From DONTCHEV@KATK.helsinki.fi Fri Feb 9 14:26:54 EST 1996 Article: 28410 of soc.culture.bulgaria Path: news.cs.columbia.edu!pipeline!newsjunkie.ans.net!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.funet.fi!news.helsinki.fi!not-for-mail From: "Julian Dontchev" Newsgroups: alt.sports.soccer.european,rec.sport.soccer,soc.culture.bulgaria Subject: The Bulgarian Football FAQ Date: 8 Feb 1996 09:29:05 +0200 Organization: University of Helsinki Lines: 332 Sender: daemon@oravannahka.Helsinki.FI Message-ID: <11C2A324505@katk.helsinki.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: oravannahka.helsinki.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.22 content-length: 10342 Xref: news.cs.columbia.edu alt.sports.soccer.european:6719 rec.sport.soccer:222551 soc.culture.bulgaria:28410 Status: OR BULGARIA 1. Basic Details: World Cup Appearances: 6 (1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1994). Best World Cup Performance: Bronze medals - 1994. Olympic Games: Silver (1968), Bronze (1956). European Junior Champion: 3 times (1959,1969,1974). Biggest Ever Win: 1968 (Leon, Mexico) Bulgaria - Ghana 10:0. Biggest Defeat: 1933 (Madrid) Spain - Bulgaria 13:0. First International Match: 1924 (Vienna) Austria - Bulgaria 6:0. Most International Matches: Hristo Bonev - 96 caps. Most Goals: Hristo Bonev - 47 goals. Coaches: Stojan Ormandzhiev - 76 times. Present coach: Dimitar PENEV. Aged 49. Won 90 caps as central defender for the Bulgarian national side between 1966 to 1974. Most successful record against the other 15 teams: Denmark. Worst record: Spain, Croatia and England. Bulgaria's footballer of the year (due to Dragomir Radev) 1961 Georgi Naydenov (CSKA) 1962 Ivan Kolev (CSKA) 1963 Aleksandar Shalamanov (Slaviya) 1964 Nikola Kotkov (Loko Sf) 1965 Georgi Asparuhov (Levski) 1966 Aleksandar Shalamanov (Slaviya) 1967 Dimitar Penev (CSKA) 1968 Simeon Simeonov (Slaviya) 1969 Hristo Bonev (Loko Pd) 1970 Stefan Aladjov (Levski) 1971 Dimitar Penev (CSKA) 1972 Hristo Bonev (Loko Pd) 1973 Hristo Bonev (Loko Pd) 1974 Kiril Ivkov (Levski) 1975 Kiril Ivkov (Levski) 1976 Bojidar Grigorov (Slaviya) 1977 Pavel Panov (Levski) 1978 Rumen Goranov (Loko Sf) 1979 Atanas Mihaylov (Loko Sf) 1980 Andrey Jelyazkov (Slaviya) 1981 Georgi Velinov (CSKA) 1982 Radoslav Zdravkov (CSKA) 1983 Stoycho Mladenov (CSKA) 1984 Plamen Nikolov (Levski) 1985 Georgi Dimitrov (CSKA) 1986 Borislav Mihaylov (Levski) 1987 Nikolay Iliev (Levski) 1988 Luboslav Penev (CSKA) 1989 Hristo Stoichkov (CSKA) 1990 Hristo Stoichkov (CSKA, Barcelona) 1991 Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona) 1992 Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona) 1993 Emil Kostadinov (Porto) 1994 Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona) 1995 Krasimir Balakov (Sporting, Stuttgart) The squad: to be announced. Matches played against the other three teams from Group B: Bulgaria against Spain: 1933 (Madrid) Spain - Bulgaria 13:0 1985 (Valencia) Spain - Bulgaria 2:0 Bulgaria against France: 1932 (Sofia) Bulgaria - France 3:5 1938 (Paris) France - Bulgaria 6:1 1957 (Paris) France - Bulgaria 2:2 1959 (Sofia) Bulgaria - France 1:0 1960 (Paris) France - Bulgaria 3:0 1961 (Sofia) Bulgaria - France 1:0 1961 (Milano) Bulgaria - France 1:0 1963 (Sofia) Bulgaria - France 1:0 1963 (Paris) France - Bulgaria 1:3 1970 (Rouen) France - Bulgaria 1:1 1971 (Nantes) France - Bulgaria 2:1 1971 (Sofia) Bulgaria - France 2:1 1976 (Sofia) Bulgaria - France 2:2 1977 (Paris) France - Bulgaria 3:1 1982 (Lyon) France - Bulgaria 0:0 1984 (Paris) France - Bulgaria 1:0 1985 (Sofia) Bulgaria - France 2:0 1992 (Sofia) Bulgaria - France 2:0 1993 (Paris) France - Bulgaria 1:2 BUL - FRA total: 18 matches 7 4 7 22:30 Bulgaria against Romania 1925 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Romania 2:4 1926 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 6:1 1929 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 3:0 1929 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Romania 2:3 1930 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Romania 5:3 1931 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 5:2 1932 (Belgrade) Bulgaria - Romania 2:0 1933 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 7:0 1934 (Athens) Bulgaria - Romania 2:3 1935 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Romania 4:0 1935 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 3:1 1935 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Romania 1:2 1936 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 4:1 1946 (Tirana) Bulgaria - Romania 2:2 1947 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Romania 2:3 1948 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 3:2 1955 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 1:1 1956 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Romania 2:0 1959 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 1:0 1960 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Romania 2:1 1964 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 2:1 1964 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Romania 0:1 1971 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 1:1 1974 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Romania 0:0 1976 (V.Tarnovo) Bulgaria - Romania 1:0 1976 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 3:2 1978 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 2:0 1978 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Romania 1:1 1978 (Varna) Bulgaria - Romania 2:0 1979 (St.Di-rov) Bulgaria - Romania 1:1 1979 (Blag-grad) Bulgaria - Romania 2:1 1980 (Varna) Bulgaria - Romania 1:2 1981 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 2:1 1982 (Ruse) Bulgaria - Romania 1:2 1982 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 2:1 1988 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Romania 1:3 1989 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 1:0 1990 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 3:0 1991 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Romania 1:1 BUL - ROM total: 39 matches 11 7 21 56-77 2. History: Bulgaria's record for the European Championships 1958-1960: 1/8 final: 31.05.1959 (Belgrade) Jugoslavia - Bulgaria 2:0 25.10.1959 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Yugoslavia 1:1 1962-1964: Preliminary: 5.11.1962 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Portugal 3:1 round 16.12.1962 (Lissabon) Portugal - Bulgaria 3:1 23.01.1963 (Rome) Bulgaria - Portugal 1:0 1/8 final: 29.09.1963 (Sofia) Bulgaria - France 1:0 26.10.1963 (Paris) France - Bulgaria 3:1 1966-1968: Bulgaria is in a group with Portugal, Sweden and Norway. 13.11.1966 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Norway 4:2 11.06.1967 (Stockholm) Sweden - Bulgaria 0:2 29.06.1967 (Oslo) Norway - Bulgaria 0:0 12.11.1967 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Sweden 3:0 26.11.1967 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Portugal 1:0 07.12.1967 (Lissabon) Portugal - Bulgaria 0:0 Bulgaria wins the group: 1. Bulgaria 4 2 0 10:2 10 2. Portugal 4 2 2 6:6 6 3. Sweden 2 1 3 9:12 5 4. Norway 1 1 4 9:14 3 1/4 final: 06.04.1968 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Italy 3:2 20.04.1968 (Naples) Italy - Bulgaria 2:0 1970 - 1972: Bulgaria is in a group with France, Hungary and Norway. 15.11.1970 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Norway 1:1 19.05.1971 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Hungary 3:0 09.06.1971 (Oslo) Norway - Bulgaria 1:4 (Audiotape available) 25.09.1971 (Budap.) Hungary - Bulgaria 2:0 10.11.1971 (Nantes) France - Bulgaria 2:1 04.12.1971 (Sofia) Bulgaria - France 2:1 1. Hungary 4 1 1 12:5 9 2. Bulgaria 3 1 2 11:7 7 3. France 3 1 2 10:8 7 4. Norway 0 1 5 5:18 1 1974 - 1976: Bulgaria is in a group with West Germany, Greece and Malta. 13.10.1974 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Greece 3:3 18.12.1974 (Athens) Greece - Bulgaria 2:1 27.04.1975 (Sofia) Bulgaria - W.Germany 1:1 11.06.1975 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Malta 5:0 19.11.1975 (Stuttgart) W.Germany - Bulgaria 1:0 21.12.1975 (La Valeta) Malta - Bulgaria 0:2 1. W. Germany 3 3 0 14:4 9 2. Greece 2 3 1 12:9 7 3. Bulgaria 2 2 2 12:7 6 4. Malta 1 0 5 2:20 2 1978-1980: Bulgaria is in a group with England, N. Ireland, Ireland and Denmark. 11.10.1978 (Copenhagen) Denmark - Bulgaria 2:2 29.10.1978 (Sofia) Bulgaria - N.Ireland 0:2 02.05.1979 (Belfast) N.Irelnad - Bulgaria 2:0 19.05.1979 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Ireland 1:0 06.06.1979 (Sofia) Bulgaria - England 0:3 17.10.1979 (Dublin) Ireland - Bulgaria 3:0 31.10.1979 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Denmark 3:0 22.11.1979 (London) England - Bulgaria 2:0 1. England 7 1 0 22:5 15 2. N. Ireland 4 1 3 8:14 9 3. Ireland 2 3 3 9:8 7 4. Bulgaria 2 1 5 6:14 5 5. Denmark 1 2 5 13:17 4 1982 - 1984: Bulgaria is in a group with Jugoslavia, Wales and Norway. 27.10.1982 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Norway 2:2 17.11.1982 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Yugoslavia 0:1 27.04.1983 (Wrexham) Wales - Bulgaria 1:0 07.09.1983 (Oslo) Norway - Bulgaria 1:2 16.11.1983 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Wales 1:0 21.12.1983 (Split) Yugoslavia - Bulgaria 3:2 1. Yugoslavia 3 2 1 12:11 8 2. Wales 2 3 1 7:6 7 3. Bulgaria 2 1 3 7:8 5 4. Norway 1 2 3 7:8 4 1986 - 1988: Bulgaria is in a group with Ireland, Scotland, Belgium and Luxembourg. 10.09.1986 (Glasgow) Scotland - Bulgaria 0:0 19.11.1986 (Bruxelles) Belgium - Bulgaria 1:1 01.04.1987 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Ireland 2:1 30.04.1987 (Luxembourg) Luxembourg - Bulgaria 1:4 20.05.1987 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Luxembourg 3:0 23.09.1987 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Belgium 2:0 14.10.1987 (Dublin) Ireland - Bulgaria 2:0 11.11.1987 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Scotland 0:1 1. Ireland 4 3 1 10:5 11 2. Bulgaria 4 2 2 12:6 10 3. Belgium 3 3 2 16:8 9 4. Scotland 3 3 2 7:5 9 5. Luxembourg 0 1 7 2:23 1 1990 - 1992: Bulgaria is in a group with Switzerland, Romania, Scotland and San Marino. 12.09.1990 (Bern) Switzerland - Bulgaria 2:0 17.10.1990 (Bucharest) Romania - Bulgaria 0:3 14.11.1990 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Scotland 1:1 27.03.1991 (Glasgow) Scotland - Bulgaria 1:1 01.05.1991 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Switzerland 2:3 22.05.1991 (San Marino) San Marino - Bulgaria 0:3 16.10.1991 (Sofia) Bulgaria - San Marino 4:0 20.11.1991 (Sofia) Bulgaria - Romania 1:1 3. Qualification for England96. Qualifying Results: 12.10.1994 Bulgaria - Georgia 2-0 Kostadinov 2 16.11.1994 Bulgaria - Moldova 4-1 Stoitchkov 2, Balakov, Kostadinov 14.12.1994 Wales - Bulgaria 0-3 Ivanov, Kostadinov, Stoitchkov 29.03.1995 Bulgaria - Wales 3-1 26.04.1995 Moldova - Bulgaria 0-3 Balakov, Stoitchkov 2 07.06.1995 Bulgaria - Germany 3-2 Stoitchkov 2, Kostadinov 06.09.1995 Albania - Bulgaria 1-1 Stoitchkov 07.10.1995 Bulgaria - Albania 3-0 Letchkov, Kostadinov 2 11.10.1995 Georgia - Bulgaria 2-1 Stoitchkov 15.11.1995 Germany - Bulgaria 3-1 Stoitchkov Bulgaria's match schedule for the 1998 France World Cup European qualifying group five (decided on 29.1.1996). September 1, 1996 - Israel v Bulgaria Russia v Cyprus September 8, 1996 - Luxembourg v Bulgaria October 9, 1996 - Israel v Russia November 10, 1996 - Cyprus v Israel Luxembourg v Russia December 14, 1996 - Cyprus v Bulgaria December 15, 1996 - Israel v Luxembourg March 29, 1997 - Cyprus v Russia March 30, 1997 - Luxembourg v Israel April 30, 1997 - Israel v Cyprus Russia v Luxembourg June 8, 1997 - Russia v Israel Bulgaria v Luxembourg August 20, 1997 - Bulgaria v Israel September 7, 1997 - Luxembourg v Cyprus September 10, 1997 - Bulgaria v Russia October 11, 1997 - Russia v Bulgaria Cyprus v Luxembourg No date available for Bulgaria - Cyprus.