page_title: Bulgaria national football team
section_title: Stoichkov's reign of the Golden Generation
hierarchical_section_title: Bulgaria national football team / History / 1986 World Cup: The knockout rounds / Stoichkov's reign of the Golden Generation
caption_attribution_description: Български: Христо Стоичков - бивш български футболист, треньор, по време на шоуто "50 години №8" 2016 г. English: Hristo Stoichkov in 2016
context_page_description: The Bulgaria national football team represents Bulgaria in international football and is administered by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home venue is the Vasil Levski Stadium in Sofia, and is currently managed by Georgi Dermendzhiev.
  Their best achievements are reaching the final in the 1968 Summer Olympics and the FIFA World Cup semi-finals in 1994. They have also competed at the Balkan Cup, winning four titles. However, Bulgaria has failed to qualify for any major tournament since UEFA Euro 2004.
caption: Hristo Stoichkov won the Ballon D'Or, World and European Golden Boots in 1994. His incredible style of play led Bulgaria to the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup, along with leading Barcelona to their first ever UEFA Champions League in 1992.
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