1968–69 A Group

A Group
Season	1968–69
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (14th title)
Relegated	Dobrudzha
European Cup	CSKA
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Lokomotiv Plovdiv; Slavia;
Matches played	225
Goals scored	713 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Petar Zhekov; (36 goals)
	← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 A Group was the 21st 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 CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

League standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	30	22	3	5	74	38	+36	47	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Levski Sofia	30	17	6	7	59	33	+26	40	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	16	7	7	53	40	+13	39	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4	Cherno More Varna	30	13	12	5	44	27	+17	38
5	Slavia Sofia	30	15	7	8	54	33	+21	37	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
6	Botev Plovdiv	30	11	6	13	51	48	+3	28
7	Chernomorets Burgas	30	10	8	12	51	56	−5	28
8	Botev Vratsa	30	10	7	13	48	51	−3	27
9	Spartak Pleven	30	12	3	15	44	52	−8	27
10	Minyor Pernik	30	10	7	13	42	53	−11	27
11	Akademik Sofia	30	8	10	12	32	35	−3	26
12	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	10	6	14	36	45	−9	26
13	Dunav Ruse	30	10	5	15	36	48	−12	25
14	Marek Dupnitsa	30	9	7	14	34	46	−12	25
15	Dobrudzha Dobrich (R)	30	8	8	14	32	44	−12	24	Relegation to 1969–70 B Group
16	Lokomotiv Sofia (R)	30	7	2	21	23	64	−41	16	Merged with Slavia Sofia^[a]

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

^ Slavia Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia were merged into ZhSK-Slavia Sofia that took over Slavia's points total. No team replaced Lokomotiv, so they were awarded 0–3 losses during the second half of the season.

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	AKD	BSZ	BPD	BVR	CHM	CHB	CSK	DOB	DUN	LEV	LPL	LSO	MAR	MIN	SLA	SPL
Akademik Sofia		2–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	3–0^[a]	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0
Beroe Stara Zagora	2–0		3–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	3–0^[a]	5–1	2–0	3–0	3–0
Botev Plovdiv	1–0	3–0		3–2	0–0	2–3	1–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–0^[a]	2–2	5–0	1–1	1–0
Botev Vratsa	1–2	2–0	5–1		1–0	2–2	1–2	4–0	2–1	1–1	3–3	3–0^[a]	5–0	3–0	0–0	2–1
Cherno More	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0		2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–3	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	6–1
Chernomorets Burgas	2–0	5–1	5–3	1–1	0–0		1–2	2–2	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	2–2	5–2
CSKA Sofia	3–3	7–1	4–2	4–0	3–1	7–0		2–0	3–2	2–7	2–1	3–0^[a]	1–0	4–1	3–1	3–1
Dobrudzha Dobrich	1–0	0–0	0–4	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–0		1–1	3–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	0–0	3–1	4–0
Dunav Ruse	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	5–1	0–2	1–0		1–2	0–2	3–0^[a]	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–0
Levski Sofia	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–1	5–2	1–3	2–1	3–0		1–2	3–2	1–0	4–0	2–2	4–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–4	3–1	3–2	1–0		3–0^[a]	3–1	2–0	3–0	3–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–1	0–0	2–1	5–1	0–3^[a]	0–3^[a]	2–2	0–3^[a]	1–0	0–3^[a]	0–2		0–1	0–3^[a]	0–3^[a]	0–3^[a]
Marek Dupnitsa	1–1	3–0	4–2	1–0	1–5	3–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–3	3–0^[a]		2–1	1–2	2–1
Minyor Pernik	2–3	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	1–1		1–0	4–1
Slavia Sofia	1–0	3–1	0–2	6–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	5–0	1–0	4–0	3–2	4–0	3–0		2–0
Spartak Pleven	2–0	2–0	2–1	6–3	2–2	3–1	1–0	5–0	4–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–1

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Match awarded

Champions[edit]

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Stoyan Yordanov	20	0(0)
Yordan Filipov	14	0(0)
Stancho Bonchev	02	0(0)

Defenders
Kiril Stankov	28	0(0)
Dimitar Penev	28	0(3)
Ivan Zafirov	19	0(0)
Hristo Marinchev	16	0(0)
Boris Gaganelov	24	0(0)
Vasil Nedelchev	05	0(0)
Rusi Penchev	14	0(0)

Midfielders
Boris Stankov	13	0(0)
Asparuh Nikodimov	28	0(4)
Petar Patsev	02	0(1)
Peyu Nikolov	10	0(1)
Tsvetan Atanasov	25	0(4)

Forwards
Petar Zhekov	29	(36)
Dimitar Marashliev	28	0(4)
Nikola Tsanev	24	0(5)
Emil Simov	01	0(1)
Dimitar Yakimov	24	(12)

Manager
	Stoyan Ormandzhiev

Top scorers[edit]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Petar Zhekov	CSKA Sofia	36
2	Georgi Asparuhov	Levski Sofia	22
3	Dinko Dermendzhiev	Botev Plovdiv	21
3	Totko Dremsizov	Chernomorets Burgas	21
5	Bozhidar Grigorov	Slavia Sofia	17
5	Georgi Kamenov	Botev Vratsa	17
7	Hristo Bonev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	16
7	Stefan Bogomilov	Cherno More Varna	16
9	Mihail Mishev	Spartak Pleven	14
10	Stoyan Marinov	Dunav Ruse	13

References[edit]

^ "Обувка става национална кауза, а Левски слага пагони" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 28 December 2012.

External links[edit]

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1968–69 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[table_note_res_LSO0.54090029585217-2] Slavia Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia were merged into ZhSK-Slavia Sofia that took over Slavia's points total. No team replaced Lokomotiv, so they were awarded 0–3 losses during the second half of the season.

[table_note_1_CSK_LSO0.017483823009526-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Match awarded

[1] "Обувка става национална кауза, а Левски слага пагони" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 28 December 2012.

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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 1968–69 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Balkans Cup 1967–68 1969
Related to national team	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 8) Stefan Bozhkov
List of transfers

v t e 1968–69 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '68 '69 England Faroe Islands '68 '69 Finland '68 '69 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '68 '69 Iceland '68 '69 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '68 '69 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '68 '69 Spain Sweden '68 '69 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '68 '69 Finland '68 '69 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '68 '69 Iceland '68 '69 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '68 '69 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '67–'68 '69 Mitropa Cup