Hristo Bonev - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Bulgarian player, who scored 41 international goals for his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with Two Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

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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Last updated: 9 Oct 2008

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