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Index: World Cup Finals: France 1998: Bulgaria

Bulgaria in the World Cup Finals

World Cup Appearances:
France 1998 was Bulgaria's 5th appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Prior to US 1994, where they made it to the semi-finals after beating Germany (2:1), Bulgaria were the mother of all under achievers; never even winning a game in the tournaments.

Bulgaria in the 1998 World Cup

Group D

12th June: vs Paraguay (0:0) in Montpelier.

19th June: vs. Nigeria (0:1) in Paris.

24th June: vs. Spain (1:6) in Lens.

Bulgaria were a major disappointment, with Ivanov looking as though he had been on a heavy drinking session, the night before their last game with Spain.

Knockout Stage

Bulgaria failed to qualify for the Second Round.

Bulgaria World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers:

1 Zdravko Zdravkov (Istanbulspor)
12 Borislav Mihaylov (Slavia Sofia)

Defenders:

2 Radostin Kichichev (Bursaspor)
3 Trifon Ivanov (CSKA Sofia)
4 Ivailo Petkov (Litex Lovech)
13 Gocho Guintchev (Antalya)
15 Adalbert Zafirov (Arminia Bielefeld)
21 Rossen Kirilov (Litex)

Midfielders:

5 Ivaylo Iordanov (Sporting Lisbon)
6 Zlatko Yankov (Besiktas)
10 Krassimir Balakov (VfB Stuttgart)
11 Ilian Iliev (Bursaspor)
14 Marian Hristov (Kaiserslautern)
16 Anatoli Nankov (Locomotiv Sofia)
17 Stoytcho Stoilov (Litex)
18 Daniel Borimirov (1860 Munich)
19 Georgui Bachev (Slavia Sofia)
22 Milen Petkov (CSKA Sofia)

Forwards:

7 Emil Kostadinov (CSKA Sofia)
8 Hristo Stoitchkov (CSKA Sofia)
9 Luboslav Penev (Compostela)
20 Georgui Ivanov (Levski Sofia)

Trainer:
Dimitar Penev.

Destination Bulgaria

Bulgaria Travel Notes:
Find out more about Bulgaria @ Travel Notes.