text: the team that eliminate FRANCE in their last world cup qualifying match. prior to the 1994 finals BULGARIA have not won any matches in the finals. They beat GREECE, ARGENTINA & even GERMANY the defending champions at that time before losing to ITALY in the semi-finals. They lost again in the 3rd place match against SWEDEN 4-0. \n\nHristo Stoichkov, Emil Kostadinov & Yordan Lechkov are the best known players from BULGARIA.