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Head to head

Bulgaria vs German DR

If they played today

Bulgaria at home
30% / 26% / 44%
Bulgaria win / draw / German DR win
Bulgaria–German DR
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 0–1 10.4%
  • 1–2 9.0%
  • 1–0 8.3%
  • 0–2 7.7%
Neutral venue
24% / 24% / 52%
Bulgaria win / draw / German DR win
Bulgaria–German DR
  • 1–1 11.5%
  • 0–1 11.0%
  • 1–2 9.7%
  • 0–2 9.2%
  • 1–0 6.8%
German DR at home
18% / 22% / 60%
Bulgaria win / draw / German DR win
Bulgaria–German DR
  • 0–1 11.5%
  • 0–2 10.8%
  • 1–1 10.5%
  • 1–2 9.9%
  • 0–3 6.8%

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

 BulgariaGerman DR
Current Elo15421732
Elo rank96th55th
Peak Elo1861 (1995)1895 (1974)
Matches played736298
All-time record262W 188D 286L140W 66D 92L
Goals for1016506
Goals against1105361
Biggest win10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series12–1 vs Sri Lanka · 1964-01-12 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly0–5 vs Hungary · 1952-05-18 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.150.06
European Championships won00
Expected European Championships0.050.00

When they've met

Meetings
19
Bulgaria 6W 8D 5L
Goals
23–24
Bulgaria first
First meeting
0–0
Drawn · 1953-06-14 · Friendly
Most recent
1–1
Drawn · 1989-08-23 · Friendly
Bulgaria's biggest win
3–1
1956-10-14 · Friendly
German DR's biggest win
4–0
1976-10-27 · Friendly
Most common result
1–1
Bulgaria first · 4 times, last 1989-08-23
Current run
Unbeaten in 4
German DR · since 1985-11-16
19 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
1989-08-231–1German DR homeFriendly
1988-04-131–1Bulgaria homeFriendly
1986-02-091–2NeutralFriendly
1985-11-161–2German DR homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1985-04-061–0Bulgaria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1983-04-130–3German DR homeFriendly
1982-09-222–2Bulgaria homeFriendly
1979-02-281–0Bulgaria homeFriendly
1978-08-302–2German DR homeFriendly
1976-10-270–4Bulgaria homeFriendly
1975-03-260–0German DR homeFriendly
1965-09-043–2Bulgaria homeFriendly
1963-09-041–1German DR homeFriendly
1960-07-102–0Bulgaria homeFriendly
1958-10-051–1German DR homeFriendly
1956-10-143–1Bulgaria homeFriendly
1955-11-200–1German DR homeFriendly
1954-10-243–1Bulgaria homeFriendly
1953-06-140–0German DR homeFriendly