Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 4- 5-83 Sofia Cuba 5-2
2 7- 8-83 Paris Algeria 3-2
3 7- 9-83 Oslo Norway 2-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
4 21- 9-83 Neubrandenburg East Germany Ol. 0-2 [*]
5 12-10-83 Moskva Soviet Union Ol. 0-0 [*]
6 26-10-83 Praha Czechoslovakia 2-1
7 16-11-83 Sofia Wales 1-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
8 21-12-83 Split Yugoslavia 2-3 Euro Championship Qualifier
9 11- 4-84 Budapest Hungary Olympic 1-1 [*]
10 25- 4-84 Athinai Greece Olympic 1-3 [*]
11 8- 6-84 København Denmark 1-1
12 5- 9-84 Lisboa Portugal 0-1
13 29- 9-84 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
14 21-11-84 Paris France 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
15 5-12-84 Sofia Luxembourg 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
16 5- 2-85 Querétaro Switzerland 1-0
17 6- 2-85 Querétaro Poland 2-2
18 6- 4-85 Sofia East Germany 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
19 17- 4-85 Augsburg West Germany 1-4
20 2- 5-85 Sofia France 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
21 1- 6-85 Sofia Yugoslavia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
22 9- 2-86 Querétaro East Germany 1-2 [!]
23 19- 2-86 Rabat Morocco 0-0
24 9- 4-86 Sofia Denmark 3-0
25 23- 4-86 Brussel Belgium 0-2
26 30- 4-86 Sofia North Korea 3-0
27 31- 5-86 Cd. de México Italy 1-1 World Cup 86 Rd 1
28 5- 6-86 Cd. de México South Korea 1-1 World Cup 86 Rd 1
29 10- 6-86 Cd. de México Argentina 0-2 World Cup 86 Rd 1
30 15- 6-86 Cd. de México Mexico 0-2 World Cup 86 Rd 2
31 10- 9-86 Glasgow Scotland 0-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
32 29-10-86 Tunis Tunisia 3-3
33 19-11-86 Brussel Belgium 1-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
34 1- 4-87 Sofia Ireland 2-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
35 30- 4-87 Luxembourg Luxembourg 4-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
36 20- 5-87 Sofia Luxembourg 3-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
37 23- 9-87 Sofia Belgium 2-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
38 11-11-87 Sofia Scotland 0-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
39 21- 1-88 Doha Qatar 3-2
40 23- 1-88 Dubai UA Emirates 3-0
41 27- 1-88 Dubai UA Emirates 3-1
42 3- 2-88 Cairo Egypt 0-1
43 23- 3-88 Sofia Czechoslovakia 2-0
44 13- 4-88 Burgas East Germany 1-1
45 24- 5-88 Rotterdam Netherlands 2-1
46 24- 8-88 Bialystok Poland 2-3
47 21- 9-88 Sofia Soviet Union B 2-2 [*]
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- 3-91 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
52 9- 4-91 Odense Denmark 1-1
53 1- 5-91 Sofia Switzerland 2-3 Euro Championship Qualifier
54 22- 5-91 Serravalle San Marino 3-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
55 25- 9-91 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- 4-92 Bern Switzerland 2-0
59 14- 5-92 Helsinki Finland 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
60 19- 8-92 Sofia Mexico 1-1
61 9- 9-92 Sofia France 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
62 7-10-92 Solna Sweden 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
63 11-11-92 Saint-Ouen Portugal 1-2
64 2-12-92 Tel-Aviv Israel 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
65 14- 4-93 Wien Austria 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
66 28- 4-93 Sofia Finland 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
67 12- 5-93 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- 1-94 San Diego Mexico 1-1
71 15- 4-94 Muscat Oman 1-1
72 28- 4-94 Kuwait Kuwait 2-2
73 21- 6-94 Dallas Nigeria 0-3 World Cup 94 Rd 1
74 26- 6-94 Chicago Greece 4-0 World Cup 94 Rd 1
75 30- 6-94 Dallas Argentina 2-0 World Cup 94 Rd 1
76 5- 7-94 East Rutherford Mexico 1-1 [1] World Cup 94 Rd 2
77 10- 7-94 East Rutherford Germany 2-1 World Cup 94 Qf
78 13- 7-94 East Rutherford Italy 1-2 World Cup 94 Sf
79 16- 7-94 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- 3-95 Sofia Wales 3-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
83 12- 4-95 Strumica FYR Macedonia 0-0
84 26- 4-95 Chisinau Moldova 3-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
85 7- 6-95 Sofia Germany 3-2 Euro Championship Qualifier
86 25- 7-95 Kuala Lumpur Iraq 0-1 Merdeka Cup
87 29- 7-95 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2-0 Merdeka Cup
88 6- 9-95 Tiranë Albania 1-1 Euro Championship Qualifier
89 7-10-95 Sofia Albania 3-0 Euro Championship Qualifier
90 11-10-95 Tbilisi Georgia 1-2 Euro Championship Qualifier
91 27- 3-96 London England 0-1
92 24- 4-96 Trnava Slovakia 0-0
93 28- 5-96 Sofia FYR Macedonia 3-0
94 2- 6-96 Sofia UA Emirates 4-1
95 9- 6-96 Leeds Spain 1-1 Euro Championship 96 Rd 1
96 13- 6-96 Newcastle Romania 1-0 Euro Championship 96 Rd 1
97 18- 6-96 Newcastle France 1-3 Euro Championship 96 Rd 1
98 1- 9-96 Tel-Aviv Israel 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
99 8-10-96 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
100 6-11-96 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0-1
101 14-12-96 Lemesos Cyprus 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
102 5- 6-98 Sofia Algeria 2-0
[*] in these five matches the opponents fielded an Olympic or B team; the
Bulgarian FA nevertheless insists that all these matches are official
A-internationals, contravening FIFA conventions.
[!] match unofficial for East Germany
[1] Bulgaria won 3-1 on penalties
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
102 48 27 27 169 - 110 123 60.29
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 Robert Jones, Roberto Mamrud 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: 24 Jan 2025
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