Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Sunday, 16 November 2025 21:38 / Updated on Sunday, 16 November 2025 21:53
The Bulgarian national team is one of the weakest in Europe, taking into account the course from 2025. Prepared by the coach Aleksandar Dimitrov (49 years old), they did not win any of the 9 matches played in 2025 and have a disastrous goal difference: only one goal scored and 18 conceded.
On Saturday, Bulgaria lost on the field of Turkey, score 0-2, in stage 5 of group E of the World Championship preliminaries.
Hakan Calhanoglu (31 years old) opened the scoring in the 18th minute, after converting a shot from 11 meters. Atanas Chernev's (23-year-old) own goal set the final score in the 83rd minute.
Bulgaria, down! Failures upon failures in 2025
Semi-finalist of the 1994 World Cup is going through an extremely complicated period. It has not been to a World Championship since 1998, just like Romania.
After 5 matches, Bulgaria has no points in group E. They are in last place. He scored only one goal and conceded no less than 18!
The results recorded by Bulgaria in group E of the World Championship preliminaries:
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Bulgaria – Spain 0-3
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Georgia – Bulgaria 3-0
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Bulgaria – Turkey 1-6
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Spain – Bulgaria 4-0
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Turkey – Bulgaria 2-0
He will play the last match in this group on November 18, when he will receive the visit of Georgia.
Since November 2024, since the success against Luxembourg, 1-0, Bulgaria has not known the taste of victory, regardless of whether it was official or friendly matches (8 defeats and two draws).
The national team trained by Dimitrov has achieved only 4 victories in the last 3 years, with Cyprus, Tanzania, Northern Ireland and Luxembourg.
In Nations League Group C they finished 2nd with 9 points behind Northern Ireland. Lost the tie with Ireland.
Ranking from the Bulgaria group
