1969–70 A Group

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A Group
Season1969–70
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(11th title)
Relegated
European CupLevski
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored647 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerPetar Zhekov
(31 goals)

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[edit]

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

League standings[edit]

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

Results[edit]

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:
  1. ^ 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[edit]

Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Georgi Kamenski 23 0(0)
Bulgaria Biser Mihaylov 08 0(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Ivan Zdravkov 01 0(0)
Bulgaria Kiril Ivkov 27 0(0)
Bulgaria Georgi Todorov 05 0(0)
Bulgaria Dobromir Zhechev 23 0(2)
Bulgaria Stefan Aladzhov 29 0(0)
Bulgaria Stoichko Peshev 17 0(2)
Bulgaria Milko Gaydarski 27 0(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Stefan Pavlov 19 0(1)
Bulgaria Petar Kirilov 14 0(1)
Bulgaria Yanko Kirilov 29 0(4)
Bulgaria Tsvetan Veselinov 18 (10)
Bulgaria Ivan Stoyanov 11 0(0)
Bulgaria Vasil Mitkov 26 (12)
Forwards
Bulgaria Nikola Kotkov 24 (14)
Bulgaria Pavel Panov 23 0(8)
Bulgaria Georgi Asparuhov 24 (12)
Bulgaria Aleksandar Kostov 19 0(1)
Bulgaria Slavcho Stoilov 02 0(0)
Manager
Czechoslovakia Rudolf Vytlačil

Top scorers[edit]

Petar Zhekov - top scorer of the 1969–70 season
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Petar Zhekov CSKA Sofia 31
2 Bulgaria Hristo Bonev Lokomotiv Plovdiv 20
3 Bulgaria Dinko Dermendzhiev Botev Plovdiv 18
Bulgaria Stefan Bogomilov Cherno More Varna
5 Bulgaria Dimitar Tsekov Etar Veliko Tarnovo 16
6 Bulgaria Dimitar Yakimov CSKA Sofia 14
Bulgaria Nikola Kotkov Levski Sofia
8 Bulgaria Georgi Asparuhov Levski Sofia 12
Bulgaria Vasil Mitkov Levski Sofia
10 Bulgaria Georgi Lukanov Lokomotiv Plovdiv 11
Bulgaria Mladen Vasilev Akademik Sofia
Bulgaria Kiril Milanov Marek Dupnitsa
Bulgaria Georgi Kamenov Botev Vratsa

References[edit]

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

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