Bulgaria 4–0 Greece: 1994 World Cup match
Bulgaria4–0Full time
Greece
Match in one glance
BulgariaGreeceGoalCard
Bulgaria
Greece
0′HTFT
First half0′–45′Second half45′–90′
Score progression
4Bulgaria0Greece
Hristo Stoichkov opened the scoring at 5′.
Team comparison
BulgariaGreece
4Goals0
4Bookings4
2Substitutes used2
Shots, possession and xG are not available in this match’s source.
Goalscorers
- 1HSHristo StoichkovBulgaria · 5′, 55′2goals
- 2YLYordan LetchkovBulgaria · 65′1goal
- 3DBDaniel BorimirovBulgaria · 90′1goal
Decisive moments
4 eventsPath through 1994
Full tournamentMatch details
Verified record- Round
- Group Matches, Group D
- Stage
- Group stage
- Date
- 1994-06-26
- Venue
- Soldier Field, Chicago
- Result
- 4–0
- Coverage
- Score, result and scorers; lineup-derived records available
Scorers
Bulgaria / GreeceBulgaria
Hristo Stoichkov (penalty)5′
Hristo Stoichkov (penalty)55′
Yordan Letchkov65′
Daniel Borimirov90′
Greece
No goals
Complete match timeline
BulgariaGreeceGoalCardSubstitution
Bulgaria
Greece
0′HTFT
First half0′–45′Second half45′–90′
Event feed
16 eventsKey phases
Goals in each periodFirst half
0′–45′1 – 0H. Stoichkov 5′
Second half
45′–90′3 – 0H. Stoichkov 55′ · Y. Letchkov 65′ · D. Borimirov 90′
Event records: © Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0. Grouped and formatted for this timeline.
Bulgaria
Reported rolesBM
1Borislav MihaylovEK
2Emil KremenlievTI
3Trifon IvanovTT
4Tsanko TsvetanovPH
5Petar HubchevZY
6Zlatko YankovYL
9Yordan LetchkovNS
10Nasko SirakovKB
20Krasimir BalakovEK
7Emil KostadinovHS
8Hristo StoichkovReported starting roles · not tracking positions
Substitutes used
- 11DBDaniel Borimirov82′
- 16IKIliyan Kiryakov77′
Match contributions
- Trifon Ivanov▰ 26′
- Petar Hubchev▰ 17′
- Zlatko Yankov▰ 33′
- Hristo Stoichkov⚽ 2
- Yordan Letchkov⚽ 1
- Daniel Borimirov⚽ 1▰ 84′
Full starting XI and recorded positions
- 1BMBorislav MihaylovGoalkeeper
- 2EKEmil KremenlievDefender
- 3TITrifon IvanovDefender
- 4TTTsanko TsvetanovDefender
- 5PHPetar HubchevDefender
- 6ZYZlatko YankovMidfielder
- 7EKEmil KostadinovForward
- 8HSHristo StoichkovForward
- 9YLYordan LetchkovMidfielder
- 10NSNasko SirakovMidfielder
- 20KBKrasimir BalakovMidfielder
Greece
Reported rolesEA
20Elias AtmatsidisSA
2Stratos ApostolakisIK
5Ioannis KalitzakisVK
13Vaios KaragiannisKK
18Kyriakos KarataidisNN
8Nikos NiopliasSM
12Spiros MarangosMH
17Minas HantzidisSK
19Savvas KofidisNM
9Nikos MachlasAA
16Alexis AlexoudisReported starting roles · not tracking positions
Substitutes used
- 10TMTasos Mitropoulos46′
- 14VDVasilis Dimitriadis58′
Match contributions
- Vaios Karagiannis▰ 70′
- Alexis Alexoudis▰ 6′
- Minas Hantzidis▰ 42′
- Tasos Mitropoulos▰ 59′
Full starting XI and recorded positions
- 2SAStratos ApostolakisDefender
- 5IKIoannis KalitzakisDefender
- 8NNNikos NiopliasMidfielder
- 9NMNikos MachlasForward
- 12SMSpiros MarangosMidfielder
- 13VKVaios KaragiannisDefender
- 16AAAlexis AlexoudisForward
- 17MHMinas HantzidisMidfielder
- 18KKKyriakos KarataidisDefender
- 19SKSavvas KofidisMidfielder
- 20EAElias AtmatsidisGoalkeeper
Portraits may show a later team kit. Starting positions are schematic; unused substitutes are not included. © 2023 Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0. Names and match IDs adapted.
Score progression
4Bulgaria0Greece
Hristo Stoichkov opened the scoring at 5′.
Team comparison
BulgariaGreece
4Goals0
4Bookings4
2Substitutes used2
Shots, possession and xG are not available in this match’s source.
Goalscorers
- 1HSHristo StoichkovBulgaria · 5′, 55′2goals
- 2YLYordan LetchkovBulgaria · 65′1goal
- 3DBDaniel BorimirovBulgaria · 90′1goal
Available match data
Goals, bookings, substitutions and starting roles are recorded. This match does not have shot locations, xG, possession or passing data in the loaded sources.
Decisive moments
4 eventsPath through 1994
Full tournamentMatch details
Verified record- Round
- Group Matches, Group D
- Stage
- Group stage
- Date
- 1994-06-26
- Venue
- Soldier Field, Chicago
- Result
- 4–0
- Coverage
- Score, result and scorers; lineup-derived records available
Scorers
Bulgaria / GreeceBulgaria
Hristo Stoichkov (penalty)5′
Hristo Stoichkov (penalty)55′
Yordan Letchkov65′
Daniel Borimirov90′
Greece
No goals
Source: OpenFootball at the pinned revision. Missing assists and minute-level events are not estimated. Starting lineups, used substitutes and event records come from the Fjelstul World Cup Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), credited alongside each panel.