1975–76 A Group

Spartak Pleven
European Cup	CSKA
UEFA Cup	Akademik; Lokomotiv Plovdiv;
Matches played	240
Goals scored	578 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Petko Petkov; (19 goals)
	← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 A Group was the 28th 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 16 teams, and CSKA Sofia won the championship.^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSKA Sofia (C)	30	17	9	4	61	30	+31	43	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Levski Sofia	30	16	9	5	58	33	+25	41	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Akademik Sofia	30	14	9	7	35	25	+10	37	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	30	12	9	9	43	33	+10	33	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Slavia Sofia	30	11	10	9	43	41	+2	32
6	Botev Plovdiv	30	10	12	8	24	26	−2	32
7	Sliven	30	13	5	12	29	30	−1	31
8	Lokomotiv Sofia	30	9	11	10	35	33	+2	29
9	Dunav Ruse	30	11	7	12	32	38	−6	29
10	Beroe Stara Zagora	30	8	12	10	35	39	−4	28
11	Spartak Varna	30	10	7	13	32	33	−1	27
12	Pirin Blagoevgrad	30	7	13	10	24	28	−4	27
13	Botev Vratsa	30	11	5	14	30	36	−6	27
14	Minyor Pernik	30	8	10	12	30	46	−16	26
15	Cherno More Varna (R)	30	7	10	13	35	44	−9	24	Relegation to 1976–77 B Group
16	Spartak Pleven (R)	30	4	6	20	32	63	−31	14	Relegation to 1976–77 B Group

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

Results

Home \ Away	AKD	BSZ	BPD	BVR	CHM	CSK	DUN	LEV	LPL	LSO	MIN	PIR	SLA	SLI	SPV	SPL
Akademik Sofia		0–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	4–5	1–0	3–2	2–1
Beroe Stara Zagora	0–0		1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	5–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–0
Botev Plovdiv	1–0	1–1		2–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–0
Botev Vratsa	0–1	3–0	0–0		2–1	1–3	0–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–1
Cherno More	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–2		0–2	4–2	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–1	4–2
CSKA Sofia	2–0	5–1	1–1	2–3	1–1		2–0	1–4	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	5–0
Dunav Ruse	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–0		2–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	4–1
Levski Sofia	1–3	5–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–3	5–0		1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	7–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–1		1–0	4–0	4–0	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–0
Lokomotiv Sofia	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–4	1–1		1–0	0–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	3–1
Minyor Pernik	1–1	4–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2		1–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–1
Pirin Blagoevgrad	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–3	1–1		0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2
Slavia Sofia	1–2	2–0	0–0	4–1	3–3	3–3	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–0		2–0	1–1	4–0
Sliven	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–1		0–1	1–0
Spartak Varna	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–2	1–0		3–1
Spartak Pleven	0–0	2–2	2–3	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–4	0–1	6–1	2–3	1–2	1–0	0–0

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

Champions

CSKA Sofia

Goalkeepers
Stoyan Yordanov	18	0(0)
Yordan Filipov	13	0(0)
Ivan Kamarashev	01	0(0)

Defenders
Kiril Stankov	15	0(1)
Dimitar Penev	21	0(1)
Ivan Zafirov	22	0(1)
Angel Rangelov	28	0(1)
Bozhil Kolev	24	0(8)
Stefan Velichkov	10	0(0)
Tsonyo Vasilev	28	0(2)

Midfielders
Borislav Sredkov	18	0(2)
Plamen Markov	15	0(0)
Plamen Yankov	03	0(1)
Georgi Denev	25	0(7)
Tsvetan Atanasov	09	0(0)
Milen Goranov	20	0(8)
Tsvetan Yonchev	28	0(4)
Ivan Metodiev	16	0(2)

Forwards
Ivan Pritargov	29	(10)
Dimitar Marashliev	15	0(4)
Dimitar Dimitrov	15	0(9)

Manager
	Sergi Yotsov

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Petko Petkov	Beroe Stara Zagora	19
2	Pavel Panov	Levski Sofia	14
3	Nikola Hristov	Dunav Ruse	13
4	Yordan Yordanov	Levski Sofia	11
	Andrey Zhelyazkov	Slavia Sofia
	Georgi Yordanov	Minyor Pernik
7	Ivan Pritargov	CSKA Sofia	10
7	Kiril Milanov	Levski Sofia	10
9	Dimitar Dimitrov	CSKA Sofia	9
	Chavdar Tsvetkov	Slavia Sofia
	Ivan Bozhilov	Botev Vratsa

References

^ "Спасена дузпа обръща първенство, вратар със сладко отмъщение за 2:7" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 16 February 2013.

External links

Bulgaria - List of final tables (RSSSF)
1975–76 Statistics of A Group at a-pfg.com

[1] "Спасена дузпа обръща първенство, вратар със сладко отмъщение за 2:7" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 16 February 2013.

[1]

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 1975–76 in Bulgarian football
Domestic leagues	A Group B Group V Group
Domestic cups	Bulgarian Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup Balkans Cup 1975 1976
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 1976 qualification (Group 8) Stoyan Ormandzhiev
List of transfers

v t e 1975–76 in European football (UEFA)
« 1974–75 1976–77 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '75 '76 England Faroe Islands '75 '76 Finland '75 '76 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '75 '76 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '75 '76 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '75 '76 Spain Sweden '75 '76 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '75 '76 Finland '75 '76 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '75 '76 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '75 '76 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '75 '76