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Bulgaria 2-0 France - May 02, 1985 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1986

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1986 - Group 4

Vasil Levski National Stadium - Sofia - Bulgaria

May 02, 1985

70 000

Bulgaria

2 - 0

France

Georgi Dimitrov

11'

Nasko Sirakov

61'

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11' - Goal Georgi Dimitrov11

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56' - Substitution Boycho Velichkovis substituted by Andrey Zhelyazkov56

61' - Goal Nasko Sirakov61

69' - Substitution Luis Fernandezis substituted by Thierry Tusseau

75' - Substitution Plamen Getovis substituted by Atanas Pashev75

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bulgaria

2 - 0

France

Bulgaria France

Team line-ups

Bulgaria

Mihailov

Borislav Mihailov

Bulgaria

B.date12/02/1963

Age22 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Nikolov

Plamen Nikolov

Bulgaria

B.date24/06/1957

Age27 years

H1m82

positionDefender

Dimitrov11

Georgi Dimitrov

Bulgaria

B.date14/01/1959

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Zdravkov

Radoslav Zdravkov

Bulgaria

B.date30/07/1956

Age28 years

positionDefender

Arabov

Nikolay Arabov

Bulgaria

B.date14/11/1953

Age31 years

positionCentral defender

Petrov

Petar Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date20/02/1961

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Getov75

Plamen Getov

Bulgaria

B.date04/03/1959

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Sadkov

Anyo Sadkov

Bulgaria

B.date28/09/1961

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Sirakov61

Nasko Sirakov

Bulgaria

B.date26/04/1962

Age23 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

Velichkov56

Boycho Velichkov

Bulgaria

B.date13/08/1958

Age26 years

positionForward

Mladenov

Stoycho Mladenov

Bulgaria

B.date12/04/1957

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Borislav Mihailov		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Plamen Nikolov		27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Georgi Dimitrov	11	26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Radoslav Zdravkov		28	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nikolay Arabov		31	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Petar Petrov		24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Plamen Getov	75	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anyo Sadkov		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nasko Sirakov	61	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Boycho Velichkov	56	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stoycho Mladenov		28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

France

Bats

Joël Bats

France

B.date04/01/1957

Age28 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Bossis

Maxime Bossis

France

B.date26/06/1955

Age29 years

H1m86

positionVersatile Defender

Specht

Léonard Specht

France

B.date16/04/1954

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Ayache

William Ayache

France

B.date10/01/1961

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Amoros

Manuel Amoros

France

B.date01/02/1962

Age23 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

Fernandez69

Luis Fernandez

France

B.date02/10/1959

Age25 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

Tigana

Jean Tigana

France

B.date23/06/1955

Age29 years

H1m72

positionDefensive Midfielder

Touré

José Touré

France

B.date24/04/1961

Age24 years

H1m81

positionMidfield

Platini

Michel Platini

France

B.date21/06/1955

Age29 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Stopyra

Yannick Stopyra

France

B.date09/01/1961

Age24 years

H1m80

positionForward

Bellone

Bruno Bellone

France

B.date14/03/1962

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Joël Bats		28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Maxime Bossis		29	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Léonard Specht		31	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Ayache		24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Manuel Amoros		23	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Fernandez	69	25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jean Tigana		29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	José Touré		24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michel Platini		29	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Yannick Stopyra		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bruno Bellone		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Andrey Zhelyazkov	56	32	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Atanas Pashev	75	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Thierry Tusseau	69	27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Maxime Bossis

Alain Giresse

OUT

José Touré

Patrick Battiston

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ivan Vutsov

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Vutsov vs France

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1985

Vutsov vs Michel

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

Henri Michel

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Michel vs Bulgaria

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1985

Michel vs Vutsov

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1985

Referee

Brian McGinlay

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Bulgaria1 match	General total	France1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Bulgaria1 match	Season total	France1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 02, 1985					Latest figure on May 02, 1985

Videos

February 28, 2012

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Bulgaria after 3 matches with at least one goal conceded vs France in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone (since 09/10/1976). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Nasko Sirakov scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

The last time France has ended with the score 0-2 away from home, It was on the 26/05/1973 (vs )

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBulgaria 5-2 Cuba04/05/1983

VBulgaria 3-2 Algeria08/08/1983

VBulgaria 1-0 Wales16/11/1983

LBulgaria 2-3 Germany15/02/1984

VBulgaria 4-0 Luxembourg05/12/1984

VBulgaria 1-0 East Germany06/04/1985

Overall

LFrance 1-0 Bulgaria21/11/1984

VBulgaria 4-0 Luxembourg05/12/1984

VBulgaria 1-0 Switzerland05/02/1985

DBulgaria 2-2 Poland06/02/1985

VBulgaria 1-0 East Germany06/04/1985

LGermany 4-1 Bulgaria17/04/1985

Current form

Away

VNetherlands 1-2 France10/11/1982

VPortugal 0-3 France16/02/1983

LDenmark 3-1 France07/09/1983

DYugoslavia 0-0 France12/11/1983

VLuxembourg 0-4 France13/10/1984

DYugoslavia 0-0 France03/04/1985

Overall

VFrance 3-2 Portugal23/06/1984

VFrance 2-0 Spain27/06/1984

VLuxembourg 0-4 France13/10/1984

VFrance 1-0 Bulgaria21/11/1984

VFrance 2-0 East Germany08/12/1984

DYugoslavia 0-0 France03/04/1985

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	2
Scoring streak	7	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	15
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	3	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.75
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Stoycho Mladenov	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Yannick Stopyra
Stoycho Mladenov	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Yannick Stopyra
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Michel Platini
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Alain Giresse
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Alain Giresse
Stoycho Mladenov	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Yannick Stopyra

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

4 v

1 d

1 l

10 gf

8 ga

Away

9 matches

0 v

3 d

6 l

7 gf

21 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

16 matches

5 v

4 d

7 l

18 gf

29 ga

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

6 v

3 d

0 l

21 gf

7 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

1 d

4 l

8 gf

10 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

16 matches

7 v

4 d

5 l

29 gf

18 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	December 04, 1971
Home	2 - 1	December 04, 1971

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 24, 1938
Away	5 - 3	June 09, 1932

Latest head to head

November 21, 1984 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1986

France

1 - 0

Bulgaria

May 15, 1982 - Rencontres amicales 1982

France

0 - 0

Bulgaria

November 16, 1977 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1978

France

3 - 1

Bulgaria

October 09, 1976 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1978

Bulgaria

2 - 2

France

December 04, 1971 - Eliminatoires Euro 1972

Bulgaria

2 - 1

France

Best historical scorers against France

Metody Nestorov	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Hristo Iliev	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Hristo Bonev	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Todor Diev	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Ivan Kolev	1 goal	1959 - 1959
Pavel Panov	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/06/1932. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Jean Sécember	4 goals	1932 - 1932
Michel Platini	3 goals	1976 - 1984
Yvon Goujon	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Maryan Wisniewski	2 goals	1957 - 1960
Jean Nicolas	2 goals	1938 - 1938
Alfred Aston	2 goals	1938 - 1938

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/06/1932. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs France

Nikola Kovachev	5 matches	1957 - 1961
Ivan Kolev	5 matches	1957 - 1961
Todor Diev	4 matches	1957 - 1961
Kiril Rakarov	4 matches	1957 - 1961
Georgi Naydenov	4 matches	1959 - 1961
Ivan Dimitrov	4 matches	1959 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/06/1932. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Pierre Bernard	5 matches	1960 - 1963
Marius Trésor	4 matches	1971 - 1982
Yvon Douis	4 matches	1957 - 1963
André Lerond	4 matches	1957 - 1961
Bruno Rodzik	4 matches	1960 - 1963
Maryan Wisniewski	3 matches	1957 - 1961