Borislav Mikhailov - International Appearances


The outstanding Bulgarian 'keeper, who obtained 102 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
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   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- 4-84   Budapest     Hungary Olym.   1-1 [*a]   
  9   25- 4-84   Athinai      Greece Olym.    1-3 [*a]   
 10    8- 6-84   København    Denmark         1-1    
 11    5- 9-84   Lisboa       Portugal        0-1    
 12   29- 9-84   Beograd      Yugoslavia      0-0    World Cup Qualifier
 13   21-11-84   Paris        France          0-1    World Cup Qualifier
 14    5-12-84   Sofia        Luxembourg      4-0    World Cup Qualifier
 15    5- 2-85   Querétaro    Switzerland     1-0    
 16    6- 2-85   Querétaro    Poland          2-2    
 17    6- 4-85   Sofia        East Germany    1-0    World Cup Qualifier
 18   17- 4-85   Augsburg     West Germany    1-4    
 19    2- 5-85   Sofia        France          2-0    World Cup Qualifier
 20    1- 6-85   Sofia        Yugoslavia      2-1    World Cup Qualifier
 21    9- 2-86   Querétaro    East Germany    1-2    
 22   19- 2-86   Rabat        Morocco         0-0    
 23    9- 4-86   Sofia        Denmark         3-0     
 24   23- 4-86   Brussel      Belgium         0-2    
 25   30- 4-86   Sofia        North Korea     3-0    
 26   31- 5-86   Cd. México   Italy           1-1    World Cup 86 Rd 1
 27    5- 6-86   Cd. México   South Korea     1-1    World Cup 86 Rd 1
 28   10- 6-86   Cd. México   Argentina       0-2    World Cup 86 Rd 1
 29   15- 6-86   Cd. México   Mexico          0-2    World Cup 86 Rd 2
 30   10- 9-86   Glasgow      Scotland        0-0    Euro Championship Qualifier
 31    7-10-86   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- 1-87   Sofia        China           4-0
 35    1- 4-87   Sofia        Rep Ireland     2-1    Euro Championship Qualifier
 36   30- 4-87   Luxembourg   Luxembourg      4-1    Euro Championship Qualifier
 37   20- 5-87   Sofia        Luxembourg      3-0    Euro Championship Qualifier
 38   23- 9-87   Sofia        Belgium         2-0    Euro Championship Qualifier
 39   11-11-87   Sofia        Scotland        0-1    Euro Championship Qualifier
 40   21- 1-88   Doha         Qatar           3-2    
 41   23- 1-88   Dubai        U A E           3-0    
 42   27- 1-88   Dubai        U A E           3-1    
 43    3- 2-88   Cairo        Egypt           0-1    
 44   23- 3-88   Sofia        Czechoslovakia  2-0    
 45   13- 4-88   Burgas       East Germany    1-1    
 46   24- 5-88   Rotterdam    Netherlands     2-1    
 47   24- 8-88   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- 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   Berno        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   Maskat       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   New York [2] Mexico          1-1 [1]World Cup 94 Rd 2
 77   10- 7-94   New York [2] Germany         2-1    World Cup 94 Qf
 78   13- 7-94   New York [2] 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        U A E           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   Limassol     Cyprus          3-1    World Cup Qualifier
102    5- 6-98   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    50   26   26   173 - 106      126     61.76

Types of Matches 

Friendlies             42
World Cup Qualifiers   19       
World Cup              11  
European Champ. Qual.  25
European Championship   3 
Other Tournaments       2

Total                 102


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With thanks to 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: 1 Sep 2016

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