Bulgaria national football team

**Bulgaria national football team** is the national football team of Bulgaria.

## Most appearances

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Stiliyan Petrov|1998–2013|105|8||||||
|2|Borislav Mihaylov|1983–1998|102|0||||||
|3|Hristo Bonev|1967–1979|96|48||||||
|4|Krasimir Balakov|1988–2003|92|16||||||
|5|Dimitar Penev|1965–1974|90|2||||||
|6|Martin Petrov|1999–2013|89|19||||||
|7|Radostin Kishishev|1996–2009|88|1||||||
|8|Hristo Stoichkov|1986–1999|83|37||||||
|9|Nasko Sirakov|1983–1996|82|23||||||
|10|Zlatko Yankov|1989–1999|80|4||||||

## Top scorers

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Dimitar Berbatov|1999–2010|48|78||||||
|2|Hristo Bonev|1967–1979|48|96||||||
|3|Hristo Stoichkov|1987–1999|37|83||||||
|4|Emil Kostadinov|1988–1998|26|70||||||
|5|Petar Zhekov|1963–1972|25|44||||||
|6|Ivan Kolev|1950–1963|25|75||||||
|7|Atanas Mihaylov|1970–1981|23|45||||||
|8|Nasko Sirakov|1983–1996|23|82||||||
|9|Dimitar Milanov|1948–1959|20|39||||||
|10|Georgi Asparuhov|1962–1970|19|50||||||

## Other websites

- Bulgarian football – history, teams, stadiums, fan clubs
- RSSSF archive of results 1924–

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Bulgaria
- **nickname**: Лъвовете (The Lions)
- **association**: Bulgarian Football Union
- **confederation**: UEFA (Europe)
- **coach**: Petar Hubchev
- **captain**: Ivelin Popov
- **most caps**: Stiliyan Petrov (105)
- **top scorer**: Dimitar Berbatov (48)
 Hristo Bonev (48)
- **home stadium**: Vasil Levski National Stadium
- **fifa trigramme**: BUL
- **fifa max**: 3
- **fifa max date**: June 1995
- **fifa min**: 96
- **fifa min date**: August 2012
- **elo max**: 3
- **elo max date**: August 1975
- **elo min**: 69
- **elo min date**: 12 November 2016
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- **first game**: 0–0
(Vienna, Austria; 22 April 1924)
- **largest win**: 2–10
 (Colony of Singapore, Singapore; 13 December 1956)
- **largest loss**: 13–0
(Madrid, Spain; 22 August 1933)
- **world cup apps**: 8
- **world cup first**: 1930
- **world cup best**: **Semi-Finals** (1994 FIFA World Cup, 1994)
- **regional name**: UEFA European Football Championship, Euro Cup
- **regional cup apps**: 3
- **regional cup first**: 1968 European Football Championship, 1968
- **regional cup best**: **Quarter-Finals** (1968 European Football Championship, 1968)
- **2ndregional name**: Olympics
- **2ndregional cup apps**: 5
- **2ndregional cup first**: Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1924
- **2ndregional cup best**: **Runners-Up** (Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968)
- **3rdregional name**: Balkan Cup
- **3rdregional cup apps**: 12
- **3rdregional cup first**: Balkan Cup, 1930
- **3rdregional cup best**:  **Champions** (Balkan Cup, 1931, Balkan Cup, 1932, Balkan Cup, 1948, Balkan Cup, 1976)