Nikola Kovachev

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Bulgaria
-		Bulgaria	Aug 26, 1956	36	1	Stoyan Ormandzhiev	22 years 02 months 22 days
	Bulgaria
-		Bulgaria Olympic Team	Nov 30, 1956	6	1	Stoyan Ormandzhiev	22 years 05 months 26 days

Stats of Nikola Kovachev

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			36	1	-	-	-	1	3.052'
	International Friendlies	22	1	-	-	-	-	1.882'
	World Cup qualification	7	-	-	-	-	-	630'
	European Qualifiers	4	-	-	-	-	1	270'
	World Cup	3	-	-	-	-	-	270'

International FriendliesWorld Cup qualificationEuropean QualifiersWorld Cup

Detailed stats

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	Matchday	Date	Venue	For		Opponent		Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		8/26/56	A				Poland	1:2							90'
		9/10/56	H				Romania	2:0							90'
		10/14/56	H				East Germany	3:1							90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 3	5/22/57	A				Norway	1:2							90'
	International Friendlies
		5/26/57	A				Denmark	1:1		1					90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 3	6/23/57	A				Hungary	4:1							90'
	International Friendlies
		7/21/57	H				USSR	0:4							45'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 3	9/15/57	H				Hungary	1:2							90'
	International Friendlies
		9/29/57	H				Poland	1:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 3	11/3/57	H				Norway	7:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		12/25/57	A				France	2:2							90'
		5/14/58	A				Brazil	4:0							90'
		5/18/58	A				Brazil	3:1							90'
		10/5/58	A				East Germany	1:1							90'
		10/12/58	A				ČSR	0:1							90'
		12/7/58	A				Türkiye	0:0							90'
		12/21/58	A				Germany	3:0							90'
		5/13/59	H				Netherlands	3:2	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	First Round 1st leg	5/31/59	A				Yugoslavia	2:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		10/11/59	H				France	1:0							90'
	European Qualifiers
	First Round 2nd leg	10/25/59	H				Yugoslavia	1:1						✔	90'
	International Friendlies
		12/6/59	H				Denmark	2:1	Not in squad
		4/3/60	A				Netherlands	4:2							90'
		5/22/60	H				Belgium	4:1							90'
		6/26/60	A				Poland	4:0							38'
		7/10/60	H				East Germany	2:0	Not in squad
		11/23/60	H				Germany	2:1							90'
		11/27/60	H				Türkiye	2:1							90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 2	12/11/60	A				France	3:0							90'
	Group 2	6/16/61	A				Finland	0:2							90'
	Group 2	10/29/61	H				Finland	3:1	Not in squad
	Group 2	11/12/61	H				France	1:0							90'
	qualification round deciders	12/16/61	A				France	1:0							90'
	International Friendlies
		12/24/61	A				Belgium	4:0							90'
		5/6/62	A				Austria	2:0							90'
	World Cup 1962
	Group 4	5/30/62	A				Argentina	1:0							90'
	Group 4	6/3/62	A				Hungary	6:1							90'
	Group 4	6/7/62	A				England	0:0							90'
	International Friendlies
		9/30/62	H				Poland	2:1	Not in squad
		9/30/62	A				Polen B	2:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	First Round 1st leg	11/7/62	H				Portugal	3:1							90'
	International Friendlies
		11/25/62	H				Austria	1:1							90'
	European Qualifiers
	First Round 2nd leg	12/16/62	A				Portugal	3:1							90'
	International Friendlies
		1/6/63	A				Algeria	2:1							90'
	European Qualifiers
	First Round Replay	1/23/63	A				Portugal	1:0							90'
Squad: 36, Starting eleven: 35, Substituted in: 1, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0,