Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| Chang-sun Park | South Korea | 1 |
| Claudio Borghi | Argentina | 1 |
| Diego Maradona | Argentina | 1 |
| Fernando De Napoli | Italy | 1 |
| Albania | 1 | 1 |
| German DR | 1 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1 |
| Norway | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 6 Apr 1985 | v German DR | 1–0 | 87′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1985 |
| 5 Dec 1984 | v Luxembourg | 4–0 | 65′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1984 |
| 7 Sep 1983 | v Norway | 2–1 | 11′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | UEFA Euro qualification 1983 |
| 14 Oct 1981 | v Albania | 2–0 | 84′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 10 Jun 1986 | v Argentina | 0–2 | started, off 52′ | 52 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 5 Jun 1986 | v South Korea | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 31 May 1986 | v Italy | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 6 Apr 1985 | v German DR | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1985 |
| 5 Dec 1984 | v Luxembourg | 4–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1984 |
| 7 Sep 1983 | v Norway | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1983 |
| 14 Oct 1981 | v Albania | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
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.