1970–71 A Group

A Group
Season	1970–71
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (15th title)
Relegated	Maritsa
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
UEFA Cup	Botev Vratsa; Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Matches played	240
Goals scored	692 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dimitar Yakimov; (26 goals)
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1970–1971 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	21	6	3	74	21	48	1971–72 European Cup first round
2	Levski Sofia	30	21	6	3	59	22	48	1971–72 Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Botev Vratsa	30	17	4	9	51	31	38	1971–72 UEFA Cup first round
4	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	14	7	9	55	42	35	1971–72 UEFA Cup first round
5	Botev Plovdiv	30	13	6	11	53	50	32
6	ZhSK-Slavia Sofia	30	12	7	11	53	41	31
7	Cherno More Varna	30	11	6	13	37	42	28
8	Yantra Gabrovo	30	11	6	13	42	52	28
9	Spartak Pleven	30	10	7	13	46	47	27
10	Marek Dupnitsa	30	9	9	12	37	41	27
11	Dunav Ruse	30	10	7	13	32	45	27
12	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	10	7	13	33	49	27
13	Tundzha Yambol	30	8	9	13	26	47	25
14	Akademik Sofia	30	6	11	13	33	41	23
15	Chernomorets Burgas	30	6	7	17	33	66	19
16	Maritsa Plovdiv	30	4	9	17	28	55	17	Relegation to B Group

Manager
	Manol Manolov

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Dimitar Yakimov	CSKA Sofia	26
2	Georgi Kamenov	Botev Vratsa	20
3	Hristo Bonev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	17
4	Petar Zhekov	CSKA Sofia	16
5	Georgi Vasilev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	15
5	Georgi Georgiev	Chernomorets ZhSK-Slavia	15
7	Yosif Haralampiev	Yantra Gabrovo	14
	Sasho Pargov	Marek Dupnitsa
	Totko Dremsizov	Chernomorets Burgas
	Stoyan Marinov	Dunav Ruse

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 1970–71 in European football (UEFA)
« 1969–70 1971–72 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '70 '71 England Faroe Islands '70 '71 Finland '70 '71 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '70 '71 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '70 '71 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '70 '71 Spain Sweden '70 '71 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '70 '71 Finland '70 '71 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '70 '71 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '70 '71 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '70 '71 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 '70 '71 Mitropa Cup