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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2018 - Round 8 - Group A

Amsterdam ArenA - Amsterdam - Netherlands

September 03, 2017

47 079

Netherlands

3 - 1

Bulgaria

Assist by Daley Blind (left foot) Davy Pröpper

Assist by Daley Blind (right foot) Arjen Robben

67'

Assist by Quincy Promes (header) Davy Pröpper

80'

69'

Georgi Kostadinov (other) Assist by Ivelin Popov

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7' - Goal Davy Pröpper7

24' - Substitution Aleksandar Tsvetkovis substituted by Simeon Slavchev

33' - Yellow card Georgi Terziev

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46' - Substitution Atanas Zehirovis substituted by Georgi Milanov

54' - Yellow card Tonny Vilhena54

58' - Yellow card Stanislav Manolev

60' - Substitution Stanislav Manolevis substituted by Andrej Galabinov

67' - Goal Arjen Robben67

69' - Goal Georgi Kostadinov

73' - Yellow card Georgi Milanov

78' - Yellow card Ivailo Chochev

80' - Goal Davy Pröpper80

83' - Yellow card Ivelin Popov

86' - Substitution Davy Pröpperis substituted by Marco van Ginkel86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Netherlands

3 - 1

Bulgaria

Netherlands Bulgaria

Team line-ups

Netherlands

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Janssen

Vincent Janssen

Netherlands

B.date15/06/1994

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

7Promes

Quincy Promes

Netherlands

B.date04/01/1992

Age25 years

H1m74

positionRight Winger

11Robben67

Arjen Robben

Netherlands

B.date23/01/1984

Age33 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

10Pröpper80786

Davy Pröpper

Netherlands

B.date02/09/1991

Age26 years

H1m85

positionRight central midfielder

8Vilhena54

Tonny Vilhena

Netherlands

B.date03/01/1995

Age22 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

6Wijnaldum

Georginio Wijnaldum

Netherlands

B.date11/11/1990

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight central midfielder

5Blind

Daley Blind

Netherlands

B.date09/03/1990

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

4Hoedt

Wesley Hoedt

Netherlands

B.date06/03/1994

Age23 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

3De Vrij

Stefan De Vrij

Netherlands

B.date05/02/1992

Age25 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

2Tete

Kenny Tete

Netherlands

B.date09/10/1995

Age21 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Cillessen

Jasper Cillessen

Netherlands

B.date22/04/1989

Age28 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jasper Cillessen		28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Wesley Hoedt		23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Stefan De Vrij		25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Daley Blind		27	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Kenny Tete		21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Davy Pröpper	80786	26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Tonny Vilhena	54	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Georginio Wijnaldum		26	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Vincent Janssen		23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Arjen Robben	67	33	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Quincy Promes		25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bulgaria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10I. Popov83

Ivelin Popov

Bulgaria

B.date26/10/1987

Age29 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

7Kostadinov69

Georgi Kostadinov

Bulgaria

B.date07/09/1990

Age26 years

H1m84

positionMidfield

11Manolev6058

Stanislav Manolev

Bulgaria

B.date16/12/1985

Age31 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

22Tsvetkov24

Aleksandar Tsvetkov

Bulgaria

B.date31/08/1990

Age27 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

18Chochev78

Ivailo Chochev

Bulgaria

B.date18/02/1993

Age24 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

4Zehirov46

Atanas Zehirov

Bulgaria

B.date13/02/1989

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

3Zanev

Petar Zanev

Bulgaria

B.date10/11/1985

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

5Terziev33

Georgi Terziev

Bulgaria

B.date18/04/1992

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

15Bozhikov

Vasil Bozhikov

Bulgaria

B.date02/06/1988

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2S. Popov

Strahil Popov

Bulgaria

B.date31/08/1990

Age27 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

13Iliev

Plamen Iliev

Bulgaria

B.date30/11/1991

Age25 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Plamen Iliev		25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Aleksandar Tsvetkov	24	27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Vasil Bozhikov		29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Georgi Terziev	33	25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Petar Zanev		31	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Stanislav Manolev	6058	31	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Atanas Zehirov	46	28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Ivailo Chochev	78	24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Strahil Popov		27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Georgi Kostadinov	69	26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Ivelin Popov	83	29	71	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

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Jeroen Zoet		26
22	G	Maarten Stekelenburg		34
14	D	Karim Rekik		22
15	D	Bruno Martins Indi		25
13	D	Matthijs de Ligt		18
12	D	Joël Veltman		25
21	D	Timothy Fosu-Mensah		19
18	M	Donny van de Beek		20
20	M	Marco van Ginkel	86	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Wesley Sneijder		33
19	F	Bas Dost		28
17	F	Memphis Depay		23

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Bozhidar Mitrev		30
23	G	Georgi Kitanov		22
20	D	Orlin Starokin		30
14	D	Anton Nedyalkov		24
21	M	Kristiyan Malinov		23
6	M	Simeon Slavchev	24	23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Georgi Milanov	4673	25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Todor Nedelev		24
12	M	Bozhidar Kraev		20
16	F	Andrej Galabinov	60	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Kiril Despodov		20
9	F	Ivaylo Dimitrov		34

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kenny Tete

Timothy Fosu-Mensah

OUT

Davy Pröpper

Kevin Strootman

OUT

Tonny Vilhena

Wesley Sneijder

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Aleksandar Tsvetkov

Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski

OUT

Georgi Terziev

Georgi Milanov

OUT

Atanas Zehirov

Simeon Slavchev

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dick Advocaat

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Advocaat vs Bulgaria

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 03, 2017

Advocaat vs Hubtchev

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 03, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Petar Hubtchev

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Hubtchev vs Netherlands

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 03, 2017

Hubtchev vs Advocaat

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 03, 2017

Referee

Anasthasios Sidiropoulos

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Netherlands2 matches	General total	Bulgaria3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Netherlands1 match	Season total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 13, 2019					Latest figure on September 08, 2024

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Key figures

The last time Davy Pröpper scored at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career , it was on the 21/09/2016 (avec PSV Eindhoven vs Roda JC )

It's the first time Arjen Robben scores 1 goal vs Bulgaria in his professional career

Netherlands keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Bulgaria in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 27/10/1968). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

	1	France	17 pts	8 rd
	2	Sweden	16 pts	8 rd
+1	3	Netherlands	13 pts	8 rd
-1	4	Bulgaria	12 pts	8 rd
+1	5	Luxembourg	5 pts	8 rd

General ranking

	2	Sweden	16 pts	8 rd
+1	3	Netherlands	13 pts	8 rd
-1	4	Bulgaria	12 pts	8 rd
+1	5	Luxembourg	5 pts	8 rd
-1	6	Belarus	5 pts	8 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNetherlands 4-1 Belarus07/10/2016

LNetherlands 0-1 France10/10/2016

DNetherlands 1-1 Belgium09/11/2016

LNetherlands 1-2 Italy28/03/2017

VNetherlands 5-0 Ivory Coast04/06/2017

VNetherlands 5-0 Luxembourg09/06/2017

Overall

LBulgaria 2-0 Netherlands25/03/2017

LNetherlands 1-2 Italy28/03/2017

VMorocco 1-2 Netherlands31/05/2017

VNetherlands 5-0 Ivory Coast04/06/2017

VNetherlands 5-0 Luxembourg09/06/2017

LFrance 4-0 Netherlands31/08/2017

Current form

Away

VPortugal 0-1 Bulgaria25/03/2016

VNorth Macedonia 0-2 Bulgaria29/03/2016

LJapan 7-2 Bulgaria03/06/2016

LFrance 4-1 Bulgaria07/10/2016

LSweden 3-0 Bulgaria10/10/2016

LBelarus 2-1 Bulgaria09/06/2017

Overall

LFrance 4-1 Bulgaria07/10/2016

LSweden 3-0 Bulgaria10/10/2016

VBulgaria 1-0 Belarus13/11/2016

VBulgaria 2-0 Netherlands25/03/2017

LBelarus 2-1 Bulgaria09/06/2017

VBulgaria 3-2 Sweden31/08/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	4	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	18	17
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	4	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	3
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	5

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
3	Victories (Competition total)	4
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
3	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

13	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	14
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.86	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.71
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
1.43	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3

Betting aid

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

Bookings

8	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Quincy Promes	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Ivelin Popov
Quincy Promes	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Georgi Kostadinov
Vincent Janssen	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Mihail Aleksandrov
Vincent Janssen	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Mihail Aleksandrov
Daley Blind	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Ivelin Popov
Stefan De Vrij	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Memphis Depay	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 3 assists during the last 7 matches	Ivelin Popov

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

10 gf

7 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

3 gf

8 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Total

11 matches

4 v

2 d

5 l

17 gf

16 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

8 gf

3 ga

Away

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

7 gf

10 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

11 matches

5 v

2 d

4 l

16 gf

17 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	June 23, 1974
Home	2 - 0	September 08, 2007

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	March 25, 2017
Away	2 - 1	May 26, 2012

Latest head to head

March 25, 2017 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2018

Bulgaria

2 - 0

Netherlands logo Netherlands

May 26, 2012 - Rencontres amicales 2012

Netherlands

1 - 2

Bulgaria

September 08, 2007 - Eliminatoires Euro 2008

Netherlands

2 - 0

Bulgaria

October 07, 2006 - Eliminatoires Euro 2008

Bulgaria

1 - 1

Netherlands logo Netherlands

May 24, 1988 - Rencontres amicales 1988

Netherlands

1 - 2

Bulgaria

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Tonny van der Linden	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Leo Canjels	2 goals	1959 - 1959
Robin van Persie	2 goals	2006 - 2012
Johan Neeskens	2 goals	1974 - 1974
Johnny Rep	1 goal	1974 - 1974
Wietse Veenstra	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/05/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Netherlands

Spas Delev	2 goals	2017 - 2017
Trifon Ivanov	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Iliyan Mitsanski	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Lyuboslav Penev	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Ivelin Popov	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Martin Petrov	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/05/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Wesley Sneijder	4 matches	2006 - 2017
Wim Suurbier	3 matches	1968 - 1974
Willem van Hanegem	3 matches	1968 - 1974
Robin van Persie	3 matches	2006 - 2012
Rinus Israel	3 matches	1968 - 1974
Joris Mathijsen	3 matches	2006 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/05/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Netherlands

Ivelin Popov	3 matches	2007 - 2017
Valeri Bojinov	2 matches	2006 - 2012
Aleksandar Tonev	2 matches	2012 - 2017
Stilian Petrov	2 matches	2006 - 2007
Stanislav Angelov	2 matches	2006 - 2007
Lúcio Wagner	2 matches	2006 - 2007