1996–97 A Group
49th completed season of top-tier football league in Bulgaria
Football league season
- Maritsa
- Montana
- Rakovski
(26 goals)
← 1995–96
1997–98 →
The 1996–97 A Group was the 49th 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.[1]
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CSKA Sofia (C) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 19 | +46 | 71 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Neftochimic Burgas | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 70 | 20 | +50 | 67 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
3 | Slavia Sofia | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 61 | 23 | +38 | 57 | |
4 | Levski Sofia | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 53 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
5 | Botev Plovdiv | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 45 | |
6 | Minyor Pernik | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 44 | |
7 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 43 | |
8 | Levski Kyustendil | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 42 | |
9 | Spartak Varna | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 42 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage |
10 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 41 | |
11 | Dobrudzha Dobrich | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 39 | |
12 | Spartak Pleven | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 39 | |
13 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 35 | |
14 | Maritsa Plovdiv (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 32 | Relegation to 1997–98 B Group |
15 | Montana (R) | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 28 | |
16 | Rakovski Ruse (R) | 30 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 110 | −102 | 1 |
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Home \ Away | BOT | CSK | DOB | ETA | LVK | LEV | LPL | LSO | MAR | MIN | MON | NEF | RAK | SLA | SPL | SPV |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Botev Plovdiv | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | |
CSKA Sofia | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 9–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | |
Dobrudzha Dobrich | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | |
Etar Veliko Tarnovo | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
Levski Kyustendil | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 3–1 | |
Levski Sofia | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | |
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
Lokomotiv Sofia | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |
Maritsa Plovdiv | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 8–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
Minyor Pernik | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
Montana | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
Neftochimic Burgas | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
Rakovski Ruse | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–7 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 0–6 | 0–7 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
Slavia Sofia | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
Spartak Pleven | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | |
Spartak Varna | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 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 | |||
---|---|---|---|
Petko Petkov | 30 | 0(0) | |
Iliyan Vasilev | 00 | 0(0) |
Defenders | |||
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Adalbert Zafirov | 28 | 0(2) | |
Filip Filipov | 21 | 0(1) | |
Stefan Lulchev | 14 | 0(0) | |
Zdravko Radev | 03 | 0(0) | |
Dobromir Mitov | 25 | 0(3) | |
Galin Ivanov | 20 | 0(0) |
Midfielders | |||
---|---|---|---|
Anatoli Nankov | 27 | 0(2) | |
Risto Milosavov | 24 | 0(3) | |
Iliya Voynov | 20 | 0(4) | |
Ivo Slavchev | 20 | 0(2) | |
Nikolay Nikolov | 05 | 0(1) | |
Georgi Slavchev | 06 | 0(0) | |
Kostadin Vidolov* | 15 | 0(1) | |
Stiliyan Petrov | 05 | 0(0) | |
Ivan Tanchovski | 01 | 0(0) | |
Metodi Deyanov | 14 | 0(3) | |
Milen Petkov | 26 | 0(3) | |
Georgi Yordanov | 12 | 0(1) |
Forwards | |||
---|---|---|---|
Ivaylo Andonov | 25 | (18) | |
Jair | 06 | 0(3) | |
Petar Zhabov | 22 | 0(9) | |
Martin Petrov | 03 | 0(1) | |
Dimitar Ivanov | 24 | 0(4) | |
Kancho Yordanov | 11 | 0(2) | |
Rumen Hristov* | 04 | 0(1) | |
Bozhidar Yankov | 04 | 0(0) |
Manager | |
---|---|
Georgi Vasilev |
- Vidolov and Hristov left the club during a season.
Top scorers
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Todor Pramatarov | Slavia Sofia | 26 |
2 | Hristo Marashliev | Levski Kyustendil (9) Spartak Varna (11) | 20 |
3 | Ivaylo Andonov | CSKA Sofia | 18 |
4 | Geno Dobrevski | Botev Plovdiv | 13 |
5 | Mihail Mihaylov | Levski Kyustendil | 12 |
6 | Emil Mitsanski | Dobrudzha | 11 |
Todor Zaytsev | Levski Sofia | ||
8 | Georgi Ivanov | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 10 |
Iliya Gruev | Neftochimic | ||
10 | Boris Hvoynev | Botev Plovdiv | 9 |
Petar Zhabov | CSKA Sofia | ||
Plamen Petrov | Levski Kyustendil | ||
Marian Hristov | Levski Sofia | ||
Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Maritsa |
- Source:1996–97 Top Goalscorers
References
- ^ "Порточанов вади пистолет, после Гочето прави кълбета" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 27 July 2013.
External links
- Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
- 1996–97 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com
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