West Germany 5 vs. Bulgaria 2 in the 1970 World Cup

Information about the 1st Round Group 4 game played in the 1970 Soccer World Cup between the National Teams of Bulgaria and West Germany with details about goals, starters and reserves, substitutions, cards and more.

Game played in the 1970 World Cup, 1st Round Group 4

Date: Sunday, June 07, 1970

Game Data:

West Germany

5 - 2

Bulgaria

Goals:

12'

Asparukh Nikodimov

20'

Stan Libuda

27'

Gerd Mueller

52'

Gerd Mueller

(penalty)

70'

Uwe Seeler

88'

Gerd Mueller

89'

Todor Kolev

Players

West Germany
Pos	Je	Player
		Starters
GK	1.	Sepp Maier
DF	2.	Horst-Dieter Hoettges
DF	3.	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
DF	4.	Franz Beckenbauer 72'
DF	7.	Berti Vogts
DF	11.	Klaus Fichtel
MF	12.	Wolfgang Overath
FW	9.	Uwe Seeler (C)
FW	13.	Gerd Mueller
FW	14.	Stan Libuda
FW	17.	Hennes Loehr 58'
		Entered
DF	6.	Wolfgang Weber 72'
FW	20.	Juergen Grabowski 58'
		Other Reserves
GK	21.	Manfred Manglitz
GK	22.	Horst Wolter
DF	5.	Willi Schulz
DF	15.	Bernd Patzke
DF	16.	Max Lorenz
DF	18.	Klaus-Dieter Sieloff
MF	8.	Helmut Haller
MF	19.	Peter Dietrich
FW	10.	Sigi Held

	Coach: Helmut Schoen

Bulgaria
Pos	Je	Player
		Starters
GK	1.	Simeon Simeonov
DF	6.	Dimitar Penev
DF	12.	Milko Gaidarski
DF	14.	Dobromir Zhechev
DF	15.	Boris Gaganelov (C) 58'
MF	8.	Hristo Bonev
MF	11.	Dinko Dermendzhiev 46'HT
MF	16.	Asparukh Nikodimov
MF	17.	Todor Kolev
FW	18.	Dimitar Marashliev
FW	19.	Georgi Asparukhov
		Entered
DF	2.	Aleksandar Shalamanov 58'
FW	20.	Vasil Mitkov 46'HT
		Other Reserves
GK	13.	Stoyan Yordanov
GK	22.	Georgi Kamenski
DF	3.	Ivan Dimitrov
DF	4.	Stefan Aladzhov
MF	5.	Ivan Davidov
FW	7.	Georgi Popov
FW	9.	Petar Zhekov
FW	10.	Dimitar Yakimov
FW	21.	Bozhidar Grigorov

	Coach: Stefan Bozhkov

Abbreviations and Notes:
Pos = Position. It shows the player's natural position but not necessarily the one he played in this particular game
Positions: GK: Goalkeeper / DF: Defender / MF: Midfielder / FW: Forward
Je. = Jersey number / (C) = Captain / HT: at half-time

Cards

- none

Substitutions

West Germany
Minute 58	Juergen Grabowski	replaced	Hennes Loehr
Minute 72	Wolfgang Weber	replaced	Franz Beckenbauer
Bulgaria
Minute 46 (in the break)	Vasil Mitkov	replaced	Dinko Dermendzhiev
Minute 58	Aleksandar Shalamanov	replaced	Boris Gaganelov