2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Northern Ireland - Bulgaria
0:1 (0:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 02 June 2001 | Belfast / Windsor Park | 15:00 | 7609 |
- Georgi IVANOV (BUL) 54'
Goals scored
Northern Ireland
- Maik TAYLOR (GK)
- Ian NOLAN (-85')
- Aaron HUGHES
- Daniel GRIFFIN
- Colin MURDOCK
- Damien JOHNSON
- Keith GILLESPIE
- Neil LENNON (-80')
- David HEALY
- Michael HUGHES
- Stuart ELLIOTT (-80')
Line-up
- Roy CARROLL
- Philip MULRYNE (+80')
- Glenn FERGUSON (+80')
- James QUINN (+85')
- Peter KENNEDY
- George McCARTNEY
Substitute(s)
Coach
Sam McILROY (NIR)Bulgaria
- Zdravko ZDRAVKOV (GK)
- Radostin KISHISHEV (-23')
- Georgi MARKOV
- Krassimir CHOMAKOV
- Biser IVANOV
- Marian HRISTOV (-87')
- Milen PETKOV
- Georgi IVANOV
- Krassimir BALAKOV
- Martin PETROV (-78')
- Predrag PAZIN
Line-up
- Rosen KIRILOV (+78')
- Dimitar BERBATOV
- Georgi PEYEV (+23')
- Stilian PETROV
- Stoicho STOILOV (+87')
- Svetoslav TODOROV
- Dimitar IVANKOV
Substitute(s)
Coach
Stoicho MLADENOV (BUL)- Marian HRISTOV (BUL) 6'
- , Neil LENNON (NIR) 35'
- , Milen PETKOV (BUL) 74'
- , Keith GILLESPIE (NIR) 90'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Massimo BUSACCA (SUI) | Assistant Referee 1 Renato SALZGEBER (SUI) |
Fourth Official Markus NOBS (SUI) | Assistant Referee 2 Rudolf KAEPPELI (SUI) |
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Misses next match if booked | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| DF: | Defender | MF: | Midfielder | MinP: | minutesPlayed |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK (PG/PS): | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Red Cards |
| FW: | Forward | SOG/S: | Shots on Target | Y: 2YC: | Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card |