Bulgaria in the World Cup Qualifications

1930 Uruguay no Qualifications

1934 Italy Group 8 [Hungary, Austria]

Bulgaria 1-4 Hungary

Austria 6-1 Bulgaria

Hungary 4-1 Bulgaria (in Wien)

1938 France Group 6 [Czechoslovakia]

Bulgaria 1-1 Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia 6-0 Bulgaria

1950 Brasil

1954 Switzerland Group 8 [Czechoslovakia]

Place Team

Czechoslovakia

Romania

Bulgaria

Points

Goals
1 Czechoslovakia

-

2-0

0-0

7

5-1
2 Romania

0-1

-

3-1

4

5-5
3 Bulgaria

1-2

1-2

-

1

3-7

1958 Sweden Europe Group 3 [Hungary]

Place Team

Hungary

Bulgaria

Norway

Points

Goals
1 Hungary

-

4-1

5-0

6

12-4
2 Bulgaria

1-2

-

7-0

4

11-7
3 Norway

2-1

1-2

-

2

3-15

1962 Chile Europe Group 2 [Bulgaria]

Place Team

Bulgaria

France

Finland

Points

Goals
1 Bulgaria

-

1-0

3-1

6

6-4
2 France

3-0

-

5-1

6

10-3
3 Finland

0-2

1-2

-

0

3-12

Playoff: Bulgaria 1-0 France (in Milano)

1966 England Europe Group 1 [Bulgaria]

Place Team

Bulgaria

Belgium

Israel

Points

Goals
1 Bulgaria

-

3-0

4-0

6

9-6
2 Belgium

5-0

-

1-0

4

11-3
3 Israel

1-2

0-5

-

2

1-12

Playoff: Bulgaria 2-1 Belgium (in Firenze)

1970 Mexico Europe Group 8 [Bulgaria]

Place Team

Bulgaria

Poland

 Netherlands

Luxembourg

Points

Goals
1 Bulgaria

-

4-1

2-0

2-1

9

12-7
2 Poland

3-0

-

2-1

8-1

8

19-8
3 Netherlands

1-1

1-0

-

4-0

7

9-5
4 Luxembourg

1-3

1-5

0-2

-

0

4-24

1974 Germany Europe Group 6 [Bulgaria]

Place Team

Bulgaria

Portugal

 N. Irland

Cyprus

Points

Goals
1 Bulgaria

-

2-1

3-0

2-0

10

13-3
2 Portugal

2-2

-

1-1

4-0

7

10-6
3 N. Irland

0-0

1-1

-

3-0

5

5-6
4 Cyprus

0-4

0-1

1-0

-

2

1-14

1978 Argentina Europe Group 5 [France]

Place Team

France

Bulgaria

Irland

Points

Goals
1 France

-

3-1

2-0

5

7-4
2 Bulgaria

2-2

-

2-1

4

5-6
3 Irland

1-0

0-0

-

3

2-4

1982 Spain Europe Group 1 [West Germany, Austria]

Place Team

W. Germany

Austria

 Bulgariad Albania

Finland

Points

Goals
1 W. Germany

-

2-0

4-0

8-0

7-1

16

33-3
2 Austria

1-3

-

2-0

5-0

5-1

11

16-6
3 Bulgaria

1-3

0-0

-

2-1

4-0

9

11-10
4 Albania

0-2

0-1

0-2

-

2-0

2

4-22
5 Finland

0-4

0-2

0-2

2-1

-

2

4-27

1986 Mexico Europe Group 4 [France, Bulgaria]

Place Team

Frmance

Bulgaria

 GDR Yugoslavia

Luxembourg

Points

Goals
1 France

-

1-0

2-0

2-0

6-0

11

15-4
2 Bulgaria

2-0

-

1-0

2-1

4-0

11

13-5
3 GDR

2-0

2-1

-

2-3

3-1

10

16-9
4 Yugoslavia

0-0

0-0

1-2

-

1-0

8

7-8
5 Luxembourg

0-4

1-3

0-5

0-1

-

0

2-27

1990 Italy Europe Group 1 [Romania]

Place Team

Romania

Denmark

 Greece

Bulgaria

Points

Goals
1 Romani

-

3-1

3-0

1-0

9

10-5
2 Denmark

3-0

-

7-1

1-1

8

15-6
3 Greece

0-0

1-1

-

1-0

4

3-15
4 Bulgaria

1-3

0-2

4-0

-

3

6-8

Denmark not qualified as third best of the second place finishers in Europe Groups 1, 2 and 4.

1994 USA Europe Group 6 [Sweden, Bulgaria]

Place Team

Sweden

Bulgaria

 France Austria

Finland

 Israel

Points

Goals
1 Sweden

-

2-0

1-1

1-0

3-2

5-0

15

19-8
2 Bulgaria

1-1

-

2-0

4-1

2-0

2-2

14

19-10
3 France

2-1

1-2

-

2-0

2-1

2-3

13

17-10
4 Austria

1-1

3-1

0-1

-

3-0

5-2

8

15-16
5 Finland

0-1

0-3

0-2

3-1

-

0-0

5

9-18
6 Israel

1-3

0-2

0-4

1-1

1-3

-

5

 10-27

1998 France

Total: 35 winns, 12 und., 24 looses, 126-103 goals.

Thanks to Anton Gintchev!