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  • Biggest victory of the Bulgaria football team
  • Bulgaria earned its 4th consecutive victory
  • Dimitar Milanov scored his 2nd and Bulgaria's 5th international hat-trick
  • Great Britain* vs Bulgaria Head to Head: Bulgaria national football team's 2nd victory in 3 matches

Great Britain* vs Bulgaria international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Friday, 30 November 1956, 12:00 (UTC+10:00)
National teams, score:
Great Britain*
1-6
Bulgaria
Competition:
XVI. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1956, Quarterfinal
Referee:
Ron Wright, Homebush /
Australia
Attendance, venue:
6 748, Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Goals:
0-1 (6') Georgi Dimitrov, 1-2 (40') Ivan Kolev, 1-3 (45') Dimitar Milanov, 1-4 (75') Dimitar Milanov, 1-5 (80') Dimitar Milanov, 1-6 (85') Ivan Kolev
Bulgaria national football team line-up in match Nr.113
Managed by head coach Stoyan Ormandzhiev, coach Krum Milev
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Georgi Naydenov  
6
24
CDNA, Sofia
Kiril Rakarov  
21
24
CDNA, Sofia
Manol Manolov  
24
31
CDNA, Sofia
Milcho Goranov  
15
28
VSO Udarnik, Sofia
Stefan Bozhkov  Captain 
39
33
CDNA, Sofia
Nikola Kovachev  
4
22
CDNA, Sofia
Dimitar Milanov  
26
28
CDNA, Sofia
Georgi Dimitrov  
16
25
CDNA, Sofia
Panayot Panayotov  
20
25
CDNA, Sofia
Ivan Kolev  
24
26
CDNA, Sofia
Krum Yanev  
19
27
CDNA, Sofia
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Bulgaria
11
19.455
27.103
2
6
0
0
Comments

vtd - posted on 23 June 2010 at 19:14:25

8.000 ATT.

Soproni Démon - posted on 10 May 2011 at 22:34:42

Sharrett
Stoker (...)

Zsorzsinju - posted on 11 October 2011 at 19:24:09

Coach/Manager:
Great Britain*: Norman Creek
(link: ) (link: )

Yas054 - posted on 6 February 2013 at 04:19:12

Great Britain line up:
Harry SHARRATT - Bishop Auckland FC - GK (...)

Zsorzsinju - posted on 22 May 2013 at 15:30:02

Great Britain Captain:
5 Tommy Farrer (c) (link: )

Zsorzsinju - posted on 22 May 2013 at 15:32:03

Great Britain Goals:
1:1 (30.) 9 Jim Lewis (link: )

Outcaster - posted on 11 April 2015 at 12:11:54

Att.: 6 748 (link: )
Great Britain* vs Bulgaria post-match head-to-head
WP
16.7
P
3
W
0
D
1
L
2
GF
4
GA
11
GF/P
1.333
GA/P
3.667
Av attendance
27 249
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:
Friendly International
Bulgaria vs East Germany 3-1
Sofia, Sunday 14 October 1956
Next match:
XVI. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1956
Bulgaria vs Soviet Union 1-2
Melbourne, Wednesday 5 December 1956
Bulgaria football results
Top Bulgaria goal scorers
1. Liubomir Angelov (1931 - 1940) - 26 goals
2. Asen Panchev (1931 - 1936) - 17 goals
3. Dimitar Milanov (1948 - 1956) - 15 goals
4. Ivan Kolev (1952 - 1956) - 13 goals
... Georgi Dimitrov (1953 - 1956) - 4 goals
(correct as of November 30, 1956)
Bulgaria goal scorers
Brief match report
Fri. 30 Nov 1956
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Great Britain* 1-6 Bulgaria
Goals: Dimitrov 6, Kolev 40, Milanov 45, Milanov 75, Milanov 80, Kolev 85

Bulgaria: Naydenov, Rakarov, Manolov, Goranov, Bozhkov (c), Kovachev, Milanov, Dimitrov, Panayotov, Kolev, Yanev. Managed by Ormandzhiev, Milev.

Att: 6 748,
Ref: Wright (Australia)

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