Boxing national side

Bulgaria

National team · Bulgaria

«The Lions»

66 Matches

12 wins

22 draws

32 losses

65–105 Goals

−40 Difference

1.0 Scored per game

Form W W W L D L

Hristo Stoichkov spent the summer of 1994 carrying the national team to a World Cup semi-final. In the United States, under manager Dimitar Penev, Bulgaria finished second in its group behind Nigeria, beat Greece 4-0 and Argentina 2-0, then got past Mexico on penalties in the last sixteen. The quarter-final against the defending champions, West Germany, ended 2-1, with Stoichkov and Yordan Letchkov scoring; the run stopped in the semi-final against Italy, and a 0-4 defeat by Sweden closed the tournament in fourth place. Stoichkov finished as the World Cup's top scorer and was named the year's best player in the world.

Bulgaria's only other major honour is an Olympic silver from Mexico City in 1968, lost 1-4 to Hungary in the final, and the two European Championships it reached, in 1996 and 2004, ended in the group stage both times.

The team, known as the Lions and, in a nod to its flag, the Tricolours, has been run by the Bulgarian Football Union since 1922. It plays in white, green and red for the same reason, and has used the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia since 1950. Its oldest rivalries run through the Balkans, with matches against Romania, Serbia and Greece carrying weight beyond the points on offer.

Two men share the scoring record on 48 goals apiece: Hristo Bonev and Dimitar Berbatov.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

26 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg H	1:2	L
5 Jun	Friendlies	Moldova A	2:2	D
1 Jun	Friendlies	Montenegro H	0:1	L
30 Mar	FIFA Series	Indonesia A	1:0	W
27 Mar	FIFA Series	Solomon Islands A	10:2	W
18 Nov 2025	World Cup - Qualification Europe	Georgia H	2:1	W

Standing

UEFA Nations League

Group stage · Group 4

#	Team	M	D	L	Goals	Pts
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1	1	0	0:0	1
3	Iceland	1	1	0	1:1	1
4	Wales	1	0	1	0:1	0
4	Romania	1	0	1	1:2	0
4	Bulgaria	1	0	1	1:2	0

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 66

66 Matches

12 wins

22 draws

32 losses

65–105 Goals

−40 Difference

1.0 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 66

12 22 32

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	66	29	37
Scored	65	34	31
Conceded	105	47	58
Scored per game	1.0	1.2	0.8
Conceded per game	1.6	1.6	1.6
Difference	−40	−13	−27

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Asen Rumenov Chandarov Midfielder 1 Matches

Daniel Naumov Goalkeeper 1 Matches

K. Stoyanov Midfielder 1 Matches

P. Panayotov Midfielder 1 Matches

Emil Ivanov Tsenov Midfielder 1 Matches

Andrea Hristov Defender 1 Matches

Martin Yankov Minchev Forward 1 Matches

Stanislav Ivaylov Ivanov Forward 1 Matches

Squad of Bulgaria

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
14	Asen Rumenov Chandarov	Midfielder	27	1
1	Daniel Naumov	Goalkeeper	28	1
22	K. Stoyanov	Midfielder	23	1
7	P. Panayotov	Midfielder	21	1
6	Emil Ivanov Tsenov	Midfielder	24	1
3	Andrea Hristov	Defender	27	1
17	Martin Yankov Minchev	Forward	25	1
9	Stanislav Ivaylov Ivanov	Forward	27	1
21	Dimitar Velkovski	Defender	31	1
19	Ivan Georgiev Turitsov	Defender	27	1
23	Aleks Anastasov Bozhev	Goalkeeper	21	1
11	Georgi Rusev	Forward	28	1
10	Zdravko Dimitrov	Forward	28	1
12	Dimitar Mitov	Goalkeeper	29	1
8	Andrian Boykov Kraev	Midfielder		1
15	Theodor Ivanov	Defender		1
5	Kristian Traychev Dimitrov	Defender		1
2	Yoan Stoyanov	Midfielder		1
4	Ilia Iliev Gruev	Midfielder		1
20	Lukas Emanuel Petkov	Forward		1
18	Kristian Balov	Forward		1
16	Marin Petkov	Forward		1
13	Stefan Ivov Velkov	Defender		1