Football World Cup 1998 / Bulgaria

This article covers the Bulgarian national football team at the 1998 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Bulgaria	18: 9	18th
2	Russia	19: 5	17th
3	Israel	9: 7	13
4th	Cyprus	10:15	10
5	Luxembourg	2:22	0

Israel	-	Bulgaria	2: 1
Luxembourg	-	Bulgaria	1: 2
Cyprus	-	Bulgaria	1: 3
Bulgaria	-	Cyprus	4: 1
Bulgaria	-	Luxembourg	4-0
Bulgaria	-	Israel	1-0
Bulgaria	-	Russia	1-0
Russia	-	Bulgaria	4: 2

Bulgarian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Zdravko Zdravkov (football player)	İstanbulspor	04.10.1970	3	0	0	0
12	Borislav Mikhailov	Slavia Sofia	02/12/1963	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Radostin Kishishev	Litex Lovech	06/30/1974	3	0	1	0
3	Trifon Ivanov	CSKA Sofia	07/27/1965	3	0	1	0
4th	Ivajlo Petkov	Litex Lovech	March 24, 1976	2	0	0	0
13	Goscho Gintschew	Antalyaspor	12/02/1969	2	0	0	0
15th	Adalbert Zafirow	Arminia Bielefeld	09/29/1969	0	0	0	0
21st	Rosen Kirilov	Litex Lovech	04/04/1973	0	0	0	0
midfield player
5	Ivajlo Jordanov	Sporting Lisbon	04/22/1968	2	0	0	0
6th	Slatko Jankow	Beşiktaş Istanbul	06/07/1966	2	0	0	0
10	Krassimir Balakov	VfB Stuttgart	March 29, 1966	3	0	0	0
11	Ilian Iliev	Bursaspor	07/02/1976	3	0	1	0
14th	Marian Christow	1. FC Kaiserslautern	07/29/1973	2	0	0	0
16	Anatoly Nankov	Sofia locomotive	07/15/1969	2	0	0	1
17th	Stoycho Stoilov	Litex Lovech	October 15, 1971	0	0	0	0
18th	Daniel Borimirov	TSV 1860 Munich	January 15, 1970	3	0	0	0
22nd	Milen Petkov	CSKA Sofia	01/12/1974	0	0	0	0
striker
7th	Emil Kostadinov	CSKA Sofia	08/12/1967	3	1	0	0
8th	Christo Stoitschkow	CSKA Sofia	02/08/1966	3	0	1	0
9	Lyuboslav Penew	SD Compostela	08/31/1966	3	0	1	0
19th	Georgi Batschew	Slavia Sofia	04/18/1977	2	0	1	0
20th	Georgi Ivanov	Levski Sofia	07/02/1976	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Christo Bonew		02/03/1947

Games of the Bulgarian team

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Nigeria	5: 5	6th
2	Paraguay	3: 1	5
3	Spain	8: 4	4th
4th	Bulgaria	1: 7	1

• Paraguay - Bulgaria 0: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stade de la Mosson ( Montpellier )

Spectators: 27,650

Referee: Al-Zaid ( Saudi Arabia )

Goals: none

• Nigeria - Bulgaria 1: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Prinzenparkstadion ( Paris )

Spectators: 45,500

Referee: Sanchez Yanten ( Chile )

Goals: 1-0 Ikpeba (26.)

• Spain - Bulgaria 6: 1 (2: 0)

Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert ( Lens )

Spectators: 38,100

Referee: van der Ende ( Netherlands )

Goals: 1-0 Hierro (6th) 11m , 2-0 Luis Enrique (19th), 3-0 Morientes (55th), 3: 1 Kostadinow (58th), 4: 1 Morientes (81st), 5th : 1 Kiko (88.), 6: 1 Kiko (90.)