1955 A Group

A Group
Season	1955
Champions	CSKA Sofia; (5th title)
European Cup	CSKA Sofia
Matches played	157
Goals scored	392 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Todor Diev; (13 goals)
	← 1954 1956 →

The 1955 A Group was the seventh season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CDNA Sofia (C)	26	14	9	3	38	16	+22	37	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Slavia Sofia	26	14	3	9	34	20	+14	31
3	Spartak Varna	26	8	12	6	26	25	+1	28
4	Minyor Pernik	26	11	5	10	29	24	+5	27
5	Levski Sofia	26	10	7	9	33	30	+3	27
6	Spartak Plovdiv	26	11	5	10	25	25	0	27
7	Lokomotiv Sofia	26	9	9	8	33	34	−1	27
8	VVS Sofia	26	7	12	7	34	28	+6	26
9	Spartak Pleven	26	9	8	9	31	30	+1	26
10	Botev Plovdiv	26	9	8	9	27	31	−4	26
11	Zavod 12 Sofia	26	9	7	10	26	27	−1	25
12	Cherno More Varna (R)	26	10	5	11	26	28	−2	25	Relegation to 1956 B Group
13	Lokomotiv Plovdiv (R)	26	6	6	14	18	29	−11	18
14	Pavlikeni (R)	26	5	4	17	12	45	−33	14

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

Results

Home \ Away	BPD	CHM	CSK	LEV	LPL	LSO	MIN	PAV	SLA	SPL	SPD	SPV	VVS	ZAV
Botev Plovdiv		2–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–2	1–4	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1
Cherno More	0–1		1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	8–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
CSKA Sofia	1–1	3–0		3–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	5–2	3–1	2–1
Levski Sofia	2–0	1–0	1–3		1–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	1–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–1		0–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–2
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	2–0		1–1	2–0	2–4	1–0	4–2	2–0	1–0	0–2
Minyor Pernik	2–0	4–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–0		2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0
Pavlikeni	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1		0–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
Slavia Sofia	2–3	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–0		2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0
Spartak Pleven	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	6–1	0–1		1–0	2–2	1–1	1–0
Spartak Plovdiv	0–0	0–1	0–2	3–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1		3–1	2–0	0–2
Spartak Varna	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0		0–0	3–0
VVS Sofia	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	6–1	0–2	2–2		4–1
Zavod 12 Sofia	2–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0

Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Georgi Naydenov	21	0(0)
Hristo Andonov	05	0(0)

Defenders
Georgi Tsvetkov	10	0(0)
Kiril Rakarov	24	0(0)
Georgi Enisheynov	22	0(0)
Manol Manolov	20	0(0)

Midfielders
Gavril Stoyanov	25	0(1)
Stefan Bozhkov	24	0(6)
Ivan Georgiev	11	0(2)

Forwards
Krum Yanev	23	0(3)
Dimitar Milanov	19	0(1)
Georgi Dimitrov	24	0(9)
Ivan Kolev	14	0(3)
Stefan Stefanov	12	0(1)
Petar Mihaylov	16	0(6)
Panayot Panayotov	23	0(4)

Manager
	Krum Milev

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Todor Diev	Spartak Plovdiv	13
2	Dimitar Yordanov	VVS Sofia	11
3	Dobromir Tashkov	Slavia Sofia	9
3	Georgi Dimitrov	CSKA Sofia	9
5	Petar Kolev	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	8
5	Dimitar Bachev	VVS Sofia	8
7	Pavel Vladimirov	Minyor Pernik	7
	Zhivko Karadaliev	Minyor Pernik
	Hristo Nanov	Spartak Varna

References

^ "Моряците се давят, Аллаха води Спартак до бронза" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 22 September 2012.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1955 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[1] "Моряците се давят, Аллаха води Спартак до бронза" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 22 September 2012.

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v t e Bulgarian football championship seasons
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League cups	Scotland

v t e 1955–56 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania '55 '56 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '55 '56 Czechoslovakia '55 '56 Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '55 '56 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '55 '56 Iceland '55 '56 Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '55 '56 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 '56 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
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League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup