Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 04/05/83 Sofia Cuba 5-2
2 07/08/83 Paris Algeria 3-2
3 07/09/83 Oslo Norway 2-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
4 12/10/83 Moskva Sov.Union Olym. 0-0 [*a]
5 26/10/83 Praha Czechoslovakia 2-1
6 16/11/83 Sofia Wales 1-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
7 21/12/83 Split Yugoslavia 2-3 Euro Championship Qualifier
8 11/04/84 Budapest Hungary Olym. 1-1 [*a]
9 25/04/84 Athinai Greece Olym. 1-3 [*a]
10 08/06/84 Kobenhaven Denmark 1-1
11 05/09/84 Lisboa Portugal 0-1
12 29/09/84 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
13 21/11/84 Paris France 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
14 05/12/84 Sofia Luxembourg 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
15 05/02/85 Queretaro Switzerland 1-0
16 06/02/85 Queretaro Poland 2-2
17 06/04/85 Sofia East Germany 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
18 17/04/85 Augsburg West Germany 1-4
19 02/05/85 Sofia France 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
20 01/06/85 Sofia Yugoslavia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
21 09/02/86 Queretaro East Germany 1-2
22 19/02/86 Rabat Morocco 0-0
23 09/04/86 Sofia Denmark 3-0
24 23/04/86 Brussel Belgium 0-2
25 30/04/86 Sofia North Korea 3-0
26 31/05/86 Mexico City Italy 1-1 World Cup 86 Rd 1
27 05/06/86 Mexico City South Korea 1-1 World Cup 86 Rd 1
28 10/06/86 Mexico City Argentina 0-2 World Cup 86 Rd 1
29 15/06/86 Mexico City Mexico 0-2 World Cup 86 Rd 2
30 10/09/86 Glasgow Scotland 0-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
31 07/10/86 Sofia East Germany Ol.2-0 [*a]
32 29/10/86 Tunis Tunisia 3-3
33 19/11/86 Brussel Belgium 1-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
34 29/01/87 Sofia China 4-0
35 01/04/87 Sofia Rep Ireland 2-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
36 30/04/87 Luxembourg Luxembourg 4-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
37 20/05/87 Sofia Luxembourg 3-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
38 23/09/87 Sofia Belgium 2-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
39 11/11/87 Sofia Scotland 0-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
40 21/01/88 Doha Qatar 3-2
41 23/01/88 Dubai U A E 3-0
42 27/01/88 Dubai U A E 3-1
43 03/02/88 Kair Egypt 0-1
44 23/03/88 Sofia Czechoslovakia 2-0
45 13/04/88 Burgas East Germany 1-1
46 24/05/88 Rotterdam Netherlands 2-1
47 24/08/88 Bialystok Poland 2-3
48 19/10/88 Sofia Romania 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
49 17/10/90 Bucuresti Romania 3-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
50 14/11/90 Sofia Scotland 1-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
51 27/03/91 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
52 09/04/91 Odense Denmark 1-1
53 01/05/91 Sofia Switzerland 2-3 Euro Championship Qualifier
54 22/05/91 Serravalle San Marino 3-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
55 25/09/91 Sofia Italy 2-1
56 16/10/91 Sofia San Marino 4-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
57 20/11/91 Sofia Romania 1-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
58 28/04/92 Berno Switzerland 2-0
59 14/05/92 Helsinki Finland 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
60 19/08/92 Sofia Mexico 1-1
61 09/09/92 Sofia France 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
62 07/10/92 Solna Sweden 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
63 11/11/92 Saint Ouen Portugal 1-2
64 02/12/92 Tel Aviv Israel 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
65 14/04/93 Wien Austria 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
66 28/04/93 Sofia Finland 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
67 12/05/93 Sofia Israel 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
68 13/10/93 Sofia Austria 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
69 17/11/93 Paris France 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
70 19/01/94 San Diego Mexico 1-1
71 15/04/94 Maskat Oman 1-1
72 28/04/94 Kuwait Kuwait 2-1
73 21/06/94 Dallas Nigeria 0-3 World Cup 94 Rd 1
74 26/06/94 Chicago Greece 4-0 World Cup 94 Rd 1
75 30/06/94 Dallas Argentina 2-0 World Cup 94 Rd 1
76 05/07/94 New York [2] Mexico 1-1 [1]World Cup 94 Rd 2
77 10/07/94 New York [2] Germany 2-1 World Cup 94 Qf
78 13/07/94 New York [2] Italy 1-2 World Cup 94 Sf
79 16/07/94 Pasadena Sweden 0-4 World Cup 94 3/4
80 16/11/94 Sofia Moldova 4-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
81 14/12/94 Cardiff Wales 3-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
82 29/03/95 Sofia Wales 3-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
83 12/04/95 Strumica FYR Macedonia 0-0
84 26/04/95 Chisinau Moldova 3-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
85 07/06/95 Sofia Germany 3-2 Euro Championship Qualifier
86 25/07/95 Kuala Lumpur Iraq 0-1 Merdeka Cup
87 29/07/95 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2-0 Merdeka Cup
88 06/09/95 Tirana Albania 1-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
89 07/10/95 Sofia Albania 3-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
90 11/10/95 Tbilisi Georgia 1-2 Euro Championship Qualifier
91 27/03/96 London England 0-1
92 24/04/96 Trnava Slovakia 0-0
93 28/05/96 Sofia FYR Macedonia 3-0
94 02/06/96 Sofia U A E 4-1
95 09/06/96 Leeds Spain 1-1 Euro Championship 96 Rd 1
96 13/06/96 Newcastle Romania 1-0 Euro Championship 96 Rd 1
97 18/06/96 Newcastle France 1-3 Euro Championship 96 Rd 1
98 01/09/96 Tel Aviv Israel 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
99 08/10/96 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
100 06/11/96 Rijad Saudi Arabia 0-1
101 14/12/96 Limassol Cyprus 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
102 05/06/98 Sofia Algeria 2-0
[*a] in those four matches the opponents fielded an olympic team; the
Bulgarian FA nevertheless insist that all these matches are official
A-internationals, contravening FIFA conventions.
[1] Bulgaria won 3-1 on penalties
[2] New York = East Rutherford
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
102 51 25 26 173 - 105 127 62.25
Types of Matches
Friendlies 42
World Cup Qualifiers 19
World Cup 11
European Champ. Qual. 25
European Championship 3
Other Tournaments 2
Total 102
With thanks to Roberto Mamrud (robert@elsitio.net) and Andrey Medintsev (Bulgarian FA)
Prepared and maintained by Jarek Owsianski for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Jarek Owsianski
(jarek-o@go2.pl)
Last updated: 4 Dec 2004
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