Manager: Plamen Markov
Star Players: Stilian Petrov, Zoran Jankovic, Vladimir Ivanov
Honours: None
Qualification: Winners, Group 8

Group 8 saw one of the tightest battles for qualification. The Bulgarians, despite defeat in their last match, came through on top.

In truth that final match did not matter. Plamen Markov’s side got off to a flying start and had already qualified by the time they travelled to Zagreb to play Croatia.

Bulgaria, in their first Championship Finals since France ’98, have been dealt a difficult hand and a quarter-final spot would be a wonderful achievement for Markov’s side.

European Championship Record

Year

Year

1960: First Round (DNQ)

1984: Did not qualify

1964: Second Round (DNQ)

1988: Did not qualify

1968: Quarter-Finals (DNQ)

1992: Did not qualify

1972: Did not qualify

1996: First Round

1976: Did not qualify

2000: Did not qualify

1980: Did not qualify

2004: Qualified


The Matches

Date

Opponents

Venue

Comp

KO

14 Jun 04

Sweden

Lisbon (José Alvalade)

ECF

0-5

18 Jun 04

Denmark

Braga

ECF

0-2

22 Jun 04

Italy

Guimarães

ECF

1945


The Squad

1 Zdravko ZDRAVKOV
2 Vladimir IVANOV
3 Rosen KIRILOV
4 Ivailo PETKOV
5 Zlatomir ZAGORCIC
6 Kiril KOTEV
7 Daniel BORIMIROV
8 Milen PETKOV
9 Dimitar BERBATOV
10 Velizar DIMITROV
11 Zdravko LAZAROV
12 Stoian KOLEV
13 Georgi PEEV
14 Georgi CHILIKOV
15 Marian HRISTOV
16 Vladimir MANCHEV
17 Martin PETROV
18 Predrag PAZIN
19 Stilian PETROV
20 Valeri BOJINOV
21 Zoran JANKOVIC
22 Ilian STOIANOV
23 Dimitar IVANKOV