Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Bulgaria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0% |
| Without them | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| Alessandro Altobelli | Italy | 1 |
| Antonio Cabrini | Italy | 1 |
| Antonio Di Gennaro | Italy | 1 |
| Bruno Conti | Italy | 1 |
| Bum-kun Cha | South Korea | 1 |
| Byung-joo Byun | South Korea | 1 |
| Carlos de los Cobos | Mexico | 1 |
| Carlos Muñoz | Mexico | 1 |
| Chang-sun Park | South Korea | 1 |
| Felix Cruz | Mexico | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 25 Sep 1985 | v Luxembourg | 3–1 | 26′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1985 |
| 13 May 1981 | v Finland | 4–0 | 55′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
| 4 Jun 1980 | v Finland | 2–0 | 81′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1980 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 15 Jun 1986 | v Mexico | 0–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Round of 16 |
| 5 Jun 1986 | v South Korea | 1–1 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 31 May 1986 | v Italy | 1–1 | came on 65′ | 25 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 25 Sep 1985 | v Luxembourg | 3–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1985 |
| 13 May 1981 | v Finland | 4–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
| 4 Jun 1980 | v Finland | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1980 |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.