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Bulgaria — National team

7 active · 10 recent · 65 former · 82 all-time players

# Player Pos Age Club Debut Caps Goals Value Status
1 Ilia Gruev Midfield - Defensive Midfield 26 Leeds United 24 0 €5.00m Current National Player
2 Nikola Iliev Midfield - Attacking Midfield 21 Botev Plovdiv 18 7 €800k Current National Player
3 Alex Petkov Defender - Centre-Back 26 AE Kifisias 17 0 €700k Current National Player
4 Aleksandar Kolev Attack - Centre-Forward 33 Nantong Zhiyun 15 2 €600k Current National Player
5 Dimitar Mitov Goalkeeper 29 Aberdeen FC 11 0 €1.00m Current National Player
6 Svetoslav Kovachev Attack - Right Winger 28 Arda Kardzhali 5 0 €1.00m Current National Player
7 Stanislav Shopov Midfield - Attacking Midfield 24 NK Osijek 1 0 €1.00m Current National Player
# Player Pos Age Club Debut Caps Goals Status
1 Valentin Antov Defender - Centre-Back 25 AC Monza 33 2 Recent National Player
2 Bozhidar Kraev Attack - Left Winger 28 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 3 Recent National Player
3 Filip Krastev Attack - Left Winger 24 Oxford United 24 1 Recent National Player
4 Simeon Petrov Defender - Centre-Back 26 Botev Plovdiv 12 0 Recent National Player
5 Adrian Raychev Attack - Right Winger 20 Frosinone Calcio 6 1 Recent National Player
6 Slavy Attack - Centre-Forward 24 Hércules CF 6 0 Recent National Player
7 Kaloyan Kostov Defender - Centre-Back 22 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 6 0 Recent National Player
8 Dzhaner Sadetinov Defender - Centre-Back 20 Fratria 6 0 Recent National Player
9 Yoan Bornosuzov Attack - Centre-Forward 22 CSKA Sofia 2 0 Recent National Player
10 Velizar-Iliya Iliev Goalkeeper 20 Audace Cerignola 2 0 Recent National Player
# Player Pos Club Caps Goals Status
1 Stiliyan Petrov Midfield - Central Midfield Retired 105 8 Former National Player
2 Martin Petrov Attack - Left Winger Retired 90 19 Former National Player
3 Ivelin Popov Midfield - Attacking Midfield Without Club 90 16 Retired National Player
4 Radostin Kishishev Midfield - Defensive Midfield Retired 87 1 Former National Player
5 Hristo Stoichkov Attack - Left Winger Retired 83 37 Former National Player
6 Dimitar Berbatov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 79 48 Former National Player
7 Nikolay Bodurov Defender - Centre-Back Pirin Blagoevgrad 50 2 Former National Player
8 Chavdar Yankov Midfield - Central Midfield Retired 48 5 Former National Player
9 Marian Hristov Midfield - Attacking Midfield Retired 47 4 Former National Player
10 Nikolay Mihaylov Goalkeeper Retired 45 0 Former National Player
11 Todor Nedelev Midfield - Attacking Midfield Botev Plovdiv 44 5 Former National Player
12 Valeri Bozhinov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 43 6 Former National Player
13 Svetoslav Todorov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 42 7 Former National Player
14 Dimitar Rangelov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 39 6 Former National Player
15 Stanislav Angelov Midfield - Defensive Midfield Retired 38 1 Former National Player
16 Georgi Ivanov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 34 4 Former National Player
17 Valentin Antov Defender - Centre-Back AC Monza 33 2 Recent National Player
18 Zdravko Lazarov Attack - Left Winger Retired 32 3 Former National Player
19 Kristiyan Malinov Midfield - Defensive Midfield Without Club 30 0 Former National Player
20 Zoran Jankovic Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 29 1 Former National Player
# Player Pos Club Goals Caps Goals/cap Status
1 Dimitar Berbatov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 48 79 0.61 Former National Player
2 Hristo Stoichkov Attack - Left Winger Retired 37 83 0.45 Former National Player
3 Martin Petrov Attack - Left Winger Retired 19 90 0.21 Former National Player
4 Ivelin Popov Midfield - Attacking Midfield Without Club 16 90 0.18 Retired National Player
5 Stiliyan Petrov Midfield - Central Midfield Retired 8 105 0.08 Former National Player
6 Svetoslav Todorov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 7 42 0.17 Former National Player
7 Nikola Iliev Midfield - Attacking Midfield Botev Plovdiv 7 18 0.39 Current National Player
8 Valeri Bozhinov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 6 43 0.14 Former National Player
9 Dimitar Rangelov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 6 39 0.15 Former National Player
10 Rumen Ivanov Attack - Centre-Forward --- 6 11 0.55 Former National Player
11 Chavdar Yankov Midfield - Central Midfield Retired 5 48 0.10 Former National Player
12 Todor Nedelev Midfield - Attacking Midfield Botev Plovdiv 5 44 0.11 Former National Player
13 Aleksandar Tonev Attack - Left Winger Retired 5 28 0.18 Former National Player
14 Marian Hristov Midfield - Attacking Midfield Retired 4 47 0.09 Former National Player
15 Georgi Ivanov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 4 34 0.12 Former National Player
16 Zdravko Lazarov Attack - Left Winger Retired 3 32 0.09 Former National Player
17 Bozhidar Kraev Attack - Left Winger Western Sydney Wanderers 3 27 0.11 Recent National Player
18 Krasimir Chomakov Midfield - Defensive Midfield Retired 3 21 0.14 Former National Player
19 Aleksandar Aleksandrov Midfield - Attacking Midfield Retired 3 11 0.27 Former National Player
20 Nikolay Bodurov Defender - Centre-Back Pirin Blagoevgrad 2 50 0.04 Former National Player

Most-capped players in Bulgaria's history (≥10 caps).

# Player Pos Club Born Caps Goals Status
1 Stiliyan Petrov Midfield - Central Midfield Retired 1979-07-05 105 8 Former National Player
2 Martin Petrov Attack - Left Winger Retired 1979-01-15 90 19 Former National Player
3 Ivelin Popov Midfield - Attacking Midfield Without Club 1987-10-26 90 16 Retired National Player
4 Radostin Kishishev Midfield - Defensive Midfield Retired 1974-07-30 87 1 Former National Player
5 Hristo Stoichkov Attack - Left Winger Retired 1966-02-08 83 37 Former National Player
6 Dimitar Berbatov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 1981-01-30 79 48 Former National Player
7 Nikolay Bodurov Defender - Centre-Back Pirin Blagoevgrad 1986-05-30 50 2 Former National Player
8 Chavdar Yankov Midfield - Central Midfield Retired 1984-03-29 48 5 Former National Player
9 Marian Hristov Midfield - Attacking Midfield Retired 1973-07-29 47 4 Former National Player
10 Nikolay Mihaylov Goalkeeper Retired 1988-06-28 45 0 Former National Player
11 Todor Nedelev Midfield - Attacking Midfield Botev Plovdiv 1993-02-07 44 5 Former National Player
12 Valeri Bozhinov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 1986-02-15 43 6 Former National Player
13 Svetoslav Todorov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 1978-08-30 42 7 Former National Player
14 Dimitar Rangelov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 1983-02-09 39 6 Former National Player
15 Stanislav Angelov Midfield - Defensive Midfield Retired 1978-04-12 38 1 Former National Player
16 Georgi Ivanov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 1976-07-02 34 4 Former National Player
17 Valentin Antov Defender - Centre-Back AC Monza 2000-11-09 33 2 Recent National Player
18 Zdravko Lazarov Attack - Left Winger Retired 1976-02-20 32 3 Former National Player
19 Kristiyan Malinov Midfield - Defensive Midfield Without Club 1994-03-30 30 0 Former National Player
20 Zoran Jankovic Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 1974-02-08 29 1 Former National Player
21 Aleksandar Tonev Attack - Left Winger Retired 1990-02-03 28 5 Former National Player
22 Bozhidar Kraev Attack - Left Winger Western Sydney Wanderers 1997-06-23 27 3 Recent National Player
23 Emil Kremenliev Defender - Right-Back Retired 1969-08-13 25 0 Former National Player
24 Ilia Gruev Midfield - Defensive Midfield Leeds United 2000-05-06 24 0 Current National Player
25 Filip Krastev Attack - Left Winger Oxford United 2001-10-15 24 1 Recent National Player
26 Zlatomir Zagorcic Defender - Centre-Back Retired 1971-06-15 23 0 Former National Player
27 Vladimir Manchev Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 1977-10-06 22 1 Former National Player
28 Krasimir Chomakov Midfield - Defensive Midfield Retired 1977-06-08 21 3 Former National Player
29 Petko Hristov Defender - Centre-Back Spezia Calcio 1999-03-01 19 0 Former National Player
30 Stanislav Shopov Midfield - Attacking Midfield NK Osijek 2002-02-23 19 2 Recent National Player
31 Nikola Iliev Midfield - Attacking Midfield Botev Plovdiv 2004-06-06 18 7 Current National Player
32 Tsvetan Genkov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 1984-02-08 17 0 Former National Player
33 Alex Petkov Defender - Centre-Back AE Kifisias 1999-07-25 17 0 Current National Player
34 Martin Kamburov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 1980-10-13 16 0 Former National Player
35 Aleksandar Kolev Attack - Centre-Forward Nantong Zhiyun 1992-12-08 15 2 Current National Player
36 Andrey Galabinov Attack - Centre-Forward Retired 1988-11-13 14 2 Former National Player
37 Andrea Hristov Defender - Centre-Back FC Vizela 1999-03-01 14 1 Former National Player
38 Simeon Petrov Defender - Centre-Back Botev Plovdiv 2000-01-12 14 1 Former National Player
39 Yanis Karabelyov Midfield - Defensive Midfield FK Partizan Belgrade 1996-01-23 13 0 Former National Player
40 Valeri Domovchiyski Attack - Centre-Forward SFK Rakovski 1986-10-05 13 2 Former National Player
41 Svetoslav Kovachev Attack - Right Winger Arda Kardzhali 1998-03-14 12 0 Retired National Player
42 Ivan Stoyanov Attack - Right Winger Retired 1983-07-24 12 0 Former National Player
43 Dimitar Mitov Goalkeeper Aberdeen FC 1997-01-22 11 0 Current National Player
44 Aleksandar Aleksandrov Midfield - Attacking Midfield Retired 1975-01-19 11 3 Former National Player
45 Rumen Ivanov Attack - Centre-Forward --- 1973-09-14 11 6 Former National Player
46 Stoycho Stoilov Midfield - Central Midfield Retired 1971-10-15 10 1 Former National Player
47 Georgi Donkov Midfield - Attacking Midfield Retired 1970-06-02 10 2 Former National Player

History — Bulgaria at international tournaments

Date Competition Stage Opponent Venue Score Result
16 Jul 1994 WM FIFA World Cup 1994 Third place Sweden A 0–4 L
13 Jul 1994 WM FIFA World Cup 1994 Semi-final Italy H 1–2 L
10 Jul 1994 WM FIFA World Cup 1994 Quarter-final Germany H 2–1 W
05 Jul 1994 WM FIFA World Cup 1994 Round of 16 Mexico A 1–1 (3–1 pen) W
30 Jun 1994 WM FIFA World Cup 1994 Group D Argentina A 2–0 W
26 Jun 1994 WM FIFA World Cup 1994 Group D Greece A 4–0 W
21 Jun 1994 WM FIFA World Cup 1994 Group D Nigeria A 0–3 L
20 Jul 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1966 Group 3 Hungary A 1–3 L
16 Jul 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1966 Group 3 Portugal A 0–3 L
12 Jul 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1966 Group 3 Brazil A 0–2 L
24 Jun 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1998 Group D Spain A 1–6 L
23 Jun 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1974 Group 3 Netherlands A 1–4 L
22 Jun 0000 EM UEFA European Championship 2004 Group C Italy A 1–2 L
19 Jun 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1998 Group D Nigeria A 0–1 L
19 Jun 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1974 Group 3 Uruguay A 1–1 D
18 Jun 0000 EM UEFA European Championship 1996 Group B France A 1–3 L
18 Jun 0000 EM UEFA European Championship 2004 Group C Denmark H 0–2 L
15 Jun 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1986 Round of 16 Mexico A 0–2 L
15 Jun 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1974 Group 3 Sweden A 0–0 D
14 Jun 0000 EM UEFA European Championship 2004 Group C Sweden A 0–5 L
13 Jun 0000 EM UEFA European Championship 1996 Group B Romania H 1–0 W
12 Jun 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1998 Group D Paraguay A 0–0 D
11 Jun 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1970 Group 4 Morocco H 1–1 D
10 Jun 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1986 Group A Argentina A 0–2 L
09 Jun 0000 EM UEFA European Championship 1996 Group B Spain A 1–1 D
07 Jun 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1970 Group 4 West Germany H 2–5 L
07 Jun 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1962 Group 4 England A 0–0 D
05 Jun 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1986 Group A South Korea A 1–1 D
03 Jun 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1962 Group 4 Hungary A 1–6 L
02 Jun 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1970 Group 4 Peru A 2–3 L
31 May 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1986 Group A Italy H 1–1 D
30 May 0000 WM FIFA World Cup 1962 Group 4 Argentina A 0–1 L