Emil Lyubchov Kostadinov - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Bulgarian player scored 27 goals in 70 international matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 12- 8-1967
Country: Bulgaria
Caps:	70	(W33-D13-L24 – GF114-GA79 – %56.43)
Goals:	27	(% 0.39 per match)
Age First Cap:	 21 yr 134 d  24-12-1988 vs. UA Emirates 1-0
Age Last Cap:    30 yr 316 d  24- 6-1998 vs. Spain 1-6
National Team Career: 9 yr 182 d


Cap  Goals    Date	Venue    	Opponent       Score	Competition

 1   1   1  24-12-88	Sharjah 	UA Emirates	1-0	
 2   1   2  21- 2-89	Sofia   	Soviet Union	1-2	
 3	 2  22- 3-89	Sofia   	West Germany 	1-2	
 4	 2  17- 5-89	Bucuresti	Romania 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 5	 2  23- 8-89	Erfurt  	East Germany 	1-1	
 6	 2  20- 9-89	Cesena  	Italy   	0-4	
 7	 2  11-10-89	Varna   	Greece  	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 8	 2  15-11-89	Marousi 	Greece  	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 9   1   3   5- 5-90	Campinas	Brazil  	1-2	
10	 3  12- 9-90	Genève  	Switzerland	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
11	 3  17-10-90	Bucuresti	Romania 	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
12	 3  14-11-90	Sofia   	Scotland	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
13   1   4  27- 3-91	Glasgow 	Scotland	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
14   1   5   1- 5-91	Sofia   	Switzerland	2-3	European Ch. Qual.
15	 5  22- 5-91	Sarravalle	San Marino	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
16   1   6  25- 9-91	Sofia   	Italy   	2-1	
17	 6  16-10-91	Sofia   	San Marino	4-0	European Ch. Qual.
18	 6  20-11-91	Sofia   	Romania 	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
19   1   7  28- 4-92	Bern    	Switzerland	2-0	
20   2   9  14- 5-92	Helsinki	Finland 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
21	 9  19- 8-92	Sofia   	Mexico  	1-1	
22	 9   9- 9-92	Sofia   	France  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
23	 9   7-10-92	Stockholm	Sweden  	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
24	 9  11-11-92	Saint-Ouen	Portugal	1-2	
25	 9   2-12-92	Tel-Aviv	Israel  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
26	 9  14- 4-93	Wien    	Austria 	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
27	 9  28- 4-93	Sofia   	Finland 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
28	 9   8- 9-93	Sofia   	Sweden  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
29	 9  13-10-93	Sofia   	Austria 	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
30   2  11  17-11-93	Paris   	France  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
31	11  19- 1-94	San Diego	Mexico  	1-1	
32	11  15- 4-94	Muscat  	Oman    	1-1	
33	11  21- 6-94	Dallas  	Nigeria 	0-3	World Cup
34	11  26- 6-94	Chicago 	Greece  	4-0	World Cup
35	11  30- 6-94	Dallas  	Argentina	2-0	World Cup
36	11   5- 7-94	East Rutherford	Mexico   	1-1 [1]	World Cup
37	11  10- 7-94	East Rutherford	Germany 	2-1	World Cup
38	11  13- 7-94	East Rutherford	Italy   	1-2	World Cup
39	11  16- 7-94	Pasadena	Sweden  	0-4	World Cup
40   2  13  12-10-94	Sofia   	Georgia 	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
41   1  14  16-11-94	Sofia   	Moldova 	4-1	European Ch. Qual.
42   1  15  14-12-94	Cardiff 	Wales   	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
43	15  29- 3-95	Sofia   	Wales   	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
44   1  16   7- 6-95	Sofia   	Germany 	3-2	European Ch. Qual.
45	16   6- 9-95	Tiranë  	Albania 	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
46   2  18   7-10-95	Sofia   	Albania 	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
47	18  11-10-95	Tbilisi 	Georgia 	1-2	European Ch. Qual.
48	18  15-11-95	Berlin  	Germany 	1-3	European Ch. Qual.
49	18  27- 3-96	London  	England 	0-1	
50	18  24- 4-96	Trnava  	Slovakia	0-0	
51   1  19  28- 5-96	Sofia   	Macedonia	3-0	
52	19   2- 6-96	Sofia   	UA Emirates	4-1	
53	19   9- 6-96	Leeds   	Spain   	1-1	European Champ.
54	19  13- 6-96	Newcastle	Romania 	1-0	European Champ.
55	19   1- 9-96	Tel-Aviv	Israel  	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
56   1  20   8-10-96	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
57	20   6-11-96	Riyadh  	Saudi Arabia	0-1 	
58   1  21   8-11-96	Bangkok 	Thailand	4-0	
59   1  22  14-12-96	Lemesos 	Cyprus  	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
60	22  11- 3-97	Sofia   	Slovakia	0-1	
61   2  24   2- 4-97	Sofia   	Cyprus  	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
62   1  25   8- 6-97	Burgas  	Luxembourg	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
63	25  20- 8-97	Sofia   	Israel  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
64	25  10- 9-97	Sofia   	Russia  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
65   1  26  11-10-97	Moskva  	Russia  	2-4	World Cup Qualifier
66	26  10- 3-98	Buenos Aires	Argentina	0-2	
67	26   5- 6-98	Sofia   	Algeria 	2-0	
68	26  12- 6-98	Montpellier	Paraguay	0-0	World Cup
69	26  19- 6-98	Paris   	Nigeria 	0-1	World Cup
70   1  27  24- 6-98	Lens    	Spain   	1-6	World Cup

[1] Bulgaria won 3-1 on penalty kicks.


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    70    33   13   24   114-  79      79       56.53


Types of             Matches  Goals

Friendlies		21	 7
World Cup Qualifier	20	10
World Cup		10	 1
European Ch. Qualifier	17	 9
European Championship    2    	 0

Total caps / goals:     70	27


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