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Bulgaria vs Luxembourg: match report

Bulgaria hosted Luxembourg at Hristo Botev Stadium, Plovdiv on Saturday 26 September 2026, in the Nations League (round 1). Sander Van Der Eijk is the referee, averaging 3.6 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.1.

Result and scorers

Bulgaria 1-2 Luxembourg. Goals: Asen Chandarov 18' for Bulgaria; Leandro Barreiro 37' for Luxembourg; Vincent Thill 66' for Luxembourg. Attendance: 4,300.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 18' Goal: Asen Chandarov (Bulgaria) 1-0
  • 28' Yellow card: Lukas Petkov (Bulgaria)
  • 35' Yellow card: Emil Tsenov (Bulgaria)
  • 37' Goal: Leandro Barreiro (Luxembourg) 1-1
  • 45'+2' Yellow card: Tomás Moreira (Luxembourg)
  • 66' Goal: Vincent Thill (Luxembourg) 1-2
  • 83' Yellow card: Dirk Carlson (Luxembourg)
Match stats (contains the result)
49.7%Possession50.3%
10Shots15
7Shots on target7
5Corners4
10Fouls17
3Offsides2
5Saves6
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Bulgaria 4-2-3-1

Coach: Aleksandar Dimitrov

  1. 1 Daniel Naumov GK
  2. 19 Ivan Turitsov DEF
  3. 5 Kristian Dimitrov DEF
  4. 15 Teodor Ivanov DEF
  5. 21 Dimitar Velkovski DEF
  6. 6 Emil Tsenov DEF
  7. 4 Ilia Gruev MID
  8. 11 Georgi Rusev FWD
  9. 14 Asen Chandarov MID
  10. 10 Zdravko Dimitrov FWD
  11. 20 Lukas Petkov FWD

Bench

  • 9 Stanislav Ivanov MID
  • 17 Martin Minchev FWD
  • 16 Marin Petkov DEF
  • 7 Petko Panayotov MID
  • 13 Stefan Velkov DEF
  • 23 Aleks Bozhev GK
  • 12 Dimitar Mitov GK
  • 3 Andrea Hristov DEF
  • 2 Yoni Stoyanov DEF
  • 8 Andrian Kraev MID
  • 22 Kristiyan Stoyanov MID
  • 18 Kristiyan Balov FWD

Luxembourg 4-2-3-1

Coach: Jeff Strasser

  1. 1 Anthony Moris GK
  2. 18 Laurent Jans DEF
  3. 3 Enes Mahmutović DEF
  4. 13 Dirk Carlson DEF
  5. 4 Florian Bohnert DEF
  6. 6 Tomás Cruz MID
  7. 16 Leandro Barreiro MID
  8. 11 Vincent Thill FWD
  9. 10 Danel Sinani MID
  10. 7 Aiman Dardari FWD
  11. 17 Hamza Kadamani FWD

Bench

  • 20 Timothé Rupil MID
  • 19 Mathias Olesen MID
  • 21 Sébastien Thill MID
  • 9 Jayson Videira FWD
  • 8 Miguel Gonçalves MID
  • 23 Lucas Fox GK
  • 12 Tiago Pereira Cardoso GK
  • 14 Eric Veiga DEF
  • 22 Marvin Martins DEF
  • 5 Vahid Selimović DEF
  • 2 Eldin Džogović MID
  • 15 Omar Natami MID
Previous meetings
  • Friday 15 November 2024: Luxembourg 0-1 Bulgaria
  • Saturday 12 October 2024: Bulgaria 0-0 Luxembourg
  • Sunday 20 November 2022: Luxembourg 0-0 Bulgaria
  • Tuesday 10 October 2017: Luxembourg 1-1 Bulgaria
  • Tuesday 6 September 2016: Bulgaria 4-3 Luxembourg