1960–61 A Group

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Septemvri
European CupCSKA Sofia
Matches played182
Goals scored527 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerIvan Sotirov
(20 goals)

The 1960–61 A Group was the 13th 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.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSKA Sofia (C) 26 18 4 4 56 17 +39 40 Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2 Levski Sofia 26 10 10 6 45 33 +12 30
3
Botev Plovdiv
26 10 9 7 50 41 +9 29
4
Minyor Pernik
26 9 10 7 36 39 −3 28
5
Marek Dupnitsa
26 9 9 8 33 45 −12 27
6
Lokomotiv Sofia
26 9 8 9 33 29 +4 26
7
Spartak Varna
26 11 4 11 29 37 −8 26 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round[a]
8 Dunav Ruse 26 10 5 11 38 46 −8 25
9
Spartak Plovdiv
26 7 10 9 39 37 +2 24
10 Beroe Stara Zagora 26 7 10 9 30 38 −8 24
11 Slavia Sofia 26 8 7 11 33 37 −4 23
12 Cherno More Varna 26 8 7 11 33 37 −4 23
13
Spartak Sofia
(R)
26 8 6 12 39 35 +4 22 Relegation to 1961–62 B Group
14
Septemvri Sofia
(R)
26 5 7 14 33 56 −23 17
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1960–61 Bulgarian Cup
    .

Results

Home \ Away BSZ
BPD
CHM CSK DUN LEV
LSO
MAR
MIN
SEP
SLA
SPD
SSF
SPV
Beroe Stara Zagora 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 4–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
Botev Plovdiv
3–0 4–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 4–1 0–0 4–1 3–1 3–3 0–0 2–2
Cherno More 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 5–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–2
CSKA Sofia 3–0 2–0 5–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 7–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–0
Dunav Ruse 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–3 3–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–1
Levski Sofia 5–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–3 1–1 7–1 0–3 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia
1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 6–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1
Marek Dupnitsa
1–0 4–1 2–2 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1
Minyor Pernik
1–1 1–5 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–3 4–1
Septemvri Sofia
2–3 1–1 1–2 0–4 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
Slavia Sofia 1–0 4–2 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2
Spartak Plovdiv
4–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 4–1 2–2 4–2 3–1 2–0 4–0
Spartak Sofia
2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 5–0 4–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 5–3 2–2 1–2
Spartak Varna
2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 0–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

CSKA Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Georgi Naydenov 23 0(0)
Bulgaria Hristo Andonov 06 0(0)
Bulgaria Petar Petrov 04 0(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Nikola Kovachev 24 0(2)
Bulgaria Stoyan Koshev 22 0(1)
Bulgaria Kiril Rakarov 17 0(1)
Bulgaria Manol Manolov 21 0(0)
Bulgaria Boris Gaganelov 11 0(0)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Petar Aleksiev 10 0(0)
Bulgaria Georgi Zlatkov 07 0(0)
Bulgaria Panteley Dimitrov 22 0(0)
Bulgaria Vasil Romanov 12 0(1)
Forwards
Bulgaria Ivan Kolev 26 (18)
Bulgaria Ivan Rankov 19 0(4)
Bulgaria Nikola Tsanev 23 0(9)
Bulgaria Dimitar Yakimov 23 0(9)
Bulgaria Panayot Panayotov 26 0(8)
Bulgaria Anton Krastev 07 0(2)
Manager
Bulgaria Krum Milev

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Ivan Sotirov
Botev Plovdiv
20
2 Bulgaria Ivan Kolev CSKA Sofia 18
3 Bulgaria Nikola Yordanov Dunav Ruse 15
4 Bulgaria Dimitar Yordanov Levski Sofia 14
Bulgaria Pavel Vladimirov
Minyor Pernik
6 Bulgaria Tsvetan Milev
Septemvri Sofia
11
Bulgaria Dobromir Tashkov Slavia Sofia

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