2006 FIFA World Cup Germany ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Bulgaria - Malta
4:1 (1:1)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 13 October 2004 | Sofia / Vasilij Levski | 18:00 | 16800 |
- Michael MIFSUD (MLT) 11',
- Dimitar BERBATOV (BUL) 43',
- Hristo YANEV (BUL) 47',
- Dimitar BERBATOV (BUL) 55',
- Chavdar YANKOV (BUL) 88'
Goals scored
Bulgaria
- Dimitar IVANKOV (GK)
- Ivaylo PETKOV
- Hristo YANEV (-72')
- Chavdar YANKOV
- Dimitar BERBATOV
- Vladimir MANCHEV (-65')
- Blagoy GEORGIEV
- Martin PETROV
- Stilian PETROV
- Valeri BOZHINOV (-67')
- Ilian STOYANOV
Line-up
- Zdravko ZDRAVKOV (GK)
- Rosen KIRILOV (+72')
- Dimitar TELKIYSKI
- Stdyko SAKALIEV (+67')
- Martin KAMBUROV
- Emil GARGOROV (+65')
- Elin TOPUZAKOV
Substitute(s)
Coach
Hristo STOICHKOV (BUL)Malta
- Justin HABER (GK)
- Ian CIANTAR
- Ian AZZOPARDI
- Roderick BRIFFA (-45')
- Brian SAID
- Luke DIMECH
- Gilbert AGIUS
- Stefan GIGLIO
- Michael MIFSUD
- Ivan WOODS (-75')
- Claude MATTOCKS (-80')
Line-up
- Saviour DARMANIN
- Peter PULLICINO (+75')
- Steve WELLMAN
- George MALLIA
- Adrian PULIS
- Andrew COHEN (+80')
- Antoine ZAHRA (+45')(+57')(-57')
Substitute(s)
Coach
Horst HEESE (GER)- Stilian PETROV (BUL) 52'
- , Ivan WOODS (MLT) 66'
- , Martin PETROV (BUL) 85'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Ceri RICHARDS (WAL) | Assistant Referee 1 Lee EVANS (WAL) |
Fourth Official Brian LAWLOR (WAL) | Assistant Referee 2 Darren ADIE (WAL) |
| 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 |