Bulgarian A Professional Football Group

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
For other sports leagues which may be referred to by this name, see List of professional sports leagues.
A Football Group
Country  Bulgaria
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Founded 1924 (as BSFC)
1948 (as A RFG)
Divisions 1
Number of teams 16
Levels on pyramid 1
Relegation to B Group
Domestic cup(s) Bulgarian Cup
Bulgarian Supercup
International cup(s) Champions League
Europa League
Current champions Ludogorets Razgrad
(2011-2012)
Most championships CSKA Sofia (31)
TV partners TV7, News7
BNT 1, BNT World
Website http://agrupa.news7.bg/
2012-13 A Group

The Bulgarian A Football Group (Bulgarian: "А" Футболна Група) commonly known as A Group (Bulgarian: А Група) is the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The league is sponsored by the news television network News7 and therefore is officially known as NEWS7 Football Championship (Bulgarian: Нюз7 Футболно първенство) since 2013. A Group determines the champion of Bulgaria. Contested by sixteen clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the second tier of the Bulgarian football league pyramid - B Group. Seasons run from August to May, each team playing twice against all the other, once home and once away, totalling 240 matches. A Group is now broadcast by TV7, News7, BNT 1 and BNT World. Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with some played on Monday evenings. A Group was inaugurated in 1924 as BSFC and it has been played as a league format since 1948. It is administered by the Bulgarian Professional Football League and the Bulgarian Football Union.

A total of 64 clubs have competed in A Group. In the 2012/13 season, Pirin (Gotse Delchev) are competing for their first time in A Group. Since 1948 only 11 teams have been crowned champions of Bulgaria. The two most successful clubs are CSKA Sofia (thirty-one championships) and Levski Sofia (twenty-six championships). The current champions are Ludogorets Razgrad, who won their first championship title in their first A Group season.

The champion of A Group has the right to take part in the UEFA Champions League from the stage allowed by the league's coefficient. The teams that finish 2nd and 3rd in the final standings take part in the UEFA Europa League together with the Bulgarian Cup winner. The last two teams are directly relegated to the B Group. However in the 2012/13 season, four teams will be relegated to the B Group and two will be promoted from the B Group - from the 2013/14 season the league will be contested by 14 teams, 2 teams less than previous seasons. The domestic cup for the league is the Bulgarian Cup. In every season, the teams in A Group start participating in the competition from Round 2 (Round of 32).

Contents

Clubs [edit]

A Group members for season 2012/2013 [edit]

The following sixteen clubs are competing in A Group during the 2012/13 season.

Club
 Finishing position
in 2011/12		 First season in
top division		 First season after
most recent promotion		 Stadium
Beroe (Stara Zagora) 10th 1954 2009–10 Beroe Stadium
Botev (Plovdiv) 2nd in Eastern B PFG 1937-38 2012–13 Hristo Botev Stadium
Botev (Vratsa) 12th 1964–65 2011–12 Hristo Botev Stadium
Cherno More (Varna) 7th 1937–38 2000–01 Ticha Stadium
Chernomorets (Burgas) 4th 2007–08 2007–08 Lazur Stadium
CSKA (Sofia) 2nd 1948–49 1948–49 Balgarska Armiya Stadium
Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 1st in Eastern B PFG 1969-70 2012–13 Ivaylo Stadium
Levski (Sofia) 3rd 1937–38 1937–38 Georgi Asparuhov Stadium
Litex (Lovech) 5th 1994–95 1997–98 Lovech Stadium
Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 6th 1938–39 2001–02 Lokomotiv Stadium (Plovdiv)
Lokomotiv (Sofia) 13th 1939–40 1971-72 Lokomotiv Stadium (Sofia)
Ludogorets (Razgrad) 1st 2011–12 2011–12 Ludogorets Arena
Minyor (Pernik) 9th 1951 2008–09 Minyor Stadium
Montana (Montana) 11th 1994–95 2009–10 Ogosta Stadium
Pirin (Gotse Delchev) 1st in Western B PFG 2012-13 2012–13 Gradski Stadium
Slavia (Sofia) 8th 1937–38 1952 Slavia Stadium

History [edit]

Bulgarian State Football Championship [edit]

The first football championship of Bulgaria started in 1924 with a knockout format. An attempt to form a league as the top division of the Bulgarian football league system was made in 1937-1940, when the National Football Division was created. There were 10 teams, each playing twice against all the others, once home and once away. The team that finished first in the table became champions.

A Republican Football Group [edit]

The first season of the A Republican Football Group started in the autumn of 1948. In that season 10 teams participated in the league - Levski, Septemvri, Lokomotiv, Slavia and Spartak from the capital city Sofia, Botev (Varna), Slavia (Plovdiv), Marek Stanke Dimitrov, Benkovski (Vidin) and Luybislav (Burgas). The first football champion of the A Republican Football Group was Levski in 1948/49.

The 1949/50 season in the A Group was not completed. The league was stopped after the first fixture. It was then decided that the championship of Bulgaria would be played in a spring-autumn cycle as in the Soviet Union. In the autumn of 1949, qualification tournaments were played to determine the teams that would play in the next 1950 season. In the next two seasons the number of teams in the league was increased to 12, and for the 1953 season there were 15 teams (the 16th team was the Bulgarian National Football Team). In seasons 1954 and 1955 there were 14 teams in the league, and in seasons 1956 and 1957 there were 10.

In 1958 the championship was again stopped after the spring half-season, as had happened in 1948. New re-organizations were accepted and the league was again going to be played in the autumn-spring format. Despite the fact that the teams had played just 1 match, CDNA was crowned as the champion of Bulgaria.

The frequent changes in the number of teams in A Group continued in the 1960s. In the first two seasons after the reforms in 1958, the number of teams in the league was 12, in the period 1960-1962 - 14, until season 1967/68, when the teams were 16.

There were new reforms at the end of the 1960s. There were many mergers between Bulgarian clubs. The most-famous are between CSKA Red Flag and Septemvri Sofia in CSKA September Flag, the capital teams Levski and Spartak in Levski-Spartak, Lokomotiv and Slavia in Slavia, the Plovdiv teams Botev, Spartak and Academic in Trakiya. Mergers happened between other Bulgarian clubs too. These mergers between clubs and reforms in A Group where made at the winter break of the 1968/69 season and after that A Group began to look like "a punctured bag".

After the winter reforms in 1968 until 2000, A Group remained with 16 teams, except in seasons 1971/72 and 1972/73, when 18 teams competed in the league.

Premier Professional Football League [edit]

The 52 years of traditions of the A Republican Football Group were finally broken at the doorstep of the new millеnium when the Board of Directors of the Bulgarian Football Union decided to make reforms. The Premier Professional Football League, created in the autumn of 2000, had 14 teams participating in it. At the end of the 2000/01 season the last two teams were directly relegated to the lower division and the team that finished 12th had the chance to compete in the promotion/relegation play-off for the remaining place in the league. Levski Sofia became champions in the first season of the Premier League. They finished with 22 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in 26 games. They were followed by CSKA Sofia (2nd) and Velbazhd (3rd). The relegated teams were Botev and Minyor.

In the 2001/02 season there was experimentation with the regulations. The championship was divided into 2 phases. In the first phase the teams played a regular season, each team playing twice against all the others, once home and once away. The second phase was a play-off phase. The league was again divided into 2 subgroups. The teams who finished from 1st to 6th played in a home and away format to determine the champion of Bulgaria and the other teams that would play in the UEFA European club tournaments the following season. The teams from 7th to 14th played in a home and away format to determine the teams that would be relegated to the lower division. Levski were again the champions in 2001/02, finishing with 56 points. The UEFA Cup spots were filled by Litex Lovech and CSKA Sofia. The relegated teams were Spartak Pleven, Belasitsa and Beroe. But this experiment was tested only in that season.

In the following season, 2002/03, the championship returned to the regulations of 2000/01 - 14 teams playing in a home and away format. For the first time in 6 years, CSKA Sofia became champions: they were 6 points ahead of their biggest rivals, Levski. Dobrudzha and Rilski Sportist were relegated after just one season.

Bulgarian A Professional Football Group [edit]

The Bulgarian A Professional Football Group was created in 2003, returning to the traditions of A Republican Football Group. The group was formed by 16 teams, each playing twice against all the others, once home and once away. In the first season of the newly created A Group, the 2003/04 season, for the first time in history, Lokomotiv Plovdiv became champions, finishing with 75 points. In 2004/05, CSKA Sofia won A Group for the 30th time.

Victoria A Group logo 2011-2012

.

For the next two seasons, Levski Sofia became champions under manager Stanimir Stoilov. From 2005/2006 the league's name has been A Football Group. In 2007/08, CSKA became champions of A Group for a record-breaking 31st time without a loss out of 30 matches. But in the summer, UEFA didn't give a license for the club to play in the UEFA Champions League qualifing rounds and Levski Sofia entered to play in the tournament instead of CSKA. In the following season Levski Sofia won their last A Group title, finishing just one point ahead of CSKA. Later on, two years in a row Litex Lovech won another 2 titles like in 1997/98 and 1998/99. In 2011/12, after winning promotion from B Group, Ludogorets Razgrad became the second team after Litex to win the A Group in their first season.

A Republican Football Group, the Premier Professional Football League and the present A Group are all presented in football history and statistics as the Bulgarian A Football Group - the top level of the Bulgarian football league system.

Competition format [edit]

A Group no-sponsor logo

It is contested by 16 clubs with professional statute. Each team plays twice against every other team in the league - once home and once away, and that makes 30 matches per season for every team and 240 league matches per season. 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and no points are awarded for a loss. In the standings of A Group, if two or more teams have equal points, the team who has the better goal difference in the direct matches is placed higher in the tables.

The top three positions in the final standings of A Group qualify for the following season's UEFA competitions - the champion (1st place) advances to the UEFA Champions League qualifing rounds and the teams that finish 2nd and 3rd in the final standings - to the UEFA Europa League qualifing rounds. The league operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system - B Group. The last four teams are directly relegated. Every season starts in August, and ends in May or June of the following year.

European qualification (as for season 2012/13):

The Derbies [edit]

The Eternal Derby [edit]

The Eternal Derby of Bulgarian football is contested by the two most successful clubs in Bulgaria - PFC CSKA Sofia and PFC Levski Sofia. On every match between the two teams no matter in which league or cup is, there is a fantastic atmosphere with thousands of fans supporting their favourite team.

130 matches have been played between the two clubs in A Group. Levski Sofia has 51 wins, CSKA Sofia 43 wins, with 36 draws. The goal difference is 187:176 in favour of Levski Sofia.[1]

The biggest wins have been 7:2 (17 November 1968) and 7:1 (23 September 1994) for Levski Sofia against CSKA Sofia. The biggest wins for CSKA Sofia were 5:0 (23 September 1959 and 1 October 1989) and 4:0 (14 April 1957).

The highest attendance was on 11 March 1967, at the Vasil Levski National Stadium - 70,000 spectators (Levski Sofia 1:1 CSKA Sofia). The lowest attendance is only 8,000 spectators, on 26 May 2002, at the Bulgarian Army Stadium (CSKA Sofia 1:0 Levski Sofia).

The Plovdiv Derby [edit]

The Plovdiv Derby is the second largest football derby in Bulgaria, performed by the two historic clubs of the city, Botev Plovdiv and Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria and has the oldest football club in Bulgaria, Botev Plovdiv (1912).

The first match between the two teams in A Group was in 1951 when Lokomotiv Plovdiv won 3-0. The biggest win for Lokomotiv was 7:3 (8 September 1974), and the biggest win for Botev 5:0 twice (season 1988/89 and season 1995/96). The last match that was played in A Group between the teams ended 2:2 on 4 November 2012.

The games between the two teams are well known to the Bulgarian football community as well as to the police - before and after every game there are violent incidents with the supporters of the clubs. The atmosphere at those games is electric - comparable even to the best Latin American football derbies.

Broadcasting [edit]

From 2000 to 2008 the Bulgarian National Television broadcasted all matches from A Group on its first channel - Kanal 1.

2011 match between Slavia and Litex

In 2008 the broadcasting rights were purchased by the private channels TV2 and Ring TV for 3 plus 2 years. BNT had the first pick for each fixture and broadcast the most interesting match for the weekend. For seasons 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 PRO.BG (the former TV2) and RING.BG (the former Ring TV) bought the rights to broadcast the full pack of 6 matches from each fixture. At the end of 2010/2011, after bTV bought PRO.BG, the channel was rebranded to bTV Action and got on broadcasting only on cable networks. The new owners didn't want to fully pay every club in the league. The clubs weren't happy and they threatened to ban cameras at their matches.

Days before the start of the 2011/2012 season, the private terrestrial channel TV7 bought the rights and broadcast two matches per round of fixtures. As before, the national television BNT1 got the first pick and broadcast the most interesting match for the fixture. The rest of the matches were broadcast live online on the websites Topsport.bg, Livesport.bg, Bookmakers.bg and Sportline.bg.

For the start of the new 2012/2013 season the clubs refused the rights requests from 4 TV stations because of low payments offered - Bulgarian National Television, Nova Television, TV7 and TV+. Finally after the first set of fixtures, the satellite broadcaster Bulsatcom with its channel TV+ bought the rights, along with BNT. In the spring round the rights were bought by TV7 and News7, who have rights for the first, third and forth pick, and BNT 1 along with the international channel BNT World broadcasting the second pick of a match.

Sponsorship [edit]

News7 is the current sponsor

Until 2011 the official sponsor of A Group was TBI Credit and the league was officially known as TBI A Football Group.

For 2011/12 A Group had new sponsor - the Victoria FATA Insurance and therefore the league name in that season was Victoria A Football Championship.

From early 2013 the naming rights of A Group were bought from the news television network News7 and therefore the league's name is NEWS7 Football Championship. The new league name must be strictly used by the commentators of matches that are broadcast from A Group, and that includes matches of TV and radio-stations. Those are and were the naming requirements of A Group also for 2011/12, when the league name was Victoria A Football Championship.

Performance by club [edit]

The bolded teams play in the 2012/13 season of A Group. The teams in italics no longer exist.

The A Group trophy as of 2005.
Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years
CSKA Sofia
31
23
 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2008
Levski Sofia
26
30
 1933, 1937, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009
Slavia Sofia
7
10
 1928, 1930, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1996
Lokomotiv Sofia
4
6
 1940, 1945, 1964, 1978
Litex Lovech
4
1
 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011
Vladislav (Varna)
3
4
 1925, 1926, 1934
Botev Plovdiv
2
2
 1929, 1967
Ticha (Varna)
1
2
 1938
Spartak Varna
1
2
 1932
Spartak Plovdiv
1
1
 1963
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1
1
 2004
Sportclub (Sofia)
1
0
 1935
Atletic Slava 1923 (Sofia)
1
0
 1931
Beroe (S.Zagora)
1
0
 1986
Etar 1924
1
0
 1991
Ludogorets
1
0
 2012

Cities [edit]

The following table lists the Bulgarian champions by cities.

City Titles Winning Clubs
BG Sofia coa.svg Sofia
70
 CSKA Sofia (31), Levski Sofia (26), Slavia Sofia (7), Lokomotiv (4), Atletic Slava 1923 (1), Sportclub Sofia (1)
Varna
5
 Vladislav Varna (3), Ticha Varna (1), Spartak Varna (1)
Plovdiv-coat-of-arms.svg Plovdiv
4
 Botev Plovdiv (2), Lokomotiv Plovdiv (1), Spartak Plovdiv (1)
Lovech-coat-of-arms.svg Lovech
4
 Litex Lovech (4)
Stara-Zagora-coat-of-arms.svg Stara Zagora
1
 Beroe (1)
Veliko-Tarnovo-coat-of-arms.svg Veliko Tarnovo
1
 Etar 1924 (1)
Emblem of Razgrad.png Razgrad
1
 Ludogorets Razgrad (1)

A Group All-time ranking 1948-2012 [edit]

Pos. Team N S G W D L F A Pts 1º 2º 3º
1 CSKA Sofia 1st 63 1782 1089 405 288 3740 1592 2583 31 23 5
2 Levski Sofia 1st 63 1782 1061 421 300 3525 1596 2543 21 25 8
3 PFC Slavia Sofia 1st 62 1760 771 425 564 2681 2043 1967 1 7 10
4 Lokomotiv Sofia 1st 60 1705 726 428 551 2506 2044 1880 2 3 9
5 Botev Plovdiv 1st 57 1625 620 378 627 2359 2299 1618 1 2 10
6 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1st 50 1464 570 339 555 2019 2007 1479 1 1 4
7 Cherno More Varna 1st 47 1343 467 349 527 1599 1736 1283 – – 2
8 Beroe Stara Zagora 1st 44 1291 419 295 577 1565 1958 1133 1 – 1
9 Spartak Varna 2nd 43 1202 378 270 554 1385 1829 1026 – – 2
10 Minyor Pernik 1st 36 995 317 231 447 1120 1505 865 – – –
11 Spartak Pleven 2nd 35 994 314 245 435 1150 1511 873 – – 1
12 Chernomorets Burgas 1st 29 866 277 188 401 1057 1410 742 – – –
13 Botev Vratsa 1st 26 788 273 170 345 1002 1171 716 – – 1
14 Litex Lovech 1st 16 478 285 95 98 877 427 665 4 1 2
15 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 1st 24 726 264 161 301 951 1043 689 1 – 2
16 Marek Dupnitsa 3rd 28 806 246 172 388 906 1303 664 – – 1
17 OFC Sliven 2000 2nd 25 750 246 164 340 906 1109 656 – – –
18 Dunav Ruse 3rd 25 699 220 172 307 747 1064 612 – – –
19 Pirin Blagoevgrad 3rd 23 688 220 167 301 743 934 607 – – –
20 Akademic Sofia 2nd 18 505 163 136 206 589 676 462 – – 2
21 Spartak Plovdiv 2nd 17 441 158 121 162 562 581 437 1 1 –
22 Spartak Sofia N.E. 15 377 135 124 118 456 416 394 – 2 –
23 Neftochimic Burgas 2nd 12 356 154 72 130 534 420 380 – 1 –
24 Dobrudzha Dobrich 2nd 14 414 126 82 206 448 682 334 – – –
25 Belasitsa Petrich 3rd 12 368 116 68 184 377 590 300 – – –
26 Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa 3rd 9 268 95 48 125 280 390 238 – – –
27 Velbazhd Kyustendil 3rd 7 201 98 27 76 299 269 223 – – 3

UEFA Ranking [edit]

The national league rankings for the 2013/14 season of UEFA competitions is based upon results in UEFA competitions from the 2008/09 through 2012/13 seasons.

Current Bulgarian A Group ranking (2013)

Referees [edit]

A Group has over 20 active referees that are available for matches as from the 2012/13 season. Only 7 of them are fully certified international FIFA referees. They are: Anton Genov, Angel Angelov, Stanislav Todorov, Georgi Yordanov, Tsvetan Georgiev, Nikolai Yordanov and Alexander Kostadinov. There are other 9 assistant referees that are fully certified international FIFA referees.

Famous Individuals [edit]

 This list of "famous" or "notable" sporting persons has no clear inclusion or exclusion criteria. Please help to define clear inclusion criteria and edit the list to contain only subjects that fit those criteria. (May 2013)

World famous players who have played in A Group are Mario Jardel, Benoît Cauet, Hamilton Ricard, Garba Lawal, Milivoje Novaković, Savio Nsereko, Vladislav Radimov, Bernardo Redin, Georgi Asparuhov, Dimitar Berbatov, Hristo Stoichkov, Martin Petrov, Stiliyan Petrov, Luboslav Penev, Krassimir Balakov, Garra Dembélé, José Emilio Furtado, Radostin Kishishev, Stanislav Manolev, Ivelin Popov, Júnior Moraes, Daniel Borimirov, Dimitar Ivankov, Nikolay Mihaylov and many others. Famous foreign coaches include Luigi Simoni, Ljupko Petrović, Rudolf Vytlacil, Ioan Andone and others.

Records [edit]

Teams [edit]

Players [edit]

All-time top scorers [edit]

All-time top scorers in A PFG
Rank Player Goals
1 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov 253
2 Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov 195
3 Bulgaria Dinko Dermendzhiev 194
4 Bulgaria Hristo Bonev 185
5 Bulgaria Plamen Getov 164
6 Bulgaria Nikola Kotkov 163
7 Bulgaria Stefan Bogomilov 162
8 Bulgaria Petar Mihtarski 158
9 Bulgaria Petko Petkov 152
10 Bulgaria Dimitar Yakimov 151
In bold Currently playing in A Group

All-time appearances [edit]

All-time appearances in A PFG
Rank Player Appearances
1 Bulgaria Marin Bakalov 454
2 Bulgaria Dinko Dermendzhiev 447
3 Bulgaria Viden Apostolov 444
4 Bulgaria Todor Marev 422
5 Bulgaria Hristo Bonev 410
6 Bulgaria Zapryan Rakov 403
7 Bulgaria Malin Orachev 398
8 Bulgaria Dimitar Mladenov 388
9 Bulgaria Bozhil Kolev 373
10 Bulgaria Dobromir Zhechev 369
In bold Currently playing in A Group

Topscorers [edit]

Year Topscorer(s) Club(s) Goals
1938 Bulgaria Krum Milev Slavia Sofia 12
1939 Bulgaria Georgi Pachedzhiev AS 23 Sofia 14
1940 Bulgaria Yanko Stoyanov
Bulgaria Dimitar Nikolaev		 Levski Sofia
FK 13 Sofia		 14
1949 Bulgaria Dimitar Milanov
Bulgaria Nedko Nedev		 CSKA Sofia
Cherno More Varna		 11
1950 Bulgaria Lyubomir Hranov Levski Sofia 13
1951 Bulgaria Dimitar Milanov CSKA Sofia 14
1952 Bulgaria Dimitar Isakov
Bulgaria Dobromir Tashkov		 Slavia Sofia
Spartak Sofia		 10
1953 Bulgaria Dimitar Minchev Spartak Pleven; VVS Sofia 15
1954 Bulgaria Dobromir Tashkov Slavia Sofia 25
1955 Bulgaria Todor Diev Spartak Plovdiv 13
1956 Bulgaria Pavel Vladimirov Minyor Pernik 16
1957 Bulgaria Hristo Iliev
Bulgaria Dimitar Milanov		 Levski Sofia
CSKA Sofia		 14
1958 Bulgaria Dobromir Tashkov
Bulgaria Georgi Arnaudov		 Slavia Sofia
Spartak Varna		 9
1959 Bulgaria Aleksandar Vasilev Slavia Sofia 13
1960 Bulgaria Dimitar Yordanov
Bulgaria Lyuben Kostov		 Levski Sofia
Spartak Varna		 12
1961 Bulgaria Ivan Sotirov Botev Plovdiv 20
1962 Bulgaria Nikola Yordanov
Bulgaria Todor Diev		 Dunav Ruse
Spartak Plovdiv		 23
1963 Bulgaria Todor Diev Spartak Plovdiv 26
1964 Bulgaria Nikola Tsanev CSKA Sofia 26
1965 Bulgaria Georgi Asparuhov Levski Sofia 27
1966 Bulgaria Traycho Spasov Marek Dupnitsa 21
1967 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov Beroe Stara Zagora 21
1968 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov Beroe Stara Zagora 31
1969 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov CSKA Sofia 36
1970 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov CSKA Sofia 31
1971 Bulgaria Dimitar Yakimov CSKA 26
1972 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov CSKA Sofia 27
1973 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov CSKA Sofia 29
1974 Bulgaria Petko Petkov
Bulgaria Kiril Milanov		 Beroe Stara Zagora
Levski Sofia		 19
1975 Bulgaria Ivan Pritargov Botev Plovdiv 20
1976 Bulgaria Petko Petkov
Bulgaria Pavel Panov		 Beroe Stara Zagora
Levski Sofia		 18
1977 Bulgaria Pavel Panov Levski Sofia 20
1978 Bulgaria Stoycho Mladenov Beroe Stara Zagora 21
1979 Bulgaria Rusi Gochev Chernomorets Burgas and Levski Sofia 19
1980 Bulgaria Spas Dzhevizov CSKA Sofia 23
1981 Bulgaria Georgi Slavkov Botev Plovdiv 31
1982 Bulgaria Mihail Valchev Levski Sofia 24
1983 Bulgaria Antim Pehlivanov Botev 20
1984 Bulgaria Eduard Eranosyan
Bulgaria Emil Spasov		 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Levski Sofia		 19
1985 Bulgaria Plamen Getov Spartak Pleven 26
1986 Bulgaria Atanas Pashev Botev Plovdiv 30
1987 Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov Levski Sofia 36
1988 Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov Levski Sofia 28
1989 Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov CSKA Sofia 23
1990 Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov CSKA Sofia 38
1991 Bulgaria Ivaylo Yordanov Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa 21
1992 Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov Levski Sofia 26
1993 Bulgaria Plamen Getov Levski Sofia 26
1994 Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov Levski Sofia 30
1995 Bulgaria Petar Mihtarski CSKA Sofia 24
1996 Bulgaria Ivo Georgiev Spartak Varna 21
1997 Bulgaria Todor Pramatarov Slavia Sofia 26
1998 Bulgaria Anton Spasov
Bulgaria Bontcho Guentchev		 Naftex Burgas
CSKA Sofia		 17
1999 Bulgaria Dimcho Belyakov Litex Lovech 21
2000 Bulgaria Mihail Mihaylov Velbazhd Kyustendil 20
2001 Bulgaria Georgi Ivanov
 Levski Sofia
 22
2002 Bulgaria Vladimir Manchev CSKA Sofia 21
2003 Bulgaria Georgi Chilikov Levski Sofia 23
2004 Bulgaria Martin Kamburov Lokomotiv Plovdiv 25
2005 Bulgaria Martin Kamburov Lokomotiv Plovdiv 27
2006 Slovenia Milivoje Novakovič
Portugal Jose Emilio Furtado		 Litex Lovech
Vihren and CSKA Sofia		 16
2007 Bulgaria Tsvetan Genkov Lokomotiv Sofia 27
2008 Bulgaria Georgi Hristov Botev Plovdiv 19
2009 Bulgaria Martin Kamburov Lokomotiv Sofia 17
2010 France Wilfried Niflore Litex Lovech 19
2011 Mali Garra Dembele Levski Sofia 26
2012 Bulgaria Ivan Stoyanov
Brazil Júnior Moraes		 Ludogorets Razgrad
CSKA Sofia		 16

References [edit]

  1. ^ [1]

External links [edit]

Bulgarian A Professional Football Group
2012–13 clubs
BG Champ cup.png
Stadiums
Former clubs
Competition
Associated competitions
Seasons
Bulgarian football championship seasons
State Championship
(National Football Division)
Republic Championship
A Professional Football Group
A PFG venues, 2012–13
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
League competitions
Cup competitions
Defunct competitions
National teams
Lists
Awards
Top level football leagues of Europe (UEFA)
Current
Defunct
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bulgarian_A_Professional_Football_Group&oldid=555100077"