The Bulgarian national football team is the national football team of Bulgaria , controlled by the Bulgarian Football Union . The most successful world championship for the Bulgarians was the 1994 US competition, when they defeated the Germans in the quarter finals, but lost to the Italians in the semifinals and then to the Swedes in the match for 3rd place, thus taking 4th place.
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| Nicknames | Lions (Bulgarian. Lvivove), Bulgarians (Bulgarian. Balgari-Yunatsi), Three-colored ( Bulgarian. Tricolorite ) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA | ||
| Federation | Bulgarian Football Union | ||
| Main coach |  Krasimir Balakov | ||
| Captain | Yvelin Popov | ||
| The greatest number of games | Stilian Petrov (105) | ||
| Top scorer | Dimitar Berbatov (48) | ||
| House. stadium | Vasil Levski | ||
| FIFA Rating | 60 βΌ 3 (July 25, 2019) [1] | ||
| Highest | 8 (June 1995) | ||
| Lower | 96 (April-May 2012) | ||
| FIFA Code | Bul | ||
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| The first game | |||
 Austria 6: 0 Bulgaria ( Vienna , Austria ; May 21, 1924 ) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Bulgaria 10: 0 Ghana  ( Leon , Mexico ; October 2 , 1968 ) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Spain 13: 0 Bulgaria ( Madrid , Spain ; May 19, 1933 ) | |||
| World Championship | |||
| Participation | 7 ( first in 1962 ) | ||
| Achievements | 4th place ( 1994 ) | ||
| Europe championship | |||
| Participation | 2 ( first in 1996 ) | ||
| Achievements | Group Stage ( 1996 , 2004 ) | ||
As of June 14, 2019, the national team ranked 57th in the FIFA rating [1] , and 35th in the UEFA rating for October 11, 2017 [2] .
Content
- 1 History
- 1.1 The first stage
- 1.2 After 1994
- 2 Performance at major international tournaments
- 2.1 World Cup
- 2.2 European Championship
- 3 Selection for the European Championship 2020
- 4 Current national team
- 5 Game Records
- 6 Top scorers
- 7 Stadium
- 8 Trainers
- 9 form
- 9.1 Home
- 9.2 Guest
- 9.3 Equipment
- 10 notes
- 11 Links
History
Stage One
Bulgaria played for the first time in the final of the World Championships in 1962 in Chile , but was not able then to break into the playoffs. The same thing happened in the championships of the 66th , 70th and 74th years. In the 86th, the Bulgarians left the group, but lost in the 1/8 finals.
Perhaps one of the most important dates in the history of Bulgarian football was November 17, 1993 , when Emil Kostadinov scored 2 goals in Paris against the French , leading Bulgaria to the 1994 World Cup in the United States . Here, stars of the Bulgarian βgolden generationβ such as Hristo Stoichkov , Krasimir Balakov and Yordan Lechkov won the Germans world champions in the quarter-finals, eventually taking 4th place. Hristo Stoichkov along with Oleg Salenko became the top scorer of the tournament with 6 goals.
Also, 4 victories in the Balkan Cup , an international tournament held irregularly between 1929 and 1980 among countries of the corresponding region, are inscribed in the history of Bulgarian football.
After 1994
In 1996, the team first made it to the European Championships , however, it was not able to get into the playoffs of this tournament , although it was believed that the Bulgarians then had an even stronger roster than 2 years ago.
At the 1998 World Cup, the team again did not make it to the playoffs, and the βgolden generationβ went down in history. Then the Bulgarians could not get into the European Championship 2000 and the World Cup 2002 . In the 2004 European Championships, the Bulgarians lost all matches in the group tournament and have not made it to any tournament since then.
Performance at major international tournaments
World Championship
- 1930 - did not participate
- 1934 - refused to participate during the qualification
- 1938 - did not qualify
- 1950 - did not participate
- 1954 - did not qualify
- 1958 - did not qualify
- 1962 - group stage
- 1966 - group stage
- 1970 - group stage
- 1974 - group stage
- 1978 - did not qualify
- 1982 - failed to qualify
- 1986 - 1/8 finals
- 1990 - failed to qualify
- 1994 - fourth place
- 1998 - group stage
- 2002 - 2018 - did not qualify
European Championship
- 1960 - 1992 - did not qualify
- 1996 - group stage
- 2000 - did not qualify
- 2004 - group stage
- 2008 - 2016 - did not qualify
- 2020 - second place in the qualifying tournament group
2020 European Championships
| M | Team | AND | AT | N | P | Balls | ABOUT |
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| one | Of England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10: 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Of Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2: 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Kosovo | one | 0 | one | 0 | 1: 1 | one |
| four | Montenegro | 2 | 0 | one | one | 2: 6 | one |
| 5 | Czech Republic | one | 0 | 0 | one | 0: 5 | 0 |
Current National Team
The following players were called up by head coach Krasimir Balakov to participate in the 2020 European Championship qualifying match against England (September 7, 2019) and in a friendly match against Ireland (September 10, 2019).
- Games and goals as of September 10, 2019
| No. | Position | Player | Date of birth / age | Matches | Goals | Club | ||
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| VR | Plamen Iliev | November 30 1991 (27 years old) | fourteen | 0 | Ludogorets | |||
| VR | Hristo Ivanov | April 6 1982 (37 years old) | one | 0 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | |||
| VR | Martin Lukov | July 5 1993 (26 years old) | 0 | 0 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | |||
| Defense | Nikolai Bodurov | May 30 1986 (33 years old) | fifty | 2 | CSKA Sofia | |||
| Defense | Insured Popov | August 31 1990 (29 years old) | 27 | 0 | Kasympasha | |||
| Defense | Vasil Bozhikov | June 2 1988 (31 years old) | 25 | one | Slovan Bratislava | |||
| Defense | Anton Nedyalkov | April 30 1993 (26 years old) | 13 | 0 | Ludogorets | |||
| Defense | Georgi Terziev | April 18 1992 (27 years old) | eleven | 0 | Ludogorets | |||
| Defense | Christian Dimitrov | February 27 1997 (22 years old) | four | one | Botev Vratsa | |||
| Defense | Ivan Goranov | June 10 1992 (27 years old) | four | 0 | Levski | |||
| Defense | Georgi Pashov | March 4 1990 (29 years old) | one | 0 | Ararat-Armenia | |||
| PP | Georgi Milanov | February 19 1992 (27 years old) | 42 | 2 | MALL Fehervar | |||
| PP | Simeon Slavchev | September 25 1993 (25 years old) | 25 | 0 | Karabakh | |||
| PP | Georgi Sarmov | September 7 1985 (34 years old) | fourteen | 0 | Chemnitzer | |||
| PP | Nikolay Dimitrov | October 15 1987 (31 years old) | eleven | one | Ural | |||
| PP | Bozhidar Kraev | June 23 1997 (22 years old) | 10 | 2 | Lived vicente | |||
| PP | Marcelinho | August 24 1984 (35 years old) | 8 | 2 | Ludogorets | |||
| PP | Galin Ivanov | April 15 1988 (31 years old) | 7 | one | Slavia Sofia | |||
| PP | Kristiyan Malinov | March 30 1994 (25 years old) | 7 | 0 | CSKA Sofia | |||
| PP | Wanderson | January 2 1988 (31 years old) | 2 | 0 | Ludogorets | |||
| Nap | Vasil Panayotov | July 16 1990 (29 years old) | one | 0 | Black sea | |||
| Nap | Yvelin Popov | October 26 1987 (31 years old) | 86 | 16 | Rostov | |||
| Nap | Kiril Despodov | November 11 1996 (22 years old) | 9 | one | Storm Graz | |||
| Nap | Daniel Mladenov | May 25 1987 (32 years old) | 2 | 0 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | |||
Game Records
| # | Name | Years | Games | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Stilian Petrov | 1998-2012 | 106 | 8 |
| 2 | Borislav Mikhailov | 1983-1998 | 102 | 0 |
| 3 | Hristo Bonev | 1967-1979 | 96 | 47 |
| four | Krasimir Balakov | 1988-2003 | 92 | 16 |
| 5 | Martin Petrov | 1999β2011 | 90 | 19 |
| 6 | Dimitar Penev | 1965-1974 | 90 | 2 |
| 7 | Radostin Kishishev | 1996-2009 | 88 | one |
| 7 | Hristo Stoichkov | 1986-1999 | 83 | 37 |
| 9 | Nasko Shirakov | 1983-1996 | 82 | 23 |
| 10 | Zlatko Yankov | 1989-1999 | 80 | four |
| eleven | Agno Sadkov | 1981-1991 | 79 | 9 |
| 12 | Dimitar Berbatov | 1999β2010 | 79 | 48 |
Top scorers
| # | Player | Years | Goals | Games |
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| one | Dimitar Berbatov | 1999β2010 | 48 | 79 |
| 2 | Hristo Bonev | 1967-1979 | 47 | 96 |
| 3 | Hristo Stoichkov | 1987-1999 | 37 | 83 |
| four | Emil Kostadinov | 1988-1998 | 26 | 70 |
| 5 | Petar Zhekov | 1963-1972 | 25 | 44 |
| 6 | Ivan Kolev | 1950-1963 | 25 | 75 |
| 7 | Atanas Mikhailov | 1970-1981 | 23 | 45 |
| 8 | Nasko Shirakov | 1983-1996 | 23 | 82 |
| 9 | Dimitar Milanov | 1948-1959 | twenty | 39 |
| 10 | Georgi Asparuhov | 1962-1970 | 19 | fifty |
| eleven | Dinko Dermendzhiev | 1966-1977 | 19 | 58 |
| 12 | Martin Petrov | 1999β2014 | 19 | 90 |
Stadium
Typically, the national team of Bulgaria holds their matches at Vasil Levski Stadium , accommodating 43,634 fans. The stadium was officially opened in 1953 , in 1966 and 2002 it was closed for reconstruction.
Also at this stadium and the surrounding complex are competitions in athletics , rhythmic gymnastics , judo , basketball , boxing , aerobics , table tennis . Nearby there are 2 conference rooms and 3 restaurants.
Trainers
- Krasimir Borisov ???? - 1992
- Dimitar Penev 1992 - 1996
- Hristo Bonev 1996 - 1998
- Dimitar Dimitrov 1998 - 1999
- Stoicho Mladenov 2000 - 2002
- Flame Markov 2002 - 2004
- Hristo Stoichkov 2004 - 2007
- Stanimir Stoilov (acting) 2007
- Dimitar Penev 2007
- Flame Markov 2008 - 2009
- Stanimir Stoilov 2009 - 2010
- Lothar Matteus 2010 - 2011
- Luboslav Penev 2011 - 2014
- Ivaylo Petev since 2014
Form
Home
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Equipment
| Years | Mold manufacturers |
| 1924-1995 | Adidas |
| 1995β2011 | Puma |
| 2011β2014 | Kappa |
| 2014 - n. at. | Joma |
Notes
- β 1 2 The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking . FIFA (July 25, 2019). Date of treatment July 25, 2019.
- β National Team Coefficients Overview (PDF). UEFA.com . UEFA Official Website (October 11, 2017). Date of treatment October 11, 2017.