Head to head

Albania vs Bulgaria

If they played today

Albania at home

56% / 23% / 21%

Albania win / draw / Bulgaria win

Albania–Bulgaria

1–0 11.2%
1–1 11.1%
2–0 9.9%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

Neutral venue

48% / 25% / 27%

Albania win / draw / Bulgaria win

Albania–Bulgaria

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.4%
0–1 7.6%

Bulgaria at home

40% / 26% / 34%

Albania win / draw / Bulgaria win

Albania–Bulgaria

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.9%
0–1 9.1%
2–1 8.5%
1–2 7.8%

Probabilities come from each team's current Elo rating, so they answer “if they met today” rather than predicting a scheduled fixture. See the methodology for how the model works and where it is weakest.

Elo since debut

Side by side

	Albania	Bulgaria
Current Elo	1676	1542
Elo rank	71st	96th
Peak Elo	1736 (2025)	1861 (1995)
Matches played	398	736
All-time record	110W 84D 204L	262W 188D 286L
Goals for	377	1016
Goals against	589	1105
Biggest win	6–1 vs Cyprus · 2009-08-12 · Friendly	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series
Biggest loss	0–12 vs Hungary · 1950-09-24 · Friendly	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.15
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	<0.01	0.05

When they've met

Meetings

Albania 3W 4D 5L

Goals

10–15

Albania first

First meeting

3–1

Albania won · 1946-10-09 · Balkan Cup

Most recent

2–0

Albania won · 2023-10-17 · Friendly

Albania's biggest win

3–1

1946-10-09 · Balkan Cup

Bulgaria's biggest win

3–0

1995-10-07 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most common result

0–2

Albania first · 3 times, last 2003-04-30

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Albania · since 2007-03-28

12 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-10-17	2–0	Albania home	Friendly
2007-10-17	1–1	Albania home	UEFA Euro qualification
2007-03-28	0–0	Bulgaria home	UEFA Euro qualification
2003-04-30	0–2	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1995-10-07	0–3	Bulgaria home	UEFA Euro qualification
1995-09-06	1–1	Albania home	UEFA Euro qualification
1981-10-14	0–2	Albania home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1980-10-19	1–2	Bulgaria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1950-06-04	2–1	Albania home	Friendly
1949-11-17	0–0	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1947-06-15	0–2	Bulgaria home	Balkan Cup
1946-10-09	3–1	Albania home	Balkan Cup