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General Information for Bulgaria

Bulgarski Futbolen Sayuz
Founded
1923
FIFA entry
1924
Average height in 2003
1.82m
Average age in 2003
26.6
Confederation
UEFA
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Jersey in 2003
Jersey in 2003

Coaches in 2003

Markov, Plamen (Coach)

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Markov, Plamen (Coach)

Day of Birth
1957-09-11
Place of Birth
Sevlievo (Bulgaria)
Height
1.78m
Matches
10 (5 / 5)
Goto coach Plamen Markov

Players of Bulgaria in 2003

FIFA Non FIFA
Name Day of Birth Position Current Club M S G M S G
Zdravkov, Zdravko 1970-10-04 Goalkeeper Bulgaria Litex Lovech 5 0 0 1 0 0
Ivankov, Dimitar 1975-10-30 Goalkeeper Bulgaria Levski Sofia 4 1 0 0 0 0
Kolev, Stoyan 1976-02-03 Goalkeeper Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0 3 0 0 0 0
Kirilov, Rosen 1973-01-04 Centre Back Bulgaria Litex Lovech 9 0 0 0 0 0
Petkov, Ivaylo 1976-03-24 Left Back Turkey Fenerbahçe SK 8 0 0 1 0 0
Pažin, Predrag 1973-03-14 Centre Back Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 5 1 0 1 0 0
Stoyanov, Ilian 1977-01-20 Centre Back Bulgaria Levski Sofia 4 1 0 0 0 0
Kishishev, Radostin 1974-07-30 Right Back England Charlton Athletic 3 0 0 1 0 0
Krastev, Nikolay 1979-10-29 Centre Back Bulgaria Naftex Burgas 2 3 0 0 0 0
Stankov, Martin 1974-02-25 Defender Bulgaria Levski Sofia 2 0 0 0 0 0
Topuzakov, Elin 1977-02-05 Centre Back Bulgaria Levski Sofia 1 0 0 0 0 0
Zhelev, Zhivko 1979-07-23 Centre Back Bulgaria Litex Lovech 0 3 0 0 0 0
Zagorčić, Zlatomir 1971-06-15 Centre Back Bulgaria Litex Lovech 0 1 0 1 0 0
Petkov, Yordan 1976-03-11 Centre Back Bulgaria Slavia Sofia 0 1 0 0 0 0
Petrov, Georgi 1974-02-25 Centre Back Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 1 0 0 0 0
Petrov, Stilian 1979-07-05 Centre Midfielder Scotland Celtic Glasgow 7 1 1 0 0 0
Borimirov, Daniel 1970-01-15 Defensive Midfielder Bulgaria Levski Sofia 6 1 0 1 0 0
Peev, Georgi 1979-03-11 Right Midfielder Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 1 0 1 0 0
Petrov, Martin 1979-01-15 Left Midfielder Germany VfL Wolfsburg 6 0 1 1 0 0
Hristov, Marian 1973-07-29 Defensive Midfielder Germany 1.FC Kaiserslautern 6 0 1 0 0 0
Balakov, Krasimir 1966-03-29 Attacking Midfielder Germany VfB Stuttgart 3 0 0 0 0 0
Petrov, Svetoslav 1978-02-12 Defensive Midfielder Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1 0 0 0 0 0
Petkov, Milen 1974-01-12 Defensive Midfielder Greece AEK Athinon 0 2 0 1 0 0
Yanchev, Todor 1976-05-19 Defensive Midfielder Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0 2 0 0 0 0
Aleksandrov, Aleksandar 1975-01-19 Attacking Midfielder Turkey İstanbulspor AŞ 0 1 0 0 0 0
Yankov, Chavdar 1984-03-29 Centre Midfielder Bulgaria Slavia Sofia 0 1 0 0 0 0
Berbatov, Dimitar 1981-01-30 Centre Forward Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 0 7 0 0 0
Dimitrov, Velizar 1979-04-13 Secondary striker Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 6 1 2 0 0 0
Janković, Zoran 1974-02-08 Secondary striker Bulgaria Litex Lovech 5 2 0 1 0 1
Manchev, Vladimir 1977-10-06 Centre Forward France Lille OSC 1 4 1 0 0 0
Lazarov, Zdravko 1976-02-20 Right Winger Turkey Gaziantepspor 1 0 0 0 0 0
Todorov, Svetoslav 1978-08-30 Centre Forward England Portsmouth FC 0 4 2 1 0 0
Sakaliev, Stoyko 1979-03-25 Centre Forward Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0 2 0 0 0 0
Chilikov, Georgi 1978-08-23 Centre Forward Bulgaria Levski Sofia 0 1 0 0 0 0
Gargorov, Emil 1981-02-15 Secondary striker Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0 1 0 0 0 0
Kamburov, Martin 1980-10-13 Centre Forward Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 1 0 0 0 0

Matches of Bulgaria in 2003

Date Home Team Away Team Result Event Stadium FIFA
2003-02-12
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Hungary
Hungary
1:0 c
Bulgaria vs. Hungary
Friendly
GSZ Stadium
2003-03-27
Serbia & Montenegro
Serbia & Montenegro
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
1:2 c
Serbia & Montenegro vs. Bulgaria
Friendly
Gradski Stadion
2003-04-02
Estonia
Estonia
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
0:0 c
Estonia vs. Bulgaria
Euro 2004 - Group 8
Lilleküla Stadium
2003-04-30
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Albania
Albania
2:0 c
Bulgaria vs. Albania
Friendly
Vassil Levski National Stadium
2003-06-07
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Belgium
Belgium
2:2 c
Bulgaria vs. Belgium
Euro 2004 - Group 8
Vassil Levski National Stadium
2003-08-20
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Lithuania
3:0 c
Bulgaria vs. Lithuania
Friendly
Vassil Levski National Stadium
2003-09-06
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Estonia
Estonia
2:0 c
Bulgaria vs. Estonia
Euro 2004 - Group 8
Vassil Levski National Stadium
2003-09-10
Andorra
Andorra
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
0:3 c
Andorra vs. Bulgaria
Euro 2004 - Group 8
Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella
2003-10-11
Croatia
Croatia
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
1:0 c
Croatia vs. Bulgaria
Euro 2004 - Group 8
Stadion Maksimir
2003-11-18
South Korea
South Korea
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
0:1 c
South Korea vs. Bulgaria
Friendly
Seoul World Cup Stadium
10 Matches

Match Progress for Bulgaria in 2003

Favorite Opponents of Bulgaria

Opponent M W D L G
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
15 12 3 0 35
Italy
Italy
14 1 5 8 12
Sweden
Sweden
12 1 2 9 4
Switzerland
Switzerland
11 2 3 6 11
Cyprus
Cyprus
11 8 2 1 21
Denmark
Denmark
11 1 6 4 9
Malta
Malta
11 8 3 0 31
Ireland
Ireland
11 1 5 5 9
Hungary
Hungary
11 2 3 6 12
Wales
Wales
10 4 1 5 8
Romania
Romania
10 3 4 3 10
Belarus
Belarus
10 5 2 3 13
Mexico
Mexico
9 3 4 2 13
Germany
Germany
9 2 1 6 14
North Macedonia
North Macedonia
9 5 2 2 9
Belgium
Belgium
9 3 2 4 11
France
France
9 3 1 5 8
Montenegro
Montenegro
8 1 4 3 9
Norway
Norway
8 2 2 4 8
Netherlands
Netherlands
8 3 1 4 9
England
England
8 0 3 5 1
Croatia
Croatia
8 1 2 5 6
Georgia
Georgia
8 4 2 2 21
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
7 1 2 4 6
Czechia
Czechia
7 1 1 5 3
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
7 5 1 1 9
East Germany
East Germany
7 1 3 3 7
Greece
Greece
7 3 0 4 10
Slovakia
Slovakia
7 2 2 3 5
Turkey
Turkey
7 2 2 3 6
Albania
Albania
6 2 3 1 7
Finland
Finland
6 3 1 2 9
Ukraine
Ukraine
6 0 3 3 3
Poland
Poland
6 0 1 5 5
Algeria
Algeria
6 3 2 1 9
Argentina
Argentina
6 1 0 5 4
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
6 5 0 1 14
Scotland
Scotland
5 0 3 2 3
Russia
Russia
5 1 1 3 5
Slovenia
Slovenia
5 3 2 0 9
Iceland
Iceland
5 4 1 0 12
Lithuania
Lithuania
5 2 1 2 6
Morocco
Morocco
5 1 3 1 5
Brazil
Brazil
4 0 0 4 1
Israel
Israel
4 2 1 1 6
Portugal
Portugal
4 1 0 3 2
Serbia
Serbia
4 0 2 2 4
Spain
Spain
4 0 1 3 2
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
4 2 2 0 5
Japan
Japan
3 2 0 1 6
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
3 2 0 1 3
Gibraltar
Gibraltar
3 2 1 0 9
Egypt
Egypt
3 0 1 2 2
Austria
Austria
3 1 0 2 6
Estonia
Estonia
3 1 2 0 4
Tunisia
Tunisia
2 0 1 1 3
Serbia & Montenegro
Serbia & Montenegro
2 1 1 0 2
South Korea
South Korea
2 1 1 0 2
Kuwait
Kuwait
2 0 2 0 3
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
2 2 0 0 4
Paraguay
Paraguay
2 0 1 1 0
San Marino
San Marino
2 2 0 0 7
Andorra
Andorra
2 2 0 0 5
Kosovo
Kosovo
2 0 1 1 3
Moldova
Moldova
2 2 0 0 7
Latvia
Latvia
2 2 0 0 3
Armenia
Armenia
2 1 0 1 2
Peru
Peru
2 1 0 1 4
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
2 2 0 0 4
Qatar
Qatar
2 1 0 1 4
Nigeria
Nigeria
2 0 0 2 0
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia & Herzegovina
2 1 0 1 2
North Korea
North Korea
1 1 0 0 3
Cameroon
Cameroon
1 1 0 0 3
Malaysia
Malaysia
1 1 0 0 2
Australia
Australia
1 0 1 0 1
Iran
Iran
1 0 0 1 0
Thailand
Thailand
1 1 0 0 4
Soviet Union
Soviet Union (B)
1 0 1 0 2
Uruguay
Uruguay
1 0 1 0 1
South Africa
South Africa
1 0 1 0 1
Cuba
Cuba
1 1 0 0 5
Jamaica
Jamaica
1 0 1 0 0
Hungary
Hungary (B)
1 0 0 1 1
Oman
Oman
1 0 1 0 1
Canada
Canada
1 0 1 0 1
Iraq
Iraq
1 0 0 1 0
Chile
Chile
1 0 0 1 2
Jordan
Jordan
1 1 0 0 2
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
1 0 0 1 1
Tanzania
Tanzania
1 1 0 0 1
Ecuador
Ecuador
1 0 0 1 0
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
1 0 1 0 0
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