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National football teams

  • Bulgaria earned its 4th consecutive victory
  • Jari Litmanen set the goal scoring record for Finland (30 goals)
  • Record for most Finland caps: Jari Litmanen's 112th appearance
  • Stanislav Genchev scored Bulgaria's 1000th international goal
  • Bulgaria vs Finland Head to Head: Bulgaria football team's 7th victory in 8 matches

Bulgaria vs Finland international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 18:00 (UTC+2:00)
National teams, score:
Bulgaria
2-1
Finland
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Alexandru Tudor, Bucharest /
Romania
Attendance, venue:
2 500, National Stadium Vasil Levski, Sofia
Goals:
0-1 (22') Jari Litmanen (pen.), 1-1 (49') Zdravko Lazarov, 2-1 (90') Stanislav Genchev
Bulgaria football team line-up in match Nr.665
Managed by head coach Plamen Markov
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Dimitar Ivankov   46' 
53
32
Kayserispor, Kayseri
46' Georgi Petkov  
13
32
PFC Levski, Sofia
Zhivko Milanov   46' 
5
23
PFC Levski, Sofia
46' Zdravko Lazarov  
28
32
FC Shinnik, Yaroslavl
Aleksandar Tunchev  
20
26
PFC CSKA, Sofia
Igor Tomašić  
13
31
PFC Levski, Sofia
Mihail Venkov   56' 
6
24
PFC Litex, Lovech
56' Valentin Iliev  
13
27
RFC Terek, Grozny
Stiliyan Petrov  
78
28
Aston Villa FC, Birmingham
Stanislav Angelov  
17
29
FC Energie, Cottbus
Blagoy Georgiev   65' 
25
26
MSV, Duisburg
65' Stanislav Genchev  
1
27
PFC Litex, Lovech
Velizar Dimitrov  
21
28
PFC CSKA, Sofia
Martin Petrov   75' 
72
29
Manchester City FC, Manchester
75' Georgi Kakalov  
1
23
PFC Botev 1912, Plovdiv
Dimitar Berbatov  Captain  84' 
64
27
Tottenham Hotspur FC, London
84' Georgi Sarmov  
1
22
PFC Levski, Sofia
Finland football team line-up in match Nr.686
Managed by head coach Stuart Baxter (Scotland)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Peter Enckelman  
9
31
Cardiff City FC, Cardiff
Veli Lampi   79' 
6
23
FC Zürich, Zürich
79' Ari Nyman  
16
24
FC Thun, Thun
Toni Kuivasto  
70
32
Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm
Juha Pasoja  
14
31
Hamarkameratene, Hamar
Toni Kallio  
37
29
Fulham FC, London
Teemu Tainio   73' 
42
28
Tottenham Hotspur FC, London
73' Mika Väyrynen  
34
26
PSV, Eindhoven
Roman Eremenko   84' 
7
21
Udinese Calcio, Udine
84' Janne Saarinen  
42
31
BK Häcken, Göteborg
Joonas Kolkka  
84
33
NAC, Breda
Jari Litmanen  Captain  46' 
112
37
Fulham FC, London
46' Antti Pohja  
20
31
TamU, Tampere
Mikael Forssell   61' 
53
27
Birmingham City FC, Birmingham
61' Fredrik Svanbäck  
2
28
Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg
Jonatan Johansson  
87
32
Malmö FF, Malmö
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Bulgaria
17
25.353
27.882
12
2
0
0
Finland
16
39.688
29.316
15
1
0
0
Comments
Bulgaria vs Finland post-match head-to-head
WP
93.8
P
8
W
7
D
1
L
0
GF
19
GA
3
GF/P
2.375
GA/P
0.375
Av attendance
16 088
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
Northern Ireland vs Bulgaria 0-1
Belfast, Wednesday 6 February 2008
Next match:
Friendly International
Bosnia & Herzegovina vs Bulgaria 1-2
Zenica, Wednesday 20 August 2008
Bulgaria football matches
Finland national team matches
Previous match:
Cyprus International Tournament 2008
Finland vs Greece 1-2
Strovolos, Wednesday 6 February 2008
Next match:
Friendly International
Finland vs Turkey 0-2
Duisburg, Thursday 29 May 2008
Finland football matches
Top Bulgaria goal scorers
1. Hristo Bonev (1968 - 1979) - 47 goals
2. Dimitar Berbatov (2000 - 2007) - 39 goals
3. Hristo Stoichkov (1988 - 1999) - 37 goals
... Zdravko Lazarov (2004 - 2008) - 3 goals
... Stanislav Genchev (2008) - 1 goal
(correct as of March 26, 2008)
Bulgaria scorers
Top Finland goal scorers
1. Jari Litmanen (1991 - 2008) - 30 goals
2. Ari Hjelm (1983 - 1995) - 20 goals
3. Mika-Matti Paatelainen (1988 - 1999) - 18 goals
4. Mikael Forssell (2001 - 2007) - 17 goals
5. Verner Eklöf (1920 - 1925) - 17 goals
(correct as of March 26, 2008)
Finland scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 26 Mar 2008
National Stadium Vasil Levski, Sofia
Bulgaria 2-1 Finland
Goals: Litmanen 22 (11m), Lazarov 49, Genchev 90

Bulgaria: Ivankov (Petkov 46), Milanov (Lazarov 46), Tunchev, Tomašić, Venkov (Iliev 56), Stiliyan Petrov, Angelov, Georgiev (Genchev 65), Dimitrov, Martin Petrov (Kakalov 75), Berbatov (c) (Sarmov 84). Managed by Markov.

Finland: Enckelman, Lampi (Nyman 79), Kuivasto, Pasoja, Kallio, Tainio (Väyrynen 73), Eremenko (Saarinen 84), Kolkka, Litmanen (c) (Pohja 46), Forssell (Svanbäck 61), Johansson. Managed by Baxter (Scotland).

Att: 2 500,
Ref: Tudor (Romania)

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