Hristo Stoichkov - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Bulgarian player scored 37 international goals in 83 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:	8- 2-1966
Country:  Bulgaria
Caps:	83	(W35-D18-L30 - GF124-GA104 - %53.01)
Goals:	37	(% 0.45 per match)
Age First Cap:	 21 yr 227 d    23- 9-1987 vs. Belgium 2-0
Age Last Cap:	 33 yr 121 d	 9- 6-1999 vs. England 1-1
National Team Career: 11 yr 259 d


Cap  Goals     Date	Venue		Opponent       Score	Competition

 1       -   23- 9-87	Sofia   	Belgium 	2-0	European Champ. Qual.
 2       -   14-10-87	Dublin  	Ireland 	0-2	European Champ. Qual.
 3       -   11-11-87	Sofia   	Scotland	0-1	European Champ. Qual.
 4   1   1   21- 1-88	Doha    	Qatar   	3-2
 5       1   29- 1-88	Cairo   	Egypt   	0-1
 6       1   23- 3-88	Sofia   	Czechoslovakia	2-0
 7       1   13- 4-88	Burgas  	East Germany	1-1
 8       1    4- 8-88	Vaasa   	Finland 	1-1
 9       1    7- 8-88	Reykjavík	Iceland 	3-2
10   1   2    9- 8-88	Oslo    	Norway  	1-1
11   1   3   21- 9-88	Sofia   	Soviet Union B	2-2
12   1   4   24- 8-88	Bialystok	Poland  	2-3
13       4   19-10-88	Sofia   	Romania 	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
14       4    2-11-88	København	Denmark 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
15       4   24-12-88	Sharjah 	UA Emirates	1-0
16       4   21- 2-89	Sofia   	Soviet Union	1-2
17       4   22- 3-89	Sofia   	West Germany	1-2
18       4   26- 4-89	Sofia   	Denmark 	0-2 	World Cup Qualifier
19       4   17- 5-89	Bucuresti	Romania 	0-1 	World Cup Qualifier
20       4   23- 8-89	Erfurt  	East Germany	1-1
21       4   20- 9-89	Cesena  	Italy   	0-4
22   1   5   11-10-89	Varna   	Greece  	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
23       5   15-11-89	Athinai 	Greece  	0-1 	World Cup Qualifier
24       5    5- 5-90	Campinas	Brazil  	1-2
25       5   12- 9-90	Genève  	Switzerland	0-2	European Champ. Qual.
26       5   17-10-90	Bucuresti	Romania 	3-0	European Champ. Qual.
27       5   14-11-90	Sofia   	Scotland	1-1	European Champ. Qual.
28   1   6   25- 9-91	Sofia   	Italy   	2-1
29   1   7   16-10-91	Sofia   	San Marino	4-0	European Champ. Qual.
30       7   20-11-91	Sofia   	Romania 	1-1	European Champ. Qual.
31       7   28- 4-92	Bern    	Switzerland	2-0
32       7   14- 5-92	Helsinki	Finland 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
33   1   8   19- 8-92	Sofia   	Mexico  	1-1
34   1   9    9- 9-92	Sofia   	France  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
35       9    2-12-92	Tel-Aviv	Israel  	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
36       9   14- 4-93	Wien    	Austria 	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
37   1  10   28- 4-93	Sofia   	Finland 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
38   1  11   12- 5-93	Sofia   	Israel  	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
39   1  12    8- 9-93	Sofia   	Sweden  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
40   1  13   13-10-93	Sofia   	Austria 	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
41      13   17-11-93	Paris   	France  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
42      13    3- 6-94	Sofia   	Ukraine 	1-1	
43      13   21- 6-94	Dallas  	Nigeria 	0-3	World Cup
44   2  15   26- 6-94	Chicago 	Greece  	4-0   	World Cup
45   1  16   30- 6-94	Dallas  	Argentina	2-0   	World Cup
46   1  17    5- 7-94	New Jersey	Mexico      	1-1 [1] World Cup
47   1  18   10- 7-94	New Jersey	Germany 	2-1   	World Cup
48   1  19   13- 7-94	New Jersey	Italy   	1-2   	World Cup
49      19   16- 7-94	Pasadena	Sweden  	0-4	World Cup
50      19   12-10-94	Sofia   	Georgia 	2-0	European Champ. Qual.
51   2  21   16-11-94	Sofia   	Moldova 	4-1   	European Champ. Qual.
52   1  22   14-12-94	Cardiff 	Wales   	3-0   	European Champ. Qual.
53      22   29- 3-95	Sofia   	Wales   	3-1	European Champ. Qual.
54   2  24   26- 4-95	Chisinau	Moldova 	3-0   	European Champ. Qual.
55   2  26    7- 6-95	Sofia   	Germany 	3-2   	European Champ. Qual.
56   1  27    6- 9-95	Tiranë  	Albania 	1-1   	European Champ. Qual.
57      27    7-10-95	Sofia   	Albania 	3-0	European Champ. Qual.
58   1  28   11-10-95	Tbilisi 	Georgia 	1-2   	European Champ. Qual.
59   1  29   15-11-95	Berlin  	Germany 	1-3   	European Champ. Qual.
60   1  30   28- 5-96	Sofia   	Macedonia	3-0   
61   1  31    2- 6-96	Sofia   	UA Emirates	4-1   
62   1  32    9- 6-96	Leeds   	Spain   	1-1   	European Champ.
63   1  33   13- 6-96	Newcastle	Romania 	1-0   	European Champ.
64   1  34   18- 6-96	Newcastle	France  	1-3   	European Champ.
65   1  35    8- 6-97	Burgas  	Luxembourg	4-0   	World Cup Qualifier
66      35   20- 8-97	Sofia   	Israel  	1-0 	World Cup Qualifier
67      35   10- 9-97	Sofia   	Russia   	1-0 	World Cup Qualifier
68      35   11-10-97	Moskva  	Russia   	2-4 	World Cup Qualifier
69      35   10- 3-98	Buenos Aires	Argentina	0-2
70      35   25- 3-98	Skopje  	Macedonia	0-1
71   1  36    5- 6-98	Sofia   	Algeria 	2-0
72      36   12- 6-98	Montpellier	Paraguay	0-0	World Cup
73      36   19- 6-98	Paris   	Nigeria 	0-1	World Cup
74      36   24- 6-98	Lens    	Spain   	1-6	World Cup
75      36    6- 9-98	Sofia   	Poland  	0-3	European Champ. Qual.
76      36   10-10-98	London  	England 	0-0	European Champ. Qual.
77      36   14-10-98	Burgas  	Sweden  	0-1	European Champ. Qual.
78      36   23-12-98	Agadir  	Morocco 	1-4	
79      36   16- 2-99	Hongkong	Egypt   	1-3	
80      36   27- 3-99	Brussel 	Belgium 	1-0	
81   1  37   31- 3-99	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2-0	European Champ. Qual.
82      37    4- 6-99	Warszawa	Poland  	0-2	European Champ. Qual.
83      37    9- 6-99	Sofia   	England 	1-1	European Champ. Qual.

[1] Bulgaria won 3-1 on penalty kicks.

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
    83    35   18   30   124 - 104       88     53.01

[1] Bulgaria won 3-1 on penalty kicks.

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

Types of Matches and Goals

                    Matches  Goals
Friendlies             27      9
World Cup Qualifiers   19      7
World Cup              10      6
European Ch. Qual.     24     12
European Championship   3      3

Total                  83     37




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