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Bulgaria 2-0 Albania - April 30, 2003 / Friendlies 2003

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Friendlies 2003 - Europe

Vassil Levski - Sofia - Bulgaria

April 30, 2003

9 325

Bulgaria

2 - 0

Albania

Dimitar Berbatov

34'

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3' - Goal Dimitar Berbatov3

8' - Substitution Krasimir Balakovis substituted by Stilian Petrov8

34' - Goal Dimitar Berbatov34

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46' - Substitution Dimitar Ivankovis substituted by Stoyan Kolev46

46' - Substitution Arjan Beqajis substituted by Foto Strakosha photo Altin Lala

46' - Substitution Arian Bellaiis substituted by Altin Lala photo Edvin Murati

46' - Substitution Mehmet Dragushais substituted by Edvin Murati photo Alban Bushi

46' - Substitution Altin Rraklliis substituted by Alban Bushi photo Igli Tare

46' - Substitution Erjon Bogdaniis substituted by Igli Tare

55' - Substitution Rosen Kirilovis substituted by Georgi Petrov photo Stoyko Sakaliev

55' - Substitution Dimitar Berbatovis substituted by Stoyko Sakaliev55

60' - Substitution Ilian Stoyanovis substituted by Nikolai Krastev photo Svetoslav Petrov

60' - Substitution Velizar Dimitrovis substituted by Svetoslav Petrov60

72' - Substitution Klodian Durois substituted by Florian Myrtaj

85' - Substitution Ervin Skelais substituted by Bledi Shkëmbi

89' - Substitution Geri Cipiis substituted by Ardian Aliaj

90' - Substitution Nevil Dedeis substituted by Rezart Dabulla

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bulgaria

2 - 0

Albania

Bulgaria Albania

Team line-ups

Bulgaria

Ivankov46

Dimitar Ivankov

Bulgaria

B.date30/10/1975

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Kirilov55

Rosen Kirilov

Bulgaria

B.date04/01/1973

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Stoyanov60

Ilian Stoyanov

Bulgaria

B.date20/01/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Petkov

Ivaylo Petkov

Bulgaria

B.date24/03/1976

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Kishishev

Radostin Kishishev

Bulgaria

B.date30/07/1974

Age28 years

H1m79

positionRight central defender

Borimirov

Daniel Borimirov

Bulgaria

B.date15/01/1970

Age33 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Balakov8

Krasimir Balakov

Bulgaria

B.date29/03/1966

Age37 years

H1m76

positionLeft central midfielder

Peev

Georgi Peev

Bulgaria

B.date11/03/1979

Age24 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

Dimitrov60

Velizar Dimitrov

Bulgaria

B.date13/04/1979

Age24 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

Berbatov33455

Dimitar Berbatov

Bulgaria

B.date30/01/1981

Age22 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Todorov

Svetoslav Todorov

Bulgaria

B.date30/08/1978

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dimitar Ivankov	46	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rosen Kirilov	55	30	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ilian Stoyanov	60	26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ivaylo Petkov		27	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Radostin Kishishev		28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Daniel Borimirov		33	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Krasimir Balakov	8	37	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Georgi Peev		24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Velizar Dimitrov	60	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dimitar Berbatov	33455	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Svetoslav Todorov		24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Albania

Beqaj46

Arjan Beqaj

Albania

B.date20/08/1975

Age27 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Cipi89

Geri Cipi

Albania

B.date28/02/1976

Age27 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Dede90

Nevil Dede

Albania

B.date10/01/1975

Age28 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Bellai46

Arian Bellai

Albania

B.date01/02/1971

Age32 years

positionDefender

Beqiri

Elvin Beqiri

Albania

B.date27/09/1980

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Hasi

Besnik Hasi

Kosovo

B.date29/12/1971

Age31 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

Dragusha46

Mehmet Dragusha

Albania

B.date09/10/1977

Age25 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Duro72

Klodian Duro

Albania

B.date21/12/1977

Age25 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Skela85

Ervin Skela

Albania

B.date17/11/1976

Age26 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

Rraklli46

Altin Rraklli

Albania

B.date17/07/1970

Age32 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Bogdani46

Erjon Bogdani

Albania

B.date14/04/1977

Age26 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Arjan Beqaj	46	27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Geri Cipi	89	27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nevil Dede	90	28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arian Bellai	46	32	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Elvin Beqiri		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Besnik Hasi		31	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mehmet Dragusha	46	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Klodian Duro	72	25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ervin Skela	85	26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Altin Rraklli	46	32	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Erjon Bogdani	46	26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Stoyan Kolev	46	27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Georgi Petrov	55	29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nikolai Krastev	60	27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Svetoslav Petrov	60	25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stilian Petrov	8	23	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stoyko Sakaliev	55	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Foto Strakosha	46	38	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rezart Dabulla	90	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ardian Aliaj	89	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Altin Lala	46	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bledi Shkëmbi	85	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Florian Myrtaj	72	26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Edvin Murati	46	27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Igli Tare	46	29	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alban Bushi	46	29	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dimitar Ivankov

Zdravko Zdravkov

OUT

Svetoslav Todorov

Zoran Jankovic

OUT

Ilian Stoyanov

Pedrag Pazin

OUT

Velizar Dimitrov

Martin Petrov

OUT

Daniel Borimirov

Stilian Petrov

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Erjon Bogdani

Igli Tare

OUT

Arjan Beqaj

Foto Strakosha

OUT

Nevil Dede

Edvin Murati

OUT

Arian Bellai

Altin Lala

OUT

Mehmet Dragusha

Ardian Aliaj

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Plamen Markov

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Markov vs Albania

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 30, 2003

Markov vs Briegel

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 30, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Hans-Peter Briegel

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Briegel vs Bulgaria

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 30, 2003

Briegel vs Markov

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 30, 2003

Referee

Karel Vidlak

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Bulgaria1 match	General total	Albania1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Bulgaria1 match	Season total	Albania1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 30, 2003					Latest figure on April 30, 2003

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Key figures

End of streak for Albania after 3 consecutive matches without a loss (since 12/02/2003). It was the best streak for the club since 09/10/1999-10/02/2000 (4 matches).

It's the first time Dimitar Berbatov scores at least 2 goals during the same game in Friendlies

The last time Albania has ended with the score 0-2 , It was on the 17/04/2002 (vs )

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBulgaria 4-3 Northern Ireland28/03/2001

VBulgaria 1-0 North Macedonia15/08/2001

LBulgaria 0-2 Denmark05/09/2001

DBulgaria 2-2 Germany21/08/2002

VBulgaria 2-0 Croatia12/10/2002

VBulgaria 2-1 Andorra16/10/2002

Overall

VBelgium 0-2 Bulgaria07/09/2002

VBulgaria 2-0 Croatia12/10/2002

VBulgaria 2-1 Andorra16/10/2002

LSpain 1-0 Bulgaria20/11/2002

VSerbia and Montenegro 1-2 Bulgaria27/03/2003

DEstonia 0-0 Bulgaria02/04/2003

Current form

Away

LGreece 1-0 Albania02/06/2001

LEngland 2-0 Albania05/09/2001

LBahrain 3-0 Albania10/01/2002

DLuxembourg 0-0 Albania13/02/2002

LAndorra 2-0 Albania17/04/2002

LRussia 4-1 Albania16/10/2002

Overall

LAndorra 2-0 Albania17/04/2002

DAlbania 1-1 Switzerland12/10/2002

LRussia 4-1 Albania16/10/2002

VAlbania 5-0 Vietnam U-2112/02/2003

VAlbania 3-1 Russia29/03/2003

DAlbania 0-0 Ireland02/04/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	3
Winless streak	6	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	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
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

1	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

	Stilian Petrov	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Florian Myrtaj
	Stilian Petrov	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Florian Myrtaj

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

4 v

1 d

0 l

8 gf

1 ga

Away

5 matches

2 v

1 d

2 l

6 gf

6 ga

Total

10 matches

6 v

2 d

2 l

14 gf

7 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

2 v

1 d

2 l

6 gf

6 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

1 d

4 l

1 gf

8 ga

Total

10 matches

2 v

2 d

6 l

7 gf

14 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 07, 1995
Home	3 - 0	October 07, 1995

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	October 09, 1946
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

October 07, 1995 - Eliminatoires Euro 1996

Bulgaria

3 - 0

Albania

September 06, 1995 - Eliminatoires Euro 1996

Albania

1 - 1

Bulgaria

October 14, 1981 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1982

Albania

0 - 2

Bulgaria

October 19, 1980 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1982

Bulgaria

2 - 1

Albania

February 16, 1963 - Eliminatoires Jeux Olympiques - Zone Europe 1964

Bulgaria

1 - 0

Albania

Best historical scorers against Albania

Emil Kostadinov	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Yordan Lechkov	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Hristo Stoichkov	1 goal	1995 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/10/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Loro Boriçi	2 goals	1946 - 1946
Altin Rraklli	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Besim Boriçi	1 goal	1950 - 1950
Ilir Përnaska	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Pal Mirashi	1 goal	1946 - 1946
Vasil Biçaku	1 goal	1950 - 1950

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/10/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Albania

Daniel Borimirov	2 matches	1995 - 1995
Krasimir Balakov	2 matches	1995 - 1995
Borislav Mihailov	2 matches	1995 - 1995
Trifon Ivanov	2 matches	1995 - 1995
Tzanko Tzvetanov	2 matches	1995 - 1995
Emil Kostadinov	2 matches	1995 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/10/1946. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Bahri Kavaja	4 matches	1946 - 1950
Sllave Llambi	4 matches	1946 - 1950
Rexhep Spahiu	4 matches	1946 - 1950
Vasil Biçaku	4 matches	1946 - 1950
Qamil Teliti	4 matches	1946 - 1950
Loro Boriçi	3 matches	1946 - 1949