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General Information for Bulgaria

Bulgarski Futbolen Sayuz
Founded
1923
FIFA entry
1924
Average height in 2025
1.83m
Average age in 2025
26.3
Confederation
UEFA
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Jersey in 2025
Jersey in 2025

Coaches in 2025

Iliev, Ilian (Coach)

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Iliev, Ilian (Coach)

Day of Birth
1968-07-02
Place of Birth
Varna (Bulgaria)
Height
1.73m
Matches
6 (4 / 2)
Goto coach Ilian Iliev

Dimitrov, Aleksandar (Coach)

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Dimitrov, Aleksandar (Coach)

Day of Birth
1976-09-12
Place of Birth
Sofia (Bulgaria)
Matches
4 (4 / 0)
Goto coach Aleksandar Dimitrov

Players of Bulgaria in 2025

FIFA Non FIFA
Name Day of Birth Position Current Club M S G M S G
Mitov, Dimitar 1997-01-22 Goalkeeper Scotland Aberdeen FC 5 0 0 0 0 0
Vutsov, Svetoslav 2002-07-09 Goalkeeper Bulgaria Levski Sofia 4 0 0 0 0 0
Iliev, Plamen 1991-11-30 Goalkeeper Bulgaria Cherno More Varna 1 1 0 0 0 0
Sheytanov, Dimitar 1999-03-15 Goalkeeper Bulgaria CSKA 1948 Sofia 0 1 0 0 0 0
Nedyalkov, Anton 1993-04-30 Left Back Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 6 0 0 0 0 0
Dimitrov, Kristian 1997-02-27 Centre Back Bulgaria Levski Sofia 5 0 0 0 0 0
Minkov, Nikolay 1997-08-13 Right Back Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv 4 1 0 0 0 0
Petrov, Hristian 2002-06-24 Centre Back Netherlands SC Heerenveen 4 0 0 0 0 0
Georgiev, Martin 2005-09-24 Centre Back Greece AEK Athinon 3 0 0 0 0 0
Bozhinov, Rosen 2005-01-23 Centre Back Italy Pisa SC 2 1 0 0 0 0
Petrov, Simeon 2000-01-12 Centre Back Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv 2 1 0 0 0 0
Popov, Viktor 2000-03-05 Right Back Poland Korona Kielce 2 1 0 0 0 0
Chernev, Atanas 2002-03-25 Centre Back Germany 1.FC Kaiserslautern 2 0 0 0 0 0
Hristov, Petko 1999-03-01 Centre Back Italy Spezia Calcio 2 0 0 0 0 0
Petkov, Aleks 1999-07-25 Centre Back Greece AE Kifisias 2 0 0 0 0 0
Tsenov, Emil 2002-04-26 Centre Back Russia FK Orenburg 2 0 0 0 0 0
Antov, Valentin 2000-11-09 Centre Back Italy AC Monza 1 0 1 0 0 0
Atanasov, Zhivko 1991-02-03 Centre Back Bulgaria Cherno More Varna 1 0 0 0 0 0
Velkov, Stefan 1996-12-12 Centre Back Denmark Vejle BK 1 0 0 0 0 0
Velkovski, Dimitar 1995-01-22 Left Back Bulgaria Arda Kardzhali 1 0 0 0 0 0
Turitsov, Ivan 1999-07-18 Right Back Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0 1 0 0 0 0
Gruev, Ilia 2000-05-06 Defensive Midfielder England Leeds United 8 1 0 0 0 0
Despodov, Kiril 1996-11-11 Right Midfielder Greece PAOK Thessalonikis 6 0 0 0 0 0
Kraev, Andrian 1999-02-14 Defensive Midfielder Israel Hapoel Tel-Aviv 5 2 0 0 0 0
Krastev, Filip 2001-10-15 Centre Midfielder Turkey Göztepe SK 4 2 1 0 0 0
Nürnberger, Fabian 1999-07-28 Centre Midfielder Germany SV Darmstadt 98 4 1 0 0 0 0
Milanov, Georgi 1992-02-19 Attacking Midfielder Romania Dinamo Bucureşti 3 2 0 0 0 0
Shopov, Stanislav 2002-02-23 Attacking Midfielder Croatia NK Osijek 2 4 0 0 0 0
Chochev, Ivaylo 1993-02-18 Centre Midfielder Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 2 3 0 0 0 0
Kraev, Bozhidar 1997-06-23 Attacking Midfielder Australia Western Sydney Wanderers 2 1 0 0 0 0
Petkov, Lukas 2000-11-01 Attacking Midfielder Germany SV 07 Elversberg 2 1 0 0 0 0
Stoyanov, Kristian 2003-03-29 Centre Midfielder Bulgaria Slavia Sofia 2 1 0 0 0 0
Iliev, Ilian 1999-08-20 Attacking Midfielder Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1 3 0 0 0 0
Panayotov, Vasil 1990-07-16 Defensive Midfielder Bulgaria Cherno More Varna 1 0 0 0 0 0
Petkov, Marin 2003-10-02 Right Winger Saudi Arabia Al-Taawon Burayda 5 5 1 0 0 0
Kirilov, Radoslav 1992-06-29 Left Winger Bulgaria Levski Sofia 4 1 1 0 0 0
Nikolov, Vladimir 2001-02-07 Centre Forward Poland Korona Kielce 2 7 0 0 0 0
Kolev, Aleksandar 1992-12-08 Centre Forward China Nantong Zhiyun 2 2 2 0 0 0
Dimitrov, Zdravko 1998-08-24 Left Winger Turkey Amed Sportif 2 2 0 0 0 0
Rusev, Georgi 1998-07-02 Right Winger Bulgaria CSKA 1948 Sofia 2 1 1 0 0 0
Minchev, Martin 2001-04-22 Right Winger Poland Cracovia Kraków 1 5 0 0 0 0

Matches of Bulgaria in 2025

Date Home Team Away Team Result Event Stadium FIFA
2025-03-20
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Ireland
Ireland
1:2 c
Bulgaria vs. Ireland
UEFA Nations League 2025 - B/C Play-Off
Stadion Hristo Botev (Plovdiv)
2025-03-23
Ireland
Ireland
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
2:1 c
Ireland vs. Bulgaria
UEFA Nations League 2025 - B/C Play-Off
Aviva Stadium
2025-06-06
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Cyprus
2:2 c
Bulgaria vs. Cyprus
Friendly
Stadion Hristo Botev (Plovdiv)
2025-06-10
Greece
Greece
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
4:0 c
Greece vs. Bulgaria
Friendly
Pankritio Stadio
2025-09-04
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Spain
Spain
0:3 c
Bulgaria vs. Spain
World Cup 2026 - Group E
Vassil Levski National Stadium
2025-09-07
Georgia
Georgia
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
3:0 c
Georgia vs. Bulgaria
World Cup 2026 - Group E
Boris Paichadze Stadium
2025-10-11
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Turkey
1:6 c
Bulgaria vs. Turkey
World Cup 2026 - Group E
Vassil Levski National Stadium
2025-10-14
Spain
Spain
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
4:0 c
Spain vs. Bulgaria
World Cup 2026 - Group E
Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla
2025-11-15
Turkey
Turkey
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
2:0 c
Turkey vs. Bulgaria
World Cup 2026 - Group E
Yüzüncü Yıl Atatürk Stadyumu
2025-11-18
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Georgia
Georgia
2:1 c
Bulgaria vs. Georgia
World Cup 2026 - Group E
Vassil Levski National Stadium
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Match Progress for Bulgaria in 2025

Favorite Opponents of Bulgaria

Opponent M W D L G
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
17 14 3 0 40
France
France
14 5 2 7 13
Italy
Italy
14 1 5 8 12
Romania
Romania
13 4 4 5 14
Ireland
Ireland
13 2 6 5 11
Hungary
Hungary
13 2 3 8 14
Sweden
Sweden
13 1 2 10 4
Cyprus
Cyprus
13 10 2 1 27
Belgium
Belgium
12 5 2 5 16
Denmark
Denmark
11 1 6 4 9
Malta
Malta
11 8 3 0 31
Norway
Norway
11 5 2 4 18
Switzerland
Switzerland
11 2 3 6 11
Germany
Germany
10 2 1 7 15
Wales
Wales
10 4 1 5 8
Belarus
Belarus
10 5 2 3 13
Netherlands
Netherlands
10 4 2 4 12
Georgia
Georgia
10 5 2 3 23
Finland
Finland
9 6 1 2 18
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
9 6 2 1 12
North Macedonia
North Macedonia
9 5 2 2 9
Turkey
Turkey
9 2 2 5 7
Mexico
Mexico
9 3 4 2 13
Montenegro
Montenegro
8 1 4 3 9
Portugal
Portugal
8 3 2 3 12
Poland
Poland
8 1 1 6 9
England
England
8 0 3 5 1
Croatia
Croatia
8 1 2 5 6
Czechia
Czechia
7 1 1 5 3
East Germany
East Germany
7 1 3 3 7
Greece
Greece
7 3 0 4 10
Argentina
Argentina
7 1 0 6 4
Slovakia
Slovakia
7 2 2 3 5
Albania
Albania
7 3 3 1 9
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
7 1 2 4 6
Ukraine
Ukraine
6 0 3 3 3
Spain
Spain
6 0 1 5 2
Algeria
Algeria
6 3 2 1 9
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
6 5 0 1 14
Israel
Israel
6 4 1 1 12
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
6 2 2 2 6
Iceland
Iceland
5 4 1 0 12
Lithuania
Lithuania
5 2 1 2 6
Egypt
Egypt
5 1 1 3 4
Austria
Austria
5 1 1 3 6
Morocco
Morocco
5 1 3 1 5
Scotland
Scotland
5 0 3 2 3
Russia
Russia
5 1 1 3 5
Slovenia
Slovenia
5 3 2 0 9
Serbia
Serbia
4 0 2 2 4
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
4 2 2 0 5
Brazil
Brazil
4 0 0 4 1
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
3 2 0 1 3
Gibraltar
Gibraltar
3 2 1 0 9
Estonia
Estonia
3 1 2 0 4
Japan
Japan
3 2 0 1 6
Kuwait
Kuwait
3 0 3 0 4
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
Peru
Peru
2 1 0 1 4
Latvia
Latvia
2 2 0 0 3
Armenia
Armenia
2 1 0 1 2
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
2 2 0 0 4
Qatar
Qatar
2 1 0 1 4
Nigeria
Nigeria
2 0 0 2 0
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
2 0 0 2 2
Ecuador
Ecuador
2 1 0 1 3
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia & Herzegovina
2 1 0 1 2
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
Paraguay
Paraguay
2 0 1 1 0
Iran
Iran
1 0 0 1 0
Thailand
Thailand
1 1 0 0 4
Soviet Union
Soviet Union (B)
1 0 1 0 2
Bolivia
Bolivia
1 1 0 0 3
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
Indonesia
Indonesia
1 1 0 0 1
Canada
Canada
1 0 1 0 1
Iraq
Iraq
1 0 0 1 0
Chile
Chile
1 0 0 1 2
Oman
Oman
1 0 1 0 1
Jordan
Jordan
1 1 0 0 2
Tanzania
Tanzania
1 1 0 0 1
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
1 0 1 0 0
North Korea
North Korea
1 1 0 0 3
Cameroon
Cameroon
1 1 0 0 3
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
1 1 0 0 10
Malaysia
Malaysia
1 1 0 0 2
Australia
Australia
1 0 1 0 1
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