Head to head
Bulgaria v Italy
- Played
- 21
- Bulgaria wins
- 2
- Draws
- 8
- Italy wins
- 11
- Bulgaria goals
- 17
- Italy goals
- 36
Biggest wins
- Bulgaria: Bulgaria 3–2 Italy, 6 Apr 1968
- Italy: Italy 6–1 Bulgaria, 14 Jun 1966
Runs
- Italy wins in a row: 2 (20 Sept 1978 to 23 Sept 1981)
- Bulgaria unbeaten: 3 (24 May 1969 to 29 Dec 1974)
- Italy unbeaten: 10 (13 Jul 1994 to 2 Sept 2021)
- Draws in a row: 3 (24 May 1969 to 29 Dec 1974)
Scorers in these meetings
- Dani Osvaldo (Italy)2
- Pierino Prati (Italy)2
- Roberto Baggio (Italy)2
- Alberto Gilardino (Italy)1
- Alessandro Altobelli (Italy)1
- Andrea Belotti (Italy)1
- Angelo Domenghini (Italy)1
- Antonio Cassano (Italy)1
- Atanas Iliev (Bulgaria)1
- Daniele De Rossi (Italy)1
- Dinko Dermendzhiev (Bulgaria)1
- Fabio Grosso (Italy)1
- Federico Chiesa (Italy)1
- Georgi Milanov (Bulgaria)1
- Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria)1
- Iliyan Mitsanski (Bulgaria)1
- Ivelin Popov (Bulgaria)1
- Manuel Locatelli (Italy)1
- Martin Petrov (Bulgaria)1
- Nasko Sirakov (Bulgaria)1
- Nikola Kotkov (Bulgaria)1
- Petar Zhekov (Bulgaria)1
- Simone Perrotta (Italy)1
- Stanislav Manolev (Bulgaria)1
- Vincenzo Iaquinta (Italy)1