ITALY vs. BULGARIA: Head-to-head
There are 18 previous meetings between the two sides: Italy have won 9, Bulgaria 2, whilst the game ended in a draw 7 times. Here are the details of these encounters.
Friendly
14/06/1966 – Bologna Italy 6-1 Bulgaria Goals: Mazzola A. (I) 26’, Perani (I) 32’, Asparuhov (B) 53’, Rizzo (I)
58’ e 70’, Barison (I) 68’, Meroni (I) 82’
European qualifiers
06/04/1968 – Sofia Bulgaria 3-2 Italy Goalsi: Kotkov (B) 11’ (rig.), aut. Penev (I) 60’, Dermendjiev (B) 66’,
Yetchev (B) 73’, Prati (I) 83’
20/04/1968 – Naples Italy 2-0 Bulgaria Goals: Prati (I) 14’, Domenghini (I) 55’
Friendlies
24/05/1969 – Turin Italy 0-0 Bulgaria
21/06/1972 – Sofia Bulgaria 1-1 Italy Goals: Bonev (B) 42’, Chinaglia (I) 50’
29/12/1974 – Genoa Italy 0-0 Bulgaria
20/09/1978 – Turin Italy 1-0 Bulgaria Goals: Cabrini (I) 62’
23/09/1981 – Bologna Italy 3-2 Bulgaria Goals: Graziani (I) 39’ and 58’ , Dossena (I) 75’, Miadenov (B) 84, Dossena og. (B) 89’
World Cup
31/05/1986 – Mexico City Italy 1-1 Bulgaria Goals: Altobelli (I) 43’, Sirakoc (B) 85’
Friendly
20/09/1989 – Cesena Italy 4-0 Bulgaria Goals: R.Baggio (I) 18’(pen.) and 34’, Carnevale (I) 46’, Iliev og. (I) 53’
25/09/1991 – Sofia Bulgaria 1-1 Italy Goals: Altobelli (I) 43’, Sirakov (B) 85’
World Cup
13/07/1994 – New York Italy 2-1 Bulgaria Goals: R.Baggio (I) 21’ and 25’, Stoichkov (B) 44’ (pen.)
European Championship
22/06/2004 – Guimaraes Italy 2-1 Bulgaria Goals: Petrov (B) 45’ (pen.), Perrotta (I) 49’, Cassano (I) 93’
World Cup qualifiers
11/10/2008 – Sofia Bulgaria 0-0 Italy
09/09/2009 – Turin Italy 2-0 Bulgaria Goals: Grosso (I) 11’ , Iaquinta (I) 40’
World Cup qualifiers
07/09/2012 – Sofia Bulgaria 2-2 Italy Goals: Manolev (B) 30’, Osvaldo (I) 36’ and 40’ , Milanov (B) 66’
06/09/2013 – Palermo Italy 1-0 Bulgaria Goals: Gilardino (I) 38’
European qualifiers
28/03/2015 – Sofia Bulgaria 2-2 Italy Goals: Minev og. (I) 4’, Popov (B) 11’, Micanski (B) 19’, Eder (I) 84’
GAMES PLAYED BY ITALY IN PALERMO
28/12/1952 Italy 2-0 Switzerland Central European International Cup
26/09/1990 Italy 1-0 the Netherlands Friendly
24/03/1993 Italy 6-1 Malta World Cup qualifiers
16/11/1994 Italy 1-2 Croatia European qualifiers
22/01/1997 Italy 2-0 Northern Ireland Friendly
23/02/2000 Italy 1-0 Sweden Friendly
29/03/2003 Italy 2-0 Finland European qualifiers
18/02/2004 Italy 2-2 Czech Republic Friendly
04/09/2004 Italy 2-1 Norway World Cup qualifiers
08/10/2005 Italy 1-0 Slovenia World Cup qualifiers
06/09/2013 Italy 1-0 Bulgaria World Cup qualifiers
10/10/2014 Italy 2-1 Azerbaijan European qualifiers
Italy vs. Bulgaria: Key figures
4 The goals scored by Roberto Baggio, who is the top scorer in this head-to-head. He has grabbed two braces: The first one in Cesena on 20/09/89, with Italy winning 4-0; the second one in the 1994 World Cup semi-final on 13/07/1994, which saw the Azzurri prevail 2-1.
9 Italy’s victories in 18 matches played against Bulgaria. The last win occurred in Palermo on 6th September 2013, as Gilardino scored the match winner in a World Cup qualifier that finished 1-0 to the Azzurri.
2 Bulgaria’s successes. Their last victory occurred in a friendly held in Sofia on 25/09/91 with the hosts prevailing 2-1.
7 The total amount of draws. The last draw is also the latest encounter between these two sides: They drew 2-2 in Sofia on 28th March 2015.
1 Giuseppe Dossena’s goal scored in a friendly held in Bologna on 23/09/1981 that saw the Azzurri win 3-2. The Azzurri defender scored
Italy’s third goal in the 75th minute and then netted in his own goal in the 89th minute.
3 The players sent off in the friendly held in Sofia on 25th September 1991. In Bulgaria’s last win against the Azzurri those players were shown a red card: Penev (B) 11’, Ivanov (B) and Vialli (I) 90’.
5 The braces occurred in this head-to-head, all scored by Azzurri players. Roberto Baggio has two to his name; the other players who can boast braces are Rizzo (Italy 6-1 Bulgaria, 14th June 1966), Graziani (Italy 3-2 Bulgaria on 23rd September 1981) and Osvaldo (Italy 2-2 Bulgaria on 7th September 2012).
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