2009–10 A Group

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The 2009–10 A Group was the 86th season of the

Litex Lovech
won the title, which was their third overall.

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

Vihren Sandanski
were directly relegated for finishing in the bottom three places. Belasitsa ended a six-year stint in the Bulgarian top flight, while Spartak Varna were relegated for a record ninth time since the introduction of the A PFG, after three years. Vihren ended their four-year tenure in the A PFG, the club's first ever in the top division.

The relegated teams were replaced by Montana, champions of the West B PFG 2008-2009, and Beroe Stara Zagora, champions of the East B PFG 2008-2009. Montana returned to the A PFG after twelve years, while Beroe returned after a one-year absence. Beroe won promotion for the ninth time in its history, therefore equaling the record previously set by Minyor Pernik.

A further place in the league was decided through a one-legged play-off. Sportist Svoge as runner-up in West B PFG had to face Naftex Burgas, who came second in East B PFG. Sportist Svoge won the game 4–2 after a penalty shootout, following a regular time score of 2–2. This was Sportist's first participation in the Bulgarian top flight.

Team overview

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Location of teams in 2009–10 A Group
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Sofia 2009–10 A Group football clubs
Club Location Manager Stadium Capacity Team captain
Beroe
 Stara Zagora Bulgaria Ilian Iliev
Beroe
 17,800[1] Bulgaria Slavi Zhekov
Botev Plovdiv Italy Enrico Piccioni
Hristo Botev (Plovdiv)
 21,000[2]
Vasil Vasilev
Cherno More
 Varna Bulgaria Velizar Popov
Ticha
 8,250 Bulgaria Georgi Iliev
Chernomorets
 Burgas Bulgaria Krasimir Balakov
Lazur
 18,037[3]
Cvetomir Conkov
CSKA
 Sofia Bulgaria Pavel Dochev
Bulgarian Army
 22,015[4] Bulgaria Todor Yanchev
Levski
 Sofia
Georgi Ivanov
Georgi Asparuhov
 29,200[5] Bulgaria Georgi Petkov
Litex
 Lovech Bulgaria Angel Chervenkov
Gradski Stadion
 7,050[6] Bulgaria Ivelin Popov
Lokomotiv Mezdra
 Mezdra Bulgaria Voyn Voynov Lokomotiv (Mezdra) 5,000 Bulgaria Strati Iliev
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
 Plovdiv Bulgaria Hristo Bonev
Lokomotiv (Plovdiv)
 13,800 Bulgaria Georgi Mechedzhiev
Lokomotiv Sofia
 Sofia Bulgaria Dimitar Vasev
Lokomotiv (Sofia)
 22,000[7] Bulgaria Georgi Markov
Minyor
 Pernik Bulgaria Anton Velkov
Minyor
 12,000[8] Bulgaria Ivaylo Ivanov
Montana
 Montana Bulgaria Atanas Dzhambazki
Ogosta
 8,000 Bulgaria Ventsislav Ivanov
Sliven 2000
 Sliven Serbia Dragoljub Simonović
Hadzhi Dimitar
 10,000 Bulgaria Miroslav Mindev
Pirin Blagoevgrad Bulgaria Stefan Grozdanov
Hristo Botev (Bgd)
 7,500
Georgi Georgiev
Slavia
 Sofia Bulgaria Velislav Vutsov
Ovcha Kupel
 18,000[2] Bulgaria Yordan Petkov
Sportist Svoge Bulgaria Stoycho Stoev
Chavdar Cvetkov
 3,500[9] Bulgaria Todor Kyuchukov

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Litex Lovech (C) 30 22 4 4 59 17 +42 70 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 CSKA Sofia 30 16 10 4 51 25 +26 58 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round
3 Levski Sofia 30 17 6 7 57 26 +31 57 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
4
Lokomotiv Sofia
 30 15 7 8 47 33 +14 52
5 Chernomorets Burgas 30 15 6 9 44 29 +15 51
6 Slavia Sofia 30 14 8 8 34 28 +6 50
7 Cherno More 30 13 9 8 40 28 +12 48
8
Minyor Pernik
 30 13 6 11 38 26 +12 45
9
Pirin Blagoevgrad
 30 11 10 9 34 32 +2 43
10 Beroe 30 10 8 12 30 36 −6 38 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[a]
11
Montana
 30 9 9 12 30 37 −7 36
12 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30 9 6 15 36 52 −16 33
13
Sliven
 30 9 5 16 29 40 −11 32
14 Lokomotiv Mezdra (R) 30 7 6 17 30 48 −18 27 Relegation to 2010–11 B Group
15 Sportist Svoge (R) 30 5 4 21 23 59 −36 19
16
Botev Plovdiv[b]
(R) 		30 1 4 25 12 78 −66 1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Beroe won the 2009–10 Bulgarian Cup and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
  2. Botev Plovdiv were expelled from the league during the winter break because they were unable to meet the criteria required to continue the season, and deducted six points for administrative irregularities. All of their remaining matches have been scratched and will be counted as a 3–0 win for their opponents.[10][11]

Results

Home \ Away BSZ
BOT
 CHM CHB CSK LEV LIT
LME
 LPL
LSO
MIN
MON
OFC
PIR
 SLA SPO
Beroe 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0
Botev Plovdiv
 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 0–1 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 1–0 0–3[a] 0–3 2–3 0–3[a] 2–2 0–1 1–1
Cherno More 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 4–2 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 3–0
Chernomorets Burgas 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–0
CSKA Sofia 3–0 3–0[a] 2–2 0–0
2–0
 1–0 4–0 3–2 5–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–1
Levski Sofia 0–1 5–0 3–0 0–1
0–0
 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 5–0
Litex Lovech 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0
Lokomotiv Mezdra
 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–5 4–0[b] 1–1 0–5 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–1
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1–3 3–0[a] 1–0 2–1 0–5 2–2 0–3 0–1 2–1 3–3 2–4 1–2 2–0 0–2 3–0
Lokomotiv Sofia
 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–2
Minyor Pernik
 3–0 3–0[a] 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 4–2 0–1 0–1 1–2
Montana
 2–1 3–0[a] 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–0 1–0
OFC Sliven
 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–4 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–0
Pirin Blagoevgrad
 2–2 3–0[a] 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–2 4–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0
Slavia Sofia 3–1 3–0[a] 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 1–0
Sportist Svoge 1–2 3–0[a] 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–3 2–4 0–4 2–1 1–5 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1
Source: A PFG (in Bulgarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Matches awarded after Botev's expulsion during the winter break.
  2. ^ This match was abandoned after 66 minutes, with Lokomotiv Mezdra leading 1–0, due to a pitch invasion by CSKA supporters. The match was awarded a 4–0 win in favour of Lokomotiv Mezdra; CSKA Sofia were fined $10,370 and their stadium was suspended for three games.[12]

Champions

Litex Lovech
Goalkeepers
01 Serbia Uroš Golubović 19 0(0)
12 Bulgaria Todor Todorov 00 0(0)
30 Bulgaria Evgeni Aleksandrov 00 0(0)
31 Brazil Rodrigo Galatto 12 0(0)
Defenders
02 France Alexandre Barthe 27 0(2)
03 Bulgaria Petar Zanev 19 0(0)
05 Bulgaria Mihail Venkov 10 0(1)
06 Bulgaria Ivaylo Petkov 15 0(1)
14 Bulgaria Tsvetomir Panov 01 0(0)
18 Bulgaria Iliya Milanov 01 0(0)
22 Bulgaria Plamen Nikolov 27 0(1)
25 Bulgaria Radostin Kishishev 20 0(0)
33 Bulgaria Nikolay Bodurov 18 0(2)
Midfielders
07 Bulgaria Hristo Yanev 26 0(6)
08
Tom
 18 0(2)
10 Brazil Sandrinho 25 0(1)
13 Bulgaria Maksim Stoykov 01 0(0)
15 Brazil Doka Madureira 26 0(6)
17 Bulgaria Georgi Milanov 27 0(2)
21 Bulgaria Aleksandar Tsvetkov 01 0(0)
23 Serbia Nebojša Jelenković 24 0(1)
24
Adriano Miranda
*		 01 0(0)
27 Bulgaria Momchil Tsvetanov 04 0(1)
28 Brazil Diego Ferraresso 09 0(0)
Forwards
09 Bulgaria Svetoslav Todorov 12 0(1)
19 France Wilfried Niflore 27 (19)
71 Bulgaria Ivelin Popov 18 0(7)
99 Bulgaria Dormushali Saidhodzha* 11 0(1)
Manager
Bulgaria Angel Chervenkov
  • Saidhodzha and Miranda left the club during a season.

Statistics

Transfers

See also

References

  1. ^ "Football stadiums of the world - Stadiums in Bulgaria". Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-09-28. Accessed on 9 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  2. ^ a b "Football stadiums of the world - Stadiums in Bulgaria". Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2010-09-28. Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  3. ^ [1] Accessed on 1 August 2009 (English).
  4. ^ [2] Archived 2009-06-17 at the Wayback Machine Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  5. ^ [3] Accessed on 1 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  6. ^ [4][permanent dead link] Accessed on 7 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  7. ^ [5][permanent dead link] Accessed on 9 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  8. ^ The capacity of the stadium was reduced to 8,000 spectators Accessed on 13 August 2009
  9. ^ The capacity of the stadium was expanded to 3,500 spectators Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Accessed on 7 August 2009 (Bulgarian).
  10. ^ БФС: Ботев не изпълни нито едно условие, сами се досещате накъде отиват нещата Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian)
  11. ^ Изхвърлиха официално Ботев Пловдив от "А" група Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian)
  12. ^ "CSKA Sofia handed 4-0 loss for pitch invasion". Reuters. 23 March 2010. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.

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