Head to head

Bulgaria vs Czechoslovakia

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

25% / 25% / 50%

Bulgaria win / draw / Czechoslovakia win

Bulgaria–Czechoslovakia

1–1 11.7%
0–1 10.8%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.8%
1–0 7.2%

Neutral venue

19% / 23% / 58%

Bulgaria win / draw / Czechoslovakia win

Bulgaria–Czechoslovakia

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.8%
0–2 10.4%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.3%

Czechoslovakia at home

14% / 20% / 66%

Bulgaria win / draw / Czechoslovakia win

Bulgaria–Czechoslovakia

0–2 12.0%
0–1 11.8%
1–2 9.8%
1–1 9.6%
0–3 8.1%

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

	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia
Current Elo	1542	1805
Elo rank	96th	39th
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	1875 (1976)
Matches played	736	520
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	236W 119D 165L
Goals for	1016	984
Goals against	1105	721
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	7–0 vs Serbia · 1925-10-28 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	3–8 vs Hungary · 1937-09-19 · Central European International Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.43
European Championships won	0	1
Expected European Championships	0.05	0.40

When they've met

Meetings

Bulgaria 7W 3D 4L

Goals

16–14

Bulgaria first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 1937-11-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

2–0

Bulgaria won · 1988-03-23 · Friendly

Bulgaria's biggest win

3–0

1955-11-13 · Friendly

Czechoslovakia's biggest win

6–0

1938-04-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

1–0

Bulgaria first · 3 times, last 1963-04-28

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Bulgaria · since 1978-04-23

14 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1988-03-23	2–0	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1983-10-26	2–1	Czechoslovakia home	Friendly
1978-04-23	0–0	Czechoslovakia home	Friendly
1974-04-13	0–1	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1963-04-28	1–0	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1958-10-12	1–0	Czechoslovakia home	Friendly
1955-11-13	3–0	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1953-11-08	0–0	Czechoslovakia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1953-09-06	1–2	Bulgaria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1950-08-27	1–2	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1949-09-04	3–1	Czechoslovakia home	Friendly
1948-08-29	1–0	Bulgaria home	Balkan Cup
1938-04-24	0–6	Czechoslovakia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1937-11-07	1–1	Bulgaria home	FIFA World Cup qualification