Trifon Marinov Ivanov - International Appearances


The outstanding Bulgarian player obtained 76 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 27- 7-1965
Died: 13- 2-2016
Country: Bulgaria
Caps:	76	(W32-D19-L25 – GF118-GA94 – %54.61)
Goals:	6
Age First Cap:	 22 yr 260 d  13- 4-1988 vs. East Germany 1-1
Age Last Cap:    32 yr 332 d  24- 6-1998 vs. Spain 1-6
National Team Career: 10 yr  72 d


Cap   Date 	Venue        	Opponent       Score 	Competition

 1  13- 4-88	Burgas  	East Germany 	1-1	
 2  24- 5-88	Rotterdam	Netherlands	2-1	
 3   4- 8-88	Vaasa   	Finland 	1-1	
 4   7- 8-88	Reykjavík	Iceland 	3-2	
 5   9- 8-88	Oslo    	Norway  	1-1	
 6  24- 8-88	Bialystok	Poland  	2-3	
 7  21- 9-88	Sofia   	Soviet Union	2-2	
 8   2-11-88	København	Denmark 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 9  24-12-88	Sharjah 	UA Emirates	1-0	
10  21- 2-89	Sofia   	Soviet Uniion	1-2	
11  22- 3-89	Sofia   	West Germany 	1-2 	
12  17- 5-89	Bucuresti	Romania 	0-1 	World Cup Qualifier
13  23- 8-89	Erfurt  	East Germany 	1-1 	
14  20- 9-89	Cesena  	Italy   	0-4 	
15  11-10-89	Varna   	Greece  	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
16  15-11-89	Athinai 	Greece  	0-1 	World Cup Qualifier
17   5- 5-90	Campinas	Brazil  	1-2 	
18  12- 9-90	Genève  	Switzerland	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
19  26- 9-90	Stockholm	Sweden  	0-2 	
20  17-10-90	Bucuresti	Romania 	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
21  27- 3-91	Glasgow 	Scotland	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
22   9- 4-91	Odense  	Denmark 	1-1 	
23   1- 5-91	Sofia   	Switzerland	2-3	European Ch. Qual.
24  22- 5-91	Sarravalle	San Marino	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
25  21- 8-91	Stara Zagora	Turkey  	0-0	
26  25- 9-91	Sofia   	Italy   	2-1	
27  28- 4-92	Bern    	Switzerland	2-0 	
28  14- 5-92	Helsinki	Finland 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
29   9- 9-92	Sofia   	France  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
30   7-10-92	Stockholm	Sweden  	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
31  11-11-92	Paris   	Portugal	1-2	
32   2-12-92	Tel-Aviv	Israel  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
33  14- 4-93	Wien    	Austria 	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
34  12- 5-93	Sofia   	Israel  	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
35   8- 9-93	Sofia   	Sweden  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
36  13-10-93	Sofia   	Austria 	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
37  17-11-93	Paris   	France  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
38  15- 4-94	Muscat  	Oman    	1-1	
39  28- 4-94	Kuwait City	Kuwait  	2-2	
40   3- 6-94	Sofia   	Ukraine 	1-1	
41  21- 6-94	Dallas  	Nigeria 	0-3	World Cup
42  26- 6-94	Chicago 	Greece  	4-0	World Cup
43  30- 6-94	Dallas  	Argentina	2-0	World Cup
44  10- 7-94	East Rutherford	Germany 	2-1	World Cup
45  13- 7-94	East Rutherford	Italy   	1-2	World Cup
46  16- 7-94	Pasadena	Sweden  	0-4	World Cup
47  12-10-94	Sofia   	Georgia 	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
48  16-11-94	Sofia   	Moldova 	4-1	European Ch. Qual.
49  14-12-94	Cardiff 	Wales   	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
50  14- 2-95	Mendoza 	Argentina	1-4	
51  29- 3-95	Sofia   	Wales   	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
52  12- 4-95	Kocani  	Macedonia	0-0	
53  26- 4-95	Chisinau	Moldova 	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
54   7- 6-95	Sofia   	Germany 	3-2	European Ch. Qual.
55   6- 9-95	Tiranë    	Albania 	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
56   7-10-95	Sofia   	Albania 	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
57  11-10-95	Tbilisi 	Georgia 	1-2	European Ch. Qual.
58  27- 3-96	London  	England 	0-1	
59  24- 4-96	Trnava  	Slovakia	0-0	
60  28- 5-96	Sofia   	Macedonia	3-0	
61   9- 6-96	Leeds   	Spain   	1-1	European Champ.
62  13- 6-96	Newcastle	Romania 	1-0	European Champ.
63  18- 6-96	Newcastle	France  	1-3	European Champ.
64   1- 9-96	Tel-Aviv	Israel  	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
65   8-10-96	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
66  14-12-96	Lemesos 	Cyprus  	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
67   2- 4-97	Sofia   	Cyprus  	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
68   8- 6-97	Burgas  	Luxembourg	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
69  20- 8-97	Sofia   	Israel  	1-0 	World Cup Qualifier
70  10- 9-97	Sofia   	Russia  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
71  11-10-97	Moskva  	Russia  	2-4 	World Cup Qualifier
72  25- 3-98	Skopje  	Macedonia	0-1 	
73   5- 6-98	Sofia   	Algeria 	2-0	
74  12- 6-98	Montpellier	Paraguay	0-0	World Cup
75  19- 6-98	Paris   	Nigeria 	0-1	World Cup
76  24- 6-98	Lens    	Spain   	1-6	World Cup


Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    76    32   19   25  118-  94       83      54.61

Types of Matches

Friendlies		29
World Cup Qualifier	21
European Ch. Qualifier	14
World Cup		 9
European Championship	 3

Total                   76


Goals:	
Cap  1	1 goal
Cap 15	1 goal
Cap 24	1 goal
Cap 33	1 goal
Cap 49	1 goal
Cap 70	1 goal

Total   6 goals


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