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Croatia 2-2 Bulgaria - October 09, 2004 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2006

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2006 - Group 8

Stadion Maksimir - Zagreb - Croatia

October 09, 2004

31 565

Croatia

2 - 2

Bulgaria

Darijo Srna

25'

Darijo Srna

31'

77'

Martin Petrov

86'

Dimitar Berbatov

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25' - Goal Darijo Srna25

31' - Goal Darijo Srna31

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55' - Substitution Ivan Klasnicis substituted by Jerko Leko55

55' - Substitution Radostin Kishishevis substituted by Hristo Yanev photo Vladimir Manchev

55' - Substitution Valeri Bojinovis substituted by Vladimir Manchev

68' - Substitution Niko Kranjcaris substituted by Bosko Balaban68

76' - Substitution Robert Kovacis substituted by Ivica Banovic76

77' - Goal Martin Petrov

86' - Goal Dimitar Berbatov

90' - Substitution Blagoy Georgievis substituted by Ivan Paskov

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Croatia

2 - 2

Bulgaria

Croatia Bulgaria

Team line-ups

Croatia

Butina

Tomislav Butina

Croatia

B.date30/03/1974

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

R. Kovac76

Robert Kovac

Croatia

B.date06/04/1974

Age30 years

H1m82

positionLeft central defender

Simunic

Josip Simunic

Croatia

B.date18/02/1978

Age26 years

H1m95

positionRight central defender

Tokic

Mario Tokic

Croatia

B.date23/07/1975

Age29 years

H1m79

positionCentral defender

Srna3125

Darijo Srna

Croatia

B.date01/05/1982

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Babic

Marko Babic

Croatia

B.date21/01/1981

Age23 years

H1m89

positionLeft full-back

Niko Kovac

Croatia

B.date15/10/1971

Age32 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kranjcar68

Niko Kranjcar

Croatia

B.date13/08/1984

Age20 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Vranjes

Jurica Vranjes

Croatia

B.date31/01/1980

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Klasnic55

Ivan Klasnic

Croatia

B.date29/01/1980

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Prso

Dado Prso

Croatia

B.date05/11/1974

Age29 years

H1m90

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tomislav Butina		30	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Kovac	76	30	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Josip Simunic		26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Tokic		29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darijo Srna	3125	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marko Babic		23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Niko Kovac		32	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Niko Kranjcar	68	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jurica Vranjes		24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ivan Klasnic	55	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dado Prso		29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bulgaria

Ivankov

Dimitar Ivankov

Bulgaria

B.date30/10/1975

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Kishishev55

Radostin Kishishev

Bulgaria

B.date30/07/1974

Age30 years

H1m79

positionRight central defender

Markov

Georgi Markov

Bulgaria

B.date20/01/1972

Age32 years

H1m82

positionDefender

Petkov

Ivaylo Petkov

Bulgaria

B.date24/03/1976

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Stoyanov

Ilian Stoyanov

Bulgaria

B.date20/01/1977

Age27 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Georgiev90

Blagoy Georgiev

Bulgaria

B.date21/12/1981

Age22 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

S. Petrov

Stilian Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date05/07/1979

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Yankov

Chavdar Yankov

Bulgaria

B.date29/03/1984

Age20 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

M. Petrov77

Martin Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date15/01/1979

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Bojinov55

Valeri Bojinov

Bulgaria

B.date15/02/1986

Age18 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Berbatov86

Dimitar Berbatov

Bulgaria

B.date30/01/1981

Age23 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dimitar Ivankov		28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Radostin Kishishev	55	30	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Georgi Markov		32	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ivaylo Petkov		28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ilian Stoyanov		27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Blagoy Georgiev	90	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stilian Petrov		25	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chavdar Yankov		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Petrov	77	25	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Valeri Bojinov	55	18	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dimitar Berbatov	86	23	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Jerko Leko	55	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ivica Banovic	76	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bosko Balaban	68	25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Ivan Paskov	90	31	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hristo Yanev	55	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vladimir Manchev	55	27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mario Tokic

Igor Tudor

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Blagoy Georgiev

Marian Hristov

OUT

Georgi Markov

Rosen Kirilov

OUT

Martin Petrov

Zdravko Lazarov

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Zlatko Kranjcar

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Kranjcar vs Bulgaria

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 09, 2004

Kranjcar vs Stoichkov

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 09, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Hristo Stoichkov

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Stoichkov vs Croatia

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 09, 2004

Stoichkov vs Kranjcar

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 09, 2004

Referee

Pierluigi Collina

0 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Croatia3 matches	General total	Bulgaria2 matches	0 victory	2 draws	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Croatia1 match	Season total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 09, 2004					Latest figure on October 09, 2004

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Key figures

It's the first time Martin Petrov scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

It's the first time Martin Petrov scores a goal in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone since the 28/03/2001 (with vs )

It's the first time Dimitar Berbatov scores 1 goal vs Croatia in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DCroatia 1-1 Slovenia15/11/2003

LCroatia 1-2 Germany18/02/2004

DCroatia 2-2 Turkey31/03/2004

VCroatia 1-0 Slovakia29/05/2004

VCroatia 1-0 Israel18/08/2004

VCroatia 3-0 Hungary04/09/2004

Overall

DSwitzerland 0-0 Croatia13/06/2004

DCroatia 2-2 France17/06/2004

LCroatia 2-4 England21/06/2004

VCroatia 1-0 Israel18/08/2004

VCroatia 3-0 Hungary04/09/2004

VSweden 0-1 Croatia08/09/2004

Current form

Away

LCroatia 1-0 Bulgaria11/10/2003

VSouth Korea 0-1 Bulgaria18/11/2003

LGreece 2-0 Bulgaria18/02/2004

LCzech Republic 3-1 Bulgaria02/06/2004

DIreland 1-1 Bulgaria18/08/2004

VIceland 1-3 Bulgaria04/09/2004

Overall

LCzech Republic 3-1 Bulgaria02/06/2004

LSweden 5-0 Bulgaria14/06/2004

LBulgaria 0-2 Denmark18/06/2004

LItaly 2-1 Bulgaria22/06/2004

DIreland 1-1 Bulgaria18/08/2004

VIceland 1-3 Bulgaria04/09/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	3
Unbeaten streak	4	3
Drawless streak	3	4
Scoring streak	9	5
Invincibility streak	3	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	3	3
Conceding streak	4	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	1
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
3-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (1 times)

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Dado Prso	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Dimitar Berbatov
Dado Prso	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Dimitar Berbatov
Darijo Srna	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Dimitar Berbatov

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

7 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

7 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

0 gf

7 ga

Total

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

2 gf

7 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 11, 1942
Home	6 - 0	April 11, 1942

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	October 12, 2002
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

October 11, 2003 - Eliminatoires Euro 2004

Croatia

1 - 0

Bulgaria

October 12, 2002 - Eliminatoires Euro 2004

Bulgaria

2 - 0

Croatia

February 13, 2002 - Rencontres amicales 2002

Croatia

0 - 0

Bulgaria

April 11, 1942 - Rencontres amicales 1942

Croatia

6 - 0

Bulgaria

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

	Branko Plese	1 goal	1942 - 1942
	Ivica Olic	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/04/1942. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Croatia

	Stilian Petrov	1 goal	2002 - 2002
	Dimitar Berbatov	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/04/1942. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Stipe Pletikosa	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Dario Simic	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Ivica Olic	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Robert Kovac	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Boris Zivkovic	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Milan Rapaic	3 matches	2002 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/04/1942. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Croatia

Zdravko Zdravkov	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Stilian Petrov	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Zoran Jankovic	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Dimitar Berbatov	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Pedrag Pazin	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Ivaylo Petkov	3 matches	2002 - 2003