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200th defeat of the Netherlands football team in international matches

Netherlands vs Bulgaria international football match report

Date, kick-off time:	Saturday, 26 May 2012, 20:00 (UTC+02:00)
National teams, score:	Netherlands - Bulgaria 1:2
Competition:	International Friendly
Referee:	Fernando Teixeira Vitienes, Santander / Spain
Attendance, venue:	45 000, Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Goals:	1:0 (45') Robin van Persie, 1:1 (49') Ivelin Popov (pen.), 1:2 (90+3') Iliyan Mitsanski

Netherlands national football team line-up in match Nr.717

Managed by head coach Bert van Marwijk
Player	Caps	Age	Club
Tim Krul	3	24	Newcastle United FC, Newcastle upon Tyne
John Heitinga 43'	76	28	Everton FC, Liverpool
Joris Mathijsen 16'	80	32	Málaga CF, Málaga
16' Wilfred Bouma	36	33	PSV, Eindhoven
Gregory van der Wiel	30	24	AFC Ajax, Amsterdam
Jetro Willems 64'	1	18	PSV, Eindhoven
64' Stijn Schaars	17	28	Sporting CP, Lisboa
Wesley Sneijder	82	27	FC Inter, Milano
Mark van Bommel	75	35	AC Milan, Milano
Rafael van der Vaart 49' 64'	94	29	Tottenham Hotspur FC, London
64' Dirk Kuijt 79'	86	31	Liverpool FC, Liverpool
Nigel de Jong 86'	58	27	Manchester City FC, Manchester
86' Kevin Strootman	11	22	PSV, Eindhoven
Robin van Persie	63	28	Arsenal FC, London
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 77'	51	28	FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, Gelsenkirchen
77' Arjen Robben	55	28	FC Bayern, München

Bulgaria national team line-up in match Nr.699

Managed by head coach Lyuboslav Penev
Player	Caps	Age	Club
Stoyan Kolev 72'	14	36	PSFC Chernomorets Burgas, Burgas
72' Ivan Čvorović	1	26	PFC Minyor, Pernik
Yordan Minev 56'	2	31	PFC Ludogorets 1945, Razgrad
56' Ivan Stoyanov	10	28	PFC Ludogorets 1945, Razgrad
Veselin Minev	9	31	Medical Park Antalyaspor, Antalya
Ivan Ivanov 72'	24	24	FK Partizan, Beograd
72' Valentin Iliev	21	31	FC Steaua, Bucureşti
Stanislav Manolev	21	26	PSV, Eindhoven
Nikolay Bodurov 39'	9	25	PFC Litex, Lovech
Vladimir Gadzhev	7	24	PFC Levski, Sofia
Ivelin Popov 78'	30	24	Gaziantepspor, Gaziantep
78' Aleksandar Tonev	3	22	KKS Lech, Poznań
Svetoslav Dyakov 61'	2	27	PFC Ludogorets 1945, Razgrad
Georgi Milanov 85'	3	20	PFC Litex, Lovech
85' Hristo Zlatinski	3	27	PFC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv
Valeri Bozhinov 60'	37	26	US Lecce, Lecce
60' Iliyan Mitsanski	2	26	FSV Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main

Match stats

National team	Players	Average caps	Average age	Clubs	Goals	Cautions	Expulsions
Netherlands	16	51.125	28.093	14	1	3	0
Bulgaria	17	11.647	27.269	14	2	2	0

Comments

db Ukraine - posted 13.07.2012 08:38:14

Netherlands national football team (link:

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vtd Bulgaria - Question posted 16.01.2013 05:38:55

Can anybody find the ass.-referees at that game

db Ukraine - Other notes posted 16.01.2013 12:11:40

26.05.2012, 20.00, Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
NETHERLANDS - BULGARIA (...)

Zsorzsinju Hungary - Other notes posted 16.01.2013 16:24:32

26.05.2012, 20.00, Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
NETHERLANDS - BULGARIA
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (ESP)
Assistant Referees: Victoriano Díaz Casado (ESP), Javier Aguilar Rodríguez (ESP)
4th Official: Bas Nijhuis (NED)

Hendrikus Sebastiaan Hermanus ("Bas") Nijhuis
Born: 12.01.1977

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Zsorzsinju Hungary - Additional information posted 04.07.2014 07:21:41

Bulgaria captain:
Ivelin Popov (c) 1’-78’
Valentin Iliev (c) 78’-90’ (link:

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piero Poland - Additional information posted 21.03.2015 09:02:05

Netherlands team (photo on post by db):
Tim Krul, Joris Mathijsen, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, John Heitinga, Robin van Persie, Mark van Bommel.
Jetro Willems, Gregory van der Wiel, Nigel de Jong, Rafael van der Vaart, Wesley Sneijder.

Netherlands vs Bulgaria post-match head-to-head

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	Points/Match
10	4	2	4	17 - 14	1.000
Netherlands v Bulgaria match-by-match record

Netherlands matches

Previous match:

Friendly International

England vs Netherlands 2-3

London, Wednesday 29 February 2012

Next match:

Friendly International

Netherlands vs Slovakia 2-0

Rotterdam, Wednesday 30 May 2012

Netherlands national football team matches

Bulgaria matches

Previous match:

Friendly International

Hungary vs Bulgaria 1-1

Győr, Wednesday 29 February 2012

Next match:

Friendly International

Bulgaria vs Turkey 0-2

Wals-Siezenheim, Tuesday 29 May 2012

Bulgarian national team results

Netherlands top scorers

1. Patrick Kluivert (1995 - 2003) - 40 goals
2. Dennis Bergkamp (1990 - 1999) - 37 goals
3. Faas Wilkes (1946 - 1961) - 35 goals
4. Ruud van Nistelrooy (1999 - 2011) - 35 goals
... Robin van Persie (2005 - 2012) - 26 goals
... Kick Smit (1934 - 1946) - 26 goals

(correct as of May 26, 2012)

Netherlands highest goalscorers

Bulgaria top scorers

1. Dimitar Berbatov (2000 - 2009) - 48 goals
2. Hristo Bonev (1968 - 1979) - 47 goals
3. Hristo Stoichkov (1988 - 1999) - 37 goals
... Ivelin Popov (2009 - 2012) - 6 goals
... Iliyan Mitsanski (2012) - 1 goal

(correct as of May 26, 2012)

Bulgaria top goalscorers

Brief match report

Sat. 26 May 2012
Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Netherlands 1-2 Bulgaria
Goals: van Persie 45, Popov 49, Mitsanski 90+3

Netherlands: Krul, Heitinga, Mathijsen (Bouma 16), van der Wiel, Willems (Schaars 64), Sneijder, van Bommel (c), van der Vaart (Kuijt 64), de Jong (Strootman 86), van Persie, Huntelaar (Robben 77). Managed by van Marwijk.
Booked: Heitinga 43, van der Vaart 49, Kuijt 79.

Bulgaria: Kolev (Čvorović 72), Yordan Minev (Stoyanov 56), Veselin Minev, Ivanov (Iliev 72), Manolev, Bodurov, Gadzhev, Popov (c) (Tonev 78), Dyakov, Milanov (Zlatinski 85), Bozhinov (Mitsanski 60). Managed by Penev.
Booked: Bodurov 39, Dyakov 61.

Att: 45 000
Ref: Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)