Bulgaria 1970s squad
Every player who appeared for Bulgaria in the 1970s — 69 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, 20 midfielders and 20 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hristo Bonev | FW | 96 | 48 | 84 |
| Dimitar Penev | DF | 90 | 2 | 83 |
| Georgi Dimitrov | DF | 77 | 6 | 83 |
| Radoslav Zdravkov | MF | 67 | 10 | 82 |
| Dobromir Zhechev | DF | 73 | 2 | 82 |
| Andrey Zhelyazkov | MF | 54 | 14 | 82 |
| Ivan Dimitrov | DF | 72 | 1 | 82 |
| Atanas Mihaylov | FW | 45 | 23 | 82 |
| Petar Zhekov | FW | 44 | 25 | 82 |
| Bozhil Kolev | MF | 60 | 8 | 81 |
| Georgi Asparuhov | FW | 50 | 19 | 81 |
| Georgi Denev | MF | 49 | 10 | 81 |
| Dinko Dermendzhiev | MF/FW | 58 | 19 | 80 |
| Plamen Nikolov | DF | 55 | 0 | 80 |
| Stoycho Mladenov | FW | 59 | 15 | 79 |
| Chavdar Tsvetkov | FW | 51 | 14 | 79 |
| Boris Gaganelov | DF | 51 | 0 | 79 |
| Pavel Panov | FW | 44 | 13 | 78 |
| Ivan Zafirov | DF | 50 | 1 | 78 |
| Plamen Markov | MF | 38 | 6 | 77 |
| Kiril Ivkov | DF | 44 | 1 | 77 |
| Nikolay Arabov | DF | 42 | 0 | 76 |
| Aleksandar Shalamanov | DF | 42 | 1 | 76 |
| Simeon Simeonov | GK | 34 | — | 75 |
| Rumyancho Goranov | GK | 34 | — | 75 |
| Kostadin Kostadinov | FW | 41 | 8 | 75 |
| Tsonyo Vasilev | DF | 37 | 2 | 74 |
| Rusi Gochev | MF | 33 | 3 | 73 |
| Georgi Velinov | GK | 28 | — | 73 |
| Yordan Filipov | GK | 28 | — | 73 |
| Asparuh Nikodimov | MF | 25 | 6 | 72 |
| Petko Petkov | FW | 33 | 5 | 72 |
| Voyn Voynov | MF | 32 | 1 | 72 |
| Stefan Aladzhov | DF | 30 | 1 | 71 |
| Milko Gaydarski | DF | 30 | 0 | 71 |
| Stoyan Yordanov | GK | 25 | — | 70 |
| Spas Dzhevizov | FW | 20 | 3 | 68 |
| Georgi Parvanov Vasilev | FW | 17 | 4 | 68 |
| Kiril Milanov | FW | 18 | 3 | 67 |
| Stefan Staykov | GK | 19 | — | 67 |
| Vidin Apostolov | DF | 22 | 3 | 66 |
| Krasimir Borisov | MF | 19 | 2 | 66 |
| Emil Spasov | MF | 16 | 3 | 64 |
| Georgi Popov | FW | 22 | 0 | 64 |
| Todor Barzov | MF | 18 | 0 | 63 |
| Dimitar Marashliev | FW | 8 | 3 | 63 |
| Georgi Hristakiev | DF | 14 | 0 | 60 |
| Vanio Kostov | DF/MF | 14 | 0 | 60 |
| Bozhidar Grigorov | FW | 7 | 2 | 60 |
| Ivan Davidov | MF | 11 | 1 | 59 |
| Tsvetan Veselinov | FW | 6 | 2 | 58 |
| Tsvetan Atanasov | MF | 9 | 2 | 58 |
| Todor Kolev | DF | 11 | 1 | 58 |
| Yordan Ivanov Stoikov | DF | 9 | — | 56 |
| Dimitar Dimitrov | MF | 9 | 0 | 56 |
| Ivan Stoyanov | DF | 7 | 0 | 54 |
| Yanko Kirilov | MF | 6 | 1 | 53 |
| Ruzhin Kerimov | MF | 6 | 1 | 53 |
| Biser Mihaylov | GK | 5 | — | 53 |
| Mladen Vasilev | FW | 4 | 0 | 51 |
| Tenyo Minchev | MF | 4 | 0 | 49 |
| Krasimir Zafirov | GK | 3 | — | 49 |
| Nikolay Penkov | DF | 3 | 0 | 47 |
| Todor Marev | DF | — | — | 40 |
| Dimitar Yakimov | FW | — | 9 | 40 |
| Stefan Bogomilov | FW | — | — | 40 |
| Georgi Slavkov | FW | — | — | 40 |
| Stefan Bozhkov | MF | — | — | 39 |
| Kiril Hristov | MF | — | — | 39 |
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