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England men · UEFA European Championship · Qualifier · Group G

Bulgaria
v England⁠

0–3

Full time

Bulgaria v England finished 0–3.

Bulgaria
None
Date
Friday 2 September 2011 · England in 2011
Kick-off
19:15 UK
Venue
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

Bulgaria

Starting XI

  • No. 13, Nikolay Mihaylov GK
  • No. 9, Ivelin Popov FW Off in the 81'
  • No. 20, Tsvetan Genkov FW Off in the 61'
  • No. 4, Petar Zanev D
  • No. 5, Nikolay Bodurov D
  • No. 7, Blagoy Georgiev M
  • No. 11, Ivan Bandalovski D Off in the 46'
  • No. 15, Ivan Ivanov D
  • No. 16, Zhivko Milanov D Yellow card 84'
  • No. 17, Martin Petrov M
  • No. 19, Stilian Petrov M

Substitutes

  • No. 8, Georgi Sarmov Yellow card 59' On in the 46'
  • No. 22, Georgi Bozhilov On in the 61'
  • No. 6, Marcos Marquinhos On in the 81'
  • No. 1, Vladislav Stoyanov (not used)
  • No. 3, Valentin Iliev (not used)
  • No. 18, Simeon Raykov (not used)
  • No. 21, Kostadin Stoyanov (not used)

Referee: Frank De Bleeckere.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1979 – 2010

01 3 Sep 2010
UEFA European Championship · Qualifier · Group G Wembley Stadium, London

England 4–0 Bulgaria England won

England: Defoe 3', Defoe 61', A. Johnson 83', Defoe 86'

Bulgaria: None

Match page: England v Bulgaria, 3 September 2010

02 9 Jun 1999
UEFA European Championship · Qualifier · Group 5 Balgarska Armiya Stadium, Sofia

Bulgaria 1–1 England England drew

England: Shearer 14'

Bulgaria: Markov 17'

Match page: Bulgaria v England, 9 June 1999

Official meetings since 1962

England v Bulgaria stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings12In our results database
England wins8England perspective
Draws4Level at full time
Bulgaria wins0Bulgaria victories

England have scored 26 goals to Bulgaria's 2 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

4

Kane

4 goals against Bulgaria in matches we hold scorer data for.

Bulgaria · Fixture leader

1

Asparuhov

Bulgaria's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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