Bulgaria 1970s squad

Every player who appeared for Bulgaria in the 1970s — 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 8 goalkeepers, 21 defenders, 19 midfielders and 20 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.

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PlayerPosCapsGoalsLegend
Hristo BonevFW964886
Dimitar PenevDF90285
Georgi DimitrovDF77684
Radoslav ZdravkovMF671084
Dobromir ZhechevDF73284
Andrey ZhelyazkovMF541484
Ivan DimitrovDF72184
Atanas MihaylovFW452383
Petar ZhekovFW442583
Bozhil KolevMF60883
Georgi AsparuhovFW501983
Georgi DenevMF491082
Dinko DermendzhievMF/FW581982
Plamen NikolovDF55081
Stoycho MladenovFW591581
Chavdar TsvetkovFW511481
Boris GaganelovDF51080
Pavel PanovFW441380
Ivan ZafirovDF50180
Plamen MarkovMF38678
Kiril IvkovDF44178
Nikolay ArabovDF42078
Aleksandar ShalamanovDF42178
Simeon SimeonovGK34—77
Rumyancho GoranovGK34—77
Kostadin KostadinovFW41876
Tsonyo VasilevDF37276
Rusi GochevMF33375
Yordan FilipovGK28—74
Georgi VelinovGK28—74
Petko PetkovFW33573
Asparuh NikodimovMF25673
Voyn VoynovMF32173
Stefan AladzhovDF30172
Milko GaydarskiDF30072
Stoyan YordanovGK25—72
Spas DzhevizovFW20370
Georgi Parvanov VasilevFW17469
Kiril MilanovFW18369
Stefan StaykovGK19—68
Vidin ApostolovDF22368
Krasimir BorisovMF19267
Emil SpasovMF16366
Georgi PopovFW22066
Todor BarzovMF18065
Dimitar MarashlievFW8364
Georgi HristakievDF14062
Vanio KostovDF/MF14062
Bozhidar GrigorovFW7261
Ivan DavidovMF11160
Tsvetan VeselinovFW6260
Todor KolevDF11159
Tsvetan AtanasovMF9259
Yordan Ivanov StoikovDF9—57
Dimitar DimitrovMF9057
Ivan StoyanovDF7055
Yanko KirilovMF6155
Ruzhin KerimovMF6155
Biser MihaylovGK5—54
Mladen VasilevFW4053
Tenyo MinchevMF4051
Krasimir ZafirovGK3—50
Nikolay PenkovDF3049
Todor MarevDF——41
Georgi SlavkovFW——41
Dimitar YakimovFW—941
Stefan BogomilovFW——41
Kiril HristovMF——41

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