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Bulgaria 1-0 Israel - August 20, 1997 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1998

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1998 - Group 5

Vassil Levski - Sofia - Bulgaria

August 20, 1997

32 000

Bulgaria

1 - 0

Israel

Lyuboslav Penev

65'

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46' - Substitution Ivaylo Petkovis substituted by Lyuboslav Penev46

59' - Substitution Daniel Borimirovis substituted by Yordan Lechkov59

65' - Goal Lyuboslav Penev65

71' - Red card Anatoli Nankov71

72' - Substitution Emil Kostadinovis substituted by Gocho Guintchev72

74' - Substitution Felix Halfonis substituted by Alon Mizrahi photo Ronen Harazi

74' - Substitution Eli Ohanais substituted by Ronen Harazi

89' - Red card Alon Hazan

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bulgaria

1 - 0

Israel

Bulgaria Israel

Team line-ups

Bulgaria

Zdravkov

Zdravko Zdravkov

Bulgaria

B.date04/10/1970

Age26 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Petkov46

Ivaylo Petkov

Bulgaria

B.date24/03/1976

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Kishishev

Radostin Kishishev

Bulgaria

B.date30/07/1974

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight central defender

Ivanov

Trifon Ivanov

Bulgaria

B.date27/07/1965

Age32 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Borimirov59

Daniel Borimirov

Bulgaria

B.date15/01/1970

Age27 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Yankov

Zlatko Yankov

Bulgaria

B.date07/06/1966

Age31 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Balakov

Krasimir Balakov

Bulgaria

B.date29/03/1966

Age31 years

H1m76

positionLeft central midfielder

Nankov71

Anatoli Nankov

Bulgaria

B.date15/07/1969

Age28 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

Kostadinov72

Emil Kostadinov

Bulgaria

B.date12/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m79

positionRight Winger

Stoichkov

Hristo Stoichkov

Bulgaria

B.date08/02/1966

Age31 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

Yordanov

Ivaylo Yordanov

Bulgaria

B.date22/04/1968

Age29 years

H1m79

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Zdravko Zdravkov		26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ivaylo Petkov	46	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Radostin Kishishev		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trifon Ivanov		32	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Daniel Borimirov	59	27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Zlatko Yankov		31	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Krasimir Balakov		31	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anatoli Nankov	71	28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emil Kostadinov	72	30	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hristo Stoichkov		31	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ivaylo Yordanov		29	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Israel

Cohen

Rafael Cohen

Israel

B.date28/11/1970

Age26 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

Halfon74

Felix Halfon

Israel

B.date07/04/1972

Age25 years

positionDefender

Ben-Shimon

Ran Ben-Shimon

Israel

B.date28/11/1970

Age26 years

positionDefender

Benado

Arik Benado

Israel

B.date05/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Amsalem

David Amsalem

Israel

B.date04/09/1971

Age25 years

H1m84

positionDefender

Shelah

Amir Shelah

Israel

B.date11/07/1970

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

Banin

Tal Banin

Israel

B.date07/03/1971

Age26 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

Nimni

Avi Nimni

Israel

B.date26/04/1972

Age25 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Hazan89

Alon Hazan

Israel

B.date14/09/1967

Age29 years

H1m87

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Ohana74

Eli Ohana

Israel

B.date01/02/1964

Age33 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Revivo

Haim Revivo

Israel

B.date22/02/1972

Age25 years

H1m77

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Rafael Cohen		26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Felix Halfon	74	25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ran Ben-Shimon		26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arik Benado		23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Amsalem		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Amir Shelah		27	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tal Banin		26	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Avi Nimni		25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alon Hazan	89	29	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eli Ohana	74	33	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Haim Revivo		25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Gocho Guintchev	72	28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yordan Lechkov	59	30	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Lyuboslav Penev	6546	30	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Alon Mizrahi	74	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Ronen Harazi	74	27	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Radostin Kishishev

Ilian Iliev

OUT

Daniel Borimirov

Lyuboslav Penev

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Haim Revivo

Ronen Harazi

OUT

Rafael Cohen

Golan Malul

OUT

Felix Halfon

Ofer Talker

OUT

Tal Banin

Avishay Zano

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Hristo Bonev

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Bonev vs Israel

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 1997

Bonev vs Scharf

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Shlomo Scharf

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

29 %

Scharf vs Bulgaria

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 20, 1997

Scharf vs Bonev

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 20, 1997

Referee

Sandor Piller

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Bulgaria1 match	General total	Israel1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Bulgaria1 match	Season total	Israel1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 20, 1997					Latest figure on August 20, 1997

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Key figures

Bulgaria keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored vs Israel running (since 13/06/1965). It's a record streak. The first of history

The last time Israel has ended with the score 0-1 in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone, It was on the 18/11/1981 (vs )

The last time Bulgaria has ended with the score 1-0 in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone, It was on the 06/04/1985 (vs )

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBulgaria 3-0 Albania07/10/1995

VBulgaria 3-0 North Macedonia28/05/1996

VBulgaria 4-1 United Arab Emirates02/06/1996

LBulgaria 0-1 Slovakia11/03/1997

VBulgaria 4-1 Cyprus02/04/1997

VBulgaria 4-0 Luxembourg08/06/1997

Overall

LSaudi Arabia 1-0 Bulgaria06/11/1996

VThailand 0-4 Bulgaria08/11/1996

VCyprus 1-3 Bulgaria14/12/1996

LBulgaria 0-1 Slovakia11/03/1997

VBulgaria 4-1 Cyprus02/04/1997

VBulgaria 4-0 Luxembourg08/06/1997

Current form

Away

LRomania 2-0 Israel14/08/1996

LCyprus 2-0 Israel10/11/1996

VLuxembourg 0-3 Israel31/03/1997

LRussia 2-0 Israel08/06/1997

LUnited States 2-1 Israel17/06/1997

VBelarus 2-3 Israel05/08/1997

Overall

LIsrael 0-1 Sweden12/03/1997

VLuxembourg 0-3 Israel31/03/1997

VIsrael 2-0 Cyprus30/04/1997

LRussia 2-0 Israel08/06/1997

LUnited States 2-1 Israel17/06/1997

VBelarus 2-3 Israel05/08/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	6	10
Scoring streak	2	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	14	7
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	3	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	7
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
4	Victories (Competition total)	4
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

14	Goals scored (Competition total)	9
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
2.8	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.29
4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.86
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
4-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (2 times)

Bookings

12	Yellow cards (Competition total)	13
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Emil Kostadinov	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Eli Ohana
Emil Kostadinov	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Itzhac Zohar
Krasimir Balakov	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Tal Banin
Krasimir Balakov	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Tal Banin
Emil Kostadinov	5 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Eli Ohana

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

6 gf

2 ga

Away

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

5 gf

3 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

6 matches

3 v

2 d

1 l

12 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

5 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

6 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

6 matches

1 v

2 d

3 l

6 gf

12 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	June 13, 1965
Home	4 - 0	June 13, 1965

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	September 01, 1996
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 01, 1996 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1998

Israel

2 - 1

Bulgaria

May 12, 1993 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1994

Bulgaria

2 - 2

Israel

December 02, 1992 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1994

Israel

0 - 2

Bulgaria

October 20, 1968 - Jeux Olympiques 1968

Bulgaria

1 - 1

Israel

November 21, 1965 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1966

Israel

1 - 2

Bulgaria

Best historical scorers against Israel

Nasko Sirakov	2 goals	1992 - 1993
Nikola Kotkov	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Georgi Asparuhov	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Georgi Hristakiev	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Hristo Stoichkov	1 goal	1993 - 1993
Stoyan Kitov	1 goal	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/06/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Ronen Harazi	2 goals	1993 - 1996
Rachamim Talbi	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Yehoshua Faygenbaum	1 goal	1968 - 1968
Tal Banin	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Ronny Rosenthal	1 goal	1993 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/06/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Israel

Borislav Mihailov	3 matches	1992 - 1996
Zlatko Yankov	3 matches	1992 - 1996
Trifon Ivanov	3 matches	1992 - 1996
Daniel Borimirov	2 matches	1993 - 1996
Evgeni Yanchovski	2 matches	1965 - 1968
Ivan Dimitrov	2 matches	1965 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/06/1965. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Ronny Rosenthal	3 matches	1992 - 1996
Nir Klinger	3 matches	1992 - 1996
Felix Halfon	3 matches	1992 - 1996
Roby Young	3 matches	1965 - 1968
Alon Hazan	3 matches	1992 - 1996
Ronen Harazi	3 matches	1992 - 1996