Nigeria vs. Bulgaria Match Report – Friday June 19, 1998

FIFA World Cup (Group stage)

Nigeria

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Manager: Bora Milutinović

Bulgaria

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Manager: Hristo Bonev

Friday June 19, 1998, 17:30 (venue time)

FIFA World Cup (Group stage)

Nigeria vs. Bulgaria Historical Head-to-Head

Attendance: 48,000

Venue: Parc des Princes, Paris

Officials:

Victor Ikpeba · 26’

Nigeria (4-4-1-1)
1	Peter Rufai
3	Celestine Babayaro
5	Uche Okechukwu
6	Taribo West
7	Finidi George
8	Mutiu Adepoju
10	Jay-Jay Okocha
11	Garba Lawal
14	Daniel Amokachi
15	Sunday Oliseh
20	Victor Ikpeba
Bench
12	William Okpara
22	Abiodun Baruwa
2	Mobi Oparaku
4	Nwankwo Kanu
9	Rashidi Yekini
13	Tijani Babangida
16	Uche Okafor
17	Augustine Eguavoen
18	Wilson Oruma
19	Benedict Iroha
21	Godwin Okpara

Bulgaria (5-3-2)
1	Zdravko Zdravkov
2	Radostin Kishishev
3	Trifon Ivanov
4	Ivaylo Petkov
6	Zlatko Yankov
7	Emil Kostadinov
8	Hristo Stoichkov
10	Krasimir Balakov
11	Ilian Iliev
13	Gosho Ginchev
14	Marian Hristov
Bench
12	Borislav Mikhailov
5	Ivaylo Yordanov
9	Lyuboslav Penev
15	Adalbert Zafirov
16	Anatoli Nankov
17	Stoycho Stoilov
18	Daniel Borimirov
19	Georgi Bachev
20	Georgi Ivanov
21	Rosen Kirilov
22	Milen Petkov

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Match Summary

Nigeria

Bulgaria

Kick Off

20’
0:0

Mutiu Adepoju

26’
1:0

Victor Ikpeba

Assist: Daniel Amokachi

44’
1:0

Uche Okechukwu

Half Time

46’
1:0

Daniel Borimirov

for Marian Hristov

49’
1:0

Victor Ikpeba

66’
1:0

Ilian Iliev

66’
1:0

Lyuboslav Penev

for Ilian Iliev

67’
1:0

Nwankwo Kanu

for Daniel Amokachi

70’
1:0

Jay-Jay Okocha

75’
1:0

Rashidi Yekini

for Victor Ikpeba

78’
1:0

Radostin Kishishev

84’
1:0

Tijani Babangida

for Finidi George

84’
1:0

Georgi Bachev

for Zlatko Yankov

Team Stats

Nigeria	Bulgaria
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Nigeria Player Stats

Nigeria Player Stats Table
					Performance
Player	#	Pos	Age	Min	Gls	Ast	PK	PKatt	Sh	SoT	CrdY	CrdR	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	TklW	Int	OG	PKwon	PKcon
Victor Ikpeba	20	FW	25-007	74	1	0	0	0			1	0							0
Rashidi Yekini	9	FW	34-239	16	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Daniel Amokachi	14	FW	25-171	66	0	1	0	0			0	0							0
Nwankwo Kanu	4	FW	21-322	24	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Garba Lawal	11	MF	24-028	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Sunday Oliseh	15	DF,MF	23-278	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Jay-Jay Okocha	10	MF	24-309	90	0	0	0	0			1	0							0
Finidi George	7	FW,MF	27-065	83	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Tijani Babangida	13	FW,MF	24-267	7	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Celestine Babayaro	3	DF,MF	19-294	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Taribo West	6	DF	24-085	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Uche Okechukwu	5	DF	30-265	90	0	0	0	0			1	0							0
Mutiu Adepoju	8	MF	27-179	90	0	0	0	0			1	0							0
Peter Rufai	1	GK	34-299	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
14 Players				990	1	1	0	0			4	0							0

Nigeria Goalkeeper Stats

Nigeria Goalkeeper Stats Table
			Shot Stopping
Player	Age	Min	SoTA	GA	Saves	Save%
Peter Rufai	34-299	90		0

Bulgaria Player Stats

Bulgaria Player Stats Table
					Performance
Player	#	Pos	Age	Min	Gls	Ast	PK	PKatt	Sh	SoT	CrdY	CrdR	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	TklW	Int	OG	PKwon	PKcon
Hristo Stoichkov	8	FW,MF	32-131	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Emil Kostadinov	7	FW,MF	30-311	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Marian Hristov	14	MF	24-325	45	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Daniel Borimirov	18	MF	28-155	45	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Krasimir Balakov	10	MF	32-082	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Zlatko Yankov	6	DF,MF	32-012	83	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Georgi Bachev	19	FW,MF	21-062	7	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Ivaylo Petkov	4	DF,FW	22-087	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Trifon Ivanov	3	DF	32-327	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Radostin Kishishev	2	DF,MF	23-324	90	0	0	0	0			1	0							0
Ilian Iliev	11	MF	29-352	65	0	0	0	0			1	0							0
Lyuboslav Penev	9	FW	31-292	25	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Zdravko Zdravkov	1	GK	27-258	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
Gosho Ginchev	13	DF	29-137	90	0	0	0	0			0	0							0
14 Players				990	0	0	0	0			2	0							0

Bulgaria Goalkeeper Stats

Bulgaria Goalkeeper Stats Table
			Shot Stopping
Player	Age	Min	SoTA	GA	Saves	Save%
Zdravko Zdravkov	27-258	90		1

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