Bulgaria v Israel: head-to-head

Clubs from Bulgaria against clubs from Israel, counted for the country they played for that season.

Played
28
Results
Goals
39–33
Bulgaria – Israel

Key facts

First meeting
24.09.2003 · Europe League, First round
0–1, Win
Latest meeting
13.08.2026 · Europe League, Third qualifying round
1–3, Loss
Biggest Bulgaria win
15.10.2003 · Europe League, First round
4–0, Win
Biggest Israel win
29.07.2021 · Europa Conference League, Second qualifying round
4–0, Loss

Meetings by season

2003/04: 2 2004/05: 0 2005/06: 0 2006/07: 4 2007/08: 0 2008/09: 4 2009/10: 0 2010/11: 0 2011/12: 0 2012/13: 0 2013/14: 2 2014/15: 0 2015/16: 0 2016/17: 0 2017/18: 4 2018/19: 0 2019/20: 0 2020/21: 0 2021/22: 2 2022/23: 0 2023/24: 2 2024/25: 2 2025/26: 2 2026/27: 4
Meetings each season
Meetings each season
2003/042
2004/050
2005/060
2006/074
2007/080
2008/094
2009/100
2010/110
2011/120
2012/130
2013/142
2014/150
2015/160
2016/170
2017/184
2018/190
2019/200
2020/210
2021/222
2022/230
2023/242
2024/252
2025/262
2026/274

By competition

Competition P W D L Goals
Champions League / European Cup 2 1 0 1 3–3
Europa League / UEFA Cup 18 8 7 3 31–17
Conference League 8 1 3 4 5–13

Clubs from Bulgaria with the most meetings

Club P W D L Goals
Levski 6 3 3 0 8–2
Litex 4 1 2 1 4–5
Cherno More 4 1 2 1 4–3
Ludogorets 4 1 1 2 5–7
CSKA Sofia 2 1 0 1 4–3
Beroe 2 0 1 1 3–6
Lokomotiv Sofia 2 2 0 0 6–0
Botev Plovdiv 2 1 1 0 5–1
Arda 2 0 0 2 0–6

Clubs from Israel with the most meetings

Club P W D L Goals
Hapoel Beer Sheva 10 2 4 4 7–13
Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 0 2 2 5–10
M. Haifa 2 0 1 1 2–4
M. Tel-Aviv 2 1 0 1 4–3
Bnei Yehuda 2 2 0 0 6–0
Maccabi Netanya 2 1 1 0 3–1
Beitar Jerusalem 2 1 1 0 5–1
H. Kiryat Shmona 2 1 1 0 2–1
Hapoel Ramat Gan 2 2 0 0 5–0

All meetings

2026/27

13.08.2026 · Europe League, Third qualifying round
1–3, Loss
06.08.2026 · Europe League, Third qualifying round
0–3, Win
30.07.2026 · Europa Conference League, Second qualifying round
2–2, Draw
23.07.2026 · Europa Conference League, Second qualifying round
2–0, Loss

2025/26

17.07.2025 · Europe League, First qualifying round
1–1 pens 1:3, Draw
10.07.2025 · Europe League, First qualifying round
0–0, Draw

2024/25

01.08.2024 · Europa Conference League, Second qualifying round
1–2, Loss
25.07.2024 · Europa Conference League, Second qualifying round
0–0, Draw

2023/24

17.08.2023 · Europa Conference League, Third qualifying round
2–1, Win
10.08.2023 · Europa Conference League, Third qualifying round
0–0, Draw

2021/22

29.07.2021 · Europa Conference League, Second qualifying round
4–0, Loss
22.07.2021 · Europa Conference League, Second qualifying round
0–2, Loss

2017/18

02.08.2017 · Champions League, Third qualifying round
3–1 away goals, Win
26.07.2017 · Champions League, Third qualifying round
2–0, Loss
20.07.2017 · Europe League, Second qualifying round
4–0, Win
13.07.2017 · Europe League, Second qualifying round
1–1, Draw

2013/14

25.07.2013 · Europe League, Second qualifying round
2–2, Draw
18.07.2013 · Europe League, Second qualifying round
1–4, Loss

2008/09

28.08.2008 · Europe League, Second qualifying round
2–0, Win
28.08.2008 · Europe League, Second qualifying round
1–2, Win
14.08.2008 · Europe League, Second qualifying round
1–1, Draw
14.08.2008 · Europe League, Second qualifying round
0–0, Draw

2006/07

28.09.2006 · Europe League, First round
1–3, Loss
14.09.2006 · Europe League, First round
1–1, Draw
24.08.2006 · Europe League, Second qualifying round
4–0, Win
10.08.2006 · Europe League, Second qualifying round
0–2, Win

2003/04

15.10.2003 · Europe League, First round
4–0, Win
24.09.2003 · Europe League, First round
0–1, Win

Side by side

Each side's whole European record, whether or not they have met.

Bulgaria Israel
Seasons in Europe 71 (1956/57 to 2026/27) 35 (1992/93 to 2026/27)
Matches 1100 765
Won–drawn–lost 388–243–469 302–165–298
Points per match 1.28 1.40
Goals 1473–1539 1043–1041
Titles 0 0
Finals 0 0
Knockout ties won 227 of 486 167 of 297
UEFA ranking No. 28 in 2026/27; best No. 8 (1966/67) No. 25 in 2026/27; best No. 15 (2002/03)
Best run: Champions League / European Cup Semi-finals Round of 32
Best run: Europa League / UEFA Cup Quarter-finals Quarter-finals
Best run: Cup Winners' Cup Semi-finals Quarter-finals
Best run: Fairs Cup Third round —
Best run: Conference League Knockout round play-offs Round of 16

Points are 3 for a win in every era. Ranking places are from the 5-year UEFA ranking.

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