1980–81 A Group

37th season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria

Football league season

Levski Sofia
Akademik Sofia

Matches played240Goals scored657 (2.74 per match)Top goalscorerGeorgi Slavkov
(31 goals)

← 1979–80

1981–82 →

The 1980–81 A Group was the 33rd 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 CSKA Sofia won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	30	14	12	4	70	32	+38	40	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Levski Sofia	30	13	10	7	44	25	+19	36	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Trakia Plovdiv	30	15	5	10	64	40	+24	35	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Akademik Sofia	30	13	8	9	42	40	+2	34	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Spartak Pleven	30	12	7	11	38	41	−3	31
6	Cherno More Varna	30	8	13	9	36	37	−1	29
7	Slavia Sofia	30	10	9	11	35	44	−9	29
8	Marek Dupnitsa	30	12	4	14	39	40	−1	28
9	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	8	12	10	34	35	−1	28
10	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	11	6	13	45	49	−4	28
11	Chernomorets Burgas	30	9	10	11	42	49	−7	28
12	Botev Vratsa	30	8	11	11	32	37	−5	27
13	Belasitsa Petrich	30	11	5	14	38	47	−9	27
14	Sliven	30	11	5	14	33	43	−10	27
15	Minyor Pernik (R)	30	12	3	15	32	51	−19	27	Relegation to 1981–82 B Group
16	Pirin Blagoevgrad (R)	30	6	14	10	33	47	−14	26	Relegation to 1981–82 B Group

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AKD	BEL	BSZ	BVR	CHM	CHB	CSK	LEV	LSO	MAR	MIN	PIR	SLA	SLI	SPL	TRA
Akademik Sofia		2–1	3–2	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1
Belasitsa Petrich	2–0		3–0	3–3	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
Beroe Stara Zagora	0–2	4–2		4–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	4–1	2–1
Botev Vratsa	0–2	2–1	2–1		0–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–1
Cherno More	0–0	2–0	4–1	2–1		1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–1
Chernomorets Burgas	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–0		2–2	3–2	2–1	0–3	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	5–0	1–2
CSKA Sofia	2–2	4–2	7–0	3–0	3–1	4–0		2–2	0–2	5–0	5–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	4–2
Levski Sofia	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0		1–1	2–0	2–1	7–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1
Lokomotiv Sofia	0–0	5–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	2–3	0–0		2–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–1
Marek Dupnitsa	1–0	5–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1		3–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	3–0	5–3
Minyor Pernik	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	3–3	2–1	1–0	2–0		1–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–0	1–0	4–0		3–3	1–0	0–0	0–0
Slavia Sofia	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	3–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–1		0–1	1–0	2–2
Sliven	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–4	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	3–0		4–3	2–1
Spartak Pleven	4–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–1		2–1
Trakia Plovdiv	5–1	5–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	4–0	6–1	4–3

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Georgi Velinov	27	0(0)
Todor Arsov	03	0(0)

Defenders
Georgi Dimitrov	25	0(4)
Georgi Iliev	27	0(2)
Tsonyo Vasilev	19	0(2)
Angel Rangelov	22	0(1)
Vasil Tinchev	04	0(0)
Ivan Zafirov	15	0(0)
Dinko Dimitrov	22	0(1)
Angel Kalburov	19	0(0)

Midfielders
Plamen Markov	26	0(7)
Radoslav Zdravkov	21	(10)
Metodi Tomanov	04	0(0)
Nikola Velkov	28	0(4)
Tsvetan Yonchev	26	0(8)
Ruzhin Kerimov	26	0(2)

Forwards
Spas Dzhevizov	30	(17)
Stoycho Mladenov	16	0(9)
Mario Valkov	17	0(1)

Manager
	Asparuh Nikodimov

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Georgi Slavkov	Trakia Plovdiv	31
2	Spas Dzhevizov	CSKA Sofia	17
3	Alyosha Dimitrov	Akademik Sofia	16
4	Andrey Zhelyazkov	Slavia Sofia	13
4	Kostadin Kostadinov	Trakia Plovdiv	13
6	Mihail Valchev	Akademik Sofia	12
7	Atanas Mihaylov	Lokomotiv Sofia	11
	Georgi Stoyanov	Beroe Stara Zagora
	Plamen Getov	Spartak Pleven
	Ventsislav Petrov	Marek Dupnitsa
	Chavdar Tsvetkov	Slavia Sofia

References

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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(National Football Division)

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v t e 1980–81 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup
Related to national team	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 1) Atanas Purzhelov
List of transfers

v t e 1980–81 in European football (UEFA)
« 1979–80 1981–82 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '80 '81 England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '80 '81 Spain Sweden '80 '81 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '81 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland
Super cups	Soviet Union '81
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup