Ayan Fiakov Sadakov - International Appearances


The outstanding Bulgarian player obtained 79 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 26- 9-1961
Country: Bulgaria
Caps:	79	(W28-D24-L27 – GF110-GA100 – %50.63)
Goals:	9	
Age First Cap:	 20 yr  32 d  28-10-1981 vs. Brazil 0-3
Age Last Cap:    29 yr 195 d   9- 4-1991 vs. Denmark 1-1
National Team Career: 9 yr 163 d


Cap   Date 	Venue        	Opponent       Score 	Competition

 1  28-10-81	Porto Alegre	Brazil  	0-3	
 2  16-12-81	Haskovo 	Portugal	5-2	
 3  14- 4-82	Ruse    	Romania 	1-2	
 4  28- 4-82	Brussel  	Belgium 	1-2	
 5  14- 5-82	Lyon    	France  	0-0	
 6  17-11-82	Sofia   	Yugoslavia	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 7  28-12-82	La Valletta	Malta   	7-1 [*]	
 8   9- 3-83	Ruse    	Romania 	3-2 [*]		
 9  22- 3-83	Veliko Trnovo	Hungary 	1-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
10  13- 4-83	Gera    	East Germany 	0-3	
11  27- 4-83	Wrexham 	Wales   	0-1 	
12  18- 5-83	Plovdiv 	Soviet Union	2-2	Olympic G. Qualifier
13   7- 8-83	Paris   	Algeria 	3-2	
14  31- 8-83	Marousi 	Greece  	3-2	
15   7- 9-83	Oslo    	Norway  	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
16  21- 9-83	Neubrandenburg	East Germany 	0-2	
17  12-10-83	Moskva  	Soviet Union	0-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
18  26-10-83	Praha   	Czechoslovakia	2-1	
19  16-11-83	Sofia   	Wales   	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
20  21-12-83	Beograd 	Yugoslavia	2-3	European Ch. Qual.
21   4- 2-84	Casablanca	Morocco 	1-1	
22  15- 2-84	Varna   	West Germany 	2-3	
23  28- 3-84	Sliven  	Greece  	0-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
24   2- 4-84	Kuwait City	Kuwait  	1-1	
25  11- 4-84	Budapest	Hungary 	1-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
26  25- 4-84	Alexandroupolis	Greece  	3-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
27   5- 9-84	Lisboa  	Portugal	0-1	
28  29- 9-84	Beograd 	Yugoslavia	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
29  16-10-84	Istanbul	Turkey  	0-0	
30  21-11-84	Paris   	France  	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
31   5- 2-85	Querétaro	Switzerland	1-0	
32   7- 2-85	Querétaro	Poland  	2-2	
33   6- 4-85	Sofia   	East Germany 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
34  17- 4-85	Augsburg	West Germany 	1-4 	
35   2- 5-85	Sofia   	France  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
36   1- 6-85	Sofia   	Yugoslavia	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
37  27- 8-85	Los Angeles	Mexico  	1-1	
38   4- 9-85	Heerenveen	Netherlands	0-1	
39  25- 9-85	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
40  16-10-85	Thessaloniki	Greece  	2-0	
41  30-10-85	Pécs    	Hungary 	1-3	
42  18-12-95	Valencia	Spain   	0-2	
43   9- 2-86	Querétaro	East Germany 	1-2	
44  19- 2-86	Rabat   	Morocco 	0-0 	
45   9- 4-86	Sofia   	Denmark 	3-0	
46  23- 4-86	Brussel  	Belgium 	0-2	
47  30- 4-86	Sofia   	North Korea	3-0	
48  31- 5-86	Cd. de México	Italy   	1-1	World Cup
49   6- 6-86	Cd. de México	South Korea	1-1	World Cup
50  10- 6-86	Cd. de México	Argentina	0-2	World Cup
51  15- 6-86	Cd. de México	Mexico  	0-2	World Cup
52  10- 9-86	Glasgow 	Scotland	0-0	European Ch. Qual.
53  29-10-86	Tunis   	Tunisia 	3-3	
54  19-11-86	Brussel 	Belgium 	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
55   1- 4-87	Sofia   	Ireland  	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
56  30- 4-87	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	4-1	European Ch. Qual.
57  20- 5-87	Sofia   	Luxembourg	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
58  23- 9-87	Sofia   	Belgium 	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
59  14-10-87	Dublin  	Ireland  	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
60  11-11-87	Sofia   	Scotland	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
61  21- 1-88	Doha    	Qatar   	3-2	
62  23- 4-88	Dubai   	UA Emirates	3-0	
63  27- 1-88	Dubai   	UA Emirates	3-1	
64  29- 1-88	Cairo   	Egypt   	0-1	
65  23- 3-88	Sofia   	Czechoslovakia	2-0	
66  13- 4-88	Burgas  	East Germany 	1-1	
67  24- 5-88	Rotterdam	Netherlands	2-1	
68   4- 8-88	Vaasa   	Finland 	1-1	
69   7- 8-88	Reykjavík	Iceland 	3-2	
70   9- 8-88	Oslo    	Norway  	1-1	
71  24- 8-88	Bialystok	Poland  	2-3	
72  21- 9-88	Sofia   	Soviet Union	2-2	
73  19-10-88	Sofia   	Romania 	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
74   2-11-88	København	Denmark 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
75  24-12-88	Sharjah 	UA Emirates	1-0	
76  21- 2-89	Sofia   	Soviet Union	1-2	
77  22- 3-89	Sofia   	West Germany 	1-2	
78  26- 4-89	Sofia   	Denmark 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
79   9- 4-91	Odense  	Denmark 	1-1	

[*] these two matches are considered official internationals by the Bulgarian FA but
    not by the opponents (Malta were in fact Hamrun Spartans and Romania the Olympic
    team; the official Romanian team played Turkey on the same day)

Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    79    28   24   27  110- 100       80      50.63

Types of Matches

Friendlies		48
European Ch. Qualifier	12
World Cup Qualifier	 9
Olympic Games Qualifier  6
World Cup		 4

Total                   79


Goals:	
Cap  7	1 goal
Cap 13	2 goals
Cap 40	1 goal
Cap 55	1 goal
Cap 56	1 goal
Cap 62	1 goal
Cap 63	1 goal
Cap 74	1 goal

Total   9 goals


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