1972–73 A Group

Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1972–1973 season.

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	34	22	7	5	80	40	+40	51	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	34	18	7	9	62	38	+24	43	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Slavia Sofia	33	16	11	6	55	33	+22	43	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Levski Sofia	34	15	10	9	62	37	+25	40
5	Akademik Sofia	34	15	8	11	61	43	+18	38
6	Dunav Ruse^[a] (R)	34	14	9	11	42	41	+1	37	Relegation to 1973–74 B Group
7	Lokomotiv Sofia	34	14	9	11	44	44	0	37
8	Botev Vratsa	34	13	7	14	48	55	−7	33
9	Botev Plovdiv	34	12	8	14	44	44	0	32
10	Cherno More Varna	34	12	8	14	51	54	−3	32
11	Spartak Pleven	33	13	5	15	46	51	−5	31
12	Chernomorets Burgas^[a] (R)	34	12	7	15	35	44	−9	31	Relegation to 1973–74 B Group
13	Beroe Stara Zagora	34	12	6	16	50	47	+3	30	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
14	Minyor Pernik	34	8	14	12	35	54	−19	30
15	Spartak Varna	33	10	9	14	34	49	−15	29
16	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	34	7	14	13	37	49	−12	28
17	Tundzha Yambol (R)	33	9	7	17	37	55	−18	25	Relegation to 1973–74 B Group
18	Volov Shumen (R)	34	6	6	22	25	70	−45	18	Relegation to 1973–74 B Group

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Following the end of the season, after allegations of match fixing and allocation of funds for briberies, Dunav and Chernomorets were relegated from the group, while the matches Slavia - Spartak Varna and Spartak Pleven - Tundzha were annulled.

Manager
	Manol Manolov

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Petar Zhekov	CSKA Sofia	29
2	Hristo Bonev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	28
3	Nikola Hristov	Dunav Ruse	23
4	Atanas Mihaylov	Lokomotiv Sofia	19
5	Georgi Kamenov	Botev Vratsa	18
5	Petko Petkov	Beroe	18
7	Bozhidar Grigorov	Slavia Sofia	17
8	Georgi Tsvetkov	Levski Sofia	16
8	Kiril Milanov	Akademik Sofia	16
10	Mladen Vasilev	Akademik Sofia	15

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 1972–73 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '72 '73 England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden '72 '73 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales
League cups	England West Germany Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '72 '73 European Super Cup