Hristo Bonev - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Bulgarian player, who scored 48 international goals for his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with Two Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Cap  Goals     Date	Venue		Opponent       Score	Competition

 1       -   22- 3-67	Hannover	West Germany	0-1
 2       -   11- 6-67	Stockholm	Sweden  	2-0	European Champ. Qual.
 3       -   29- 6-67	Oslo    	Norway  	0-0	European Champ. Qual.
 4       -    8-10-67	Sofia   	Soviet Union	1-2
 5       -   12-10-67	Istanbul	Turkey Ol.	3-2	Olympic Games Q
 6       -   12-11-67	Sofia   	Sweden  	3-0	European Champ. Qual.
 7       -   26-11-67	Sofia   	Portugal	1-0	European Champ. Qual.
 8       -   17-12-67	Lisboa  	Portugal	0-0	European Champ. Qual.
 9       -   20- 4-68	Napoli  	Italy   	0-2	European Champ. Qual.
10   1   1    9-10-68	Istanbul	Turkey  	2-0
11   1   2   27-10-68	Sofia   	Netherlands	2-0	World Cup Qual.
12       2   11-12-68	London  	England 	1-1
13       2   23- 4-69	Sofia   	Luxembourg	2-1	World Cup Qual.
14       2   24- 5-69	Torino  	Italy   	0-0
15   1   3   15- 6-69	Sofia   	Poland  	4-1	World Cup Qual.
16       3   29- 4-69	Sofia   	West Germany	0-1
17   1   4   22-10-69	Rotterdam	Netherlands	1-1	World Cup Qual.
18       4    9-11-69	Warszawa	Poland  	0-3	World Cup Qual.
19   1   5    7-12-69	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	3-1	World Cup Qual.
20       5   28-12-69	Casablanca	Morocco 	0-3
21       5   15- 2-70	Cdad. de México	Mexico  	1-1
22       5   18- 2-70	León    	Mexico  	0-2
23       5   24- 2-70	Lima    	Peru    	3-5
24       5    8- 4-70	Rouen   	France  	1-1
25   1   6    5- 5-70	Sofia   	Soviet Union	3-3
26   1   7    2- 6-70	León    	Peru    	2-3	World Cup
27       7    7- 6-70	León    	West Germany	2-5	World Cup
28       7   11- 6-70	León    	Morocco 	1-1	World Cup
29       7   15-11-70	Sofia   	Norway  	1-1	European Champ. Qual.
30       7   24- 3-71	London  	Great Britain	0-1	Olympic Games Qual.
31       7    7- 4-71	Athinai 	Greece  	1-0
32       7   28- 4-71	Sofia   	Soviet Union	1-1
33       7    5- 5-71	Sofia   	Great Britain	5-0	Olympic Games Qual.
34       7   19- 5-71	Sofia   	Hungary 	3-0	European Champ. Qual.
35   2   9    9- 6-71	Oslo    	Norway  	4-1	European Champ. Qual.
36   1  10    7- 9-71	München 	W. Germany Am.	1-3
37      10   25- 9-71	Budapest	Hungary 	0-2	European Champ. Qual.
38   1  11   27-10-71	Bucuresti	Romania 	1-1
39   1  12   10-11-71	Nantes  	France  	1-2	European Champ. Qual.
40      12   17-11-71	Sofia   	Greece  	2-2
41   1  13   24-11-71	Sofia   	Spain Ol.	8-3	Olympic Games Qual.
42      13    4-12-71	Sofia   	France  	2-1	European Champ. Qual.
43   1  14   29- 3-72	Sofia   	Soviet Union	1-1
44   2  16   16- 4-72	Stara Zagora	Poland  	3-1	Olympic Games Qual.
45      16    7- 5-72	Warszawa	Poland  	0-3	Olympic Games Qual.
46   1  17   31- 5-72	Burgos   	Spain Ol.	3-3	Olympic Games Qual.
47      17    7- 6-72	Moskva  	Soviet Union	0-1
48   1  18   21- 6-72	Sofia   	Italy   	1-1
49      18   11-10-72	Sofia   	Yugoslavia B	2-1
50   2  20   18-10-72	Sofia   	N. Ireland	3-0	World Cup Qual.
51   2  22   19-11-72	Lemesos 	Cyprus  	4-0	World Cup Qual.
52      22   28- 1-73	Lefkosia	Cyprus  	3-0
53   1  23   31- 1-73	Athinai 	Greece  	2-2
54      23   28- 3-73	Plovdiv 	Soviet Union	1-0
55   1  24    2- 5-73	Sofia   	Portugal	2-1	World Cup Qual.
56      24   12- 5-73	Hamburg 	West Germany	0-3
57      24   19- 8-73	Varna   	Poland  	0-2
58      24   26- 9-73	Sheffield	N. Ireland	0-0	World Cup Qual.
59   2  26   13-10-73	Lisboa  	Portugal	2-2	World Cup Qual.
60      26   18-11-73	Sofia   	Cyprus  	2-0	World Cup Qual.
61   3  29    6- 2-74	Morfou  	Cyprus  	4-1
62   1  30    8- 2-74	Kuwait  	Kuwait  	3-1
63   2  32   10- 2-74	Kuwait  	Kuwait  	2-1
64   1  33   31- 3-74	Zalaegerszeg	Hungary 	1-3
65      33   13- 4-74	Plovdiv 	Czechoslovakia	0-1
66   2  35    8- 5-74	Sofia   	Turkey  	5-1 [1]	Balkan Cup
67   3  38   25- 5-74	Sofia   	North Korea	6-1
68      38    1- 6-74	Sofia   	England 	0-1
69      38   15- 6-74	Düsseldorf	Sweden  	0-0	World Cup
70   1  39   19- 6-74	Hannover	Uruguay 	1-1	World Cup
71      39   23- 6-74	Dortmund	Netherlands	1-4	World Cup
72   1  40   13-10-74	Sofia   	Greece  	3-3	European Champ. Qual.
73      40   10-11-74	Varna   	Hungary 	0-0
74      40   18-12-74	Piraeus 	Greece  	1-2	European Champ. Qual.
75      40    7- 6-75	Sofia   	Hungary 	4-0
76   1  41   11- 6-75	Sofia   	Malta   	5-0	European Champ. Qual.
77      41   24- 9-75	Istanbul	Turkey  	2-0	Olympic Games Qual.
78      41   19-11-75	Stuttgart	West Germany	0-1	European Champ. Qual.
79      41   21-12-75	La Valletta	Malta   	2-0	European Champ. Qual.
80   1  42   25- 1-76	Tokyo   	Japan   	3-1
81   1  43   28- 1-76	Osaka   	Japan   	1-1
82      43    1- 2-76	Tokyo   	Japan   	3-0
83      43   24- 3-76	Sofia   	Soviet Union	0-3
84      43   14- 4-76	Stara Zagora	Turkey Ol.	3-0	Olympic Games Qual.
85   2  45    5- 5-76	Sofia   	North Korea	3-0
86      45   12- 5-76	Turnovo 	Romania 	1-0	Balkan Cup
87      45   18- 8-76	Luzern  	Switzerland	2-2
88   1  46   22- 9-76	Sofia   	Turkey  	2-2
89   1  47    9-10-76	Sofia   	France  	2-2	World Cup Qual.
90      47   27-10-76	Sliven  	East Germany	0-4
91      47   30- 1-77	Lefkosia	Cyprus  	2-1
92      47   16- 2-77	Istanbul	Turkey  	0-2	Balkan Cup
93      47   13- 4-77	Sofia   	Denmark 	3-1
94      47   26-10-77	Sofia   	Greece  	0-0	Balkan Cup
95      47   16-11-77	Paris   	France  	1-3	World Cup Qual.
96   1  48   25- 4-79	Buenos Aires	Argentina	1-2

[1] some sources credit one of Bonev's two goals as an own goal by Nikos Kovis

Remark: Matches against B teams. olympic friendlies and Olympic Qualifiers 
        are full A internationals games for Bulgaria Football Association.



Total Record 

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    96    39   28   29   164 - 124      106     55.21

Types of Matches and Goals

                    Matches  Goals
Friendlies             46     23
World Cup Qualifiers   14     12
World Cup               6      2 
European Ch. Qual.     17      5
Olympic Games Qual.     9      4
Balkan Cup              4      2

Total                  96     48

 
48 Goals in 96 Matches (% 0.50 per match)




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Last updated: 9 Jun 2016

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