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As of 2020, Bulgaria have qualified for two UEFA European Championships, in 1996 and 2004. However, they did not survive the first round at any occasion. While Bulgaria achieved a win (and a draw) at the 1996 tournament, they lost all their matches in the 2004 edition.

Euro 1996

v t e Bulgaria squad – UEFA Euro 1996
1 Mihaylov (c) 2 Kishishev 3 Ivanov 4 Kiryakov 5 Hubchev 6 Yankov 7 Kostadinov 8 Stoichkov 9 L. Penev 10 Balakov 11 Letchkov 12 Popov 13 Genchev 14 Sirakov 15 Yordanov 16 Borimirov 17 Kremenliev 18 Tsvetanov 19 Ginchev 20 Donkov 21 Georgiev 22 Zdravkov Coach: D. Penev

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Spain	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Spain	1–1	Bulgaria
Alfonso 74'	Report	Stoichkov 65' (pen.)

Bulgaria	1–0	Romania
Stoichkov 3'	Report

France	3–1	Bulgaria
Blanc 21' Penev 63' (o.g.) Loko 90'	Report	Stoichkov 69'

Euro 2004

v t e Bulgaria squad – UEFA Euro 2004
1 Zdravkov 2 Ivanov 3 Kirilov 4 I. Petkov 5 Zagorčić 6 Kotev 7 Borimirov 8 M. Petkov 9 Berbatov 10 Dimitrov 11 Lazarov 12 Kolev 13 Peev 14 Chilikov 15 Hristov 16 Manchev 17 M. Petrov 18 Pažin 19 S. Petrov (c) 20 Bojinov 21 Janković 22 Stoyanov 23 Ivankov Coach: Markov

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	1	2	0	8	3	+5	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Denmark	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Italy	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
4	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

1. ^ Tied on head-to-head points (2) and goal difference (0). Head-to-head goals for: Sweden 3, Denmark 2, Italy 1.

Sweden	5–0	Bulgaria
Ljungberg 32' Larsson 57', 58' Ibrahimović 78' (pen.) Allbäck 90+1'	Report

Bulgaria	0–2	Denmark
	Report	Tomasson 44' Grønkjær 90+2'

Italy	2–1	Bulgaria
Perrotta 48' Cassano 90+4'	Report	M. Petrov 45' (pen.)

Overall record

UEFA European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not qualify
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996	Group stage	11th	3	1	1	1	3	4
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	1	9
2008	Did not qualify
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028	To be determined
2032
Total	Group stage	2/17	6	1	1	4	4	13

See also

• Bulgaria at the FIFA World Cup

Notes

1. Gallagher suffered an injury in the 28th minute and was replaced by fourth official Paul Durkin (England).

References

1. Burkert, Sturmius; Sivritepe, Erdinç (7 July 2004). "European Championship 2004". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

• Bulgaria at the UEFA European Championship
• Countries at the UEFA European Championship