Bulgaria v Northern Ireland, 29 November 1978
| Score | 2-0 to Northern Ireland |
| Referee | Hilmi Ok |
| Competition | UEFA European Championship Group 1 |
| Venue | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia |
| Attendance | 30,000 |
View Bulgaria v Northern Ireland head to head
Kick-off: 5:00pm local (4:00pm GMT)
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Bulgaria
Manager: Tsvetan Ilchev
Goals:
Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Rumencho Goranov
Defender
Georgi Dimitrov
Defender
Nikolai Grancharov
Defender
Roman Karakolev
Defender
Petar Stankov
Midfielder
Borislav Sredkov
Midfielder
Angel Stankov
Forward
Rusi Gochev
Forward
Stoicho Mladenov
Forward
Pavel Panov
(captain)
Forward
Georgi Slavkov
Substitutions:
| Chavdar Tzvetkov for Angel Stankov | 46 |
| Spas Dzhevizov for Stoicho Mladenov | 66 |
2
Northern Ireland
Manager: Danny Blanchflower
Goals:
| Gerry Armstrong | 17 |
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| Billy Caskey | 83 |
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Starting lineup:
Pat Jennings
Goalkeeper
Sammy Nelson
Defender
Chris Nicholl
Defender
Jimmy Nicholl
Defender
Bryan Hamilton
Midfielder
David McCreery
Midfielder
Sammy McIlroy
Midfielder
Martin O'Neill
Midfielder
Gerry Armstrong
Forward
Billy Caskey
Forward
Terry Cochrane
Forward
Substitutions:
| Chris McGrath for Terry Cochrane | 54 |
| Vic Moreland for Sammy McIlroy | 86 |