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Belgium 2-1 Bulgaria - May 19, 2010 / Friendlies 2010

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Friendlies 2010 - Europe

Stade du Roi Baudouin - Bruxelles - Belgium

May 19, 2010

Belgium

2 - 1

Bulgaria

Christophe Lepoint

89'

Vincent Kompany

90+1'

31'

Ivelin Popov

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31' - Goal Ivelin Popov

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46' - Substitution Jan Vertonghenis substituted by Bernd Thijs photo Christophe Lepoint

46' - Substitution Mousa Dembéléis substituted by Christophe Lepoint46

62' - Substitution Toby Alderweireldis substituted by Laurent Ciman photo Olivier Deschacht

62' - Substitution Jelle van Dammeis substituted by Olivier Deschacht62

62' - Substitution Valeri Bojinovis substituted by Dimitar Rangelov

65' - Substitution Romelu Lukakuis substituted by Christian Benteke65

66' - Substitution Ivelin Popovis substituted by Martin Kamburov

83' - Substitution Steven Defouris substituted by Kevin Mirallas83

87' - Substitution Stilian Petrovis substituted by Plamen Nikolov

89' - Goal Christophe Lepoint89

91' - Goal Vincent Kompany91

92' - Substitution Georgi Peevis substituted by Ivan Stoyanov

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Belgium

2 - 1

Bulgaria

Belgium Bulgaria

Team line-ups

Belgium

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Lukaku65

Romelu Lukaku

Belgium

B.date13/05/1993

Age17 years

H1m93

positionStriker

Dembélé46

Mousa Dembélé

Belgium

B.date17/07/1987

Age22 years

H1m77

positionSecond striker

Buffel

Thomas Buffel

Belgium

B.date19/02/1981

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Hazard

Eden Hazard

Belgium

B.date07/01/1991

Age19 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Defour83

Steven Defour

Belgium

B.date15/04/1988

Age22 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

Vertonghen46

Jan Vertonghen

Belgium

B.date24/04/1987

Age23 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

van Damme62

Jelle van Damme

Belgium

B.date10/10/1983

Age26 years

H1m94

positionLeft full-back

Kompany91

Vincent Kompany

Belgium

B.date10/04/1986

Age24 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Alderweireld62

Toby Alderweireld

Belgium

B.date02/03/1989

Age21 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

Lombaerts

Nicolas Lombaerts

Belgium

B.date20/03/1985

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

Gillet

Jean-François Gillet

Belgium

B.date31/05/1979

Age30 years

H1m81

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jean-François Gillet		30	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Toby Alderweireld	62	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jan Vertonghen	46	23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicolas Lombaerts		25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vincent Kompany	91	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jelle van Damme	62	26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Defour	83	22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Thomas Buffel		29	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eden Hazard		19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Romelu Lukaku	65	17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mousa Dembélé	46	22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bulgaria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Bojinov62

Valeri Bojinov

Bulgaria

B.date15/02/1986

Age24 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Popov3166

Ivelin Popov

Bulgaria

B.date26/10/1987

Age22 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

Georgiev

Blagoy Georgiev

Bulgaria

B.date21/12/1981

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Yankov

Chavdar Yankov

Bulgaria

B.date29/03/1984

Age26 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Petrov87

Stilian Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date05/07/1979

Age30 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Peev90+2

Georgi Peev

Bulgaria

B.date11/03/1979

Age31 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

Milanov

Zhivko Milanov

Bulgaria

B.date15/07/1984

Age25 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

Angelov

Stanislav Angelov

Bulgaria

B.date12/04/1978

Age32 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

Manolev

Stanislav Manolev

Bulgaria

B.date16/12/1985

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

Ivanov

Ivan Ivanov

Bulgaria

B.date25/02/1988

Age22 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Mihaylov

Nikolai Mihaylov

Bulgaria

B.date28/06/1988

Age21 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Nikolai Mihaylov		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ivan Ivanov		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stanislav Manolev		24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Zhivko Milanov		25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stanislav Angelov		32	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Georgi Peev	90+2	31	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stilian Petrov	87	30	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Blagoy Georgiev		28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chavdar Yankov		26	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ivelin Popov	3166	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Valeri Bojinov	62	24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Olivier Deschacht	62	29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bernd Thijs	46	31	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Mirallas	83	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Christophe Lepoint	8946	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Christian Benteke	65	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Plamen Nikolov	87	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ivan Stoyanov	90+2	26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dimitar Rangelov	62	27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Martin Kamburov	66	29	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Toby Alderweireld

Thomas Vermaelen

OUT

Thomas Buffel

Maarten Martens

OUT

Steven Defour

Axel Witsel

OUT

Nicolas Lombaerts

Steve Colpaert

OUT

Jean-François Gillet

Logan Bailly

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Valeri Bojinov

Dimitar Berbatov

OUT

Nikolai Mihaylov

Dimitar Ivankov

OUT

Stanislav Manolev

Veselin Minev

OUT

Georgi Peev

Georgi Sarmov

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Georges Leekens

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Leekens vs Bulgaria

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 19, 2010

Leekens vs Stoilov

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 19, 2010

Manager

Age

Match num

Stanimir Stoilov

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

64 %

Stoilov vs Belgium

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 19, 2010

Stoilov vs Leekens

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 19, 2010

Referee

Michael Weiner

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Belgium1 match	General total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Belgium1 match	Season total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 19, 2010					Latest figure on May 19, 2010

Videos

May 20, 2010

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Christophe Lepoint scores 1 goal vs Bulgaria in his professional career

It's the first time Ivelin Popov scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Belgium keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Bulgaria in Friendlies running (since 27/03/1999). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBelgium 2-0 Slovenia11/02/2009

LBelgium 2-4 Bosnia and Herzegovina28/03/2009

DBelgium 1-1 Chile29/05/2009

VBelgium 2-0 Turkey10/10/2009

VBelgium 3-0 Hungary14/11/2009

LBelgium 0-1 Croatia03/03/2010

Overall

LArmenia 2-1 Belgium09/09/2009

VBelgium 2-0 Turkey10/10/2009

LEstonia 2-0 Belgium14/10/2009

VBelgium 3-0 Hungary14/11/2009

VBelgium 2-0 Qatar17/11/2009

LBelgium 0-1 Croatia03/03/2010

Current form

Away

DSwitzerland 1-1 Bulgaria11/02/2009

DIreland 1-1 Bulgaria28/03/2009

LItaly 2-0 Bulgaria09/09/2009

LCyprus 4-1 Bulgaria10/10/2009

VMalta 1-4 Bulgaria18/11/2009

LPoland 2-0 Bulgaria03/03/2010

Overall

VBulgaria 4-1 Montenegro05/09/2009

LItaly 2-0 Bulgaria09/09/2009

LCyprus 4-1 Bulgaria10/10/2009

VBulgaria 6-2 Georgia14/10/2009

VMalta 1-4 Bulgaria18/11/2009

LPoland 2-0 Bulgaria03/03/2010

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	9
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	4	7
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	7	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

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
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (1 times)

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
1	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

7 matches

4 v

1 d

2 l

14 gf

5 ga

Away

5 matches

1 v

1 d

3 l

6 gf

12 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

13 matches

5 v

2 d

6 l

21 gf

19 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

3 v

1 d

1 l

12 gf

6 ga

Away

7 matches

2 v

1 d

4 l

5 gf

14 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

13 matches

6 v

2 d

5 l

19 gf

21 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	October 27, 1965
Home	5 - 0	October 27, 1965

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 26, 1965
Away	2 - 0	September 07, 2002

Latest head to head

June 07, 2003 - Eliminatoires Euro 2004

Bulgaria

2 - 2

Belgium

September 07, 2002 - Eliminatoires Euro 2004

Belgium

0 - 2

Bulgaria

August 16, 2000 - Rencontres amicales 2000

Bulgaria

1 - 3

Belgium

March 27, 1999 - Rencontres amicales 1999

Belgium

0 - 1

Bulgaria

September 23, 1987 - Eliminatoires Euro 1988

Bulgaria

2 - 0

Belgium

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Paul van Himst	4 goals	1961 - 1965
Gert Verheyen	2 goals	2000 - 2000
Erwin Vandenbergh	2 goals	1982 - 1986
Johnny Thio	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Jacques Stockman	2 goals	1961 - 1965
André Piters	1 goal	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/05/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Belgium

Lachezar Tanev	2 goals	1986 - 1987
Dimitar Berbatov	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Stilian Petrov	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Nasko Sirakov	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Svetoslav Todorov	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Zoran Jankovic	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/05/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Jef Jurion	5 matches	1960 - 1965
Michel Renquin	4 matches	1982 - 1987
Laurent Verbiest	4 matches	1961 - 1965
Walter Baseggio	4 matches	1999 - 2003
Eric Gerets	4 matches	1982 - 1987
Paul van Himst	4 matches	1961 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/05/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Belgium

Stilian Petrov	4 matches	1999 - 2003
Rosen Kirilov	4 matches	1999 - 2003
Zdravko Zdravkov	3 matches	1999 - 2003
Daniel Borimirov	3 matches	1999 - 2003
Petar Petrov	3 matches	1986 - 1987
Anyo Sadkov	3 matches	1986 - 1987