Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 22- 3-67 Hannover West Germany 0-1
2 11- 6-67 Stockholm Sweden 2-0 European Ch. Q.
3 29- 6-67 Oslo Norway 0-0 European Ch. Q.
4 8-10-67 Sofia Soviet Union 1-2
5 12-11-67 Sofia Sweden 3-0 European Ch. Q.
6 26-11-67 Sofia Portugal 1-0 European Ch. Q.
7 17-12-67 Lisboa Portugal 0-0 European Ch. Q.
8 20- 4-68 Napoli Italy 0-2 European Ch. Q.
9 1 1 9-10-68 Istanbul Turkey 2-0
10 1 2 27-10-68 Sofia Netherlands 2-0 World Cup Qual.
11 2 11-12-68 London England 1-1
12 2 23- 4-69 Sofia Luxembourg 2-1 World Cup Qual.
13 2 24- 5-69 Torino Italy 0-0
14 1 3 15- 6-69 Sofia Poland 4-1 World Cup Qual.
15 3 29- 4-69 Sofia West Germany 0-1
16 1 4 22-10-69 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-1 World Cup Qual.
17 4 9-11-69 Warszawa Poland 0-3 World Cup Qual.
18 1 5 7-12-69 Luxembourg Luxembourg 3-1 World Cup Qual.
19 5 28-12-69 Casablanca Morocco 0-3
20 5 15- 2-70 Cdad. de México Mexico 1-1
21 5 18- 2-70 León Mexico 0-2
22 5 24- 2-70 Lima Peru 3-5
23 5 8- 4-70 Rouen France 1-1
24 1 6 5- 5-70 Sofia Soviet Union 3-3
25 1 7 2- 6-70 León Peru 2-3 World Cup
26 7 7- 6-70 León West Germany 2-5 World Cup
27 7 11- 6-70 León Morocco 1-1 World Cup
28 7 15-11-70 Sofia Norway 1-1 European Ch. Q.
29 7 7- 4-71 Athinai Greece 1-0
30 7 28- 4-71 Sofia Soviet Union 1-1
31 7 19- 5-71 Sofia Hungary 3-0 European Ch. Q.
32 2 9 9- 6-71 Oslo Norway 4-1 European Ch. Q.
33 9 25- 9-71 Budapest Hungary 0-2 European Ch. Q.
34 1 10 11-10-71 Nantes France 1-2 European Ch. Q.
35 10 17-11-71 Sofia Greece 2-2
36 10 4-12-71 Sofia France 2-1 European Ch. Q.
37 1 11 29- 3-72 Sofia Soviet Union 1-1
38 11 7- 6-72 Moskva Soviet Union 0-1
39 1 12 21- 6-72 Sofia Italy 1-1
40 2 14 18-10-72 Sofia N. Ireland 3-0 World Cup Qual.
41 2 16 19-11-72 Limassol Cyprus 4-0 World Cup Qual.
42 16 28- 1-73 Nicosia Cyprus 3-0
43 1 17 31- 1-73 Athinai Greece 2-2
44 17 28- 3-73 Plovdiv Soviet Union 1-0
45 1 18 2- 5-73 Sofia Portugal 2-1 World Cup Qual.
46 18 12- 5-73 Hamburg West Germany 0-3
47 18 19- 8-73 Varna Poland 0-2
48 18 26- 9-73 Sheffield N. Ireland 0-0 World Cup Qual.
49 2 20 13-10-73 Lisboa Portugal 2-2 World Cup Qual.
50 20 18-11-73 Sofia Cyprus 2-0 World Cup Qual.
51 3 23 6- 2-74 Morfou Cyprus 4-1
52 1 24 8- 2-74 Kuwait Kuwait 3-1
53 2 26 10- 2-74 Kuwait Kuwait 2-1
54 1 27 31- 3-74 Zalaegerszeg Hungary 1-3
55 27 13- 4-74 Plovdiv Czechoslovakia 0-1
56 1 28 8- 5-74 Sofia Turkey 5-1 Balkan Cup
57 3 31 25- 5-74 Sofia North Korea 6-1
58 31 1- 6-74 Sofia England 0-1
59 31 15- 6-74 Düsseldorf Sweden 0-0 World Cup
60 1 32 19- 6-74 Hannover Uruguay 1-1 World Cup
61 32 23- 6-74 Dortmund Netherlands 1-4 World Cup
62 1 33 13-10-74 Sofia Greece 3-3 European Ch. Q.
63 33 10-11-74 Varna Hungary 0-0
64 33 18-12-74 Piraeus Greece 1-2 European Ch. Q.
65 1 34 11- 6-75 Sofia Malta 5-0 European Ch. Q.
66 34 19-11-75 Stuttgart West Germany 0-1 European Ch. Q.
67 34 21-12-75 La Valletta Malta 2-0 European Ch. Q.
68 1 35 25- 1-76 Tokyo Japan 3-1
69 1 36 28- 1-76 Osaka Japan 1-1
70 36 1- 2-76 Tokyo Japan 3-0
71 36 24- 3-76 Sofia Soviet Union 0-3
72 2 38 5- 5-76 Sofia North Korea 3-0
73 38 12- 5-76 Tarnovo Romania 1-0 Balkan Cup
74 38 18- 8-76 Luzern Switzerland 2-2
75 1 39 22- 9-76 Sofia Turkey 2-2
76 1 40 9-10-76 Sofia France 2-2 World Cup Qual.
77 40 27-10-76 Sliven East Germany 0-4
78 40 30- 1-77 Nicosia Cyprus 2-1
79 40 16- 2-77 Istanbul Turkey 0-2 Balkan Cup
80 40 13- 4-77 Sofia Denmark 3-1
81 40 26-10-77 Sofia Greece 0-0 Balkan Cup
82 40 16-11-77 Paris France 1-3 World Cup Qual.
83 1 41 25- 4-79 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-2
Remarks: Bonev played 96 matches and converted 47 goals according to
the Bulgarian Federation, but so far only 83 matches and 41
goals were verified.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
83 31 26 26 129-106 88 53.01
41 Goals in 83 Matches (% 0.49 per match)
Types of Goals
Friendlies 21
World Cup 2
World Cup Qualifier 12
European Ch. Qual. 5
Balkan Cup 1
Total goals: 41
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Author: Roberto Mamrud
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Last updated: 9 Oct 2008
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