Head to head

Bulgaria vs Japan

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

16% / 21% / 63%

Bulgaria win / draw / Japan win

Bulgaria–Japan

0–1 11.7%
0–2 11.5%
1–1 10.0%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.5%

Neutral venue

11% / 18% / 70%

Bulgaria win / draw / Japan win

Bulgaria–Japan

0–2 13.0%
0–1 12.0%
1–2 9.4%
0–3 9.4%
1–1 8.7%

Japan at home

8% / 15% / 77%

Bulgaria win / draw / Japan win

Bulgaria–Japan

0–2 14.5%
0–1 12.3%
0–3 11.4%
1–2 8.6%
1–1 7.3%

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	Japan
Current Elo	1542	1973
Elo rank	96th	15th
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	736	794
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	1016	1451
Goals against	1105	915
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.16

When they've met

Meetings

Bulgaria 4W 1D 1L

Goals

13–10

Bulgaria first

First meeting

3–1

Bulgaria won · 1976-01-25 · Friendly

Most recent

2–7

Japan won · 2016-06-03 · Kirin Cup

Bulgaria's biggest win

3–0

1976-02-01 · Friendly

Japan's biggest win

7–2

2016-06-03 · Kirin Cup

Current run

Won the last meeting

Japan · since 2016-06-03

6 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2016-06-03	2–7	Japan home	Kirin Cup
2013-05-30	2–0	Japan home	Kirin Challenge Cup
2006-05-09	2–1	Japan home	Kirin Cup
1976-02-01	3–0	Japan home	Friendly
1976-01-28	1–1	Japan home	Friendly
1976-01-25	3–1	Japan home	Friendly