1965–66 A Group

A Group
Season	1965–66
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (13th title)
Relegated	Spartak Varna; Spartak Pleven
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
Matches played	240
Goals scored	611 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Traycho Spasov; (21 goals)
	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1965–1966 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia	30	17	8	5	53	30	42	1966–67 European Cup preliminary round
2	Levski Sofia	30	15	11	4	59	31	41
3	Slavia Sofia	30	16	7	7	38	25	39	1966–67 Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Spartak Sofia	30	14	8	8	45	30	36
5	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	12	7	11	36	33	31
6	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	10	10	10	41	41	30
7	Dunav Ruse	30	12	6	12	29	40	30
8	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	10	9	11	46	35	29
9	Spartak Plovdiv	30	9	10	11	28	42	28
10	Botev Plovdiv	30	9	9	12	41	39	27
11	Cherno More Varna	30	8	11	11	30	35	27
12	Marek Dupnitsa	30	9	9	12	39	51	27
13	Botev Vratsa	30	9	7	14	30	41	25
14	Chernomorets Burgas	30	8	9	13	34	48	25
15	Spartak Varna	30	6	10	14	32	48	22	Relegation to B Group
16	Spartak Pleven	30	6	9	15	30	42	21	Relegation to B Group

Goalkeepers
Stoyan Yordanov	10	0(0)
Yordan Filipov	24	0(0)

Manager
	Stoyan Ormandzhiev

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Traycho Spasov	Marek Dupnitsa	21
2	Petar Zhekov	Beroe Stara Zagora	20
3	Nikola Kotkov	Lokomotiv Sofia	17
4	Nikola Tsanev	CSKA Sofia	16
4	Vasil Mitkov	Spartak Sofia	16
6	Nikola Yordanov	Dunav Ruse	14
6	Dobrin Nenov	Botev Plovdiv	14
8	Georgi Asparuhov	Levski Sofia	13
8	Hristo Dishkov	Spartak Plovdiv	13

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 1965–66 in European football (UEFA)
« 1964–65 1966–67 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '65 '66 England Faroe Islands '65 '66 Finland '65 '66 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '65 '66 Iceland '65 '66 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '65 '66 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '65 '66 Spain Sweden '65 '66 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '65 '66 Finland '65 '66 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '65 '66 Iceland '65 '66 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '65 '66 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain 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