BULGARIA
WC98 qualifications
past | country
Europe GROUP 5
Coach : Hristo BONEV
6 participations
FIFA World Ranking (05/1998) : 35th
Selection 1998 of Bulgaria
Goalkeeper:
Zdravko Zdravkov (Istanbulspor, Turquie), Borislav Mihaïlov (Slavia Sofia)
Defenders:
Trifon Ivanov (CSKA Sofia), Adalbert Zafirov (Arminia Bielefeld, Allemagne), Gocho Guinchev (Antaliaspor,Turquie), Ivaïlo Petkov (Litex Lovech), Radostin Kichichev (Bursaspor, Turquie), Rossen Kirilov (Litex)
Midfielders:
Zlatko Yankov (Besiktas, Turquie), Anatoli Nankov (Lokomotiv Sofia), Milen Petkov (CSKA Sofia), Ivaïlo Yordanov (Sporting, Portugal), Ilian Iliev (Bursaspor, Turquie), Stoïcho Stoïlov (Litex), Daniel Borimirov (Munich 1860, Allemagne), Georgi Bachev (Slavia Sofia), Krassimir Balakov (Stuttgart, Allemagne), Marian Hristov (Kaiserslautern, Allemagne)
Forwards:
Emil Kostadinov (CSKA Sofia), Hristo Stoïchkov (CSKA Sofia), Luboslav Penev (Compostelle, Espagne), Georgi Ivanov (Levski Sofia).
To resume the preliminary competition
  • Composition of Group 5 : Cyprus, Israel, Luxembourg, Russia.
  • Matches played in group 5
    BULGARIA 1-2
    2-1
    3-1
    4-1
    4-0
    1-0
    1-0
    2-4
    Israel
    Luxembourg
    Cyprus
    Cyprus
    Luxembourg
    Israel
    Russia
    Russia
    Final Table in group 5
    Pos P W D L Goals Pts
    1 8 6 0 2 18:9 18
  • Team of the eliminatories France98.
    Best players:
    Stoïchkov, Balakov, Ivanov, Letchkov, Kostadinov.
    Typical team:
    Zdravkov - Nankov (ou Kischichev), Ivanov, Iordanov, Petkov - Yankov, Letchkov, Balakov - Kostadinov, L. Penev, Stoïchkov.



     ANDONOV Ivailo
     ANTONOV Gueorgui
     BALAKOV Krassimir
     BORIMIROV Daniel
     DONKOV Georgi
     GUINCHEV Gocho
     HRISTOV Marian
     HRISTOV Roumen
     HUBCHEV Petar
     IANKOV Zlatko
     ILIEV DIMOV Ilian
     IORDANOV Ivaylo
     IVANOV Trifon
     IVANOV Georgi
     IVANOV Vladimir
     KISCHICHEV Radostin
     KOSTADINOV Emil
     LETCHKOV Iordan
     MARKOV Georgi
     MIHAYLOV Borislav
     MITOV Dobromir
     NANKOV Anatoli
     PENEV MLADENOV Luboslav
     PETKOV Ivaylo
     POPOV Dimitar
     STOITCHKOV Hristo
     TRENDATILOV Mitko
     TZVETANOV Tzanko
     VASSILEV Ivan
     VIDOLOV Kostadin
     ZDRAVKOV Zdravko

    Grading in
    the previous cups
    1994 3rd place 4th
    1986 8th finale 15th
    1974 1st round 12th
    1970 8th finale 13th
    1966 8th finale 15th
    1962 8th finale 15th
    To resume the previous cups
    1994 3rd place Sweden Bulgaria 4-0
    1994 Semi finale Italy Bulgaria 2-1
    1994 Quarter Bulgaria Germany 2-1
    1994 8th finale Bulgaria Mexico 1-1(p.kicks)
    1994 1st round Bulgaria Argentina 2-0
    1994 1st round Bulgaria Greece 4-0
    1994 1st round Nigeria Bulgaria 3-0
    1986 8th finale Mexico Bulgaria 2-0
    1986 1st round Argentina Bulgaria 2-0
    1986 1st round Bulgaria South Korea 1-1
    1986 1st round Italy Bulgaria 1-1
    1974 1st round Netherlands Bulgaria 4-1
    1974 1st round Bulgaria Uruguay 1-1
    1974 1st round Sweden Bulgaria 0-0
    1970 8th finale Bulgaria Morocco 1-1
    1970 8th finale RFA Bulgaria 5-2
    1970 8th finale Peru Bulgaria 3-2
    1966 8th finale Hungary Bulgaria 3-1
    1966 8th finale Portugal Bulgaria 3-0
    1966 8th finale Brasil Bulgaria 2-0
    1962 8th finale Bulgaria England 0-0
    1962 8ème finale Hungary Bulgaria 6-1
    1962 8th finale Argentina Bulgaria 1-0


    BULGARIA
    Country caracteristics:
    8.100.000 inhabitants, 111 000 km²
    City:
    Sofia
    System of government :
    Republic
    Time difference :
    + 1 hour with Paris
    Colors:
    withe t-shirt, green short, red socks.
    Federation:
    Bulgarski Futbolen Sois created in 1924
    Principals clubs:
    Levski Sofia, CSKA Sofia, Slavia, Lokomotiv Sofia, Botev Plovdiv.
    Principals stadiums:
    Vasil Levski (Sofia, 70.000), 9 septembre (Plovdiv, 40.000), Yuri Gagarin (Varna, 40.000), Narodna Armija (Sofia, 30.000).


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