1977–78 A Group

A Group
Season	1977–78
Champions	Lokomotiv Sofia; (4th title)
Relegated	Spartak Varna; Akademik Svishtov
European Cup	Lokomotiv Sofia
UEFA Cup	CSKA; Levski; Botev Plovdiv
Matches played	240
Goals scored	623 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stoycho Mladenov; (21 goals)
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1977–78 season.

Overview

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

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	16	10	4	40	16	42	1978–79 European Cup first round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	18	5	7	60	35	41	1978–79 UEFA Cup first round
3	Levski Sofia	30	15	8	7	53	30	38	1978–79 UEFA Cup first round
4	Botev Plovdiv	30	13	6	11	39	36	32	1978–79 UEFA Cup first round
5	Slavia Sofia	30	12	6	12	54	35	30
6	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	12	5	13	37	37	29
7	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	12	5	13	32	40	29
8	Akademik Sofia	30	10	8	12	34	38	28
9	Cherno More Varna	30	8	12	10	27	34	28
10	Chernomorets Burgas	30	11	5	14	44	43	27
11	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	11	5	14	33	41	27
12	Sliven	30	11	5	14	36	51	27
13	Botev Vratsa	30	11	5	14	31	56	27
14	Marek Dupnitsa	30	11	4	15	37	40	26	1978–79 Cup Winners' Cup first round
15	Spartak Varna	30	11	3	16	30	46	25	Relegation to B Group
16	Akademik Svishtov	30	9	6	15	36	45	24	Relegation to B Group

Manager
	Vasil Metodiev

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Stoycho Mladenov	Beroe Stara Zagora	21
2	Andrey Zhelyazkov	Slavia Sofia	18
3	Georgi Minchev	Slavia Sofia	16
4	Anton Milkov	Botev Plovdiv	14
5	Ivan Petrov	Marek Dupnitsa	13
6	Spas Dzhevizov	CSKA Sofia	12
7	Atanas Mihaylov	Lokomotiv Sofia	11
	Krasimir Manolov	Akademik Sofia
	Georgi Todorov	Levski Sofia
10	Yordan Yordanov	Levski Sofia	10
	Sasho Angelov	Botev Vratsa
	Yordan Hristov	Sliven
	Sasho Momchilov	Akademik Svishtov

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 1977–78 in European football (UEFA)
« 1976–77 1978–79 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '77 '78 England Faroe Islands '77 '78 Finland '77 '78 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '77 '78 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '77 '78 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '77 '78 Spain Sweden '77 '78 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '77 '78 Finland '77 '78 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '77 '78 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '77 '78 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
Super cups	Soviet Union
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '77 '77–'78