1952 A Group
8th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria
Football league season
- Akademik Sofia
- Spartak Varna
- Dimitar Isakov
- Dobromir Tashkov
← 1951
1953 →
The 1952 A Group was the fourth season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.
Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.[1]
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSKA Sofia (C) | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 12 | +26 | 33 | |
| 2 | Spartak Sofia | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 13 | +17 | 26 | |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 25 | |
| 4 | Spartak Pleven | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 24 | |
| 5 | Levski Sofia | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 22 | |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 22 | |
| 7 | Cherno More Varna | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 22 | |
| 8 | Slavia Sofia | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 21 | |
| 9 | Botev Plovdiv | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 19 | |
| 10 | Minyor Pernik | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 18 | |
| 11 | Akademik Sofia (R) | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 18 | Relegation to 1953 B Group |
| 12 | Spartak Varna (R) | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 37 | −21 | 14 |
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
| Home \ Away | AKD | BPD | CHM | CSK | LEV | LPL | LSO | MIN | SLA | SPL | SSF | SPV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akademik Sofia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | |
| Botev Plovdiv | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Cherno More | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
| CSKA Sofia | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
| Levski Sofia | 4–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | |
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
| Minyor Pernik | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
| Slavia Sofia | 3–0 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Spartak Pleven | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Spartak Sofia | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
| Spartak Varna | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Champions
- CSKA Sofia
| Goalkeepers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Georgi Kekemanov | 12 | 0(0) | |
| Stefan Gerenski | 10 | 0(0) | |
| Defenders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgi Tsvetkov | 21 | 0(0) | |
| Kiril Rakarov | 05 | 0(0) | |
| Georgi Enisheynov | 20 | 0(0) | |
| Manol Manolov | 21 | 0(0) | |
| Midfielders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gavril Stoyanov | 18 | 0(1) | |
| Stefan Bozhkov | 22 | 0(8) | |
| Atanas Tsanov | 06 | 0(0) | |
| Forwards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Krum Yanev | 11 | 0(2) | |
| Dimitar Milanov | 21 | 0(8) | |
| Mihail Yankov | 14 | 0(3) | |
| Ivan Kolev | 18 | 0(3) | |
| Stefan Stefanov | 17 | 0(2) | |
| Angel Milanov | 09 | 0(2) | |
| Petar Mihaylov | 08 | 0(3) | |
| Panayot Panayotov | 21 | 0(5) | |
| Manager | |
|---|---|
| Krum Milev | |
Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dimitar Isakov | Slavia Sofia | 10 |
| Dobromir Tashkov | Spartak Sofia | ||
| 3 | Stefan Bozhkov | CSKA Sofia | 8 |
| Dimitar Milanov | CSKA Sofia | ||
| Todor Diev | Spartak Sofia | ||
| 6 | Nikolay Milkov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 7 |
| Arsen Dimitrov | Levski Sofia | ||
| Georgi Dimitrov | Cherno More Varna | ||
| 9 | Yordan Tomov | Levski Sofia | 6 |
| Toma Zahariev | Slavia Sofia | ||
| Nikola Bogdanov | Lokomotiv Sofia | ||
| Ivan Trendafilov | Akademik Sofia | ||
| Dimitar Samsarov | Akademik Sofia | ||
| Georgi Arnaudov | Spartak Varna |
References
- ^ "Бой с налъми и дуетът Колев - Янев правят ЦСКА хегемон" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 1 September 2012.
External links
- Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
- 1952 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com
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