text: can anyone remember bulgaria in the usa 94?   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.   hristo stoichkov, emil kostadinov & yordan lechkov are the best known players from bulgaria.