Bulgaria's biggest European success stories

Dimitar Berbatov holds the appearance records; Hristo Stoichkov is still top man for goals. UEFA.com celebrates Bulgaria's most significant achievements in UEFA's club competitions.

Most appearances by a Bulgarian player in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)
61: Dimitar Berbatov (Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Manchester United FC, AS Monaco FC)
37: Hristo Stoichkov (PFC CSKA Sofia, FC Barcelona)
35: Emil Kostadinov (PFC CSKA Sofia, FC Porto, FC Bayern München, Fenerbahçe SK)
30: Boris Gaganelov (PFC CSKA Sofia)
29: Spas Dzhevizov (PFC CSKA Sofia, AC Omonia)
29: Dimitar Penev (PFC CSKA Sofia)
27: Asparuh Nikodimov (PFC CSKA Sofia)
27: Vladislav Stoyanov (FC Sheriff, PFC Ludogorets Razgrad)
27: Ivan Zafirov (PFC CSKA Sofia)
26: Elin Topuzakov (PFC Levski Sofia)

Top-scoring Bulgarian players in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)
18: Hristo Stoichkov (PFC CSKA Sofia, FC Barcelona)
15: Dimitar Berbatov (Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Manchester United FC, AS Monaco FC)
11: Tsvetan Yonchev (PFC CSKA Sofia)
10: Emil Kostadinov (PFC CSKA Sofia, FC Porto, FC Bayern München, Fenerbahçe SK)
8: Dimitar Marashliev (PFC CSKA Sofia)
7: Georgi Asparuhov (PFC Levski Sofia)
7: Georgi Ivanov (PFC Levski Sofia)
7: Nikola Kotkov (PFC Lokomotiv Sofia)
7: Panayot 'Gatso' Panayotov (PFC CSKA Sofia)
7: Nikola Tsanev (PFC CSKA Sofia)
7: Petar Zhekov (PFC CSKA Sofia)

Most appearances by Bulgarian players in UEFA club competition*
87: Dimitar Berbatov (PFC CSKA Sofia, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Manchester United FC, AS Monaco FC)
71: Hristo Stoichkov (PFC CSKA Sofia, FC Barcelona, Parma FC)
71: Elin Topuzakov (PFC Levski Sofia, Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC)
68: Stiliyan Petrov (PFC CSKA Sofia, Celtic FC, Aston Villa FC)
65: Hristo Yovov (PFC Levski Sofia, PFC Litex Lovech)
61: Dimitar Telkiyski (PFC Levski Sofia, Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC, FC Amkar Perm)
59: Stanislav Angelov (PFC CSKA Sofia, PFC Levski Sofia, FC Steaua Bucureşti)
55: Todor Yanchev (PFC Naftex Burgas, PFC CSKA Sofia, Randers FC)
53: Stanislav Manolev (PFC Litex Lovech, PSV Eindhoven, FC Dinamo Moskva)
52: Emil Kostadinov (PFC CSKA Sofia, FC Porto, FC Bayern München, Fenerbahçe SK)

Top-scoring Bulgarian players in UEFA club competition*
35: Hristo Stoichkov (PFC CSKA Sofia, FC Barcelona, Parma FC)
34: Dimitar Berbatov (PFC CSKA Sofia, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Manchester United FC, AS Monaco FC)
24: Pavel Panov (PFC Levski Sofia, Aris Thessaloniki FC)
17: Georgi Asparuhov (PFC Botev Plovdiv, PFC Levski Sofia)
17: Emil Kostadinov (PFC CSKA Sofia, FC Porto, FC Bayern München, Fenerbahçe SK)
17: Kiril Milanov (PFC Levski Sofia)
16: Georgi Ivanov (PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1936, PFC Levski Sofia)
16: Luboslav Penev (PFC CSKA Sofia, Valencia CF, RC Celta de Vigo)
15: Petko Petkov (PFC Beroe, FK Austria Wien)
12: Martin Petrov (PFC CSKA Sofia, Servette FC, VfL Wolfsburg, Club Atlético de Madrid, Manchester City FC)
12: Emil Spasov (PFC Levski Sofia)

First Bulgarian to win the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League
Hristo Stoichkov (FC Barcelona 1-0 UC Sampdoria, 1992)

Emil Kostadinov in 1996©Getty Images

Only Bulgarian to win the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League or score in a UEFA club competition final
Emil Kostadinov (FC Bayern München 5-1agg FC Girondins de Bordeaux, 1996)

First Bulgarian to feature in a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final
Trifon Ivanov (Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 SK Rapid Wien, 1996)

First/only Bulgarian to win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Hristo Stoichkov (FC Barcelona 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain, 1997)

First/only Bulgarian to appear in UEFA Champions League finals with two different clubs
Dimitar Berbatov (Real Madrid CF 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 2002, FC Barcelona 2-0 Manchester United FC, 2009)

*UEFA club competitions means European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, European/South American Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup