2003–04 A Group
| Season | 2003-04 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Lokomotiv Plovdiv (1st title) |
| Relegated | Botev Plovdiv Makedonska slava Chernomorets Burgas |
| Champions League | Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
| UEFA Cup | CSKA Levski Sofia Litex |
| Intertoto Cup | Marek Dupnitsa |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 686 (2.86 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Martin Kamburov (25 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Lokomotiv Plovdiv 8–1 Cherno More Varna |
| Biggest away win | Rodopa Smolyan 1–5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Belasitsa Petrich 0–4 CSKA Makedonska slava 0–4 Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
| Highest scoring | Lokomotiv Plovdiv 8–1 Cherno More Varna (9 goals) |
← 2002–03 2004–05 → | |
The 2003–04 A Group is the 56th season of the top Bulgarian national football league (commonly referred to as A Group) and the 80th edition of a Bulgarian national championship tournament.
This is the first season since the revision of the league rules after an unsuccessful attempt for a creation of a so-called Premier Professional Football League.
Overview
In the doorstep of the new millennium the Bulgarian Football Union decided to reform the football league system creating the Premier Professional Football League. The new top tier of Bulgarian football required all of its participants to be licensed as professional football clubs. The reforms also saw the number of teams reduced and introduced relegation play-offs during the years of its existence. The Bulgarian Premier League, however, was unsuccessful so from season 2003–04 the top Bulgarian league was re-established as the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, returning to the traditions of A Republican Football Group and increasing the number of teams participating back to 16. Still, A Group retained the requirement of a professional status of all participants.
In the 2003–04 season Lokomotiv Plovdiv became champions for the first time in their history.[1]
Teams
A total of 16 clubs contested the league, including 12 from the previous season in the tier, and 4 promoted from the second flight.
As before the start of the season, the top flight of Bulgarian football was once again restructured and the number of participants in the league was increased back to the traditional 16 teams from 14 the previous season, there were no promotion play-offs for the right to participate in A Group that season. Instead after the end of season 2002–03 the last two teams in the top level - Dobrudzha Dobrich placed 13th, and Rilski Sportist Samokov placed 14th - were directly relegated to B Group, while the winners and the runners-up from the two divisions of B Group in season 2002–03 - Vidima-Rakovski and Rodopa Smolyan from the East division, and Belasitsa and Makedonska slava from the West division - were directly promoted to the top level of Bulgarian football.
Stadia and Locations
Their home grounds are located as follows.
| Team | City | Stadium | Stadium capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belasitsa | Petrich | Tsar Samuil Stadium | 9,500 |
| Botev | Plovdiv | Hristo Botev Stadium | 22,000 |
| Cherno More | Varna | Ticha | 12,000 |
| Chernomorets Burgas | Burgas | Lazur | 18,037 |
| CSKA | Sofia | Balgarska Armia | 22,015 |
| Levski | Sofia | Georgi Asparuhov | 29,986 |
| Litex | Lovech | Lovech | 7,050 |
| Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) | 13,800 |
| Lokomotiv | Sofia | Lokomotiv (Sofia) | 22,000 |
| Makedonska slava | Blagoevgrad | Hristo Botev | 11,000 |
| Marek | Dupnitsa | Bonchuk Stadium | 16,050 |
| Naftex | Burgas | Lazur | 18,037 |
| Rodopa Smolyan | Smolyan | Septemvri | 6,100 |
| Slavia | Sofia | Ovcha Kupel | 18,000 |
| Spartak | Varna | Spartak Stadium | 7,500 |
| Vidima-Rakovski | Sevlievo | Rakovski | 8,816 |
League table
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Champions
- Lokomotiv Plovdiv
| Goalkeepers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vasil Kamburov |
16 | (0) |
| 12 | Rumen Popov |
0 | (0) |
| 32 | Krasimir Petkov |
14 | (0) |
| Defenders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Vladimir Ivanov |
28 | (1) |
| 3 | Aleksandar Tunchev |
25 | (1) |
| 5 | Georgi Petrov |
2 | (0) |
| 6 | Kiril Kotev |
30 | (3) |
| 20 | Ivan Paskov |
20 | (3) |
| 22 | Trayan Dyankov |
1 | (0) |
| 24 |  Robert Petrov |
29 | (1) |
| Midfielders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Nedyalko Hubenov |
6 | (0) |
| 7 | Žarko Serafimovski* |
4 | (0) |
| 10 | Svetoslav Barkanichkov |
10 | (2) |
| 14 | Velko Hristev |
5 | (0) |
| 16 | Ivo Mihaylov |
19 | (2) |
| 17 | Vančo Trajanov |
16 | (0) |
| 19 | Krasimir Dimitrov |
22 | (1) |
| 21 | Georgi Iliev |
27 | (1) |
| 25 |  Ivan Krizmanić |
10 | (0) |
| Nesim Özgür* |
6 | (1) | |
| Atanas Georgiev* |
2 | (0) | |
| Forwards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Boban Jančevski |
21 | (11) |
| 11 | Martin Kamburov |
29 | (25) |
| 13 | Metodi Stoynev |
20 | (3) |
| 15 | Neško Milovanović |
10 | (4) |
| 18 | Yavor Vandev |
3 | (0) |
| 23 |  Ekundayo Jayeoba |
27 | (9) |
| Darko Spalević* |
10 | (4) | |
| Manager | |
|---|---|
| Eduard Eranosyan
| |
- Serafimovski, Özgür, Georgiev and Spalević left the club during a season.
Top goalscorers
- 25 goals
- 17 goals
References
- ^ ""Черно-бяла" луда шампионска история" (in Bulgarian). blitz.bg. 8 May 2014.