BULGARIA 1:3 CROATIA (0:1) M. Petrov (72). (04.06.05, Sofia - 35, 000)
27-Dimitar Ivankov, 2-Radostin Kishishev (11-Zdravko Lazarov 55), 3-Rossen Kirilov, 5-Valentin Iliev, 8-Chavdar Yankov, 9-Dimitar Berbatov, 15-Blagoy Georgiev, 17-Martin Petrov, 19-Stilian Petrov, 20-Georgi Ivanov (10-Valeri Bojinov 46), 22-Ilian Stoyanov
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SWEDEN 3:0 BULGARIA (0:0) (03.09.05, Stockholm - 35, 000)
27-Dimitar Ivankov, 2-Radostin Kishishev, 4-Ivaylo Petkov, 5-Valentin Iliev, 7-Blagoy Georgiev, 8-Chavdar Yankov (14-Martin Kamburov 78), 11-Zdravko Lazarov (18-Georgi Iliev 78), 17-Martin Petrov, 19-Stilian Petrov, 20-Georgi Ivanov (23-Emil Gargorov 58), 21-Elin Topuzakov
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BULGARIA 3:2 ICELAND (1:2) Berbatov (21), G. Iliev (69), M. Petrov (86). (07.09.05, Sofia - 18, 000)
27-Dimitar Ivankov, 2-Radostin Kishishev, 4-Ivaylo Petkov, 5-Valentin Iliev, 8-Chavdar Yankov (18-Georgi Iliev 45), 9-Dimitar Berbatov, 11-Zdravko Lazarov (15-Tsvetan Genkov 76), 17-Martin Petrov, 19-Stilian Petrov, 21-Elin Topuzakov, 23-Emil Gargorov (22-Assen Karaslavov 91)
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BULGARIA 2:0 HUNGARY (1:0) Berbatov (29), Lazarov (55). (08.10.05, Sofia - 4, 652)
27-Dimitar Ivankov, 2-Radostin Kishishev, 5-Valentin Iliev, 8-Chavdar Yankov (23-Emil Gargorov 74), 9-Dimitar Berbatov, 11-Zdravko Lazarov (7-Blagoy Georgiev 62), 13-Mihail Venkov, 17-Martin Petrov, 18-Georgi Iliev, 19-Stilian Petrov (14-Martin Kamburov 46), 21-Elin Topuzakov
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MALTA 1:1 BULGARIA (0:0) Yankov (67). (12.10.05, Ta'qali - 2, 844)
12-Stoyan Kolev, 2-Radostin Kishishev (14-Martin Kamburov 87), 5-Valentin Iliev, 8-Chavdar Yankov, 9-Dimitar Berbatov, 10-Valeri Bojinov, 13-Mihail Venkov, 17-Martin Petrov (11-Zdravko Lazarov 46), 18-Georgi Iliev, 21-Elin Topuzakov, 23-Emil Gargorov
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(Valentin is pictured during a 2-0 World Cup qualifier win against Hungary on 8th October 2005.)