2007–08 A Group
| Season | 2007–08 |
|---|---|
| Champions | CSKA Sofia (31st title) |
| Relegated | Beroe Vidima-Rakovski Marek |
| Champions League | Levski Sofia |
| UEFA Cup | Lokomotiv Sofia Litex Cherno More |
| Intertoto Cup | Chernomorets |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 558 (2.33 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Georgi Hristov (19 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Cherno More 7–0 Vidima-Rakovski |
| Biggest away win | Belasitsa 1–6 Chernomorets |
| Highest scoring | Levski 6–2 Botev (8 goals) |
← 2006–07 2008–09 → | |
The 2007–08 A Group was the 60th season of the Bulgarian A Football Group since its establishment in 1948 and the 84th of a Bulgarian national top football division. The season began on 11 August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. CSKA Sofia won their 31st record league title.[1] Last time they scooped the title was in 2004–05 season. CSKA won the league without a single defeat, 16 points ahead of their archrival Levski Sofia.
Despite the convincing results during the season, CSKA failed to get a UEFA license to participate in the Champions League due to unpaid debts. The guilt for the disaster in the club was taken by their chairman Aleksandar Tomov.[2][3]
The league was contested by 16 teams, thirteen returning from the 2006-07 season and three promoted from the Bulgarian B Professional Football Group. The defending champion was Levski Sofia. Chernomorets Burgas and Pirin Blagoevgrad gained automatic promotion as winners of East and West B PFG. Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo gained promotion through the Promotion Play-Off beating Naftex Burgas 1–0 on 2 June 2007.
Stadia and locations
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belasitsa | Petrich | Tsar Samuil Stadium | 9,500 |
| Beroe | Stara Zagora | Beroe Stadium | 13,512 |
| Botev | Plovdiv | Hristo Botev Stadium | 22,000 |
| Cherno More | Varna | Ticha Stadium | 8,250 |
| Chernomorets | Burgas | Lazur Stadium | 18,037 |
| CSKA | Sofia | Balgarska Armiya Stadium | 22,015 |
| Levski | Sofia | Georgi Asparuhov Stadium | 29,200 |
| Litex | Lovech | Lovech Stadium | 7,050 |
| Lokomotiv | Plovdiv | Lokomotiv | 13,800 |
| Lokomotiv | Sofia | Lokomotiv Sofia | 22,000 |
| Marek | Dupnitsa | Bonchuk Stadium | 16,050 |
| Pirin | Blagoevgrad | Hristo Botev Stadium1 | 11,000 |
| Slavia | Sofia | Ovcha Kupel Stadium | 18,000 |
| Spartak | Varna | Spartak Stadium | 7,500 |
| Vidima-Rakovski | Sevlievo | Rakovski Stadium | 8,816 |
| Vihren | Sandanski | Sandanski Stadium | 6,000 |
1^. Stadiums of Botev Plovdiv and Pirin Blagoevgrad have the same names, but they are placed in different cities.
League table
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Champions
- CSKA Sofia
| Goalkeepers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Daniel Bekono |
0 | (0) |
| 12 |  Ivaylo Petrov |
28 | (0) |
| 22 | Ilko Pirgov |
2 | (0) |
| Defenders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Nenad Nastić |
7 | (0) |
| 3 | Aleksandar Tunchev |
26 | (3) |
| 6 | Kiril Kotev |
18 | (0) |
| 13 |  Nikola Vujadinović |
24 | (1) |
| 14 | Valentin Iliev* |
14 | (1) |
| 15 |  Robert Petrov |
0 | (0) |
| 27 |  Quido Lanzaat |
8 | (0) |
| 30 | Yordan Todorov |
26 | (1) |
| 84 |  Filipe Machado |
15 | (2) |
| Midfielders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Todor Yanchev |
28 | (2) |
| 10 | Georgi Iliev |
16 | (1) |
| 11 | Emil Gargorov |
13 | (0) |
| 16 | Ivaylo Dimitrov |
1 | (0) |
| 17 |  Zé Rui |
13 | (0) |
| 18 |  Florentin Petre |
24 | (11) |
| 20 | Yordan Yurukov |
8 | (1) |
| 21 |  Chigozie Udoji |
23 | (1) |
| 23 |  Abderrahman Kabous* |
8 | (0) |
| 24 | Aleksandar Tonev |
2 | (0) |
| 28 | Marquinhos |
25 | (1) |
| Forwards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Velizar Dimitrov |
24 | (4) |
| 9 |  José Luis Garcés |
14 | (3) |
| 19 | Evgeni Yordanov |
8 | (1) |
| 99 | Nei |
29 | (14) |
| Kevin Amuneke* |
10 | (2) | |
| Georgi Chilikov* |
12 | (3) | |
| Manager | |
|---|---|
| Stoycho Mladenov
| |
- Iliev, Kabous, Amuneke and Chilikov left the club during a season.
Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgi Hristov
|
Botev Plovdiv | |
| 2 | Nei
|
CSKA Sofia | |
| 3 | Marcho Dafchev
|
Lokomotiv Sofia | |
| Zoran Baldovaliev
|
Lokomotiv Sofia | ||
| 5 | Aleksandar Aleksandrov
|
Cherno More Varna | |
| 6 | Plamen Krumov
|
Chernomorets Burgas | |
| Florentin Petre
|
CSKA Sofia | ||
| Ivelin Popov
|
Litex Lovech | ||
| 9 |  Germán Pietrobon
|
Pirin Blagoevgrad | |
| 10 | Anatoli Todorov
|
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | |
| Miroslav Manolov
|
Cherno More Varna | ||
| Ivan Naydenov
|
Spartak Varna |
References
- ^ "Сезон 2007-08 „Лицензгейт" пука розовите балони на Сашо Томов" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 12 October 2013.
- ^ CSKA without UEFA license, Tomov takes the guilt
- ^ Part of Aleksandar Tomov's book: How they took the license of CSKA
External links
- 2007–08 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com