Head to head · Men's national teams
Bulgaria v Netherlands
Bulgaria and Netherlands have met 12 times since 1959: level at 5 wins each.
5Bulgaria wins
2draws
5Netherlands wins
Goals: Bulgaria 17, Netherlands 20 · 12 meetings
- The first meeting on record was on Wednesday, 13 May 1959: Bulgaria 3–2 Netherlands in Sofia.
- The most recent was on Sunday, 3 September 2017: Netherlands 3–1 Bulgaria (FIFA World Cup qualification).
- Bulgaria's biggest win: Bulgaria 2–0 Netherlands, 1968.
- Netherlands's biggest win: Bulgaria 1–4 Netherlands, 1974.
- 7 of the 12 meetings were competitive matches and 5 were friendlies.
Compare their ratings over time
Every meeting
| 2017 | ||
| 3 Sept | Netherlands 3–1 Bulgaria FIFA World Cup qualification · Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Netherlands |
| 25 Mar | Bulgaria 2–0 Netherlands FIFA World Cup qualification · Sofia, Bulgaria |
Bulgaria |
| 2012 | ||
| 26 May | Netherlands 1–2 Bulgaria Friendly · Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Bulgaria |
| 2007 | ||
| 8 Sept | Netherlands 2–0 Bulgaria UEFA Euro qualification · Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Netherlands |
| 2006 | ||
| 7 Oct | Bulgaria 1–1 Netherlands UEFA Euro qualification · Sofia, Bulgaria |
Draw |
| 1988 | ||
| 24 May | Netherlands 1–2 Bulgaria Friendly · Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Bulgaria |
| 1985 | ||
| 4 Sept | Netherlands 1–0 Bulgaria Friendly · Heerenveen, Netherlands |
Netherlands |
| 1974 | ||
| 23 Jun | Bulgaria 1–4 Netherlands FIFA World Cup · Dortmund, Germany (neutral) |
Netherlands |
| 1969 | ||
| 22 Oct | Netherlands 1–1 Bulgaria FIFA World Cup qualification · Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Draw |
| 1968 | ||
| 27 Oct | Bulgaria 2–0 Netherlands FIFA World Cup qualification · Sofia, Bulgaria |
Bulgaria |
| 1960 | ||
| 3 Apr | Netherlands 4–2 Bulgaria Friendly · Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Netherlands |
| 1959 | ||
| 13 May | Bulgaria 3–2 Netherlands Friendly · Sofia, Bulgaria |
Bulgaria |
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Results from the open archives maintained by Mart Jürisoo (CC0), with recent results and fixtures from API-Football and some venues from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Penalty shoot-outs count as wins. Every source is listed on Sources & thanks.