1993–94 A Group

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Shumen
Matches played218
Goals scored589 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerNasko Sirakov
(30 goals)

The 1993–94 A Group was the 46th 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 Levski Sofia won the championship with a record 17 points difference before the second.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levski Sofia (C) 28 22 5 1 78 17 +61 71 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 CSKA Sofia 28 17 3 8 58 27 +31 54 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
3
Botev Plovdiv[a]
28 15 5 8 50 29 +21 50
4 Shumen[a] 28 14 6 8 49 34 +15 48 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
5 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 28 12 4 12 38 43 −5 40
6
Etar Veliko Tarnovo
28 10 10 8 42 33 +9 40
7 Beroe Stara Zagora 28 11 5 12 33 38 −5 38
8 Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 28 11 5 12 25 39 −14 38
9 Slavia Sofia 28 9 9 10 30 37 −7 36
10
Pirin Blagoevgrad
28 10 6 12 35 36 −1 36 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round[b]
11
Lokomotiv Sofia
28 10 4 14 37 40 −3 34
12 Dobrudzha Dobrich 28 8 10 10 37 42 −5 34
13 Chernomorets Burgas (R) 28 8 6 14 30 36 −6 30 Relegation to 1994–95 B Group
14 Cherno More (R) 28 5 6 17 24 68 −44 21
15 Spartak Varna (R) 28 4 4 20 18 65 −47 16
Yantra Gabrovo[c] (R) 8 1 0 7 5 18 −13 0
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Botev Plovdiv is banned from European Competitions for one season. Its place in the UEFA Cup is taken by Shumen.
  2. ^ Pirin Blagoevgrad qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as finalists in the 1993–94 Bulgarian Cup.
  3. ^ Yantra Gabrovo was relegated from the group after round 8 for trying to bribe Beroe Stara Zagora in their round 8 match. All their results were annulled.

Results

Home \ Away BSZ
BOT
CHM CHB CSK
DOB
ETA
LEV LGO LPL
LSO
PIR
SHU
SLA
SPV
Beroe Stara Zagora 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0
Botev Plovdiv
0–2 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–0 4–2 6–0 6–1
Cherno More 1–3 0–3 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–5 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2
Chernomorets Burgas 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–3 1–0 1–0
CSKA Sofia 3–0 2–1 6–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 1–4 0–1 6–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 7–0
Dobrudzha Dobrich
3–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 3–2 2–0 4–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0
Etar Veliko Tarnovo
5–2 3–0 0–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 5–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–1
Levski Sofia 2–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 6–0 2–0 6–0 4–3 1–1 4–1 5–0
Lokomotiv G. Oryahovitsa 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–1 1–3 4–2 4–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–2 3–0
Lokomotiv Sofia
1–0 0–1 5–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–3 0–4 2–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–0 7–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–0
Shumen
2–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–3 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–0
Slavia Sofia 2–1 1–3 4–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 3–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0
Spartak Varna
0–1 0–3 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 3–0
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champions

Levski Sofia
Goalkeepers
Bulgaria Plamen Nikolov 24 0(0)
Ukraine Oleg Morgun 06 0(0)
Defenders
Bulgaria Valentin Dartilov 12 0(0)
Bulgaria Gosho Ginchev 23 0(1)
Bulgaria Krasimir Koev 03 0(0)
Bulgaria Tsanko Tsvetanov 25 0(0)
Bulgaria Petar Hubchev* 13 0(1)
Bulgaria Stoil Georgiev 02 0(0)
Bulgaria Aleksandar Markov 19 0(0)
Bulgaria Emil Kremenliev 25 0(1)
Midfielders
Bulgaria Daniel Borimirov 23 (15)
Bulgaria Georgi Slavchev 16 0(1)
Egypt Magdy Tolba 05 0(0)
Bulgaria Ilian Iliev 07 0(0)
Bulgaria Zlatko Yankov 24 0(5)
Bulgaria Emil Mitsanski 04 0(0)
Bulgaria Nikolay Todorov 27 0(7)
Bulgaria Georgi Ivanov 24 0(0)
Bulgaria Nikolay Kostov 02 0(0)
Bulgaria Diyan Angelov 13 0(1)
Bulgaria Veselin Sarbakov 01 0(0)
Forwards
Romania Petre Grigoraș 10 0(4)
Bulgaria Petar Aleksandrov 12 (10)
Bulgaria Nikolay Nikolov 02 0(0)
Bulgaria Aleksandar Bonchev 04 0(0)
Bulgaria Dimitar Trendafilov 12 0(1)
Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov 26 (30)
Manager
Bulgaria Georgi Vasilev
  • Hubchev left the club during a season.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bulgaria Nasko Sirakov Levski Sofia 30
2 Bulgaria Ivaylo Andonov CSKA Sofia 25
3 Bulgaria Plamen Getov
Shumen
18
4 Bulgaria Daniel Borimirov Levski Sofia 15
5 Turkmenistan Igor Kislov Etar 12
Bulgaria Simeon Chilibonov Dobrudzha (8)
Slavia Sofia (4)
7 Bulgaria Boris Hvoynev
Botev Plovdiv
11
8 Bulgaria Petar Aleksandrov Levski Sofia 10
Romania Petre Grigoraș Lokomotiv Plovdiv (6)
Levski Sofia (4)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vojislav Budimirović Lokomotiv Plovdiv

References