Dimitar Penev - International Appearances


The outstanding Bulgarian player obtained 90 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 12- 7-1945
Country: Bulgaria
Caps:	90	(W38-D21-L31 – GF157-GA130 – %53.88)
Goals:	2
Age First Cap:	 18 yr 249 d   18- 3-1964 vs. Yugoslavia Ol. 0-1
Age Last Cap:    31 yr 183 d   11- 1-1977 vs. Algeria  1-1
National Team Career: 12 yr 299 d

Caps   Date 	Venue	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition

 1   18- 3-64	Sofia   	Yugoslavia Ol.	0-1
 2   23- 4-64	Kiev    	Sov. Union Ol.	0-1
 3    3- 5-64	Bucuresti	Romania 	1-2	Olympic Games Qual.
 4   31- 5-64	Sofia   	Romania 	0-1	Olympic Games Qual.
 5   29-11-64	Sofia   	Soviet Union	0-0
 6   20-12-64	Istanbul	Turkey  	0-0
 7   23- 2-65	Athinai 	Greece  	2-1
 8    9- 5-65	Sofia   	Turkey  	4-1
 9   16- 5-65	Kraków  	Poland  	1-1
10   13- 6-65	Sofia   	Israel  	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
11    4- 9-65	Varna   	East Germany	3-2
12   26- 9-65	Sofia   	Belgium 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
13   27-10-65	Bruxelles	Belgium 	0-5	World Cup Qualifier
14   21-11-65	Tel-Aviv	Israel  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
15   25- 2-66	Cairo   	Egypt   	2-2
16    1- 6-66	Boegrad 	Yugoslavia	2-0
17   14- 6-66	Bologna 	Italy   	1-6
18   12- 7-66	Liverpool	Brazil  	0-2	World Cup
19   16- 7-66	Manchester	Portugal	0-3	World Cup
20   20- 7-66	Manchester	Hungary 	1-3	World Cup
21    6-11-66	Sofia   	Yugoslavia	6-1
22   13-11-66	Sofia   	Norway  	4-2	European Champ. Qual.
23   22- 3-67	Hannover	West Germany	0-1
24   11- 6-67	Stockholm	Sweden  	2-0	European Champ. Qual.
25   29- 6-67	Oslo    	Norway  	0-0	European Champ. Qual
26    8-10-67	Sofia   	Soviet Union	1-2
27   12-10-67	Istanbul	Turkey Ol.	3-2	Olympic Games Qual.
28   12-11-67	Sofia   	Sweden  	3-0	European Champ. Qual.
29   26-11-67	Sofia   	Portugal	1-0	European Champ. Qual.
30   17-12-67	Lisboa  	Portugal	0-0	European Champ. Qual.
31    6- 4-68	Sofia   	Italy   	3-2	European Champ. Qual.
32   20- 4-68	Napoli  	Italy   	0-2	European Champ. Qual.
33    9-10-68	Istanbul	Turkey  	2-0
34   27-10-68	Sofia   	Netherlands	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
35   11-12-68	London  	England 	1-1
36   23- 4-69	Sofia   	Luxembourg	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
37   24- 5-69	Torino  	Italy   	0-0
38   15- 6-69	Sofia   	Poland  	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
39   29- 4-69	Sofia   	West Germany	0-1
40   22-10-69	Rotterdam	Netherlands	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
41    9-11-69	Warszawa	Poland  	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
42    7-12-69	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
43   28-12-69	Casablanca	Morocco 	0-3
44   15- 2-70	Cdad. de México	Mexico  	1-1
45   18- 2-70	León    	Mexico  	0-2
46   21- 2-70	Lima    	Peru    	3-1
47   24- 2-70	Lima    	Peru    	3-5
48    5- 5-70	Sofia   	Soviet Union	3-3
49    2- 6-70	León    	Peru    	2-3	World Cup
50    7- 6-70	León    	West Germany	2-5	World Cup
51   11- 6-70	León    	Morocco 	1-1	World Cup
52   24- 3-71	London  	Great Britain	0-1	Olympic Games Qual.
53    7- 4-71	Athinai 	Greece  	1-0
54   28- 4-71	Sofia   	Soviet Union	1-1
55    5- 5-71	Sofia   	Great Britain	5-0	Olympic Games Qual.
56   19- 5-71	Sofia   	Hungary 	3-0	European Champ. Qual.
57    9- 6-71	Oslo    	Norway  	4-1	European Champ. Qual.
58    7- 9-71	München 	W. Germany Am.	1-3
59   25- 9-71	Budapest	Hungary 	0-2	European Champ. Qual.
60   10-11-71	Nantes  	France  	1-2	European Champ. Qual.
61   24-11-71	Sofia   	Spain Ol.	8-3	Olympic Games Qual.
62    4-12-71	Sofia   	France  	2-1	European Champ. Qual.
63   29- 3-72	Sofia   	Soviet Union	1-1
64   16- 4-72	Stara Zagora	Poland  	1-3	Olympic Games Qual.
65    7- 5-72	Warszawa	Poland  	0-3	Olympic Games Qual.
66   31- 5-72	Burgos   	Spain Ol.	3-3	Olympic Games Qual.
67    7- 6-72	Moskva  	Soviet Union	0-1
68   21- 6-72	Sofia   	Italy   	1-1
69   11-10-72	Sofia   	Yugoslavia B	2-1
70   18-10-72	Sofia   	N. Ireland	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
71   28- 1-73	Lefkosia	Cyprus  	3-0
72   31- 1-73	Athinai 	Greece  	2-2
73   28- 3-73	Plovdiv 	Soviet Union	1-0
74    2- 5-73	Sofia   	Portugal	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
75   12- 5-73	Hamburg 	West Germany	0-3
76    6- 2-74	Morfou  	Cyprus  	4-1
77    8- 2-74	Kuwait City	Kuwait  	3-1
78   10- 2-74	Kuwait City	Kuwait  	2-1
79   31- 3-74	Zalaegerszeg	Hungary 	1-3
80   13- 4-74	Plovdiv 	Czechoslovakia	0-1
81    8- 5-74	Sofia   	Turkey  	5-1	Balkan Cup
82   25- 5-74	Sofia   	North Korea	6-1
83    1- 6-74	Sofia   	England 	0-1
84   15- 6-74	Düsseldorf	Sweden  	0-0	World Cup
85   19- 6-74	Hannover	Uruguay 	1-1	World Cup
86   23- 6-74	Dortmund	Netherlands	1-4	World Cup
87   13-10-74	Sofia   	Greece  	3-3	European Champ. Qual.
88   25- 1-76	Tokyo   	Japan   	3-1
89    1- 2-76	Tokyo   	Japan   	3-0
90   11- 1-77	Algeria 	Algeria 	1-1

Remark: Matches against B teams. olympic friendlies and Olympic Qualifiers 
        are full A internationals games for Bulgaria Football Association.



Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    90	  38   21   31	157- 130      97      53.88


Types of Matches
Friendlies		45
World Cup                9
World Cup Qualifier	12
European Ch. Qualifier	14
Olympic Games Qual.      9
Balkan Cup               1

Total 			90


Goals:
Cap  8	1 goal
Cap 38	1 goal

Total   2 goals


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