Soccer World Cup 1986 / Bulgaria

This article covers the Bulgarian national football team at the 1986 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	France	15: 4	11
2	Bulgaria	13: 5	11
3	GDR	16: 9	10
4th	Yugoslavia	7: 8	8th
5	Luxembourg	2:28	0

Yugoslavia	-	Bulgaria	0-0
France	-	Bulgaria	1-0
Bulgaria	-	Luxembourg	4-0
Bulgaria	-	GDR	1-0
Bulgaria	-	France	2-0
Bulgaria	-	Yugoslavia	2: 1
Luxembourg	-	Bulgaria	1: 3
GDR	-	Bulgaria	2: 1

Bulgarian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Borislav Mikhailov	Vitosha Sofia	02/12/1963	4th	0	0	0
22nd	Ilya Walov	FC Botew Wraza	12/29/1961	0	0	0	0
Defender
3	Nikolai Arabov	FK Sliven	02/21/1953	3	0	1	0
4th	Petar Petrov	Vitosha Sofia	02/20/1961	3	0	0	0
5	Georgi Dimitrov	Sredez Sofia	01/14/1959	4th	0	0	0
12	Radoslaw Zdrawkow	Sredez Sofia	07/30/1956	4th	0	0	0
13	Aleksandar Markov	Spartak Pleven	08/17/1961	2	0	1	0
21st	Ilya Djakov	Dobdrudscha Tolbuchin	09/28/1963	0	0	0	0
midfield player
2	Nasko Sirakow	Vitosha Sofia	04/26/1962	4th	1	0	0
6th	Andrei Scheliaskow	Racing Strasbourg	07/09/1952	3	0	0	0
8th	Ayan Sadakov	Locomotive Plovdiv	09/26/1961	4th	0	0	0
10	Zhivko Gospodinov	Spartak Varna	09/06/1965	3	0	1	0
11	Plamen Getow	Spartak Varna	03/04/1959	4th	1	0	0
14th	Plamen Markow	FC Metz	09/11/1957	1	0	0	0
15th	Georgi Jordanov	Vitosha Sofia	07/21/1963	2	0	0	0
17th	Christo Kolew	Locomotive Plovdiv	09/21/1964	0	0	0	0
19th	Atanas Paschew	Trakia Plovdiv	11/21/1963	1	0	0	0
striker
7th	Boschidar Iskrenov	Vitosha Sofia	08/01/1962	3	0	0	0
9	Stoycho Mladenov	Sredez Sofia	04/24/1957	3	0	0	0
16	Wasil Dragolow	Beroe Stara Sagora	08/17/1962	0	0	0	0
18th	Boitscho Welitschkow	Sofia locomotive	08/13/1958	1	0	0	0
20th	Konstadin Kostadinov	Trakia Plovdiv	06/25/1959	3	0	0	0
Trainer
	Ivan Kolew Vuzov		December 14, 1939

Games of the Bulgarian team

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Argentina	6: 2	5
2	Italy	5: 4	4th
3	Bulgaria	2: 4	2
4th	South Korea	4: 7	1

• Italy - Bulgaria 1: 1 (1: 0)

Stadium: Aztec Stadium ( Mexico City )

Spectators: 95,000

Referee: Fredriksson ( Sweden )

Goals: 1-0 Altobelli (43.), 1: 1 Sirakow (85.)

• Bulgaria - South Korea 1: 1 (1: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario ( Mexico City )

Spectators: 45,000

Referee: Al-Shanar ( Saudi Arabia )

Goals: 1-0 Getow (11th), 1: 1 Kim Jong-boo (70th)

• Argentina - Bulgaria 2: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario ( Mexico City )

Spectators: 65,000

Referee: Ulloa ( Costa Rica )

Goals: 1-0 Valdano (3rd), 2-0 Burruchaga (79th)

Over 110,000 visitors saw World Champion Italy in the opening game of the tournament in a 1-1 draw against Bulgaria. Argentina managed a safe 3-1 win against South Korea in Group A. The game of the two group favorites Italy and Argentina dominated the defensive artists of both teams and ended 1: 1. Both nations were able to qualify for the last sixteen with their victories against Bulgaria and South Korea in the last group players, but not convincing playfully.

Round of 16

114,000

Aztec Stadium ( Mexico City )

Mexico

Bulgaria

Arppi Filho ( Brazil )

2: 0 (1: 0)

1-0 Negrete (34th) 2-0 Servín (61st)

Unsurprisingly, Mexico beat Bulgaria 2-0 with confidence.