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The Lions (Luvovete)
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Bulgarian Football Union
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Hristo Stoichkov , 2004 -
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Borislav Mikhailov (102)
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Hristo Bonev (47)
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Austria 6 - 0 Bulgaria<br/>( Vienna , Austria 21 May , 1924 )
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Bulgaria 10 - 0 Ghana <br/>Leon, Mexico, 1968 )<br/>Bulgaria 7 - 0 Malta <br/>( Sofia , Bulgaria 14 October , 1982 )
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Spain 13 - 0 Bulgaria <br/>( Madrid , Spain 21 May , 1933 )
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1962
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Fourth place, 1994
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European Championship
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1996
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Round 1, 1996 and 2004
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The is the national
Football team of
Bulgaria and is controlled by the
Bulgarian Football Union . Bulgaria's best
World Cup performance was in the
1994 World Cup , where they beat
Germany to reach the semi-finals, losing to
Italy , but achieving a highly credible fourth place (Beaten by Sweden with 4-0 in the bronze match).
Bulgaria first participated in the
1962 World Cup in
Chile , but failed to progress to the next stage. The same thing happened in
England in
1966 ,
Mexico in
1970 , and
West Germany in
1974 . The Bulgarian national team did manage to qualify from the first round in Mexico
1986 but they were then beaten in the quarter-finals by the hosts.
Probably the most important date for Bulgarian football is
November 17 1993 , when
Emil Kostadinov scored two goals against
France in
Paris , allowing Bulgaria to qualify for the World Cup in the
USA in
1994 . Under the management of
Dimitar Penev , the Bulgarians made a great impression, eliminating the defending world champions,
Germany , with a shocking 2-1 win. Huge numbers of people celebrated this win in
Sofia ,
Varna and other Bulgarian cities, and the people were very happy with their golden boys. Having reached the semi-finals, Bulgaria played
Italy , but with the score 2-1 to the Italians the referee failed to award what the Bulgarians saw as an obvious
Penalty and they were knocked out.
Hristo Stoichkov won the
Golden Boot for his World Cup performance, scoring 6 goals.
In 1996, the team qualified for the
European Football Championship for the first time, although they did not manage to progress beyond the first round. The end of this glorious generation of football magicians came in
1998 World Cup , when the Bulgarians again failed to qualify from their first-round group, going back to Bulgaria with a disappointing record of one draw and two defeats. Bulgaria failed to qualify for
Euro 2000 or the
2002 World Cup , but did reach
Euro 2004 . However the team's performance was disappointing, and they lost all their matches.
- 1930 - ''Did not enter''
- 1934 - ''Withdrew during qualifying''
- 1938 - ''Did not qualify''
- 1950 - ''Did not enter''
- 1954 - ''Did not qualify''
- 1958 - ''Did not qualify''
- 1962 - Round 1
- 1966 - Round 1
- 1970 - Round 1
- 1974 - Round 1
- 1978 - ''Did not qualify''
- 1982 - ''Did not qualify''
- 1986 - Round 2
- 1990 - ''Did not qualify''
- 1994 - Fourth place
- 1998 - Round 1
- 2002 - ''Did not qualify''
- 2006 - ''Did not qualify''
