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Bulgaria 4-0 Greece - October 11, 1989 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1990

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1990 - Group 1

Yuri Gagarin - Varna - Bulgaria

October 11, 1989

15 000

Bulgaria

4 - 0

Greece

Trifon Ivanov

72'

Kalin Bankov

76'

Bozidar Iskrenov

79'

Hristo Stoichkov

88'

logo Bulgaria BUL

63' - Substitution Emil Kostadinovis substituted by Lyuboslav Penev63

68' - Substitution Stavros Stamatisis substituted by Georgios Agorogiannis

72' - Goal Trifon Ivanov72

75' - Substitution Georgi Yordanovis substituted by Yordan Lechkov75

76' - Goal Kalin Bankov76

79' - Goal Bozidar Iskrenov79

80' - Substitution Pavlos Papaioannouis substituted by Daniil Papadopoulos

88' - Goal Hristo Stoichkov88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bulgaria

4 - 0

Greece

Bulgaria Greece

Team line-ups

Bulgaria

Valov

Ilia Valov

Bulgaria

B.date29/12/1961

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

Dimitrov

Emil Dimitrov

Bulgaria

B.date15/04/1960

Age29 years

positionDefender

Ivanov72

Trifon Ivanov

Bulgaria

B.date27/07/1965

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Bankov76

Kalin Bankov

Bulgaria

B.date12/05/1965

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Tinchev

Vasil Tinchev

Bulgaria

B.date21/09/1958

Age31 years

positionDefender

Yordanov75

Georgi Yordanov

Bulgaria

B.date21/07/1963

Age26 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Georgiev

Georgi Georgiev

Bulgaria

B.date10/10/1963

Age26 years

H1m81

positionMidfield

Balakov

Krasimir Balakov

Bulgaria

B.date29/03/1966

Age23 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Iskrenov79

Bozidar Iskrenov

Bulgaria

B.date01/08/1962

Age27 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Kostadinov63

Emil Kostadinov

Bulgaria

B.date12/08/1967

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight Winger

Stoichkov88

Hristo Stoichkov

Bulgaria

B.date08/02/1966

Age23 years

H1m78

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ilia Valov		27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emil Dimitrov		29	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trifon Ivanov	72	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kalin Bankov	76	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vasil Tinchev		31	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Georgi Yordanov	75	26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Georgi Georgiev		26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Krasimir Balakov		23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bozidar Iskrenov	79	27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emil Kostadinov	63	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hristo Stoichkov	88	23	22	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

Greece

Plitsis

Georgios Plitsis

Greece

B.date10/08/1963

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Stamatis68

Stavros Stamatis

Greece

B.date13/01/1966

Age23 years

positionDefender

Chatziathanasiou

Yakovos Chatziathanasiou

Greece

B.date20/05/1961

Age28 years

positionDefender

Mavridis

Kostas Mavridis

Greece

B.date07/07/1962

Age27 years

positionDefender

Koutoulas

Giorgios Koutoulas

Greece

B.date09/02/1967

Age22 years

positionDefender

Vakalopoulos

Pagonis Vakalopoulos

Greece

B.date24/01/1965

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Papaioannou80

Pavlos Papaioannou

Greece

B.date19/03/1959

Age30 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kofidis

Savvas Kofidis

Greece

B.date05/02/1961

Age28 years

H1m77

positionLeft Midfielder

Tsiantakis

Nikos Tsiantakis

Greece

B.date20/10/1963

Age25 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Dimitriadis

Vasilis Dimitriadis

Greece

B.date01/02/1966

Age23 years

H1m82

positionCentre forward

Saravakos

Dimitris Saravakos

Greece

B.date26/07/1961

Age28 years

H1m72

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Georgios Plitsis		26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stavros Stamatis	68	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Yakovos Chatziathanasiou		28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kostas Mavridis		27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Giorgios Koutoulas		22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pagonis Vakalopoulos		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pavlos Papaioannou	80	30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Savvas Kofidis		28	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nikos Tsiantakis		25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vasilis Dimitriadis		23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dimitris Saravakos		28	51	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Yordan Lechkov	75	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Lyuboslav Penev	63	23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Georgios Agorogiannis	68	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Daniil Papadopoulos	80	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Emil Kostadinov

Lyuboslav Penev

OUT

Vasil Tinchev

Nikolai Iliev

OUT

Georgi Georgiev

Plamen Petkov

OUT

Bozidar Iskrenov

Pavel Dochev

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Yakovos Chatziathanasiou

Stratos Apostolakis

OUT

Nikos Tsiantakis

Spiros Marangos

OUT

Giorgios Koutoulas

Georgios Mitsibonas

OUT

Pavlos Papaioannou

Georgios Agorogiannis

OUT

Vasilis Dimitriadis

Ilias Savvidis

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ivan Vutsov

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Vutsov vs Greece

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 11, 1989

Vutsov vs Georgiadis

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 11, 1989

Manager

Age

Match num

Antonis Georgiadis

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

0 %

Georgiadis vs Bulgaria

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 11, 1989

Georgiadis vs Vutsov

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 11, 1989

Referee

Rolf Blattmann

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Bulgaria1 match	General total	Greece1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Bulgaria1 match	Season total	Greece1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 11, 1989					Latest figure on October 11, 1989

Videos

January 16, 2013

Comments

Key figures

Greece keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 22/01/1938). It's a record streak. The first of history

Greece keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw away from home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 22/01/1938). It's a record streak. The first of history

The last time Greece has conceded at least 4 goals away from home, It was on the 29/04/1981 (vs )

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBulgaria 1-1 East Germany13/04/1988

DBulgaria 2-2 Soviet Union B21/09/1988

LBulgaria 1-3 Romania19/10/1988

LBulgaria 1-2 Soviet Union21/02/1989

LBulgaria 1-2 Germany22/03/1989

LBulgaria 0-2 Denmark26/04/1989

Overall

LBulgaria 1-2 Soviet Union21/02/1989

LBulgaria 1-2 Germany22/03/1989

LBulgaria 0-2 Denmark26/04/1989

LRomania 1-0 Bulgaria17/05/1989

DEast Germany 1-1 Bulgaria23/08/1989

LItaly 4-0 Bulgaria20/09/1989

Current form

Away

LTurkey 3-1 Greece21/09/1988

LRomania 3-0 Greece02/11/1988

DAlbania 1-1 Greece18/01/1989

LDenmark 7-1 Greece17/05/1989

DNorway 0-0 Greece23/08/1989

LPoland 3-0 Greece05/09/1989

Overall

LGreece 1-4 Yugoslavia05/04/1989

DGreece 0-0 Romania26/04/1989

LDenmark 7-1 Greece17/05/1989

DNorway 0-0 Greece23/08/1989

LPoland 3-0 Greece05/09/1989

LYugoslavia 3-0 Greece20/09/1989

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	4	1
Winless streak	6	6
Drawless streak	4	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	6	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	8	7
Drawless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	2	3
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	11
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
1.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.75
2.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	5

Betting aid

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

Anyo Sadkov	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Tasos Mitropoulos
Hristo Kolev	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Kostas Mavridis
Anyo Sadkov	1 goal during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Kostas Mavridis

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

2 v

4 d

0 l

13 gf

9 ga

Away

10 matches

5 v

2 d

3 l

13 gf

14 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

9 gf

4 ga

Total

19 matches

10 v

6 d

3 l

35 gf

27 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

3 v

2 d

5 l

14 gf

13 ga

Away

6 matches

0 v

4 d

2 l

9 gf

13 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

4 gf

9 ga

Total

19 matches

3 v

6 d

10 l

27 gf

35 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	June 16, 1935
Home	5 - 2	June 16, 1935

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	December 07, 1930
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

October 16, 1985 - Rencontres amicales 1985

Greece

0 - 2

Bulgaria

May 14, 1980 - Rencontres amicales 1980

Greece

0 - 0

Bulgaria

October 26, 1977 - Rencontres amicales 1977

Bulgaria

0 - 0

Greece

December 18, 1974 - Eliminatoires Euro 1976

Greece

2 - 1

Bulgaria

October 13, 1974 - Eliminatoires Euro 1976

Bulgaria

3 - 3

Greece

Best historical scorers against Greece

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/06/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Antonis Tsolinas	4 goals	1930 - 1930
Antonis Antoniadis	3 goals	1971 - 1974
Kostas Choumis	3 goals	1935 - 1936
Angelos Messaris	2 goals	1930 - 1930
Theologos Symeonidis	2 goals	1932 - 1936
Giannis Vazos	2 goals	1935 - 1936

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/06/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Greece

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Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Nikiforos Vikelidis	6 matches	1929 - 1935
Takis Triantafyllis	5 matches	1932 - 1935
Robertos Mallios	5 matches	1930 - 1933
Dimitris Papaioannou	5 matches	1965 - 1974
Antonis Migiakis	5 matches	1930 - 1936
Kostas Vikelidis	4 matches	1929 - 1932