1969–70 A Group

A Group
Season	1969–70
Champions	Levski Sofia; (11th title)
Relegated	Minyor; Beroe;
European Cup	Levski
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Slavia; Botev Plovdiv;
Matches played	240
Goals scored	647 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Petar Zhekov; (31 goals)
	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 A Group was the 22nd 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	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia (C)	30	23	4	3	67	17	+50	50	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	21	5	4	73	29	+44	47	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Slavia Sofia	30	15	8	7	41	31	+10	38	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4	Botev Plovdiv	30	15	4	11	48	34	+14	34	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	14	5	11	53	45	+8	33
6	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	12	8	10	42	36	+6	32
7	Cherno More Varna	30	11	7	12	47	34	+13	29
8	Chernomorets Burgas	30	10	9	11	33	41	−8	29
9	Akademik Sofia	30	9	10	11	34	32	+2	28
10	Dunav Ruse	30	9	9	12	28	34	−6	27
11	Marek Dupnitsa	30	12	3	15	41	49	−8	27
12	Spartak Pleven	30	10	7	13	29	53	−24	27
13	Botev Vratsa	30	9	7	14	34	38	−4	25
14	Maritsa Plovdiv	30	10	3	17	34	51	−17	23
15	Beroe Stara Zagora (R)	30	6	4	20	19	64	−45	16	Relegation to 1970–71 B Group
16	Minyor Pernik (R)	30	5	5	20	24	59	−35	15	Relegation to 1970–71 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	AKD	BSZ	BPD	BVR	CHM	CHB	CSK	DUN	ETA	LEV	LPL	MAR	MPL	MIN	SLA	SPL
Akademik Sofia		2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–2
Beroe Stara Zagora	0–3^[a]		0–1	2–1	1–0	0–3^[a]	0–3^[a]	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–3^[a]	3–1	0–3^[a]	2–2	0–3^[a]	2–1
Botev Plovdiv	2–1	3–0^[a]		2–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	5–0
Botev Vratsa	1–1	3–0^[a]	3–1		0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	4–2	3–1	3–0	1–2	4–1
Cherno More	2–1	3–1	0–1	4–0		2–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	4–0	6–1	3–0	4–0	3–0
Chernomorets Burgas	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1		2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	4–1
CSKA Sofia	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–1		4–1	3–2	4–2	6–1	2–1	6–1	2–1	2–0	7–0
Dunav Ruse	1–0	3–0^[a]	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–2		1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–1	1–2	1–1
Etar Veliko Tarnovo	1–1	3–0^[a]	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–2	1–1		0–2	2–2	5–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1
Levski Sofia	2–1	4–0	2–1	4–0	4–1	4–0	5–2	3–0	2–2		1–0	4–0	1–0	6–0	0–1	1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–1	4–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	4–1	3–3	4–1	2–0	1–3		5–2	1–0	4–0	1–2	0–0
Marek Dupnitsa	2–1	3–0^[a]	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1		2–0	1–0	0–0	8–0
Maritsa Plovdiv	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–2	2–2	2–4	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–2		2–0	1–0	2–0
Minyor Pernik	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–1	2–2	0–5	3–4	3–0	2–0		1–2	0–2
Slavia Sofia	2–3	2–2	5–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–0	2–1		1–0
Spartak Pleven	0–0	3–0^[a]	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–0

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 As a result of the crowd riots in the match between Beroe Stara Zagora and Levski Sofia, the remaining twelve encounters were rated 0–3 against Beroe.

Champions

Levski Sofia

Goalkeepers
Georgi Kamenski	23	0(0)
Biser Mihaylov	08	0(0)

Defenders
Ivan Zdravkov	01	0(0)
Kiril Ivkov	27	0(0)
Georgi Todorov	05	0(0)
Dobromir Zhechev	23	0(2)
Stefan Aladzhov	29	0(0)
Stoichko Peshev	17	0(2)
Milko Gaydarski	27	0(0)

Midfielders
Stefan Pavlov	19	0(1)
Petar Kirilov	14	0(1)
Yanko Kirilov	29	0(4)
Tsvetan Veselinov	18	(10)
Ivan Stoyanov	11	0(0)
Vasil Mitkov	26	(12)

Forwards
Nikola Kotkov	24	(14)
Pavel Panov	23	0(8)
Georgi Asparuhov	24	(12)
Aleksandar Kostov	19	0(1)
Slavcho Stoilov	02	0(0)

Manager
	Rudolf Vytlačil

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Petar Zhekov	CSKA Sofia	31
2	Hristo Bonev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	20
3	Dinko Dermendzhiev	Botev Plovdiv	18
3	Stefan Bogomilov	Cherno More Varna	18
5	Dimitar Tsekov	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	16
6	Dimitar Yakimov	CSKA Sofia	14
6	Nikola Kotkov	Levski Sofia	14
8	Georgi Asparuhov	Levski Sofia	12
8	Vasil Mitkov	Levski Sofia	12
10	Georgi Lukanov	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	11
	Mladen Vasilev	Akademik Sofia
	Kiril Milanov	Marek Dupnitsa
	Georgi Kamenov	Botev Vratsa

References

^ "Стара Загора на крачка от бунт заради гавра с Берое" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 5 January 2013.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1969–70 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[table_note_1_BPD_BSZ0.18224207925715-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l As a result of the crowd riots in the match between Beroe Stara Zagora and Levski Sofia, the remaining twelve encounters were rated 0–3 against Beroe.

[1] "Стара Загора на крачка от бунт заради гавра с Берое" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 5 January 2013.

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[a]

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 1969–70 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Balkans Cup 1969 1970
Related to national team	1970 FIFA World Cup (Qualification Group 8, Group 4) Stefan Bozhkov
List of transfers

v t e 1969–70 in European football (UEFA)
« 1968–69 1970–71 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '69 '70 England Faroe Islands '69 '70 Finland '69 '70 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '69 '70 Iceland '69 '70 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '69 '70 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '69 '70 Spain Sweden '69 '70 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '69 '70 Finland '69 '70 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '69 '70 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '69 '70 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '69 '70 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 '69 '70 Mitropa Cup