Bulgaria national football team statistics and records: oldest players

Competitions:

Oldest Bulgaria players

Bulgaria's oldest players, and their age in years and days on the occasion of their most recent appearance, starting or coming on as a substitute.

For each player age is given in days, and in years and days, from their date of birth.

Player Age (Y:d) Age (days) Match
Petko Petkov 43:20 15726 23 Aug 1989
	
v East Germany
Georgi Petkov 42:249 15590 19 Nov 2018
	
v Slovenia
Georgi Iliev 37:277 13792 10 Jun 2019
	
v Kosovo
Hristo Hristov 37:183 13698 28 May 1981
	
v Austria
Hristo Ivanov 37:156 13671 10 Sep 2019
	
v Republic of Ireland
Krasimir Balakov 37:31 13546 30 Apr 2003
	
v Albania
Stoyan Kolev 36:285 13434 14 Nov 2012
	
v Ukraine
Manol Manolov 36:82 13231 29 Oct 1961
	
v Finland
Ivan Kolev 35:261 13045 20 Jul 1966
	
v Hungary
Dinko Dermendjiev 35:235 13019 23 Jan 1977
	
v Brazil
Ilian Stoyanov 35:207 12991 15 Aug 2012
	
v Cyprus
Petar Zanev 35:164 12948 31 Mar 2021
	
v Northern Ireland
Borislav Mihailov 35:113 12897 05 Jun 1998
	
v Algeria
Marcelinho 35:84 12868 17 Nov 2019
	
v Czech Republic
Daniel Borimirov 35:74 12858 30 Mar 2005
	
v Hungary
Radostin Kishishev 35:41 12825 09 Sep 2009
	
v Italy
Zdravkov Lazarov 35:34 12818 26 Mar 2011
	
v Switzerland
Ivan Dimitrov 35:28 12812 11 Jun 1970
	
v Morocco
Yordan Minev 34:363 12782 13 Oct 2015
	
v Azerbaijan
Veselin Minev 34:326 12745 06 Sep 2015
	
v Italy
Georgi Iordanov 34:275 12694 22 Apr 1998
	
v Morocco
Georgi Naydenov 34:207 12626 16 Jul 1966
	
v Portugal
Zdravko Zdravkov 34:128 12547 09 Feb 2005
	
v Serbia and Montenegro
Dimitar Ivankov 34:124 12543 03 Mar 2010
	
v Poland
Spas Delev 34:54 12473 16 Nov 2023
	
v Hungary
Nasko Sirakov 34:48 12467 13 Jun 1996
	
v Romania
Georgi Sarmov 34:36 12455 14 Oct 2019
	
v England
Martin Kushev 34:17 12436 12 Sep 2007
	
v Luxembourg
Nikolay Mihaylov 33:348 12402 12 Jun 2022
	
v Georgia
Andrei Zhelyazkov 33:335 12389 10 Jun 1986
	
v Argentina
Vasil Bozhikov 33:296 12350 26 Mar 2022
	
v Qatar
Dimitar Rangelov 33:240 12294 07 Oct 2016
	
v France
Georgi Dimitrov 33:224 12278 26 Aug 1992
	
v Turkey
Rosen Kirilov 33:222 12276 15 Aug 2006
	
v Wales
Marian Hristov 33:201 12255 07 Feb 2007
	
v Cyprus
Georgi Kostadinov 33:199 12253 25 Mar 2024
	
v Azerbaijan
Hristo Stoichkov 33:120 12174 09 Jun 1999
	
v England
Atanas Mihailov 33:114 12168 27 Oct 1982
	
v Norway
Nikolay Bodurov 33:99 12153 07 Sep 2019
	
v England
Emil Gargorov 33:96 12150 23 May 2014
	
v Canada
Zlatko Yankov 33:88 12142 04 Sep 1999
	
v Sweden
Georgi Markov 33:65 12119 26 Mar 2005
	
v Sweden
Zhivko Atanasov 33:50 12104 25 Mar 2024
	
v Azerbaijan
Zoran Janković 33:47 12101 28 Mar 2007
	
v Albania
Stanimir Stoilov 33:44 12098 29 Mar 2000
	
v Belarus
Dimitar Iliev 33:13 12067 09 Oct 2021
	
v Lithuania
Svetoslav Dyakov 33:8 12062 09 Jun 2017
	
v Belarus
Zlatomir Zagorčić 33:7 12061 22 Jun 2004
	
v Italy
Kiril Ivkov 32:350 12038 06 Jun 1979
	
v England
Stanislav Angelov 32:348 12036 26 Mar 2011
	
v Switzerland
Ivan Zafirov 32:339 12027 03 Dec 1980
	
v Germany
Trifon Ivanov 32:332 12020 24 Jun 1998
	
v Spain
Plamen Nikolov 32:330 12018 16 Jul 1994
	
v Sweden
Georgi Georgiev 32:328 12016 05 Sep 2021
	
v Lithuania
Ivailo Petkov 32:324 12012 11 Feb 2009
	
v Switzerland
Zakhari Sirakov 32:307 11995 11 Aug 2010
	
v Russia
Martin Petrov 32:234 11922 06 Sep 2011
	
v Switzerland
Galin Ivanov 32:217 11905 18 Nov 2020
	
v Republic of Ireland
Vladimir Ivanov 32:213 11901 07 Sep 2005
	
v Iceland
Nikolai Arabov 32:213 11901 15 Jun 1986
	
v Mexico
Andrey Galabinov 32:204 11892 05 Jun 2021
	
v Russia
Marquinhos 32:200 11888 16 Nov 2014
	
v Malta
Petar Hubchev 32:188 11876 01 Sep 1996
	
v Israel
Igor Tomasic 32:174 11862 06 Jun 2009
	
v Republic of Ireland
Ivan Karadzhov 32:126 11814 15 Nov 2021
	
v Switzerland
Dimitar Telkiyski 32:123 11811 05 Sep 2009
	
v Montenegro
Lucio Wagner 32:118 11806 11 Oct 2008
	
v Italy
Ivailo Yordanov 32:116 11804 16 Aug 2000
	
v Belgium
Zaprian Rakov 32:114 11802 28 Apr 1994
	
v Kuwait
Daniel Mladenov 32:108 11796 10 Sep 2019
	
v Republic of Ireland
Stanislav Manolev 32:100 11788 26 Mar 2018
	
v Kazakhstan
Stilian Petrov 32:98 11786 11 Oct 2011
	
v Wales
Ilian Iliev 32:97 11785 07 Oct 2000
	
v Malta
Cicinho 32:92 11780 28 Mar 2021
	
v Italy
Zhivko Milanov 32:84 11772 07 Oct 2016
	
v France
Hristo Bonev 32:81 11769 25 Apr 1979
	
v Argentina
Daniel Dimov 32:66 11754 28 Mar 2021
	
v Italy
Valentin Iliev 32:59 11747 14 Nov 2012
	
v Ukraine
Stoicho Mladenov 32:35 11723 17 May 1989
	
v Romania
Ivelin Popov 32:22 11710 17 Nov 2019
	
v Czech Republic
Elin Topuzakov 32:6 11694 11 Feb 2009
	
v Switzerland
Stefan Abadzhiev 31:346 11669 14 Jun 1966
	
v Italy
Bontcho Genchev 31:341 11664 13 Jun 1996
	
v Romania
Nikolay Dimitrov 31:330 11653 10 Sep 2019
	
v Republic of Ireland
Ivan Bandalovski 31:327 11650 16 Oct 2018
	
v Norway
Spiro Debarski 31:323 11646 27 Oct 1965
	
v Belgium
Wanderson 31:319 11642 17 Nov 2019
	
v Czech Republic
Krasimir Bezinski 31:303 11626 28 Apr 1993
	
v Finland
Luboslav Penev 31:297 11620 24 Jun 1998
	
v Spain
Apostol Popov 31:295 11618 13 Oct 2014
	
v Norway
Todor Diev 31:272 11595 27 Oct 1965
	
v Belgium
Aleksandar Markov 31:268 11591 12 May 1993
	
v Israel
Todor Yanchev 31:262 11585 06 Feb 2008
	
v Northern Ireland
Radoslav Zdravkov 31:257 11580 13 Apr 1988
	
v East Germany
Aleksandar Shalamanov 31:226 11549 18 Apr 1973
	
v Turkey
Doncho Donev 31:225 11548 06 Sep 1998
	
v Poland
Dimitar Yakimov 31:221 11544 18 Feb 1973
	
v Australia
Georgi Peev 31:211 11534 08 Oct 2010
	
v Wales
Dobromir Zhechev 31:201 11524 01 Jun 1974
	
v England
Stefan Aladzhov 31:189 11512 25 Apr 1979
	
v Argentina