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Netherlands 2-0 Bulgaria - September 08, 2007 / Euro Qualifying 2008

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Euro Qualifying 2008 - Group G

Amsterdam ArenA - Amsterdam - Netherlands

September 08, 2007

Netherlands

2 - 0

Bulgaria

Wesley Sneijder

23'

Ruud van Nistelrooy

58'

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23' - Goal Wesley Sneijder23

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58' - Goal Ruud van Nistelrooy58

62' - Substitution Georgi Peevis substituted by Ivelin Popov

65' - Substitution Mario Melchiotis substituted by Khalid Boulahrouz65

68' - Substitution Dimitar Telkiyskiis substituted by Velizar Dimitrov

73' - Substitution Wesley Sneijderis substituted by Clarence Seedorf73

78' - Substitution Lúcio Wagneris substituted by Chavdar Yankov

81' - Substitution Demy de Zeeuwis substituted by Nigel de Jong81

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Netherlands

2 - 0

Bulgaria

Netherlands Bulgaria

Team line-ups

Netherlands

Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age36 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Mathijsen

Joris Mathijsen

Netherlands

B.date05/04/1980

Age27 years

H1m82

positionLeft central defender

Bouma

Wilfried Bouma

Netherlands

B.date15/06/1978

Age29 years

H1m79

positionCentral defender

Heitinga

Johnny Heitinga

Netherlands

B.date15/11/1983

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Melchiot65

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age30 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

van Bronckhorst

Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Netherlands

B.date05/02/1975

Age32 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

de Zeeuw81

Demy de Zeeuw

Netherlands

B.date26/05/1983

Age24 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

Sneijder2373

Wesley Sneijder

Netherlands

B.date09/06/1984

Age23 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

van Persie

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Babel

Ryan Babel

Netherlands

B.date19/12/1986

Age20 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

van Nistelrooy58

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Netherlands

B.date01/07/1976

Age31 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edwin Van der Sar		36	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joris Mathijsen		27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilfried Bouma		29	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johnny Heitinga		23	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot	65	30	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Giovanni van Bronckhorst		32	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Demy de Zeeuw	81	24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wesley Sneijder	2373	23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robin van Persie		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ryan Babel		20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ruud van Nistelrooy	58	31	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bulgaria

Ivankov

Dimitar Ivankov

Bulgaria

B.date30/10/1975

Age31 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Tomasic

Igor Tomasic

Bulgaria

B.date14/12/1976

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Tunchev

Aleksander Tunchev

Bulgaria

B.date10/07/1981

Age26 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Kishishev

Radostin Kishishev

Bulgaria

B.date30/07/1974

Age33 years

H1m79

positionRight central defender

Wagner78

Lúcio Wagner

Bulgaria

B.date15/06/1976

Age31 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Angelov

Stanislav Angelov

Bulgaria

B.date12/04/1978

Age29 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

Peev62

Georgi Peev

Bulgaria

B.date11/03/1979

Age28 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

S. Petrov

Stilian Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date05/07/1979

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Telkiyski68

Dimitar Telkiyski

Bulgaria

B.date05/05/1977

Age30 years

H1m74

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

M. Petrov

Martin Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date15/01/1979

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Berbatov

Dimitar Berbatov

Bulgaria

B.date30/01/1981

Age26 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dimitar Ivankov		31	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Igor Tomasic		30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Aleksander Tunchev		26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Radostin Kishishev		33	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lúcio Wagner	78	31	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stanislav Angelov		29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Georgi Peev	62	28	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stilian Petrov		28	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dimitar Telkiyski	68	30	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Petrov		28	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dimitar Berbatov		26	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Khalid Boulahrouz	65	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel de Jong	81	22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clarence Seedorf	73	31	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Chavdar Yankov	78	23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Velizar Dimitrov	68	28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ivelin Popov	62	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Edwin Van der Sar

Maarten Stekelenburg

OUT

Joris Mathijsen

Kew Jaliens

OUT

Mario Melchiot

Rafael van der Vaart

OUT

Ryan Babel

Urby Emanuelson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dimitar Berbatov

Georgi Chilikov

OUT

Georgi Peev

Hristo Yovov

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Marco van Basten

Success rate in this team:

66 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

67 %

van Basten vs Bulgaria

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 08, 2007

van Basten vs Penev

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 08, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Dimitar Penev

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Penev vs Netherlands

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 08, 2007

Penev vs van Basten

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 08, 2007

Referee

Luis Medina Cantalejo

2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Netherlands3 matches	General total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Netherlands1 match	Season total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 08, 2007					Latest figure on September 08, 2007

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Key figures

The last time Bulgaria has conceded at least 2 goals in Euro Qualifying, It was on the 02/09/2006 (vs )

It's the first time Wesley Sneijder scores a goal in his professional career with Netherlands since the 07/02/2007 (with Netherlands vs Russia )

It's the first time Ruud van Nistelrooy scores 1 goal vs Bulgaria in his professional career

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DNetherlands 1-1 Australia04/06/2006

VNetherlands 3-0 Belarus06/09/2006

VNetherlands 2-1 Albania11/10/2006

DNetherlands 1-1 England15/11/2006

VNetherlands 4-1 Russia07/02/2007

DNetherlands 0-0 Romania24/03/2007

Overall

VNetherlands 4-1 Russia07/02/2007

DNetherlands 0-0 Romania24/03/2007

VSlovenia 0-1 Netherlands28/03/2007

VSouth Korea 0-2 Netherlands02/06/2007

VThailand 1-3 Netherlands06/06/2007

LSwitzerland 2-1 Netherlands22/08/2007

Current form

Away

DWales 0-0 Bulgaria15/08/2006

DRomania 2-2 Bulgaria02/09/2006

VLuxembourg 0-1 Bulgaria11/10/2006

LSlovakia 3-1 Bulgaria15/11/2006

VCyprus 0-3 Bulgaria07/02/2007

VBelarus 0-2 Bulgaria02/06/2007

Overall

VBulgaria 2-0 Latvia06/02/2007

VCyprus 0-3 Bulgaria07/02/2007

DBulgaria 0-0 Albania28/03/2007

VBelarus 0-2 Bulgaria02/06/2007

VBulgaria 2-1 Belarus06/06/2007

LBulgaria 0-1 Wales22/08/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	9	0
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	0	4
Scoring streak	0	4
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	3
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
4	Victories (Competition total)	4
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	11
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.57
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.67
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.57
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
3-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (1 times)

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Robin van Persie	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Martin Petrov
Robin van Persie	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Dimitar Berbatov
Robin van Persie	4 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Martin Petrov

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

7 gf

5 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

3 gf

6 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Total

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

14 gf

12 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

6 gf

3 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

5 gf

7 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

12 gf

14 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	June 23, 1974
Home	4 - 2	April 03, 1960

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	October 27, 1968
Away	2 - 1	May 24, 1988

Latest head to head

October 07, 2006 - Eliminatoires Euro 2008

Bulgaria

1 - 1

Netherlands logo Netherlands

May 24, 1988 - Rencontres amicales 1988

Netherlands

1 - 2

Bulgaria

September 04, 1985 - Rencontres amicales 1985

Netherlands

1 - 0

Bulgaria

June 23, 1974 - Coupe du Monde 1974

Netherlands

4 - 1

Bulgaria

October 22, 1969 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1970

Netherlands

1 - 1

Bulgaria

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Tonny van der Linden	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Johan Neeskens	2 goals	1974 - 1974
Leo Canjels	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Jan Wouters	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Henk Groot	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Theo de Jong	1 goal	1974 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/05/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Netherlands

Lyuboslav Penev	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Martin Petrov	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Trifon Ivanov	1 goal	1988 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/05/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Rinus Israel	3 matches	1968 - 1974
Wim Suurbier	3 matches	1968 - 1974
Willem van Hanegem	3 matches	1968 - 1974
Coen Moulijn	2 matches	1960 - 1969
Robby Rensenbrink	2 matches	1968 - 1974
Roelof Wiersma	2 matches	1959 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/05/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Netherlands

Dimitar Vasev	1 match	1988 - 1988
Ivan Stoyanov	1 match	1974 - 1974
Iliyan KKiryakov	1 match	1988 - 1988
Dimitar Ivankov	1 match	2006 - 2006
Valentin Iliev	1 match	2006 - 2006
Stefan Velitchkov	1 match	1974 - 1974