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Israel 2-1 Bulgaria - September 01, 1996 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1998

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1998 - Group 5

Ramat-Gan - Tel Aviv - Israel

September 01, 1996

13 200

Israel

2 - 1

Bulgaria

Ronen Harazi

35'

(penalty) Tal Banin

65'

Krasimir Balakov (penalty)

logo Israel ISR

3' - Yellow card Rafael Cohen3

3' - Goal Krasimir Balakov

5' - Yellow card Ivaylo Yordanov

35' - Goal Ronen Harazi35

logo Israel ISR

50' - Yellow card Avi Nimni50

52' - Yellow card Radostin Kishishev

58' - Yellow card Zlatko Yankov

63' - Substitution Georgi Donkovis substituted by Ilian Iliev

65' - Goal Tal Banin65

75' - Substitution Trifon Ivanovis substituted by Daniel Borimirov

77' - Substitution Ronen Haraziis substituted by Nir Klinger77

83' - Substitution Ronny Rosenthalis substituted by Eyal Berkovic83

89' - Substitution Felix Halfonis substituted by Alon Harazi89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Israel

2 - 1

Bulgaria

Israel Bulgaria

Team line-ups

Israel

Cohen3

Rafael Cohen

Israel

B.date28/11/1970

Age25 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

Halfon89

Felix Halfon

Israel

B.date07/04/1972

Age24 years

positionDefender

Amsalem

David Amsalem

Israel

B.date04/09/1971

Age24 years

H1m84

positionDefender

Benado

Arik Benado

Israel

B.date05/12/1973

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Shelah

Amir Shelah

Israel

B.date11/07/1970

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

Banin65

Tal Banin

Israel

B.date07/03/1971

Age25 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

Nimni50

Avi Nimni

Israel

B.date26/04/1972

Age24 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Hazan

Alon Hazan

Israel

B.date14/09/1967

Age28 years

H1m87

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Rosenthal83

Ronny Rosenthal

Israel

B.date04/10/1963

Age32 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Harazi3577

Ronen Harazi

Israel

B.date30/03/1970

Age26 years

H1m78

positionForward

Revivo

Haim Revivo

Israel

B.date22/02/1972

Age24 years

H1m77

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Rafael Cohen	3	25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Felix Halfon	89	24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Amsalem		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arik Benado		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Amir Shelah		26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tal Banin	65	25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Avi Nimni	50	24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alon Hazan		28	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ronny Rosenthal	83	32	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ronen Harazi	3577	26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Haim Revivo		24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bulgaria

Mihailov

Borislav Mihailov

Bulgaria

B.date12/02/1963

Age33 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Ivanov75

Trifon Ivanov

Bulgaria

B.date27/07/1965

Age31 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Hubtchev

Petar Hubtchev

Bulgaria

B.date26/02/1964

Age32 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Tzvetanov

Tzanko Tzvetanov

Bulgaria

B.date06/01/1970

Age26 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Kishishev52

Radostin Kishishev

Bulgaria

B.date30/07/1974

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight central defender

Yankov58

Zlatko Yankov

Bulgaria

B.date07/06/1966

Age30 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Lechkov

Yordan Lechkov

Bulgaria

B.date09/07/1967

Age29 years

H1m86

positionRight Midfielder

Balakov3

Krasimir Balakov

Bulgaria

B.date29/03/1966

Age30 years

H1m76

positionLeft central midfielder

Donkov63

Georgi Donkov

Bulgaria

B.date02/06/1970

Age26 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Yordanov5

Ivaylo Yordanov

Bulgaria

B.date22/04/1968

Age28 years

H1m79

positionStriker

Kostadinov

Emil Kostadinov

Bulgaria

B.date12/08/1967

Age29 years

H1m79

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Borislav Mihailov		33	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trifon Ivanov	75	31	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Petar Hubtchev		32	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tzanko Tzvetanov		26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Radostin Kishishev	52	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Zlatko Yankov	58	30	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yordan Lechkov		29	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Krasimir Balakov	3	30	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Georgi Donkov	63	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ivaylo Yordanov	5	28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emil Kostadinov		29	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Nir Klinger	77	30	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alon Harazi	89	25	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eyal Berkovic	83	24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Daniel Borimirov	75	26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Ilian Iliev	63	28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rafael Cohen

Ben Zion Ginzburg

OUT

Avi Nimni

Nir Klinger

OUT

Ronny Rosenthal

Gadi Brumer

OUT

Haim Revivo

Reuven Atar

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Georgi Donkov

Hristo Stoichkov

OUT

Radostin Kishishev

Emil Kremenliev

OUT

Emil Kostadinov

Lyuboslav Penev

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Shlomo Scharf

Success rate in this team:

28 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

28 %

Scharf vs Bulgaria

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 01, 1996

Scharf vs Bonev

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 01, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Hristo Bonev

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Bonev vs Israel

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 01, 1996

Bonev vs Scharf

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 01, 1996

Referee

Alfredo Trentalange

2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Israel3 matches	General total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Israel1 match	Season total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 12, 2003					Latest figure on September 01, 1996

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Comments

Key figures

Israel keeps its 14 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 25/04/1995). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 26/05/1973-04/02/1976 time period (14 matches).

The last time Israel has scored at least 2 goals at home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone, It was on the 28/10/1981 (vs )

It's the first time Ronen Harazi scores a goal in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone since the 10/11/1993 (with Israel vs Finland )

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DIsrael 0-0 France29/03/1995

LIsrael 1-2 Brazil17/05/1995

VIsrael 3-1 Uruguay20/09/1995

VIsrael 2-0 Azerbaijan11/10/1995

VIsrael 4-2 Lithuania21/02/1996

LIsrael 4-5 South Korea30/04/1996

Overall

LFrance 2-0 Israel15/11/1995

LGreece 2-1 Israel24/01/1996

VIsrael 4-2 Lithuania21/02/1996

LCroatia 2-0 Israel26/03/1996

LIsrael 4-5 South Korea30/04/1996

LRomania 2-0 Israel14/08/1996

Current form

Away

LIraq 1-0 Bulgaria25/07/1995

DAlbania 1-1 Bulgaria06/09/1995

LGeorgia 2-1 Bulgaria11/10/1995

LGermany 3-1 Bulgaria15/11/1995

LEngland 1-0 Bulgaria27/03/1996

DSlovakia 0-0 Bulgaria24/04/1996

Overall

DSlovakia 0-0 Bulgaria24/04/1996

VBulgaria 3-0 North Macedonia28/05/1996

VBulgaria 4-1 United Arab Emirates02/06/1996

DBulgaria 1-1 Spain09/06/1996

VBulgaria 1-0 Romania13/06/1996

LFrance 3-1 Bulgaria18/06/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	5	13
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	6	1
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	0	5
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

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

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

4 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

6 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

5 matches

0 v

2 d

3 l

4 gf

11 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

6 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

5 matches

3 v

2 d

0 l

11 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	June 13, 1965
Away	2 - 0	December 02, 1992

Latest head to head

May 12, 1993 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1994

Bulgaria

2 - 2

Israel

December 02, 1992 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1994

Israel

0 - 2

Bulgaria

October 20, 1968 - Jeux Olympiques 1968

Bulgaria

1 - 1

Israel

November 21, 1965 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1966

Israel

1 - 2

Bulgaria

June 13, 1965 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1966

Bulgaria

4 - 0

Israel

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Yehoshua Faygenbaum	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Ronen Harazi	1 goal	1993 - 1993
Rachamim Talbi	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Ronny Rosenthal	1 goal	1993 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/06/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Israel

Nasko Sirakov	2 goals	1992 - 1993
Georgi Asparuhov	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Nikola Kotkov	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Hristo Stoichkov	1 goal	1993 - 1993
Georgi Hristakiev	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Lyuboslav Penev	1 goal	1992 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/06/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Roby Young	3 matches	1965 - 1968
Smhulik Rosenthal	3 matches	1965 - 1968
Alon Hazan	2 matches	1992 - 1993
Haim Levin	2 matches	1965 - 1968
Ben Zion Ginzburg	2 matches	1992 - 1993
Menachem Bello	2 matches	1965 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/06/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Israel

Nikola Kotkov	2 matches	1965 - 1965
Borislav Mihailov	2 matches	1992 - 1993
Evgeni Yanchovski	2 matches	1965 - 1968
Ivan Dimitrov	2 matches	1965 - 1965
Dimitar Penev	2 matches	1965 - 1965
Hristo Stoichkov	2 matches	1992 - 1993