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| Federation founded: 1923 |
| FIFA member since: 1924 |
| Confederation: UEFA |
| Colours: White, green and red |
| Nicknames: The Lions |
| World Cups qualified for: 7 (of 21) |
| Best results: 4th place 1994 |
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 WORLD CUP RANKING
|
| P 26
|
W 3
|
D 8
|
L 15
|
GF 22
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GA 53
|
Pts 17
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Bulgaria
is 35th on the all-time table.
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TEAM RECORDS
|
| Champions |
- |
| Finalists |
- |
| Semi-finalists (or top 4) |
1994 |
| Quarter-finalists (or top 8) |
- |
| Biggest win |
4-0 vs Greece 1994 |
| Biggest loss |
1-6 vs Hungary 1962
1-6 vs Spain 1998 |
| Most wins in a row |
2 |
| Most losses in a row |
5 |
| Longest unbeaten run |
4 |
| Longest run without win |
17 |
| Longest run qualifying |
4 (1962-74) |
| Longest run not qualifying |
6 (1930-58) |
| Penalty shoot-outs |
1 win, 0 loss |
| BUL vs Europe |
W2 - D3 - L8 |
| BUL vs South America |
W1 - D2 - L4 |
| BUL vs Asia |
W0 - D1 - L0 |
| BUL vs Africa |
W0 - D1 - L2 |
| BUL vs N/C America |
W0 - D1 - L1 |
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MOST WORLD CUP APPEARANCES
|
| Borislav Mikhailov |
11 |
1986-94 |
| Nasko Sirakov |
11 |
1986-94 |
| Krassimir Balakov |
10 |
1994-98 |
| Emil Kostadinov |
10 |
1994-98 |
| Hristo Stoitchkov |
10 |
1994-98 |
| Trifon Ivanov |
9 |
1994-98 |
| Dimitar Penev |
9 |
1966-74 |
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MOST WORLD CUP GOALS
|
| Hristo Stoitchkov |
6 |
1994-98 |
| Hristo Bonev |
2 |
1970-74 |
| Yordan Letchkov |
2 |
1994 |
| Nasko Sirakov |
2 |
1986-94 |
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YEAR RD OPPONENTS RESULT
1962 1R Argentina L 0-1
1R Hungary L 1-6
1R England D 0-0
1966 1R Brazil L 0-2
1R Portugal L 0-3
1R Hungary L 1-3
1970 1R Peru L 2-3
1R West Germany L 2-5
1R Morocco D 1-1
1974 1R Sweden D 0-0
1R Uruguay D 1-1
1R Netherlands L 1-4
1986 1R Italy D 1-1
1R South Korea D 1-1
1R Argentina L 0-2
2R Mexico L 0-2
1994 1R Nigeria L 0-3
1R Greece W 4-0
1R Argentina W 2-0
2R Mexico [3-1 ap] D 1-1
QF Germany W 2-1
SF Italy L 1-2
3/4 Sweden L 0-4
1998 1R Paraguay D 0-0
1R Nigeria L 0-1
1R Spain L 1-6
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