1953 A Group
9th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria
Football league season
Season | 1953 |
---|---|
Champions | Levski Sofia (8th title) |
Matches played | 223 |
Goals scored | 484 (2.17 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Dimitar Minchev (15 goals) |
← 1952 1954 → |
The 1953 A Group was the fifth 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 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship.[1]
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Levski Sofia (C) | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 22 | +26 | 43 | |
2 | CSKA Sofia | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 64 | 23 | +41 | 42 | |
3 | Cherno More Varna | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 31 | |
4 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 31 | |
5 | Slavia Sofia | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 30 | |
6 | Spartak Pleven | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 30 | |
7 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 29 | |
8 | Minyor Pernik | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 28 | |
9 | Spartak Plovdiv | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 27 | |
10 | Akademik Varna (R) | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 25 | Relegation to 1954 B Group |
11 | Botev Plovdiv (R) | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 24 | |
12 | Spartak Sofia (R) | 28 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 24 | |
13 | Stroitel Sofia (R) | 28 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 22 | |
14 | VVS Sofia (R) | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 21 | |
15 | Marek Dupnitsa (R) | 28 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 60 | −37 | 13 | |
– | Unified team of VSO[a] (R) | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 8 | +29 | 0[b] |
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
Home \ Away | AVA | BPD | CHM | CSK | LEV | LPL | LSO | MAR | MIN | SLA | SPL | SPD | SSF | STR | VVS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akademik Varna | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0[a] | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
Botev Plovdiv | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0[a] | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |
Cherno More | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
CSKA Sofia | 7–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–0[a] | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
Levski Sofia | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
Lokomotiv Sofia | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–0[a] | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Marek Dupnitsa | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3[a] | 0–3[a] | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3[a] | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
Minyor Pernik | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
Slavia Sofia | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
Spartak Pleven | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
Spartak Plovdiv | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
Spartak Sofia | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–0[a] | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
Stroitel Sofia | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
VVS Sofia | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
- ^ a b c d e f g h Marek Dupnitsa was excluded after spectator riots in the match against Minyor Pernik. The remaining eight matches were rated 0–3 for the opponents.
Champions
- Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers | |||
---|---|---|---|
Simeon Kostov | 19 | 0(0) | |
Dimitar Elenkov | 08 | 0(0) |
Defenders | |||
---|---|---|---|
Metodi Angelovski | 20 | 0(0) | |
Dimitar Dimitrov | 01 | 0(0) | |
Dimitar Iliev | 19 | 0(0) | |
Amedeo Kleva | 24 | 0(0) | |
Dimitar Doychinov | 08 | 0(0) | |
Ivan Dimchev | 23 | 0(0) |
Midfielders | |||
---|---|---|---|
Dragan Georgiev | 11 | 0(1) | |
Aleksandar Krastev | 17 | 0(0) | |
Lyubomir Hranov | 17 | 0(3) | |
Aleksandar Bahchevandzhiev | 01 | 0(0) | |
Dimitar Kontev | 02 | 0(0) | |
Ivan Georgiev | 14 | 0(1) | |
Stefan Abadzhiev | 14 | 0(5) |
Forwards | |||
---|---|---|---|
Dimitar Andonov | 21 | (12) | |
Arsen Dimitrov | 04 | 0(1) | |
Vasil Spasov | 24 | (10) | |
Todor Stoyanov | 04 | 0(0) | |
Todor Takev | 25 | 0(6) | |
Dimitar Popdimitrov | 01 | 0(0) | |
Georgi Kardashev | 06 | 0(1) | |
Yordan Tomov | 20 | 0(4) |
Manager | |
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Dimitar Mutafchiev |
Top scorers
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dimitar Minchev | Spartak Pleven VVS Sofia | 15 |
2 | Dimitar Andonov | Levski Sofia | 12 |
3 | Kiril Nikolov | Marek Dupnitsa | 11 |
4 | Vasil Spasov | Levski Sofia | 10 |
References
- ^ "Сини "старци" крадат злато за червена сметка" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 9 September 2012.
External links
- Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
- 1953 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com
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