2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Malta - Bulgaria
0:2 (0:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 01 September 2001 | Ta'Qali / Ta'Qali National Stadium | 20:00 | 409 |
- Dimitar BERBATOV (BUL) 74',
- Dimitar BERBATOV (BUL) 80'
Goals scored
Malta
- Mario MUSCAT (GK)
- Daniel THEUMA
- David CARABOTT
- Michael SPITERI
- Darren DEBONO
- Brian SAID
- Gilbert AGIUS (-36')
- Stefan GIGLIO (-67')
- Michael MIFSUD
- Noel TURNER
- Chucks NWOKO (-87')
Line-up
- Saviour DARMANIN
- Ian CIANTAR (+67')
- Luke DIMECH
- Jeffrey CHETCUTI
- Antoine ZAHRA (+36')
- Malcolm LICARI (+87')
- Hubert SUDA
Substitute(s)
Coach
Sigi HELD (GER)Bulgaria
- Zdravko ZDRAVKOV (GK)
- Georgi MARKOV
- Krassimir CHOMAKOV (-55')
- Biser IVANOV
- Stilian PETROV
- Alexandar ALEXANDROV (-69')
- Milen PETKOV
- Georgi IVANOV
- Dimitar BERBATOV
- Georgi PEYEV
- Predrag PAZIN
Line-up
- Alexander TOMASH
- Krassimir BALAKOV (+55')(-83')
- Svetoslav PETROV
- Todor YANCHEV (+69')
- Stoicho STOILOV (+83')
- Vladimir MANCHEV
- Dimitar IVANKOV
Substitute(s)
Coach
Stoicho MLADENOV (BUL)- Daniel THEUMA (MLT) 6'
- , Alexandar ALEXANDROV (BUL) 27'
- , Georgi MARKOV (BUL) 39'
- , Daniel THEUMA (MLT) 75'
Cautions
- Daniel THEUMA (MLT) 75'
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Hartmut STRAMPE (GER) | Assistant Referee 1 Frank SCHUMACHER (GER) |
Fourth Official Lutz FROEHLICH (GER) | Assistant Referee 2 Soenke GLINDEMANN (GER) |
| 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: | Minutes played |
| 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 |