This page offers all the statistics of the match and the pre-match of

West Germany 3-0 Bulgaria - May 12, 1973 / Friendlies 1973

. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.

Friendlies 1973 - Europe

Volksparkstadion - Hamburg - Germany

May 12, 1973

55 000

West Germany

Germany

3 - 0

Bulgaria

Franz Beckenbauer

18'

Bernd Cullmann

22'

(o.g) Iordan Iordanov

31'

logo West Germany FRG

18' - Goal Franz Beckenbauer18

22' - Goal Bernd Cullmann22

31' - Own goal Iordan Iordanov31

logo West Germany FRG

64' - Substitution Heinz Floheis substituted by Horst Köppel64

logo Bulgaria BUL

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

West Germany

3 - 0

Bulgaria

West Germany Bulgaria

Team line-ups

West Germany

Franke

Bernd Franke

Germany

B.date12/02/1948

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

Beckenbauer18

Franz Beckenbauer

Germany

B.date11/09/1945

Age27 years

H1m81

positionSweeper

Höttges

Horst-Dieter Höttges

Germany

B.date10/09/1943

Age29 years

H1m74

positionDefender

Cullmann22

Bernd Cullmann

Germany

B.date01/11/1949

Age23 years

H1m86

positionDefender

Flohe64

Heinz Flohe

Germany

B.date28/01/1948

Age25 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Breitner

Paul Breitner

Germany

B.date05/09/1951

Age21 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

Kapellmann

Jupp Kapellmann

Germany

B.date25/03/1949

Age24 years

H1m72

positionCentre Midfield

Overath

Wolfgang Overath

Germany

B.date29/09/1943

Age29 years

H1m76

positionLeft Midfielder

Kremers

Erwin Kremers

Germany

B.date24/03/1949

Age24 years

H1m74

positionForward

Grabowski

Jürgen Grabowski

Germany

B.date07/07/1944

Age28 years

H1m72

positionForward

Müller

Gerd Müller

Germany

B.date03/11/1945

Age27 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bernd Franke		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franz Beckenbauer	18	27	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Horst-Dieter Höttges		29	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bernd Cullmann	22	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Heinz Flohe	64	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Breitner		21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jupp Kapellmann		24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wolfgang Overath		29	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Erwin Kremers		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jürgen Grabowski		28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gerd Müller		27	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bulgaria

Iordanov31

Iordan Iordanov

Bulgaria

positionDefender

First 11					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Iordan Iordanov	31		1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Horst Köppel	64	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Erwin Kremers

Siegfried Held

OUT

Bernd Franke

Sepp Maier

OUT

Bernd Cullmann

Georg Schwarzenbeck

OUT

Jupp Kapellmann

Uli Hoeness

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Helmut Schön

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

59 %

Schön vs Bulgaria

4 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 12, 1973

Schön vs Mladenov

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 12, 1973

Manager

Age

Match num

Hristo Mladenov

Success rate in this team:

69 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Mladenov vs West Germany

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 12, 1973

Mladenov vs Schön

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 12, 1973

Referee

Sven Jonsson

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	West Germany1 match	General total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	West Germany1 match	Season total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 12, 1973					Latest figure on May 12, 1973

Videos

Comments

Key figures

West Germany keeps its 3 matches without conceding any goal vs Bulgaria in Friendlies running (since 22/03/1967). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/12/1958 (2 matches)

West Germany keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal scored vs Bulgaria at home running (since 20/10/1935). It's a record streak. The first of history

West Germany keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal scored vs Bulgaria at home in Friendlies running (since 20/10/1935). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 30 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWest Germany 0-0 England13/05/1972

VWest Germany 4-1 Soviet Union26/05/1972

VWest Germany 5-1 Switzerland15/11/1972

LWest Germany 2-3 Argentina14/02/1973

VWest Germany 3-0 Czechoslovakia28/03/1973

LWest Germany 0-1 Yugoslavia09/05/1973

Overall

VWest Germany 2-1 Belgium14/06/1972

VWest Germany 3-0 Soviet Union18/06/1972

VWest Germany 5-1 Switzerland15/11/1972

LWest Germany 2-3 Argentina14/02/1973

VWest Germany 3-0 Czechoslovakia28/03/1973

LWest Germany 0-1 Yugoslavia09/05/1973

Current form

Away

VIndonesia 0-4 Bulgaria04/02/1973

VNew Caledonia 3-5 Bulgaria08/02/1973

DAustralia 2-2 Bulgaria14/02/1973

VAustralia 1-3 Bulgaria16/02/1973

VAustralia 0-2 Bulgaria18/02/1973

LTurkey 5-2 Bulgaria18/04/1973

Overall

DAustralia 2-2 Bulgaria14/02/1973

VAustralia 1-3 Bulgaria16/02/1973

VAustralia 0-2 Bulgaria18/02/1973

VBulgaria 1-0 Soviet Union28/03/1973

LTurkey 5-2 Bulgaria18/04/1973

VBulgaria 2-1 Portugal02/05/1973

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	5	7
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	9	13
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	9
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
1	Victories (Competition total)	6
1	Victories (Home / Away)	5
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
2	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	23
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	13
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.67
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.88
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.44
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.63

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-3 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (2 times)

Bookings

0	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

Gerd Müller	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Georgi Denev
Gerd Müller	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Georgi Denev
Gerd Müller	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Gerd Müller	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Gerd Müller	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 9 matches	Georgi Denev

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

15 gf

5 ga

Away

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

7 gf

3 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

2 ga

Total

9 matches

8 v

0 d

1 l

27 gf

10 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

3 gf

7 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

5 gf

15 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

5 ga

Total

9 matches

1 v

0 d

8 l

10 gf

27 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 3	October 20, 1940
Home	7 - 3	October 20, 1940

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	November 23, 1960
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

June 07, 1970 - Coupe du Monde 1970

West Germany

5 - 2

Bulgaria

September 24, 1969 - Rencontres amicales 1969

Bulgaria

0 - 1

West Germany logo West Germany

March 22, 1967 - Rencontres amicales 1967

West Germany

1 - 0

Bulgaria

November 23, 1960 - Rencontres amicales 1960

Bulgaria

2 - 1

West Germany logo West Germany

December 21, 1958 - Rencontres amicales 1958

West Germany

3 - 0

Bulgaria

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Edmund Conen	5 goals	1939 - 1940
Uwe Seeler	3 goals	1958 - 1970
Gerd Müller	3 goals	1970 - 1970
Karl Decker	2 goals	1942 - 1942
Ernst Lehner	2 goals	1935 - 1940
Wilhelm Simetsreiter	2 goals	1935 - 1935

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Germany

Hristo Evtimov	2 goals	1940 - 1940
Todor Kolev	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Asparuh Nikodimov	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Lubomir Angelov	1 goal	1940 - 1940

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Sepp Maier	3 matches	1967 - 1970
Ernst Lehner	3 matches	1935 - 1940
Horst-Dieter Höttges	3 matches	1967 - 1970
Klaus Fichtel	3 matches	1967 - 1970
Uwe Seeler	3 matches	1958 - 1970
Andreas Kupfer	3 matches	1939 - 1942

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1935. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Germany

Lubomir Angelov	1 match	1940 - 1940
Simeon Simeonov	1 match	1970 - 1970
Panaiot Stefanov	1 match	1940 - 1940
Milko Gaydarski	1 match	1970 - 1970
Boris Gaganelov	1 match	1970 - 1970
Hristo Bonev	1 match	1970 - 1970