Bulgaria's record in World Cup finals: 

Previous appearances: 6 (1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1994) 

Honours: Semifinalists 1994 (4th) 

    Record:     P   W   D   L   F   A 
               23   3   7  13  21  46 

    1962 R1 Argentina           L 0-1 
         R1 Hungary             L 1-6 Sokolov 
         R1 England             D 0-0 
    1966 R1 Brazil              L 0-2 
         R1 Portugal            L 0-3 
         R1 Hungary             L 1-3 Asparukov 
    1970 R1 Peru                L 2-3 Dermendjiev, Bonev 
         R1 West Germany        L 2-5 Nikodimov, T.Kolev 
         R1 Morocco             D 1-1 Jechev 
    1974 R1 Sweden              D 0-0 
         R1 Uruguay             D 1-1 Bonev 
         R1 Netherlands         L 1-4 own goal 
    1986 R1 Italy               D 1-1 Sirakov 
         R1 South Korea         D 1-1 Getov 
         R1 Argentina           L 0-2 
         R2 Mexico              L 0-2 
    1994 R1 Nigeria             L 0-3 
         R1 Greece              W 4-0 Stoichkov 2, Lechkov, Boromirov 
         R1 Argentina           W 2-0 Stoichkov, Sirakov 
         R2 Mexico              D 1-1 Stoichkov (after extra time, Bulgaria won 3-1 on penalties) 
         QF Germany             W 2-1 Stoichkov, Lechkov 
         SF Italy               L 1-2 Stoichkov 
        3/4 Sweden              L 0-4 



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