Dimitar Penev - International Appearances (original) (raw)


The outstanding Bulgarian player obtained 90 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Born: 12- 7-1945 Country: Bulgaria Caps: 90 (W38-D21-L31 � GF157-GA130 � %53.88) Goals: 2 Age First Cap: 18 yr 249 d 18- 3-1964 vs. Yugoslavia Ol. 0-1 Age Last Cap: 31 yr 183 d 11- 1-1977 vs. Algeria 1-1 National Team Career: 12 yr 299 d


Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 18- 3-64 Sofia Yugoslavia Ol. 0-1 2 23- 4-64 Kiev Sov. Union Ol. 0-1 3 3- 5-64 Bucuresti Romania 1-2 Olympic Games Qual. 4 31- 5-64 Sofia Romania 0-1 Olympic Games Qual. 5 29-11-64 Sofia Soviet Union 0-0 6 20-12-64 Istanbul Turkey 0-0 7 23- 2-65 Athinai Greece 2-1 8 9- 5-65 Sofia Turkey 4-1 9 16- 5-65 Krak�w Poland 1-1 10 13- 6-65 Sofia Israel 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 11 4- 9-65 Varna East Germany 3-2 12 26- 9-65 Sofia Belgium 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 13 27-10-65 Bruxelles Belgium 0-5 World Cup Qualifier 14 21-11-65 Tel-Aviv Israel 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 15 25- 2-66 Cairo Egypt 2-2 16 1- 6-66 Boegrad Yugoslavia 2-0 17 14- 6-66 Bologna Italy 1-6 18 12- 7-66 Liverpool Brazil 0-2 World Cup 19 16- 7-66 Manchester Portugal 0-3 World Cup 20 20- 7-66 Manchester Hungary 1-3 World Cup 21 6-11-66 Sofia Yugoslavia 6-1 22 13-11-66 Sofia Norway 4-2 European Champ. Qual. 23 22- 3-67 Hannover West Germany 0-1 24 11- 6-67 Stockholm Sweden 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 25 29- 6-67 Oslo Norway 0-0 European Champ. Qual 26 8-10-67 Sofia Soviet Union 1-2 27 12-10-67 Istanbul Turkey Ol. 3-2 Olympic Games Qual. 28 12-11-67 Sofia Sweden 3-0 European Champ. Qual. 29 26-11-67 Sofia Portugal 1-0 European Champ. Qual. 30 17-12-67 Lisboa Portugal 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 31 6- 4-68 Sofia Italy 3-2 European Champ. Qual. 32 20- 4-68 Napoli Italy 0-2 European Champ. Qual. 33 9-10-68 Istanbul Turkey 2-0 34 27-10-68 Sofia Netherlands 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 35 11-12-68 London England 1-1 36 23- 4-69 Sofia Luxembourg 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 37 24- 5-69 Torino Italy 0-0 38 15- 6-69 Sofia Poland 4-1 World Cup Qualifier 39 29- 4-69 Sofia West Germany 0-1 40 22-10-69 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 41 9-11-69 Warszawa Poland 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 42 7-12-69 Luxembourg Luxembourg 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 43 28-12-69 Casablanca Morocco 0-3 44 15- 2-70 Cdad. de M�xico Mexico 1-1 45 18- 2-70 Le�n Mexico 0-2 46 21- 2-70 Lima Peru 3-1 47 24- 2-70 Lima Peru 3-5 48 5- 5-70 Sofia Soviet Union 3-3 49 2- 6-70 Le�n Peru 2-3 World Cup 50 7- 6-70 Le�n West Germany 2-5 World Cup 51 11- 6-70 Le�n Morocco 1-1 World Cup 52 24- 3-71 London Great Britain 0-1 Olympic Games Qual. 53 7- 4-71 Athinai Greece 1-0 54 28- 4-71 Sofia Soviet Union 1-1 55 5- 5-71 Sofia Great Britain 5-0 Olympic Games Qual. 56 19- 5-71 Sofia Hungary 3-0 European Champ. Qual. 57 9- 6-71 Oslo Norway 4-1 European Champ. Qual. 58 7- 9-71 M�nchen W. Germany Am. 1-3 59 25- 9-71 Budapest Hungary 0-2 European Champ. Qual. 60 10-11-71 Nantes France 1-2 European Champ. Qual. 61 24-11-71 Sofia Spain Ol. 8-3 Olympic Games Qual. 62 4-12-71 Sofia France 2-1 European Champ. Qual. 63 29- 3-72 Sofia Soviet Union 1-1 64 16- 4-72 Stara Zagora Poland 1-3 Olympic Games Qual. 65 7- 5-72 Warszawa Poland 0-3 Olympic Games Qual. 66 31- 5-72 Burgos Spain Ol. 3-3 Olympic Games Qual. 67 7- 6-72 Moskva Soviet Union 0-1 68 21- 6-72 Sofia Italy 1-1 69 11-10-72 Sofia Yugoslavia B 2-1 70 18-10-72 Sofia N. Ireland 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 71 28- 1-73 Lefkosia Cyprus 3-0 72 31- 1-73 Athinai Greece 2-2 73 28- 3-73 Plovdiv Soviet Union 1-0 74 2- 5-73 Sofia Portugal 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 75 12- 5-73 Hamburg West Germany 0-3 76 6- 2-74 Morfou Cyprus 4-1 77 8- 2-74 Kuwait City Kuwait 3-1 78 10- 2-74 Kuwait City Kuwait 2-1 79 31- 3-74 Zalaegerszeg Hungary 1-3 80 13- 4-74 Plovdiv Czechoslovakia 0-1 81 8- 5-74 Sofia Turkey 5-1 Balkan Cup 82 25- 5-74 Sofia North Korea 6-1 83 1- 6-74 Sofia England 0-1 84 15- 6-74 D�sseldorf Sweden 0-0 World Cup 85 19- 6-74 Hannover Uruguay 1-1 World Cup 86 23- 6-74 Dortmund Netherlands 1-4 World Cup 87 13-10-74 Sofia Greece 3-3 European Champ. Qual. 88 25- 1-76 Tokyo Japan 3-1 89 1- 2-76 Tokyo Japan 3-0 90 11- 1-77 Algeria Algeria 1-1

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 90 38 21 31 157- 130 97 53.88

Types of Matches Friendlies 45 World Cup 9 World Cup Qualifier 12 European Ch. Qualifier 14 Olympic Games Qual. 9 Balkan Cup 1

Total 90

Goals: Cap 8 1 goal Cap 38 1 goal

Total 2 goals


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