| Federation
founded: 1923 |
| FIFA
member since: 1924 |
|
WORLD
CUP HISTORY
|
| 1930 - Did not participate |
| 1934 - Did not qualify |
| 1938 - Did not qualify |
| 1950 - Did not participate |
| 1954 - Did not qualify |
| 1958 - Did not qualify |
| 1962 - First
round exit |
| 1966 - First
round exit |
| 1970 - First
round exit |
| 1974 - First
round exit |
| 1978 - Did not qualify |
| 1982 - Did not qualify |
| 1986 - Second
round exit |
| 1990 - Did not qualify |
| 1994 - 4th
place |
| 1998 - First
round exit |
| 2002 - Did not qualify |
| 2006 - Did not qualify |
|
|
STATISTICS
|
| Played |
26
|
| Won |
3
|
| Drawn |
8
|
| Lost |
15
|
| Goals for |
22
|
| Goals against |
53
|
| Points |
17
|
|
Bulgaria
are 30th on the all-time table.
|
|
TEAM
RECORDS
|
Biggest
victory:
4-0 vs Greece
in 1994.
|
Biggest
defeat:
1-6 vs Hungary
in 1962 and against Spain in 1998.
|
Overall
topscorer:
Hristo Stoitchkov,
6 goals.
|
Most
appearances:
Emil Kostadinov, 13 matches.
|
Hosted
the World Cup:
Never
|
|
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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