Football World Cup 1962 / Bulgaria

This article covers the Bulgarian national soccer team at the 1962 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Bulgaria	6: 4	6th
2	France	10: 3	6th
3	Finland	3:12	0

France	-	Bulgaria	3-0
Finland	-	Bulgaria	0: 2
Bulgaria	-	Finland	3: 1
Bulgaria	-	France	1-0

Decision game in Milan :

Bulgaria

-

France

1-0

Bulgarian contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Georgi Naidenow	ZDNA Sofia	December 21, 1931
18th	Ivan Ivanov	Cherno More Varna	1942
20th	Nikola Parshanov	Spartak Pleven
Defense
2	Kiril Rakarov	ZDNA Sofia	05/24/1932
3	Ivan Dimitrov	Sofia locomotive	05/14/1935
4th	Stoyan Kitov	Spartak Sofia	08/27/1938
5	Dimitar Kostov	Levski Sofia	07/26/1936
8th	Dimitar Dimov	Spartak Plovdiv	12/13/1937
12	Dobromir Shechev	Spartak Sofia	11/12/1942
22nd	Georgi Nikolov	ZDNA Sofia	06/11/1937
midfield
6th	Nikola Kovachev	ZDNA Sofia	06/04/1934
7th	Todor Diew	Spartak Plovdiv	01/28/1934
16	Alexander Kostov	Levski Sofia	03/05/1938
17th	Pantelei Dimitrov	ZDNA Sofia
attack
9	Christo Iliev	Levski Sofia	05/11/1936
10	Ivan Kolew	ZDNA Sofia	11/01/1930
11	Dimitar Yakimov	ZDNA Sofia	07/12/1941
13	Petar Velichkov	Sofia locomotive	08/08/1940
14th	Georgi Sokolov	Levski Sofia	06/19/1942
15th	Georgi Asparukhov	Botev Plovdiv	05/04/1943
19th	Dinko Dermendschiev	Botev Plovdiv	06/02/1941
21st	Panayot Panayotov	Red Star Belgrade	12/30/1930
Trainer
	Georgi Patschedschiev		03/01/1916

Games of the Bulgarian team

First round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Hungary	8: 2	5
2	England	4: 3	3
3	Argentina	2: 3	3
4th	Bulgaria	1: 7	1

• Argentina - Bulgaria 1: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Estadio El Teniente ( Rancagua )

Spectators: 7,134

Referee: Gardeazábal ( Spain )

Goals: 1-0 Facundo (4th)

• Hungary - Bulgaria 6: 1 (4: 0)

Stadium: Estadio El Teniente ( Rancagua )

Spectators: 7,442

Referee: Gardeazábal ( Spain )

Goals: 1: 0 Albert (1st), 2: 0 Albert (6th), 3: 0 Tichy (8th), 4: 0 Solymosi (12th), 5: 0 Albert (53rd), 5: 1 Sokolov (64th), 6: 1 Tichy (70th)

• England - Bulgaria 0: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Estadio El Teniente ( Rancagua )

Spectators: 5,700

Referee: Blavier ( Belgium )

Goals: none

In Group 4, the young Hungarian team was particularly convincing, shining above all against England (2: 1) and Bulgaria (6: 1). The stars of the technically convincing Magyars were goalkeeper Grosics (last player from the 54 team) and the great young center forward Florian Albert. When Albert was missing against Argentina, it was only enough to make it 0-0. Meanwhile, England secured second place with a bang, with the goal difference against Argentina being decisive. In the 3-1 win against the Gauchos, the English, dominated by Jimmy Greaves and Bobby Charlton, showed their best performance.