1978–79 A Group

A Group
Season1978–79
ChampionsLevski Sofia
(14th title)
Relegated
European CupLevski
UEFA Cup
Matches played240
Goals scored626 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerRusi Gochev
(19 goals)

The 1978–79 A Group was the 31st season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

Overview

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

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levski Sofia (C) 30 18 7 5 54 29 +25 43 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 14 12 4 49 26 +23 40 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Lokomotiv Sofia 30 14 9 7 35 22 +13 37
4 Slavia Sofia 30 16 4 10 52 33 +19 36
5 Chernomorets Burgas 30 13 8 9 45 43 +2 34
6 Marek Dupnitsa 30 13 7 10 42 39 +3 33
7 Beroe Stara Zagora 30 14 5 11 45 47 −2 33 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
8 Botev Plovdiv 30 9 11 10 45 45 0 29
9 Pirin Blagoevgrad 30 9 11 10 37 39 −2 29
10 Cherno More Varna 30 8 10 12 29 40 −11 26
11 Spartak Pleven 30 9 7 14 25 27 −2 25
12 Botev Vratsa 30 9 7 14 36 42 −6 25
13 Sliven 30 8 9 13 35 42 −7 25
14 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 10 4 16 35 43 −8 24
15 Akademik Sofia (R) 30 6 10 14 27 50 −23 22 Relegation to 1979–80 B Group
16 Haskovo (R) 30 7 5 18 35 59 −24 19
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away AKD BSZ BPD BVR CHM CHB CSK HAS LEV LPL LSO MAR PIR SLA SLI SPL
Akademik Sofia 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–3 1–2 3–2 2–0 0–3 1–0 1–2
Beroe Stara Zagora 5–1 3–3 2–0 2–1 2–3 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–3 3–2 2–1 0–0
Botev Plovdiv 2–2 4–2 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–2 5–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 6–1 0–4 2–2 2–0
Botev Vratsa 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 4–1 1–0 1–2
Cherno More 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–1
Chernomorets Burgas 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–3 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0
CSKA Sofia 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 5–2 2–2 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1
Haskovo 0–0 2–3 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 4–6 4–2 1–3 2–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–0
Levski Sofia 4–1 5–0 0–0 4–1 2–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 2–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0
Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0
Marek Dupnitsa 3–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 5–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 2–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad 4–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–3 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0
Slavia Sofia 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 1–0
Sliven 4–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1
Spartak Pleven 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

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Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Stefan Staykov 11 0(0)
Bulgaria Tomas Lafchis 19 0(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Nikolay Grancharov 27 0(3)
Bulgaria Dimitar Enchev 16 0(1)
Bulgaria Vladimir Nikolchev 19 0(1)
Bulgaria Plamen Nikolov 27 0(0)
Bulgaria Stefan Aladzhov 26 0(0)
Bulgaria Ivan Tishanski 13 0(0)
Bulgaria Valeri Grekov 01 0(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Angel Stankov 20 0(3)
Bulgaria Todor Barzov 29 0(2)
Bulgaria Voyn Voynov 20 0(4)
Bulgaria Yuliyan Kolev 06 0(0)
Bulgaria Branimir Kochev 12 0(0)
Bulgaria Krasimir Borisov 18 0(1)
Bulgaria Emil Spasov 21 0(2)
Forwards
Bulgaria Pavel Panov 28 (12)
Bulgaria Georgi Todorov 07 0(1)
Bulgaria Anton Milkov 08 0(3)
Bulgaria Yordan Yordanov 19 0(7)
Bulgaria Rusi Gochev 19 (14)
Manager
Bulgaria Ivan Vutsov

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Rusi Gochev Levski Sofia
(5 goals for Chernomorets)
19
2 Bulgaria Chavdar Tsvetkov Slavia Sofia 18
3 Bulgaria Spas Dzhevizov CSKA Sofia 15
4 Bulgaria Andrey Zhelyazkov Slavia Sofia 13
Bulgaria Ivan Petrov Marek Dupnitsa
6 Bulgaria Atanas Mihaylov Lokomotiv Sofia 12
Bulgaria Pavel Panov Levski Sofia
Bulgaria Georgi Slavkov Botev Plovdiv
9 Bulgaria Stoycho Mladenov Beroe Stara Zagora 11
Bulgaria Alyosha Dimitrov Akademik Sofia
Bulgaria Sasho Georgiev Haskovo

References

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  1. ^ "Бургаски дрибльор води Левски към дубъл, Паро сърба горчива попара" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 9 March 2013.
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