1983–84 A Group

A Group
Season	1983–84
Champions	Levski Sofia; (15th title)
Relegated	Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Haskovo
European Cup	Levski Sofia
UEFA Cup	CSKA Sofia; Sliven;
Matches played	240
Goals scored	683 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Eduard Eranosyan; (19 goals)
	← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 A Group was the 36th season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

Overview[edit]

It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship. In addition, Levski became the first Bulgarian club to win a treble this season.

League standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	19	9	2	64	29	+35	47	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	18	9	3	72	24	+48	45	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Spartak Varna	30	13	5	12	41	37	+4	31
4	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	11	9	10	38	40	−2	31
5	Chernomorets Burgas	30	12	7	11	43	47	−4	31
6	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	11	8	11	35	29	+6	30
7	Sliven	30	10	10	10	39	37	+2	30	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
8	Botev Vratsa	30	10	10	10	31	32	−1	30
9	Trakia Plovdiv	30	11	7	12	64	58	+6	29	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
10	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	13	2	15	47	48	−1	28
11	Shumen	30	11	5	14	35	46	−11	27
12	Belasitsa Petrich	30	11	5	14	25	49	−24	27
13	Cherno More Varna	30	9	8	13	36	43	−7	26
14	Slavia Sofia	30	10	5	15	40	38	+2	25
15	Lokomotiv Plovdiv (R)	30	10	4	16	43	63	−20	24	Relegation to 1984–85 B Group
16	Haskovo (R)	30	7	5	18	30	63	−33	19	Relegation to 1984–85 B Group

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

^ Trakia Plovdiv qualified for Cup Winners' Cup as a finalists in the 1983–84 Bulgarian Cup

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	BEL	BSZ	BVR	CHM	CHB	CSK	ETA	HAS	LEV	LPL	LSO	SHU	SLA	SLI	SPV	TRA
Belasitsa Petrich		3–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1
Beroe Stara Zagora	2–1		1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	3–1	1–2	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1
Botev Vratsa	0–0	2–0		0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	4–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	2–0	2–1
Cherno More	2–1	3–0	1–1		3–4	0–3	0–1	4–0	0–0	3–1	1–4	5–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–2
Chernomorets Burgas	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–0		1–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	5–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–2
CSKA Sofia	6–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	7–0		1–0	4–0	1–3	8–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	6–1	5–0	3–2
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	5–0	1–3		2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–2
Haskovo	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1		2–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	4–3
Levski Sofia	5–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	5–3	2–0		3–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	4–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	4–1	3–2	0–3		1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	3–3	1–2
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–0		2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
Shumen	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	4–1	2–1		1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1
Slavia Sofia	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–0	7–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	3–0		3–0	2–1	6–3
Sliven	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	3–1	4–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	4–0		1–0	2–0
Spartak Varna	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	4–2	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–2		3–1
Trakia Plovdiv	7–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–2	1–3	4–1	5–3	2–2	4–2	1–1	6–1	0–1	1–1	2–1

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

Champions[edit]

Levski Sofia

Goalkeepers
Borislav Mihaylov	30	0(0)
Vlado Delchev	03	0(0)

Defenders
Lyuben Kolev	01	0(0)
Nikolay Iliev	28	0(0)
Krasimir Koev	16	0(0)
Plamen Nikolov	26	0(1)
Veselin Balevski	16	0(0)
Stoil Georgiev	01	0(0)
Stoyko Parpulov	00	0(0)
Petar Petrov	29	0(0)

Midfielders
Emil Velev	21	0(3)
Krasimir Chavdarov	27	0(3)
Grigor Grigorov	09	0(1)
Plamen Tsvetkov	21	0(5)
Bozhidar Iskrenov	29	0(7)
Rusi Gochev	21	0(4)

Forwards
Emil Spasov	30	(16)
Nasko Sirakov	17	0(2)
Hristo Denchev	04	0(0)
Mihail Valchev	28	(13)
Petar Kurdov	26	0(9)

Manager
	Vasil Metodiev

Top scorers[edit]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Eduard Eranosyan	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	19
2	Stoycho Mladenov	CSKA Sofia	18
3	Nikola Spasov	Cherno More	17
	Spas Dzhevizov	CSKA Sofia
	Georgi Slavkov	CSKA Sofia
6	Emil Spasov	Levski Sofia	16
7	Kostadin Kostadinov	Trakia Plovdiv	15
8	Georgi Madzharov	Chernomorets Burges	14
9	Krasimir Manolov	Shumen	13
	Mihail Valchev	Levski Sofia
	Vladimir Stoyanov	Chernomorets Burges
12	Boycho Velichkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	12
	Petar Aleksandrov	Slavia Sofia
	Stefan Naydenov	JSK Spartak Varna

References[edit]

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[table_note_res_CWC10.87778378831119-1] Trakia Plovdiv qualified for Cup Winners' Cup as a finalists in the 1983–84 Bulgarian Cup

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v t e Bulgarian football championship seasons
State Championship (National Football Division)	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944
Republic Championship	1945 1946 1947 1948
A Group	1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
First League	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e 1983–84 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final) Cup of the Soviet Army (Final)
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 1984 qualification (Group 4) Ivan Vutsov
List of transfers

v t e 1983–84 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '83 '84 England Faroe Islands '83 '84 Finland '83 '84 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '83 '84 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '83 '84 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '83 '84 Spain Sweden '83 '84 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '83 '84 Finland '83 '84 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '83 '84 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '83 '84 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '83 '84 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup