Martin Petrov - International Appearances


The outstanding Bulgarian player obtained 90 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 15- 1-1979
Country: Bulgaria
Caps:	90	(W40-D23-L27 – GF126-GA110 – %57.22)
Goals:	19      (% 0.21 per match)
Age First Cap:	 20 yr 145 d    9- 6-1999 vs. England 1-1
Age Last Cap:    32 yr 234 d    6- 9-2011 vs. Switzerland 1-3
National Team Career: 12 yr  89 d

Cap  Goals     Date	Venue		Opponent       Score	Competition

  1          9- 6-99	Sofia   	England 	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
  2         10- 2-00	Valparaíso	Slovakia	1-0	
  3         12- 2-00	Valparaíso	Chile   	2-3	
  4         15- 2-00	Valparaíso	Australia	1-1	
  5         29- 3-00	Sofia   	Belarus 	4-1	
  6         26- 4-00	Sofia   	Ukraine 	0-1	
  7         16- 8-00	Sofia   	Belgium 	1-3	
  8          2- 9-00	Sofia   	Czech Republic	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
  9          7-10-00	Sofia   	Malta   	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 10         11-10-00	København	Denmark 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 11  1   1  14-11-00	Alger   	Algeria		2-1	
 12      1  24- 1-01	Morelia 	Mexico  	2-0	
 13      1  28- 1-01	Kingston	Jamaica 	0-0	
 14      1  28- 2-01	Amman   	Jordan  	2-0	
 15      1  24- 3-01	Sofia   	Iceland 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 16  2   3  28- 3-01	Sofia   	N. Ireland	4-3	World Cup Qualifier
 17      3  25- 4-01	Oslo    	Norway  	1-2	
 18      3   2- 6-01	Belfast 	N. Ireland	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 19      3   6- 6-01	Reykjavík	Iceland 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 20      3  15- 8-01	Sofia   	Macedonia	1-0	
 21      3   5- 9-01	Sofia   	Denmark 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 22      3   6-10-01	Praha   	Czech Republic	0-6	World Cup Qualifier
 23      3  13- 2-02	Rijeka  	Croatia 	0-0	
 24      3  27- 3-02	East Rutherford	Ecuador 	0-3	
 25      3  21- 8-02	Sofia   	Germany 	2-2	
 26      3   7- 9-02	Brussel 	Belgium 	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 27      3  12-10-02	Sofia   	Croatia 	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 28      3  16-10-02	Sofia   	Andorra 	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
 29      3  20-11-02	Granada 	Spain   	0-1
  -         12- 2-03	Larnaka 	Hungary   	1-0 [1]	
 30      3  27- 3-03	Kruševac	Serbia-Monten.	2-1	
 31      3   2- 4-03	Tallinn 	Estonia 	0-0	European Ch. Qual.
 32      3   7- 6-03	Sofia   	Belgium 	2-2	European Ch. Qual.
 33      3  20- 8-03	Sofia   	Lithuania	3-0	
 34  1   4   6- 9-03	Sofia   	Estonia 	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 35      4  10- 9-03	Andorra La V.	Andorra 	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
 36      4  18- 2-04	Athinai 	Greece  	0-2	
 37      4  31- 3-04	Sofia   	Russia  	2-2	
 38      4  28- 4-04	Sofia   	Cameroon	3-0	
 39      4   2- 6-04	Praha   	Czech Republic	1-3	
 40      4  14- 6-04	Lisboa  	Sweden  	0-5	European Champ.
 41      4  18- 6-04	Braga   	Denmark 	0-2	European Champ.
 42  1   5  22- 6-04	Guimarães	Italy   	1-2	European Champ.
 43  1   6   9-10-04	Zagreb  	Croatia 	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
 44      6  13-10-04	Sofia   	Malta   	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
 45      6  17-11-04	Baku    	Azerbaijan	0-0	
 46      6   9- 2-05	Sofia   	Serbia-Monten.	0-0	
 47      6  30- 3-05	Budapest	Hungary 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 48  1   7   4- 6-05	Sofia   	Croatia 	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
 49  1   8  17- 8-05	Sofia   	Turkey  	3-1	
 50      8   3- 9-05	Stockholm	Sweden  	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
 51  1   9   7- 9-05	Sofia   	Iceland 	3-2	World Cup Qualifier
 52      9   8-10-05	Sofia   	Hungary 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 53      9  12-10-05	La Valletta	Malta   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 54      9  12-11-05	Sofia   	Georgia 	6-2	
 55      9  16-11-05	Houston 	Mexico  	3-0	
 56  1  10   1- 3-06	Skopje  	Macedonia	1-0	
 57     10   9- 5-06	Osaka   	Japan   	2-1	Kirin Cup
 58     10  11- 5-06	Kobe    	Scotland	1-5	Kirin Cup
 59     10  15- 8-06	Swansea 	Wales   	0-0	
 60  2  12   2- 9-06	Constanta	Romania 	2-2	European Ch. Qual.
 61  1  13   6- 9-06	Sofia   	Slovenia	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
 62  1  14   7-10-06	Sofia   	Netherlands	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 63     14   2- 6-07	Minsk   	Belarus 	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 64  1  15   6- 6-07	Sofia   	Belarus 	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
 65     15  22- 8-07	Sofia   	Wales   	0-1	
 66     15   8- 9-07	Amsterdam	Netherlands	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
 67  1  16  12- 9-07	Sofia   	Luxembourg	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
 68     16  17-10-07	Tiranë  	Albania 	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 69     16  17-11-07	Sofia   	Romania 	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 70     16  21-11-07	Celje   	Slovenia	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 71     16   6- 2-08	Belfast 	N. Ireland	1-0	
 72     16  26- 3-08	Sofia   	Finland 	2-1	
 73     16  20- 8-08	Zenica  	Bosnia-Herzeg.	2-1	
 74     16  11-10-08	Sofia   	Italy   	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 75     16  15-10-08	Tbilisi 	Georgia 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 76     16   6- 6-09	Sofia   	Ireland 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 77     16  12- 8-09	Sofia   	Latvia  	1-0	
 78     16   5- 9-09	Sofia   	Montenegro	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
 79     16   9- 9-09	Torino  	Italy   	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 80     16  10-10-09	Larnaka 	Cyprus  	1-4	World Cup Qualifier
 81  2	18  14-10-09	Sofia   	Georgia 	6-2	World Cup Qualifier
 82     18  11- 8-10    Sankt Peterburg Russia          0-1
 83     18   3- 9-10    London          England         0-4     European Ch. Qual.
 84     18   7- 9-10    Sofia           Montenegro      0-1     European Ch. Qual.
 85     18   8-10-10    Cardiff         Wales           1-0     European Ch. Qual.
 86     18  17-11-10    Sofia           Serbia          0-1
 87  1  19  29- 3-11    Larnaka         Cyprus          1-0
 88     19   4- 6-11    Podgorica       Montenegro      1-1     European Ch. Qual.
 89     19   2- 9-11    Sofia           England         0-3     European Ch. Qual.
 90     19   6- 9-11    Basel           Switzerland     1-3     European Ch. Qual.

[1] this match, which was abandoned at 45’ due to poor weather conditions, is
    not considered official by the Bulgarian FA

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    90	  40   23   27	126-  110     103      57.22


Types of Matches and Goals

                    Matches  Goals
Friendlies             37      4
World Cup Qualifiers   24      7
European Ch. Qual.     24      7
European Championhip    3      1
Other Tournaments       2      0

Total                  90     19




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