1987–88 A Group

A Group
Season	1987–88
Champions	Levski Sofia; (17th title)
Relegated	Chernomorets, Spartak Pleven
European Cup	Levski Sofia
UEFA Cup	Botev Plovdiv; Slavia
Matches played	240
Goals scored	695 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nasko Sirakov; (28 goals)
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1987–1988 season.

Overview

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

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia	30	20	8	2	67	29	48	1988–89 European Cup first round
2	CSKA Sofia	30	20	6	4	76	32	46	1988–89 Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Botev Plovdiv	30	15	9	6	52	31	39	1988–89 UEFA Cup first round
4	Slavia Sofia	30	14	10	6	48	30	38	1988–89 UEFA Cup first round
5	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	12	8	10	47	47	32
6	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	11	7	12	41	44	29
7	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	12	4	14	44	59	28
8	Sliven	30	11	5	14	35	43	27
9	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	30	10	6	14	44	41	26
10	Spartak Varna	30	10	6	14	36	52	26
11	Minyor Pernik	30	10	5	15	34	36	25
12	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	7	11	12	32	37	25
13	Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa	30	11	3	16	41	57	25
14	Botev Vratsa	30	8	8	14	34	46	24
15	Chernomorets Burgas	30	9	3	18	27	50	21	Relegation to B Group
16	Spartak Pleven	30	6	9	15	37	61	21	Relegation to B Group

Goalkeepers
Borislav Mihaylov	24	0(0)
Vlado Delchev	06	0(0)

Manager
	Vasil Metodiev

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Nasko Sirakov	Levski Sofia	28
2	Lyuboslav Penev	CSKA Sofia	21
3	Ivelin Mladenov	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	18
4	Atanas Pashev	Botev Plovdiv	17
5	Petar Aleksandrov	Slavia Sofia	16

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 1987–88 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '87 '88 England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88 Spain Sweden '87 '88 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88
Supercups	West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup