Bulgaria 1980s squad

Name: Bulgaria 1980s squad
Creator: Flawless
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Every player who appeared for Bulgaria in the 1980s — 75 in all, with their career international caps and goals.

Borislav Mihaylov racked up the most caps of anyone here — 102 in all. Hristo Stoichkov leads the scoring with 38. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Atanas Mihaylov: 23 goals in 45 caps. The squad breaks down as 5 goalkeepers, 22 defenders, 27 midfielders and 21 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.

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Player	Pos	Caps	Goals	Legend
Hristo Stoichkov	FW	84	38	82
Krasimir Balakov	MF	92	16	82
Borislav Mihaylov	GK	102	—	81
Emil Kostadinov	FW	70	26	81
Ayan Sadakov	MF	80	9	81
Radoslav Zdravkov	MF	67	10	80
Georgi Dimitrov	DF	77	6	80
Nasko Sirakov	FW	79	23	80
Trifon Ivanov	DF	76	6	80
Andrey Zhelyazkov	MF	54	14	80
Atanas Mihaylov	FW	45	23	79
Bozhil Kolev	MF	60	8	79
Stoycho Mladenov	FW	59	15	77
Iliyan Kiryakov	MF	53	5	77
Chavdar Tsvetkov	FW	51	14	76
Plamen Nikolov	DF	55	0	76
Lyuboslav Penev	FW	62	13	76
Bozhidar Iskrenov	MF	50	5	76
Nikolay Iliev	DF	53	5	76
Ivan Zafirov	DF	50	1	75
Yordan Letchkov	MF	45	5	74
Petar Petrov	DF	47	0	74
Plamen Markov	MF	38	6	73
Nikolay Arabov	DF	42	0	73
Kostadin Kostadinov	FW	41	8	72
Georgi Yordanov	MF	40	3	72
Tsonyo Vasilev	DF	37	2	71
Rusi Gochev	MF	33	3	70
Petar Hubchev	DF	35	0	70
Iliya Valov	GK	31	—	69
Petko Petkov	FW	33	5	69
Boycho Velichkov	FW	23	6	69
Lachezar Tanev	MF	25	5	69
Petar Aleksandrov	FW	25	5	68
Georgi Velinov	GK	28	—	68
Plamen Getov	MF	25	4	68
Tsvetan Yonchev	MF	23	5	67
Hristo Kolev	MF	20	8	66
Krasimir Bezinski	DF	25	2	65
Pavel Dochev	DF	24	0	65
Spas Dzhevizov	FW	20	3	64
Emil Spasov	MF	16	3	62
Aleksandar Markov	DF	20	0	62
Antonio Ananiev	GK	15	—	62
Gosho Ginchev	DF	19	0	61
Atanas Pashev	MF	15	2	61
Mihail Valchev	FW	14	2	61
Dimitar Vasev	DF	17	0	60
Kostadin Yanchev	MF	16	0	59
Krasimir Koev	DF	15	0	59
Nikolay Todorov	MF	12	3	59
Vanio Kostov	DF/MF	14	0	58
Ivajlo Kirov	MF	12	1	58
Zapryan Rakov	DF	12	0	56
Georgi Georgiev	MF	11	0	56
Antim Pehlivanov	FW	9	0	55
Petar Mihtarski	FW	8	0	54
Kiril Metkov	MF	9	0	54
Vasil Dragolov	FW	5	1	52
Kalin Bankov	DF	7	1	51
Petar Zehtinski	MF	6	1	51
Ruzhin Kerimov	MF	6	1	51
Stefan Naydenov	MF	6	1	51
Eduard Eranosyan	FW	5	0	49
Angel Chervenkov	DF	5	0	49
Ilia Dyakov	DF	5	0	49
Krasimir Zafirov	GK	3	—	48
Tenyo Minchev	MF	4	0	47
Antoni Zdravkov	DF	3	0	46
Stoycho Stoev	FW	2	0	44
Ilija Velichkov	FW	1	0	41
Petar Kurdov	FW	1	0	41
Georgi Slavkov	FW	—	—	39
Metodi Tomanov	MF	—	—	38
Todor Marev	DF	—	—	38

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