Bulgaria 1960s squad

Every player who appeared for Bulgaria in the 1960s — 68 in all, with their career international caps and goals.

Hristo Bonev racked up the most caps of anyone here — 96 in all. He also leads the scoring, with 48 goals. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Petar Zhekov: 25 goals in 44 caps. The squad breaks down as 9 goalkeepers, 23 defenders, 13 midfielders and 23 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.

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PlayerPosCapsGoalsLegend
Hristo BonevFW964887
Dimitar PenevDF90287
Dobromir ZhechevDF73287
Ivan DimitrovDF72187
Petar ZhekovFW442586
Bozhil KolevMF60886
Ivan KolevFW752586
Kiril RakarovDF58186
Georgi AsparuhovFW501985
Manol ManolovDF57185
Georgi NaydenovGK51—85
Dinko DermendzhievMF/FW581985
Boris GaganelovDF51084
Ivan ZafirovDF50184
Todor DievFW551684
Nikola KovachevDF46283
Kiril IvkovDF44183
Aleksandar ShalamanovDF42182
Nikola KotkovFW261282
Simeon SimeonovGK34—80
Hristo IlievFW24979
Spiro DebarskiFW24878
Panayot PanayotovFW45578
Stefan AladzhovDF30177
Milko GaydarskiDF30077
Asparuh NikodimovMF25676
Yordan FilipovGK28—76
Stefan AbadzhievMF27175
Dimitar LargovDF24374
Stoyan YordanovGK25—74
Vidin ApostolovDF22373
Georgi SokolovFW14572
Georgi Parvanov VasilevFW17472
Stoyan KitovMF21172
Ivan VutsovDF/MF24071
Georgi PopovFW22069
Petar VelichkovFW16169
Vasil MetodievMF17068
Georgi HristakievDF14067
Evgeni YanchovskiMF13166
Nikola Dimitrov TzanevFW8365
Dimitar YordanovFW8365
Dimitar MarashlievFW8365
Todor KolevDF11165
Ivan DavidovMF11164
Tsvetan AtanasovMF9263
Ivan DeyanovGK10—63
Bozhidar GrigorovFW7262
Aleksandar VasilevFW7262
Dimitar DimovDF8061
Tsvetan VeselinovFW6261
Iliya KirchevDF7060
Stancho BonchevGK7—60
Aleksandar KostovMF7159
Panteley DimitrovMF7159
Dimitar KostovDF6059
Yanko KirilovMF6158
Biser MihaylovGK5—56
Lyuben KostovFW4156
Nikola ParchanovGK2—49
Ivan BoyadzhievDF1047
Rayko StoynovDF1047
Ivan IvanovGK1—45
Dimitar YakimovFW—943
Nikola YordanovFW——43
Stefan BogomilovFW——43
Georgi NikolovDF——43
Kiril HristovMF——43

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