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Bulgaria vs Czechoslovakia match report

Date, kick-off time:
Sunday, 6 September 1953, 17:00 (UTC+2:00)
National teams, score:
Bulgaria
1-2
Czechoslovakia
Competition:
1954 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 8
Referee:
Grzegorz Aleksandrowicz, Warsaw /
Poland
Attendance, venue:
40 000, National Stadium Vasil Levski, Sofia
Goals:
0-1 (8') František Vlk, 0-2 (40') František Vlk, 1-2 (55') Stefan Bozhkov (pen.)
Bulgaria football team line-up in match Nr.94
Managed by head coach Liubomir Angelov
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Stefan Gerenski   46' 
2
27
OSG, Sofia
46' Apostol Sokolov  
11
35
VSO Spartak, Sofia
Kiril Rakarov  
3
21
OSG, Sofia
Manol Manolov  
8
28
OSG, Sofia
Boris Apostolov  
19
28
VSO Spartak, Sofia
Stefan Bozhkov  Captain 
20
29
OSG, Sofia
Gavril Stoyanov  
2
24
OSG, Sofia
Krum Yanev  
4
24
OSG, Sofia
Ivan Kolev  
6
22
OSG, Sofia
Panayot Panayotov   46' 
6
22
OSG, Sofia
46' Georgi Dimitrov  
1
22
VMS, Stalin
Kostadin Blagoev  
2
26
VSO Lokomotiv, Sofia
Dobromir Tashkov  
4
28
VSO Udarnik, Sofia
Czechoslovakia football team line-up in match Nr.176
Managed by head coach Karol Borhy
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Imrich Stacho   86' 
2
21
DŠO Spartak Kovosmalt, Trnava
86' Břetislav Dolejší  
2
24
ÚDA, Praha
Ján Karel  
2
28
DŠO Tatran, Prešov
Ladislav Novák  Captain 
6
21
ÚDA, Praha
Jiří Trnka  
15
26
ÚDA, Praha
Tadeáš Kraus  
1
20
Křídla vlasti, Olomouc
Jan Hertl  
2
24
ÚDA, Praha
Emil Pažický  
10
25
DŠO Slovan ÚNV, Bratislava
Ladislav Kačáni  
3
22
DŠO ÚD Červená Hviezda, Bratislava
Josef Crha  
4
26
DSO Spartak Praha Sokolovo, Praha
František Vlk  
10
28
DSO Tatran, Teplice
František Šafránek  
5
22
ÚDA, Praha
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Bulgaria
13
6.769
26.378
5
1
0
0
Czechoslovakia
12
5.167
24.611
8
2
0
0
Historical data sources
Rudé právo (Prague), №249, 07 Sep 1953; Ústav pro českou literaturu
Új Szó (Bratislava), №218, 08 Sep 1953; Közgyűjteményi portál - Hungaricana
Nová Svoboda (Ostrava), №216, 08 Sep 1953; Vědecká knihovna v Olomouci
Народен Спорт (Sofia), №983, 09 Sep 1953; Народна библиотека „Иван Вазов“
Comments

toniofarrugia - posted on 29 April 2011 at 23:47:26

Imrich Stacho was substituted in the 86th minute by Bretislav Dolejší
(...)

trekky76 - posted on 14 January 2012 at 00:40:39

Neither FIFA nor the Czech FA acknowledge the substitution. Dolejší is usually credited with 18 caps in total. (link: )

stringer - posted on 10 April 2014 at 20:47:48

Despite the Czech FA and FIFA’s records not recording his appearance, this contemporary newspaper report confirms that Dolejsi did substitute for Stacho. (link: )
Bulgaria vs Czechoslovakia post-match head-to-head
WP
41.7
P
6
W
2
D
1
L
3
GF
7
GA
12
GF/P
1.167
GA/P
2.000
Av attendance
33 576
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Bulgaria national team matches
Previous match:
1954 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Romania vs Bulgaria 3-1
Bucharest, Sunday 28 June 1953
Next match:
Friendly International
Bulgaria vs Poland 2-2
Sofia, Sunday 13 September 1953
Bulgaria football matches
Czechoslovakia national team matches
Previous match:
1954 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Czechoslovakia vs Romania 2-0
Prague, Sunday 14 June 1953
Next match:
Central European International Cup 1948-1953
Czechoslovakia vs Switzerland 5-0
Prague, Sunday 20 September 1953
Czechoslovakia football matches
Top Bulgaria goal scorers
1. Liubomir Angelov (1931 - 1940) - 26 goals
2. Asen Panchev (1931 - 1936) - 17 goals
3. Nikola Staykov (1926 - 1935) - 12 goals
4. Asen Peshev (1930 - 1935) - 11 goals
5. Mihail Lozanov (1931 - 1938) - 11 goals
... Stefan Bozhkov (1949 - 1953) - 2 goals
(correct as of September 6, 1953)
Bulgaria scorers
Top Czechoslovakia goal scorers
1. Antonín Puč (1926 - 1939) - 35 goals
2. Oldřich Nejedlý (1931 - 1939) - 29 goals
3. Josef Silný (1925 - 1933) - 28 goals
4. František Svoboda (1927 - 1937) - 22 goals
... František Vlk (1951 - 1953) - 4 goals
(correct as of September 6, 1953)
Czechoslovakia scorers
Brief match report
Sun. 06 Sep 1953
National Stadium Vasil Levski, Sofia
Bulgaria 1-2 Czechoslovakia
Goals: Vlk 8, Vlk 40, Bozhkov 55 (11m)

Bulgaria: Gerenski (Sokolov 46), Rakarov, Manolov, Apostolov, Bozhkov (c), Stoyanov, Yanev, Kolev, Panayotov (Dimitrov 46), Blagoev, Tashkov. Managed by Angelov.

Czechoslovakia: Stacho (Dolejší 86), Karel, Novák (c), Trnka, Kraus, Hertl, Pažický, Kačáni, Crha, Vlk, Šafránek. Managed by Borhy.

Att: 40 000,
Ref: Aleksandrowicz (Poland)

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