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All-time head-to-head
Since 1972
Bulgaria
6
wins
draws
2
11 meetings
Northern Ireland
3
wins
Bulgaria have scored 12 goals against Northern Ireland all-time; Northern Ireland have scored 13.
- First meeting
- Bulgaria 3–0 Northern Ireland
- Oct 18, 1972 · FIFA World Cup qualification
- Last meeting
- Bulgaria 0–5 Northern Ireland
- Oct 15, 2024 · UEFA Nations League
- Biggest Bulgaria win
- Bulgaria 3–0 Northern Ireland
- Oct 18, 1972 · FIFA World Cup qualification
- Biggest Northern Ireland win
- Bulgaria 0–5 Northern Ireland
- Oct 15, 2024 · UEFA Nations League
By competition
| Competition | P | BUL W | D | NIR W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| UEFA Euro qualification | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| UEFA Nations League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Friendly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
All meetings
11 matches, newest first, with goalscorers where recorded.
- L0–5AUEFA Nations LeagueUEFA Nations League
Bulgaria: —
Northern Ireland: Isaac Price 15', Isaac Price 29', Dimitar Mitov 32' (OG), Isaac Price 81', Josh Magennis 89'
- W1–0HUEFA Nations LeagueUEFA Nations League
Bulgaria: Kiril Despodov 40'
Northern Ireland: —
- W2–1HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Bulgaria: Todor Nedelev 53', Todor Nedelev 63'
Northern Ireland: Conor Washington 37'
- D0–0AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
- W1–0AFriendlyFriendly
- W1–0AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Bulgaria: Georgi Ivanov 52'
Northern Ireland: —
- W4–3HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Bulgaria: Krasimir Balakov 7' (pen.), Martin Petrov 17', Krassimir Chomakov 72', Martin Petrov 78'
Northern Ireland: Mark Williams 15', Stuart Elliott 84', David Healy 90' (pen.)
- L0–2AUEFA Euro qualificationUEFA Euro qualification
Bulgaria: —
Northern Ireland: Chris Nicholl 16', Gerry Armstrong 30'
- L0–2HUEFA Euro qualificationUEFA Euro qualification
Bulgaria: —
Northern Ireland: Gerry Armstrong 17', Billy Caskey 83'
- D0–0NFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
- W3–0HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Bulgaria: Hristo Bonev 18' (pen.), Bozhil Kolev 53', Hristo Bonev 85' (pen.)
Northern Ireland: —
Source: martj42/international_results — international matches from 1872 to today (MIT-licensed open dataset). Predecessor teams follow FIFA attribution (Yugoslavia → Serbia, Czechoslovakia → Czechia).
