Head to head

Bulgaria vs North Korea

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

49% / 25% / 26%

Bulgaria win / draw / North Korea win

Bulgaria–North Korea

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.6%
0–1 7.4%

Neutral venue

41% / 26% / 33%

Bulgaria win / draw / North Korea win

Bulgaria–North Korea

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 8.9%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 7.7%

North Korea at home

33% / 26% / 41%

Bulgaria win / draw / North Korea win

Bulgaria–North Korea

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–0 8.8%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.6%

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	North Korea
Current Elo	1542	1494
Elo rank	96th	114th
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	1779 (1980)
Matches played	736	390
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	162W 106D 122L
Goals for	1016	628
Goals against	1105	435
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.03

When they've met

Meetings

Bulgaria 3W 0D 0L

Goals

12–1

Bulgaria first

First meeting

6–1

Bulgaria won · 1974-05-25 · Friendly

Most recent

3–0

Bulgaria won · 1986-04-30 · Friendly

Bulgaria's biggest win

6–1

1974-05-25 · Friendly

North Korea's biggest win

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Never beaten Bulgaria

Most common result

3–0

Bulgaria first · twice, last 1986-04-30

Current run

Won last 3

Bulgaria · since 1974-05-25

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1986-04-30	3–0	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1976-05-05	3–0	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1974-05-25	6–1	Bulgaria home	Friendly