Bulgaria 1980s squad
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.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hristo Stoichkov | FW | 84 | 38 | 83 |
| Krasimir Balakov | MF | 92 | 16 | 83 |
| Borislav Mihaylov | GK | 102 | — | 82 |
| Emil Kostadinov | FW | 70 | 26 | 81 |
| Ayan Sadakov | MF | 80 | 9 | 81 |
| Radoslav Zdravkov | MF | 67 | 10 | 81 |
| Georgi Dimitrov | DF | 77 | 6 | 81 |
| Nasko Sirakov | FW | 79 | 23 | 81 |
| Trifon Ivanov | DF | 76 | 6 | 80 |
| Andrey Zhelyazkov | MF | 54 | 14 | 80 |
| Bozhil Kolev | MF | 60 | 8 | 79 |
| Atanas Mihaylov | FW | 45 | 23 | 79 |
| Stoycho Mladenov | FW | 59 | 15 | 77 |
| Iliyan Kiryakov | MF | 53 | 5 | 77 |
| Chavdar Tsvetkov | FW | 51 | 14 | 77 |
| Plamen Nikolov | DF | 55 | 0 | 77 |
| Lyuboslav Penev | FW | 62 | 13 | 77 |
| Bozhidar Iskrenov | MF | 50 | 5 | 76 |
| Nikolay Iliev | DF | 53 | 5 | 76 |
| Ivan Zafirov | DF | 50 | 1 | 75 |
| Yordan Letchkov | MF | 45 | 5 | 75 |
| Petar Petrov | DF | 47 | 0 | 74 |
| Plamen Markov | MF | 38 | 6 | 74 |
| Nikolay Arabov | DF | 42 | 0 | 73 |
| Kostadin Kostadinov | FW | 41 | 8 | 73 |
| Georgi Yordanov | MF | 40 | 3 | 73 |
| Tsonyo Vasilev | DF | 37 | 2 | 71 |
| Rusi Gochev | MF | 33 | 3 | 71 |
| Petar Hubchev | DF | 35 | 0 | 71 |
| Iliya Valov | GK | 31 | — | 70 |
| Petko Petkov | FW | 33 | 5 | 70 |
| Boycho Velichkov | FW | 23 | 6 | 70 |
| Lachezar Tanev | MF | 25 | 5 | 69 |
| Petar Aleksandrov | FW | 25 | 5 | 69 |
| Georgi Velinov | GK | 28 | — | 69 |
| Plamen Getov | MF | 25 | 4 | 69 |
| Tsvetan Yonchev | MF | 23 | 5 | 68 |
| Hristo Kolev | MF | 20 | 8 | 66 |
| Krasimir Bezinski | DF | 25 | 2 | 66 |
| Pavel Dochev | DF | 24 | 0 | 65 |
| Spas Dzhevizov | FW | 20 | 3 | 65 |
| Emil Spasov | MF | 16 | 3 | 63 |
| Aleksandar Markov | DF | 20 | 0 | 63 |
| Antonio Ananiev | GK | 15 | — | 62 |
| Gosho Ginchev | DF | 19 | 0 | 62 |
| Atanas Pashev | MF | 15 | 2 | 61 |
| Mihail Valchev | FW | 14 | 2 | 61 |
| Dimitar Vasev | DF | 17 | 0 | 61 |
| Kostadin Yanchev | MF | 16 | 0 | 60 |
| 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 | 57 |
| 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 | 52 |
| Petar Zehtinski | MF | 6 | 1 | 52 |
| Ruzhin Kerimov | MF | 6 | 1 | 52 |
| Stefan Naydenov | MF | 6 | 1 | 52 |
| Angel Chervenkov | DF | 5 | 0 | 50 |
| Ilia Dyakov | DF | 5 | 0 | 50 |
| Eduard Eranosyan | FW | 5 | 0 | 50 |
| Krasimir Zafirov | GK | 3 | — | 49 |
| Tenyo Minchev | MF | 4 | 0 | 48 |
| Antoni Zdravkov | DF | 3 | 0 | 46 |
| Stoycho Stoev | FW | 2 | 0 | 45 |
| Ilija Velichkov | FW | 1 | 0 | 42 |
| Petar Kurdov | FW | 1 | 0 | 42 |
| Georgi Slavkov | FW | — | — | 39 |
| Metodi Tomanov | MF | — | — | 39 |
| Todor Marev | DF | — | — | 39 |
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