2000–01 A Group

A Group
Season	2000–01
Champions	Levski Sofia; (22nd title)
Relegated	Botev, Minyor
Champions League	Levski
UEFA Cup	CSKA
Matches played	182
Goals scored	552 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	Georgi Ivanov; (21 goals)
	← 1999–00 2001–02 →

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 2000–01 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levski Sofia	26	22	3	1	63	13	69	2001–02 Champions League first qualifying round
2	CSKA Sofia	26	19	5	2	65	16	62	2001–02 UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Velbazhd Kyustendil	26	18	3	5	48	29	57
4	Lovech	26	17	4	5	70	23	55	2001–02 UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	Neftochimic Burgas	26	12	6	8	47	34	42
6	Slavia Sofia	26	10	5	11	35	35	35
7	Spartak Varna	26	10	4	12	38	40	34
8	Lokomotiv Sofia	26	9	6	11	37	37	33
9	Hebar Pazardzhik	26	7	5	14	39	55	26
10	Cherno More Varna	26	7	5	14	20	49	26
11	Chernomorets Burgas	26	6	4	16	22	48	22
12	Beroe Stara Zagora	26	6	4	16	21	47	22
13	Botev Plovdiv	26	6	2	18	28	55	20	Relegation to B Group
14	Minyor Pernik	26	3	4	19	19	71	13	Relegation to B Group

Champions

Levski Sofia

Goalkeepers
01	Dimitar Ivankov	25	0(5)
12	Georgi Sheytanov	01	0(0)
30	Vihren Uzunov	01	0(0)

Defenders
02	Martin Stankov	18	0(0)
03	Stanimir Stoilov	15	0(2)
05	Georgi Markov	22	0(0)
06	Zahari Sirakov	17	0(2)
11	Elin Topuzakov	22	0(3)
14	Miroslav Savić	08	0(0)
15	Aleksey Dionisiev	07	0(0)
22	Ilian Stoyanov	20	0(1)
23	Dalibor Dragić	16	0(2)
	Predrag Pažin*	06	0(0)
	Oleksandr Koval*	03	0(0)

Midfielders
04	Biser Ivanov	22	0(0)
10	Asen Nikolov	07	0(0)
16	Chavdar Atanasov	15	0(2)
17	Konstantin Golovskoy	04	0(0)
19	Svetoslav Barkanichkov	04	0(0)
20	Neško Milovanović	05	0(0)
21	Dimitar Telkiyski	15	0(5)
25	Yordan Terziev	09	0(0)
26	Viktorio Pavlov	01	0(0)
28	Vladislav Radimov	03	0(1)
	Aleksandar Aleksandrov*	07	0(1)
	Eduard Tsykhmeystruk*	12	0(1)
	Konstantin Kaynov*	02	0(0)

Forwards
07	Rogério Gaúcho	08	0(0)
08	Georgi Bachev	11	0(2)
09	Georgi Ivanov	24	(21)
18	Krum Bibishkov	02	0(1)
24	Miodrag Pantelić	12	0(1)
29	Dimitar Makriev	01	0(0)
99	Petar Mihtarski	11	0(4)
	Georgi Georgiev*	04	0(3)

Manager
	Ljupko Petrović

Pažin, Koval, Aleksandrov, Tsykhmeystruk, Kaynov and Georgiev left the club during a season.

Top goalscorers

21 goals

Georgi Ivanov (Levski Sofia)

17 goals

Hristo Yovov (Lovech)

14 goals

Stefan Yurukov (Lovech)

External links

Bulgaria Championship History at rsssf.com
2000–01 A Group Statistics at a-pfg.com

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 2000–01 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '00 '01 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '00 '01 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '00 '01 Faroe Islands '00 '01 Finland '00 '01 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '00 '01 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '00 '01 Latvia '00 '01 Lithuania '00 '01 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '00 '01 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '00 '01 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '00 '01 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '00 '01 Finland '00 '01 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '00 '01 Israel Italy Latvia '00 '01 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '00 '01 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '00 '01 France Germany Iceland '00 '01 Israel Northern Ireland Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, Second group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup