Head to head

Bulgaria vs South Korea

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

23% / 24% / 53%

Bulgaria win / draw / South Korea win

Bulgaria–South Korea

1–1 11.4%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.4%
1–0 6.7%

Neutral venue

17% / 22% / 61%

Bulgaria win / draw / South Korea win

Bulgaria–South Korea

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.0%
1–1 10.4%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.0%

South Korea at home

12% / 19% / 68%

Bulgaria win / draw / South Korea win

Bulgaria–South Korea

0–2 12.5%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.6%
1–1 9.2%
0–3 8.8%

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

	Bulgaria	South Korea
Current Elo	1542	1842
Elo rank	96th	33rd
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	1940 (1980)
Matches played	736	1010
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	539W 252D 219L
Goals for	1016	1794
Goals against	1105	917
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	16–0 vs Nepal · 2003-09-29 · AFC Asian Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	0–9 vs Hungary · 1954-06-17 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.19

When they've met

Meetings

Bulgaria 1W 1D 0L

Goals

2–1

Bulgaria first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 1986-06-05 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

1–0

Bulgaria won · 2003-11-18 · Friendly

Bulgaria's biggest win

1–0

2003-11-18 · Friendly

South Korea's biggest win

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Never beaten Bulgaria

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Bulgaria · since 1986-06-05

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2003-11-18	1–0	South Korea home	Friendly
1986-06-05	1–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup