Beroe Stara Sagora Aug 31, 1990 000000000000002.00000000002 000000000000000.00000000000 0Oct 7, 2011 03rd Sep 2017
16 Kristijan Malinov BulgariaBulgaria CSKA Sofia 30th Mar 1994 000000000000004.00000000004th 000000000000000.00000000000 0Feb 7, 2015 Oct 16, 2018
18th Galin Ivanov BulgariaBulgaria Slavia Sofia Apr 15, 1988 000000000000004.00000000004th 000000000000001.00000000001 03rd June 2016 19 Nov 2018
20th Martin Rajnow BulgariaBulgaria Beroe Stara Sagora Apr 25, 1992 000000000000007.00000000007th 000000000000000.00000000000 Oct 10, 2016 0Sep 9 2018
22nd Nikolay Dimitrov RussiaRussia Urals Sverdlovsk Oblast Oct 15, 1987 000000000000011.000000000011 000000000000001.00000000001 Nov 19, 2008 19 Nov 2018
attack
8th Svetoslav Kovachev BulgariaBulgaria Dunaw Russian FC 14 Mar 1998 000000000000000.00000000000 000000000000000.00000000000 - -
9 Delew spas PolandPoland Pogoń Szczecin 22 Sep 1989 000000000000022.000000000022nd 000000000000002.00000000002 26th Mar 2011 19 Nov 2018
10 Ivelin Popov (C)Captain of the crew RussiaRussia FK Rostov Oct 26, 1987 000000000000080.000000000080 000000000000016.000000000016 08 Sep 2007 19 Nov 2018
17th Stanislav Kostov BulgariaBulgaria Levski Sofia 0Oct 2, 1991 000000000000002.00000000002 000000000000000.00000000000 Nov 16, 2018 19 Nov 2018
19th Radoslav Kirilov ItalyItaly Vis Pesaro dal 1898 June 29, 1992 000000000000003.00000000003 000000000000000.00000000000 Nov 13, 2016 19 Nov 2018

Record player

# Surname Period Games Gates World Cup games EM games
01 Stilian Petrov 1998-2011 105 08th 00 02
02 Borislav Mikhailov 1983-1998 102 00 11 03
03 Christo Bonew 1967-1979 096 48 06th 00
04th Krassimir Balakov 1988-2003 092 15th 10 03
05 Dimitar Penew 1965-1974 090 02 09 00
0 Martin Petrov 1999-2011 090 19th 00 03
07th Ivelin Popov since 2007 088 16 00 00
08th Radostin Kishishev 1996-2009 085 01 03 02
09 Christo Stoitschkow 1986-1999 083 37 10 03
10 Nasko Sirakow 1983-1996 082 24 11 01
11 Slatko Jankow 1989-1999 080 04th 08th 03
12 Ayan Sadakov 1981-1991 079 09 04th 00
13 Dimitar Berbatov 1999-2010 078 48 00 03
14th Georgi Dimitrov 1978-1987 077 06th 04th 00
Record mark

Sources: rsssf.com ; eu-football.info

Player with the most goals

# player Period Gates Games World Cup goals EM goals
01 Dimitar Berbatov 1999-2010 48 78 NT 0
Christo Bonew 1967-1979 48 96 2 NT
03 Christo Stoitschkow 1987-1999 37 83 6th 3
04th Emil Kostadinov 1988-1998 27 70 1 0
05 Liubomir Angelow 1931-1940 26th 44 NT KW
06th Petar Shekov 1963-1972 25th 44 0 NT
Ivan Kolew 1950-1963 25th 75 0 NT
08th Nasko Sirakow 1983-1997 24 82 2 0
09 Atanas Michajlow 1967-1979 23 45 0 NT
10 Dimitar Milanov 1948-1959 20th 39 NT NT
11 Martin Petrov 1999-2011 19th 92 NT 1
Georgi Asparukhov 1962-1970 19th 50 2 NT
Dinko Dermendschiev 1966-1977 19th 58 1 NT
...
15th Ivelin Popov since 2007 16 88 NT NT
Record mark ; KW = no competition at the player's active time, NT = not participated / qualified

Trainer

List of international matches of the Bulgarian national football team

See also

Web links

Commons : Bulgarian National Football Team  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930–2010 (PDF; 200 kB)
  3. FIFA only recognizes 98 matches as A international matches ( PDF )
  4. a b Of which 9 Olympic qualifying games that are not recognized by FIFA as A international games. 2 of them were games against the Polish senior national team
  5. a b In some statistics, e.g. B. Bulgaria - Turkey 5: 1 , one of his goals is scored as an own goal by Nikos Kovis.
  6. Including 9 Olympic qualifying games that are not recognized by FIFA as A international matches. Two of them were games against the Polish and Romanian senior national teams
  7. In his eu-football-game list there are still 3 games at the Merdeka Tournament 1995, which are not taken into account by FIFA and rsssf. By contrast, rsssf counts the game against Hungary on March 12, 2003, which was abandoned after 45 minutes, which FIFA and eu-football do not take into account.
  8. a b In his eu football statistics , there is still one game against Greece on August 31, 1983, which is not taken into account by FIFA and rsssf.
  9. The 80th international match of rsssf is the game against South Korea on November 18, 2003, which is missing from his eu football statistics .
  10. ^ Roberto Mamrud: Bulgaria - Record International Players ( English ) Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  11. Bulgaria - Bulgaria → appearancs by cap ( English ) European football database. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  12. Including 4 in Olympic qualifying matches that are not recognized by FIFA as A international matches. 2 of them in games against the Polish senior team
  13. Some of these may be in Olympic qualifying games that are not recognized by FIFA as A international matches.
  14. In his eu football game list , one goal on May 22, 1991 against San Marino is counted, which is missing from the rsssf list .

Note: In the description of the Cyrillic script, the German-language Wikipedia refers to the German transcription provided by the Duden (see Wikipedia: naming conventions / Cyrillic ). When writing articles about the individual players, however, it is desirable that a forwarding of the English transcription is created.