Bulgaria-Romania matches 1925-2008


All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Game Date        Venue      Result                      Remark

  1. 31- 5-1925  Sofia      Bulgaria 2-4 Romania      
  2. 25- 4-1926  București  Romania  6-1 Bulgaria    
  3. 21- 4-1929  București  Romania  3-0 Bulgaria    
  4. 15- 9-1929  Sofia      Bulgaria 2-3 Romania     
  5. 12-10-1930  Sofia      Bulgaria 5-3 Romania       [Balkan Cup]
  6. 10- 5-1931  București  Romania  5-2 Bulgaria      [Balkan Cup]
  7. 26- 6-1932  Beograd    Bulgaria 2-0 Romania       [Balkan Cup]
  8.  4- 6-1933  București  Romania  7-0 Bulgaria      [Balkan Cup]
  9. 30-12-1934  Athinai    Romania  3-2 Bulgaria      [Balkan Cup]
 10. 19- 6-1935  Sofia      Bulgaria 4-0 Romania       [Balkan Cup]
 11. 24- 5-1936  București  Romania  4-1 Bulgaria      [Balkan Cup]
 12.  8-10-1946  Tiranë     Romania  2-2 Bulgaria      [Balkan Cup]
 13.  6- 7-1947  Sofia      Bulgaria 2-3 Romania       [Balkan Cup]
 14. 20- 6-1948  București  Romania  3-2 Bulgaria      [Balkan Cup]
 15. 28- 6-1953  București  Romania  3-1 Bulgaria      [World Cup Qualifier]
 16. 11-10-1953  Sofia      Bulgaria 1-2 Romania       [World Cup Qualifier]
 17.  9-10-1955  București  Romania  1-1 Bulgaria    
 18. 10- 9-1956  Sofia      Bulgaria 2-0 Romania      
 19.  8-11-1959  București  Romania  1-0 Bulgaria      [Olympic Games Qual.]
 20.  1- 5-1960  Sofia      Bulgaria 2-1 Romania       [Olympic Games Qual.]
 21.  3- 5-1964  București  Romania  2-1 Bulgaria      [Olympic Games Qual.]
 22. 31- 5-1964  Sofia      Bulgaria 0-1 Romania       [Olympic Games Qual.]
 23. 25- 9-1974  Sofia      Bulgaria 0-0 Romania      
 24. 12- 5-1976  V. Tarnovo Bulgaria 1-0 Romania       [Balkan Cup]
 25. 28-11-1976  București  Romania  3-2 Bulgaria      [Balkan Cup]
 26.  3- 5-1978  București  Romania  2-0 Bulgaria      [Balkan Cup]
 27. 31- 5-1978  Sofia      Bulgaria 1-1 Romania       [Balkan Cup]
 28. 10- 9-1980  Varna      Bulgaria 1-2 Romania      
 29.  9- 9-1981  București  Romania  1-2 Bulgaria     
 30. 14- 4-1982  Ruse       Bulgaria 1-2 Romania      
 31. 19-10-1988  Sofia      Bulgaria 1-3 Romania       [World Cup Qualifier]
 32. 17- 5-1989  București  Romania  1-0 Bulgaria      [World Cup Qualifier]
 33. 17-10-1990  București  Romania  0-3 Bulgaria      [European Champ. Qual.]
 34. 20-11-1991  Sofia      Bulgaria 1-1 Romania       [European Champ. Qual.]
 35. 13- 6-1996  Newcastle  Bulgaria 1-0 Romania       [European Champ.]
 36.  2- 9-2006  Constanța  Romania  2-2 Bulgaria      [European Champ. Qual.]
 37. 17-11-2007  Sofia      Bulgaria 1–0 Romania       [European Champ. Qual.]


Total record:

Bulgaria             37 10  6 21  52- 75  26  [33  9  6 18  49- 70  24]
Romania              37 21  6 10  75- 52  48  [33 18  6  9  70- 49  42]

NB: this includes 4 Olympic Qualifying matches later declared unofficial
    by FIFA (although both countries originally considered them official);
    between square brackets the records without those matches

Some more stats:

                     Pd  B  D  R  BG- RG

In Bulgaria:         17  6  3  8  27- 26  [15  5  3  7  25- 24]
In Romania:          16  2  2 12  18- 44  [14  2  2 10  17- 41]
Elsewhere:            4  2  1  1   7-  5  [ 4  2  1  1   7-  5]

NB: this includes 4 Olympic Qualifying matches later declared unofficial
    by FIFA (although both countries originally considered them official);
    between square brackets the records without those matches


Bulgaria - List of International Matches
Romania - List of International Matches


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Thanks to Roberto Di Maggio

Prepared and maintained by Adrian German for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Adrian German
Last updated: 3 Aug 2022

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